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Can this phone be Unlocked to work here?

mcw92 · 2014-05-29 22:02:24

I was given a Huawei phone that is locked to MetroPCS in the US. After some searching i've found that it is actually a CDMA phone, and also only has a 14 digit IMEI. It takes a sim card, which i didn't think any CDMA phones did. The model is the Huawei M931. Can anyone tell me can this phone be unlocked to work here in…

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29-05-2014 11:02pm

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mcw92

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I was given a Huawei phone that is locked to MetroPCS in the US.

After some searching i've found that it is actually a CDMA phone, and also only has a 14 digit IMEI.
It takes a sim card, which i didn't think any CDMA phones did.

The model is the Huawei M931.

Can anyone tell me can this phone be unlocked to work here in Ireland?

Thanks.

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#2 29-05-2014 11:29pm
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Doubt it can, i have a cdma phone as well with a sim card slot and i tried getting it unlocked and no one could touch it.
shame was a lovely phone 5 inch, nfc and all

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#3 29-05-2014 11:39pm
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It's not possible I'm afraid.

The reason it has a SIM card is because it's LTE compatible. But it only supports the 1900 and 1700MHz bands so even if it were unlocked, it wouldn't pick up a 4G signal here. We use 800 and 1800 for LTE.

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