Unlocked phone question

[Woah Boy]

Okay so I know both Verizon and us cellular are both cdma, what I'm wondering is if I can use my unlocked us cellular phone on Verizon or att since it also has gsm bands

[LHJKO]

as long as its unlocked and has the right bands you can use it with any company you want 

[dizmo]

You'd have to check. Verizon is really locked down as far as a network goes, and often phones won't work without a little elbow grease.

It's best to check and see if other people got the phone you're thinking about using to work. IIRC they vet a lot of their phones.

1 minute ago, Vernw3 said:

as long as its unlocked and has the right bands you can use it with any company you want 

Unfortunately I don't believe it's that easy with Verizon.

[Woah Boy]

4 minutes ago, dizmo said:

You'd have to check. Verizon is really locked down as far as a network goes, and often phones won't work without a little elbow grease.

It's best to check and see if other people got the phone you're thinking about using to work. IIRC they vet a lot of their phones.

Unfortunately I don't believe it's that easy with Verizon.

Alright, thanks, I was hoping it was as easy as originally stated lol.

[79wjd]

5 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Unfortunately I don't believe it's that easy with Verizon.

I don't see why it wouldn't be. As long as it has all the bands required by Verizon, then it should work fine. 

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

Yeah, just keep in mind it'll usually only work in that general geographic area. 

 

E.g. some chinese phones (even unlocked) won't work in NA because the hardware simply doesn't allow it.

[dizmo]

19 hours ago, djdwosk97 said:

I don't see why it wouldn't be. As long as it has all the bands required by Verizon, then it should work fine. 

Ah, apparently it's much easier than it used to be. Haven't looked into it in ages.

[Donut417]

On 2/6/2018 at 11:32 PM, Steadyhands said:

Okay so I know both Verizon and us cellular are both cdma, what I'm wondering is if I can use my unlocked us cellular phone on Verizon or att since it also has gsm bands

My advice is check the phones manufacture first. When I purchased my One Plus 3t its explicitly stated it wont work on Verizon or Sprint. Basically the easy way to tell is look at what type of radio's the phone has (GSM vs CDMA), it could have both, as Verizon has sold "World Phones" have have both radio types in it. You also need to see what bands they have. For example in the Metro Detroit area, T mobile uses band 12 for LTE, so when I purchased my One Plus 3t, I made sure it had band 12 support. 

 

As others have stated, Verizon's network is locked down tighter than a snare drum. Though I have a feeling after they shut down their 3G network in a year or two, that they will be more open to unlocked devices. As 4G LTE is a GSM standard.