Piranha sim question

cirus5 · 26-04-2014, 05:10

So I found the Huawei at Walmart for $79.99, unlock cost about $5.50

I'm pretty impressed by this phone. Much better than my old LG (so far!).
The piranha registers on this phone and seems to work.

Now for a few tests...
both ekit sims register on the Huawei. However, the messaging is exhibiting the same behavior when they were on the Note II, which makes me think it's an ekit-Canada problem.

1. both ekit sims will send voice calls to my normal Telus prepaid sim.
2. both ekit sims can recieve voice calls from my Telus prepaid sim.
3. both ekit sims will send texts to my Telus prepaid sim.
4. both ekit sims will NOT recieve texts from my Telus prepaid sim, no matter what network I select (Telus-automatic/Rogers/Bell) - also having problems connecting to the Rogers network.
5. piranha has no problems sending/recieving calls, sending/recieving texts. It automatically selects the Telus network.

The Note II specs directly from the Telus B.C. website state:
Network LTE: 700MHz (Band 17) / 2100MHz (Band 7) HSPA: 2100MHz (Band I) / 1900MHz (Band II) / 850MHz (Band V) / 900MHz (Band VIII) GSM: 850MHz / 900MHz / 1800MHz / 1900MHz

I think the Note II should have worked in Korea. I found a post where someone said they did the same unlock as me, and it was confirmed working in Korea. His model was SGH-I317 (AT&T I think). Mine is SGH-I317M. I am suspecting the ekit sims... I don't think I can trust them as my main sims now, especially the new one since it would not even connect in the U.S. on the last trip.

I will run a few more tests when the other two sims show up.

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cirus5 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 8 Join Date: 19 Apr 2014 Country:	26-04-2014, 05:10 So I found the Huawei at Walmart for $79.99, unlock cost about $5.50 I'm pretty impressed by this phone. Much better than my old LG (so far!). The piranha registers on this phone and seems to work. Now for a few tests... both ekit sims register on the Huawei. However, the messaging is exhibiting the same behavior when they were on the Note II, which makes me think it's an ekit-Canada problem. 1. both ekit sims will send voice calls to my normal Telus prepaid sim. 2. both ekit sims can recieve voice calls from my Telus prepaid sim. 3. both ekit sims will send texts to my Telus prepaid sim. 4. both ekit sims will NOT recieve texts from my Telus prepaid sim, no matter what network I select (Telus-automatic/Rogers/Bell) - also having problems connecting to the Rogers network. 5. piranha has no problems sending/recieving calls, sending/recieving texts. It automatically selects the Telus network. The Note II specs directly from the Telus B.C. website state: Network LTE: 700MHz (Band 17) / 2100MHz (Band 7) HSPA: 2100MHz (Band I) / 1900MHz (Band II) / 850MHz (Band V) / 900MHz (Band VIII) GSM: 850MHz / 900MHz / 1800MHz / 1900MHz I think the Note II should have worked in Korea. I found a post where someone said they did the same unlock as me, and it was confirmed working in Korea. His model was SGH-I317 (AT&T I think). Mine is SGH-I317M. I am suspecting the ekit sims... I don't think I can trust them as my main sims now, especially the new one since it would not even connect in the U.S. on the last trip. I will run a few more tests when the other two sims show up. Last edited by cirus5; 26-04-2014 at 05:24..