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MattAwesome
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:32 pm Post subject: if unlock my phone |
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| If I unlock my phone from home. which runs on a cdma network. can i use it in korea? |
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Drew345
Joined: 24 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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Very slim chance.
To use your unlocked phone on another system, you need three things:
- same technology (CDMA or GSM) OK, you are CDMA.
- same frequencies
- have SIM cards
It turns out that Korean CDMA is slightly different frequencies that US CDMA. There is some overlap, so some US carriers can allow roaming in Korea. But I wouldn't want to count on it as my primary phone which this frequency difference.
Most Korean carriers do not have SIM cards. I have only ever seen one Korean phone with a SIM card, and I have never seen SIM cards for sale separately.
So I think there is very slim chance of using your unlocked CDMA phone here in Korea. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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This needs to be a sticky:
UNLOCKED PHONES WON'T WORK WITH A KOREAN CARRIER UNLESS YOU ARE ROAMING.
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
This needs to be a sticky:
UNLOCKED PHONES WON'T WORK WITH A KOREAN CARRIER UNLESS YOU ARE ROAMING.
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Amen, brother. |
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