Unitell
hi, Does anyone no what unitell is? i just bought a Nokia 3220 for t-mobile, but it shows it has a unitell sim in it. what is unitell, never heard of it.
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I googled it and it came up witha few entries that had the correct spelling. It appears to be a foreign vendor for electronics... http://www.unitell.nl/gsm.asp 🙄
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Hmmm... now see im wondering does that mean it unlocked, because the picture on it shows that it comes in a nokia box, not a t-mobile box. had a unitell sim in there. I've never heard of any carrier named unitell. so im hopingthat maybe its unlocked and was bought str8 from Nokia? does that sound right?
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Where did you buy this phone from. Chances are if it was a Nokia box with a foreign sim chip in it that it would be unlocked or at least an Unitell phone that will have to be unlocked for you in order to use it with T-Mobile. I would talk to whoever you bought it from. 😕
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You don't live in the new england area by any chance? It appears that there is a company called Unicel there that may show up as Unitell. Found an article that said a Unitell tower in Vermont had been sabotaged, but no specific references can be found on an actual company in the US called unitell or at least a carrier. There is a unitell store in the midwest that sells unicel products.
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I just found out...grr... it looks like its from europe, i bought it off ebay, the guy said he bought it from a pawn shop. It comes in a nokia box...so im hoping its unlocked...but one problem....the usa version is 850/1800/1900 this one is 900/1800/1900. Screwed indeed on the 850 band yes? or is there somewhere i can take it too to have it switched from the 900 to 850 band? And thank you for researching this company for me as well. thank you!
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No, the bands can not be switched... However, T-Mo operates on the 1.9 range so it doesn't matter.
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awwwww...damn it! lol. i know t-mobile operates in mostly 1900, but i know they added coverage with the 850 band too, so i hope operating just in 1900 doesnt make a difference in denver?
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No worries. Unfortunately, I think you may be out of luck on the 850 MHz problem. I am not sure you can actually have the 850 to 900 MHz switch made, but I have never taken apart a cell phone before to see how it generates the frequency required. If it is just a crystal issue that would be one thing, but I would guess there are some software implications that go with any hardware change. My guess, enjoy your new 1800/1900 MHz phone. Might make a nice paper weight someday. Why did you buy it off of e-bay? I thought this phone was free through Cingular and T-Mobile?
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yea it is to new customers, but i had gotten the samsung x475 for free when i signed up, than after that i bought the v330, but i like nokia so much better than the others, plus the flashing lights on the side are pretty cool. lol.
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well i got my phone today, i did get it with the unicel sim, but like i said i think the ownder bought this phone straight from nokia. anyways i put my t-mobile sim in..and tada it worked!
plus this is the usa version, the rurope verison of 900/1800/1900 is 3220 and the usa is 850/1800/1900 and is 3220b which i found on the back under the sim.
hell yea im way happy now. thank you to everyone who helped, thank you thank you very much!
plus this is the usa version, the rurope verison of 900/1800/1900 is 3220 and the usa is 850/1800/1900 and is 3220b which i found on the back under the sim.
hell yea im way happy now. thank you to everyone who helped, thank you thank you very much!
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