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- 06-09-2004, 04:46 PM #16Gloria & GuidoGuest
Re: PRL 10024 coming soon
I haven't viewed this ng in the last couple of years. Good to see
that Bob is still around. I'm still with SPCS and generally happy.
Customer service has improved tremendously since my old rants.
Now to my questions:
I travelled from the San Francisco Bay Area up into Mendocino County.
I ended up roaming on U.S. Celluar while in Fort Bragg, CA. What I
found odd was that my clock never stopped functioning in Analog Roam.
My wife's phone (same model, same firmware, same PRL) did not do the
same. Her phone was typical for analog roaming--no clock function.
Why did mine work?
I also upgraded to PRL 10024 from PRL10018. Am I understanding this
correctly? Even if I force my handset into Analog Only, the new
digital priorities will force my phone onto the preferred digital
roaming? I tested this, and continued to see the "Analog" flag. A
test call sounded more like digital than analog, but I'm not sure.
Thanks,
Guido & Gloria
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- 06-09-2004, 05:14 PM #17Bob SmithGuest
Re: PRL 10024 coming soon
"Gloria & Guido" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I haven't viewed this ng in the last couple of years. Good to see
> that Bob is still around. I'm still with SPCS and generally happy.
> Customer service has improved tremendously since my old rants.
Welcome back Guido ... .
>
> Now to my questions:
>
> I travelled from the San Francisco Bay Area up into Mendocino County.
> I ended up roaming on U.S. Celluar while in Fort Bragg, CA. What I
> found odd was that my clock never stopped functioning in Analog Roam.
> My wife's phone (same model, same firmware, same PRL) did not do the
> same. Her phone was typical for analog roaming--no clock function.
> Why did mine work?
Don't know why your phone would keep time while under analog. Which phone
models do you and the wifey have? Also are these dual mode or tri mode?
>
> I also upgraded to PRL 10024 from PRL10018. Am I understanding this
> correctly? Even if I force my handset into Analog Only, the new
> digital priorities will force my phone onto the preferred digital
> roaming? I tested this, and continued to see the "Analog" flag. A
> test call sounded more like digital than analog, but I'm not sure.
>
> Thanks,
> Guido & Gloria
What the PRL does, is tell the phone which system to use when out of SPCS's
coverage area, while under Automatic or Analog. I don't see why or how the
phone would switch to digital if you have selected analog only.
Bob
- 06-09-2004, 06:38 PM #18
It's quite normal for phones to keep the time when in analog (assuming it had a Sprint signal first and wasn't power cycled while in roaming mode). They have a memory function that keeps the time going until you turn it off. If you turn it off when in analog mode and then back on and it finds analog once again you will no longer have the time stored in memory. At least this is how it works on some Sprint phones.
Sprint user since 1997
- 06-09-2004, 07:58 PM #19Tom GrelingerGuest
Re: PRL 10024 coming soon
For the A460, it will keep time even when switching to an analog network.
What I did find interesting was that when roaming near Mackinaw City, MI,
that after turning on the phone, it would always show me roaming with
analog, but it seemed to be able to still find the itme after 30-60 seconds.
The A460 is a tri-mode phone; my hypothesis is that even if the PRL favored
analog, it would listen for any digital signal and update the clock
accordingly.
Tom
"larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> It's quite normal for phones to keep the time when in analog (assuming
> it had a Sprint signal first and wasn't power cycled while in roaming
> mode). They have a memory function that keeps the time going until you
> turn it off. If you turn it off when in analog mode and then back on
> and it finds analog once again you will no longer have the time stored
> in memory. At least this is how it works on some Sprint phones.
>
>
> --
> larry
>
> Sprint user since 1997
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