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philster
Posts: 2
Phone Model:
Moto V551
Service Provider:
Cingular |
 
Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:22 pm |
I'm not certain if both the BT and standard GSM network connections are made using the same stub antenna, but couldn't you basically put the V551 phone in an "airplane mode" (no transmit or receive) by simply temporarily removing the stub antenna? Convincing the flight attendant that you're not on the network and can't possibly transmit or receive in a fashion that could be a hazard to aircraft systems may be a different issue.
I tried on my last flight to find the network setttings and someone disable them or set them to something else so that I couldn't connect, but I couldn't figure it out. Has anyone ever tried this?
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netkent
Posts: 96
Phone Model:
Motorola V551
Service Provider:
Cingular |
Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:31 pm |
Why would you want to do this with a v551 ? 
Oh, appreciate you not testing your theory on any flight I'm on 
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colball9
Posts: 47
Phone Model:
motorola v 551
Service Provider:
cingular |
Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:32 am |
wow interesting thought! it is true that if you remove the antenna pretty much you can not be on the network! it just wont work! however i doubt the flight crews are going to approve of this! but hey im up for the first time for everything theory! the only thing i could say for the network settings is to perhaps
(if in U.S.) put the phone on the euro networks!
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mrbillyvee
Posts: 39
Phone Model:
ROKR E1
Service Provider:
cingular |
Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:59 am |
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Or......just a thought here: TURN OFF THE PHONE.
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TexasCSR
Posts: 327
Phone Model:
V600, V551, Nokia 6820
Service Provider:
AT&T/Cingular/T
mobile |
Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:55 pm |
| mrbillyvee wrote: | | Or......just a thought here: TURN OFF THE PHONE. |
4 seconds to remove antenna
1 second to press and hold red button.
Hmm....hard one.
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duceduc
Posts: 2122
Phone Model:
iPhone Unlocked
Service Provider:
Cingular - Extended |
Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:03 pm |
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Turn off the phone. Way put other lives including yours in jepordy if there was a malfunction with the airplane's eletronic systems. Besides, you will probably end up losing the stubby antenna once removed, than you will not have a working phone PERIOD
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TexasCSR
Posts: 327
Phone Model:
V600, V551, Nokia 6820
Service Provider:
AT&T/Cingular/T
mobile |
Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:03 pm |
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You're such a poet dudeduc.
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BigRUSS
Posts: 2105
Phone Model:
two cans ( del monte) and some string,
Service Provider:
RussCo |
Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:40 pm |
my phone connects w/o a antenna 
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TexasCSR
Posts: 327
Phone Model:
V600, V551, Nokia 6820
Service Provider:
AT&T/Cingular/T
mobile |
Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:47 pm |
| BigRUSS wrote: | | my phone connects w/o a antenna |
Drop it once and tell me if it works.
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colball9
Posts: 47
Phone Model:
motorola v 551
Service Provider:
cingular |
Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:22 pm |
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no kidding i have never seen a 551 connect w/o an antenna
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