My new Cingular branded T616 is Unlocked!

>so does this mean that if I have an unlocked cell phone I can use it
>with any carrier, and the service provider wont know?
>

If you are talking about a GSM phone and a movable SIM - you are 100% correct.

Any other technology is another story.

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>>and the service provider wont know?
>
>The service provider will know.
>

But won't pay any attention to the change of phone. And they do NOT care one
way or the other.

However, if you report the phone stolen, they can match the last phone/SIM
combination and black list that particular phone.

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In <[email protected]> on 11 Aug 2004 03:06:01 GMT,
[email protected]pamfree (John S.) wrote:

>>>and the service provider wont know?
>>
>>The service provider will know.
>
>But won't pay any attention to the change of phone.

True in general.

>And they do NOT care one
>way or the other.

Not true -- Cingular will only support certain phones.

>However, if you report the phone stolen, they can match the last phone/SIM
>combination and black list that particular phone.

Actually the phone's IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity), which is
checked against the network's EIR (Equipment ID Register).

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>>And they do NOT care one
>>way or the other.
>
>Not true -- Cingular will only support certain phones.
>

We aren't talking about support - where the user calls and says "How can I
store a phone number on my phone?" - but we are talking about whether or not
they care one way or the other what phone you are using.

They do NOT care one way or the other!

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In <[email protected]> on 12 Aug 2004 20:38:53 GMT,
[email protected]pamfree (John S.) wrote:

>>>And they do NOT care one
>>>way or the other.
>>
>>Not true -- Cingular will only support certain phones.
>
>We aren't talking about support - where the user calls and says "How can I
>store a phone number on my phone?" - but we are talking about whether or not
>they care one way or the other what phone you are using.
>
>They do NOT care one way or the other!

In short:
They DON'T care if there aren't any problems.
Otherwise, they DO care.

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On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:59:56 -0500, bones boy <[email protected]>
wrote:

>>I belive all Cingular T616 are unlocked, hence the name "Worldphone". You
>>can tell if your phone is unlocked by replacing the sim card with that of
>>another carrier Ex. T-mobile and if you can make calls...well ur phone is
>>also unlocked!
>
>I'm asking how *he* knows *his* phone is unlocked. Cingular is not in
>the business of unlocking phones anymore so I'm a little skeptical...

I own two T616s which I purchased form Cingular. Both were unlocked
when they were sold to me. I assumed this was because I paid full
price for them, but if all T616s are sold that way then I guess that
explains it.

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