[Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'round these parts?

[Arlen Collins]

The good news is that T-Mobile has a decent policy for unlocking phones.  When I last checked, they required the phone be on an active plan for 3 months.  My brother who lives in Indonesia half the year got them to do it immediately  when he got his new phone, but he had been a long term customer.  I also travel to Asia nd wanted the flexibility to install SIMs while there.  I got a T-Mobile pay as you go quad-band phone.  After 3 months they gave me the code.  One thing you might want to try is going in and making their unlocking of the phone conditional on your signing up with T-Mobile.  It is a competitive business.

Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:51:15 -0500
From: andrew at stakeholderscapital.com
To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
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Subject: [Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'round	these parts?

Dear HT,

I would like to try the new T-Mobile Google phone.  I plan to switch to T-Mobile in January from Verizon and get the phone with a 1 or 2 yr. contract.

But this Verizon phone # is not my primary number, it's my wife's.


Therefore, I want to unlock the G-phone so I can use it with my other carrier, ATT.  Both ATT & T-Mobile are GSM so I think compatibility should not be an issue.

I have had a phone unlocked before.  I used eBay to find a vendor but would rather do that locally, if possible.


Part two of the plan, is to maybe switch to Sprint from ATT in June 2009, when that plan expires, so I can get the $99 deal: unlimited voice, data, & text.

Anybody use Sprint around here?

Thanks,

Andrew

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