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newbie question, purchasing the T-mobile and using in US?

I would like to purchase T-mobile MDA-3 for use in the USA and Europe. Can I just put in my US simcard and will it work or does it need to be unlocked? What should I look out for? ANy suggestions would gratly be appreciated?

Most come unlocked. I just recived my MDA III, it was T-Mobile branded when I recived it. Came in a German T-Mobile Box, but my ROM was English. I bought mine through Tiger-Direct.

Do you mind if I ask how much you paid for it? Also, will my current T-Mobile sim drop in and work?

The MDA3 is quad band so you should be able to use it anywhere in the world! So long as you have roaming set up on your sim you should be fine!
Not so sure about the locking though!

I am using it in the US
I have an iMate PDA2K in the US and it works just fine. T-Mobile gets a bit confused when you call tech support and their system can't automatically recognize your device, but I just tell them that I have one of their HP Windows Mobile models that they sell in the US and they seem cool with it. All I did was swap in my SIM card and it started working right away. GPRS, etc all works fine.
-Robert

o2 orbit where to unlock???

hi i plan to buy a orbit
but i need to work it on mmy t-omob account
isi t already unlcoked
if not what do i need to do so??
dotn min paying if it easier..
also will everythign still work if i move it to tmob
the co-pilot
the wifi etc.
please advise

I bought an orbit on Tuesday, and I'm using my Orange Sim in it until my number gets ported, so my handset is unlocked.

http://www.imei-check.co.uk/

I have an orbit from an o2 shop. I also have my Orange sim in it untill my number gets ported. Therefore - I'd say they're unlocked!

My experience is that all O2 phones have been network-unlocked. Certainly the last 6 I have had were.

Pete. said:
My experience is that all O2 phones have been network-unlocked. Certainly the last 6 I have had were.
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I would like to differ.. The XDA2i I had was locked to O2. I bought a XDA Exec in July. That is unlocked out of the box.. Seeing the discussion on the thread, it seems that O2 have adapted a strategy of leaving their phones unlocked for some reason..

Mine was open on all networks as I am using my T-mobile sim in it!

Playing around with a spare Virgin Mobile simcard with O2 sourced phones:
Orbit unlocked
XDA2i locked
Exec unlocked
Mini S unlocked
iPaq 6915 unlocked
Nokia 6280 unlocked
Motorola Razr unlocked

Well I've put a Virgin SIM in mine straight out of the box from O2 and it works so it's definitely unlocked. The only problem is that it says T-Mobile on the screen for network - odd!

^^They all do that sir
IME unless the phone is Virgin branded it will display T-Mobile (who Virgin lease their virtual network from).

O2 XDA Mini S and Tesco's Mobile

Hi I am after some help as i am new to unlocking and have a problem which I am not sure if it is something I have missed.
I have an old O2 XDA Mini S (Think that the HTC Wizard????) that I have unlocked using the lokiwiz2b then after this did not seem to work properly tried the 3a version.
The phone seems to be unlocked as I can put my tesco sim in it now and it is accepted but I can't seem to find the tesco's network (which is based on the O2 one). The phone can find O2 and Vodafone in the area but i cannot make calls on either but the Tesco network does not seem to be seen or known of by the phone? I can't even find it to select it manually?
Does anybody have any idea of how to select the Tesco's network or with tesco using the O2 network does anybody know if the phone should show as connected to O2 or tesco's on the screen? As the actual tescos phone which came with the sim shows Tescos on screen so i am assuming that the XDA with a tesco sim should show the same?
Any help greatly appreciated as I like my old XDA and if I could get it working with the Tescos sim it would be fantastic....

Prepaid data in Spain

Off topic, but I know some of our Spanish cousins post here so i'll ask anyway!
I'm currently in Spain and looking for a prepaid data SIM. Last year I bought a Vodafone Ed SIM and topped up with one of their "bonos" which worked a treat and gave me 1gb data.
This year, none of the 4 Vodafone stores will sell me a prepaid Simon (they say they have non stock), so I bought a Yoigo Simon which worked OK for about 20 minutes, and then slowed to and absolute crawl. I also tried a Happy Movil SIM, but it doesn't appear to be provisioned for data despite me telling the girl in the Phone House (Carphone Warehouse ES) that I wanted it for data.
Currently, i'm using my Tmobile UK SIM with a £10 Euro Broadband booster (50mb) and i've used it far more than my Yoigo SIM. Since i'm on Movistar for both Yoigo and Tmobile UK I know my problem is not the underlying network, so i'm at a loss to explain why Yoigo is so poor.
So, I have two questions?
Can I get prepaid Internet on Movistar?
Where in the Torrevieja area can I find someone who will sell me a Vodafone prepaid SIM?
Thanks,
Dave
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

PS there's a few typos due to predictive text in my last post (eg Simon = SIM)
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Is the 3 version network locked?

I need to know if the 3 version is sim locked or not, id heard it wasn't so I was planning on getting one and putting my o2 sim in, thanks for any help.

Version from 3 is not locked. I bought one and use it with Russian SIM card.
I bought phone with PAYG.
They have confimation of this in their twitter. You can try to find.

I purchased from a 3 shop yesterday and can confirm that is unlocked. I'm successfully using my T-Mobile contract SIM from my lost/stolen Galaxy S2

As above all current stock at Three is Sim Free , same with the Nokia Lumia 800.