i do have an old SIM. its from mid-2001, and is a voicestream card. i am using it on a 6230, which i bought from a 3rd party retailer. its OEM and has never been locked ot any provider. in fact, in my setting 'operator logo' is greyed out. any thoughts/direction on how i can give it a try?
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mark Pallo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In general no...not easy to do any more. > > Depends on how old your SIM card is and how old the firmware is on your > phone. > > I own only Nokia phones so I can speak for them but I think the case holds > true for many of the T-Mobile branded phones that are being sold today. > > In the last few years T-Mobile introduced SIM cards which contained EONS > technolgy. Enhanced Operator Naming Service. This forces the phone to > display any number of variations of "T-Mobile" or "TMO" etc. The > overwriting of these operator logos for the most part is not possible > anymore unless you have an older T-Mobile or Voicestream SIM which was not > EONS. > > You can try over writing the logo with software or sending one via SMS but > chances are it will not work. > > There are exceptions however. I have been able to do it on my 3595, 6610 > and 6590i by doing a few tricks involving activating the PIN request code > and EFR (Enhanced Full Rate) speech codec. Even then it will occasionally > drop back to the T-Mobile default after a reboot or when roaming. > > -Mark > > -- > Supporter of the MWI (Message Waiting Indicator) for T-Mobile > http://www.tinyurl.com/2y59d > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Is there a way to change the text on the home screen on GSM phones? > > I'd like to replace the "T-Mobile" with something else. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/G6uqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
