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  1. #1
    DevilsPGD
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    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!

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  2. #2
    BruceR
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    Re: 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
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    > 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."






  3. #3
    DevilsPGD
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    Re: V3 Razr: Which band is being used?

    In message <[email protected]> "BruceR"
    <[email protected]> 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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  4. #4
    Mike Schumann
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    Re: V3 Razr: Which band is being used?

    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" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > 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."






  5. #5
    DevilsPGD
    Guest

    Re: V3 Razr: Which band is being used?

    In message <[email protected]> "Mike
    Schumann" <[email protected]> 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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  6. #6

    Re: V3 Razr: Which band is being used?

    In alt.cellular.motorola DevilsPGD <[email protected]> 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&tutId=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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  7. #7
    DevilsPGD
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    Re: V3 Razr: Which band is being used?

    In message <[email protected]> [email protected]
    wrote:

    >In alt.cellular.motorola DevilsPGD <[email protected]> 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&tutId=126080&fetIndex=1&tutIndex=8>


    I can do the same on my V3. Nothing on the 900/1800 though, of course.

    >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.


    That's just it though, I'm not trying to use a roaming carrier. My
    carrier (Rogers) offers service on both 850MHz and 1900MHz, but it's all
    the same carrier.

    >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.


    My Motorola i730 (iDEN, not GSM) had some diagnostics screens that could
    identify signal strength and which tower I was accessing and a few other
    details, but I haven't found anything like that on the V3 yet.

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