Lost signal v551

We have a family plan on Cingular with three v551's.

Yesterday, my phone appears to have lost signal throughout our town when
compared to the other phones. I have 0 to 1/2 bar while my wife and
daughter's phones have 4-5 bars. I can receive and dial but some calls
are immediately dropped or don't go through with a Call Failed message.

According to Cingular, they say there is no problem with local towers
and I believe them, using the other two phones as controls.

Is there anything I can with the phone to check it other than to swap
antennas (there was no change when I did that)?

Any thoughts?

Thanks
Ken K

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Originally Posted by Ken

We have a family plan on Cingular with three v551's.

Yesterday, my phone appears to have lost signal throughout our town when
compared to the other phones. I have 0 to 1/2 bar while my wife and
daughter's phones have 4-5 bars. I can receive and dial but some calls
are immediately dropped or don't go through with a Call Failed message.

According to Cingular, they say there is no problem with local towers
and I believe them, using the other two phones as controls.

Is there anything I can with the phone to check it other than to swap
antennas (there was no change when I did that)?

Any thoughts?

Thanks
Ken K

you might need to flash it with the new firware 18.40R

Same thing happened to me a few days ago. I was in a store that is
not more than 1/2 mile from the tower. My daughter called, and I lost
the signal. She then called my wife who had a perfect signal (as you
would expect.) I thought it really strange at the time. The
difference here was that I had my V551 purchased from Cingular, and my
wife was using her Nokia purchased on the AT&T plan.

Dick

On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:09:18 -0800, Ken <[email protected]> wrote:

>We have a family plan on Cingular with three v551's.
>
>Yesterday, my phone appears to have lost signal throughout our town when
>compared to the other phones. I have 0 to 1/2 bar while my wife and
>daughter's phones have 4-5 bars. I can receive and dial but some calls
>are immediately dropped or don't go through with a Call Failed message.
>
>According to Cingular, they say there is no problem with local towers
>and I believe them, using the other two phones as controls.
>
>Is there anything I can with the phone to check it other than to swap
>antennas (there was no change when I did that)?
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks
>Ken K

Old_Fool wrote:
> Ken Wrote:
>
>>We have a family plan on Cingular with three v551's.
>>
>>Yesterday, my phone appears to have lost signal throughout our town
>>when
>>compared to the other phones. I have 0 to 1/2 bar while my wife and
>>daughter's phones have 4-5 bars. I can receive and dial but some
>>calls
>>are immediately dropped or don't go through with a Call Failed
>>message.
>>
>>According to Cingular, they say there is no problem with local towers
>>and I believe them, using the other two phones as controls.
>>
>>Is there anything I can with the phone to check it other than to swap
>>antennas (there was no change when I did that)?
>>
>>Any thoughts?
>>
>>Thanks
>>Ken K
>
>
>
> you might need to flash it with the new firware 18.40R
>
>
I cannot find the firmware version. Where is it located? The software
version is R47_G_08.17.0FR

I stopped in at Cingular and they said that I should exchange the phone,
as it is under warranty. If I do so, is there any way that I can easily
preserve the photos, mp3 ringtones, and the setup that I have? I have
mobile phone tools but I don't know that it allows saving anything other
than phone numbers. What I would like to do is to clone all of the menu
items and items in memory.

Thanks
Ken K

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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:09:18
-0800, Ken <[email protected]> wrote:

>We have a family plan on Cingular with three v551's.
>
>Yesterday, my phone appears to have lost signal throughout our town when
>compared to the other phones. I have 0 to 1/2 bar while my wife and
>daughter's phones have 4-5 bars. I can receive and dial but some calls
>are immediately dropped or don't go through with a Call Failed message.
>
>According to Cingular, they say there is no problem with local towers
>and I believe them, using the other two phones as controls.
>
>Is there anything I can with the phone to check it other than to swap
>antennas (there was no change when I did that)?
>
>Any thoughts?

Your "home" network was probably changed from "blue" to "orange" or vice
versa. Call Customer Care, ask for Tech Support, and check your home network.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

Here is the best combination i have found and use so far.
This will improve reception video, pic quality and battery life.
Download-Link: http://rapidshare.de/files/4518480/R...flash.rar.html
Download-Link: http://rapidshare.de/files/5904590/M..._MM01.rar.html

Old_Fool wrote:
> Here is the best combination i have found and use so far.
> This will improve reception video, pic quality and battery life.
> Download-Link: http://tinyurl.com/8ltkv
> Download-Link: http://tinyurl.com/c6k52
>
>
Thanks. I have downloaded the files and have WinRar, but I am not clear
about how to use the files. Where do I go from here? It appears that
this is some firmware but I am unclear about how to load it onto the
phone. I have both Bluetooth and a cable...

Thanks
Ken K

Originally Posted by Ken

Old_Fool wrote:
> Here is the best combination i have found and use so far.
> This will improve reception video, pic quality and battery life.
> Download-Link: http://tinyurl.com/8ltkv
> Download-Link: http://tinyurl.com/c6k52
>
>
Thanks. I have downloaded the files and have WinRar, but I am not clear
about how to use the files. Where do I go from here? It appears that
this is some firmware but I am unclear about how to load it onto the
phone. I have both Bluetooth and a cable...

Thanks
Ken K

You need to find PST 6.9 or higher and the universal patch.
So that you can use the PST and flash the files in your fone.
If you are in the US and need help email or pm me