A cell phone secret
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A cell phone secret
Anyone looking for a phone to use in Europe should check out the prices for the Motorola T720 on eBay. The vendors don't seem to know that this is a quad-band phone*, so they're asking $15.
Make sure you are buying
Unlocked
GSM (AT&T/Cingular/Rogers or T-Mobile)
Dual-voltage charger
Then check out all the other Fodor's threads to decide which SIM to buy (this is the Subscriber ID Module that gets you a phone number and profile).
* I looked up the manual and spec sheet, and they both list European frequencies.
Make sure you are buying
Unlocked
GSM (AT&T/Cingular/Rogers or T-Mobile)
Dual-voltage charger
Then check out all the other Fodor's threads to decide which SIM to buy (this is the Subscriber ID Module that gets you a phone number and profile).
* I looked up the manual and spec sheet, and they both list European frequencies.
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This is a dual band phone. There is probably the North American Version 850/1900 and the Eurasian version 900/1800. Here is info from phonescoop.
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=101
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=101
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Motorola spec sheet: http://developer.motorola.com/docsto...pec_Sheet.pdf/
and User Guide: http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/manuals/T720_GSM.pdf
and User Guide: http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/manuals/T720_GSM.pdf
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The spec sheet lists 2 GSM models.
A dual band EMEA model and a dual band USA model.
Quote:
GSM ----------------------- 900/1800. GPRS - 1 Up/4 Down. (EMEA).
GSM ------------------------- 850/1900. GPRS - 1 Up/4 Down. (USA).
A dual band EMEA model and a dual band USA model.
Quote:
GSM ----------------------- 900/1800. GPRS - 1 Up/4 Down. (EMEA).
GSM ------------------------- 850/1900. GPRS - 1 Up/4 Down. (USA).
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Just for info. This thing is dual band, either 900/1800 or 850/1900, you can change between the two standards by flashing a different firmware (voids any warrany and may trash phone instantly).
It's the same concept as with L6, which is triband and can be converted to quadband by changing a few bytes in the eeprom. (No soldering or change of filters needed)
There are several non authorized softwares (illegal) that can do the trick.
So the answer would be:
Yes, you can , but only if you can.
It's the same concept as with L6, which is triband and can be converted to quadband by changing a few bytes in the eeprom. (No soldering or change of filters needed)
There are several non authorized softwares (illegal) that can do the trick.
So the answer would be:
Yes, you can , but only if you can.
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