Droid pro without contract

Question

hello verizon community,
im currently located in germany, and i really want to get my handy onto a droid pro.
since it is only distributed over verizon i was wondering if buying it for the ~480$ and making a month to month plan, which i could cancel after one month (?) keeping the device and sending it to germany would be possible? i mean is it locked to verizon or are there any other obstacles?
would be great to find out, i really love the phone and it seems like another few month before it hits germany!... ;(
thanks for your answers already
Hasya

Answer 1

demmo86rt wrote:
It's really not criminal, in fact congress recently stated that it's not illegal to root your phone however, when you start messing around with the inner workings of the phone there is a risk of bricking your phone so, if there is any evidence of tinkering, they won't honor the warranty. As for the Droid Pro coming to other countries, I haven't heard anything.
demmo86rt wrote:
It's really not criminal, in fact congress recently stated that it's not illegal to root your phone however, when you start messing around with the inner workings of the phone there is a risk of bricking your phone so, if there is any evidence of tinkering, they won't honor the warranty. As for the Droid Pro coming to other countries, I haven't heard anything.
The OP just needs to get the SIM lock (subsidy/network code)  undone, which cannot brick the phone.  Of course, you can use it with the VZ SIM, but that will be very expensive for German use.
demmo86rt wrote:
It's really not criminal, in fact congress recently stated that it's not illegal to root your phone however, when you start messing around with the inner workings of the phone there is a risk of bricking your phone so, if there is any evidence of tinkering, they won't honor the warranty. As for the Droid Pro coming to other countries, I haven't heard anything.
The OP just needs to get the SIM lock (subsidy/network code)  undone, which cannot brick the phone.  Of course, you can use it with the VZ SIM, but that will be very expensive for German use.
VZ will unlock the phone for contract customers who have been with them long enough (1 per year), but that wouldn't work for you probably.   However, lots of places will unlock Motorola phones, and I don't think the fact it is a new model really matters (it's keyed of the IMEI, doesn't really matter which phone it is!)
demmo86rt wrote:
It's really not criminal, in fact congress recently stated that it's not illegal to root your phone however, when you start messing around with the inner workings of the phone there is a risk of bricking your phone so, if there is any evidence of tinkering, they won't honor the warranty. As for the Droid Pro coming to other countries, I haven't heard anything.
The OP just needs to get the SIM lock (subsidy/network code)  undone, which cannot brick the phone.  Of course, you can use it with the VZ SIM, but that will be very expensive for German use.
VZ will unlock the phone for contract customers who have been with them long enough (1 per year), but that wouldn't work for you probably.   However, lots of places will unlock Motorola phones, and I don't think the fact it is a new model really matters (it's keyed of the IMEI, doesn't really matter which phone it is!)
That said, is this such a great phone if you just use it  in GSM mode?  I thought at that price you can do better and get some of the fancy phones that we would like over here!