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You can now put Three Pay As You Go sim cards in 2G phones and not get cut off
Satellite John
29-01-2007
You can now put Three Pay As You Go sim cards into 2G phones and you will not get cut off by Three. It is as a result of their new roaming deal with Orange, which has given Three roaming charges cheap enough to allow customers to do this (unofficially). So if you use the bundle top up for £25 it gives you 500 minutes and £1.50 credit, although annoyingly it has an expiry of 30 days. You can buy pay as you go sim cards from Three for £10 or less off ebay.
Ethereal.
29-01-2007
Can you use a Three SIM in a Sony Ericsson K750i?
TheBigM
29-01-2007
but doesn't the 3 network have 2G/3G capability e.g. if you are outside of 3 network coverage then your handset auto-switches to a 2.5G network (I think 3 use O2 or they used to).

Since this is possible why won't they allow their sim cards in non-3 phones? I have a contract sim from 3, would they block this too? Or is it perhaps because 3 use USIM and most phones still use SIM.
Satellite John
29-01-2007
Originally Posted by Ethereal.:
“Can you use a Three SIM in a Sony Ericsson K750i?”


If it is a pay as you go SIM then yes. If it is a pay monthly sim then they will still cut you off.

The K750i is a 2G phone.
Satellite John
29-01-2007
Originally Posted by TheBigM:
“but doesn't the 3 network have 2G/3G capability e.g. if you are outside of 3 network coverage then your handset auto-switches to a 2.5G network (I think 3 use O2 or they used to).

Since this is possible why won't they allow their sim cards in non-3 phones? I have a contract sim from 3, would they block this too? Or is it perhaps because 3 use USIM and most phones still use SIM.”

USIM will work in almost all newish 2G GSM mobile phones.

Pay monthly will still get blocked if you use it in a non-3G phone.

Orange is Three's new roaming partner.
RYPW
29-01-2007
Can you get settings for 3 for 2g phones? Or can you just use Orange or O2 settings?? Or can you just not use MMS??
Satellite John
30-01-2007
Originally Posted by ryanwilliams479:
“Can you get settings for 3 for 2g phones? Or can you just use Orange or O2 settings?? Or can you just not use MMS??”

Just use the settings that come on the USIM card. Yes, MMS does work.
RYPW
30-01-2007
Originally Posted by Satellite John:
“Just use the settings that come on the USIM card. Yes, MMS does work.”

There arent no settings in my USIM it just gives me the choice of the 2G network settings.

Im using my Nokia 6230i with it.
Satellite John
30-01-2007
Originally Posted by ryanwilliams479:
“There arent no settings in my USIM it just gives me the choice of the 2G network settings.

Im using my Nokia 6230i with it.”

You will need three's message centre number +447782000800. Probably not worth bothering with WAP, as there is not much you can see outside of the 3G network.
RYPW
30-01-2007
Originally Posted by Satellite John:
“You will need three's message centre number +447782000800. Probably not worth bothering with WAP, as there is not much you can see outside of the 3G network.”

Oh I can text the mesage centre number is there already its just the wap and mms settings I don't have. No really worried about wap though.
Satellite John
30-01-2007
Make sure you are roaming on Orange and not o2
RYPW
30-01-2007
Originally Posted by Satellite John:
“Make sure you are roaming on Orange and not o2”

How do I know? Also how does that help me send MMS?
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