I just got an S4 off of craigslist that I was told was unlocked. Is there a way to tell that the phone is unlocked from the phone itself? It was originally a US Cellular phone which means it is a CDMA phone. I am assuming I will have to flash it to another carrier if I dont want to use it on USC?
There is an interesting issue with it, it keeps asking me for a SIM card. To my knowledge a CDMA phone doesn't use a SIM card unless it is for international use. Could it be doing that because there is some setting turned on or is it because it is not linked to a specific carrier?
I also found out that it is attached to an active account for USC, this could be problematic as the phone could possibly be stolen. USC will only tell me that it cannot be activated at this time because it is on an active line, yet I cannot make calls on the phone and it has no assigned number. So I am not sure what that is about. Can it be flashed to another carrier if it is attached to an active account on another carrier?
There is an interesting issue with it, it keeps asking me for a SIM card. To my knowledge a CDMA phone doesn't use a SIM card unless it is for international use. Could it be doing that because there is some setting turned on or is it because it is not linked to a specific carrier?
I also found out that it is attached to an active account for USC, this could be problematic as the phone could possibly be stolen. USC will only tell me that it cannot be activated at this time because it is on an active line, yet I cannot make calls on the phone and it has no assigned number. So I am not sure what that is about. Can it be flashed to another carrier if it is attached to an active account on another carrier?