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- 12-07-2006, 09:12 PM #1EmjayeGuest
My daughter has a 3G service with "3". I have a NextG service with
Telstra. Both phones appear to have "3G" SIMs in them.
What would happen if I put my SIM card in her phone, or vice versa?
Would either phone work, connect, etc.?
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- 12-08-2006, 08:06 PM #2brian w edgintonGuest
Re: 3G SIM Cards and NextG/3G phones
On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:12:27 +1100, Emjaye <[email protected]>
wrote:
>My daughter has a 3G service with "3". I have a NextG service with
>Telstra. Both phones appear to have "3G" SIMs in them.
>
>What would happen if I put my SIM card in her phone, or vice versa?
>Would either phone work, connect, etc.?
>
I am guessing you could connect to GSM, only.
As I have been told, here, 3g and Nextgen operate on different
frequencies.
Fish and fowl.
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If this was a perfect world, we, probably, wouldn't
be in it.
- 12-08-2006, 11:19 PM #3Simon TemplarGuest
Re: 3G SIM Cards and NextG/3G phones
Emjaye wrote:
> My daughter has a 3G service with "3". I have a NextG service with
> Telstra. Both phones appear to have "3G" SIMs in them.
>
> What would happen if I put my SIM card in her phone, or vice versa?
> Would either phone work, connect, etc.?
Most, if not all 3 phones are locked. So you won't get far putting your
SIM in her phone. Also NextG is 850 MHz, but hopefully it is smart
enough to look for Te$stra's 2100 MHz 3G Network (actually roams to 3!)
and GSM.
If your phone isn't locked to Te$tra if the phone is capable of the 2100
MHz 3G then it should work on 3G, otherwise it would just go to GSM.
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- 12-09-2006, 05:57 PM #4Tsunami AustraliaGuest
Re: 3G SIM Cards and NextG/3G phones
On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:06:41 GMT, brian w edginton
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:12:27 +1100, Emjaye <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>My daughter has a 3G service with "3". I have a NextG service with
>>Telstra. Both phones appear to have "3G" SIMs in them.
>>
>>What would happen if I put my SIM card in her phone, or vice versa?
>>Would either phone work, connect, etc.?
>>
>
>
>I am guessing you could connect to GSM, only.
>As I have been told, here, 3g and Nextgen operate on different
>frequencies.
>Fish and fowl.
>
>------------------------------------------------------
>
>If this was a perfect world, we, probably, wouldn't
>be in it.
Yes, NextG operates on around 850mhz as with CDMA, 3G operates around
2100mhz.
I would imagine (could be wrong though) that if the NextG sim was put
in an unlocked 3G phone in a reception area, that it might/should
work. I highly doubt that the 3 sim will work properly in the NextG
phone though.
- 01-01-2007, 05:58 PM #5Paul DayGuest
Re: 3G SIM Cards and NextG/3G phones
On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:12:27 +1100 Emjaye may have written:
> My daughter has a 3G service with "3". I have a NextG service with
> Telstra. Both phones appear to have "3G" SIMs in them.
>
> What would happen if I put my SIM card in her phone, or vice versa?
> Would either phone work, connect, etc.?
The Three phone would tell you bugger off when you put the Telstra USIM
in as it'll be SIM-locked.
Assuming the NextG phone isn't SIM-locked, with Three's USIM it will
roam onto Telstra's GSM network with the Three SIM in it, unless you
have a JasJam, in which case it will log on to Three's 2100Mhz UMTS
network (the JasJam does 850MHz and 2100MHz UMTS IIRC).
PD
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Paul Day
Web: http://www.enigma.id.au/
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