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CELL PHONE Question
but viva phones here do have a SIM card.
i don't use viva myself, they have the worst coverage of all in the area and provide no customers services at all to speak of,
but a friend of mine got her phone unblocked and wanted to check if it really works with other carriers, so i gave her my claro sim to be put in her viva phone, it worked. her viva phone had teh same kinda SIM card as my claro SIM.
Mike
i don't use viva myself, they have the worst coverage of all in the area and provide no customers services at all to speak of,
but a friend of mine got her phone unblocked and wanted to check if it really works with other carriers, so i gave her my claro sim to be put in her viva phone, it worked. her viva phone had teh same kinda SIM card as my claro SIM.
Mike
anyways, forget about old phnes which run on outdated systems.
phones cost peanuts, nothing.
you get a brand new cellphone with charger ready for the common gsm system for 10-15 bucks at every store.
why to hassle around with old phones and different systms to get 'em comparalble?
Mike
phones cost peanuts, nothing.
you get a brand new cellphone with charger ready for the common gsm system for 10-15 bucks at every store.
why to hassle around with old phones and different systms to get 'em comparalble?
Mike
I wouldn't toss them. I believe all BB's have a sim card. They can be unlocked quite easily. In Sosua at the telephone shop next door to Cabarete liquor store. a few minutes and a couple hundred pesos.
Yes, all Ip6's are unlocked... unless it was subsidized (USD 199) by the carrier- and most US carriers now honor unlock requests.
An "international" phone only means it is Quad banded (GSM). GSM bands are only for voice. Quad-band generally refers to a device that supports four different GSM frequency bands (850 and 1900 MHz, mostly used in the Americas, and the 900 and 1800 MHz bands used elsewhere.) A quad-band device will work pretty much anywhere in the world where there is GSM service. You must also insure you have the 3G and 4G radio frequencies for data/voice that the particular country's carrier employs.
Pretty must all modern, good, phones are quad banded (International).
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Would love to know where you can get an iphone unlocked for 200 pesos. I just had one from canada unlocked for 1200 and was told that unblocking ones from the usa is more expensive. This was in SD....and I had a Dominican friend get the price.
Most BB's have a sim, the Curve does not. But I solved it, I just bought a couple newer Blackberry's on ebay, $40 usd and they're unlocked Quad GSM ready to go internationally.
I have service with Orange. I want to use Claro but don't want to lose my number. WHat I am asking is if I can port it.
i don't know about prepaid numbers.
i know that you can keep your orange phone number when you switch from Orange to a Claro Postpaid/billed Plan,
as we did that with my wife's number.
but that is not up to date info, as we did that years ago.
Mike
oh god, so many people have this urge to respond to any post written by anyone but so many have no clue as to what they are talking about. if you don't know about a subject, why bother even responding and giving away potentially wrong and even, costly information?
Only respond when you are an expert on the subject. Anyone can do google search.
AZB
Only respond when you are an expert on the subject. Anyone can do google search.
AZB
and of course the former orange phone did not work with the new Claro SIM Card, for that a phone needs to get unlocked.
that was no problem, as she anyways wanted a new phone and we took a Claro phone with the new SIM right there.
i understood that you want to switch from your actual orange provider to Claro as your new provider and want to keep your phonenumber, right?
or what do you mean with "Port"?
Mike
Yes you can bring your current tel # to Claro, for a charge. Let them know at Claro customer service before they activate your new sim card.
Next issue, will your current phone work with a Claro sim or are you planning on getting a new phone at Claro?
Next issue, will your current phone work with a Claro sim or are you planning on getting a new phone at Claro?
Yes, I want to port my number. But it's a Pre-Paid so I was not sure. I already have given my number out to a few places I do business with and want to ensure I keep same one.