HowTo Officaly Unlock VerzionTP2 For Gsm Use (Free)

[Adrianh85]

Updated first posts with more new findings!!

[aundrea009]

Well, I don't know how all of you got so lucky with unlocking the sim, but I just got off the phone with a global rep and he told me that I have to have my phone for six months before I can "technically" unlock the sim. (Because of the fact that when people unlock it, they take their phones to T-Mobile.) (Direct quote.)

I told him that I was going abroad and wanted to use a pre-paid sim and after about 20 minutes of him talking about his granddaughter and international calling rates and how to make sure to use Verizon overseas, I had to say goodbye...

What did I do wrong? Should I call back and hope I get a more reasonable rep? Will they have a record of the call and what I was asking for?

What to do... What to do...? Any advice from people who know the Verizon system?


Thanks in advance,

aundrea009

**EDIT/UPDATE: Turns out that the guy I talked to the first time was just a douche... Second rep was cool and gave me the sim unlock #, no questions asked. Guess it's the luck of the draw when it comes to getting a good rep.

[coolpoete]

I thought you had to have the account for a year. Your bill also has to be current, can't be past due.

[modembug]

Using MM Impact Rom on a Sprint Rhodium W I have the option to switch to GSM from CDMA, sadly I do not have a SIM card from a GSM carrier to try it out... Has anyone else tried to get GSM functionality on a Sprint Rhodium?

[Adrianh85]

Originally Posted by modembug

Using MM Impact Rom on a Sprint Rhodium W I have the option to switch to GSM from CDMA, sadly I do not have a SIM card from a GSM carrier to try it out... Has anyone else tried to get GSM functionality on a Sprint Rhodium?

if u take out the verizon global support part everything else will work for a sprint device!!! but i think u may need to also flash a patched radio to get us gsm bands to work for sprint!!!

[machek]

Ok, I've read this whole thing and I can't understand why you would do this unless you are going out of the country. If you have a verizon phone, pay for verizon service because of a contract, why the hell would you get a sim card to use the other carriers towers?? Arent you then just paying more, $xx.xx for the verizon service, plus $xx.xx for the prepaid sim??? Someone please explain the advantage of this to me, cause maybe I'm dumb, but I dont get it.

Secondly, if you do use the phone overseas, with a prepaid sim card, how does the phone update stuff like weather, and email? Or does it just not do this when you use the prepaid card?

Thanks for any info

[constitutionalist]

Originally Posted by machek

Ok, I've read this whole thing and I can't understand why you would do this unless you are going out of the country. If you have a verizon phone, pay for verizon service because of a contract, why the hell would you get a sim card to use the other carriers towers?? Arent you then just paying more, $xx.xx for the verizon service, plus $xx.xx for the prepaid sim??? Someone please explain the advantage of this to me, cause maybe I'm dumb, but I dont get it.

Secondly, if you do use the phone overseas, with a prepaid sim card, how does the phone update stuff like weather, and email? Or does it just not do this when you use the prepaid card?

Thanks for any info

There are a number of very good reasons to do this, but you are right, obviously two services as a rule cost more. I say, "as a rule", because the first reason one might wish to make use of two sims is the overseas trip. A lot of times it is cheaper to buy a local sim than pay exorbitant roaming with your home carrier. And yes, if one wishes, one can find a plan with web access and everything else the home carrier has.

Another good reason to do this is for backup. If one winds up at a deserted train station at the wrong end of town or with a flat tire somewhere in the boondox where there's no service, that could make for a rather bad day. Having a backup doubles your chances of finding service and also increases the chance of not being forced to pay roaming.

A third reason to do this is the peace of mind one has from not being at the mercy of his or her carrier. If the carrier decides to play god with their plan, the victim of that doesn't have to play ball.

And then there's having a lump of humanity you talk to that eats up your minutes, but you were smart and for substantially less than adding minutes to your plan or paying overage, you got a secondary carrier with free unlimited to the carrier your lump of people just happens to use.

And there's the big reason almost everyone in this thread (despite any other reason) did this and that's simply because we're all hopeless geeks. And proud of it, my friend. Some people like to scuba dive and find lost coins; we like to push our phones to the max and find hidden functionality treasures.

Anyway, the reasons are endless, but most of them do not include ditching our carriers, although it does give us a bit more freedom if our carriers suddenly do something irreconcilably outrageous.

[machek]

Originally Posted by constitutionalist

There are a number of very good reasons to do this, but you are right, obviously two services as a rule cost more. I say, "as a rule", because the first reason one might wish to make use of two sims is the overseas trip. A lot of times it is cheaper to buy a local sim than pay exorbitant roaming with your home carrier. And yes, if one wishes, one can find a plan with web access and everything else the home carrier has.

Another good reason to do this is for backup. If one winds up at a deserted train station at the wrong end of town or with a flat tire somewhere in the boondox where there's no service, that could make for a rather bad day. Having a backup doubles your chances of finding service and also increases the chance of not being forced to pay roaming.

A third reason to do this is the peace of mind one has from not being at the mercy of his or her carrier. If the carrier decides to play god with their plan, the victim of that doesn't have to play ball.

And, then there's having a lump of humanity you talk to that eat up your minutes, but you were smart and for substantially less than adding minutes to your plan or paying overage, you got a secondary carrier with free unlimited to the carrier your lump of people just happen to use.

And there's the big reason almost everyone in this thread (despite any other reason) did this and that's simply because we're all hopeless geeks. And proud of it, my friend. Some people like to scuba dive and find lost coins; we like to push our phones to the max and find hidden functionality treasures.

Anyway, the reasons are endless, but most of them do not include ditching our carriers, although it does give us a bit more freedom if our carriers suddenly do something irreconcilably outrageous.

Thanks for that, and yeah, the geek part, I agree with you, I'm the same way. I actually read this out to my wife, and she started laughing at that point.

[danielsan127]

has anyone with a verizon unlocked gsm phone, have issues staying connected to the GSM network? I am curious to see if this issue is only concerned with the sprint version. Thanks.

[Adrianh85]

Originally Posted by danielsan127

has anyone with a verizon unlocked gsm phone, have issues staying connected to the GSM network? I am curious to see if this issue is only concerned with the sprint version. Thanks.

for the sprint verison to connect u have to flash a patched radio from the elite team!! out the box sprint tp2 is unlocked but its only for overseas gsm/umts that patched radio is found here