Locked, if you want to confirm that just put in a sim card from another carrier, but you probably knew that.
Not too bad, most places charge from $25-$35. Not sure if you're aware but before you go that route Cingular will unlock your phone after 90 days of having your contract in good standing.
Sorry for the double posting. I should of just kept it here. Thanks for keeping up with it for me, I appreciate it. Now, I need to pick your brain just a little more and I think I will have it down. I called Cingular CS today and was told that the only thing that they would have to unlock for me is international service. Since my phone is working and showing no error messages they said that it did not need to be unlocked. So, before I waste $20. Since I am a Cingular customer with a world wide phone with international service permission granted, do I really need to be unlocked? I am assuming that this unlocking is for people with phones that won't work on a service that they want as theirs. With the other GSM companies around I can't see the need for having my phone being able to work on theirs since Cingular covers everywhere that theirs does and even more. In the state that my phone is in now what would I actually gain by having it unlocked? Thanks Tony! -- rg56
There are two reasons to unlock a phone: 1. You want to go to another provider, but keep the same phone. Essentially, you like the phone, but not the service. Also, some people use multiple providers to cover dead areas. 2. You are travelling abroad and want to get a pre-payed SIM with a local provider. This can often be cheaper than using a domestic carrier's international plan.
Thanks for the informative reply. Question. If you have an unlocked phone and you are abroad and get a local prepaid SIM, wouldn't those calls made on that SIM be for local usage to get maximum value? If you called the States wouldn't the charges, in minute use, be as much as your regular carrier? -- rg56
I thought the V551 was already unlocked? Did Cingular start locking it again? I got mine in January, and I have put my T-Mobile SIM in to see if it would work, and it does perfectly. Very curious...
Sometime around the 1st of the year they started locking all the phones, The best anyone can figure out why, is to prevent Blue user's from going to the stores to buy these unlocked world phones & not migrating over. Cingular will send you the unlock code after 90 days with them though.
Not sure if you're aware but before you go that route Cingular will unlock your phone after 90 days of having your contract in good standing.[/QUOTE] i've read here about emailing them with your phones information but i wanted to know if there are limits to the number of phones one will receive unlock codes for. i have 2 at&t phones that ask for subsidy codes when i put my sim in, will cingular send me the codes for more than one phone? thanks JK
i've read here about emailing them with your phones information but i wanted to know if there are limits to the number of phones one will receive unlock codes for. i have 2 at&t phones that ask for subsidy codes when i put my sim in, will cingular send me the codes for more than one phone? thanks JK[/QUOTE] As long as you've had your account in good standing for 90 days it shouldn't matter, now because your phones are ATT branded they might deny you the unlock codes.
if i currently own a cingular phone , can i use my sim card from it and purchase a pre payed phone and use it .. possibly to save myself some cash ?? thank you .. c dog
No, if you have a Cingular SIM (not former AT&T Wireless SIM) it'll work in Cingular prepaid phone without unlocking.
so if I bought a Motorola V3m (PRODUCT) RED phone, right now they only work on Sprint ans U.S. Cellular, I can unlock it and make it work on the Alltel system if I buy one of their prepaid plans?
No you cannot used the Red Razr on Alltel. I believe that Sprint uses GSM technology while Alltel is CDMA. They aren't interchangable.
Actually Sprint is CDMA as well. However, it is correct that they aren't interchangeable between CDMA carriers due to their lack of a use of a SIM. That's what makes an unlocked GSM phone so readily transferable between GSM service providers.
