[ale] [OT] Unlocked GSM phone

[Jeff Lightner]

They won't take you to Gitmo - they'll take you to a "humane detention
center" somewhere in the U.S.   Obama is phasing out Gitmo.

 

I understood why people didn't like the secret and indefinite detention
but never quite understood why they complained about it being Gitmo.
People actually PAY to fly to Cuba for vacations from Europe because it
is after all a Caribbean island.  Being in a cage isn't a vacation but I
have to believe being in a cage in the Caribbean is better than being in
one in Virginia (especially in the winter).

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Adam
Allred
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 10:00 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] Unlocked GSM phone

 

 

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:21 AM, <rs at ale.spam.futz.org> wrote:

>Adam wrote:
>> I have a really old AT&T Blue wireless SIM that is on a really old
voice
>> plan that I don't want to change, because it's alot cheaper than what
>> AT&T offers now.
>>
>> Unfortunately, my Nokia 3200B finally ate it, and I'm in the market
for
>> an unlocked GSM phone I can drop my SIM in.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience with unlocked cell phone purchasing
that
>> could recommend a seller? I have no need for any bells and whistles.
I'd
>> like the cheapest, simplest phone that can send and receive calls.
>
>In the past, I have purchased one of the 'pay as you go' phones and
>simply swapped the sim cards.  Just make sure you purchase a phone that
>is on an AT&T plan, I think they are called the 'go' phone.

I did exactly this about a year ago.. $19.99 at Sam's. I recently jumped
ship
to T-mobile to get a G1, so I've got the go phone sitting on a shelf. $5
if
you want it, and can come pick it up. I'm in Tucker (NE Atlanta, not far
from
85/285).


As it turns out, my girlfriend had an older cingular phone that was no
longer on any plan, and had been collecting dust for a year in a closet.

A quick google query led to a set of magical voodoo strings that opened
up the menu that AT&T doesn't want you to see, one of them being the
network lock. Once I disabled that, it was smooth sailing.

Now, all I have to do is wait for men in black from AT&T to abduct me
and take me to Gitmo for breaking contract on my service that has no
contract...
 
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