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cameronj
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Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:40 pm |
Hi all! I just bought a new Nokia 6230i off Ebay to stand in for my 6230 bought directly from Cingular over a year ago.
In my house the old one gets great reception all over, 4-5 bars out of 6 all the time. I've got them both sitting right here and as I pop the SIM card into the new 6230i and turn it on, I get 1 or zero bars (at which point calls do not go out), but if I take the SIM card out and put it in my old 6230 I immediately get the good signal again.
The phone is unlocked, it was unlocked before it shipped to me. I plan to take it out tomorrow just to see if the signal remains bad outside the house.
Does anyone have a clue why this might happen, and maybe if it's just a bad phone that should be returned? Should I try going to Cingular and getting a new SIM card?
Thanks for any tips
Cameron
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Texas Hold'em
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Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:37 am |
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Is the 6230 from ebay from the US?
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cameronj
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Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:45 am |
The 6230 was bought from Cingular directly in the US. The new 6230i was bought from an Ebay.com seller, though it appears to be originally from the UK telecom O2.
I have a little more info about it now though, having spent a night with it. There are many places where the signal is just fine, and the sound quality is excellent. But in my house, my old phone, and a friend's phone also on Cingular, get more than 50% of bars in places where the new phone gets no service at all.
I really do like this phone but one of those places with no service being my bedroom, it's not acceptable. Do I send it back or is there anything I can do to make the reception better?
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cameronj
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Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:26 am |
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I just found out that the 6320i is a tri band with 900/1800 and one other, while the 6320 is tri with 850/1800 and the same other one. Seems like this could account for it, no?
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Texas Hold'em
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Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:41 am |
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That's why I asked. Cingular uses both 850/1900 MHz. The 6230 from the UK is only picking up the 1900 MHz because as you found out it does not support 850 MHz.
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cameronj
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Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:16 pm |
Well CRAAAP 
So much fine print! Guess it's gotta go back.
So. what other networks in the USA would this phone be better with? I can't find the info on Google immediately, but would Verizon be better?
Thanks!
Cameron
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Texas Hold'em
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Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:31 pm |
Verizon isn't compatible. T-mobile uses only the 1900 MHz band so that may be an option.
Check this site for GSM carriers and coverage maps for a better idea.
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_us.shtml
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