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If i buy an unlocked LG Chocolate phone, willi be able to use it on cingular?
I already have a SIM card on cingular, so if i buy an Unlocked LG Chocolate would i be able to use it? Or would there be limits?
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Well i'm looking at them on Ebay, they seem to mostly be GSM versions... what's the difference?? Sorry i know i'm clueless!
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GSM is what you need, but I am not versed in GSM that much; if it's a European phone, you'll need to have at least tri-band to have compatibility with the American frequencies
I believe that the frequencies needed for America are 800/1900 GSM. I do need some confirmation though; I'll try to find some.
I believe that the frequencies needed for America are 800/1900 GSM. I do need some confirmation though; I'll try to find some.
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OK, thanks you've been a great help 😁 I'm so excited for a new phone, and i really like the look of the Chocolate, and have heard good things about it. Would there be any disadvantages though? Like would you have to install all of the features and everything?
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you could try reposting this in the Cingular forum; they can give you a better answer than I. You may have to install certain interfaces, but then, hopefully someone from GSM world would be better equipped to handle your specific questions.
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You had all the details correct AJ.
Kassie, I've set up a GSM chocolate to use on Cingular. It will work. I'm not 100% on what frequencies that phone has, but I know it's at least "tri-band". If it's listed as "quad-band" then that's even better. You'll have no reception problems if it's quad.
Kassie, I've set up a GSM chocolate to use on Cingular. It will work. I'm not 100% on what frequencies that phone has, but I know it's at least "tri-band". If it's listed as "quad-band" then that's even better. You'll have no reception problems if it's quad.
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I have one of these phones and would NOT recommend it for use on cingular. The phone is GSM 900/1800/1900, which while it will work on some of cingulars network (1900) it will not work on the rest of the network (850). there is no such thing as a "Quad band" chocolate, so do not beduped by anyone telling you any different.
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
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I have a tri-band European phone, and am using it on Cingular's network and it works plenty find, my mobile phone is the Sharp V903, I have been using it on Cingular's network for a year as of April 26th. No signal problems, am very happy with a tri-band handset.
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hey kassie,
if it's GSM and unlocked then yes you can use it, for cingular's service you have to have either 850 Mhz or 1900 Mhz on the phone, 850 is cingular's primary freq and they use 1900 as their back-up freq's....
if it's GSM and unlocked then yes you can use it, for cingular's service you have to have either 850 Mhz or 1900 Mhz on the phone, 850 is cingular's primary freq and they use 1900 as their back-up freq's....
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i looked a few of the listings on ebay, something seems very fishy....
first off the ones that advertised it completetly as GSM stated the phone is missing the 850 mhz band, so you would have poor reception on cingy's network,
also, some of the listings stated the phone would work on alltel, sprint, cingular, AT&T, and so on....which obviously it couldn't operate with all those companies unless the phone was both CDMA and GSM.
first off the ones that advertised it completetly as GSM stated the phone is missing the 850 mhz band, so you would have poor reception on cingy's network,
also, some of the listings stated the phone would work on alltel, sprint, cingular, AT&T, and so on....which obviously it couldn't operate with all those companies unless the phone was both CDMA and GSM.
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I have activated a Chocolate bought from ebay and it works ok. It is missing the 850 band but still gets ok service in the area I am in. The girl that I activated for stays in the city area and doesn't go much in county areas so it works fine for her. Hope this helps some. 😁
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I wouldn't recommend it. Here's why:
1. It needs to be the GSM version to work at all.
2. Even the GSM version does not have GSM 850, which means you will not get full coverage with Cingular. You may get good coverage in some places, but spotty coverage in other places, and no coverage at all in other places - even whole states.
Even if you get good coverage now where you live, that may change at any time. Cingular provides no guarantee of GSM 1900 service. They assume everyone has a phone with GSM 850, since that's all they sell. You may get service now, but they may switch things around and you'll get no service tomorrow.
Basically, you're taking a huge gamble, and I wouldn't recommend it.
1. It needs to be the GSM version to work at all.
2. Even the GSM version does not have GSM 850, which means you will not get full coverage with Cingular. You may get good coverage in some places, but spotty coverage in other places, and no coverage at all in other places - even whole states.
Even if you get good coverage now where you live, that may change at any time. Cingular provides no guarantee of GSM 1900 service. They assume everyone has a phone with GSM 850, since that's all they sell. You may get service now, but they may switch things around and you'll get no service tomorrow.
Basically, you're taking a huge gamble, and I wouldn't recommend it.
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