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- 02-16-2009, 09:14 PM
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Are there negative reasons for unlocking??
Thinking of unlocking my 8900, im with Rogers. I travel twice a year out of country, sometimes a few more times. Can this "screw up" my phone?? And as i understand, you can place other SIMs in your phone...if i were to travel to the US, where would i get one?? at a local phone provider??
Thanks. - 02-16-2009, 09:25 PM #2
Unlocking allows you to use other carriers SIM cards in your device. That's all you gain and you don't lose anything.
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8900 Disassembly ~ 8900 Keyboard/Trackball Observations ~ 3rd Party Theme Problem - 02-16-2009, 09:46 PM #3
Exactly. It won't mess up your phone. It's handy to have if you travel.
- 02-21-2009, 02:32 PM #4
Hold on...you can indeed get a local sim card to get a local number and pay cheaper voice rates, but you of course won't get BB data! Only sim cards that are BB enabled can continue to get you the data you pay for every month. In the US, unless you are a monthly subscriber with a BB plan, you cannot get BB data. If you go to Europe, all local prepaid cards will not give you BB data, but just voice. I only know one service from the US for Europe travelers that provides such thing but it does not work for travelers to the US.
- 02-21-2009, 02:59 PM #6
Bottomline there are no negatives.
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