Hi again,
Now I've managed to unlock my Orange branded OSF and flash the SwedishSpring rom, I've been trying out different UK SIM cards.
Orange and T-Mobile work fine. Problem comes with 2 of the SIM cards I've tried from smaller networks:
TalkMobile - use Vodafone network
Tesco Mobile - use O2 network
For first 5 minutes there is a weak signal and then signal is lost completely only to come back weakly very intermittently.
Going into settings>network providers and trying to connect automatically to a network generates a message saying something like 'the network cannot register this SIM'. There is a list of the big networks (O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone and 3) and trying to connect to the 'parent' network fails.
The only thing in common with Talk Mobile and Tesco Mobile is that they 'piggyback' onto another network. There is no problem with the Orange and T-Mobile SIMs as I presume being in the list of providers means those SIMs connect without difficulty. The Talk Mobile and Tesco Mobile SIMs presumably try to connect to thier respective 'parent' network and fail once network recognises it isn't an O2 or Vodafone SIM?
The Talk Mobile and Tesco Mobile SIMs work fine in other phones, so not quite sure what's going on. Technical support at Tesco were useless saying, you have unlocked your phone in a non-legitimate way, therefore you can't expect our SIM to work properly (despite the T-Mobile and Orange ones working OK!)
I'm sure one of the tech/gurus/wizards here can provide more useful suggestions and help compared to the Tesco technical support department
Look forward to hearing your thoughts and if anyone else has experienced similar problems and how they solved them.
Thanks
PS. same problem exists even with the original stock Orange ROM prior to flashing FroYo rom.
From what you've mentioned, it sounds like your blade may not be unlocked.
I say this because since Orange & T-mobile merged as Everything Everywhere, their sims can be used to switch on to each others networks on locked devices.
Which method did you use to unlock your blade if I may ask?
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i have recently bought an xda exec that is blocked to uk networks.
will a three network sim work in it?,has anyone tried?
If it's blocked to UK networks, it's ALL UK networks sorry...
When you say "blocked" do you mean that it is IMEI blacklisted or that there is a network lock on the phone that stops you using UK SIMs?
If it is IMEI blocked you're stuck. I haven't read of an IMEI change solution for the Universal yet, but that is illegal anyway (prison sentence illegal, not just a smack on the wrist).
If your phone is SIMlocked you can use the unlocking tool on Buzz's site to disable all locks.
the phone is unlocked,but says no sevice,if i put in a virgin sim it has a signal but you cant make calls.
Thats good then,, its unlocked but Virgin doesnt have settings for the Universal yet so your a little stuck other then that try flashing it with Tmobiles ROM that may help as Virgin is a sub group of Tmobile
-DTM
Dan The Man said:
Thats good then,, its unlocked but Virgin doesnt have settings for the Universal yet so your a little stuck other then that try flashing it with Tmobiles ROM that may help as Virgin is a sub group of Tmobile
-DTM
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please don't post answers like this when you don't know what you're saying to be 100% true.
a) ROMs don't affect gsm service - it's all contained in the SIM (that's what SIMs are specifically for). every rom of a particular version of wm has the same phone program - just different skins.
b) gsm communication is standard across all handsets - there are no "settings for universal" other than for MMS and a few other things (which are not the subject here)
c) virgin rent bandwidth from a number of companies including t-mobile (i.e. they are a virtual provider)
Has anyone managed to get there artemis working with a 3g sim card? ie.e the 3 network in the uk? www.three.co.uk? sometimes known as hutchinson 3g?
i spoke to a mobile phone shop in southall (middlesex) and they said its possble but £50!!!!
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Has anyone managed to get there artemis working with a 3g sim card? ie.e the 3 network in the uk? www.three.co.uk? sometimes known as hutchinson 3g?
i spoke to a mobile phone shop in southall (middlesex) and they said its possble but £50!!!!
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Not tried it, but UK O2 Orbits are not network locked, you can put any SIM in - although with it not being a 3G device, there seems little point in putting a Three SIM in as it will just drop back to whichever GSM network Three piggybacks on (O2 I think). I'v just bought a three sim for £1.25 on ebay, so I'll load it up and see what the coverage is like near me - I only get intermittent t-mobile in my place...
it used to be possible but then 3 started to locking their sims so they only worked in 3g phones
aha!
im not so fussed about the 3g coverage its more being able to use that sim card in the phone, whethe rit roams off of o2 or etc. i got my phoen unlocked (originally t-mobile compact 3) and its the only simcard that doessnt work - thats why im suspicios of this shop[ who says they can doo it for £50
please keep me updated as to how your simcard goes, and if anyone knows a way of doing this im all ears!
Hi there.
I have a friend who has an X1. He is reporting that the X1 is working with his O2 sim card and working on Vodafone however it isnt working with his Latvian sim card (in the UK) (i.e. Tele2 and LMT). Are there any settings you need to change in order to enable roaming? Is it possible for a phone to be country-locked?
Thanks,
Lawrence
It might be the phone is locked..then again it might not be.
What does he see when he puts in the card? How long do you wait while it searches for a signal? (Sometimes when I'm roaming it takes a few moments -in egypt I think I waited 2 minutes - it might take longer for Latvia to register for one or other reason).
thanks for your quick reply!
I dont think it is locked because it works on both O2 and Vodafone fine. I bought the phone from vodafone and all of their phones come unlocked.
its more likely that the phone isnt using the correct setting for the service provider... usually when the phone detect a new sim it will ask you if you want to change your settings... your friend may have missed it and didnt change the setting so it didnt work
Roaming is enabled by the origin network, not by the phone.
There is a chance that some of the UK networks don't allow those SIMs to roam on their network, but you would need all 4 for them not to work.
another reason could be too old incompatible sim card
people have from time to time reported rather old sim cards being
incompatible and solved it by getting newer sim card from their operator
my HTC P3600 was purchased in the UK and was locked on the Orange network. I got it unlocked before moving to Canada to study. I purchased a sim card from one of the GSM mobile operators (Fido). But when I insert the sim card into my phone it shows me as roaming and the network also charges me roaming service rates even though I am not in a roaming area.
I upgraded the ROM from WM5 to WM6.1 and still the the problem is not fixed.
I also used the sim and CID unlocker (http://pof.eslack.org/trinity-unlocker/) to "reunlock" it but that also didn't work.
Can anyone help me out here. I love my phone and would like to use it instead of getting another one.
So please whatever suggestions you have would be welcomed.
thanks in advance
Hi all,
I hope this argument has not been already discussed. Because all the keyword related to this specific problem are very general, I'm having an hard time searching for related posts...
I have a Qtek 9100 (not branded and never locked to any company) that I used successfully with all the Italian mobile companies. I moved to Florida couple of month ago, and my Vodafone SIM has been working fine in roaming.
Because roaming is not cheap at all , I just bought a t-mobile SIM card. But when I insert it the phone says "Waiting for connection" forever. If I try to select the network manually, the only available one is "cingular".
I also bought an At&T SIM, that according to AT&T and T-Mobile customer services, should have exactly the same technology for GSM connection, and so my phone should work either on both or none...). Strange enough, it works perfectly with the At&T.
However, I would like to use T-Mobile, as it is much cheaper for the type of service I need.
Can anyone help me? Do you think it can be related to the GSM firmware?
Thanks
Giacomo
Did you try flashing a stock t-mobile ROM to it?