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by lhamil64 541 days ago
Out of curiosity, how did you get your old phone online? Did it have wifi, or were you able to get it on an actual mobile network? I thought I heard the 2g/3g networks have mostly shut down, at least in the US
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> Did it have wifi, or were you able to get it on an actual mobile network?

Actual network. The phone pictured is from 2002, it did not have wifi. I had to solder in a new battery to get that far.

3G is shut down, 2G remains on with T-Mobile in areas they had it previously. As I stated before you need an old SIM card to use 2G only devices on the network. Newer cards activated in the past 5-7 years or so will only work on 2G with a 3G or newer phone.