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xgazx
Joined: Sep 10, 2002
Posts: 65
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will the p800 from orange be unlockable for use on all networks? a friend of mine has been telling me about banding, i dont understand it or know much about it but he says it may be that the orange will only ever work on orange, t-mob and virgin. Not voda and o2. THIS SUX! is it true? |
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sintax
Joined: Jan 18, 2003
Posts: 132
From: Hungary
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buy an unlocked one, that way your options stay open concerning providers. And if you travel it might be good to use another SIM.
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Black Cat
Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 165
From: Loughborough UK
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as it stands, if you buy a phone from orange it is locked so you can only use it on orange.
orange & t-mobile (and therefore virgin, which uses t-mobile's transmitters) use the 1800 frequency, whereas vodafone & o2 use the 900 frequency.
if you buy a sim free phone, or an unlocked one on a voda or o2 contract (assuming voda don't keep locking their handsets) then you could use any gsm sim card as the phone is tri-band, that is, it can also operate on the 1900 frequency used in north america.
if you buy one on orange or t-mobile, it will only work on that network.
they don't make them like they used to |
xgazx
Joined: Sep 10, 2002
Posts: 65
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yeah i understand the locking proceedures, but my p800 is locked to orange. when it is unlocked it will work on o2 will it not? its just my friend said that they can be tampered with (banding he called it) so that even unlocked it will only work on orange and t-mob. i hope this isnt so! |
DJ Teknosys
Joined: Oct 20, 2002
Posts: 108
From: South Florida, USA
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If the phone is unlocked, it can be used with ANY gsm provider in the world. It doesnt matter who it was originally locked too...
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xgazx
Joined: Sep 10, 2002
Posts: 65
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good good. that was how i understood the whole system to work but my friend obviously doesnt know wot hes talking about!
cheers
Gaz |
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Posted: 2003-02-26 23:20
