V635

Is the Motorola V635 available for Cingular. What I read on the Internet
shows that it should be but cannot find it on the Cingular site.
Thanks

It's not availabe from Cingular. You can buy an unlocked version on the net
and then you can use it with Cingular or T-Mobile.

http://www.mobileisgood.com

"Carp" <carp4154@nospambellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:WGtOe.6112$ZD4.901@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
> Is the Motorola V635 available for Cingular. What I read on the Internet
> shows that it should be but cannot find it on the Cingular site.
> Thanks
>
>

In article <dekq6i$ekp$4@avnika.corp.mot.com>,
talksense <imranraf@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>"Carp" <carp4154@nospambellsouth.net> wrote in message
>news:WGtOe.6112$ZD4.901@bignews3.bellsouth.net. ..
>> Is the Motorola V635 available for Cingular. What I read on the Internet
>> shows that it should be but cannot find it on the Cingular site.
>> Thanks
>>
>It's not availabe from Cingular. You can buy an unlocked version on the net
>and then you can use it with Cingular or T-Mobile.

....but you may have to do a seem edit or firmware update to get the voice
mail indicator to work properly on those carriers.

>...but you may have to do a seem edit or firmware update to get the voice
>mail indicator to work properly on those carriers.
>
>

Why would that be? I can understand the data, but why the VM indicator?

TH

In article <x1IPe.796$nq.343@lakeread05>,
Tropical Haven <email@example.net> wrote:
>
>>...but you may have to do a seem edit or firmware update to get the voice
>>mail indicator to work properly on those carriers.
>>
>>
>
>Why would that be? I can understand the data, but why the VM indicator?

The message waiting indicator indicator is controlled by a
specially-formatted SMS that the phone must interpret rather then send to
the user as a message. This occurs when the voice mail is left (turn the
MWI on) and again when the voice mail is retrieved (turn the MWI off).

Certain unlocked Motorola phones (the V635 in particular) may not interpret
these SMS codes correctly, and instead display text messages that contain
garbage. This affects Cingular and, more recently, T-Mobile USA; who are in
the process of converting from text-message to MWI notification of new
voice mail. There is a seem edit that often fixes this, but the feature bits
associated with that also result in disabling manual network selection.
Some V635 owners have reported that attempted fixes result in the phone
rebooting when voice mail comes in.

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:23:18 +0000 (UTC), retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.)
wrote:

>
>In article <x1IPe.796$nq.343@lakeread05>,
>Tropical Haven <email@example.net> wrote:
>>
>>>...but you may have to do a seem edit or firmware update to get the voice
>>>mail indicator to work properly on those carriers.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Why would that be? I can understand the data, but why the VM indicator?
>
>The message waiting indicator indicator is controlled by a
>specially-formatted SMS that the phone must interpret rather then send to
>the user as a message. This occurs when the voice mail is left (turn the
>MWI on) and again when the voice mail is retrieved (turn the MWI off).
>
>Certain unlocked Motorola phones (the V635 in particular) may not interpret
>these SMS codes correctly, and instead display text messages that contain
>garbage. This affects Cingular and, more recently, T-Mobile USA; who are in
>the process of converting from text-message to MWI notification of new
>voice mail. There is a seem edit that often fixes this, but the feature bits
>associated with that also result in disabling manual network selection.
>Some V635 owners have reported that attempted fixes result in the phone
>rebooting when voice mail comes in.
>

I had to do the seem edit on one of my v3s to fix that.