Posted by adramshaw
hi,
I bought a cect Hiphone online.
I've tested it out with a vodaphone SIM card, and it works great, and it actually quite nice! I'd like to use it for a while, but i'm on a 3 contract.... locked to it for another 17 months *cringe*
When i try to use the phone with the 3 sim card in, it gets signal, but when trying to do messages, or make calls it gives messages like "call forbid!" leading me to think that there's a conflict with the bands.
Is there anyway to get this phone to work with my 3 sim card (it's a new card, bought about a month ago).
I have a friend who seemed to have his 3-uk simcard working in my K550i, which isn't 3g, so is there any way of getting this to function on GSM!?
thanks
If i can't get it working then i'll have to sell it, which seems like such an injustice!
[ This Message was edited by: adramshaw on 2008-03-21 14:02 ]
Posted by gaming_guy
if you use a 2g phone on 3UK, you will get a couple of texts from 3 telling you to turn 3g on otherwise they will cut you off from the network
Posted by adramshaw
i wouldnt mind that! I want to leave 3 anyway! So could that technically be a way of terminating my 3 contract!!! They'd be doing me a favour
Posted by gaming_guy
but then they would probably send debt collectors round to get the money that you owe them
Posted by adramshaw
ooh, you mean the money for the remaining months of the contract.
I must say, that is absurd. Can't believe a network is allowed to be so restrictive and controling whilst providing such a poor service.
Posted by gaming_guy
On 2008-03-21 18:25:55, adramshaw wrote:
ooh, you mean the money for the remaining months of the contract.
yep, thats what i mean
although my mate was on 3payg when he got the texts from 3, i guess it will be the same for contracts
Posted by mob453
I can stayed locked to 2g for days on end and never get barred by 3
Posted by jackdaniels
Think this goes back to the days of the samsung t100 where everyone buged their 3 chips in but i think they are being more strict as it actually costs 3 everytime you use a 2g signal as you are logging onto other networks masts.
Posted by Daedalus85
Ok, to clear things up because this is getting silly:
-In the begining, no you couldn't use 3 sims in 2G phones, then, until very recently, you could, and as of last month some time, you can't. You really can't.
-You will not get 'cut off' by the network, if you're in contract you still have to pay it. It's your problem if you don't have a phone to use with their network, not theirs.
-You cannot terminate your contract early by putting your sim in a 2G phone, even intentionally. Your contract is a contract, and last time I checked that word means 'legally binding'.
Posted by AmandaB
OMG! I am having the exact problem, but couldn't find anything about it anywhere.
I got my contract about 2 years ago now, so my sim is about that old, would it work or not? I know your question was last year but just wondering whether you solved it or got it to work?!