Help getting my Motorola phone to work

[kenr]

I think I just might be SOL on this one. I'm a verizon customer, no gsm here. I'm going to see if I can send the phone back to the guy I bought it from along with the sim. He seems to be trustworty and has lots of +++ ebay feedback. It was good I did this now instead of waiting to buy a card in Europe.
Ken

[snaimon]

Originally Posted by kenr

I think I just might be SOL on this one. I'm a verizon customer, no gsm here. I'm going to see if I can send the phone back to the guy I bought it from along with the sim. He seems to be trustworty and has lots of +++ ebay feedback. It was good I did this now instead of waiting to buy a card in Europe.
Ken

Where do you live? Rural? Have you seen this:

http://t-mobile.com/coverage/

Nobody in your area has T-MO? No store? Or Cingular?

Stan

[kenr]

I live near SF. But what good will it do to take it to Cingular? They don't sell unlocked phones.

[snaimon]

Originally Posted by kenr

I live near SF. But what good will it do to take it to Cingular? They don't sell unlocked phones.

My thought was to see if another SIM would do the same thing. You MIGHT find a nice sales person or customer who would have allowed you to use THEIR SIM in YOUR phone to see what happens. If the SIM worked, then the problem was obviously the Globalsim card. If the phone did the same thing as with the Globalsim card, then the phone was the problem.

However, it seems Bossman has found/confirmed that your problem is the Globalsim card itself and not the phone.

Stan