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musicbymuzak · 08-30-2017, 01:33

It does that because the memory size is more than 32k.

Lycamobile (Tmobile MVNO) cards WILL Work with these phones for some odd reason.

My Sprint 2190 will NOT see the Tmobile network, yet the 3 2190 E-s that I have will happily register as if it's 1995 again.

When ATT had 1900 active in the area, and I had a 32k SIM that I managed to activate until they nuked it, the Sprint 2190 WOULD see "USA 41 // USA 26" but when attempting to register it would say NO SYSTEM ACCESS.

I'm very intrigued as far as what the difference between the 2190 and 2190E could be as far as this behaviour.

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musicbymuzak Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 4 Member: 1755292 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 0	It does that because the memory size is more than 32k. Lycamobile (Tmobile MVNO) cards WILL Work with these phones for some odd reason. My Sprint 2190 will NOT see the Tmobile network, yet the 3 2190 E-s that I have will happily register as if it's 1995 again. When ATT had 1900 active in the area, and I had a 32k SIM that I managed to activate until they nuked it, the Sprint 2190 WOULD see "USA 41 // USA 26" but when attempting to register it would say NO SYSTEM ACCESS. I'm very intrigued as far as what the difference between the 2190 and 2190E could be as far as this behaviour.