I use a Prepaid T-Mobile sim in the U.S. and I'm trying to find out when O2 will come up with an auto config settings for North America. I know that O2 phones are designed mainly for the Asia Pacific region and Europe. I wish they will create this and enable people who brought their O2 phones to the U.S.
Also, I know that when I tried to use the built-in FM radio in my Atom Exec that it didn't function properly as it should when I use it in Asia. I mean it doesn't get any signals/frequencies from my local radio stations from where I live.
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I have a UK purchased O2 XDA exec, but now live in the USA. The O2 XDA exec is supposedly unlocked for any sim cards (I have been using a Virgin sim in the UK fine) .
I purchased a PAYG USA T-mobile sim that won't work, anyone got it working, or if I need a different kind of sim?
As soon as you put in the sim, it comes up with incorrect sim message.....
Is it possible that O2 could have it unlocked to European or UK but Locked to USA sim? Strangely there does not seem to be any way of putting in an unlock code in any case.... it just gives the incorrect sim message..............
Hopefully it will work with another sim???!!!
Any help greatlt appreciated!
I have a qtek 9000, which was never locked. I live in Poland, and tried 3 sim cards from plus gsm. They all gave the same message you are getting. The only card that worked successfully was the plus gsm 3g sim card. Also, cards from another company worked. There seems to be some difference in 'new' and 'old' sim cards, and the universal is very tempermental if you don't have the right one.
I have a qtek 9000, which was never locked. I live in Poland, and tried 3 sim cards from plus gsm. They all gave the same message you are getting. The only card that worked successfully was the plus gsm 3g sim card. Also, cards from another company worked. There seems to be some difference in 'new' and 'old' sim cards, and the universal is very tempermental if you don't have the right one.
I have an O2 XDA EXEC from the UK which I purchase from a friend and have him sent to me here in the US. I am using Cingular without any problems.
Remeber guys, Not all operators in the US use the same frequencies/sim types as their European Counterparts.
If the sim is trying to operate on a frequecny that the universal is not able to use, then it might cause this problem.
superseagulls:
As far as I know - a device which is SIM UNlocked cannot be locked to specific SIMs.
It is far more likely that the cellular operator that you have purchased your new SIM in the USA from is using different frequencies than are supported by or in some cases selected within your device;
OR (possibly) the operator puts some usage limitations/locks within the SIM - ask your new operator about using GSM devices which are not purchased from them and which frequencies are used.
I suggest you initially ask them anonymously in case they DO have problems with devices other than their own
jasjar on T-mobile
I am using a jasjar on T-Mobile in the USA. I got 3 phones on a family plan, took the SIM out of one to put in jasjar, and it has worked with no problems. I told the sales lady I would be putting the SIM into a 3rd party device, and she didn't see any problem with that. It was a Motorola phone, but I don't have the model number offhand.
Cheers.
superseagulls said:
I have a UK purchased O2 XDA exec, but now live in the USA. The O2 XDA exec is supposedly unlocked for any sim cards (I have been using a Virgin sim in the UK fine) .
I purchased a PAYG USA T-mobile sim that won't work, anyone got it working, or if I need a different kind of sim?
As soon as you put in the sim, it comes up with incorrect sim message.....
Is it possible that O2 could have it unlocked to European or UK but Locked to USA sim? Strangely there does not seem to be any way of putting in an unlock code in any case.... it just gives the incorrect sim message..............
Hopefully it will work with another sim???!!!
Any help greatlt appreciated!
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Your PAYG sim might be looking for special settings on the T-Mobile phone. When I workjed at T-Mobile UK we tied the Java extras on the SIM to the handset, so if you used a non t-mobile handset you didn't get the extra features.
You probably have an old 8k or 16k SIM,
Is it more than a year old,
The XDA Exec etc all require the latest 32k SIMs to work,
You should have no problem with T-Mobile USA just explain you need an updated SIM for a new phone
I have the same problem with Optus, Australia. Anyone know what frequency they run on?
Frequencies:
USA/Canada GSM 800, GSM 1900. UMTS 1900. UMTS 800
Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Oceania: GSM 900, GSM 1800, UMTS 2100
South America: A mix of the above
The only SIMs which look for specific firmware in the US are TracFone and Net10. The SIM probably needs to be replaced. This is aproblem in other newer phones too
I have an 02 xda exec bought in the UK. I am using it in Jamaica with a local Jamaica C & W sim. The phone is not locked and is currently using radio 1.08. My Jamaica sim has full roaming and works perfectly throughout the caribbean when used in my old Sony p800.
The problem is that when the sim is in the Exec the phone will not switch networks when I am in Trinidad. Works fine within Jamaica but refuses to log onto the Trinidad C & W network
Jamaica has two providers, C & W and Digicel. I am not sure exactly which band each uses but since the p800 is 900/1800/1900 and works fine on both networks they are clearly using bands that the O2 is supposed to recognise. In Jamaica the xda will lock onto C & W or Digicel depending on which sim is inserted but it always requires a manual search to get it to work. During the manual search, only one network at a time is ever found and sometimes it requires multiple tries to get it to recognise the network.
Trinidad has two providers TSTT (part C & W) and Digicel which are again both using one of 900/1800/1900. When I am in Trinidad, the phone will not even try to seek a new network automatically even after the battery is removed. The signal icon goes straight to the ! icon without the moving .... that indicate it is searching. If I try a manual search on any combination of auto/gsm/wcdma and EGSM+DCS1800/PCS1900, the system will find network 374130 but will fail to register. I assume that 374130 is digicel TT.
I have tried this with a Jamaica C&W sim, a Jamaica Digicell sim and a TSTT sim with the same result in every case. I havent been able to try a Trinidad Digicel sim since they are not yet up and running.
Can someone tell me where to find a complete list of networks with their name and band used so that I can confirm that 374130 is Trinidad digicel. More importantly can anyone suggest why the phone wont switch networks when I roam.
Finally, I should point out that the phone also failed to find networks in Antigua, Barbados and Miami, all of which work fine on my p800 with the same sim
I upgraded to the new Qtek rom recently. Itravel a lot, and use different sim cards in different parts of the world.
I upgraded whilst in Pakistan, and now in the USA, my T-Mobile sim is recognised, but I cannot find the T-Mobile network.
I have the same problem in El Salvador in Central America, where my local providers network is not found.
In both cases, the radio finds another network, and tries to roam.
I have set the frequency bands manually, and the same happens.
Anybody experience this also?
Hi everibody!
Sorry to ask (I did research but haven't found any related post)
I do have a Vodafone Sapain's account, roaming activated. It usually works OK, but I've found that while travelling in some countries (Uruguay, South Africa) I do get the networks names, but my Trinity fails to connect.
I tracked the problem to a certain combination of SIM cards and my Trinity, but neither my providers nor HTC seems aware of the problem.
BTW, I got my Trinity to work with some other SIM cards, both from Vodafone an a third provider, but some others failed. The same applies, I got mi current SIM to work in a friend's phone while roaming in the same country.
Of course, Vodafone says there is nothing wrong with my card nor the network in these countries.
So I guess there is some incompatability between certain SIMs and the P3600 SW (radio ROM maybe?)
Any help?
Regards.
EXACTLY the same problem
I got exactly the same problem - Trinity + Dopod WM5 ROM + Orange FR.
When in Greece, I do "select networks manually", I get Vodafone, Tim, COSMOTE - it could connect only on COSMOTE. With the same SIM card using an ancient Nokia, I could connect to Vodafone with no problems whatsoever. Sometimes I feel like new technology creates more problems rather than solving them.
Please, could someone help, it was a very frustrating experience.
realn said:
I got exactly the same problem - Trinity + Dopod WM5 ROM + Orange FR.
When in Greece, I do "select networks manually", I get Vodafone, Tim, COSMOTE - it could connect only on COSMOTE. With the same SIM card using an ancient Nokia, I could connect to Vodafone with no problems whatsoever. Sometimes I feel like new technology creates more problems rather than solving them.
Please, could someone help, it was a very frustrating experience.
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I never got it fully right, but since I've changed to Movistar the problem seem solved.
I'm almost sure that the problem lies in the "hidden sw" the telcos are putting into the SIMs, but they will never admit......
I use Vodafone Romania as home network and I have travelled in over 25 countries in and outside Europe, with no problems at all.
You might want to check on your Radio and try another version, see if that helps.
Sometimes it helps to manually select operator (there is the option to "Set networks"), and check list of operators to see if the one you want to use is on the allow list.
tnyynt said:
I use Vodafone Romania as home network and I have travelled in over 25 countries in and outside Europe, with no problems at all.
You might want to check on your Radio and try another version, see if that helps.
Sometimes it helps to manually select operator (there is the option to "Set networks"), and check list of operators to see if the one you want to use is on the allow list.
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I do travel every year about as many countries as you, usually with more than one phone and more than one SIM, and I can garantee that operators behave differently, even different SIM types from same operator behave different.
Not an easy answer to a complex problem.
Hey guys.
I'm wondering if it's possible to buy a Leo in Japan and use it here in Denmark?
I'm planning to use it with the company 3. They usually run on a 3G network but can operate on the GSM network to.