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tangjie0710
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Default Can I use Tmobile SimCard on EVO?

Now I am using the Tmobile service. I am very interested on the EVO. Today I want to preorder on the radioshack but the seller told me that I can't use the simcard on the EVO.
Does anyone tell me the truth?
 
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You are not serious right?

I mean its possible if you take the radio out and install a new one that works with the SIM cards


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Sprint HTC EVO Shift 4G:
 
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It is not a good idea.
If EVO does not have a sim card slot, does anyone have the solution?
 
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Yeah switch to sprint and pay the early termination fee ONLY WAY. I have Tmobile myself and about 9 months left on my contract but I'm gonna sell my G1 after so I should recoup the cost or at best some of it.
 
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It is not a good idea.
If EVO does not have a sim card slot, does anyone have the solution?
Import a HTC Desire or get a Nexus One.
 
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The closest thing you could get on T-Mo is the Nexus One or an HTC HD2 running Android.

 
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The short answer is: NO!

The real answer I want to give, but I know it's not proper etiquette: Are you kidding me? You can't be that dumb.

The long answer: Unless you are a hardware genius (and I mean circuits and chips and stuff genius) then you won't be able to rip out the hardware guts of a T-mobile phone and do some precise soldering back into the EVO (minus whatever cuts into the EVO case you are going to have to do to make room for the extra hardware).

I'm a T-mobile customer, so I hate to leave them, but this phone is just soooo sexy. T-mobile (using GSM technology) and Sprint (using CDMA) is like Windows and Linux: Two completely different technologies that are not compatible. It has to do with the cellular radio frequencies and technology. Like water and oil, these do not mix well. CDMA technology does NOT use sim cards. You are going to have to give up T-mobile and everything that comes with it.
 
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I am selling my MT3g and going to back to sprint... just sell your current phone to help offset the ETF if your still in contract.
 
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Thank you. All guys. I think I have to give up the tmobile.
Does anyone know how to keep the current phone number?
 
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Default Dont get me twisted...

The EVO is a sweet phone... the 4g is not a selling point until its more wide spread. The screen compares to the HD2, but windows doesnt comapre to android in anyway! lol... They have built the linux kernal that runs on the HD2 its only a matter of time before we got android on the phone. The nexus one is another amazing phone with its amoled screen its hard to give up. screen maybe smaller but damn if its not nicer...

last thing Id say is, T-mobile is monthly cheaper than sprint unlimited everything for 85$ a month not bad... I dont use a lot of minutes so 65$ for 500m unlimited txt/web... whats sprint prices?

I pay MSRP on most my phones so I could run no contract with a cheap price which pays for phones...


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