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Member - shane (SA)
has anyone who has a 6110 tried to put a next G sim card in it?
I know the 6110 is an optus phone but have been told this is possible.
cheers shane.
Reply By: stocky - Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 07:54
Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 07:54
Might work on WCDMA 2100 (old 3 network) but as far as I can see it doesnt support WCDMA850 so wouldnt work on the NextG network...based on Nokia's specs on their website
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 10:49
Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 10:49
Shane,
To my knowledge, a NextG sim will work in any GSM phone with a similar size card, but it will default to GSM mode.
NextG has a "fall back" mode that will pick up the GSM Network.
Also, in relation to the 6110 being an Optus phone.
I recall when purchasing our phones, there was a 6110 and a 6110i model. I may stand corrected, but I think the "i" model had a camera in it?
I still have one of our 6110's in the drawer. My wife was connected to Optus and I was connected to Telstra. This one is a "plain" handset (no camera) but I also recall buying a 6110 cover to hide the camera in my 6110i. I can't confirm this now as I gave my 6110i to my son's girlfriend when she busted hers.
OK, I pulled the finger out and installed my NextG sim in the old 6110 and made a call.
YES IT WORKS!
It doesn't show on the 6110 what mode you are on, but I'll guess that it would "only" be GSM.
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Follow Up By: Member - Mike DID - Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 17:23
Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 17:23
"NextG has a "fall back" mode that will pick up the GSM Network."
- to clarify - many NextG phones also have GSM capability built in - NextG basestations do not automatically have GSM capability.
Check the NextG phone, before assuming it will work in a non-NextG area.
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Reply By: Member - Olcoolone (S.A) - Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 13:16
Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 13:16
Isn't the the Nokia 6110 a straight GSM phone so it should not work on the Next G network.....will still work on the Telstra GSM network.
Regards Richard
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Follow Up By: DesF - Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 15:59
Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 15:59
Hi I have just replaced my CDMA with a Nokia 6120 on Next G and I was told that they work on the normal GSM network untill out of signal and then they change to the Next G network, it shows 3 g under the signal strength display on the screen and then that changes to a tree( as old CDMA) when it switches to Next g.
Seems to be working everywhere that my Nokia CDMA did but haven't been real bush yet, too hot .
I put the card in the wifes GSM phone and it worked the same as her card did, so will wait and see.
cheers Des.
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) - Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 19:43
Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 19:43
Other way they work off next G until theres no signal then they will roam to GSM if available.
Was walking through the bush talking to my missus yesterday in the Myhour could hardly get a word just cutting in and out. Reception showed no bars only the 3g. then it roamed to GSM (showing just a G)and sudennly 2-3 bars andf reception was no worries.
no doubt in my mind next G is not what it is supposed to be.
Also be aware like a CDMA phone in low/no reception areas they will really suck the juice and can die in less than a day if you leave them on with no signal
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Follow Up By: Member - Olcoolone (S.A) - Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 12:13
Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 12:13
But the 6110 is a differant phone to the 6120....same as the old Nokia 6385 was a CDMA and the 6310 was GSM so I don't thing a 6110 would work on the Next G service.
The Telstra Next G and the Telstra 3G networks are run totally independent of each other on differant frequencys.
A Telstra Next G phone will run on the Telstra 3G network but a 3G phone will not work on Next G.
Regards Richard
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) - Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 12:22
Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 12:22
when working off of next G the telstra phones will display 3G
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Follow Up By: Member - Olcoolone (S.A) - Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 17:55
Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 17:55
But isn't Telstra Next G differant to Telstra 3G (GSM).
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) - Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 17:58
Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 17:58
Never heard of Telstra 3G next g is their version 3g was pretty much take by "3" and I guess they wanted to sound a bit different
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Follow Up By: DesF - Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 18:06
Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 18:06
Hi Davoe , looks like you will have to read up on this subject, as my Telstra Next G Nokia 6120 has " 3G" on the screen next to the signal strength meter,
Cheers Des.
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) - Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 18:09
Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 18:09
No kidding so does
mine telstra next G = 3g its still next G
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Follow Up By: Member - Olcoolone (S.A) - Tuesday, Dec 18, 2007 at 08:53
Tuesday, Dec 18, 2007 at 08:53
The Telstra Next G and Telstra 3G are differant
services, there was something floating around about some Next G phones only working on 3G...You had to enable the Next G service to be able to access it.
The Nokia 6120 is a quad band phone (850, 900, 1800 and 1900 Mhz), next G uses the 850 Mhz band and the the others are 3G.
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Reply By: GaryInOz (Vic) - Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 18:38
Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 18:38
Can you hear AM radio stations on an FM receiver?
Changing the sim card only changes the "radio announcers", it does not and can not change the frequency the phone is designed to operate in.
Next G - 850 MHz (Telstra only)
GSM - 900 MHz (primarily Telstra plus commercial resellers)
GSM - 1800/1900 MHZ (Optus and the others)
3G - 2100 MHz (3G, Telstra, Optus)
Sim card only stores your phone contacts and so on, and unique subscriber ID number which can be "locked" to the unique phone ID number while you are on a "contract"
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Follow Up By: GaryInOz (Vic) - Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 19:29
Sunday, Dec 16, 2007 at 19:29
Having said that as noted above some phones are "multi band" and are capable of operating in different modes (like having an AM/FM/SW radio) and can accept SIM cards of other people as long as there is an account attached to the SIM card
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