Signal strength of -104 to -120 dBm on Vodafone at home, will that be enough to receive a text?

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#2091251 15-Sep-2018 20:22

Linux: It even has the word USIM printed on it

I looked after everything SIM card related for 8 years in Vodafone NZ so well aware what they look like LOL

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I wasn't doubting you, and yes of course I saw that it said 4G voice and data usim...... but I thought it must have 2 sim cards effectively, because I'd been told the owner of the phone had removed it when she transferred everything to her new phone. So now I"m totally lost..... what do I need to do to get it to work for me? If it's got a sim card in it but no phone number attached to it what do I do now?

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#2091252 15-Sep-2018 20:26

You need to get hold of another SIM card if that SIM card in the handset is not active

I suspect the old owner of that phone and SIM card switched to nano SIM so the SIM card you have is now dead

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#2091254 15-Sep-2018 20:31

Linux: You need to get hold of another SIM card if that SIM card in the handset is not active

I suspect the old owner of that phone and SIM card switched to nano SIM so the SIM card you have is now dead

John

Ok, thanks :-)

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#2091275 15-Sep-2018 22:54

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#2091291 16-Sep-2018 07:32

The phone handset has on it that it is 'networked locked'. Does this truly mean I can only use another Vodafone sim card? or can I use a 2 degrees one? I checked on the 2 degrees site and their frequency numbers 'thingy' matches what the handset says it will work with. Thanks :-)

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#2091306 16-Sep-2018 08:40

The phone is quite old and can be sim unlocked for free

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#2091400 16-Sep-2018 12:21

if your in a blackzone like this, i'd just pickup a sure signal off trademe or switch back to spark ;)

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#2091405 16-Sep-2018 12:46

Linux: The phone is quite old and can be sim unlocked for free

John

Thanks John

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#2091406 16-Sep-2018 12:51

hio77:

if your in a blackzone like this, i'd just pickup a sure signal off trademe or switch back to spark ;)

LOL LOL. I've been looking at the posts here about the sure signal booster thing and see that it is possible for other people to also get the benefit from it and that will go onto my broadband usage.

On a different note though hio77, because I stopped using my old spark phone (cos it didn't hardly work at my house) I turned it on earlier in the year and it said it wasn't connected anymore. Is is possible to reconnect it? Or take my old sim card from that old phone and put it in this second hand vodafone one and get it going again? Thanks.

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