T-Mobile supported phones

I have purchased GSM phones from eBay in the past and have no problems
using them on the T-Moble USA system. In the past however I have
purchased phones that were on the list of T-Mobile supported phones.
This time I am thinking of purchasing a Nokia 5140 because of its
combination of price and features (GPRS, EDGE, IrDA).

Has anyone on the USA network had problems using a GSM phone that was
not listed in the "Select your phone" system on T-Mobile's website? I
would also be interested if someone here has tried a Nokia 5140 on the
USA T-Mobile system.

To get GPRS services for the Nokia 5140 I assume I would need to
select Nokia 6610 from the web based system. I'm not sure if I would
be limited to sub-EDGE speeds. I would be disappointed if I did not
get faster connection than my Nokia 6610, but sence my 6610 is acting
erratically, a new GPRS phone would be worth having with out EDGE
speeds.

In article <80177a02-3932-49a2-91f2-866c7865ba9d@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
<sfeil@io.com> wrote:
>I have purchased GSM phones from eBay in the past and have no problems
>using them on the T-Moble USA system. In the past however I have
>purchased phones that were on the list of T-Mobile supported phones.
>This time I am thinking of purchasing a Nokia 5140 because of its
>combination of price and features (GPRS, EDGE, IrDA).
>
>Has anyone on the USA network had problems using a GSM phone that was
>not listed in the "Select your phone" system on T-Mobile's website? I
>would also be interested if someone here has tried a Nokia 5140 on the
>USA T-Mobile system.
>
>To get GPRS services for the Nokia 5140 I assume I would need to
>select Nokia 6610 from the web based system. I'm not sure if I would
>be limited to sub-EDGE speeds. I would be disappointed if I did not
>get faster connection than my Nokia 6610, but sence my 6610 is acting
>erratically, a new GPRS phone would be worth having with out EDGE
>speeds.

Using T-Mobile prepaid I've used a very wide variety of branded and
unbranded phones over the last few years without problems. You might have
to set up GPRS etc manually (although Nokia's web site will send config
over the air for the own phones). In the past there had been some issues
with the voicemail indicator on unlocked Motorola phones but I stopped
following that years ago.

In message
<80177a02-3932-49a2-91f2-866c7865ba9d@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
sfeil@io.com wrote:

>I have purchased GSM phones from eBay in the past and have no problems
>using them on the T-Moble USA system. In the past however I have
>purchased phones that were on the list of T-Mobile supported phones.
>This time I am thinking of purchasing a Nokia 5140 because of its
>combination of price and features (GPRS, EDGE, IrDA).
>
>Has anyone on the USA network had problems using a GSM phone that was
>not listed in the "Select your phone" system on T-Mobile's website? I
>would also be interested if someone here has tried a Nokia 5140 on the
>USA T-Mobile system.
>
>To get GPRS services for the Nokia 5140 I assume I would need to
>select Nokia 6610 from the web based system. I'm not sure if I would
>be limited to sub-EDGE speeds. I would be disappointed if I did not
>get faster connection than my Nokia 6610, but sence my 6610 is acting
>erratically, a new GPRS phone would be worth having with out EDGE
>speeds.

I've been using an AT&T TILT, and prior to that a Treo 680 on a prepaid
T-Mobile SIM without any problems.

I had data working nicely on the Treo 680 during the
unlimited-data-for-free period, but since then I haven't bothered to set
up my TILT to use data since I don't have any need for the minimal sites
that T-Mobile makes available.

VM indicators and SMS worked once I set SMS to use GSM and not GPRS.