How do i use my verizon sim card on an unlocked metro pcs phone.

[Android Central Question]

Trying to use verizon sim card in an unlocked metro pcs phone

 

[RumoredNow]

I'd go into the local Verizon store. They need to get your ESN/IMEI into the database they keep of "authorized" devices. They are not plug-n-play like GSM networks.

 

[Rukbat]

MetroPCS is a GSM network, so make sure that the phone supports 2G CDMA as well as 2G GSM. If it doesn't, it won't work on Verizon. (The two technologies aren't compatible. Someone made a bad choice when we switched from analog to digital phone service, and we now have 2 carriers using GSM and 2 using CDMA. In most other countries, it's one or the other.)