[Mystake]

paolo,Apr 26 2010, 10:52 AM Wrote:

Mystake,Apr 26 2010, 10:24 AM Wrote:

KillaCamST,Apr 26 2010, 09:48 AM Wrote:I got a cell phone from a friend, the cell phone is with bell and has a spot in the back for a sim card. But when i put my sim card (Rogers) in the Bell phone, the old number still came up when i called my house phone. The Bell phone has been disconnected. So my question is, does the Bell phone need to be unlocked? Can I use my rogers sim card and still you the Bell cell phone with my old rogers number
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yes it does need to be unlocked, how I can't tell because you haven't specified what model phone you have.

as for calling and it using the old number....... that means the bell portion isn't disconnected.
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That makes NO sense the bell portion isn't disconnected? if you have a Rogers ICCID in your phone, there is no way a 2G or 3G handset will show the number from the previous carrier (Bell), UNLESS its NOT a 2G GSM or 3G UMTS and it is infact a Bell CDMA phone, the sim or no sim has nothing to do with making out going calls if its CDMA, plus if your told its disconnected and your calls still goes through, im sorry but what kind of carrier is that? there should be a block in the HLR to prevent this. goes to show you what kind of company your dealing with,
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I was saying... if he's able to make phone calls... well the phone isn't disconnected like the OP's been told.

ESPECIALLY if the phone's old number shows up on caller ID. That phone is still registered with Bell and is active on the previous owner's plan, clearly.

I think that's what he was saying, not that phone itself still identifies itself by the old number, but rather that the phone STILL WORKS on the old number.



and to op, from what I can tell, Paolo's pretty much right.