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switching prepaid service?
hey im new to cell phone tech. i have a razr v3m. i used to have it on a verizon account, then a verizon prepaid account. i no longer use verizon. my question...is it possible to hack the phone to be used on another carrier's prepaid card? such as tmobile or tracfone.
i dont think the phone has a simcard but im not sure.
It would be possible but not with the 2 carriers you...
Posted: Fri, 03/20/2009 - 11:00 by pyde_pypperIt would be possible but not with the 2 carriers you mentioned tho. reason being is like you said there is no sim card. VZW is a CDMA carrier and the other 2 you mentioned are GSM. And with that said you can not use a CDMA phone on a GSM network, and you also can not convert a CDMA phone into a GSM phone 2 different technologies.
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i see. are there any other cdma carriers that would work on...
Posted: Fri, 03/20/2009 - 11:03 by matt09i see. are there any other cdma carriers that would work on it?
Should be doable with any carrier of your choice that is a...
Posted: Fri, 03/20/2009 - 11:32 by pyde_pypperShould be doable with any carrier of your choice that is a CDMA carrier, and as long as you can find the correct flash file for that carrier so all settings would be right prior to activating it.
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Metro PCS is one, and there's a flash file avaiable for it....
Posted: Sat, 03/21/2009 - 07:18 by teddyearpMetro PCS is one, and there's a flash file avaiable for it. There's another one, but I can't remeber it's name that still uses the VZW f/w, so you wouldn't have to flash it.
good luck
Razr files
No sorry
Posted: Sat, 03/28/2009 - 16:07 by fog37766Here is why
First to the person that said that tracfone is gsm. Half true they used to be a cdma but they switched over to gsm. They do not sell the cdma cellphones anymore but if you got your hands on one it would work.
Now for the reason you cant use another providers phone on tracfone.
Tracfone has unique software very diffrent from any other provider. Which uses codes you program into your phone to add airtime. IF the phone does not have this software i seriously doubt you could use it on the tracfone network
hmm
Posted: Wed, 04/01/2009 - 18:57 by matt09good luck
did you happen to remember which one it is that uses the vzw firmware?
Page Plus. I am not totally positive everything will work...
Posted: Thu, 04/02/2009 - 08:24 by teddyearpPage Plus. I am not totally positive everything will work if you use the VZW f/w as it's been quite a while since i looked into it, but here's a couple of links for you:
http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=364
http://www.pagepluscellular.com/
good luck
Razr files
yup i used page plus
Posted: Wed, 10/14/2009 - 10:29 by dumbumI own a razr v3m and i ported my number to page plus from verizon prepaid and thay even gave me 100 free minutes! i just called them up thay did everything i didn't need to flash my phone everything worked just the web browsing gave me a hard time some times it did work some times it didn't but that was my only problem and best of all thay are much much cheaper!
Well, that's good for us to know. I looked into their...
Posted: Thu, 10/15/2009 - 17:45 by teddyearpWell, that's good for us to know. I looked into their plans and if I didn't have three lines tied to my VZW, I would probably think about switching to maybe save a few $$$. But, it's not only me, and knowing my luck with my Nap, I'd go WAY over the 20mb data allowance, lol.
Razr files
There working on a data plan...
Posted: Sat, 10/17/2009 - 20:58 by dumbumPage plus is going to release a better data plan in the near future....