Another RAZR Thread

[HardcoreRobot]

I have a friend with too much money... He wants to get a new cell phone and will sell me his RAZR pretty cheaply (probably ~50). He uses Cingular right now, what would have to be done so the phone works with T-mobile? Fifty bucks is a good deal right? TIA

 

[Malak]

You can't just make a phone work with another company. Different companies use different tech to broadcast/recieve signals.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Originally posted by: Malak
You can't just make a phone work with another company. Different companies use different tech to broadcast/recieve signals.

RAZR is a supported phone by T-mobile. They dont put different HW in the phones for each cell provider... Worst case, it needs to get flashed with new firmware, hence my question because I really dont know. Unless you can prove it wont work, dont say it wont.

 

[brtspears2]

Unlock it. I found some Cingular RAZR's that are unlocked from factory.

 

[kalster]

There is nothing proprietary in the phone by each service provider, check if the phone is operator locked, if so, you need to get it unlocked, I got my v600 unlocked from a mobile store for like 10$

 

[acemcmac]

all Cingular phones ship unlocked AFAIK

 

[HardcoreRobot]

how can i check to see if it is operator locked?

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Malak
You can't just make a phone work with another company. Different companies use different tech to broadcast/recieve signals.

The above is false information.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
all Cingular phones ship unlocked AFAIK

Nope. All Cingular phones are locked and begging Cingular CS for an unlock code is an excersise in frustration.

To OP: Luckily for you both T-Mobile and Cingular work on GSM networks. Call your local mon and pop cell shops to see if they will unlock it for you for nominal charge. It takes about 2 minutes or less.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: acemcmac
all Cingular phones ship unlocked AFAIK

Nope. All Cingular phones are locked and begging Cingular CS for an unlock code is an excersise in frustration.

To OP: Luckily for you both T-Mobile and Cingular work on GSM networks. Call your local mon and pop cell shops to see if they will unlock it for you for nominal charge. It takes about 2 minutes or less.

ok thanks! turns out he doesnt want to sell it yet after all. punk! he said he would in a couple months, but i may not even want it then. this is still good info to know though for future reference

 

[Slickone]

Don't know about Motorola, but for my Nokia, I downloaded free software and unlocked it myself a few years ago. You need a data cable obviously.

 

[daweeze02]

yes unlocking motorola phones involves a smartclip not just a data cable, the razr is a pos he saved you the hassle anyways.

http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=38

theres the best place for cell phone info



And yes you can use the dct-4 calculator with almost all the nokia phones. I did it on my 6010, 3220, and my 6101

 

[Slickone]

Originally posted by: daweeze02
yes unlocking motorola phones involves a smartclip not just a data cable, the razr is a pos he saved you the hassle anyways.

http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=38

theres the best place for cell phone info



And yes you can use the dct-4 calculator with almost all the nokia phones. I did it on my 6010, 3220, and my 6101

AFAIK, Howard Forums quit allowing talk about on unlocking a year or two ago. There was another popular one were you could, but I forget where.