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[xaq_the_aereon]

So in about 2 months time, I'll be departing from the lower 48 for at least a few months. I figure staying in touch with old friends won't be hard...I've got my phone, right?

Well, not so much...turns out Nome, AK isn't in T-Mobile's area of coverage. In fact, the only thing up there is AT&T.

So, at the moment, I'm left with 2 options for what to do.

1) Unlock Hotwire (nickname for my phone due to all the Decepticon overtures) and try to get it usable on whatever AT&T plan I get, even if all the features would go dead.

2) Slag Hotwire and get a new phone with the new plan.



The big problem I'm having here is that, as difficult as option 1 will be.......dammit, I LIKE this phone!

Merf...what a bum-out.

Comments

[araemo.livejournal.com]

If you can get an unlock code from t-mobile for your phone (or buy one off of ebay), it shouldn't be hard to get it on AT&T's network unless it's REALLY old. I know nothing about getting the unlock codes from the carriers themselves(though I've heard of some success stories), the ebay ones are actually perfectly legal, and if you look hard enough on the web, you can find some free unlock codes(though I don't know if they're phone-specific).

Just swap SIMs to the AT&T one, and it usually just works, at least for voice/sms. Special features could be an issue, but just calling/sms is pretty standardized.

[araemo.livejournal.com]

http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/T-Mobile_Handets

Hope that helps..

[xaq.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...might be able to bring Hotwire up north with me after all.

Though honestly, if all I'm able to do is keep the Decepticon theme and use it as a phone....mrph, tough decision here.