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roskelld Posts: 98

As the thread says. I want to sell my t68 to a friend who is on pay-as-you-go Orange.
I tried the SIM out to see if it worked, and I got a very strange response.

The phone booted fine, displaying Orange as the provider.
But the signal kept going from full to empty - up and down constantly.
Also I noticed that around the signal was a blue angled line, which I've never seen on my O2 connection.
Trying to dial any numbers from the phone failed - this looked like the signal problem, as it wouldn't stay up long enough to connect.

Can anyone help, do you need the phone setting up to use Orange? I thought that 02 supplied thier phones unlocked.
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Posted: 2003-03-18 19:36:00
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wapchimp Posts: > 500

The blue wedge is gprs strength-there maybe a transmiter down causing fluctuatiog signal This message was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2003-03-18 19:43:00
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al1307 Posts: 181

O2 and Vodafone phones and sims are interchangeable!
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Posted: 2003-03-18 21:18:00
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roskelld Posts: 98

Can anyone confirm Orange and 02?
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Posted: 2003-03-18 21:53:00
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JC#79 Blitz Posts: 92

Its just how the phone reacts when you change over the sims.

I have the same thing happen to mine for a few mins when I swap from T-mobile to Voda, its not a real problem if you are having problems try an update of FW!
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Posted: 2003-03-18 22:18:00
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roskelld Posts: 98

Hi again.

Sadly there has been no luck with getting the Orange sim to work.
The network search does find Orange for a short while, but everytime a phone call is atempted the signal drops to zero.

I found this thread from last year giving similar issues.
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=3467&forum=2#post31122

My phone is also a R1B version.
The Orange sim is pay as you go (approx 2 years old)
Could it be the GSM band problem?

Does anyone use a t68 R1B with Orange?
Has anyone got any other ideas of how to get this to work?
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Posted: 2003-03-23 19:12:00
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rimmer5 Posts: 265

Go to a local phone shop and ask them to unlock it - this just means makin it available to all networks it costs around £10. don't go to a big named shop cos it will cost a lot around £20-50
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Posted: 2003-03-30 15:37:00
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