#206396 - 08/17/07 05:00 PM
Wireless Phone Help !!! please
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I have a nokia 1112 and it has a sim card ... ... well our exchange student has it but she cant get service where i live ... is there any way that i can find a diffrent sim card that would make it work where i live or would we have to buy just a diffrent prepayed phone so she can have a cell phone to use here in the us
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#206397 - 08/17/07 07:28 PM
Re: Wireless Phone Help !!! please
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I'm thinking that if it's not a phone that is supposed to work globally that she needs a prepayed phone but I'm no expert. I'd just go to her wireless provider's store and ask the people there.
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#206398 - 08/17/07 07:49 PM
Re: Wireless Phone Help !!! please
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there isnt a specific provider... her father ordered the phone in germany with a us number so it wouldnt cost as much .... her and i just went to the store and bought a trac phone
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#206399 - 08/17/07 08:08 PM
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Don't foreign phones use a different kind of signal?
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#206400 - 08/17/07 08:26 PM
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i think ... its goofy like her dad ordered the phone on the internet ... so it came with an american number ... and had it shiped to germany now she has it here but it gets signal in big towns like desmoines and such but not where we live
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#206401 - 08/17/07 09:50 PM
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Do you know what carrier it is? You might not have any cell towers for them near you.
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Sounds like corrosion has had it's way with your nuts.
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#206402 - 08/17/07 11:29 PM
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umm well im not too sure about phones like this, but turn the phone off for a little while, and it should power cycle and then everything should be updated, if that dont work then idk
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#206403 - 08/17/07 11:54 PM
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or take it to the provider and have them search for all new software patches. IRL comes to mind, but that was with *shudders* Sprint.
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#206404 - 08/18/07 01:32 AM
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My phone came from Germany or Austria but has the same specs as the US bound ones. It's unlocked though, so I can put any sim card I want in it.
The card has to be compatible with the network you want to use though. i.e. I have an account with Cingular/AT&T, so my sim card has to be from them.
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#206405 - 08/18/07 01:33 AM
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yea but we all use verizon around here but i dont think they have a sim card
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#206406 - 08/18/07 12:50 PM
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very few Verizon phones do have a SimCard. Which ones? Not sure, but do know they're out there.
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