Probably a stupid question to ask on here.....but can someone please explain to me what it means to "unlock" a cel phone?? Thanks:confused:
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Probably a stupid question to ask on here.....but can someone please explain to me what it means to "unlock" a cel phone?? Thanks:confused:
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If you have the time, please read the Wikipedia article so you will understand what the lock actually is and what unlocking will do.
...thank you ..I will read in it's entirety...(told you it was a stupid question)...hahaIf you have the time, please read the Wikipedia article so you will understand what the lock actually is and what unlocking will do.
It's not stupid. It is a valid question.
Even more valid is the knowledge you can search this forum or Google and find the info almost immediately.
unlocking means to have the cellphone whether cdma (no sim card) or GSM (sim card) to work on other networks
for example:
making a blackberry storm UNLOCKED to work on sprint network
sometimes certain features cant be used though so thorough knowledge of the phone helps
I have learned so much by being on this Crackberry site. Its very addicting!
so is crack.. hence the name CRACKberry
The only problem with that is that Sprint will not accept unlocked devices on their network. This is where it gets complicated, and confusing. For the most part, unlocking refers to GSM devices, or phones with GSM capabilites, like the Tour, Storm, etc. These can be unlocked to be used on GSM networks, like Rogers, T-Mobile, AT&T, etc. You cannot "unlock" a Verizon phone to work on Sprint, as Sprint will not accept the ESN. Verizon will not take other providers devices either. They could be flashed to work with other providers, like MetroPCS and Cricket, but that won't always work either.
this post is almost "signature worthy"....