v551 edge

My friend's v551 displays an E on his phone, mine does not. Will Cingular provide
me with a firmware upgrade or give me the run-around?

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My v551 displays neither a G or an E when GPRS is active on Cingular.

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In <RIZ5f.90419$lq6.33403@fed1read01> on Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:00:00 -0700,
"Pygmy Puffs" <[email protected]> wrote:

>My friend's v551 displays an E on his phone, mine does not. Will Cingular provide
>me with a firmware upgrade or give me the run-around?

Ask and find out.

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

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> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
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> In <RIZ5f.90419$lq6.33403@fed1read01> on Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:00:00 -0700,
> "Pygmy Puffs" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>My friend's v551 displays an E on his phone, mine does not. Will Cingular
>>provide
>>me with a firmware upgrade or give me the run-around?
>
> Ask and find out.
>
> --
> Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
> John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

The firmware upgrades come from Motorola, not Cingular.

In article <RIZ5f.90419$lq6.33403@fed1read01>,
Pygmy Puffs <[email protected]> wrote:
>My friend's v551 displays an E on his phone, mine does not. Will
>Cingular provide
>me with a firmware upgrade or give me the run-around?

Cingular does not provide firmware updates.

If the phone is under warranty you can send it to Motorola and have it
flashed. The details, and submission form, are on their web site.

Or, you can do it yourself.

The function of displaying the E for EDGE service is usually controlled by
the FLEX file, not the phone's firmware.

However when the V551 first came out, it had EDGE but not the capability to
display the E. If newer models are showing it, then it can be a combination
of both Firmware and FLEX, so both will be needed.

Also, the SIM card provisioning, can enable/disable this too.

Suggest you swap your friend's SIM card that shows E in the other phone and
put it in your phone. Then you will determine if it's SIM card provisioning
or Firmware, FLEX file enabled.

You can compare Firmware and FLEX files by entering *#9999#, assuming both
phones are the same.



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Steve
"Mike S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> In article <RIZ5f.90419$lq6.33403@fed1read01>,
> Pygmy Puffs <[email protected]> wrote:
>>My friend's v551 displays an E on his phone, mine does not. Will
>>Cingular provide
>>me with a firmware upgrade or give me the run-around?
>
> Cingular does not provide firmware updates.
>
> If the phone is under warranty you can send it to Motorola and have it
> flashed. The details, and submission form, are on their web site.
>
> Or, you can do it yourself.
>
>
>