Unlocking Verizon Razr
01-29-2006, 06:23 PM
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Hello forum,
this might be a stupid question,I've never used verizon,I have always used T-mobile because I travel a lot and GSM is more convinient for me.
I decided to switch to Verizon,a friend of mine gave me a Razr that was used on the Verizon network.
Question,do I have to unlock the phone in order to use it?Does it work just like GSM standard?
this might be a stupid question,I've never used verizon,I have always used T-mobile because I travel a lot and GSM is more convinient for me.
I decided to switch to Verizon,a friend of mine gave me a Razr that was used on the Verizon network.
Question,do I have to unlock the phone in order to use it?Does it work just like GSM standard?
01-29-2006, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by forex' post='231709' date='Jan 29 2006, 07:23 PM
Hello forum,
this might be a stupid question,I've never used verizon,I have always used T-mobile because I travel a lot and GSM is more convinient for me.
I decided to switch to Verizon,a friend of mine gave me a Razr that was used on the Verizon network.
Question,do I have to unlock the phone in order to use it?Does it work just like GSM standard?
this might be a stupid question,I've never used verizon,I have always used T-mobile because I travel a lot and GSM is more convinient for me.
I decided to switch to Verizon,a friend of mine gave me a Razr that was used on the Verizon network.
Question,do I have to unlock the phone in order to use it?Does it work just like GSM standard?
01-30-2006, 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by forex' post='231744' date='Jan 30 2006, 05:15 AM
I know that it's a CDMA standard,does the provider lock it to its network when it sells the phones?How do I use it?any ideas?
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I think that the Verizon version does not even have GSM capability, so unlocking it would be worthless. You could only use it on a CDMA network, which means... Verizon... since they are the only jerkwads who have not graduated from that old standard yet. 
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Originally Posted by subterFUSE' post='234416' date='Feb 3 2006, 07:37 PM
I think that the Verizon version does not even have GSM capability, so unlocking it would be worthless. You could only use it on a CDMA network, which means... Verizon... since they are the only jerkwads who have not graduated from that old standard yet.
Do you know anything about 3G or wireless networks - or are you simply bashing Verizon?
Sprint also uses CDMA. 3G/UMTS is WCDMA.
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