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10-15-2005, 02:43 PM
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absent SIM card?
i just bought a used phone from Ebay(motorola C331) and it does not use a SIM card? it does not have a place to put a SIM card? idk what to do in order to get my service plan transferred to it. any help wud be appreciated. thanx
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10-15-2005, 04:46 PM
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I'm pretty sure all mobile phones use SIM cards! are you sure the slot is not hidden?
Maybe try downloading the phone's manual and find the sim-insertion instructions. Freakitchen
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10-15-2005, 04:47 PM
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sometimes, it is hidden behind the battery, but I am no expert.
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10-15-2005, 04:57 PM
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Its actually covered withing the 'tape like thing' around my battery.. so you cant access it; might be like that on yours.
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10-15-2005, 05:45 PM
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10-15-2005, 05:55 PM
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I don't believe this phone has a sim slot...
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10-15-2005, 05:59 PM
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You're probably right here - I was going by the fact that I've never seen a phone in the UK that doesn't use a SIM card. All UK networks use them, and wasn't aware that there was an alternative.
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10-15-2005, 06:23 PM
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Sim cards are fairly new in America, i think only Cingular and T-mobile use them but i'm not sure. What kind of phone did you buy? Older phones wouldn't have a slot but most newer ones should.
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10-15-2005, 07:52 PM
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what is the model of the phone and is it gsm
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10-15-2005, 08:27 PM
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Actually I'm getting conflicting info about the fone. The same model sold in the US is a GSM fone, which means that it has a SIM slot; but there seems to be a similar fone in S.America that is a CDMA which means that it is not GSM network compatible hence no SIM slot.
Actually I cannot verify the GSM version of the fone from the motorola website, I can only get the CDMA/AMPS version from here: http://www.motorola.com/ve/pcs/productos/c331car.html Addendum: This is one that I found listing the C331 as GSM: http://mobile.softpedia.com/phones/M...ola-C331.shtml ; of course this could just be a typo Last edited by Statica; 10-15-2005 at 08:31 PM. |
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10-15-2005, 08:30 PM
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Addendum: There apparently was a C331 sold by Cingular on a GSM 850/1900 dualband as well as a TDMA 800/1900+AMPS version sold by them as well, which is weird! Anyways it looks like you're sitting with the TDMA version of it. source: http://www.howardchui.com/modules.ph...icle&artid=103 Last edited by Statica; 10-15-2005 at 08:36 PM. |
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10-17-2005, 10:52 AM
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i am going to call cingular and see if they can switch it over. but if it is TDMA i may notbe able to use it since im using a GSM network. so hopefully it is a GSM. thanx
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