Name: Anonymous 2006-08-15 4:41
maybe this is the right place to ask, maybe not. anywho.
i recently obtained a Sanyo v801sa vodafone for free from a garage sale. apart from no power, it seems to be in fine working order (i'm getting a charger from ebay). the person said she found it in a taxi cab. Evidently it's a japan only release phone, but it's supposed to be compatable with Europeanand US standards or something.
Here's the problem, vodafone is a branch (or subsidiary?) of Verizon wireless here in the states. I have cingular wireless. Evidently verizon uses a network called CDMA, while cingular uses GSM. I was wondering how i would go about unlocking this phone to work with my cingular sim card and it's respective service. I've been told the CDMA network is incompatable with the GSM one (from both service hotlines), but i've also heard it's still possible to unlock and change the phone to work on either network (from the interweb). I was wondering if anyone knew if i can or cannot unlock this phone for use in the GSM network, and how i might go about doing it. thanks in advance for any help.
i recently obtained a Sanyo v801sa vodafone for free from a garage sale. apart from no power, it seems to be in fine working order (i'm getting a charger from ebay). the person said she found it in a taxi cab. Evidently it's a japan only release phone, but it's supposed to be compatable with Europeanand US standards or something.
Here's the problem, vodafone is a branch (or subsidiary?) of Verizon wireless here in the states. I have cingular wireless. Evidently verizon uses a network called CDMA, while cingular uses GSM. I was wondering how i would go about unlocking this phone to work with my cingular sim card and it's respective service. I've been told the CDMA network is incompatable with the GSM one (from both service hotlines), but i've also heard it's still possible to unlock and change the phone to work on either network (from the interweb). I was wondering if anyone knew if i can or cannot unlock this phone for use in the GSM network, and how i might go about doing it. thanks in advance for any help.