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Originally Posted by usererror
Can someone give me a straight answer to this?
With budgets the way they are I am looking to ebay or overstock.com to buy reburbished Blackberry 8330's. Can any blackberry device branded for Alltel/Verzion/Sprint/Nextel work with any carrier?
In particular our carrier is Alltel. Am I restricted to buying a Blackberry that is branded with the Alltel name?
What exactly does this "unlock" mean when looking at a blackberry. I see a post below that you can pay to have it done.
What does Unlocking really do?
thanks in advance!
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Despite being discussed all over this forum, and despite the fact that you thread-jacked, here is the straight answer:
NO!
Unlocking is for SIM card-based providers only. CDMA carriers such as Alltel, Sprint, and Verizon can only use devices sold by and branded for them. You cannot purchase a T-Mobile device and use it on Alltel. You can't use an Alltel device on Sprint. Get the picture?