Siemens S56 won't work on Cingular?

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Jonathan - 29 Dec 2004 15:05 GMT

Hi,
I bought an S56 from AT&T Wireless off my buddy who recently went to
another carrier. I tried to activate the S56 at my local Cingular
store, and they say it won't work. Although I didn't see him do it, the
asst. manager walked said he tried putting a Cingular SIM card in the
S56 and it couldn't find the Cingular network.

Does the S56 really not work on the Cingular network? If so, why? Is
it missing a GSM frequency that Cingular uses?

If this is true, then I can only activate the S56 on an AT&T plan and
won't be able to take advantage of the combined AT&T/Cingular GSM
networks. I guess I was naively believing the AT&T/Cingular marketing
hype that claims their networks were converged.

thanks,
Jonathan

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Fester - 29 Dec 2004 17:08 GMT

Yes it will but it needs to be UNLOCKED its easy and can be done by you or
someone from here can for a small price
http://www.howardforums.com/

I have gone here and gotten things that helped me to unlock a phone or 2
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/forumdisplay.php?f=5

I use a T-Mobile Moto V66 on Cingular

> Hi,
> I bought an S56 from AT&T Wireless off my buddy who recently went to
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> thanks,
> Jonathan

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John Navas - 29 Dec 2004 18:02 GMT

>I bought an S56 from AT&T Wireless off my buddy who recently went to
>another carrier. I tried to activate the S56 at my local Cingular
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>Does the S56 really not work on the Cingular network? If so, why? Is
>it missing a GSM frequency that Cingular uses?

It's probably locked to ATTWS.

>If this is true, then I can only activate the S56 on an AT&T plan

True, and better hurry, because those plans reportedly go away on Jan 1.

>and
>won't be able to take advantage of the combined AT&T/Cingular GSM
>networks.

False. ATTWS subscribers have free roaming on Cingular.

>I guess I was naively believing the AT&T/Cingular marketing
>hype that claims their networks were converged.

They are: reciprocal free roaming.

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Jonathan - 29 Dec 2004 21:12 GMT

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> They are: reciprocal free roaming.

Ok thanks for setting me straight. I managed to forget that the whole
"locking" issue would still be applicable.

thanks,
Jonathan

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