newbie mpx200 help....

[Guest doggystyle69]

hi all, firstly just want to say how excellent this forum is and hello to all that inhabit modaco :D

i am a huge gadget freak but new to the smartphone world, so i thought i would start off with a cheaper mpx200 before upgrading to something with more features.

I have purchased an AT&T mpx200 running sp2002 from ebay and is supposed to be unlocked (well the advertisement said it was/is). After inserting my sim card i get no service, i am in australia which runs on the 900 band, after checking in programs/phone settings i have selected 900/1800 as the preferred band. also in programs/telephony/networks it will find all of the australian mobile phone networks (optus, telstra, vodafone, etc) but still get no service....

i am wondering if it really is unlocked as when powering up the phone it shows the windows 2002 screen then a screen which says 'mobile operator' before the homescreen loads up. (please forgive my ignorance if this makes no difference)

if the phone does need to be unlocked, i wont hesitate using the www.imei-check.co.uk site to unlock it but thought i would check with everyone here first as i have no knowledge of this phone at all. if i do need to unlock it, will it be a problem if i dont have another sim card to unlock it with?

i recieved the phone without a data cable or software, but i downloaded activesync 3.8 from microsoft and the cable from my sony cybershot digital camera works fine with the phone, and does connect to my pc. am i missing out on any important software from the motorola cd?

would i just need to maybe get an australian version of windows 2002 for it?

sorry if all my questions sound stupid, im a complete newbie when it comes to smartphones and i would greatly appreciate any assistance in getting my phone up and running. looking forward to contributing to this forum

regards, con.

Edited April 9, 2005 by doggystyle69

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

Welcome to the site :D

If you have an AT&T MPX200 it will only be dual band and will unfortunately not work on the 900 band.

Only a few (very few) of the original AT&T phones were triband and this was by mistake.

Unfortunately there is no way to make the phone triband as it is a hardware configuration and not software.

[Guest doggystyle69]

you can select from 1900, 900/1800...

this is not a tri-band?

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

Not necessarily, as the phone may have been updated with the leaked 2002 rom.

If the phone does not ask for a SIM unlock code then it will probably be unlocked. Best thing is to check with a SIM from another network in your area that is not on the 900 band.

[Guest doggystyle69]

hmm... thats a bit hard when everything in australia runs off 900....

any aussies out there have any knowledge on this??

[Guest doggystyle69]

anyone wanna buy an mpx 200 then???

im a bit dissapointed...