Should a German phone work when connected to a US phone jack?

[Starglider]

Re: Should a German phone work when connected to a US phone jack?

Haha simultaneously to your message I just discovered that was the issue! It's actually a Samsung, but still I had to rewire the RJ11 cable so the inner 2 wires became the outer 2 at the other end. Now it works! 👍

[Hansoon]

Re: Should a German phone work when connected to a US phone jack?

If the phone is from Siemens, than yes.
Even here in Germany, Siemens found it a good idea (idiotic) to change the pinout of the RJ11 jacks. With Siemens, the two outer pins have the function of the two inner pins on the normal RJ11 jacks in the rest of the world.

Hans

[Starglider]

Is there any reason a German phone wouldn't work when connected to a US phone jack? I bought an RJ11 to RJ11 cable to replace the RJ11 to TAE-F (German standard plug), but I get no dial tone. Thanks in advance.