Old phone on T Mobile, which network?

THX758

My friend has an old Samsung Galaxy S3, she had it on contract on T Mobile network, she hasn't been using it for quite a while, she wants to give it to someone else to use, but T Mobile don't exist anymore. I suppose it is locked to the T Mobile Network, but if she uses an EE PAYG sim card, will it work?

NiftyDigits

T-Mobile SIM here and here and here

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It can be unlocked for less that £10 by EE and for free if you google it by using the service menus.

It will work (without unlocking) with any new EE sim as they use T-Mobile's network code - as do Virgin and others such as ASDA mobile.

Kernel_Sanders

Heng_Leng wrote: »

It will work (without unlocking) with any new EE sim as they use T-Mobile's network code - as do Virgin and others such as ASDA mobile.

I have a SIM that works in an EE-locked phone but not a Tmobile one.

THX758

Thanks, I told her about the T Mobile sim cards on Ebay. I know you can find out about the way to unlock her phone but I doubt she would want to do that.

NiftyDigits

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Though she should give this EE SIM a try

Kernel_Sanders

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Though she should give this EE SIM a try

That site has a banner claiming to be the EE store and goes on to claim that they are EE. The real EE store is at http://shop.ee.co.uk/
The company behind it is called Chromevalue Ltd and if EE had chosen it as an associate company then it's strange it chose one with a poor reputation http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?264995-chitter-chatter

NiftyDigits

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

That site has a banner claiming to be the EE store and goes on to claim that they are EE. The real EE store is at http://shop.ee.co.uk/
The company behind it is called Chromevalue Ltd and if EE had chosen it as an associate company then it's strange it chose one with a poor reputation http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?264995-chitter-chatter

There are often times when you post when I think there is something wrong with you.
This is yet another one of those times.
Usually I don't waste my time in replying to you at all, but your post just takes the biscuit.

First of all, they run the official EE eBay outlet: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/ee-uk-shop
Secondly, they used to have a wide ranging High Street presence and still have nine stores.
Thirdly, they've been in existence for twenty years.

Yet you dig up a thread from five years ago where someone had a problem with a mobile phone repair and use it to accuse them of having a poor reputation.

You sir, are an ejit.

All this over a link that I've posted for a SIM costing 99 pence.

Then, so as to further waste the time of everyone here, you post a link to the EE website....totally useless, as you cannot obtain nor purchase the same SIM package from that website.

So, what was the purpose of your post? To put someone off from buying a SIM for 99p?

That would be particularly dopey, especially as they can't obtain the same package anywhere else at that price.

Worst of all, these were the people who were selling the 100 MB per month free for life data SIM(linked to from EE's website) that you simply could not get your head around and where you ended up giving everyone a headache.

Now here you are slagging them off, without a clue...as is usual.

I've bought many a SIM from them over the years.

Kernel_Sanders

NiftyDigits wrote: »

There are often times when you post when I think there is something wrong with you.
This is yet another one of those times.
Usually I don't waste my time in replying to you at all, but your post just takes the biscuit.

First of all, they run the official EE eBay outlet: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/ee-uk-shop
Secondly, they used to have a wide ranging High Street presence and still have nine stores.
Thirdly, they've been in existence for twenty years.

Yet you dig up a thread from five years ago where someone had a problem with a mobile phone repair and use it to accuse them of having a poor reputation.

You sir, are an ejit.

All this over a link that I've posted for a SIM costing 99 pence.

So, what was the purpose of your post? To put someone off from buying a SIM for 99p?

That would be particularly dopey, especially as they can't obtain the same package anywhere else at that price.

Worst of all, these were the people who were selling the 100 MB per month free for life data SIM(linked to from EE's website) that you simply could not get your head around and where you ended up giving everyone a headache.

Now here you are slagging them off, without a clue...as is usual.

Oh dear! I wasn't doing that. I merely questioned the validity of what they claimed on their website, in the hope that somebody more knowledgeable can allay any fears. You have now done that, but not without having another hissy fit just because your advice has been questioned.

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Then, so as to further waste the time of everyone here, you post a link to the EE website....totally useless, as you cannot obtain nor purchase the same SIM package from that website.

Oddly, you've stated the reason but failed to see the motivation for posting that URL. It was to show that an over-generous offer (£5-worth for 99p) wasn't on offer at the EE shop, therefore warranting further suspicion. It wasn't a disguised hyperlink (you know, the sort you are so fond of); it was the URL, so people don't need to 'waste their time' going there due to not knowing where it leads.

NiftyDigits

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

Oh dear! ....

Another load of old Tripe...

d123

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

That site has a banner claiming to be the EE store and goes on to claim that they are EE. The real EE store is at http://shop.ee.co.uk/
The company behind it is called Chromevalue Ltd and if EE had chosen it as an associate company then it's strange it chose one with a poor reputation http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?264995-chitter-chatter

ChitterChatter has been an official outlet since the T-Mobile days of the 1990's, when EE was launched EE made them a 'key launch partner' essentially putting them on par with their own EE stores.

There is nothing untoward about the ChitterChatter relationship with EE.