Can I Use an Old Nokia?

Hi

I wonder if anyone can help me? Is it still possible to use an old nokia
8110? When I put in a SIM card, I get a 'Card Rejected' msg and that seems
to be that..

TIA

Steve

> I wonder if anyone can help me? Is it still possible to use an old nokia
> 8110? When I put in a SIM card, I get a 'Card Rejected' msg and that seems
> to be that..

Is it locked to a particular network, Vodaphone, Orange, T-Mobile,
etc, or SIM free? If it is SIM free, and not faulty, any SIM card
should be recognised.

"Ato_Zee" <ato_zee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>> I wonder if anyone can help me? Is it still possible to use an old nokia
>> 8110? When I put in a SIM card, I get a 'Card Rejected' msg and that
>> seems
>> to be that..
>
> Is it locked to a particular network, Vodaphone, Orange, T-Mobile,
> etc, or SIM free? If it is SIM free, and not faulty, any SIM card
> should be recognised.

Thanks for getting back to me. I don't think it's locked, because I have a
couple of 8110i and an 8110 and they all give the same msg.
I've tried put in a new Vodafone SIM, which is the same service provider I
had when I used the phone, so I don't think it's that.

Best
Steve

NewsOnline wrote:
> "Ato_Zee" <ato_zee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:62Rqm.102749$gY4.4434@newsfe08.ams2...
>>
>>> I wonder if anyone can help me? Is it still possible to use an old
>>> nokia 8110? When I put in a SIM card, I get a 'Card Rejected' msg
>>> and that seems
>>> to be that..
>>
>> Is it locked to a particular network, Vodaphone, Orange, T-Mobile,
>> etc, or SIM free? If it is SIM free, and not faulty, any SIM card
>> should be recognised.
>
> Thanks for getting back to me. I don't think it's locked, because I
> have a couple of 8110i and an 8110 and they all give the same msg.
> I've tried put in a new Vodafone SIM, which is the same service
> provider I had when I used the phone, so I don't think it's that.
>
> Best
> Steve

possibly its so old, its an analog phone, and modern cellphones, SIM cards,
etc are set up for digital??

"Mark Hoffman" <betrtimes@windstream.net> wrote in message
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> NewsOnline wrote:
>> "Ato_Zee" <ato_zee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:62Rqm.102749$gY4.4434@newsfe08.ams2...
>>>
>>>> I wonder if anyone can help me? Is it still possible to use an old
>>>> nokia 8110? When I put in a SIM card, I get a 'Card Rejected' msg
>>>> and that seems
>>>> to be that..
>>>
>>> Is it locked to a particular network, Vodaphone, Orange, T-Mobile,
>>> etc, or SIM free? If it is SIM free, and not faulty, any SIM card
>>> should be recognised.
>>
>> Thanks for getting back to me. I don't think it's locked, because I
>> have a couple of 8110i and an 8110 and they all give the same msg.
>> I've tried put in a new Vodafone SIM, which is the same service
>> provider I had when I used the phone, so I don't think it's that.
>>
>> Best
>> Steve
>
> possibly its so old, its an analog phone, and modern cellphones, SIM
> cards, etc are set up for digital??

That must be it Mark - ah well...

Thanks for that - should've thought of that myself of course!

Best

Steve

"Evan Platt" <evan@theobvious.espphotography.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:50:56 -0500, "Mark Hoffman"
> <betrtimes@windstream.net> wrote:
>
>>possibly its so old, its an analog phone, and modern cellphones, SIM
>>cards,
>>etc are set up for digital??
>
> No, the 8110 is digital. GSM is digital. There's no such thing as GSM
> analog.
[-]

Thanks for that info. Curiouser and curiouser...

Steve

> >Thanks for that info. Curiouser and curiouser...
> >
> >Steve
> >
>
> Your phone is probably fucked!

If it was once locked to a network, sombody has probably
buggered it up trying to unlock it.
I think you are allowed something like 3 failed attempts.
Bit like CDROM drives 6 region changes.

More likely that the SIM is for 3G and the phone isn't.

I get the same message when trying to use a 2G SIM in a 3G phone.

Clint

On Sep 15, 1:48*am, "AJM" <ajm_no@spam_ecosse.net> wrote:
> More likely that the SIM is for 3G and the phone isn't.
>
> I get the same message when trying to use a 2G SIM in a 3G phone.
>
> Clint

Maybe the 8110 can only handle old 5V SIMs and your SIM is 3V

NewsOnline wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I wonder if anyone can help me? Is it still possible to
> use an old nokia 8110? When I put in a SIM card, I get
> a 'Card Rejected' msg and that seems to be that..
>
> TIA
>
> Steve


How old is old?

I use a Nokia 3220. If that's not old enough, I have
a Philips Savvy. I even have an earlier model, "U"
phone, before they added voice dialing.
All working fine.


Best regards,
Peter.