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Old 07-28-22, 06:31 AM
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Unlocked cell phone question

Hoping someone can help me out!
I have an android phone that is supposedly unlocked. How can I verify this?
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Old 07-28-22, 07:08 AM
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Put in a SIM card from a different carrier and see if it connects
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Old 07-28-22, 08:03 AM
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Is google broken?

https://www.androidcentral.com/how-d...phone-unlocked
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Old 07-28-22, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by njkayaker
Is google broken?
Yes, but I don't see how that's relevant here.
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Old 07-28-22, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
Yes, but I don't see how that's relevant here.
It's obvious: it's easy enough to look up.
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Old 07-28-22, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by njkayaker
It's obvious: it's easy enough to look up.
You can look things up on Google??? What will they think of next? Can people breathe air too? And use lots of fonts?
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Old 07-28-22, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
You can look things up on Google??? What will they think of next? Can people breathe air too? And use lots of fonts?
I guess you have lots to learn.
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Old 07-28-22, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
Yes, but I don't see how that's relevant here.
It's an odd question to ask here.

He could have literally typed his question into google and gotten an answer immediately. I'm assuming he's not helpless.

"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime."

And you "don't see how that's relevant here".

Bizarre.
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Old 07-28-22, 12:38 PM
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Bizarre.
Why are you bringing up women's underwear?
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Old 07-28-22, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by njkayaker
That's your contribution? Charming.
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I find it charming. No need to ask silly questions about your unlocked phone in a bike forum when the answer is a google search away.
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Old 07-29-22, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by prj71
I find it charming. No need to ask silly questions about your unlocked phone in a bike forum when the answer is a google search away.
Yes, I helped someone google search why cyclists record their rides.
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Old 08-01-22, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Atlas Shrugged
That's your contribution? Charming.
Originally Posted by Atlas Shrugged
That's your contribution? Charming.
It provided two answers to his question.

Your whinging didn't contribute anything.

Do you see the irony?


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Old 08-01-22, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Richard Cranium
Why are you bringing up women's underwear?
Or google's failings. Some people just aren't great at thinking.
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Old 08-01-22, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
Or google's failings. Some people just aren't great at thinking.
You definitely need lots of help with this.
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Old 08-01-22, 11:02 AM
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I need an inexpensive device that runs Android 9 or newer or iOS 12 or newer (preferably a generation or 2 newer than either of those for future proofing) to run my Zwift Companion App while riding on my trainer using Zwift. They deprecated my old Kindle Fire solution (Amazon's version of Android 5). If I don't want it to use as a phone (reasons for not wanting a cell phone), it looks like my cheapest option would be a 4-5 year old locked phone. I could use a locked phone because all I want it for us to use it on wifi, right?

And yes, I could have googled as well (and I did), but couldn't find someone wanted to do exactly what I wanted to do, so I thought I'd check for verification.

I believe I could also go one step further/cheaper and get a phone with a bad IMEI/ESN because, again, would never be used on a cellular network and only on wifi, but that would probably mean supporting theft, which I don't want to do.
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Old 08-01-22, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by himespau
I could use a locked phone because all I want it for us to use it on wifi, right?
Yes. The "locked" refers to the use of the SIM card (which isn't involved with WiFi use).

("locked" is kind of ambiguous. There's "carrier locked" and "screen/phone locked". We are talking about the "carrier" one.)

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And yes, I could have googled as well (and I did), but couldn't find someone wanted to do exactly what I wanted to do, so I thought I'd check for verification.
Your question wasn't as easy as the OP's. If the OP had made any effort (and still had questions), it's likely he would have asked a different question. People don't mind helping but they really don't want to do work that the person asking the question could easily do.

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Old 08-01-22, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by njkayaker
("locked" is kind of ambiguous. There's "carrier locked" and "screen/phone locked". We are talking about the "carrier" one.)
Yeah, screen-locked and iCloud locked are a lot of what I see sellers trying to slip into the "locked" description without people noticing when I'm looking at carrier-locked used phones. If Apple isn't going to unlock a dead terrorist's iCloud locked phone for the FBI, they're definitely not going to unlock an iCloud locked phone that some random dude sold me.
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Old 08-01-22, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by himespau
I need an inexpensive device that runs Android 9 or newer or iOS 12 or newer (preferably a generation or 2 newer than either of those for future proofing) to run my Zwift Companion App while riding on my trainer using Zwift. They deprecated my old Kindle Fire solution (Amazon's version of Android 5). If I don't want it to use as a phone (reasons for not wanting a cell phone), it looks like my cheapest option would be a 4-5 year old locked phone. I could use a locked phone because all I want it for us to use it on wifi, right?

And yes, I could have googled as well (and I did), but couldn't find someone wanted to do exactly what I wanted to do, so I thought I'd check for verification.

I believe I could also go one step further/cheaper and get a phone with a bad IMEI/ESN because, again, would never be used on a cellular network and only on wifi, but that would probably mean supporting theft, which I don't want to do.
I have an old (retired) phone that would work for you. If you lived nearby I would give it to you. I hate waiting in line at the post office though. There's a good chance if you ask around that you'll find somebody like me with an old phone that has no value to them
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