"unlocked" cellphones for metro PCS?

[xman]

I been wondering if i could use those "unlocked" cellphones that are widely sold in eBay with metro PCS and why metro pcs phones dont have a sim card?
i have never really understand the sim card concept and if you can actually find a "unlocked" sim card as well.
so i just need to know, can i used those phones with metro pcs?
i just dont like the crapy phones that metro pcs has to offer and not to mention the prices. help please!

[COtech]

Those "unlocked" phones you see on eBay are GSM digital phones, that require a SIM (subscriber identity module) which holds the account number that the network knows you by. The SIM can be moved from phone to phone, no notice to the service provider required.

MetroPCS uses CDMA digital phones, a different digital standard. The account identifying number is the ESN, electronic serial number, and is manufactured into the phone, and is not changable. This is why when you change phones in this system, the service provider has to be notified of the new phone's ESN.

Most CDMA service providers will only accept into service those phones that have been manufactured for them, and marked with their name. So if you see a used phone with features you like better than their current new phone offerings, buy it and activate it. Some time ago, I activated a used Cricket phone I had purchased at a second hand store. All I needed was a credit card to bill to.

COtech

[wak000]

i have a pda (loox 720) and i was wondering if it possible to transfer the ESN from my metropcs phone to my pda, so i can use it as a cell phone?

[MOTOhooligan]

Originally Posted by wak000

i have a pda (loox 720) and i was wondering if it possible to transfer the ESN from my metropcs phone to my pda, so i can use it as a cell phone?

Your Loox 720 should have it's own ESN. You will just need to program the PDA with your MDN, MIN and home SID, then call your service provider to have an ESN change performed on your account so the PDA will also function as a phone.

You cannot take the ESN from your phone and put it in your PDA. Each device has it's own ESN.

[wak000]

is there any guide on how to do what you wrote

program the pda with my mdn

i am sorry but what is mdn or min

thanks man

[MOTOhooligan]

Originally Posted by wak000

is there any guide on how to do what you wrote

program the pda with my mdn

i am sorry but what is mdn or min

thanks man

MDN stands for Mobile Directory Number and that's your phone number.

MIN stands for Mobile Identity Number and it may be the same as your MDN or it may not be. If you have a ported number it will not be, but even if your MDN is not ported it still may be different from your MIN.

SID stands for System ID and is your home network.

Programming methods are different for each manufacturer and, sometimes, for each model of phone or PDA. I don't have info on your PDA, you would have to look that up elsewhere.

[mima314]

I bought from ebay a razar v3, it came unlocked but the menu is from cingular and I have suncom. The sim card works but I want the real motorola menu not cingulares. What can I do?

[MotoE815]

dunno if anyone is gonna read this, i also have metro pcs service, i was curious about a few threads i read, u say gsm is not compatible with cdma, nor sims yada yada yada, what if i get a unlocked CDMA phone, can that phone be used with metro pcs service?