Todd Allcock <elecconnec@aNOoSPAMl.com> wrote:

> At 29 Jun 2009 09:25:02 -0700 XS11E wrote:
>> Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote:
>>
>> > I don't quite get the distinction you are drawing.
>>
>> Simple, "locked" applies only to GSM phones.
>>
>> Why that became accepted usage I neither know or care.
>
>
> I'm with Dennis- Sprint "locks" phones and Verizon doesn't. GSM
> phones are "SIM-locked" or "subsidy-locked" and CDMA phones are
> "MSL (Master Subsidy Lock) locked." You'll note the "L" even
> stands for "Lock."
>
> Without the MSL code, a CDMA phone can't be reprogrammed, and,
> unlike Sprint, Verizon and Alltel leave their MSLs at the
> convenient default of all zeros, IIRC.

Actually, Sprint phones aren't locked. They usually can't be flashed
to another carrier because, as I understand it, there's no problem
finding and using the code, I think BitPim or QPST will do that. The
problem is that Sprint uses a somewhat different "bootloader" and
flashing a non-Sprint phone to Sprint will usually brick it, I know it
destroys a Moto V9M! :-(

None the less, it's a matter of semantics and definitions, "Locked" is
applied to GSM phones and not to CDMA phones or at least not correctly.