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so I got a barely used phone from my buddy. He had thought it was stolen just after buying it, but has recently found it and given it to me because it has a little port for a SIM card. Since I have T-mobile I thought that I would simply have to root and unlock the phone via some online tutorial and pop the SIM in, but to no avail. I can't find much info on the phone and it seems to only run CDMA. Nothing happens when I insert my SIM card. It is the ZTE Engage V8000. It is a Muve Music phone from Cricket.

I was wondering if I could just put Ubuntu for Phones on it and it would detect my SIM. Would that work? I feel like Ubuntu for Phones might be thrown out there enough for it to work. If not, how can I get my SIM card to work on the Android OS? Do I need to install a whole new operating system? Is there any way that I can use this phone? My current phone doesn't seem to have a strong enough antenna for my area. It's a cheapy knock-off from Hong Kong so anything else would work. Any help is much appreciated

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I can't find ubuntu phone version for this phone so you may need to port it. Try using XChat and connect to the developer's channel for more info.

In-depth support

There’s a wide variety of support resources, from Q&As to real-time support, for developers no matter what their level of experience with Ubuntu:

Real-time communication: #ubuntu-phone IRC channel on Freenode

E-mail discussion: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone

Developer Q&A: www.askubuntu.com

Project coordination, specs and guidelines, handbook: wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuPhone/CoreApps

Project hosting and actual code on Launchpad: launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone-coreapps/

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