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Forums › Mobile handsets › Help problems using P168 on Vodafone New Zealand
jeremyangland

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#30296 3-Feb-2009 22:46
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I bought a used P168 cellphone in the USA suposedly unlocked,and bougt a Vodafone sim card for it here in NZ and no matter what I do,it tells me there is "no service".Can anyone help with this please???

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  #193872 4-Feb-2009 06:24
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GSM 850/900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz with the specs like that it should definitely work, the radio may be broken. Did it use to work before? Always get a known brand of phone, not a clone.



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  #193879 4-Feb-2009 07:57
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Perhaps it is manually switched to 850MHz? Try changing band selection to 900/1800MHz.




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jeremyangland

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  #194013 4-Feb-2009 15:02
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thanks.Do you have any idea how to do that???



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#194019 4-Feb-2009 15:21
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I take it SIM works in another handset

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  #194114 4-Feb-2009 21:14
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Yes It works fine in another phone

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