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UNLOCKED PHONES!!!

djbrians

Oct 28, 2005, 7:42 PM
Does U.S. Cellular take in unlocked phones?
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littlepinksock

Oct 29, 2005, 6:00 PM
Nope. As far as I'm aware, we only service US celluar phones. That's why we don't recommend people buying phones off ebay. It just doesn't work, and the reps WILL NOT activate them on your account.
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maine_phoneguy

Nov 7, 2005, 9:47 AM
Actually, we have no way of knowing that a customer bought a phone off of Ebay unless they tell us.

I'll activate a phone purchased off of Ebay as long as it is on the approved phone list and the ESN is not locked due to the phone being stolen.

Of course, I'll have to place a $15 ESN swap charge on the customers bill.
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djbrians

Nov 7, 2005, 2:03 PM
as long as the phone is an unlocked cdma phone right?
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usccmyned

Nov 7, 2005, 2:52 PM
Yup... I would do the same. I would activate the phone for the customer as long it's on the list and esn is not stolen! I've done it already for the Razor for one of my employees!

It works just fine!
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djbrians

Nov 7, 2005, 4:30 PM
thanks man ... u rock!!! i tried lookin for some compatible phones for cdma and i havent came across many. if i did it would say unlocked for verizon. would that still be able 2 work? as long as its on the cdma network? i ran across some bas ass motorolas that u.s. doesnt even have lol
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littlepinksock

Nov 7, 2005, 8:16 PM
Hmm. That's not smart. Considering that we haven't offered the RAZR here, haven't tested it, and we can't service it. But hey, go ahead. I hope your AAE doesn't find out.
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joeski2

Nov 8, 2005, 9:52 AM
really where did you get a CDMA Razor from??? Cause if you activated a GSM phone onto uscellular it would not work. these is no system verification for the sim card. yet another person not knowing what they are talking about.
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