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Flip phone compatibility

Hnnhbnana
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

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. 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

@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).

 

 

BlueB
Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire

@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.

Yummy
Mayor / Maire

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.

softech
Oracle
Oracle

@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.

 

 

 


@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.

Triguy
Mayor / Maire

It is compatible for 3G based in these specs.

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

esjliv
Mayor / Maire

@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.

t_p
Mayor / Maire

@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)

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