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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).

Crazy thing happening? htc artemis

Hi i just got a htc artemis from e**y & after it working spot on with pay n go o2 uk for few days it just stoped n just serches all the time? ok so i thought do the unlock ,did it still same,thought ummm bin ripped of by the seller,got in contact with him,& tried a voda sim,worked perfect,thought mm unlock dint work,tried virgin tmobile orange ect all work but not o2,now i am lost to know what to do next..any one herd of this before & no how to sort it,or do i sell it again,but i actualy raely like the fone...help asap would be great,if not see ebay next few days if you want to buy it...

alik106 said:
Hi i just got a htc artemis from e**y & after it working spot on with pay n go o2 uk for few days it just stoped n just serches all the time? ok so i thought do the unlock ,did it still same,thought ummm bin ripped of by the seller,got in contact with him,& tried a voda sim,worked perfect,thought mm unlock dint work,tried virgin tmobile orange ect all work but not o2,now i am lost to know what to do next..any one herd of this before & no how to sort it,or do i sell it again,but i actualy raely like the fone...help asap would be great,if not see ebay next few days if you want to buy it...
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Hi!
It seems like it was an O2 Orbit with a contract and O2 barred it on its network because of fraud or not payed bills.

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.

SAMSUG S20 ULTRA AFTER I CHANGED THE ROM! PLS HELP!

I have one problem with one s20 ultra 5g ... after firmware uptade from 10 to 11 ...
I bought the phone from a pawn shop and I had a custom firmware installed
I couldn't install many applications and that's why I wanted an original firmware
at phone status I get custom
now I have official android 11 but no signal
is my network blocked? or? I can enter the pin code ... but it doesn't take a signal ...
MODEL NAME SM-G988B/DS
BEFORE CHANGE SM-G988B only. meybe here is the problem ??
someone said it was a roted phone after seeing the phone in download mode
I don't know what that means and how it can be fixed !
Another thing I noticed ... on the back of my phone is written live demo unit not for sale
only now I saw this .... after 3 months from buying the phone

What carrier sim are you using. Big risk buying from pawn shop, you never know what you are getting. Since demo unit it could have been a stolen phone. So many good re-sale options other than pawn shop.

i use telekom mobile romania

claudiu1990 said:
i use telekom mobile romania
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If this is a Live Demo Unit it does not have any cellular functions. You will not be able to get any signal - sorry.