Using a 3 Simcard in another phone - possible?

robbie1876 · 22-08-2007 10:30am #1

I've been all morning trying to find this out - so far I've been to a 3G store, a Carphone Warehouse store and talked to 2 different 3 sales reps on the phone. All of whom gave me different answers!

My simple question is this:

I have a Qtek 9100 phone, fully unlocked and sim free. I want to sign up to a BillPay 3 package with the unlimited broadband add-on, then use the 3 sim card in my qtek. Will it work, or are 3 sim cards and 3 mobile broadband locked to the phones they come with? Has anyone here used 3 broadband through a sim card in a non-3 handset?

Thanks,

Robbie

quintron · 22-08-2007 10:44am

I have used my 3sim in an XDA Exec (data fine, texts didn't work, easily fixable I'm sure), a Nokia N95 (functioned perfectly) and it currently resides in an E90 (functioning even better than the N95 with seemingly better 3.5G reception/speeds).
All above are non 3 handsets and work fine with the mobile broadband add on.

robbie1876 · 22-08-2007 10:50am

Thanks quintron. I've just realised that my Qtek 9100 is not 3G...doh! Does the broadband add-on work over GPRS or just 3G?

AlmightyCushion · 22-08-2007 11:08am

robbie1876 wrote:

Thanks quintron. I've just realised that my Qtek 9100 is not 3G...doh! Does the broadband add-on work over GPRS or just 3G?

You won't be able to use the three sim on a non 3g phone. You won't get any network coverage as three only have a 3g network.

Using a 3 Simcard in another phone - possible?

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