Disaster with 9000 bold At&t on rogers. HELP! Canada

[MiniRitz21]

I bought a phone on Ebay. I thought it would be a Rogers phone and unlocked. Turned out it was an AT&T phone and NOT UNLOCKED!.

I went to shop around places to get unlocked and they told me that it would not work on 3g networks... and id have to use it on 2g networks or something like that.


Any suggestions on what I should do?

[reko]

Ask for refund to seller
Sell the BB
Claim your money to Paypal

[ScottyPimpin]

if the guys sent you something other then what was advertised just open a claim with paypal and they will take care of you.

[mahmood1984]

Well just buy the unlock code from ebay, it costs around $3 - $5 CAD. Once it is unlocked, I think you should be able to use the 3G network. I did the similar thing with my friends Bold and it worked like a charm.

[killthelights32]

Originally Posted by MiniRitz21

I bought a phone on Ebay. I thought it would be a Rogers phone and unlocked. Turned out it was an AT&T phone and NOT UNLOCKED!.

I went to shop around places to get unlocked and they told me that it would not work on 3g networks... and id have to use it on 2g networks or something like that.


Any suggestions on what I should do?

If it is an AT&T Bold it should work with Rogers' 3G network. They use the same bands. Just unlock it. Plenty of unlocking services on eBay

[dragosp90]

They said you wont be able to use it on 3G Rogers? Thats complete BS. I bought mine straight from AT&T awhile ago, unlocked it, used it on Rogers for a few months then i switched to Telus and using the Bold on 3G Telus. I had no problems with the networks or the phone.

[CarrierUnlock]

Originally Posted by MiniRitz21

I bought a phone on Ebay. I thought it would be a Rogers phone and unlocked. Turned out it was an AT&T phone and NOT UNLOCKED!.

I went to shop around places to get unlocked and they told me that it would not work on 3g networks... and id have to use it on 2g networks or something like that.


Any suggestions on what I should do?

It will work just fine, just get it unlocked. Let us know if you need it unlocked.

[steviebigv]

At&T are on the same bands as Rogers for 3G so you will get 3G speeds. As for unlocking its is really easy to do and will only cost a few bucks. I just unlocked my via cellunlock.net. They have 50% off coupons that you can do a search on as well. Regardless of who you use to unlock it, I think it beat the hassle of going after the seller. Good luck.

[xamdam]

Like said ........ unlock it and Yes it will/can use 3G service as it is the same phone, same bands no matter what carrier the BOLD is bought from.

[berrydeck]

I have an att bold, unlocked. Wouldn't work on 3g with newer SIM cards. Had to put on Rogers OS to turn on 2G service only (not an option with att OS). Got an older sim card, can't remember that part number, and now it works on 3g. Rogers reps will tell you that using the older sim is not recommended and some may say it won't work, just tell them to activate it, it will work.

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[MiniRitz21]

Is this the same case for a Bold 9700? cause it seems to be an issue to unlock blackberries without the 3040 sim card

[CarrierUnlock]

More or less you need the 3040 SIM card. Very few do not.

[luqman24]

My rogers bold is unlocked and I'm using it on fido it works on the 3G network jus fine. maybe go to Manage Connectiond > Mobile Network Options > make sure " Data Services" is on and "While Roaming" is on since its unlocked. Let me know if this works cuz mine is setup like that

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[luqman24]

Or if this isn't the case just buy a new sim card

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