I'm curious as well.. I'm in the process of purchasing a Helio Ocean, and in the event that the flashing to metropcs doesn't work, would unlocking it myself suffice?
MetroPCS is a CDMA carrier. Unlocked refers to GSM phones, which are not compatible on the MetroPCS network. I have heard of some Sprint and Verizon phones being flashed over to work on MetroPCS, along with Alltel and possibly US Cellular.
Sony Ericsson doesn't make CDMA phones to the best of my knowledge, only GSM. Hopefully you can see where this is going....
Your best bet is to contact MetroPCS, and see if they are able to flash the device you want to work on their network. So you will want to find a CDMA phone, not a GSM phone (takes SIM cards).
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