I see so many unlocking services on eBay and can't help but wonder, how do these people even unlock the phones? Is there some sort of program that they have or something?
Depends on OS and whether GSM or CDMA
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POCSWAP said:
Depends on OS and whether GSM or CDMA
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how do people do it for iOS,Android and Windows all GSM
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Can I use my unlocked SGS2 with Verizon?
if unlocked you should use it with verizon
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if unlocked you should use it with verizon
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Are you sure? I heard it differently.
My family possibly be going to Verizon, and I look around. Most if not all the info I seen so far said no.
If there is a way, I want to know. Since I have the SGS2.
Any unlocked phone can be used on any network so yeah you can use it on Verizon
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Any unlocked phone can be used on any network so yeah you can use it on Verizon
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We'll see. Thanks for the response.
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Yes and no, because Verizon uses cdma and not gsm and your phone is gsm based you will only be able to use voice and 2G Data, 3G will not work with your phone.
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Guys seriously? Verizon doesn't use SIM cards in order to use a phone on their network you have to use a Verizon branded phone! Sorry no unlocked phones! Sheesh feeding him wrong information could waste him a lot of money!
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Thanks that's what I wanted to hear and confirmed.
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I was talking with my friend the other day he is an AT&T regional manager and he said that unlocking my photons gem radio and buying service with AT&T was a federal crime. I do not believe it is but can someone give me some better info on if it is or is not?
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AaronEmoBoi said:
I was talking with my friend the other day he is an AT&T regional manager and he said that unlocking my photons gem radio and buying service with AT&T was a federal crime. I do not believe it is but can someone give me some better info on if it is or is not?
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he is full of crap/ it's your phone you can do what you want with it. and i'd tell your friend if he doesnt know what hes talking about to STFU
Alright thanks for the help
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Lots of people unlock their radio for AT&T, no one is in jail yet.
I think he just wants me to buy an ATT phone
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either he is woefully ignorant or he is lying to you. If he is lying to you, than he is not your friend.
Well he it was illegal because of ESN writing but unlocking the GSM radio does not write an ESN correct?
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1. unlocking GSM radio is not ESN writing
2. ESN cloning of another phone you own and have not activated is not illegal (i.e. you are not using 2 phones with the same ESN on a network)
3. ESN cloning of a phone you do not own for the intent of stealing signal is illegal.
Hmmm do GSM networks even use ESN's?
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AaronEmoBoi said:
Hmmm do GSM networks even use ESN's?
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no. they use imei i believe it is.
That's what I thought oh well he was wrong thanks guys for the help
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Do you mean root?
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No unlock for other carriers I know its cdma but is it still possisble ?
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Edit: Doesn't make sense according to person below me but I did my research and that is what I found.
That doesn't even begin to make any sense.
It's carrier locked.
Here in the US you can flash a Razr or other CDMA phone to work with a different carrier.
The new carrier must have the information to update all the tower tables and such. They must also add the MEID/ESN to their database.
Here in the US you can take a Sprint or Verizon branded phone and use it on Metro PCS.
I may go to mexico and I want to get rid of my tbolt, and in Mexico there's a cdma carrier called iusacell.. do I need to unlock the phone (as any gsm phone) so people can activate it in Mexico?
Will they need the sim card?
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santod040 said:
Here's a list of Verizon compatible countries and technologies for reference.
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But will I need to need to unlock it?
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Just as it says, Sprint is done sticking it to me, I need cheap lol, Any help would be good
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Not that I know of
Nope
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Thanks
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I have mine flashed to Cricket, but only because I have an older CDMA number that I have been sitting on for years. AT&T just bought Cricket in May, so they are in the process of converting from the CDMA network to the GSM network. So that means all new Cricket activations have to be new GSM numbers and they are no longer activating new MDN's on the old CDMA network. With that said, I believe there might be a way to unlock this device for GSM use. I've seen threads about it. I'd recon all you'd need is the new Cricket APN settings to manually program for data, and I'm sure you can get a hold of that easily. I will have to eventually convert over to their new GSM network too, so I have been thinking about unlocking it using the methods in another thread. If I decide to do so within the next week I'll let you know how it turned out.
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Great, please do and thanks.
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Yes u can Unlock it for any GSM carrier and get HSP+ or you can flash(manually reprogram CDMA devices) to any CDMA carrier such as Pageplus Boost Mobile or even old MetroPCS CDMA network..the GSM unlock is the easiest if ur not a custom to flashing devices[emoji4]
Can you help me do it
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I fully flashed mine to Boost without a problem. I would be more than willing to help
Any guide in how to do it ?
stevestone said:
Any guide in how to do it ?
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+1
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So any guide ? Lool you just +1 it...