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Old 06-25-2010, 12:13 PM   #1
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Default BB 9700 - something special on the SIM?

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Hi -

I use a 9700 Bold in the UK on the Orange network (OK phone except for the headphone socket design fault, which makes it unusable as an actual telephone / handsfree device - a rant for another day.)

I am travelling soon and want to take a super-basic Phony Ericsson with me (it's a ruggedized old thing). I have used old Orange SIMs in the phone before without any problem. Obviously it's an old 2G phone. I have encountered a problem.

My BB SIM doesn't seem to find network with the phone- it just sits on "searching" for ages. I can find contacts and messages on the SIM however. Tonight I will try with my gf's Andriod SIM to see if it's a "new SIM" problem, an Orange problem or a handset issue. I wasn't expecting this!

Anyone else had probs with a BB associated SIM and other devices? I previously thought that SIMs were pretty standard....
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Perhaps the old Orange Ericsson phone is not completely unlocked and is expecting the old Orange SIM type. Who knows but checking the lock status of the phone would be a good start.

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