Can a Treo 650 Verizon be used on Cingular?

While out west I bought a used Treo 650 with Verizon on it. The screen has a
gray line across the center. Having replaced the lcd on my 600 I figured I
could do the same. It seem like a good deal at the time for $10.00. Can I
unlock it somehow to use it on Cingular? I pulled the SIM tray and there is
no cutout for a SIM. The box says it is a GSM.

I live in Columbus , Ohio

Thanks in advance

In message <Z4YXg.16590$7I1.39@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net> "Ted"
<thomas.ted@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>While out west I bought a used Treo 650 with Verizon on it. The screen has a
>gray line across the center. Having replaced the lcd on my 600 I figured I
>could do the same. It seem like a good deal at the time for $10.00. Can I
>unlock it somehow to use it on Cingular? I pulled the SIM tray and there is
>no cutout for a SIM. The box says it is a GSM.

Verizon isn't GSM, Cingular is. If it worked with Verizon then it won't
work on Cingular, period.

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At 14 Oct 2006 02:38:49 +0000 Ted wrote:
> While out west I bought a used Treo 650 with Verizon on it.

Verizon is a CDMA carrier, not GSM.

> It seem like a good deal at the time for $10.00.

A great deal. If you can replace the LCD, you can get a few bills for it
on eBay, I'm sure.

> Can I
> unlock it somehow to use it on Cingular?

Nope- Verizon is CDMA, Cingular is GSM.

> I pulled the SIM tray and there is
> no cutout for a SIM. The box says it is a GSM.

Sounds like that box doesn't belong to that phone. There is no SIM card
in a Verizon CDMA phone.

Fix it, eBay it, and buy a GSM version.

Good luck!


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