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raulito

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Yeah i was just wondering if anyone knows if I bring a t-mobile phone from the US can it be connected with orange or tri-com?
 
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ElvisNYC

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Make sure you unlock your T-Mobile phone before you get to DR. It's an easy procedure ! It does cost 350 pesos for the SIM card and I think it was 100 pesos worth of minutes.
 
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rellosk

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ElvisNYC said:
Make sure you unlock your T-Mobile phone before you get to DR.
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Does the fact that the phone is a working phone in the US mean that it's unlocked, or do I need to do something special to unlock it for use in the DR?
 
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It needs to be unlocked by T Mobile in NY, in order to allow another carrier's SIM card to function in the phone.
 
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rellosk said:
Does the fact that the phone is a working phone in the US mean that it's unlocked, or do I need to do something special to unlock it for use in the DR?
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Usually phones are locked to a given network by the network provider......so if you are on TMobile in the US and want to use it on Orange in the DR then chances are that it will need to be unlocked.

You can get phones unlocked in the DR for around 200/300 pesos....if you find it doesn't work once you are there
 
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daydream said:
Usually phones are locked to a given network by the network provider......so if you are on TMobile in the US and want to use it on Orange in the DR then chances are that it will need to be unlocked.

You can get phones unlocked in the DR for around 200/300 pesos....if you find it doesn't work once you are there
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No need to pay the 200/300 pesos to unlock the phone. But it's good to know in case someone has trouble unlocking the phone. I already had the Orange SIM card with me in NY when I applied it to a phone I had bought from T-Mobile, and when I had done the unlock feature the phone immediately recognized the other SIM card.

Unlocking your T-Mobile phone it's free, they can instruct you over the phone on how to unlock the phone.
 
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ElvisNYC

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rellosk said:
Does the fact that the phone is a working phone in the US mean that it's unlocked, or do I need to do something special to unlock it for use in the DR?
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Like the other poster said, the phone T-mobile gave you are not unlocked and can only be used within the T-Mobile network. Once you unlock the phone, you can use another carrier's SIM card and get their network.
 
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rellosk

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ElvisNYC said:
Like the other poster said, the phone T-mobile gave you are not unlocked and can only be used within the T-Mobile network. Once you unlock the phone, you can use another carrier's SIM card and get their network.
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It's my understanding that once it's unlocked, it's a simple matter of switching the SIM card when in the US or the DR without notifying T-Mobile each time you change countries. Is that correct?
 
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rellosk said:
It's my understanding that once it's unlocked, it's a simple matter of switching the SIM card when in the US or the DR without notifying T-Mobile each time you change countries. Is that correct?
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Yes that's correct - no need to notify T-Mobile when you change countries
 
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Ricardo900

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I use my Cingular phone (originally locked).
I went to orange to switch sim cards, but my phone was locked and they sent me up the block to their affiliate,can't remember the name, but it was on calle del sol, next to the pizza hut, anyway they unlocked the phone gave me a sim card for a total of 300 or 350 pesos. I think they can unlock any phone.
 
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raulito

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alright so if I bring a t-mobile phone there are places where they can unlock it and activate it for me then right?
 
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ElvisNYC

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raulito said:
alright so if I bring a t-mobile phone there are places where they can unlock it and activate it for me then right?
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There are places in DR where they can unlock your phone and activate it. However, why can't you unlock it here in the US? It's an easy procedure !
 
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sweetdbt

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It's hard to get

phones unlocked in the US because the different companies are so territorial. After literally giving the phone away in return for a contract, they don't want you to be able to turn around and use it with another company.
 
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Its my understanding that if you have a verizon or sprint phone, (or other CDMA phone) it can be re-programmed for use on the verizon network there. However, unlike a sim card phone (GSM, i.e. TMobile, Cingular, AT&T), I doubt it will work again once you return to the US. Ive used a place in Sosua, on Pedro Clisante, next to Plaza Alegria called Caribbean Communications. They charge 300 pesos.
 
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A US CDMA phone, Verizon for example, just needs to be connected on NAM 2 and add a phone card. When you get home just switch it back to NAM 1. I was able to do this upon landing in the plane.

This is free at Verizon Dominicana, just buy a card.
 
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sweetdbt

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This sounds very easy,

Tamborista said:
A US CDMA phone, Verizon for example, just needs to be connected on NAM 2 and add a phone card. When you get home just switch it back to NAM 1. I was able to do this upon landing in the plane.

This is free at Verizon Dominicana, just buy a card.
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but I'm not so sure all CDMA phones have this capability. Could you elaborate/explain what the NAM 1&2 are?
 
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The NAM or Number Assignment Module is the electronic memory in the cellular phone that stores the telephone number. Phones with dual- or multi-NAM features offer users the option of registering the phone with a local number in more than one market.

Most newer CDMA phones have "Dual Nam" capaibility. My STARTAC from 6 years ago has it!
 
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