This guide will show you what to look for so you can proceed with confidence in determining if you have a #11 Die A or a #12 Die B example. The term Die A is the same as Type I. The Term Die B is used...
Answering the questions "Is this a London Print or a Richmond Print?" and "Is this a genuine CSA item or is this a counterfeit, reproduction, reprint, forgery or fake?" is the focus of this guide. A simplified...
How to recognize a T-E-N CENTS Confederate stamp and tell it from a 10 CENTS Confederate stamp and various reproductions are the topics of this guide. The Dietz 9 , also Scott #9 is the second most elusive of...
Bluetooth ear pieces such as the Nokia BH-700 are available on eBay. So are their counterfeits. How do you tell them apart? Here is my experience: Counterfeit #1: 1- Purchased directly from Hong Kong. It...
This guide will show you how to prepare your Samsung SGH-T729 Blast to permanently accept non-T-Mobile SIM cards. Although the Blast is best used on T-Mobile because of the various features T-Mobile offers...
What To Look For In A Used Mobile Phone Charger? Chargers can have electrical and mechanical faults. Here is how I examine them without any tools or meters. I split the evaluation into examination of...
Looking to buy or upgrade your @Home or HotSpot phone? Here's one place to start. They use UMA technology and not every phone has it. What is UMA? UMA is the acronym for Unlicensed Mobile Access. This is the...
What does it mean for a GSM mobile device to be unlocked? What sort of locks are there? How is that different from Blocked? What is a Barred or Banned or Blacklisted cell phone? That is what this guide will...
This will show you how to prepare your Samsung SGH-T739 Katalyst to permanently accept non-T-Mobile SIM cards. Although the Katalyst is best used on T-Mobile because of the UMA feature (Unlicensed Mobile...
This guide will explain how to check if your Sony-Ericsson is locked or unlocked and what that means. Locked - When a GSM handset, one that requires a SIM chip, is locked it is restricted in how it can be...