freerunner unable to work with 3G SIMCards?

[steve]

Since germany is an important market for us, Perhaps we should create a page
on the wiki
Listing the carriers in Germany and the success/no success users have had in
making
Old SIMs versus new SIMS work.

 

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[mailto:community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Michael Kluge
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:07 AM
To: community at lists.openmoko.org
Cc: Francesco Cat
Subject: Re: freerunner unable to work with 3G SIMCards?

The SIMYO is. Not sure about the other.


Michael

Am Dienstag, 8. Juli 2008 15:22:49 schrieb Francesco Cat:
> yes! tell us if they are UMTS capable or not! :)
>
> 2008/7/8 Michael Kluge <vollseil at arcor.de>:
> >> > My German Blau SIM (On the back it says, amongst other things, 3V 
> >> > - does that mean volts?) does NOT work on my new GTA02, despite 
> >> > what is on http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Carriers
> >> >
> >> > One colleague's Dutch Orange SIM did work, but two other German 
> >> > Vodafone SIMs did not.
> >> >
> >> > One German and one Dutch T-Mobile SIM did not work, but a German 
> >> > Debitel (T-Mobile
> >> > reseller) did.
> >> >
> >> > Nor did a 1 year old German O2 SIM.
> >>
> >> Tried 4 more German SIMs - none of the them worked:
> >>
> >> D2 Mannesmann (7 years old)
> >> Vodafone
> >> O2
> >> T-D1 (T-Mobile)
> >>
> >> I don't see any pattern.
> >>
> >> Who has a German SIM working in their FR?
> >
> > Yes, I have two, both work fine:
> > - D1 T-Mobile (from mobilcom) ~1year old
> > - E-PLUS SIMYO ~1month old
> >
> > Any experiments you want me to do?
> >
> >
> > Michael

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