[accell go.mobile] [PrePaidCellPhones] Re: How do I tell if a phoneis unlocked?

Monday, June 09, 2008

[accell go.mobile] [PrePaidCellPhones] Re: How do I tell if a phoneis unlocked?

You should probably check with the desired service as most cdma
phones cannot be unlocked and many replacement services won't work
unless the base technology used is the same for both service
companies.

--- In PrePaidCellPhones@yahoogroups.com, "fatfighter67"
<fitfatfighter@...> wrote:
>
> I have a Moto V710 cell phone which was given to me through
freecycle
> by someone I don't know. The person who gave it to me kept the
number -
> presumably on a new (to her) phone. My phone is no longer active
but
> shows US Cellular as it's carrier and has the USCell software and
shows
> the original phone #. (It also has a US Cell label.)
>
> I'm considering reactivating it on PagePlus (since they
> allow "imported" phones, and require CDMA phones) and giving it to
my
> parents as an traveling phone for use in emergencies, but I don't
know
> if it's locked to US Cellular or it just shows US Cellular because
that
> was the last company it was active under. Is there a way of
finding
> out short of going in to a US Cellular storefront, presenting the
phone
> and asking? I feel uncomfortable about asking the person who gave
it
> to me since that was a while ago.
>

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