New Sanyo 4900 software update available

In case anyone's interested the new version is 1.059SP. I don't know
what it adds/fixes yet.

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[posted via phonescoop.com]

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Better it's not designed to stop you using it as an external modem.

-xinlian

"Larry Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In case anyone's interested the new version is 1.059SP. I don't know
> what it adds/fixes yet.
>
> --
> -Larry
> Sprint user since 1997

In article <[email protected]>,
"daye" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Better it's not designed to stop you using it as an external modem.

If no one is saying what the new firmware does, then there's a greater
than zero chance it locks out modem functionality.

P Reality <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "daye" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Better it's not designed to stop you using it as an external modem.
>
> If no one is saying what the new firmware does, then there's a greater
> than zero chance it locks out modem functionality.

I doubt Sprint would release new firmware on a discontinued (or soon to
be discontinued) phone so they could lock out the modem functionality.
Why does everyone start to panic about that every time new firmware is
released? Have any of the firmware upgrades locked out the modem
functionality? I don't think so.

By the way I heard unofficially that the new 4900 update fixes a roaming
problem with the phone. That's all.

[posted via phonescoop.com]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Larry Thomas) wrote:

> By the way I heard unofficially that the new 4900 update fixes a roaming
> problem with the phone. That's all.

I thought that was controlled by the PRL ?

P Reality <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Larry Thomas) wrote:
>
> > By the way I heard unofficially that the new 4900 update fixes a roaming
> > problem with the phone. That's all.
>
> I thought that was controlled by the PRL ?

No not entirely. The PRL just gives the phone a list of systems to roam
on. The software in the phone can affect the way the phone will roam.
Apparently some 4900's were not able to roam at all or had poor roaming
signal performance due to a software bug.

[posted via phonescoop.com]

This could be a fix for the phone going into digital roam mode when in
fact it's not even capable of doing this. I've seen mine display
"Digital Roam" without actually being able to place a call while in
this mode. It might keep the phone from doing this.

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The 4900 is in fact capable of digital roaming in the 1900 Mhz band.
That does not necessarily mean that Sprint will have a roaming agreement
with that carrier though.

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-Larry
Sprint user since 1997



8notime <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
>
> This could be a fix for the phone going into digital roam mode when in
> fact it's not even capable of doing this. I've seen mine display
> "Digital Roam" without actually being able to place a call while in
> this mode. It might keep the phone from doing this.
>
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> Posted at SprintUsers.com - Your place for everything Sprint PCS
> Free wireless access @ www.SprintUsers.com/wap
>

[posted via phonescoop.com]

Larry Thomas wrote:
> *The 4900 is in fact capable of digital roaming in the 1900 Mhz
> band.
> That does not necessarily mean that Sprint will have a roaming
> agreement
> with that carrier though.
>
> --
> -Larry
> Sprint user since 1997*

Doh... forgot about that. Good point. I wonder who it would have roamed
on then in Seattle? Must have been Quest (amy 4900 is an add-a-phone as
a backup)

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HiTach wrote:
>
> How are software upgrades done for this phone:
>
> In-store only
>
> Or
>
> Over the air?

Typically, PRLs are updated over-the-air, while software
updates are an in-store process.

Larry

How are software upgrades done for this phone:

In-store only

Or

Over the air?

Thanks

"Larry Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In case anyone's interested the new version is 1.059SP. I don't know
> what it adds/fixes yet.
>
> --
> -Larry
> Sprint user since 1997
>
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]

In article <[email protected]>,
"HiTach" <[email protected]> wrote:

> How are software upgrades done for this phone:
>
> In-store only
>
> Or
>
> Over the air?
>
> Thanks


Firmware is store only, except for Palm Phones,
PRL can be over the air or in the store.

P Reality wrote:

> Firmware is store only, except for Palm Phones,
> PRL can be over the air or in the store.

Just a minor detail: Palm phones get *phone* firmware updates in a store.
Those phones that can update the Palm OS (and, actually, I'm not sure any of
ours do), can be done just like any other Palm OS PDA.
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