Sprint, or Sprint / Nextel as they are now officially called, will start offering unlock codes to customers requesting them that want to use their Sprint branded phone on another CDMA network.
This move comes as part of a settlement of class actions in California and Florida that claimed Sprint locked the devices to make it difficult for customers to switch carriers taking their Sprint phone with them.
The settlement covers all customers who bought Sprint phones between Aug. 28, 1999, and July 16, 2007. It should allow those phones to be switched to competitors whose networks are compatible with Sprint’s, such as Verizon Wireless and Alltel Corp.
The question I have is will the move prompt Verizon to discontinue their practice disabling devices beyond factory defaults? The BlackBerry 8830 has built in GPS, however, Verizon cripples this feature in their branded version. Sprint, on the other hand, does not.
I don’t imagine that there will be a huge wave of Sprint users switching their devices to Verizon just because they aren’t locked down, however, there will be some and I can’t imagine Verizon telling potential subscribers willing to pay the highest premiums on the U.S. that they will only take their money if the device they uses says Verizon accrues the bottom.
Sorry Robb, verizon has got that covered too. They are always working against the customer. Word is:
“The days of getting a non-VZW fone activated are over.
VZW now will not activate any CDMA fone who’s ESN is not in their database, even for example, the exact same CDMA model (such as a RAZR), but made for another CDMA carrier such as Sprint or US cellular or Alltel. …
They even closed the “loophole” that allowed you to get around it with the Online ESN changer …”
http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/verizon-wireless-users/55219-will-a-japanese-phone-with-verizon.html#post382272
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I agree with hellno: just because Sprint has unlocked the device doesn’t mean that VZW has to activate it. In fact, VZW will not activate an unlocked CDMA phone.
The only way VZW will change is if their is sufficient economic incentive. The only type of incentive would be if customers in large numbers simply started leaving VZW as a form of protest against their less consumer friendly practices. That hasn’t happened yet and most likely will not.
When you are with VZW, you in essence make a deal with the devil: you can screw me over bigtime, but I get to use a great network. Until someone else comes up with a network just as good but more consumer friendly, then VZW will remain the way they are.
Thought,
Remember it’s verizon who’s changing their network to the global, open, standard, GSM family of technologies (LTE). It will be interesting to see how verizon could keep up the anti-consumer corporate culture while upgrading their network to a know family of technologies based on open, standard, non-branded handsets.
LTE is several years away. Long way to go to figure out how to lock the network down like we all know they will.
hello
i was wondering if you can unlock a sprint blackberry world edition phone to be used for at&t and other carriers
That’s funny. I just tried to have my sprint bb 8830 unlocked to use when I’m in the UK and Sprint told me the can’t do that. Hmm..
Can someone unlock my Sprint phone?
I have a Samsung sph-m300, if Sprint will not unlock it, is there another way to get it unlocked?
i am needing the same answer 2 this same question
yes go to unlockitnow you will have to pay for it to be unlock i think the fee is 20.00
I need an unlock code to unlock my japan,panasonic/softbank mobile phone,810p slide.
I would like to know how to unlock PANASONIC 810P mobile (Japanese mobile, softbank). Reply shall be highly obliged.
i need sprint spc code to reprogrmmereo 755p handset.
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Hello,
Thanks for the suggestion “Kesika” I checked the website you provided, but luckyly I checked the Google search as well and found the code is available for much lesser price on another website, and saved my self $20 as I had to unlock two HTC G1’s from T-mobile.
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need help. trying to convert my non sim card sprint bb curve to a boost berry how do i get it unlocked. the deal is i bought this phone off a friend who sold it to him, and i guess his friend didnt take his phone off the plan, because he purchased a new phone and got it unlocked and is using that one instead, but when i went to my local boost mobile dealer who also does a phone unlocking service. said that he is able to unlock it but i would have to get the phone taken off his sprint network. how do i do that? and if there is any way around that because i cant get ahold of his friend, to have him call customer service and fix it, because i need this done asap, as i am currently in desperate need of a working phone and im not gonna buy another one
I’m with the Sprint Network. I currently have a blackberry tour. I really want a blackberry storm but Sprint is telling me thats its impossible for me to buy an unlocked blackberry storm & use it with their network…is there a way I can??? I really want that phone! They said if the phone doesn’t have a Sprint logo then I can’t use it…
does any one know how to unlock my softbank toshiba 920t?.. pls..help me… my cousin bought it in japan last year.. when she came back here lst week she gave it to me.. but of course its lock, and i can’t use it, im really excited to use it. so pls help me.. pls. pls.pls.