Three sim cards and 2G phones question?

drunkmonkey

I've just put my 3 sim card in a nokia 5140i (going to ep, would destroy my normal phone)


I've got full signal and can make and recieve calls, just wondering have 3 done something to allow their sims to work in any phone, I guess i'm picking up a vodafone 2G signal, how would the reception be if it's only picking up vodafone.....are all there 2G masts still active?

thanks
dm

Jonathan

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I've just put my 3 sim card in a nokia 5140i (going to ep, would destroy my normal phone)

I've got full signal and can make and recieve calls, just wondering have 3 done something to allow their sims to work in any phone, I guess i'm picking up a vodafone 2G signal, how would the reception be if it's only picking up vodafone.....are all there 2G masts still active?

thanks
dm

Yup. You roam on voda. Yes all of voda's 2G masts are still active, but im not sure if all are available to you as a 3 customer. 3 may have marked out certain cells as having poor coverage and only allow roaming there. I'm not sure how the evil network works

drunkmonkey

jmccrohan wrote: »

Yup. You roam on voda. Yes all of voda's 2G masts are still active, but im not sure if all are available to you as a 3 customer. 3 may have marked out certain cells as having poor coverage and only allow roaming there. I'm not sure how the evil network works

I can lock onto vodafone 2G when ever I'm stuck...the area dosen't seem to matter....
Pretty amazed the sim is working in such an old phone, I've failed to get it working in any other 2G phone, usully get sim invalid kinda error......

Walkman

Roaming has been turned off in some areas. As for the phone working that just seems to be totally random

drunkmonkey

Walkman wrote: »

Roaming has been turned off in some areas.

so that's the problem i'm having....why would they be so stupid to turn off roaming in some areas.....

Sam Vimes

drunkmonkey wrote: »

so that's the problem i'm having....why would they be so stupid to turn off roaming in some areas.....

because they have to pay for roaming on vodafone so they turn off roaming wherever they have full coverage themselves, since they only sell 3g phones and all

drunkmonkey

pretty impressed with coverage so far.....haven't dropped a call all morning and i've been all over the countryside.....

I'm guessing they only turn off roaming in the Citys?

drunkmonkey

Sam might be the only one to answer this.....I doubt 3 tech support can:D

Can I get the web working on this phone...I've tried all different settings and none of them work...I keep getting the "Subscibe to packet data first" error...

Is it possible?

here's the 3 settings just in case you might be going rooting for them...

3 WEB
connection name:3
data bearer: packet data
APN: 3ireland.ie
username: none
prompt password:no
password: none
authentication:normal
homepage:http://mobile.3ireland.ie/hb/HutchKey/
network type:IPv4
phone IP address:automatic
name servers (DNS): automatic
proxy address:none
proxy port:0


3 MMS
connection name:3MMS
data bearer: packet data
APN: 3ireland.ie
username: none
prompt password:no
password: none
authentication:normal
homepage:http://mms.um.3ireland.ie:10021/mmsc/
network type:IPv4
phone IP address:automatic
name servers (DNS): automatic
proxy address:mms.3ireland.ie
proxy port:8799

grey squirrel

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Sam might be the only one to answer this.....I doubt 3 tech support can:D

Can I get the web working on this phone...I've tried all different settings and none of them work...I keep getting the "Subscibe to packet data first" error...

Is it possible?

no

EDIT: actually yes on a Nokia 6230i

3 wrote:

You are now outside the video servic area. These services are available:
Games
Pix
Puzzle Games
My3
heatworld

Sam Vimes

i wouldn't be so hasty to say no. first make sure you have the right settings:

settings->configuration->personal configuration settings->add->web

account name: 3
homepage:http://mobile.3ireland.ie/hb/HutchKey (the capital H and K are necessary)
username:blank
password:blank
use preferred access point:yes

settings->configuration->personal configuration settings->add->access point

account name: 3 apn
go into access point settings
data bearer:gprs
go into bearer settings
GPRS access point:3ireland.ie
authentication type:normal
username:none
password:none

settings->configuration->personal configuration settings

highlight 3 and press options->activate
then do the same for 3 apn


give that a shot and see what happens

edit: sam to the rescue o/

drunkmonkey

Sam Vimes wrote: »

give that a shot and see what happens

edit: sam to the rescue o/

Nice one Sam, it worked!! All praise to the man!!

google.com tells me I have a virus and to try again sometime:D...at the very least I have a new game, try and find a website

Sam Vimes

good to hear it

i think google is telling you you have a virus because of the whole ip address sharing thing. Someone else on 3 has a virus so google thinks you do. Nothing you can do about it... Except leave 3