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  • From: "Doug Patton" <info AT dougpatton.com>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] InterNetWorkers Digest, Vol 56, Issue 3
  • Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 16:00:44 -0400

Well I just return from a world wide trip .. and when it comes to the "gsm phone" the best best I found was in Thailand got it for 35 dollars including sim card,  I got a Sony Ericsson.. heck if you want I can actually send it to you. (no cost) cause I am going to be traveling again in the area for at least a year. . it works  great.. just email me your address.. to info@dougpatton, and I will pop it in the mail (has charger , instructions and the sim card) it already has a vodaphone chip in it, and you should be able to TOP OFF  in UK no problem and when you get to Germany you just get a new sim card.. about 5 -8 euros..

Doug

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Today's Topics:

   1. Questions on unlocking cell phones for    international travel
      (Lyman Green)


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Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:14:36 -0400
From: "Lyman Green" <lymang AT gmail.com>
Subject: [internetworkers] Questions on unlocking cell phones for
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I am hoping to visit friends in Germany and England in the next 6
months (I'm shooting for England over the last one or two weeks of
December) and I would like to be able to purchase a SIM card for use
in my Motorola RAZR v3xx.  I understand this entails me unlocking it.

Does anyone on the list have a company they trust that will not charge
me too much to have this done?

Looking on the internet I have found how to do it manually myself
(using a variety of shady software downloads) but it seems to involve
activities that may conceivably mess up my phone.  For every message
on a forum saying "wow, worked great for me" I'm seeing one "my phone
won't update/function."

According to the specs, the v3xx supports:
Bands:          GSM 850/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900
and further research revealed that several cellphone companies in the
UK support GSM 1800 so I believe that if I get the phone unlocked, it
should support a prepaid SIM card on that frequency.

If it proves not to be feasible to get it unlocked I'll poke around on
ebay for the cheapest GSM capable unlocked phone I can find for use
while traveling.

It looks like Nokia might be the right manufacturer for that choice -
something very simple that I would use specifically for traveling.

Any info would be appreciated!

Lyman Green

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