Can I revive an old Nokia 8210?

I have an old phone I no longer use that is a Nokia 8210 that I got from
AT&T. I want to give it to my son who has lost his T-Mobile cell phone.
Will it work to transfer his T-Mobile number to the old Nokia?

Thank you.

John Redmond
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Cyrus Afzali <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>[snip]
>>>No. It's been a long time since that phone was current, but I believe
>>>the 8210 was a TDMA model for use on the old AT&T Wireless. It won't
>>>work with a GSM provider like T-Mobile.
>>
>>Wrong. The TDMA model was the 8260. The 8290 was for GSM 1900. The
>>8210 was for GSM 900 and 1800 for use in Europe and Asia.
>>
> Well, that's why I said "I believe." If a person goes to Nokia.com
> right now, they won't find much information on that phone since it's
> long been discontinued. There was no intent to provide incorrect
> information.
>
> There are some of us here who genuinely try to help people out, but
> can't have every detail possibly needed for every situation. Then
> there are people such as yourself who have more details available, but
> can't answer a question without going to the trouble of also playing
> "cop" and chiding others.
>
> It seems as much as you do the latter, you may have a little too much
> time on your hands and/or a lack of hobbies.

Truth is I don't know what model I have. It looks like a 8210. I spoke to
T-Mobile and they say it might work and to bring it in to one of their
company owned stores... My experience with the stores is that in general
the staff doesn't know more than I do, and they are more interested in
selling new customers. We'll see.

Thanks for your assistance.

John Redmond
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Joseph <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 12:39:39 GMT, John Redmond
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Truth is I don't know what model I have. It looks like a 8210.
>
> A quick peak at the label under the battery would quickly tell you
> which model you have!
>
> - -
>
>

It's the Nokia 8260. The guy at the T-Mobile store said it wouldn't work
because it doesn't use a SIM chip. He didn't seem very knowledgeable, but
he talked me into a new Nokia 6010 for $39 plus contract extension. I
opted for a solution instead of the answer(?)

John Redmond
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