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remove or rename Service Provider's name |
arroyootje
Joined: Feb 01, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: UK-Belgium-Azerbaijan
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I know a friend of mine changed the name of his provider in his sim by doing something to his card in the computer. It sounded pretty difficult though, I don't remember which phone it was.... |
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pxus
Joined: Mar 14, 2002
Posts: 88
From: Barcelona/Spain
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I should say that the provider name is not on the sim but on the phone.
The thing is that the phone gets which provider you are on, but with a number (ej. 201-14). The thing is that the phone has got a name related to this code, so displays the name.
There is no information about the providers name on the sim. You can check that on nokia phones.
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t68muser
Joined: Apr 05, 2002
Posts: 7
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This cannot be true because when my provider had changed name i asked my service center and they told of that i could change it only by editing my sim.so my t28 which was very old couldnt have the new name in it
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Deltayoda
Joined: Mar 03, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Los Angeles, California
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No idea, but I doubt it's written on the SIM Card, due to some possible reasons for my theory:
1. When you’re in an area that has no reception, the phone says "NO NETWORK"
2. When you’re out of your phones provider area, it says "SOS CALLS ONLY" (LAX Airport for example), I've even seen it say "Emergency Calls only" in some areas in California, even switches to "911 only".
This leads me to believe that the local area provider sends some sort of message to your phone (using your SIM card as confirmation), and possibly this maybe editable. Someone do an experiment on this  (Confirm what I have up, would like to know if I’m right) Would be great to change that stupid text to say "WORLD"  |
mbjc
Joined: Jan 07, 2002
Posts: 60
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The serive provider name can be both from the SIM-card and from the phone....
If the operator has a name on the sim card this is the name that will be shown when you are in your home network. But if there is no name on the SIM card the operator name in the phone will be used... Actually it is more complicated than this but here are the general guidelines...
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altemyr
Joined: Jan 21, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Stockholm, Sweden
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Yes, I have always wondered which network provider they use in the phone when the Ericsson salses department take the photos of their new phones. I have never seen "WORLD" in the display of a real phone.
This might be an idea for a new background picture... |
decoy7
Joined: Feb 06, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: NW London
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i have WORLD in the display of my phone, asked someone who worked at my service provider to get it written in for me...just hope it doesn't dissappear when they switch everyone to T-Mobile in the next few weeks...have to take a picture of it before all you sceptics start trash talking i suppose...brb with that. |
decoy7
Joined: Feb 06, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: NW London
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ok, ive just taken 2 pictures of a T28 & T68 with 'WORLD' replacing the service provider...where can i upload them? or who should i send to...only 4/5 KB's in size. |
Deltayoda
Joined: Mar 03, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Los Angeles, California
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Would love to see it and do it myself!
Any information on how he pulled it off? |
jammods
Joined: Mar 09, 2002
Posts: 45
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Decoy, www.pbase.com. You can upload your pictures there and then post the link to your gallery url on here |
decoy7
Joined: Feb 06, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: NW London
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thanks jammods, tried it, let me know if you can view the pics -
http://www.pbase.com/decoy7/pics
[ This Message was edited by: decoy7 on 2002-04-22 21:35 ] |
Deltayoda
Joined: Mar 03, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Los Angeles, California
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So how? |
decoy7
Joined: Feb 06, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: NW London
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can't tell you how, can only say my cousin used to work for my service provider and one day asked me if i wanted to change the sp logo with a word of my own.
i opted for WORLD as i just got the T28 and saw it written on the box in place of the sp...now it's permanently on my phone whenever i put the simcard in different phones. |
jammods
Joined: Mar 09, 2002
Posts: 45
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Pictures are there decoy, am guessing but it must be possible to leave it blank if you can change the wording, any one out there work for an sp? - Orange I need your help. |
oneeyejack
Joined: Jan 18, 2002
Posts: 102
From: USA
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doesn't look like you can type something in. the letters of the word "WORLD" look all crooked. i think what was done was that he found the letters somewhere and just cut and pasted them into the program of the phone.
why else would they letter be crooked? any ideas?
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Posted: 2002-04-07 07:47
