Hello,
I'm going to Indonesia and pay $120 for my Verizon plan. I have a brand new Razr HD with latest Jellybean update.
From what I read you can add a $5.00 per month global plan and then pay out the ass for its usage in other countries.
Is it possible to "Root" or unlock the phone to use a prepaid SIM card I get in Indonesia for phone and data access? I could add the services via Verizon control panel as is, and just pay. Of course I don't want to do that.
From what I read the phone is "unlocked" already, or call Verizon and have it unlocked to use globally on my Verizon plan, still racking up heavy bills while I'm gone.
I'd like to just put the phone on vacation suspend to freeze the Verizon bill, then insert the Indonesian SIM card on arrival and use just that with no occurring Verizon bill upwards of $150 a month.
Can I "root" the phone and just forget about verizon? And use 2nd party SIM cards? With the same phone number, etc.?
How does this work? What's the difference between "unlocking" and "rooting". If you root the phone does it becomes useless with Verizon? So you are basically dropping your entire plan and contract if you root the phone? Is this necessary for what I want to do?
Sorry for the mass questions, but I'm sure some of you are experts at this and can provide a guide or some more details. It appears to be a fuzzy topic with many answers or methods. What exactly are the benefits of rooting? Probably to be able to use the phone for many carriers, etc.
I wish to be able to freeze my bill, but a prepaid $30 phone/data SIM card from a street vendor in Bali in and use it, then unsuspend my bill when I get back in the states, insert my factory SIM card and continue with my plan. Or maybe there's an entirely better way to do this. Thanks in advance for all you help. Scott
I'm going to Indonesia and pay $120 for my Verizon plan. I have a brand new Razr HD with latest Jellybean update.
From what I read you can add a $5.00 per month global plan and then pay out the ass for its usage in other countries.
Is it possible to "Root" or unlock the phone to use a prepaid SIM card I get in Indonesia for phone and data access? I could add the services via Verizon control panel as is, and just pay. Of course I don't want to do that.
From what I read the phone is "unlocked" already, or call Verizon and have it unlocked to use globally on my Verizon plan, still racking up heavy bills while I'm gone.
I'd like to just put the phone on vacation suspend to freeze the Verizon bill, then insert the Indonesian SIM card on arrival and use just that with no occurring Verizon bill upwards of $150 a month.
Can I "root" the phone and just forget about verizon? And use 2nd party SIM cards? With the same phone number, etc.?
How does this work? What's the difference between "unlocking" and "rooting". If you root the phone does it becomes useless with Verizon? So you are basically dropping your entire plan and contract if you root the phone? Is this necessary for what I want to do?
Sorry for the mass questions, but I'm sure some of you are experts at this and can provide a guide or some more details. It appears to be a fuzzy topic with many answers or methods. What exactly are the benefits of rooting? Probably to be able to use the phone for many carriers, etc.
I wish to be able to freeze my bill, but a prepaid $30 phone/data SIM card from a street vendor in Bali in and use it, then unsuspend my bill when I get back in the states, insert my factory SIM card and continue with my plan. Or maybe there's an entirely better way to do this. Thanks in advance for all you help. Scott