Could the 850 band be disabled somehow? Everything I search on the Rizr z3
it shows it as a quad band phone.

John

"BruceR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> No, it sounds like a problem with your SIM. If you're trying to connect
> to ATT 850 maybe your phone doesn't thave it.
>
> John wrote:
>> I have a friend that uses T-mobile as his provider. I put his sim
>> card in the new phone and it instantly finds the T-mobile network. Is
>> the phone I have not unlocked then, even though it doesn't ask for a
>> code?
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>>
>> "Mike S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> In article <[email protected]>,
>>> John <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I reset the phone to defaults. (Just to see). It looks like it is
>>>> from Japan
>>>> or far east, the phone has Chinese characters. Anyways, now when I
>>>> do a manual network search it comes up with strange characters now,
>>>> not Chinese,
>>>> I did change the language back to english I select that one just
>>>> to see what happens and it says network disabled. Just wondering
>>>> what does MVNO stand for?
>>>
>>> Mobile Virtual Network Operator. A cell phone company having no
>>> network of their own.
>>>
>>>> Also in the menus there is not a "Phone Status". and when I go to
>>>> network it just lists Automatic and manual, I cannot select the
>>>> different bands. Any thoughts on why my phonebook doesn't show up
>>>> on the phone even if
>>>> I cannot connect to a network?
>>>
>>> Is your phonebook stored on the SIM card? If yes, then there may be a
>>> hardware issue here.

>
>






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