VZW TP2 Roaming on AT&T..... SOLVED

[8notime]

Originally Posted by janko10

Can someone post the VZW code so we all don't have to call in? It's not SIM/user specific, correct? Thanks.

No it is SIM specific and you can only get 1 code every 10 months on a single line. The # for VZW Global Services is 1-800-711-8300. I told him that I was getting ready to travel and wanted to be able to use 3rd party SIM cards. No problems whatsoever.

[Gulanowski]

Please bear with me, I'm trying to wrap my head around all this. So if i bought this prepaid sim card from Tmobile...

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/...a-000007a2ac12

...as well as did the necessary unlocking on the TP2, I could roam on tmobile if I wanted to? Would I still be using my verizon phone number, or would it be necessary to get another phone number with a GSM provider?

[stevedusa]

Originally Posted by Gulanowski

Please bear with me, I'm trying to wrap my head around all this. So if i bought this prepaid sim card from Tmobile...

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/...a-000007a2ac12

...as well as did the necessary unlocking on the TP2, I could roam on tmobile if I wanted to? Would I still be using my verizon phone number, or would it be necessary to get another phone number with a GSM provider?

Yes you can but it will be in GSM mode (your VZW number will be offline, calls to VZW number will goes to VM) and whenever ppl call your t-mo's prepaid SIM card's phone number, your phone will ring as long as it's on GSM mode.

[Gulanowski]

Originally Posted by stevedusa

Yes you can but it will be in GSM mode (your VZW number will be offline, calls to VZW number will goes to VM) and whenever ppl call your t-mo's prepaid SIM card's phone number, your phone will ring as long as it's on GSM mode.

Thats still pretty sick, too bad we couldn't roam on U.S. GSM towers while using our Verizon phone numbers though.

So what is the charge to get a tmobile/att number? I see the purpose of having the GSM in the US option as viable only when CDMA isn't available (never really been in a situation like that), so paying monthly fee's to keep a number with tmobile/att as well as minutes would trump the benefits, see what I'm saying? Unless, of course, it's relatively cheap.

[8notime]

Originally Posted by Gulanowski

Please bear with me, I'm trying to wrap my head around all this. So if i bought this prepaid sim card from Tmobile...

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/...a-000007a2ac12

...as well as did the necessary unlocking on the TP2, I could roam on tmobile if I wanted to? Would I still be using my verizon phone number, or would it be necessary to get another phone number with a GSM provider?

No, which is why using the Verizon card is advantageous. You'd get a unique # with that SIM card and it would in no way be tied to your Verizon account. The only reason you'd want to do this is if you are traveling to somewhere that Global roaming using your Verizon SIM card would be really expensive. For example, if you travel to the UK and use the Verizon SIM card, you will pay $1.29 a minute. Rather than do that, you could purchase a pre paid card when you get to the UK with a bucket of minutes and pay a lot less. That card in no way would be tied to your Verizon account and calls will not forward to that #, but at least you're paying a lot less with that card that you would be with Verizons.

[1454]

So this means we should be able to use a prepaid sim or something with it right? Like say you run out of minutes with verizon, you just use a prepaid card from Att or something? It would be a lot cheaper if you ever get close on your minutes.

[isdnmatt]

Can a MOD please change my NOs to SOLVED.

T-Mobile is listed under other networks.

[8notime]

Originally Posted by isdnmatt

Can a MOD please change my NOs to SOLVED

You can do it. Just edit your first post and then click the go advanced button. Then you can edit the title.

[isdnmatt]

Originally Posted by 8notime

You can do it. Just edit your first post and then click the go advanced button. Then you can edit the title.

I'm a newb.

[pjsockett]

I'm sorry but can someone please explain why this is such a big deal. Why would you want to use European Sim on US carriers? You would be paying high international rates using a European sim here. I can understand why you would want to use a 3rd party sim elsewhere in the world but unless it works for us sim card i just don't see why the sprint users are so upset.