o2 xda orbit - P3300, MDA Compact III General

I just purchased myself a used orbit off of Ebay. Its in cracking condition but the problem I have is my sim card just doesn't work.
I have a o2 pay and go sim card and when i put it in and start the phone it comes up saying 'invalid or missing sim'.
The sim is correctly inserted and I have tried 2 other working o2 sims, same problem.
Do i need to unlock it (http://www.imei-check.co.uk/c3unlock.php), buy a pay monthly sim card or what?
Also, I wanna upgrade to wm6 using the o2 webpage update link, if unlocking is what i need to do. Does it matter if I unlock before upgrading or vice~versa.
Hopefully ill get this decent piece of kit up and running soon

Are you sure you've inserted the SIM card the correct way around?
Inserted with gold contacts aligned with the reading pins on the Orbit

I am positive it is the right way round, I have tried 3 cards, all working in other devices, two of which are brand new cards.
Ive also tried placing a bit of paper behind the sim card cradle to make sure it has a tight contact.
I also tried flashing to wm6 and all it said was no sim inserted, so ive flashed back to wm5 and im back to the same old invalid sim message.

Maybe that's why the vendor sold it?
I'd considering reporting it as a dodgy auction personally

So you recon I shouldn't bother wasting £20 using imei-check to try and unlock then. Just try and get my money back/report a dodgy auction.

yes
TaRkA said:
So you recon I shouldn't bother wasting £20 using imei-check to try and unlock then. Just try and get my money back/report a dodgy auction.
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you don't need to pay IMEI check either, search these forums and there's a free, working alternative one of the mods came up with...
Ric

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=240784
Is that the one? Seems to be all I can find. Plus having a look through there doesnt seem to be anyone saying it worked on there artemis, just a lot of people asking will it and getting no reply.
If you could point me in the direction if thats not it cos I really think ive gone blind.....

Hi,
I don't know if this helps, but I had the same problem about two months ago.
Did everything you did, about once in every 8 reboots, it would work for a couple of minutes, then that message again.
I sent it off for repair, they changed the Sim reader, and an internal wiring loom connector thingy.
Now it works!
Regards,
Paul

I would check the phone isn't blocked by the network
http://www.checkmend.org/
allows you to check the IMEI

i too also had an xda orbit with this problem, had to send it back under warranty, took them 37 days, but complained like fook and managed to get £50 off them plus a brand new o2 stellar (result)
but yeah nothing worked to repair it.

I ended up going through paypal and getting my money back eventually, the guy gave me every penny back. It was a bust phone it turns out.
Yay

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Dual Sim (Ghost Adapter) SHARE YOUR EXPERIANCE

many say dual sims work and many say they dont so whats the final verdict. i have an orange connection and they seem to scam me every month as i said too many text messages. i have just got one of those 300 free text message o2 sims and wanna use both of them togather without having to carry another phone.
i think you will find that your phone is locked to you network. so you won't be able to use the o2 sim.
SORTED!!
for anyone who is scare of doing this ive doen it and it works. i have an orange contract sim card and o2 onlien pay as you go sim card working togather. these sims are both new so this has nothing to do with how new the sim cards are so thats bull.
the adapter i bought was a cheaop chinese one rather than ones people pay £15 pounds for so its dosent matter if you see a cheap one.
the hardest part was cuttiing the sims cos i was scared i would make them useless but there were stickers that helped to outline how to cut them. still i had to cut some of the sim bits as well. works fine. another diffciult bit was getting the stickers off.
dotn worry after you cut them you get a resume card which you can use to make your sim normal again and it all works fine.
im me if you have any questions ill be more than happy to assist as i can...
I bought two adaptors because initially I didn't want to cut the SIMs and I had no idea how they phisically where. Here you can see the photos:
http://pof.eslack.org/blog/2005/05/19/dual-sim/
The first one doesn't fit, so I had to cut the sims and use the second one. It works fine for me. Just turn flight mode on and then off again to switch sims.
FYI I bought them at eBay, really cheap.
Were you able to fit it at the back? Were you able to close back the battery properly. I am worried that the space at the back will not allow such SIM adaptor. Waiting for your reply as I do intend to use another SIMCard if possible.
The one where you don't have to cut the SIMs doesn't fit, so don't buy it.
This one is the one that fits, because its the size of a single SIM card, but contains two SIMs:
http://pof.eslack.org/blog/wp-content/dualsimholder.jpg
the adpater is thicker no doubt. you can push it in though. if you dont wanna get it out every so often theres no problem. if you do then you are going to have a struggle. when you do take it out do it carefully cos you dotn want to break the clip that holds the sim. i havent broken mine but always scared i will.
BUY THE ONE WHERE YOU HAVE TO CLIP THE SIM. SOUNDS SCARY BUT IF I CAN DO IT SO CAN YOU. IM NOT GOOD WITH DELICATE THINGS LIKE THAT AND I MANAGED
forgot to tell you one thing. it does make life simple by not having to swap sims or carry two phones. the hassle is when you have to keep switching the radio off or dooing a soft reset to swap around. someone on this forum suggested a facility where you could use two sims at the same time so you could get netrwork from both. good idea but not possible i thought about it and im not a techie.everytime i go on the tube it swaps netwroks when im underground. that is a hassle but i guess theres good and bad things about everything.
read about the sim programming sim if you can get hold of that get it cos that sounds interesting. i cannotbe bothered as this works fine for me.
Why so confusion...Gaurav...go to any telephone shop and ask for a dual sim adaptor where ever u are in India....the shop man will show u differrent kinds of the adapters...choose one which fits your device ...
I am using the ghost sim,,,china made...in XDA2s very successfully since past 3 months.... 8)
hdubli... im indian but live in teh uk so its bit difficult. i saw them really cheap whilst on holiday last time. round here cannot find shops that seel them cheap so had to get it off ebay. think i got hold of the same one as you but i bet you got it 10 times cheaper than what i paid maybe you can start supplying to people from there. i dunno...
would be nice if there was an accessorties shop of some sort on this forum where people could buy tested items which are guaranteed to work.
http://dualsim.dnsalias.org
Check out this article: Dual Sim Adapter - Is It Any Good?
It's about my personal experience with a twin sim ghost adapter and might contain information you consider useful.
Ghost Dual SIM
I bought a Php500 (around USD9) Ghost Dual SIM Adaptor.
It works flawlessly switching between my main Globe SIM Card and my secondary 24/7 Sun Cellular SIM.
Switching is done thru Flight Mode ON/OFF. Losing signal like passing thru basement parking and elevators does not switch SIMS.
As bonus, the local mobile phone accessory stores here in Philippines have their own puncher so trimming the SIM card is not a problem. They do it for free.
2in1 sim-menu
Re: Ghost Dual SIM
xcalibur said:
I bought a Php500 (around USD9) Ghost Dual SIM Adaptor.
It works flawlessly switching between my main Globe SIM Card and my secondary 24/7 Sun Cellular SIM.
Switching is done thru Flight Mode ON/OFF. Losing signal like passing thru basement parking and elevators does not switch SIMS.
As bonus, the local mobile phone accessory stores here in Philippines have their own puncher so trimming the SIM card is not a problem. They do it for free.
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thats the same one which i had, it broke after about the 5th time i took it out
With that information, I will never remove this Dual SIM Adaptor until it is really necessary and unavoidable.
Actually, I installed mine in the store where I bought it. The first two adaptors were defective. Of course, I didnt pay for it. I expected high defects rate of these SIM Adaptors as they really look cheap construction-wise.
Multi SIM - SIM MAX - changing phone number by STK
HIIII! I'm from Portugal and i have bought a SIM MAX ( http://www.sim-max.com/ ), i´ve programed 2 of the 12 numbers that the card supports. In my Alcatel mobile phone it works, but in my Qtek 9090 only works with the 1th number, i can't change between numbers or networks....
Can any one program the Radio version to make it possible, in my alcatel, in STK menu e see the SIM options and i can change between the 12 numbers, but in my Qtek 9090 i can´t see the STK options...
Qtek 9090
Rom Version: 1.40.00 WWE
Rom date: 03/10/05
Radio version: 1.12.00
Protocol version: 1337.42
ExtRom version: 1.40.147 WWE
Be CAREFUL
while inserting the dual sim "container".
Not only is the cintainer "fragile", the QTEK ALSO.
I bought a dual and, while trying to insert it, I broke one of the two "metal clamps" that hold it on the sides.
Happily I can still fit the dual sim inside and, by pushing the battery on it, it stands still... and works....
However: since then the QTEK does not "feel" the backup battery anymore.
on every reset I get the "low backup battery msg" and indeed if I look at the battery level in settings a nice 0% is shown.
Annoying but at least I did not broke it altogether.
So: be careful and if someone has some clue on how to repair let me know.
Ciao

King of Doublecard SIM adapter

How many people on here have the king of doublecard twin sim adapter off ebay and how are you getting on with them?
Does the battery still fit ok?
Mine arrived today & I fitted it in a matter of a couple of minutes - the battery still fits, the two SIMs lie flat no problem.
I've also splashed out on the WIVIT SIM Status switching software
I have the one where you have to cut the sims, working very well. Done quite a few for friends, cant go wrong. Try it, no need to pay for a switcher, it has an stk app that does that
king of doublecard working great for me.
THANKS GUYS was looking forsomething like this, just orded mine
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just an after-tought, d u rekon there will ever be a device that will let you run 2 sim cards at the same time? YEH I KNOW whishfull thinking? lol
whats your thoughts???
abbas said:
I have the one where you have to cut the sims, working very well. Done quite a few for friends, cant go wrong. Try it, no need to pay for a switcher, it has an stk app that does that
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can you explain further ...with pics would be nice
thanks
anyone got a link to this on ebay? cant find it anywhere!
I did a post somewhere on the board showing you ebay links and methods.
I've got one without the stk app, so you have to go to flight mode off, then on, to switch, but cutting the sim cards, although risky, can be done successfully, as I've done it with an O2 contract and orange PAYG.
V
did people actually slice up their SIMs ??? :shock:
Hi guys go mine and it works atreat now , bought it from ebay
Not going to lie to you, the product is made from poor :twisted: quality but from £3. I get my money worth, and it does the job the ways i can switch are either by doing a soft rest or by puting the phone into flightmode and then back to normal phone mode, , iv addedsomepics for your benifit. :arrow:
Guys, I've got a magician and I sliced and diced my cards fine.
Had troubles getting the Magician to register the sims, but that was because of it not providing enough pressure on the back of the SIM (stick some paper into the metal sleave to correct this).
This is the ebay link for the one I bought:
Look for "UNIVERSAL DUAL SIM **SHIPPED FROM THE UK**". I cost me about £3. The card is fine, the guy was ok, but shipping was steep from London (ie P&P is hiked up, but overall can't complain).
It works, but there is another one out with an "STK" menu built in to switch cards by going into the SimToolKit program. However, it's easy enough to go to flight mode and back quickly enough to switch. I read that this one drains battery faster. No comment on that. It worked for me.
So: SLICING DOES WORK. But, do it carefully. I've posted about 10 times on this - do it carefully, ensure you remove the transparent guide sticker after the cutting, and check it in a nokia or another phone before putting it in the Magician, to convince yourself you've done the slicing correctly
That ebay guy will also "stamp cut" the cards for you for free if you post them to him.
Good luck!
No, it's not possible to have two sims working simultaneously. Best we can hope for is 2 lines per sim, like Orange's Line2 service.
There are some cards that are 16in1 card copiers etc. these don't work in the UK, and will fubar your SIM when trying to crack the encryption. Be warned
V
There was a phone once, sometime in 2000 I think, it was a benefon dual band (1800/900) that worked in europe. That phone had two SIM slots. Too bad they did not make more
http://www.cellular.co.za/phones/benefon/benefon_twin_dual_sim.htm
http://www.ohct.com/content/84/
http://www.benefon.com/russia/products/twin/faq.htm
TO vijay555
2sims working at once in a pda,, i know mate but let me keep on hoping lol
what about the data settings then?
sounds great, I am tempted to go for it, but do you have to re-enter the GPRS settings each time you switch from a sim card to another? Since say, O2 and orange don't use the same proxy servers to connect to the web via GPRS, I guess the right proxy details must be entered after each switch. Am I wrong? Can you connect to O2 mobile web using your o2 sim card, then switch to your orange sim and connect to orange world without making any change to the connections details?
Cheers
I think you will have to reenter the details each time.
However, if you're in the UK, there are cabs available on the board, or from Buymobilephones.net, with all the settings in one file.
So, switch to o2, click the cab and you're running. And likewise with Orange etc.
V
You can create all different accounts in the network section and just choose the right one you want to use. I have one SIM now, but several accounts for GPRS usage, MMS, dial-up connections etc. I just select the one I want to use in Settings-Connections-Advanced-Select Networks. The only problems that could exist are with sms and voice mail accounts, but I think these are stored in the network in combination with your sim card, so these should be ok as well.
that's great -thanks
Hi
I can buy double sim card for you all and ship it to your locations....
Send me your Model.
USD : 10
EURO : 8.14
UK : 5.55
Plus two dollar for shipping .
I will soon list it on Ebay if I get a good response.
Dhruv
I am seriously considering getting a king of double card for my SX66.
Can I still use the apps on my SIM (the ones accessed through "SIM Toolkit" or will I lose that ability once I use KODC ?
I am seriously considering getting a king of double card for my SX66.
Can I still use the apps on my SIM (the ones accessed through "SIM Toolkit" or will I lose that ability once I use KODC ?

unlocked phone suddenly says 'invalid sim'

I broke and replaced the screen in my unlocked upgraded flashed-ROM wallaby and the unit now starts up and reports invalid SIM.
Is there any solution or should I re-flash the rom again and see if that works, hope for the best?
Try the SIM in a different (unlocked) phone, to make sure the SIM isn't fried. If the SIM is fried, you can get a new one from your provider. SIMs do get fried sometimes -- it happened to me a couple months back. Fortunately my provider (Cingular) has a shop just down the road from me, and they burned a new SIM in 5 minutes.
I apologise, I should have said
Sorry, I should have said, it does work in another machine and as I said, it did work immediately I used the xda flashing process to upgrade the ROM in this very unit before I dropped it.
Everything else in the new ROM seems to work which makes it infuriating that it wont recognise the SIM. I even tried calling T-Mobile and asking them if they could see the SIM on their network and they couldn't.
(I even have one of those SIM copying devices they send you free for some unknown reason when they want you to upgrade your service to some kind of higher level SIM card. I was wondering if I should try to use it again but as mine does work, this, like the whole copying device, seemed a bit academic)

unusable xda exec... please point me in right direction

just baught an xda exec from a seller in hong kong about a month ago off ebay$750 but brand new-bad idea?... (1) anyhow the sim card holder under the battery is missing, i never got one. can anyone please inform me how to get a new one? cant find anywhere! (2) i borrowed my friends sim card slot/holder (need to give back) and then when i put my sim card in the device says "invalid or missing sim card". it works eventually after 20min of playing with the sim card slot. i have read on here that others have had the same problem and they bring the device to the manufac. to have the sim card pins readjusted which made it work fine. however i live in the united states (no o2 manufac.) and i cant get ahold of the company. the device still has the warranty seal sticker so it should be fixable/no internal problems. also when i contact the seller on what i should do there is never a response. ive tried at least 15times. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME [email protected] OR POST thanks all.
i live in ny...i think ur screwed my dude...and y did u pay so much....this **** aint worth no where near 750, smh

[Q] Three Sim working in locked phone. WTF

After not paying my Vodafone bill for a few months, i got disconnected.
As my mobile contract is ending next month i decided to switch over to three pay and go, as they have very good deals available.
I received my new three sim today and tried it in an old Samsung D500 as it is unlocked and my Touch Pro 2 is locked to vodafone.
Well the D500 wouldnt pick up the three sim card, just an 'Insert SIM' error message.
After alot of tinkering with it i though 'F*CK IT'. I'll whack the sim card into my touch pro 2 and see what happens.
To my amazement, the Touch Pro 2 fired up and started downloading connection settings from three to the phone.
HOW THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN?
I know for a fact that when i got the phone it was locked to vodafone!
Now its accepting any sim card i insert
Any ideas as to why this has happened?
Just interested as to why.
Thanks guys/gals
Hard SPL'ed ?
Fin9ers said:
After not paying my Vodafone bill for a few months, i got disconnected.
As my mobile contract is ending next month i decided to switch over to three pay and go, as they have very good deals available.
I received my new three sim today and tried it in an old Samsung D500 as it is unlocked and my Touch Pro 2 is locked to vodafone.
Well the D500 wouldnt pick up the three sim card, just an 'Insert SIM' error message.
After alot of tinkering with it i though 'F*CK IT'. I'll whack the sim card into my touch pro 2 and see what happens.
To my amazement, the Touch Pro 2 fired up and started downloading connection settings from three to the phone.
HOW THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN?
I know for a fact that when i got the phone it was locked to vodafone!
Now its accepting any sim card i insert
Any ideas as to why this has happened?
Just interested as to why.
Thanks guys/gals
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Hi,
I'm guessing since you are running a custom rom that your device is Hard SPL'ed ? I dont have O.R.D. , so im no expert here , but I think as a result of that, your device is now Sim unlocked .
I know this because i paid for a sim unlock from a respected developer on here who was very helpful , and when i started to run the application, it proceeded to Hard SPL my device . I have to say I hadn't expected that, and promptly pooped myself (i think i mentioned already I'm a ROM virgin ).
Anyway, everything went fine, with no unfortunate side effects, except my phone is now Sim unlocked, and ready for flashing should I ever desire to do so
Regards
Garrickus
Well hey, IM NOT COMPLAINING
I always thought that H-SPL and SIM lock were 2 different things (as a custom ROM/H-SPL is offered free, while phone unlocking on here is at a price)
Its just great i didnt have to pay for it

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