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Flip phone compatibility

Hnnhbnana — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:56:44 GMT

I’m just wondering if the Motorola razr v3xx is compatible with public mobile sims. I’m trying to downgrade to an older flip phone and I know that most are only 2G compatible but the v3xx is 3G compatible but I don’t understand bands.

Re: Flip phone compatibility

t_p — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 10:45:00 GMT

@Hnnhbnana wrote:
I’m just wondering if the Motorola razr v3xx is compatible with public mobile sims. I’m trying to downgrade to an older flip phone and I know that most are only 2G compatible but the v3xx is 3G compatible but I don’t understand bands.

@Hnnhbnana

You can check here:

Sim Card (publicmobile.ca)

Re: Flip phone compatibility

esjliv — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 10:53:11 GMT

@Hnnhbnana wrote:
I’m just wondering if the Motorola razr v3xx is compatible with public mobile sims. I’m trying to downgrade to an older flip phone and I know that most are only 2G compatible but the v3xx is 3G compatible but I don’t understand bands.

@Hnnhbnana

Public Mobile uses the following frequency bands:

4G LTE and LTE Advanced: 700 MHz, 850 MHz, 1900 MHz and 2100 MHz downlink and 1700 MHz uplink (AWS).
HSPA: 850 MHz, 1900 MHz (UMTS).

Please note that this information is indicative only. Your phone's compatibility with our 4G or 4G LTE networks is based on the radio frequencies of your phone.

Always good to check whether a phone will work with any provider, especially Public Mobile. Use more than one source to be sure.

https://www.kimovil.com/en/frequency-checker/CA

https://willmyphonework.net

3G or WCDMA 2 and 5 bands makes the phone compatible, which is needed for phone calls, and can also be used for text messaging and data.
LTE can be used for text messaging and data.

Re: Flip phone compatibility

Triguy — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:06:27 GMT

It is compatible for 3G based in these specs.

https://m.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_v3xx-1648.php

Re: Flip phone compatibility

computergeek541 — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:41:34 GMT

@Triguy wrote:
It is compatible for 3G based in these specs.
https://m.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_v3xx-1648.php

That links show that the phone is HSPA-capable, but that itself doesn't mean that it'll work at Public Mobile.

Re: Flip phone compatibility

softech — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:05:12 GMT

@Hnnhbnana

It looks like that the phone has HSPS but it still might not have the proper band used on PM. Also, It's an older phone and it could also have a problem that the phone is locked to other carrier and you have to find the unlock code

The best way is to try it with a friend's Telus/Koodo/PM SIM and see if it works.

If you don't have a friend on these network, maybe go to a Koodo store, tell us you are planning to activate on Koodo with this phone and ask them to test with their SIM.

Re: Flip phone compatibility

Yummy — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:59:30 GMT

If that phone can handle frequencies mentioned here and in Help it should work with PM.

Ideally it will be if you can borrow PM's SIM for a few minutes and plug it in and check if SMS, calls, data are working.

Re: Flip phone compatibility

BlueB — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 15:43:24 GMT

@Hnnhbnana

I really like @Yummy's idea because data on some older phones are hit and miss sometimes. It may also depend on area and what towers/signal is accessible. They say there's only way to find out - and although not necessarily true, is sometimes the best way to see if it actually works or not. 🙂 I remember that phone, people loved it!

If that doesn't work, there are other flip phones out there people are using for very simple telephone communication that are usually pretty inexpensive.

Re: Flip phone compatibility

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:04:29 GMT

@Hnnhbnana

is working on 3G,

or you can visit any store for Telus or Koodo and test with them have SIM card for testing

visit Here link to you can check it full information about your device.

Public Mobile uses the following frequency bands:

4G LTE and LTE Advanced: 700 MHz, 850 MHz, 1900 MHz and 2100 MHz downlink and 1700 MHz uplink (AWS).
HSPA: 850 MHz, 1900 MHz (UMTS).