HowTo Officaly Unlock VerzionTP2 For Gsm Use (Free)

[starscalling]

Originally Posted by racedog

One thing I forgot to mention in my above post is that when she took the IMEI off the Imagio and plugged it into their account setup it didn't work. Then she noticed that the VZW IMEI was 17 characters long and she said that TMO's were only 15. She just plugged in the first 15 characters instead of all 17 and it worked fine. I plugged the TMO sim into my Imagio, switched from Global to GSM and placed a call.

One thing to know is that in Global mode the phone will grab whichever signal is stronger, so if you live in an area that has weaker VZW signals and you are right under a TMO tower the phonen will go to GSM. Not good for my needs. I know keep the phone switched to CDMA only and don't worry about that. I don't give out my TMO number, just my GV number and if a call comes in on that number then I get a text on my VZW number and I know I have a call.

That works for me just fine but YMMV.

R

Bingo - that might work. Ive been wondering about that.

There seems to be a lot of conflicting information as to what the carriers each actually use... I'm trying to go to boost and they keep telling me the same thing because of the DEC having 18 digits instead of 11 / 11 / 15 for the 3 they allow on the cdma :/

Problem is when another person from the same imei/eidn/dec/wtfever branch gets activated, if the first 15 or however many digits matched.... might end up in hot water :P

[imnuts]

Originally Posted by coolpoete

okay, to change gears a little bit here.. does anyone know how battery life is affected when the phone switches to the different carrier? Is there any noticeable decrease in battery life that's out of the ordinary?

If anything, I'd think you'd get better battery life, depending on how good the signal is as I thought GSM radios were less power hungry. No idea though as I haven't used the GSM radio on my phone yet, and not sure if/when I ever will.

[Adrianh85]

i just used the guide for the second time and once agian got my unlock code for free!!!

[liemydude]

anyone able to get tmobile internet to work? I can place calls w/ the tmobile sim inserted but can't get data

[Adrianh85]

Originally Posted by liemydude

anyone able to get tmobile internet to work? I can place calls w/ the tmobile sim inserted but can't get data

Tmoblie data settings!!
connection name: t-moblie data
selet a modem: cellular line
access point :epc.tmobile.com

verizon data settings
keep all connection setting the same... #777
user name
5555555555@vzw3g.com use your number with area code
password
vzw
keep domain blank

[liemydude]

Originally Posted by Adrianh85

Tmoblie data settings!!
connection name: t-moblie data
selet a modem: cellular line
access point :epc.tmobile.com

verizon data settings
keep all connection setting the same... #777
user name
5555555555@vzw3g.com use your number with area code
password
vzw
keep domain blank

Is this for t-zones?

[Adrianh85]

Wirelessly posted (AdrianH85(TP2): Opera/9.5(Microsoft Windows; PPC; Opera Mobi/16643; U; en) HTC_Touch_Pro2)

Originally Posted by liemydude

Is this for t-zones?

i assume so it allows me to see my account balance online! but i cant goto the real web because i have a prepaid account

[lordvader]

how about if we want to Unlock
Att Tilt 2 phone

[imnuts]

Originally Posted by lordvader

how about if we want to Unlock
Att Tilt 2 phone

Call ATT? Not sure if ATT would be as willing to unlock the device or not, but if you tell them you're going abroad and want to use a local SIM rather than your ATT SIM, I don't see any reason they wouldn't help you out. The other option would be to pay for an unlock code somewhere such as eBay.

[Speed_419]

Originally Posted by mongoose0318

thanks wolfordtw, that is what I understood about the other carriers sim card. What happens if I use the verizon sim card but select GSM only and the at&t carrier (better covereage in some areas I go)? Will this force my verizon phone to use at&t over vzw and will verizon care?

I don't actually believe that Verizon will know. You will be using the SIM card to place calls I believe which means that you are using the IMEI number of the SIM. For all intents and purposes it will look like you are using the phone that you took the SIM out of. If I am not mistaken, this would also give you a different phone number... Could be totally wrong there, but would be interested to know...
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