Getting an Unlocked Cell Phone

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An unlocked phone works the same as locked one but the difference is that with the unlocked one you could go to & use it with other carriers. e.g. if you started off on T-Mobile you could go to AT&T.

Its called a SIM card (no s) & at least for networks like AT&T & T-Mobile you will require a SIM. These are GSM networks.

An unlocked phone means it doesn't have a specific carrier's brand on the phone. You'd be able to use any SIM card in the phone or use the phone on any compatible network. If you want the ease of not having to call Technical support and wading through a 15 minute call while programming your WAP/MMS/Email settings, then it's best to buy a locked phone with the brand of the carrier you're subscribing with.

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Ordinary cell phone service works so that the unique serial number in your phone (its ESN) is used by the cell phone service provider to identify who you are. The wireless service 'knows' that a particular phone's serial number is your phone and knows to send phone calls to that phone when someone dials your phone number.

A GSM phone is not directly linked to you. Instead, it has a removable account card, called a SIM (subscriber information module) and this SIM has a unique serial number on it. This is what identifies you to the wireless provider.

The important difference about this is that you can put your SIM into any compatible phone (and pretty much all modern GSM phones are compatible with all modern SIMs) and that phone will now act as your phone, because the wireless company sees your SIM inside it. It doesn't care that you've changed phones, all it cares is where to find your SIM.

And now for the really exciting part of this. Just as, in theory, you can put any SIM in any phone, the opposite is also true. Any phone can work with any SIM. So, if you've already bought an expensive phone that you like and have learned how to use, if you change from one GSM wireless company to another one, you don't have to change phones. You can keep the phone you've grown to like, and all you need to do is replace the first company's SIM with your new service provider's SIM.

But, some wireless providers 'lock' their phones, meaning that their phones have been programmed to only work with SIMs issued by their company. Reversing that programming -unlocking your phone so it can work with any SIM – is what this is all about.

There are two ways that a phone can be unlocked.

If you are lucky, you have a phone that can be unlocked simply by keying a secret code into it. The code is usually a unique number only for that particular phone, based on its serial number (what is called its IMEI) and the service provider who locked it. We can sell you this secret code for most models of Nokia phones and some other types of phones, too. It costs only $5 and is easy for you to enter into your phone.

Other types of phone need their 'firmware' – their operating system software – to be rewritten to remove the lock. This requires connecting the phone via a special data cable to a special programming unit. We provide this service for various models of Motorola, Siemens, and Sony Ericsson phones, plus the Treo 600 phone / PDA.

There are three main reasons why you might want to unlock your phone.

Because you want to change the wireless company you get service from in the US, and want to keep your present phone.

You've changed to a different service provider and got a new phone, but you want to unlock your old phone so you can use it in an emergency just by swapping the SIM over if your main phone gives problems

Because you want to travel internationally and don't want to have to pay the very expensive international rates your present wireless company would charge you while internationally roaming.

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Dam people dont know what there saying Most unlocked phone operate on a gsm network verizon operates on cdma wich is a older technology. when the bigger companies got gsm verizon bought up all there towers. NO IT WONT WORK

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