Cell Phone Question
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Topic: Cell Phone Question
Posted By: Heres To You
Subject: Cell Phone Question
Date Posted: 20 March 2005 at 11:12pm
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I know this is a stupid question but, could I take a phone like in the
link below, which says it's carrier is AT&T wireless and change it
to Verizon if I bought it? (Because me family's plan is Verizon,
and I would like a picture phone) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64355&item=5760934034&rd=1 - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6 4355&item=5760934034&rd=1 ------------- |
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Posted By: :ShockeR_ratm:
Date Posted: 20 March 2005 at 11:18pm
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Nobody ever suspects the fun police! 
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EBAY wrote:Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 20 March 2005 at 11:24pm
Read below it, It says check to see if your carrier accepts the phone, and leaves a list of numbers. What I was really asking is if it was a real pain to get it switched, and if there was a fee in doing so. ------------- |
Posted By: :ShockeR_ratm:
Date Posted: 20 March 2005 at 11:26pm
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to simply put this...no you can not...it is only compatible with
att...that option to check for providers means if there is att coverage
in your area
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Nobody ever suspects the fun police!
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Posted By: 636andy636
Date Posted: 20 March 2005 at 11:26pm
| go to radioshack and get one of thos 15$ micro didgital cameras and tape it to your phone. viola camera phone that takes just as good pictures |
Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 20 March 2005 at 11:35pm
Can you link me to one? And does the picture go straight to my phone? ------------- |
Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 20 March 2005 at 11:42pm
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If you wanta camera phone, don't get the ericson, there are much better phones than that. -me ------------- 
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Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 20 March 2005 at 11:53pm
Can anyone link me to one? ------------- |
Posted By: Kevin Z
Date Posted: 21 March 2005 at 12:06am
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All phones have the ability to be programmed for the mode required. TDMA, CDMA, GSM, whatever. I am not sure how complicated the procedure is. Bottom line is that if it is not already programmed for your desired service it would probably cost more to change it than to buy the right phone in the first place. Don't buy a phone unless it is set up for the right service. ------------- United States Marine Corps.... When it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight! Just say NO to junk mods |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 21 March 2005 at 12:09am
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Verizon makes camera phones, I have one . . .
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Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 21 March 2005 at 12:18am
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I was at the Cingular place today and the guy told me if you find a phone that only a different service has and you like your current one, you can take it to a multi phone shop and they can change the settings of it so it can accept sim cards from all providers. And it's only like 20 bucks.. ------------- 
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Posted By: dtfastj
Date Posted: 21 March 2005 at 12:32am
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All you have to do is unlock the phone and then get a sim card from verizon and your good to go. Dont get an ericsson. I had a T637 which is better than that one. It sucked. But then again the ericsson is real easy to switch service providers since it isn't locked from the factory. Or at least mine wasn't. Cingular phones are a pain to unlock. Any GSM phone will work with any GSM provider. My old N-Gage was originaly an AT&T phone but since it was unlock and a GSM phone I just slipped my Suncom sim card in there and it worked just fine. I just can't remember off of the top of my head if verizon uses GSM or not. ------------- A-5 RT$380 Double Trigger$29.95 Flatline$149.95 16in All American$75 WGP 70ci 45 CarbonFiber$200 ETC = $1026.75 Whomping newbies who have Markers that cost more than my entire setup...PRICELESS |
Posted By: Kpoofs
Date Posted: 21 March 2005 at 1:02am
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it should be able to. just buy it and take it to verizon and have them
flash it for you, but most importantly ask them if they could first
because this only works with certain phones
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 21 March 2005 at 7:13am
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Why dont you just get a verizon camera phone?
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Posted By: TheSpookyKids87
Date Posted: 21 March 2005 at 7:31am
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I have an ericsson. I got it free and its a good around phone but if you really want to take pictures with your phone it sucks really bad.
and i have T-Mobile |
Posted By: P!NK panther
Date Posted: 21 March 2005 at 7:44am
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i'm pretty sure it won't happen ------------- http://www.theimagehosting.com"> 
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Posted By: MetallicaESPa5
Date Posted: 21 March 2005 at 8:09am
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Why would you buy a phone off ebay anyways? How much is
at regular cost? ------------- 
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Posted By: dtfastj
Date Posted: 21 March 2005 at 11:14am
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------------- A-5 RT$380 Double Trigger$29.95 Flatline$149.95 16in All American$75 WGP 70ci 45 CarbonFiber$200 ETC = $1026.75 Whomping newbies who have Markers that cost more than my entire setup...PRICELESS |