I live in America and am traveling to Taiwan for 3 weeks apart of a college trip. I need a cell phone and am wondering which affordable (less $150) phone will work their and can be purchased in America (perfbly Best Buy). Maybe one of those Virgin Mobile or PayPhones and I can crack it easily.
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I don't think you can crack Virgin Mobile phones. Try a Blackberry 8830 World Edition(aka the Barack Berry). They work pretty much all over the world, check on craigslist, they are usually under 125 dollars.
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Taiwan uses 900 and 1800 bands , we use 850 (Att) and 1900 (Mostly Tmobile) bands. A phone that has all of them is called a quadband pone. Get a quadband Att phone like a Razr from a store like BB, don't activate it. Call up Att customer service and tell them you bought it second hand for cash at a flea market or whatever and are going over seas to Taiwan. They will usually give the unlock code either through your email or over the phone even if you aren't a customer for free. Some reps allow it, some don't . Keep trying till you find a friendly one. After that, order a global sim or a Taiwanese sim for cheap online and you should be set.Don't buy tmobile unless you have had an active account with them for at least three months. They don't give non customers unlock codes. I've unlocked at least two phones this way. Btw, forget Virgin Mobile , along with Tracfones they are the hardest phones to crack out there and they can't even be used overseas (except Canada) even if it were feasible.
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Try RebelFone: http://rebelfone.com
