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brolem
brolem Posts: 4 Newbie
edited 24 February 2011 at 5:40AM in Mobiles
i have a motorola w370 that i used in the states on verizon wireless,its a tracfone does anyone know a way of unlocking it
wud appreciate any help ;)
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  • jamespir
    jamespir Posts: 21,456 Forumite
    edited 24 February 2011 at 10:56AM
    brolem wrote: »
    i have a motorola w370 that i used in the states on verizon wireless,its a tracfone imei does anyone know a way of unlocking it
    wud appreciate any help ;)

    hi op not being funny but i wouldn't post your imei no on here
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  • brolem
    brolem Posts: 4 Newbie
    never thought really,thanx for the advice bit new at this sort of thing,thing is its not my contract phone its relatively useless in the uk,but was hoping cud unlock it somehow
  • jamespir
    jamespir Posts: 21,456 Forumite
    brolem wrote: »
    never thought really,thanx for the advice bit new at this sort of thing,thing is its not my contract phone its relatively useless in the uk,but was hoping cud unlock it somehow

    try your local market
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  • Rusty!
    Rusty! Posts: 2,076 Forumite
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    A Verizon phone will never work on a UK carrier. Ever.
  • sparky93
    sparky93 Posts: 393 Forumite
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    looks like it could work on tmobile/orange. spec shows GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 and as ora tmob is 1800..........
  • Rusty!
    Rusty! Posts: 2,076 Forumite
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    No it wont.

    If it's a Verizon phone it isn't GSM.
  • sparky93
    sparky93 Posts: 393 Forumite
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    strnage, as the moto website says GSM as per other post, no mention of cdma or whatever it is...
  • brolem
    brolem Posts: 4 Newbie
    does it look promising ?
  • Techhead_2
    Techhead_2 Posts: 1,769 Forumite
    Rusty! wrote: »
    No it wont.

    If it's a Verizon phone it isn't GSM.

    I think that's the answer, it isn't a Verizon phone its a Tracfone phone.
  • Buzby
    Buzby Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    I've used Motorola Tracphones in Florida, they are often CDMA/GSM dual band, but they are very seldom SIM locked. Mine wasn't from new. Have you actually put a SIM in it? What did it say? That said, the sensitivity was pretty naff and a GSM only handset usually outperforms it as GSM is used (or was then) mainly for urban high-density connections, where such issues weren't a problem. For all it cost, I doubt whether the cost of unlocking (if needed) would be worth the effort.
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