Motorola
Unlocking The v551...
I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the "capabilities" of the v551. I read heard something about you being able to unlock the phone. What does it mean to unlock a phone? They also said that you can change the faceplate. Does anyone know anything about any of this? They said you can change the startup/shutdown screens and sounds and change the external display. Please give me some feedback bc i would like to see if there is any truth to this? Have any of you done this? Thanks. Chad
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I can one of the questions that you asked about unlocking the phone. When you unlock a phone, you are disabling the carrier lock that they have put on the phone. The phone that you have is a GSM phone. GSM phones can be unlocked and used with any cell phone carrier. Since you have the Motorola V551, that phone was made to work on Cingulars service, but if you unlock the phone, you would be able to use the phone with any GSM carrier. In the US there are 2 major carriers(Cingular and T-Mobile) For example, if you decided to leave Cingular and go to T-Mobile, the phone would allow you to put a T-Mobile SIM card in the phone and you would be able to make calls. One benefit of unlocking a phone is that if you decide to travel outside of the Unite...
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