unlock then no signal. PLEASE HELP.

my cingular cell phone recently broke so im trying to use my friends old t-mobile nokia. i managed to unlock it myself and the sim card works but theres no signal. i have cingular but it should work in the phone after ive unlocked it right? im assuming that it has something to do with the network band, but im not sure. HELP would be greatly appreciated. thank you.

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Originally Posted by bemodular

my cingular cell phone recently broke so im trying to use my friends old t-mobile nokia. i managed to unlock it myself and the sim card works but theres no signal. i have cingular but it should work in the phone after ive unlocked it right? im assuming that it has something to do with the network band, but im not sure. HELP would be greatly appreciated. thank you.

Hi there,

T-mobile use the 1900MHz repeater uniformly across the country, whereas Cingular use either the 800MHz or 1900MHz depending on the location. If you friends phone is a tri-band form Europe then it is likely that it only works on the 1900MHz band. If this is the case, then I am afraid that there is nothing you can do apart from buy a new phone. If however your friends phone is a US phone then is should definitely work.
It may be that you are in a poor signal area - can others on Cingular get reception in your area. If not, then you might need a cell booster to boost your signal.

If others are getting Cingular signal and you are seeing nothing, then there might be a problem with your phone or SIM card. I'd suggest taking your phone to a Cingular store as they will be able to advise you on what is going wrong.

Hope this helps,
Sam