Amoeba

Okay well I have a T720, and the phone is gay IMO. I was looking on ebay to buy some unlocked phones or phones I can unlock myself. The question is, with verizon wireless they dont use the GSM networks right? So what phones from other companies that are unlocked can I use?

kensteele

Locking and unlocking is [mostly] a GSM function. To my knowledge (and I could be wrong), you cannot legitimately use a non-Verizon handset on the Verizon network. The foreign CDMA phone's ESN must be listed in the Verizon database as a compatible handset, so unless you can accomplish that, a phone whether locked or unlock still will not work on Verizon because it's not one of the 50 million ESNs in the master list.

Verizon=Sprint

mikeymobiles

not always..true....many people on howard forums have bought cdma phones over seas and activated them on local networks....

Berner

this dude i work with just got a sick samsung evod phone from korea and was able to get it to work on verizon

Amoeba

Can someone tell me where to look for the overseas phones and how to get it on the verizon network!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kensteele

Didn't say it is impossible. But you have to know somebody (on the inside) who can do it for you. For example, I can make any CDMA phone in the world work on Sprint. Otherwise, like ALL cdma's phones on the planet, theyALL will MAKE a call on the Verizon network which is called roaming. Maybe Verizon hasn't turned this on (yet) but it is certainly on at Sprint. We just don't allow just any old phone to be used on our network, who knows what it might do.

If you buy a phone overseas that works on 800mHz CDMA and you hope to come back to the US and make it work on Verizon, I think that is risky at best.

Amoeba

Oh well

1SICKLEX

Your phone is ghey....