[kendra k]

yeah. for those of you with old mobile phones that still work, wanna send one to me? i''ll remiburse you for shipping.


help a poor kid out.

[Sidders]

I have a spare one, but it needs a SIM. Is that any use?

[Adam]

http://www.ebay.com

[kendra k]

i'll buy a SIM chip here, so i can be all german and shit.

sidders, tell me more about your phone.

ad- i guess i could ebay it, but that would only be if i want a triband phone.

[jimmy g]

You will have to check if it is locked; e.g. even if it's a UK Vodafone Phone a German Vodafone SIM might be rejected.

[kendra k]

is it unlocked sidders?

[Sidders]

I don't know. It used to be a contract phone, so it might be locked, how do I find out? It's a Nokia 3410 by the way.

[jimmy g]

Try it with some one else's sim card (on a different network).

[Sheep]

depends did you buy it with a sim card on a network? or just the phone and had to get a seperate sim card?

[Sidders]

Well it used to be O2, and I just tried my new SIM in it (which is Vodafone) and it appears to be working fine. I guess that means it's ok.

[Sheep]

it should work with any sim then, i tryed my old bt cellnet in my new t-mobile phone but it didnt work

[jimmy g]

O2 and Vodafone are often compatible, you need to try it with Orange, T-Mobile or Virgin, really. I guess I should have said this.

[Sidders]

Well do they have Vodafone or O2 in Germany...?

[jimmy g]

That wouldn't mean it would work, being as Vodafone / O2 just bought up a load of these companies a few years ago and changed their names to Vodafone / 02.

[Sidders]

Well anyway, I'm not sure I know anyone on T-Mobile or Virgin.

[Ahh_Pathetic]

I have t-mobile. they are a german company so they should work.

[Sheep]

Im on t-mobile, it sucks, it costs too much and you dont get anything free

[Paul_W]

Aren't any of you aware that very few european handsets work in the US? Only ones that are tri-band will. Single band and dual band ones aren't capable of operating on the US frequencies.

[Sidders]

She's in Germany.

[mungrymatt]

Aren't any of you aware that very few european handsets work in the US? Only ones that are tri-band will. Single band and dual band ones aren't capable of operating on the US frequencies.

The old GSM 900 system will work in a few places, but it's mostly GSM 1900 in the States, and GSM 1800 here. Plus the charger won't go in your walls. Different voltage and fitting.

[mungrymatt]

Whoops, forgot to mention that all UK phones use both GSM 900 and 1800. I don't know how many different bands US phones work on. Sorry.

[Sidders]

This is all very nice to know, but how is it relavent if Kendra's in Germany?

It's nice to know the European government are useful occasionally.

[kendra k]

sidders is right!

man, don't you people remember anything?

see, i'm studying in germany until august (come and visit by the way) and i'm thinking about getting a handy/mobile. my house has a house phone, but it's hard to contact people on the programme with it (but cheaper to call home). so i thought about getting a mobile, if i got an old one for cheap and then bought a sim card. i hear o2 and vodafone are expensive over here. (or at least on the rich kids on the programme used them). i'm looking at e-plus. they're CHEAP!!!

i might just stick with the land line too.

[mungrymatt]

Ooooooh I seeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Sorry