- 04-09-2006, 03:50 AM #1Newbie
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Hello-
I have a simple, yet, complicated question. I am currently with T-mobile as my service provider. Long story short...I have a very basic phone, nothing all that special, but through a friend was able to get a Motorola i850.
The phone is linked here: http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=735
Of the people I have talked to some have said I could get this phone to work with my current tmobile service and sim card (though they did not know specifically how), and some have said that a Nextel phone will not work with the Tmobile system.
My question is can I get this Motorola i850, which I would really like to be able to use, to work with my current tmobile service? If so could you please tell me how, or offer links, etc. to show me how I can accomplish this.
(ps. inserting my current SIM card does nothing and leaves the phone telling me to insert a SIM card. For what it is worth I thought I would add that.)
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- 04-09-2006, 04:44 AM #2
Re: Motorola i850 from Nextel to tmobile?
No, your Nextel phone will not work with T-Mobile. They use different technology to make and receive calls. T-Mobile is GSM and Nextel is iDEN, these two technologies are incompatible with each other. Sorry
- 04-09-2006, 06:20 AM #3Newbie
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Re: Motorola i850 from Nextel to tmobile?
Alright, I appreciate your response. Just to clarify, even if I had the unlock code for this i850 phone I could not use it with my tmobile SIM card due to the different frequencies (since the two companies do not allow you to "roam" off each other). Correct?
- 04-09-2006, 06:25 AM #4
Re: Motorola i850 from Nextel to tmobile?
Originally Posted by dave221
- 04-09-2006, 06:44 AM #5Newbie
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Re: Motorola i850 from Nextel to tmobile?
to eBay it is.
- 04-09-2006, 06:50 AM #6
Re: Motorola i850 from Nextel to tmobile?
Originally Posted by dave221
- 04-09-2006, 10:31 PM #7
Re: Motorola i850 from Nextel to tmobile?
the only nextel phone that can be used with GSM is the i930.....
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- 09-12-2010, 07:02 PM #8Newbie
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Re: Motorola i850 from Nextel to T-Mobile?
you are are all WRONG! you can use it with a T-Mobile sim card, nextel just wont tell you it try asking T-Mobile for it though.
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