I have a US T-Mobile PPC Phone device and I've recently moved to Hungary. Westel is my provider here in Hungary. I was hoping that everything would work the same here by only using a new SIM. My phone works fine, but GPRS doesn't work at all. It tries to dial the connect and then drops before the connection is made.
The Westel service folks said that my phone won't work here in Hungary because it has a different "software" version (I think they mean ROM). While this makes some sense, my phone worked fine here using my US T-Mobile SIM on the Westel network. It just doesn't work with a Westel SIM.
Can I or should I try to get a Qtek ROM for my phone? Is there something else I should try?
Thanks for any help you can give me.
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I had a pocketpc seimens xd1 with AT&T. I turned off service. I got another phone (cheaper) NEXTEL.
I used the Special Edition ROM to unlock it and it worked fine I think. The unit works fine and doesnt say ATT anymore.
I *thought* all I had to do was take out the now dead ATT simcard and install another card for a digital provider. (nextel) Well that apparently doesnt work.
It doesnt see the network on the nextel card. I am on 900/1800, but the network list only shows TMobile or ATT settings for America.
Am I the owner of an unlocked pocketpc I cannot get service for?
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btc1955 said:
I had a pocketpc seimens xd1 with AT&T. I turned off service. I got another phone (cheaper) NEXTEL.
I used the Special Edition ROM to unlock it and it worked fine I think. The unit works fine and doesnt say ATT anymore.
I *thought* all I had to do was take out the now dead ATT simcard and install another card for a digital provider. (nextel) Well that apparently doesnt work.
It doesnt see the network on the nextel card. I am on 900/1800, but the network list only shows TMobile or ATT settings for America.
Am I the owner of an unlocked pocketpc I cannot get service for?
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I'm no expert for your region and band settings, but I know that when needed, the band settings can be changed from within the boot loader menus.
NB : Entering boot loader menus is equivalent to doing a hard reset. You'll go back to you latest flashed ROM.
If you like SE ROM, you may find it even nicer to cook your own ROM from Lumpystefan kitchen http://lumpistefan.dyndns.org/
Thanks, but it seems thier is something in the pocketpc or sx56 that is tied to only at&t or T-mobile.
I know that AT&T had the phone in "business class" and charged me like $80 month for minimal minutes and text msgs. Maybe it is not really wiped clean with the unlock software I guess.
owell. I guess I could always try to sell it and my wifes.
Doubt we'd get much anymore tho. *sigh*
when you change the rom you should also change overwrite anything related to the operator of the rom you had before
you say your device is 900/1800
normaly us is 900/1900 not 1800
could it be you were on a 900 network with aT&t and the nextel is 1900 ?
I dont think so. ATT was set originally to 900/1800 I think or maybe 900/1900. The nextell seems the same from what I can find out.
The nextel simcard worked in a cingular phone fine when I tried it out in a gal friends ph from work. Her's worked fine in my nextel.
I didnt get to try hers in the pocketpc yet. I will probably tomorrow or friday.
Other than that I have no clue. I know that when I took the simcard out of the pocketpc it wouldnt power on. It did power on with the nextel sim but no network settings.
makes a good pda anyway!
some sims just dont work for some reasons
try a 3th sim
I tried the gal pals Tmobile sim and it worked fine. I guess I can assume that Nextel just aint GSM. The pocketpc seems to want GSM
owell I guess I know now anyway!
no phone i've ever come across
supports more then 1 cellphone std as in gsm, nmt and cma
of cause excluding UTMS
Can anyone help?
Have xda atom but cannot use it on t-mobile uk! Keeps connecting then disconnecting and have no gprs signal. Have had a new sim card sent but still having the same problem :evil: The sim is a 3g sim but t-mobile says that does'nt make a difference should be able to use in a non 3g phone? Is that True??
Put my orange or vodafone sim's in and connect to their networks no probs.
Anyone any suggestions please? :wink:
Try it on other non 3G phone? or try it at different geographic location
Thanks for your suggestion hanmin. Have tried different location but still the same. tried in another non 3 g phone and had the same. Have signed up on an o2 payg chip and no probs and have also now tried an orange 3g chip and that worked too. Now in dispute with t mobile as the chip is now playing up in my mda pro too and has been for a while (not a faulty pro after all maybe!)
Wished never switched to t mobile as always been an orange user!! why oh why!! :roll:
Have the same problem as you but on Virgin MObile UK. Am thinking of changing providers. Just moved from australia and brought my o2 atom with me.
Just to confirm, you've tested with vodaphone and o2 SIM and both worked fine?
Hi tristrem21 sorry have'nt looked on xda developers for a while! so did'nt notice your question regarding service providers. Yes have tried it on o2 and Vodafone and the sims work fine. It will also work well on Orange too.
same problem, bump for solutions
anyone though of anything yet?
thanks for the tip lob. have switched to o2. works fine now. cheers
Hi All
Has anybody managed to get a 3 (Three network) SIM to work on an Orange SPV after SIM unlocking.
I would like to be able to use my other phone's SIM in the Hermes.
All advice appreciated.
Thanx in advance
Asif
Hermes - The Mother of All Mobiles
yes, it works fine
(uk)
Can you get full HSDPA speeds though?
My 3 SIM in my TyTn won't let me go above GPRS as its not my primary phone. So I'm paying for a service I can't use. I've spoken to their CS who basically said, no sorry, you've got to use that Nokia we sent you as your phone.
My T-Mobile SIM out of my 3G data card for my laptop works like a charm.
Guess which contract I'll be ripping up next month? Clue: its not the T-Mobile one.
I have put in a 3 PAYG SIM card and it worked, but I didn't test any calls.
What does happen though is the roaming triangle icon appears if you turn off 3G, which I guess is right because it's technically roaming on Orange (although the network name still says '3')
apparently most of the networks are distributing new sim cars for use with their 3g networks, and because of the upgrades, older sim cards wont work with newer services. my 3g service in the us wont work with an older US at&t card, and they had to give me a new one. so give 3 a call and ask them for a new sim card. say yours got broken or something, otherwise they may charge you. but ask first if they will give you one free first. good luck
nstefanelli
I think your problem might be that the 3 hsdpa service you are on is x series. I have asked in their shops about it, because it seems to be the best 3g deal, but they said its only compatible with a few phones made specifically for x series, eg n73. And it cant be used on other phoens because it is a sort of program embedden in the phones, rather then a homepage like vodafone live, which you can just link to.
Hope i have helped, and correct me if im worng
rory
Hi peeps I need some help over here. Currently my phone is unable to connect to the my network. It shows "No Service" yet I am able to detect networks. Just that I am unable to connect to them. The sim card that I used is working on other phone which shows full reception. To confirm that my HTC Hero has problem, I used another working sim card on it. Nothing has changed though. I am not sure if it is a hardware or firmware problem.
I am using a rooted phone flashed with Elinux Special Edition 2.2.1 Final, Baseband version 63.18.55.06PU_6.35.15.14
Sounds like the imei is blacklisted. Can't do much with that
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
How do I check if imei is black listed? I bought this phone first hand.
In fact I had sent to htc for servicing and they told me its the faulty hardware. My phone warranty expired 2 months ago Now they want to charge my an insane price to change the whole phone board Is there anyware to fix this phone because I actually intended to sell this off in 2 months time.
Is your phone locked to a different supplier? Did it used to work with this SIM?
peterc10 said:
Is your phone locked to a different supplier? Did it used to work with this SIM?
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It was working fine that day. The next morning there is no reception as shown in the phone.
Who's your network provider ?
I've had no end of grief with meteor IE, every other sim works fine but meteor only gets a service if you turn off 3g
FlanFlinger said:
Who's your network provider ?
I've had no end of grief with meteor IE, every other sim works fine but meteor only gets a service if you turn off 3g
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SingTel from Southeast Asia, Singapore
Roaming doesnt work for some reason, but when switching Sim card to other cellphone, Roaming works.
I came to other country, phone connected to other network for a while and then it was just gone for no apearent reason. Trid to reboot, turn off turn on doesnt work. Glad i have other phone on wich sim card connects to the network.
Anyone expierienced this?
I think you should've post this on Q&A thread instead..
For me, haven't tested since I don't go outside my country at all..
hi,
i made about 30 countries and everything was working well.
from which country is your sim card/provider ?
thx
hi, provider is from Lithuania tele 2. yesterday I was in finland and phone got connected,but after some time connection was lost totaly and despite it was able to find other networks xperia waasnt able to connect. glad I had another phone SE w660,network with same sim card worked flawesly.
right now im in latvia and xperia was able to connect the network.
I imagine it must be some bug with rom because roaming works fine on other cellphone with sim card