[OT] Does anyone have a spare CDMA Cellphone?

[Scott Ehrlich]

GSM uses a SIM card.   CDMA uses an ESN (Electronic Serial Number)
which is unique to each phone, thus negating the need for a SIM.  So
unforturnately, Bill cannot do that.
A phone, blessed by his CDMA carrier, needs to be had.   Speaking of which -

If Bill were to get a CDMA phone from a provider he doesn't use (i.e.
Sprint or Alltel phone), and he walks into a Verizon Wireless store
(say Bill's account is with Verizon), Verizon can turn their backs on
him and require him to provide a Verizon-branded phone for activation
on their network.   Some CDMA carrers are branding-specific.

For the GSM world, you can get the cheapest phone available, put the
working SIM card into that cheap phone, at continue right where  you
left off.

Scott

On 7/6/05, David Backeberg <dave at math.mit.edu> wrote:
> This won't help you now, but my understanding of GSM is that if your phone
> craps out and your id chip thingie isn't hurt you can buy the cheapest
> crap GSM phone you can find, swap in your old id chip thingie, unlock the
> phone with a hack code and resume your regular service while your original
> phone is being repaired.
> 
> Anybody that knows the proper words for those terms want to confirm this?
> Can this be done with CDMA too?
> 
> --
> David Backeberg (dave at math.mit.edu)
> Network Staff Assistant
> MIT Math Dept.
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> 
> On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Bill Horne wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for reading this.
> >
> > I just brought my Motorola 120C cellphone back from a trip to the washing
> > machine, all nice and shiny.
> >
> > Does anyone on the list have a spare CDMA (Verizon) phone I can buy?
> >
> > Bill Horne
> > 781 784-7287
> >
> >
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