Vancouver Forum: unlock CDMA cell phone?

Hey as fas as i know you CDMA phones are unlocked by using null cables.Quite expensive cables, especially if you are looking for one with connectors for newer phone models.I'm also interested in this topic.Please share!I feel in love with an amazing Samsung phone in my past trip to korea. A phone I still dream about every now and then, and that we'll be most likely getting un till 2 or 3 freaking yrs from now >: /(typical telus and lovely competitors stupid movement)

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What about GSM phones?

GSM Phones can be unlocked by me.

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Many people on the net can unlock phones, and many are just Kids.  If they break your phone it will not work, do they replace it if they break it?  I have found a fews guys in Toronto, that have stores and are in the business full time and do this for a living. 

1. www.cellspeed.ca - contact: Vic "wicked cool guy"
2. www.bongowireless.com - contact: Kevin "nice guy, but too busy to answer emails"
3. www.cellteckwireless.com - Faisal "cool guy, really busy and does not like to awswer phone calls"

Try one of these guys as i have used all of them and know i am getting a pro and not a kid, trying to make an extra buck for the marijuanna addiction. "joke"

Don't be stupid.

Telus Mobility hasn't accept unlocked (ie: foreign) ESN's in years. Don't bother because if you can manage to unlock a CDMA handset you won't be able to use it on TM or even Bell. Both companies now cross reference ESN's in their systems.

Also, You can try PChomeDirect.ca, new emerging cell phone unlocker.
www.pchomedirect.ca

Be careful when dealing with Cellspeed.ca, I bought a treo 650 from them months ago and I am still waiting for the promised manual and software! They shipped the treo individually wrapped in a courier envelope (box was more expensive) and this was after emails and phone calls about why no tracking number on the phone. Now I get no response via email and my phone calls get the sorry we shipped it, will be shipping tomorrow, and just packing it up now. Months later no manual or software and no replies ( other than the automated we got ones) to my emails. Bad experience with cellspeed.ca so be careful when dealing with them.

anyone know any places i can unlock phones in vancouver???? i need it asap

Your first mistake was buying a CDMA phone.. now you must suffer.

To: naw mean

If you mean GSM handsets, I use Foreign Electronics in Vancouver (111 West Broadway).

If you mean CDMA, well the replies above should help.

I am travelling to India and phones there are already unlocked when i buy.
I want to buy one CDMA (Verizon) phone for my girlfriend and one GSM (Rogers) for me. I want to know how easy it will be to program...
1. An unlocked CDMA phone for Verizon Wireless (US - NY)
2. An unlocked GSM phone for Rogers (GTA)
Thanks very much.
Gary

Ok this is my problem, I live in wisconsin and have us cellular, and hate there phones but love there service. i want to get a palm piolet form version or something. how do i do this. And can i get a gsm phone to work with us cellular, because there is this one dolce and gabbana razr i like but it is gsm

http://www.uniquephones.com/ That one worked for me and its cheap.

i have a moto v3c for telus, the mobile phonetools software and cables. my question is do i need to get anything extra for it to unlock it to be able to use my own music and clips and assign them as ringtones on the phone? if it helps, i'm in new brunswick.

thanks for any help you may be able to provide
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CDMA phones cant be unlocked,, they only can be programed to use diff CDMA providers info. Also u need to have somebody in the company , ie .bell or telus, who is willing to add the ESN into thr database. becuase thats how they activate phones. Usually all the phones that bell releases are on a bell database.
Most of the time , companies are unwilling to do that.

i work with a CDMA cell phone provider.

Ok so if I bought a cdma through telus I cannot unlock the phone so I can use my downloads as ringtones etc. If this is false can anyone tell me where to go either in Vancouver or the net.
Thank you

So tool001, if I got a phone from Korea (CDMA2000) and I can get the ESN number into BELL or TELUS ESN DB then I can use the phone? Is this right?

I want the LG VX8600 cell phone, but it's under Verizon. I'm from Guam and we don't have Verizon, only local service providers (GuamCell, HafaTEL, and IT&E). The LG VX8600 is CDMA, but I really want the cell phone, since it's not available here on Guam. Does anyone know where I can get it 'unlocked'?

Thanks!

KT you may never see this reply but yes, hundreds of koreans use korean phones brought from korea and use it on telus or sometimes bell. u need to get SKT models, except new anycall model after 2006 july. all others moto sky cyon work even the new shine or ms800 im-u170 etc.. if u are korean, you should ask around and get my webpage address then u can contact me directly . i wont be giving out any info here cuz i honestly dont know who else might be watching this.. good luck.

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and  yes for all those who cant say unlocking cdma or whatever is impossible, they do work. whether korean or not. wont give out details.. but all u need to change is ESN and MIN to that of telus phone's. its that simple..

fk just give me your e mail address. If you are afraid of getting caught for whatever reason make a dummy e mail accont and let's talk. I would love to bring korean cdma phones and hook it up to telus. I'm a korean living in toronto looking to use the latest phones from korea.

by the way fk my address is weecool@hotmail.com

Anthony....you can use the phone tools software to make your own ringtones, but they need to be hacked by another program first to use them on your Razr. Do not try this if you are not a professional phone hacker. Your warranty will be null and void if you fry your phone using this other program.
UNLOCKING CDMA phones....cannot be done. I work for Telus and I'm telling it straight up, it's just a myth.

TO FJ,
I am interested in using a phone from Korea.  Would you please email with your web site info. My email is jumong69@hotmail.com
Thanks and I live in Vancouver, acually Coquitlam. 
many thanks

Not FJ, Sorry ^^ I meant F K,


TO F K,
I am interested in using a phone from Korea.  Would you please email with your web site info. My email is jumong69@hotmail.com
Thanks and I live in Vancouver, acually Coquitlam. 
Many thanks

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Ebay.  I bought an unlock code for my Rogers Nokia phone for $4.  It takes about 10 seconds to unlock a phone.  You're getting ripped off if you pay $20.

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Is it possible to unlock a nokia 6085 ( Rogers)  so I can use my own ring tones?

Any advice welcome

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To the person who works for a Telco.  It is not true that you cannot unlock CDMA phones.  Only that the Telco will not give you the unlock code which is policy but there IS a way around that.  Also, the CDMA providers in N America have all colluded together to agree not to allow ESN# portability.  No way around that unless you clone the ESN# which they have gone to GREAT lengths to prevent by forcing the manufacturers to build in countermeasures to prevent that!

You CAN get the unlock code through social engineering!  Get a phone and #.  Then phone the telco and say you want to change your #.  That requires the unlock code.  You have to do this additional step because there are 2 codes.  One only works the first time and then that unlock code is useless.  The second one is the permanent unlock code.  They will tell you to take it to an authorized retailer to get it changed.  Tell them that is not possible because you are out of the country or in the boonies somewhere or whatever.  They may refuse but if you persist they will eventually give you the unlock code rather than have to deal with an unhappy customers. 

Another option is to do an internet search.  There are employees of these telcos with access to the codes that are trying to make a few extra bucks on the side by giving out this info for a fee.

No way past the fact they will not add ESN # from other providers phones though and cloning seems a lot more difficult if not impossible these days.  They say they don't allow other ESN#'s because of support issues with firmware/model differences but that's BS.  There are NO technical reasons preventing the competitors CDMA phone from working just as well as their branded phones.  It's all about the money.

GSM is the way to go!  They don't play ANY of those games.  Your in a contract with them if it's a subsidized phone deal so they don't care if you unlock your phone or not.  The contract ensures they get paid for the cost of the phone no matter what.  All GSM providers I know of will accept foreign phones. It's easy to get them unlocked.

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I would like to introduce my self . My Name is achit From Myanmar .. i'm using CDMA phone here !! the handset of CDMA are very expensive and very rare !! in myanmar !! i want to buy a Anycall Samsung CDMA handset .. when i go there .. i can't read the Korea Language .. Where can i get the lastest CDMA Phones . i would like to watch the latest phones .. if u know please mail to ayechit@gmail.com  ....
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CDMA suck..GSM is the future of mobile communications.