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I have a samsung through cricket and i live in colorado i took a plane to georgia and when i got there my phone didnt work and it said CDMA service not available how to i fix this

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Hi,

This only means that there is no CDMA coverage on that area where you're at. For sure you'll have it back where CDMA signal is available.

If you go to http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071231123152AAcz6sl you'll see that it is for the same reason

it means that there is no native or partner'd CDMA service
your phone may be able to pick up GSM frequencies but b/c Verizon is CMDA your phone can't not use GSM service Source(s): Verizon network is CMDA
Sprint use CDMA, iDEN and a few others
the only national carriers that use GSM are T-mobile a German companies and ATT a US monopoly company
no major in the USA uses analog signals

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