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- 01-15-2006, 10:19 AM #1DeeBeeGuest
Hi all
Just got one of the £10 Motorola C139's from CPW as a phone to use in
Turkey with my Turkish SIM card.
Bought this phone because its unlocked and CPW give you a receipt with
the IMEI number on it - important for use in Turkey now,
Anyway does anyone know how to turn off keypad tones, as I find these
really annoying, and I can't find any reference in the manual or
searching through the menus.
Any other owner know if this can be done.
TIA
DeeBee
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- 01-15-2006, 03:50 PM #2Guest
Re: Motorola C139 - how to turn off key tones???
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 16:19:17 GMT, DeeBee <[email protected]> wrote:
>CPW give you a receipt with
>the IMEI number on it - important for use in Turkey now,
Can you explain? Why do you need to take a receipt with IMEI to
Turkey?
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- 01-15-2006, 04:29 PM #3DeeBeeGuest
Re: Motorola C139 - how to turn off key tones???
[email protected] wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 16:19:17 GMT, DeeBee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>CPW give you a receipt with
>>the IMEI number on it - important for use in Turkey now,
>
>
> Can you explain? Why do you need to take a receipt with IMEI to
> Turkey?
>
Yep sure
In order to stop the use of stolen phones in Turkey (the call them
contraband phones) all phones must be registered with Turk Telecom in
order to be used with Turkish SIM cards
Intially this was going to happen at the end of 2005, then it was suspended.
Now it looks like it did happen on 13th December, but if you were out of
Turkey on that date you must prove it and then register your phone. To
do this you must go to a TUrk Telecom office with proof of ownership of
the exact phone, hence IMEI proof required.
see here for more details
http://www.mymerhaba.com/en/main/con...sp_Q_id_E_2627
I just hope I can get this phone working in May when I go back to Turkey
DeeBee
- 01-16-2006, 07:09 AM #4a8359Guest
Re: Motorola C139 - how to turn off key tones???
this this has an amazing battery life as well. it seems to
have a 920mah battery in it. and i got 10 days standby out of it
with a virgin sim card in it. Overall great for for 10 quid.
The itap message entry is utterly useless with having to hit
select to enter the word and put a space between the word.
otherwise nice mobile for 9.99
- 01-16-2006, 11:09 AM #5DeeBeeGuest
Re: Motorola C139 - how to turn off key tones???
Nick wrote:
> DeeBee <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Bought this phone because its unlocked and CPW give you a receipt with
>>the IMEI number on it - important for use in Turkey now,
>
>
> I wasn't aware it was unlocked. Not bad for a tenner!
>
>
>>Anyway does anyone know how to turn off keypad tones, as I find these
>>really annoying, and I can't find any reference in the manual or
>>searching through the menus.
>>
>>Any other owner know if this can be done.
>
>
> It can be done, but the option may seem a little hard to find.
>
> Bring up the menus, select Ring Styles. Go down one to Loud Ring
> Detail, (or Soft Ring Detail etc, depending on what you chose in Alert)
> and select it. Scroll down to Key Volume and select that. Move the
> bar down to 0, select OK, and peace will reign.
Nick you a star, I did not dig that far down in the menus.
AS said in another thread great phone for the money, the only grip being
the iTap issue of having to press *select* every time to enter a word
and space, but you can get used to it, just not the normal way.
Also, if bought via CPW website, in theory the allow you trade in an old
working phone, manual and charger for up to £10!!!
Can't do it in store though :-(
cheers
DeeBee
- 01-16-2006, 02:13 PM #6Guest
Re: Motorola C139 - how to turn off key tones???
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:29:34 GMT, DeeBee <[email protected]> wrote:
>In order to stop the use of stolen phones in Turkey (the call them
>contraband phones) all phones must be registered with Turk Telecom in
>order to be used with Turkish SIM cards
>
>Intially this was going to happen at the end of 2005, then it was suspended.
>
>Now it looks like it did happen on 13th December, but if you were out of
>Turkey on that date you must prove it and then register your phone. To
>do this you must go to a TUrk Telecom office with proof of ownership of
>the exact phone, hence IMEI proof required.
Any turkish network, or just that one? What a daft setup. How hard is
it to forget a receipt? It will only inconvenience users: the
organised thieves will ship forged receipts with the stolen handsets.
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- 01-16-2006, 03:19 PM #7ShranGuest
Re: Motorola C139 - how to turn off key tones???
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:09:26 GMT, DeeBee <[email protected]> wrote:
>Also, if bought via CPW website, in theory the allow you trade in an old
>working phone, manual and charger for up to £10!!!
I'm afraid that when you buy on-line they don't send you a trade-in
jiffy bag. Apparently someone rang them up and were told that even
though it said so on the web page they wouldn't do a trade in on this
model as they would lose money.
Still, agree that it an excellent little mobile for £10. The text
entry thing is so typically Motorola. Good attention to RF performance
but a very poor user interface.
- 01-16-2006, 04:04 PM #8DeeBeeGuest
Re: Motorola C139 - how to turn off key tones???
[email protected] wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:29:34 GMT, DeeBee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>In order to stop the use of stolen phones in Turkey (the call them
>>contraband phones) all phones must be registered with Turk Telecom in
>>order to be used with Turkish SIM cards
>>
>>Intially this was going to happen at the end of 2005, then it was suspended.
>>
>>Now it looks like it did happen on 13th December, but if you were out of
>>Turkey on that date you must prove it and then register your phone. To
>>do this you must go to a TUrk Telecom office with proof of ownership of
>>the exact phone, hence IMEI proof required.
>
>
> Any turkish network, or just that one? What a daft setup. How hard is
> it to forget a receipt? It will only inconvenience users: the
> organised thieves will ship forged receipts with the stolen handsets.
>
Yep all networks.
Just emailed friends in Turkey who are using foreign phones and no one
really knows whats happening!!!!!
- 01-16-2006, 04:07 PM #9DeeBeeGuest
Re: Motorola C139 - how to turn off key tones???
Shran wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:09:26 GMT, DeeBee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Also, if bought via CPW website, in theory the allow you trade in an old
>>working phone, manual and charger for up to £10!!!
>
>
> I'm afraid that when you buy on-line they don't send you a trade-in
> jiffy bag. Apparently someone rang them up and were told that even
> though it said so on the web page they wouldn't do a trade in on this
> model as they would lose money.
>
> Still, agree that it an excellent little mobile for £10. The text
> entry thing is so typically Motorola. Good attention to RF performance
> but a very poor user interface.
>
Yep, at the end of the day for a cheap, almost throw away phone, you
can't go far wrong.
Infact I used mine today as my business phone and the RF / audio is very
good.
Infact with a little tweakinmg of the MyMenu its almost useable on a
daily basis - and all for a tenner :-)
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