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T-Mobile USA sim?

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Oct 8, 2010, 11:57 AM
would it work if u bought this phone at full retail
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mkl4466

Oct 8, 2010, 2:17 PM
1. Only if it were unlocked. 2. The phone would need to pick up US gsm frequencies, not just European, in order to use place calls on t-mobile's network.
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WiWavelength

Oct 8, 2010, 3:38 PM
If unlocked, it should be able to access T-Mobile USA's GSM 1900 2G network but not its W-CDMA 2100+1700 3G network.

AJ
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Menno

Oct 8, 2010, 2:30 PM
Verizon phones come locked to Vodaphone sims (even at full retail pricing). That being said, it is really simple to unlock the device, but it does require that you have a Verizon account in good standing.

I'm sure there are other ways to unlocked it, because when the storm launched I knew a TON of people on ATT who got one.

Verizon's pretty good at unlocking the device for you, but they only (presently) do it with their own customers.
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Black_Beard

Oct 8, 2010, 3:07 PM
I thought I read somewhere that some law passed that made the carrier unlock all the phone if requested...no matter what. Right?
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Menno

Oct 8, 2010, 4:03 PM
no, no law as far as I am aware of.
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Black_Beard

Oct 8, 2010, 4:18 PM
hmmmm i could of swore i read an article on this site about it. 😕
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Black_Beard

Oct 8, 2010, 4:40 PM
Government Changes Laws Regarding Locked Devices
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posted Jul 26, 2010, 10:59 AM by Eric M. Zeman

The U.S. Library of Congress' Copyright Office has revised a 1998 federal law that was put in place to block people from hacking past software locks installed on devices by their makers to block unauthorized use. The new exceptions to the law will allow users of the iPhone, for example, to legally "jailbreak" their device and install unauthorized applications without fear of reprisal from Apple or law enforcement. The revised law will also let used cell phone owners unlock their handsets so they can switch carriers if they wish. Other changes affect digital rights management (DRM) as applied to video game...
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Menno

Oct 8, 2010, 4:53 PM
This basically makes it so that Verizon (or apple, or ATT) can't sue you for jailbreaking your device, or unlocking it. It doesnt require them to unlock it for you
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Black_Beard

Oct 8, 2010, 5:06 PM
Or maybe the manufacture has to provide the unlock codes?
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Menno

Oct 8, 2010, 5:10 PM
Nope. Nothing saying that.

If this were the case, Apple would have to offer to jailbreak the phone for you (which they don't)

This just prevents carriers and hardware makers from going after (legally) the people who hack devices, or provide unlock codes.
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Black_Beard

Oct 8, 2010, 5:22 PM
and now its in my brain. thanks
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Black_Beard

Oct 8, 2010, 5:04 PM
oh so does this part of it mean that you have to unlock the phone your self to change carriers cause thats how its always been; so why would that even be included in the revisement. It was my understanding that with this revisement carriers had to provide an unlock code if you wanted it.


"The revised law will also let used cell phone owners unlock their handsets so they can switch carriers if they wish."
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Menno

Oct 10, 2010, 9:37 AM
Actually this wasn't always the case.

For example, I used to have Tmobile. They would NOT unlock phones unless you completed a certain length of contract with them, and then only if your payment history was good.

ATT used to refuse to unlock any devices, meaning that the only way to unlock them would be the shady self unlock or paying some other company to do it for you.

This provision is for used phones, which means ones purchased from some source other than direct from story (or have the person out of contract). It still isn't worded to allow a customer to walk into a store, buy a phone and ask for it to be unlocked.
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