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relaxed111
Joined: 26 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:55 am Post subject: Getting my Korean phone unlocked and a sim card? |
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Okay, is it possiable to get my Korean phone unlocked, and where can this be done here?
And, can I get a sim card for the phone? |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:19 am Post subject: |
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There are a million threads about this. Use the search.
I'll answer your question anyways:
Korean phones are NOT GSM. They have USIM cards, which are NOT the same as the SIM cards that are in GSM phones. You can NOT put a US/UK/Canada/Japanese/Zimbabwe/Antartica/Brazilian/etc... Sim card into a Korean Cell Phone and have it work.
The only way you can use your Korean cell phone outside of Korea is to have it ROAM with a carrier that has a partnership with a Korean carrier.
Likewise, the only way you can use a GSM phone in Korea is if is ROAMing on a Korean carrier.
I think the MODs should sticky a thread like this. |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:16 am Post subject: |
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TRo unlock your phone try one of these methods:
press 0000 then *,
or press the last 4 digits of the number.
Might work. Good luck! |
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relaxed111
Joined: 26 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
There are a million threads about this. Use the search.
I'll answer your question anyways:
Korean phones are NOT GSM. They have USIM cards, which are NOT the same as the SIM cards that are in GSM phones. You can NOT put a US/UK/Canada/Japanese/Zimbabwe/Antartica/Brazilian/etc... Sim card into a Korean Cell Phone and have it work.
The only way you can use your Korean cell phone outside of Korea is to have it ROAM with a carrier that has a partnership with a Korean carrier.
Likewise, the only way you can use a GSM phone in Korea is if is ROAMing on a Korean carrier.
I think the MODs should sticky a thread like this. |
Thanks for your answer, and and I had done a search about this on the site before I asked. I do understand about the difference of the two systems.
However, there are unlocked phones here for sale and that are used here. So, the question is still one of where can you get one unlocked. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| relaxed111 wrote: |
However, there are unlocked phones here for sale and that are used here. So, the question is still one of where can you get one unlocked. |
The reason I'm skeptical with what you say is because if unlocked phones DID work in Korea, then you'd have a flood of phones from the US/China/HK into Korea.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2895448
Read that article. It SAYS that it can be done, but I haven't heard of anyone being able to do it successfully. |
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