***2022 NOTE: NOBODY IS ACTIVATING THESE ANYMORE TO PREPARE FOR THE 2G NETWORK SUNSET. THEIR DAY IS DONE.***
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***2022 NOTE: NOBODY IS ACTIVATING THESE ANYMORE TO PREPARE FOR THE 2G NETWORK SUNSET IF IT ISN'T DONE. THEIR DAY IS DONE.***
I had this happen on an imported V3i back in the day, it's an issue with SW corruption, and the phone has to be reflashed. The seller had to do it since I bought an international unlocked version due to US carrier BS (AT&T/Cingular blocked MP3 ringtones). I'm glad the days of importing phones to get an unlocked one are over, tbh; I don't miss having to pray the bands will work anymore since I can walk into an Apple store or Best Buy, give them cash and have my phone be truly mine.
That said it may not make economic sense to get the phone reflashed today depending on which version you have and if you can keep using it due to the legacy network shutdowns happening over time. For example, my Euro 3G V3i had 3G but Euro 3G version didn't support the US bands so the end came after the 2G shutdown for mine. The US phones only had it with the V3xx (which tended to be carrier locked only in the US unless you imported and AGAIN, the bands weren't a match).
Outside of T-Mobile (and even that will end), nobody has 2G service in the US. I suspect the flash ROM on your phone may have also failed since it didn’t happen right away and only happened after 14 years of use.
***2022 NOTE: NOBODY IS ACTIVATING THESE ANYMORE TO PREPARE FOR THE 2G NETWORK SUNSET. THEIR DAY IS DONE.***
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I had this happen on an imported V3i back in the day, it's an issue with SW corruption, and the phone has to be reflashed. The seller had to do it since I bought an international unlocked version due to US carrier BS (AT&T/Cingular blocked MP3 ringtones).
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I had this happen on an imported V3i back in the day, it's an issue with SW corruption, and the phone has to be reflashed. The seller had to do it since I bought an international unlocked version due to US carrier BS (AT&T/Cingular blocked MP3 ringtones). I'm glad the days of importing phones to get an unlocked one are over, tbh; I don't miss having to pray the bands will work anymore since I can walk into an Apple store or Best Buy, give them cash and have my phone be truly mine.
That said it may not make economic sense to get the phone reflashed today depending on which version you have and if you can keep using it due to the legacy network shutdowns happening over time. For example, my Euro 3G V3i had 3G but Euro 3G version didn't support the US bands so the end came after the 2G shutdown for mine. The US phones only had it with the V3xx (which tended to be carrier locked only in the US unless you imported and AGAIN, the bands weren't a match).
Outside of T-Mobile (and even that will end), nobody has 2G service in the US. I suspect the flash ROM on your phone may have also failed since it didn’t happen right away and only happened after 14 years of use.
***2022 NOTE: NOBODY IS ACTIVATING THESE ANYMORE TO PREPARE FOR THE 2G NETWORK SUNSET. THEIR DAY IS DONE.***
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I had this happen on an imported V3i back in the day, it's an issue with SW corruption, and the phone has to be reflashed. The seller had to do it since I bought an international unlocked version due to US carrier BS (AT&T/Cingular blocked MP3 ringtones).
That said it may not make economic sense to get the phone reflashed today depending on which version you have and if you can keep using it due to the legacy network shutdowns happening over time. For example, my Euro 3G V3i had 3G but Euro 3G version didn't support the US bands so the end came after the 2G shutdown for mine. The US phones only had it with the V3xx (which tended to be carrier locked only in the US unless you imported and AGAIN, the bands weren't a match).
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Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G service in the US. I suspect the flash ROM on your phone may have also failed since it didn’t happen right away and only happened after 14 years of use.
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Outside of T-Mobile (and even that will end), nobody has 2G service in the US. I suspect the flash ROM on your phone may have also failed since it didn’t happen right away and only happened after 14 years of use.
I had this happen on a imported V3i back in the day so I know what went wrong. The software was lost to time and the phone needs to be reflashed. I bought an international model (unlocked) since the AT&T/Cingular version didn’t allow you to use MP3 ringtones.
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I had this happen on an imported V3i back in the day, it's an issue with SW corruption, and the phone has to be reflashed. The seller had to do it since I bought an international unlocked version due to US carrier BS (AT&T/Cingular blocked MP3 ringtones).
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That said, it may not make economic sense to get the phone relfashed depending on which version you have and the network limitations that you will probably have to deal with (International models have 3G bands, but NONE of them work in the US and the US phones flat out didn’t outside of models like the V3xx, which were typically exclusive). Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G towers left in the US. I suspect the flash ROM on your phone may have also failed since it didn’t happen right away and only happened after 14 years of use.
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That said it may not make economic sense to get the phone reflashed today depending on which version you have and if you can keep using it due to the legacy network shutdowns happening over time. For example, my Euro 3G V3i had 3G but Euro 3G version didn't support the US bands so the end came after the 2G shutdown for mine. The US phones only had it with the V3xx (which tended to be carrier locked only in the US unless you imported and AGAIN, the bands weren't a match).
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Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G service in the US. I suspect the flash ROM on your phone may have also failed since it didn’t happen right away and only happened after 14 years of use.
I had this happen on a imported V3i back in the day so I know what went wrong. The software was lost to time and the phone needs to be reflashed. I bought mine as an international unlocked because this phone was released when the carriers imposed artificial OS limitations that were more severe then the current Android phones. I bought mine as an international unlocked model for the ability to use MP3’s as ringtones back then because AT&T/Cingular restricted that back then.
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I had this happen on a imported V3i back in the day so I know what went wrong. The software was lost to time and the phone needs to be reflashed. I bought an international model (unlocked) since the AT&T/Cingular version didn’t allow you to use MP3 ringtones.
That said, it may not make economic sense to get the phone relfashed depending on which version you have and the network limitations that you will probably have to deal with (International models have 3G bands, but NONE of them work in the US and the US phones flat out didn’t outside of models like the V3xx, which were typically exclusive). Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G towers left in the US. I suspect the flash ROM on your phone may have also failed since it didn’t happen right away and only happened after 14 years of use.
I had this happen on a imported V3i back in the day so I know what went wrong. The software was lost to time and the phone needs to be reflashed. I bought mine as an international unlocked because this was released in the dark days you had to buy the ringtones from the carriers on the customized versions but this wasn’t a problem on the international unlocked variant.
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I had this happen on a imported V3i back in the day so I know what went wrong. The software was lost to time and the phone needs to be reflashed. I bought mine as an international unlocked because this phone was released when the carriers imposed artificial OS limitations that were more severe then the current Android phones. I bought mine as an international unlocked model for the ability to use MP3’s as ringtones back then because AT&T/Cingular restricted that back then.
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However, it may not make economic sense to get the phone relfashed depending on which version you have (US carrier or international unlocked). The international models don’t have any known functional 3G bands in the US but all of the 2G bands work if memory serves me right here. Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G towers left in the US. I suspect the flash ROM on your phone may have also failed since it didn’t happen right away and only happened after 14 years of use.
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That said, it may not make economic sense to get the phone relfashed depending on which version you have and the network limitations that you will probably have to deal with (International models have 3G bands, but NONE of them work in the US and the US phones flat out didn’t outside of models like the V3xx, which were typically exclusive). Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G towers left in the US. I suspect the flash ROM on your phone may have also failed since it didn’t happen right away and only happened after 14 years of use.
I had this happen on a imported V3i back in the day so I know what went wrong. The software was lost and the phone needs to be reflashed. I bought mine as an international unlocked because this was released in the dark days you had to buy the ringtones from the carriers on the customized versions but this wasn’t a problem on the international unlocked variant.
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I had this happen on a imported V3i back in the day so I know what went wrong. The software was lost to time and the phone needs to be reflashed. I bought mine as an international unlocked because this was released in the dark days you had to buy the ringtones from the carriers on the customized versions but this wasn’t a problem on the international unlocked variant.
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However, it may not make economic sense to get the phone relfashed depending on which version you have (US carrier or international unlocked). The international models don’t have any known functional 3G bands in the US but all of the 2G bands work if memory serves me right here. Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G towers left in the US.
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However, it may not make economic sense to get the phone relfashed depending on which version you have (US carrier or international unlocked). The international models don’t have any known functional 3G bands in the US but all of the 2G bands work if memory serves me right here. Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G towers left in the US. I suspect the flash ROM on your phone may have also failed since it didn’t happen right away and only happened after 14 years of use.
I had this happen on a imported V3i back in the day so I know what went wrong. The software needs to be reflashed on the phone to recover the phone. I bought mine as an international unlocked because this was released in the dark days you had to buy the ringtones from the carriers on the customized versions but this wasn’t a problem on the international unlocked variant.
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I had this happen on a imported V3i back in the day so I know what went wrong. The software was lost and the phone needs to be reflashed. I bought mine as an international unlocked because this was released in the dark days you had to buy the ringtones from the carriers on the customized versions but this wasn’t a problem on the international unlocked variant.
However, it may not make economic sense to get the phone relfashed depending on which version you have (US carrier or international unlocked). The international models don’t have any known functional 3G bands in the US but all of the 2G bands work if memory serves me right here. Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G towers left in the US.
I had this happen on a imported V3i back in the day so I know what went wrong. The software needs to be reflashed on the phone to recover the phone. I bought mine as an international unlocked because this was released in the dark days you had to buy the ringtones from the carriers on the customized versions but this wasn’t a problem on the international unlocked variant.
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However, it may not make economic sense to get the phone relfashed depending on which version (US carrier or international unlocked). The international models don’t have any known functional 3G bands in the US but all of the 2G bands work if memory serves me right here. Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G towers left in the US.
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However, it may not make economic sense to get the phone relfashed depending on which version you have (US carrier or international unlocked). The international models don’t have any known functional 3G bands in the US but all of the 2G bands work if memory serves me right here. Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G towers left in the US.
I had this happen on a imported V3i back in the day so I know what went wrong. The software needs to be reflashed on the phone to recover the phone. I bought mine as an international unlocked because this was released in the dark days you had to buy the ringtones from the carriers on the customized versions but this wasn’t a problem on the international unlocked variant.
However, it may not make economic sense to get the phone relfashed depending on which version (US carrier or international unlocked). The international models don’t have any known functional 3G bands in the US but all of the 2G bands work if memory serves me right here. Outside of T-Mobile (and even that may end), nobody has 2G towers left in the US.