Hello,
I'm looking for an HTC HD2 without a contract. I've found two different types. One of them are without a branding others have one. My question is, if it is possible to use a simyo (this is eplus, a german provider) SIM on an HTC HD2 with a t-mobile branding?
thx
adissu said:
Hello,
I'm looking for an HTC HD2 without a contract. I've found two different types. One of them are without a branding others have one. My question is, if it is possible to use a simyo (this is eplus, a german provider) SIM on an HTC HD2 with a t-mobile branding?
thx
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It's very unlikely. Normally, you can only use SIMs supplied by the company that branded the device, but I'm not 100% sure in this case, only 99% sure
hi johncmolyneux,
thank you. I think this is the reason, why the unbranded phones about 80 Euros more expensiv.
adissu said:
hi johncmolyneux,
thank you. I think this is the reason, why the unbranded phones about 80 Euros more expensiv.
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Yeah, they generally are. I buy unbranded models myself, so I can chop and change providers as and when I want to, rather than being stuck in a long-term contract.
johncmolyneux said:
It's very unlikely. Normally, you can only use SIMs supplied by the company that branded the device, but I'm not 100% sure in this case, only 99% sure
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Really?
Because in my experience if you purchase branded devices "outright", you can use any SIM you want in them.
That's the way it works in Canada with Telus, and in Australia with Telstra...
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Hi, I'm looking for a 2nd hand Universal and so I found a guy selling it for what I find a very good price... but the catch is that he says it won't be able to connect to 3G networks:
these are refurbished and we made sure that phone will work with all networks (except 3G).
What I wanted to ask is: how could this be possible? how would it be able to connect to standard 2G networks and not 3G? would it be a software issue? Would I be able to fix that?
hmm, i dont think its possible that the 3g is broken but the 2g isnt, as afaik they are the same chip. however it is common knowledge that universals wont work with the phone operator '3' (unless you have a very old sim card) o perhaps this is where the confusion is, best bet is to ask the seller.
Hope this was of some help
Midget_1990 said:
however it is common knowledge that universals wont work with the phone operator '3'
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Is that so?
http://www.three.co.uk/personal/han...omp?subleft=1&header=PAYMON&cid=1151677768856
Midget_1990 said:
hmm, i dont think its possible that the 3g is broken but the 2g isnt, as afaik they are the same chip. however it is common knowledge that universals wont work with the phone operator '3' (unless you have a very old sim card) o perhaps this is where the confusion is, best bet is to ask the seller.
Hope this was of some help
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Thanks.... That's what I thought... Since he is a UK seller he is probabily talking about UK Operators... here in Portugal we don't have problems with using unlocked phones bought from other operators.. even though Vodafone do use newer CompV2 SIM cards (though I still have a old CompV1)
GaZ said:
Is that so?
http://www.three.co.uk/personal/han...omp?subleft=1&header=PAYMON&cid=1151677768856
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I must have been misinformed, i was under the impression that 3 used different sim-cards and so couldnt be compatable with non-3 phones.
I'm taking my T-Mobile Vario II from the UK to the US next month and I was wondering if I can simply buy a PAYG SIM card in the States and use this on my phone while I'm there?
I know that the phone is locked so can I buy a T-Mobile SIM and use that?
Cheers.
Out of interest is there any reason why you do not unlock your phone first?
Sure, Cingular and T-mobile both sell prepaid sim cards (though you may be better off trying to get one on ebay first).
A T-mobile UK phone will NOT accept a T-mobile US sim without unlocking it, they are considered different networks and a phone locks itself to the network code.
Keep in mind though that in the US we don't have prepaid data like in the UK. PAYG in the US lacks many other things like roaming and cheap calls abroad.
Wam7 said:
Out of interest is there any reason why you do not unlock your phone first?
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To be honest, I don't know how to! I have a T-Mobile Vario II with the standard ROM.
Are PAYG SIMS available in Canada?
Is Canada considered 'abroad' with regard to a US SIM? And vice versa?
I'm going to both Canada and the US this year and want to know the score.
Thanks
mindracing said:
Is Canada considered 'abroad' with regard to a US SIM? And vice versa?
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When I was in Canada in July, Tmobile2Go SIM would *NOT* register. Note that in late '06 Tmo said 2Go SIMs would get roaming - dunno if that applies to Canada or not though. I just looked online and I'm still not sure You can easily pick up a Nokia 6030 here with a Tmo2Go SIM for ~$40. If you unlock and sell the 6030 it's cheaper than buying a SIM alone from Tmobile.
If your Vario II is a Hermes (I don't know T-mobile model names), you should have little trouble unlocking it using the Wiki instructions here.
PM me if you need help acquiring a US SIM card.
HTH,
Richard
Only Rogers pay as you go sim card has US roaming, but that's really expensive!
Hi,
i'm purchasing this device from a retailer, will be this unlocked? I need to use a vodafone sim with this..
If it's not, can it be easily unlocked?
thanks
It will be SIM free (unlocked) yes. I have a Vodafone SIM in mine.
Of the UK networks apparently only Orange have these exclusively to supply [for 3 months at least - although I dont think they have them in stores yet??] but I believe that they'll be very simple to unlock in any case.
TOPMAN!!!!
blackb1ade said:
It will be SIM free (unlocked) yes. I have a Vodafone SIM in mine.
Of the UK networks apparently only Orange have these exclusively to supply [for 3 months at least - although I dont think they have them in stores yet??] but I believe that they'll be very simple to unlock in any case.
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Where can I get the mine unlocked from and how much will it cost?
Hey guys!
I have HD2 I bought in Europe and am currently spending the summer in the USA. I'd like to know if I can use my phone with a SIM card from any operator here - the phone is not SIM locked. I have used it with SIM cards from another mobile operators in Europe. Should I flash the radio or something? I tried with an AT&T SIM card and it didn't work.
No need to reflash your European HD2. I am using a European HD2 on T-Mobile USA for more than a year (on stock ROM) and I never experienced any problems.
However,
make sure that your provider has a rooming agreement with either T-Mobile USA or AT&T.
I don't think you got me right. I don't want to use roaming. It's WAY expensive. I want to buy a SIM card from either T-Mobile or "Speed" or AT&T or whoever - doesn't matter really... and use it on my HD2.
LOL,
You didn't read my reply properly either! I said clearly I am using a European HD2 on T-Mobile USA, so, yes, as long as your Leo is unlocked, it will work just fine.
Hello!
I found this V35 bidding on ebay which according to the seller's title it is AT&T unlocked.
Before i buy it,i want to know if i can use it in Europe..will it work for 2g,3g and 4g networks?
Do i have to flash another rom for it to work on my network?
Thanks in advance!
I bought an AT&T branded phone on ebay. It was advertised as unlocked. It wasn't and did not work with a non AT&T sim card. If you end up in that situation, it is easy to buy a sim unlock code from a service like codes2unlock.com. The phone works great seemingly everywhere! It can be rooted too if you're into that.
granazias said:
Hello!
I found this V35 bidding on ebay which according to the seller's title it is AT&T unlocked.
Before i buy it,i want to know if i can use it in Europe..will it work for 2g,3g and 4g networks?
Do i have to flash another rom for it to work on my network?
Thanks in advance!
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cmrntnnr said:
I bought an AT&T branded phone on ebay. It was advertised as unlocked. It wasn't and did not work with a non AT&T sim card. If you end up in that situation, it is easy to buy a sim unlock code from a service like codes2unlock.com. The phone works great seemingly everywhere! It can be rooted too if you're into that.
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Oh thank you very much for this info.
Basically i don't really have it with rooting,but i was thinking of just flashing a new stock rom that could remove all AT&T bloatware.
I've read somewhere that this is possible to do via a ULM version kdz rom.
granazias said:
Hello!
I found this V35 bidding on ebay which according to the seller's title it is AT&T unlocked.
Before i buy it,i want to know if i can use it in Europe..will it work for 2g,3g and 4g networks?
Do i have to flash another rom for it to work on my network?
Thanks in advance!
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Korean V35 user here. I'm also from Europe and the phone works just fine in my country. Though, Korean software is annoying because it thinks it's constantly in roaming and is very conservative when switching networks, but I know the hardware is good because a rescan always finds me a 4G network. Anyways, I'm sure that flashing ULM rom will fix that, I just don't have the time needed to mess around with that atm.
Enjoy your new phone
fpozar said:
Korean V35 user here. I'm also from Europe and the phone works just fine in my country. Though, Korean software is annoying because it thinks it's constantly in roaming and is very conservative when switching networks, but I know the hardware is good because a rescan always finds me a 4G network. Anyways, I'm sure that flashing ULM rom will fix that, I just don't have the time needed to mess around with that atm.
Enjoy your new phone
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It is so nice to hear that you can use it in Europe.
It's a really wonderful and hardware strong device,and on the other hand so beautiful without all these ugly notches.
It is a real shame of LG that left European market out..they always find a way to shoot theirselves on feet.
And hey..i don't own it yet,i just watched it on a bid,but thanks anyway for the wish)).
And for sure i will keep looking for it until i find one i like and can afford the cost of course,because extra cost for tax and import charges is about 70 euros more than original price.
Thank you for the infos anyway!