Unlocked phones & T-Mobile pre-paid

On Nov 9, 2:17 pm, cellu...@motorola.net wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:45:22 -0000, mcquarrie <00de...@gmail.com> wrote this
> with the utmost thought:
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> >On Nov 7, 2:21 pm, cellu...@motorola.net wrote:
> >> On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:29:48 -0000, mcquarrie <00de...@gmail.com> wrote this
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> >> >does any one have any experience with the following proposition?
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> >> >I have a T-mobile pre-paid cellphone - a samsung, it's ok.
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> >> >I'd like to buy an unlocked Moto Razr, or something equally flashy.
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> >> >I've seen a few posts seeming to confirm that T-mobile sim cards will
> >> >work in the phone, but what about sim cards from pre-paid phones? will
> >> >they be any different? any special procedures necessary to make it
> >> >work?
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> >> >any experiences shared will be welcome.
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> >> Swapping SIM and maintaining voice+text messaging will be straightforward
> >> with no fiddling. You will have to twiddle some settings to get picture/MMS
> >> to work if you have/need that to work. Don't get automatic settings sent
> >> from T-mobile as they're invariably locked and then you have to fiddle
> >> around to be able to edit and/or delete them.
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> >Thank you both. I see "unlocked" phones on ebay, but they are also
> >tagged as AT&T or Cingular etc. Do I need to get an unlocked T-Mobile?
> >why are they tagged with specific service providers?
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> I see you've had your questions answered by other posts but what I'd
> recommend if you're intent on buying a handset is to get one that hasn't
> been locked to any network and has all the menu etc. options available. You
> won't have to enjoy/waste <g> time putting the object back to match the
> manufacturer's manual then.
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> The original Razr is quite cheap if you can find one, assuming that's what
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Thanks everyone - I will be purchasing from ebay, and I will let you
know how I get on.