V3 Razr: Which band is being used?

I don't know if there's any way to know other than by temporarily
turning off the 850 capability in your phone.
There's this:

SEEM 0025_0001

**all offsets are HEX**

offset 00 -
bit 0, bit 3: 900/1800 and 1900 (set each of
these bits to 1)
bit 0, bit 1, bit 3: 850/1900 and 900/1800 (set each of these bits
to 1)
bit 0, bit 2, bit 3: 850/1900 and 900 (set each of these bits to
1)
bit 2, bit 3: 850/1900 and 1800 (set each of these bits to 1)


FromevilsPGD
spamsucks@crazyhat.net

> I've got a V3 Razr -- I'm wondering if there is any way to tell
> whether the phone is using the 850MHz or 1900MHz band?
>
> The reason I ask, my parents have 1900MHz only phones, we're finding
> that I have reception in places where they don't have any signal at
> all.
>
> I'd like to tell whether it's just that their phones have worse RF
> performance in general, or whether buying 850MHz-capable phones would
> solve it.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> --
> They say you shouldn't say anything about the dead unless it's good.
>
> "He's dead. Good."

In message <8qeQe.7008$HR5.5098@tornado.socal.rr.com> "BruceR"
<brNOSPAM@hawaii.com> wrote:

>I don't know if there's any way to know other than by temporarily
>turning off the 850 capability in your phone.
> There's this:
>
> SEEM 0025_0001
>
>**all offsets are HEX**
>
>offset 00 -
> bit 0, bit 3: 900/1800 and 1900 (set each of
>these bits to 1)
> bit 0, bit 1, bit 3: 850/1900 and 900/1800 (set each of these bits
>to 1)
> bit 0, bit 2, bit 3: 850/1900 and 900 (set each of these bits to
>1)
> bit 2, bit 3: 850/1900 and 1800 (set each of these bits to 1)

That will probably do the trick, it's good enough to test a few specific
places. Thanks!

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In message <8qeQe.7008$HR5.5098@tornado.socal.rr.com> "BruceR"
<brNOSPAM@hawaii.com> wrote:

>I don't know if there's any way to know other than by temporarily
>turning off the 850 capability in your phone.
> There's this:
>
> SEEM 0025_0001
>
>**all offsets are HEX**
>
>offset 00 -
> bit 0, bit 3: 900/1800 and 1900 (set each of
>these bits to 1)
> bit 0, bit 1, bit 3: 850/1900 and 900/1800 (set each of these bits
>to 1)
> bit 0, bit 2, bit 3: 850/1900 and 900 (set each of these bits to
>1)
> bit 2, bit 3: 850/1900 and 1800 (set each of these bits to 1)

That will probably do the trick, it's good enough to test a few specific
places. Thanks!

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Can't you manually select the network? If so, you should be able to see
which network you have access to, which the other phones don't see.

Mike Schumann

"DevilsPGD" <spamsucks@crazyhat.net> wrote in message
news:mqn2h1tlcjv6kqj9ud3c5a9bdcm46c9dfe@4ax.com...
> I've got a V3 Razr -- I'm wondering if there is any way to tell whether
> the phone is using the 850MHz or 1900MHz band?
>
> The reason I ask, my parents have 1900MHz only phones, we're finding
> that I have reception in places where they don't have any signal at all.
>
> I'd like to tell whether it's just that their phones have worse RF
> performance in general, or whether buying 850MHz-capable phones would
> solve it.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> --
> They say you shouldn't say anything about the dead unless it's good.
>
> "He's dead. Good."

Can't you manually select the network? If so, you should be able to see
which network you have access to, which the other phones don't see.

Mike Schumann

"DevilsPGD" <spamsucks@crazyhat.net> wrote in message
news:mqn2h1tlcjv6kqj9ud3c5a9bdcm46c9dfe@4ax.com...
> I've got a V3 Razr -- I'm wondering if there is any way to tell whether
> the phone is using the 850MHz or 1900MHz band?
>
> The reason I ask, my parents have 1900MHz only phones, we're finding
> that I have reception in places where they don't have any signal at all.
>
> I'd like to tell whether it's just that their phones have worse RF
> performance in general, or whether buying 850MHz-capable phones would
> solve it.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> --
> They say you shouldn't say anything about the dead unless it's good.
>
> "He's dead. Good."

In message <GEmQe.3601$FW1.3177@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink. net> "Mike
Schumann" <mike-nospam@traditions-nospam.com> wrote:

>Can't you manually select the network? If so, you should be able to see
>which network you have access to, which the other phones don't see.

The only network I see is "Rogers", it doesn't differentiate between
Rogers' 1900MHz band and the Rogers 850MHz band.

Unless I missed something obvious, I'm still not 100% familiar with this
phone (and not going to start hax0ring until I feel I'm ready to fix it
if I screw up

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In message <GEmQe.3601$FW1.3177@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink. net> "Mike
Schumann" <mike-nospam@traditions-nospam.com> wrote:

>Can't you manually select the network? If so, you should be able to see
>which network you have access to, which the other phones don't see.

The only network I see is "Rogers", it doesn't differentiate between
Rogers' 1900MHz band and the Rogers 850MHz band.

Unless I missed something obvious, I'm still not 100% familiar with this
phone (and not going to start hax0ring until I feel I'm ready to fix it
if I screw up

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steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

In alt.cellular.motorola DevilsPGD <spamsucks@crazyhat.net> wrote:
> The only network I see is "Rogers", it doesn't differentiate between
> Rogers' 1900MHz band and the Rogers 850MHz band.


My V551 allows me to select 850/1900 or 900/1800, but doesn't allow me to
select half of either of those.

<http://tutorials.cingular.com/tutorial/web_tutorials/tutorialRouter?deviceId=7410&subscriberType=cing&t utId=126080&fetIndex=1&tutIndex=8>

Is a Cingular page that shows V3 steps for selecting a carrier, which should let
you see if there is a roaming carrier that is playing with one of the phones.
That isn't available on my V551.

I used to have a bag phone that let you see a diagnostic screen of all
kinds of cell tower debugging information. A little interesting, and
useful for a case like this.

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