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sprtbiker
Posts: 4 |
 
Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:20 pm |
I was with ATT. Got an unlocked phone from UK. Worked fine for a while. I just switched to Cingular. But I still have to the same weak signal with the new sim card.
My unlocked phone worked fine for a while with the ATT sim card. A month ago I was getting no service at home....just when i was out. They said it was cause they were chaning all the ATT towers to Cingular.
Now when i switched, the rep wanted the MEI# of the phone I was going to use and my phone is not available in the USA. She said that it is not going to work right unless I have a Cingular phone. IS this RIGHT??
I appreciate any help.
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elmo01
Posts: 2186
Phone Model:
Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider:
Bell Canada |
Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:40 am |
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could be... the primary frequency is 850 mhz... if the phone you got from the UK is 1900 only (the other north american frequency) that could cause you some grief
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sprtbiker
Posts: 4 |
Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:48 pm |
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Thanks. I believe you are right. I need to check so see which carrier does use the frequency other than 850. Do you know? I think Cingular and T-mobile use 850
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steva11
Posts: 1687
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:08 pm |
cingular uses 850 and 1900.
t-mobile uses only 1900.
for cingular, only one frequency may be available in a given area.
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sprtbiker
Posts: 4 |
Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:18 pm |
My phone has 900/ 1800 and 1900. seem like I need to be with T-mobile.
I thought I read somewhere the T-mobile is going to change some of the 1900 to 850. Is that true?
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elmo01
Posts: 2186
Phone Model:
Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider:
Bell Canada |
Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:56 pm |
I did hear that tmobile may be gaining some 850mhz spectrum in the future...dunno when or if its true
as an aside what kind of phone is it?
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sprtbiker
Posts: 4 |
Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:48 pm |
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I have a Samsung SGH-D500 and my wife has a Sony Ericsson K750i. Both sweet phones just missing the 850 frequency that I need.
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elmo01
Posts: 2186
Phone Model:
Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider:
Bell Canada |
Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:42 am |
| sprtbiker wrote: | | I have a Samsung SGH-D500 and my wife has a Sony Ericsson K750i. Both sweet phones just missing the 850 frequency that I need. |
check in the appropriate manufacturers forum there *may* be a flex available to enable 850....I do know that some motorolas have this ability unsure for Sony's or Samsungs tho...
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neek
Posts: 117
Phone Model:
LG VX-8300
Service Provider:
Verizon |
Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:30 pm |
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Might also be SIM card compatability, also. If they gave you 3G/UMTS enabled sim cards, some devices have a lot of RF and security problems with these.
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elmo01
Posts: 2186
Phone Model:
Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider:
Bell Canada |
Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:09 pm |
| neek wrote: | | Might also be SIM card compatability, also. If they gave you 3G/UMTS enabled sim cards, some devices have a lot of RF and security problems with these. |
hardly... reception is a funtion of the phone... not the sim
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