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iphone 5 on straight talk cdma

if anyone can help me im bay an iphone 5 on walmark in februry and i have much problem with the iphone 5 cdma straight talk he uses and i can send regular text ,picture even take to apple and they told me that everyting was fine on the iphone 5 may only that i have problems with the date. 100 called over to straight talk and tell me that nothing happens and i told him if he could send me a sim to put it on with iphone 5 and said that my iphone 5 and told me i could not because the sim does not work them i give the code to unlock the iphone 5 because they did not want their service and was told nothing more that i could give the code because it was inlegar when i pay $ 649.00 plus the tax and a blast from minute $ 45.00 and i want to help anything. either return my money that i pay for the iphone 5

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Jul 14, 2013 10:47 AM

39 replies

Jul 28, 2013 6:34 AM in response to KiltedTim

Okay you know I'm thinking that you working with this trade talk that's one that you talking about like that because you like alderperson on you don't talk to like that you don't care about what the people doing We phone

Jul 28, 2013 6:39 AM in response to toronbolo1972

Straight talk

Jul 28, 2013 7:23 AM in response to toronbolo1972

How many people signed 2 year contract You never done the contract You have to pay for That. isn't legal block iPhone 5 to no work we Other company Oh block my phone And no work more ok... I am not doing nothing wrong I'm pay for my phone $649.00 Is my property I am not sign noncontract with the straight talk.... And I not doing nothing yet but I am going to do it I am going to change in my iPhone 5 with the other company I tired they have a 13 kg byte speed data Not test message I can't send a picture Lost calling everywhere I am tired about that I'm pay $45 every month for six months I don't know paid no more For one surveyed that he's no work I don't with a straight talk Is my iPhone 5 not the Straight talk

KiltedTim

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Jul 28, 2013 3:38 PM in response to toronbolo1972

Sorry. You're wrong. It's completely legal. If you don't like it, call your congressman.

Jul 30, 2013 8:37 AM in response to KiltedTim

who is congressman

Jul 30, 2013 8:48 AM in response to toronbolo1972

you dont think is better calle the FCC about my data service on straight talk and locked phone when i pay full price on my phone

deggie

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Jul 30, 2013 8:58 AM in response to toronbolo1972

The FCC enforces current laws and regulations. There is no law forcing Straight Talk to unlock their iPhone or guarantee any speed.

Aug 20, 2013 6:19 PM in response to toronbolo1972

I just got off the phone a few hours ago with Straight Talk Technical Support. They are telling me that their phone comes UNLOCKED (which is why they do not offer unlocking -- you do not offer unlocking if your phones come unlocked!). The problem arises when people think that they can put SIM cards into them. You cannot do that with a CDMA phone (hence the confusion and why everyone seems to think that their phones are locked). CDMA phones require a computer hookup from your CDMA provider to transfer carriers. So you have to go to Verizon to get them to hook you up. You cannot just call them up nor can you just pop in a SIM card.

I was upset too when the phone that I specifically requested be an unlocked phone appeared to be a locked one. Once it was explained to me that I *do* have an unlocked phone, I became a lot calmer (oh, and unlike some of the people on here, I do like the Straight Talk service for what I do but I also want the ability to leave for another carrier if I can find a better deal elsewhere sometime in the future).

So I think that the issue is one of poor communication. If you ask Straight Talk if you can use another SIM card in the phone, the answer will be no. If you ask them if they can unlock your phone, the answer will be no. If you ask them if your phone is already unlocked, they will tell you "yes". Whether you can port your phone to another carrier, however, depends on whether the other carrier is willing to accept your unlocked phone (Verizon is a "yes"; Sprint PCS, I understand, may be a "no").

deggie

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Aug 20, 2013 9:42 PM in response to ZagrosSadjadi

The iPhone 5 is a world phone and has a GSM radio in it. To use it with Verizon and Sprint and get LTE you MUST have a SIM in it. A Verizon iPhone 5, due to a deal with the FCC, comes with the GSM side unlocked. You can put an AT&T nanoSIM in it and it will work although you will not get LTE due to band differences.

Throughout this thread Straight Talk has given different information to different people and people are reporting different experiences. One of the original posters said he was able to use it with nanoSIMs in Europe on various GSM systems but had trouble getting it to work with Straight Talk when he returned.

Look at your iPhone 5, if you have one, and you will see a nanoSIM slot on it.

iphone 5 on straight talk cdma