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Old 07-30-2009, 12:50 PM
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Re: Iphone on Verizon.... TODAY!?!?!?

I find it hard to belive that Verizon has 3G infrastructure built out for GSM be it HSPA or even EDGE.
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Re: Iphone on Verizon.... TODAY!?!?!?

verizon does have a gsm network from the past and i tried to get them to lock a sim to an iphone, but they said that phone is not on their "approved gsm phone list"... and they would not tell me what is on that list.

I work for vzw, but not on employee pricing yet, so i told them something completely different. Maybe the xperia x1 is on their approval list and i can just give them the esn of the iphone telling them its from the x1...

I will try that today, and we will go from there.

but all-in-all the rep told me that they do activate gsm phones for their network, they just need to be approved.


@ LittleBreezes: The BB Tour does not work on the GSM network. The sim is there incase you travel globally, then it will work on GSM over seas. It is still a CDMA device in the States. But if you unlock the Tour, it can be used on T-Mobile or AT&T here in the US.
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Re: Iphone on Verizon.... TODAY!?!?!?

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I find it hard to belive that Verizon has 3G infrastructure built out for GSM be it HSPA or even EDGE.
this will all change when lte lunches!!! is there anyone here that lives in las vegas? lte is being tested there and lte is said to be backwards comatible with gsm!!! At&t + verizon joint venture!!!
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Re: Iphone on Verizon.... TODAY!?!?!?

i want A DAMN IPHONE on verizon
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Old 11-06-2009, 12:01 PM
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Re: Iphone on Verizon.... TODAY!?!?!?

I've seen articles about the Iphone possibly soon being released to other carriers besides AT&T. It could just be someone testing before the release. Your best bet is to ask the person who says they have it.
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Re: Iphone on Verizon.... TODAY!?!?!?

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could definitely be a mifi router from verizon.
Ditto

I borrow my cousins iPod Touch & use it with a Sprint MiFi router.
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Re: Iphone on Verizon.... TODAY!?!?!?

I head through the grape vines that Apple wants to put the iPhones out to the other carriers, but AT&T is trying to extend their exclusiveness for another few years.
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Re: Iphone on Verizon.... TODAY!?!?!?

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i want A DAMN IPHONE on verizon

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My iTouch is probably the only Apple device I have ever liked....But I like it a lot, and if it can become my phone and still sync with Outlook, then sign me up for 3 years if you have to Verizon...
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Re: Iphone on Verizon.... TODAY!?!?!?

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Interesting fact came out of a conversation with a Verizon rep the other day. If you have an unlocked GSM device you can ask VZ to take its ESN and issue you a Verizon GSM SIM card that is locked to the ESN of that device. In fact, the BB Bold and the new Tour on VZ come from the factory that way. They are really GSM phones that VZ installed VZ SIM cards that are locked to each ESN. Both the devices and SIM cards are locked so what you cannot do is take a TMobile or AT&T SIM and put it into a VZ BB Tour. Conversely, you cannot take a VZ SIM card and put it inot any unlocked GSM device, it has to be locked to the the ESN of that device. Evidentally, VZ still operates enough GSM towers (and leases time on others) that this works for them. This is an interesting alternative for folks that need to usea GSM device (like an unlocked IPhone from New Zealand) on Verizon's network. If you are a pre existing VZ customer call them up and tell them that your employer is now going to make you use their GSM device but you want to keep VZ's network. THey will ask you for the ESN of the GSM device and if they can get a SIM card locked to it they will put it on their network. Pretty interesting, I was not aware of this until the other day.
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My friend did this with his iPhone. What you have to do is unlock the iPhone (obviously) and hack the Verizon sim card that comes with the BBtour and just retain the PRL information for the Blackberry on the sim-card while wiping any link to the original ESN...this is how Verizon thinks the phone is a Blackberry. But you also have to block the iPhone from sending its information out to the sim card and then to the Verizon towers. Before you ask this is VERY, VERY, VERY hard to do, and as far as I know less than five people have ever gotten it to work. If you're not a computer science major or don't know how to hack a sim card then please don't ask me how to do this, because I don't know. But it is possible, and that's what you have to do. Verizon uses GSM for SOME voice, you get lots of dropped calls but data works great. This is what would account for the crazy data speeds, but like I said voice sucks, it's really not worth the effort.

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