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John W. Hess - 05 Jan 2004 03:37 GMT

Good day all. I have a Nokia 6340i. Originally, when i became a Cingular
customer I bought a motv60gi. This phone worked well. I then bought a
nokia 6340I from Ebay and was able to put my gsm sim in to it and also have
the tdma side activated. My plan didn't have to be changed. What I would
like to know is can I put my wife's sim in to this phone and still have the
tdma activated or is the esn tied to my gsm sim and phone number? Thanks.

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Jason Cothran - 05 Jan 2004 13:03 GMT

| Good day all. I have a Nokia 6340i. Originally, when i became a Cingular
| customer I bought a motv60gi. This phone worked well. I then bought a
| nokia 6340I from Ebay and was able to put my gsm sim in to it and also have
| the tdma side activated. My plan didn't have to be changed. What I would
| like to know is can I put my wife's sim in to this phone and still have the
| tdma activated or is the esn tied to my gsm sim and phone number? Thanks.

ESN is hardcoded solely to the phone

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dirty rat 753 - 06 Jan 2004 01:51 GMT

What an interesting way to ask a question.

The answer depends on what plan you are paying for; GSM, Multiband (GAIT) or
local.

> like to know is can I put my wife's sim in to this phone and still have the
> tdma activated or is the esn tied to my gsm sim and phone number? Thanks.

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John Cummings - 11 Jan 2004 01:40 GMT

> Good day all. I have a Nokia 6340i. Originally, when i became a Cingular
> customer I bought a motv60gi. This phone worked well. I then bought a
> nokia 6340I from Ebay and was able to put my gsm sim in to it and also have
> the tdma side activated. My plan didn't have to be changed. What I would
> like to know is can I put my wife's sim in to this phone and still have the
> tdma activated or is the esn tied to my gsm sim and phone number? Thanks.

With a SIM swap like you've proposed, the GSM will work. The
phone number (MIN) in the SIM won't match with the ESN on
TDMA; that won't work. After you notify Cingular of the
phone change on her account, it will work (plan permitting).

John C.

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kf4qzj - 26 Jan 2004 01:12 GMT

C started to bar GAIT and GSM from mixing SIMS
If you put a GSM SIM in your GAIT phone it may work and you may get
charges on your bill too.
I would stick to the GSM only. My$.02

>Good day all. I have a Nokia 6340i. Originally, when i became a Cingular
>customer I bought a motv60gi. This phone worked well. I then bought a
>nokia 6340I from Ebay and was able to put my gsm sim in to it and also have
>the tdma side activated. My plan didn't have to be changed. What I would
>like to know is can I put my wife's sim in to this phone and still have the
>tdma activated or is the esn tied to my gsm sim and phone number? Thanks.

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