[quote=UCGal]Sprint and Verizon are CDMA. There are no sim cards in their phones.

Some overseas locations are CDMA – but most of Europe is GSM. I have a cheapie unlocked GSM phone just for travel.

BB’s come in both CDMA and GSM flavors. If it’s a CDMA one you’re out of luck.[/quote]

Well your right but not in context of this conversation. Apparently he has the TOUR. The Tour is a Dual-Mode Phone. It has GSM if it has a SIM card in it. There are many offerings of Dual-Modes out there between VZW and Sprint.

Why you want to unlock a phone that is CMDA is beyond me. Neither company has a standard of excepting phones from outside sources. This is due to policies of preserving the network more than anything. Not all phones are created equal… Some phone could cause performance issues within the network and that is why they keep tight reigns on those things.

Besides… Whether you know it or not Sprint and VZW are roaming partners. That means CDMA phones will work on either network (even Cricket and Metro too).

CE

Actually as a addendum… And not aimed at you UCGal…

Turns out the Tour will do UMTS also… Basically you can unlock this phone in any manner you want too as long as it is within the Frequency range of the technology.

Though as I have said before on the CDMA side it makes little sense…