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Dan - 05 May 2005 10:31 GMT

I bought a brand new unclocked t-moble Nokia 3595 on ebay. Everything seems
to work and work well except I don't know how to change the settings to
connect to the media on cingular. When I press the i button to connect to
the internet using GPRS I get an error trying to connect to T-mobiles
t-zones or something like that.

Is there a way I can change this? I have checked all the settings and have
not found a way. The box it came in said T-Moble to Go. I think it was made
for pre-paid service but I'm not using pre-paid. I don't know if that has
anything to do with it or not.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Dan

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Mike S. - 05 May 2005 12:57 GMT

>I bought a brand new unclocked t-moble Nokia 3595 on ebay. Everything seems
>to work and work well except I don't know how to change the settings to
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>for pre-paid service but I'm not using pre-paid. I don't know if that has
>anything to do with it or not.

Menu ---> Services ---> Settings ---> Connection Settings ---> Edit Active
Service Settings.

T-Mobile has been known to disable browser setup menus in their phones. If
that's the case, an over-the-air browser setup can be initiated from the
support section of the Cingular web site. The phone might accept those
even if the menu is absent.

http://www.cingular.com/customer_service/self_care_gui

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Jack Zwick - 05 May 2005 13:26 GMT

> >I bought a brand new unclocked t-moble Nokia 3595 on ebay. Everything seems
> >to work and work well except I don't know how to change the settings to
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> http://www.cingular.com/customer_service/self_care_gui

STRANGE, If I go to that menu, it first asks for phone manufacturer, and
then you are to select model, HOWEVER, regardless of manufacturer input,
no phone models are shown.

Might be a useful feature if it worked.

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Mike S. - 05 May 2005 16:55 GMT

Oh, one other thing. T-Mobile also has disabled the GSM850 band on some of
their phones. If you intend to use a T-Mobile branded phone on Cingular,
you might run into some coverage problems if this affects your phone.

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ja - 05 May 2005 19:59 GMT

Ah-ha!

This is the problem that I am having with my Nokia 6610 that I am trying to
use with Cingular. The coverage is spotty.

Is there any way to enable the GSM850 band on these phones with a code or
firmware hack or something?

James

> Oh, one other thing. T-Mobile also has disabled the GSM850 band on some of
> their phones. If you intend to use a T-Mobile branded phone on Cingular,
> you might run into some coverage problems if this affects your phone.

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Phil Lewis - 06 May 2005 01:44 GMT

The 6610 does not support 850. Only 900/1800/1900

> Ah-ha!
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>> their phones. If you intend to use a T-Mobile branded phone on Cingular,
>> you might run into some coverage problems if this affects your phone.

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