Info on two phones

Posted: 01-26-2006, 01:24 PM

Dean

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I recently acquired two Motorola phones, a T721 marked "AT&T", and a V220,
branded "Cingular". They have inactive SIM's in them.

I'm curious as to what use I could put them to.

Are they likely to be carrier-locked---and how would I know if they are? One
likely use I might have is to rent a local SIM when I travel once a year to
Aruba. Is there any way to know if either of them would work for that? I
also like to keep a prepaid phone around for visiting relatives who don't
have a cellphone, so they can use it if they get lost or need anything while
they're visiting. What might my options be in that respect?

In my research, I see that one of them - the 220 I think - could be either
dual- tri- or quad-band, depending on the carrier's specs. How can I find
out more about these phones? Would the specific version number from the
sticker help?

They're both in great shape, and I wouldn't mind putting one or both to use.

Thanks,
Dean

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Andreas Wenzel

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Re: Info on two phones

Posted: 01-26-2006, 07:38 PM

Dean wrote:
> I recently acquired two Motorola phones, a T721 marked "AT&T", and a V220,
> branded "Cingular". They have inactive SIM's in them.
>
> I'm curious as to what use I could put them to.
>
> Are they likely to be carrier-locked---and how would I know if they are?

Put the AT&T SIM in the Cingular phone and the Cingular SIM in the AT&T
phone. Even if the subscription has run out, the phone will still tell
you if it doen't like the alien card.

> One
> likely use I might have is to rent a local SIM when I travel once a year to
> Aruba. Is there any way to know if either of them would work for that? I
> also like to keep a prepaid phone around for visiting relatives who don't
> have a cellphone, so they can use it if they get lost or need anything while
> they're visiting. What might my options be in that respect?

If they are not sim locked, they should be good for that.

According to http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_us.shtml AT&T
as well as Cinguar are GSM1900. And according to
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_aw.shtml there is at least
one GSM 1900 network available in Aruba, so you'd be fine even with a
single band GSM1900 phone.

> In my research, I see that one of them - the 220 I think - could be either
> dual- tri- or quad-band, depending on the carrier's specs. How can I find
> out more about these phones? Would the specific version number from the
> sticker help?

I don't know if this works on the V220, but on most newer Motorolas I've
seen you can check that by selecting Main menu->Settings->Phone
Status->(Other Information)->Technology.

Andreas

Dean

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Re: Info on two phones

Posted: 01-27-2006, 11:07 PM

One phone (the Cingular V220) accepted the SIM.

The T721 asked for a subsidy lock code.

I guess that answers it?

Also, the 220 said GSM 800/950/1900, I think.

How would I unlock the 721 if I wanted to?

Thanks!!

Dean
_________________________________
"Andreas Wenzel" <awspambucket@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:drb8fi$j5b$1@online.de...
> Dean wrote:
>> I recently acquired two Motorola phones, a T721 marked "AT&T", and a
>> V220, branded "Cingular". They have inactive SIM's in them.
>>
>> I'm curious as to what use I could put them to.
>>
>> Are they likely to be carrier-locked---and how would I know if they are?
>
> Put the AT&T SIM in the Cingular phone and the Cingular SIM in the AT&T
> phone. Even if the subscription has run out, the phone will still tell you
> if it doen't like the alien card.
>
>> One likely use I might have is to rent a local SIM when I travel once a
>> year to Aruba. Is there any way to know if either of them would work for
>> that? I also like to keep a prepaid phone around for visiting relatives
>> who don't have a cellphone, so they can use it if they get lost or need
>> anything while they're visiting. What might my options be in that
>> respect?
>
> If they are not sim locked, they should be good for that.
>
> According to http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_us.shtml AT&T as
> well as Cinguar are GSM1900. And according to
> http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_aw.shtml there is at least one
> GSM 1900 network available in Aruba, so you'd be fine even with a single
> band GSM1900 phone.
>
>> In my research, I see that one of them - the 220 I think - could be
>> either dual- tri- or quad-band, depending on the carrier's specs. How can
>> I find out more about these phones? Would the specific version number
>> from the sticker help?
>
> I don't know if this works on the V220, but on most newer Motorolas I've
> seen you can check that by selecting Main menu->Settings->Phone
> Status->(Other Information)->Technology.
>
> Andreas

Aaron

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Re: Info on two phones

Posted: 01-29-2006, 09:15 PM

"Dean" <dean173@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dJxCf.457$%e3.284@trndny04...
> One phone (the Cingular V220) accepted the SIM.
>
> The T721 asked for a subsidy lock code.
>
> I guess that answers it?
>
> Also, the 220 said GSM 800/950/1900, I think.
>
> How would I unlock the 721 if I wanted to?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Dean
> _________________________________
> "Andreas Wenzel" <awspambucket@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:drb8fi$j5b$1@online.de...
> > Dean wrote:
> >> I recently acquired two Motorola phones, a T721 marked "AT&T", and a
> >> V220, branded "Cingular". They have inactive SIM's in them.
> >>
> >> I'm curious as to what use I could put them to.
> >>
> >> Are they likely to be carrier-locked---and how would I know if they
are?
> >
> > Put the AT&T SIM in the Cingular phone and the Cingular SIM in the AT&T
> > phone. Even if the subscription has run out, the phone will still tell
you
> > if it doen't like the alien card.
> >
> >> One likely use I might have is to rent a local SIM when I travel once a
> >> year to Aruba. Is there any way to know if either of them would work
for
> >> that? I also like to keep a prepaid phone around for visiting relatives
> >> who don't have a cellphone, so they can use it if they get lost or need
> >> anything while they're visiting. What might my options be in that
> >> respect?
> >
> > If they are not sim locked, they should be good for that.
> >
> > According to http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_us.shtml AT&T
as
> > well as Cinguar are GSM1900. And according to
> > http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_aw.shtml there is at least
one
> > GSM 1900 network available in Aruba, so you'd be fine even with a single
> > band GSM1900 phone.
> >
> >> In my research, I see that one of them - the 220 I think - could be
> >> either dual- tri- or quad-band, depending on the carrier's specs. How
can
> >> I find out more about these phones? Would the specific version number
> >> from the sticker help?
> >
> > I don't know if this works on the V220, but on most newer Motorolas I've
> > seen you can check that by selecting Main menu->Settings->Phone
> > Status->(Other Information)->Technology.
> >
> > Andreas
>
>

you have to take it to somebody with the tools to unlock phones
you cant unlock the T720 yourself.

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