half-unlocked phone: vodafone and o2 but not t-mobile
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From: Steve Terry on 10 Aug 2010 19:49 "Stephen" <stephen(a)nowhere.com.invalid> wrote in message news:geg266hki7o1q84096152p10i2louta859(a)4ax.com... > Hi, > I bought what I believed was an unlocked phone from carphone > warehouse. A vodafone sim works in it and an o2 sim works in it but > not a t-mobile sim. <snip> > > Try an Orange Sim in it, if that doesn't work the phone is faulty on 1800MHz The last monobanders were Nokia 51xx of 1997 Steve Terry -- "I would like to plead for my right to investigate natural phenomena without having guns pointed at me. I also ask for the right to be wrong without being hanged for it." - Wilhelm Reich, November 1947
From: Denis McMahon on 11 Aug 2010 21:48
On 10/08/10 13:16, Stephen wrote: > I bought what I believed was an unlocked phone from carphone > warehouse. A vodafone sim works in it and an o2 sim works in it but > not a t-mobile sim. Is it possible that the phone's imei is in the t-mobile blacklist? A new phone imei shouldn't be blacklisted, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. As other posters have suggested, try an orange sim - if orange and t-mobile both fail I'd guess it was an 1800 fault. You say it's dual band .... could it be dual band 900 / 1900 (usa standard) and not 900 / 1800? Rgds Denis McMahon |