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    email message does not work on V600

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Does anybody know why I could not send an email message from V600 phone. I have no problem to send a text message. I called tech support yesterday, I was told that I can only send a text message from my phone, which I didn't believe it.(...
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    Which is it Cingular?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) So how long will it take to integrate AT&T Wireless, make ATTWS network fully available to Cingular customers, allow Mobile to Mobile calling between systems, and have all customers on 1 billing system...
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    Best phone for the $$ is ___? Moto V-400 or LG1400

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I'm about to upgrade to a new GSM phone/plan and can't decide between these two -- OR something else you may suggest. I've been a long-time Nokia user and have become accustom to their 'block' style but am considering the clamshell...
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    Motorola VoiceMail Won't Answer

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I have a Motorola v400 phone from Cingular. The voice mail doesn't answer when someone calls. It just rings and rings. Is there a setting, either with my account or the phone itself, that I have to activate? I have gone through the...
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    ATTWS Customers can get Rollover minutes; more

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) It's on the website: Cingular is the only company to offer Rollover allowing you to carry over your unused, accumulated Anytime Minutes from month to month. You can carry over unused Anytime Minutes for up to 12 billing periods...
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    Tracfone GSM

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Anyone know if the Tracfone GSM phone that they are offering is locked to a Tracfone SIM? In my area, Tracfone uses Cingular as their "partner" for both their TDMA and their GSM phones. My reason for asking is that I'm looking for a...
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    Help: L1200 phone

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Hi, I am looking for PC Sync. Where can I find it? tia
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    V400 Problem

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I have a Motorola V400 and the "end" key has quit working. I have been a Cingular customer since 6/2004 and I didn't buy the phone insurance. I plan on stopping at my local Cingular store tomorrow. Am I in for a fight in order to get a...
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    Need help using cell phone as a modem please...

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Has anyone successfully been able to connect a laptop via blootooth or infrared to their cell phone and access the Internet using Cingular Connection Manager? I do not have their data services package, I only have their Media Works...
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    Porting Mess

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Two numbers being ported from ATT to Cingular. Both on same account at ATT and will be on same person's account on Cingular. Two v400 phones. One went OK, took over night (maybe because it was Sunday). ATT phone stopped working and one...
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    GSM phone compatibility source?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Hello: Looking at getting Circular's GSM service but I'm not happy with the tiny phones they and all the others offer, having an 8 year old Motorola analog flip phone (yes, still) as my backup service. However, I need to know that the...
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    Ording and Billing screwups

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I'm a new Cingular customer and don't feel like things have gotten off on a good beginning. Everything Cingular has done so far has gotten screwed up. I ordered 3 phones online using the Cingular web site. I specified the Nation 850...
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    V220 phone pictures

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Just got a V220 and am playing with it. Use a camera to document my work. Have just about got it all figured out, despite directions. However they say you can put a photo, picture or animation as wallpaper. I have downloaded a GIF...
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    Cell Phone Photos

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular,alt.cellular.attws,alt.cellular.cingular,misc.consumers (More info?) Some of these look great! When did they start getting so good looking? http://www.wunderground.com/wximage/viewimages.html Alex
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    Any reason not to........?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Does anyone know of any reason why I should not get National Cingular service for mostly the New York/New Jersey metro area with frequent trips into the New England states and to the Atlantic coast of Florida while using a V400 phone?
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    Samsung e317

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Hi, I really like the Samsung e317 specs. Anyone try this phone? Opinion?
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    nokia 6820 or 6230 with media works?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Hello- I am very near purchasing one of these, unlocked, to use with my cingular acct and SIM card from my old phone (6340.) I have a good plan right now with cingular (no contract) and I'd like to add the media works with the new phone...
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    Atlanta 1900 mhz?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I lost my phone to a washing machine accident and just bought a phone off ebay with out checking this... the phone is tri-mode 900/1800/1900. Will this phone work in the Atl or did I buy a pretty brick? -- HarryKnutsac Failure is not...
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    Hmm, got gprs indicator on one phone and not on the other.

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Ok, I bought a new Sony T62u off Ebay and had it activated with a SIM I had already been using with another T62u. It had never been activated and was a snap to get it sending and receiving calls. I took the SIM out of my wife's Nokia...
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    Dang, another screwing by Cingular.

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I recently changed from my 500 minute GSM nation plan $39.99 with an additional line for $9.99 to a GAIT nation plan for $45 for 400 minutes and went to one phone on that plan since an additional line for a GAIT plan is $19.99 instead...
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    Treo 600 swap SIM from 6340i - need to register? It works...

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I got a used 600 from a friend and put my SIM in the phone and it worked. My plan supposedly doesn't "support" GSM but I made and recieved calls successfully. What are the pros and cons about using the phone (formerly same Cingular area...
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    Mot V400 SLV GSM ?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I have the above listed phone and would like to know if I can download pictures from my computer to the phone to use as wallpaper and also make my own ringtones without paying $2 +/- each to dwonload them from cingular right into my...
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    A Cingular Experience- Part One

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Wow! Talk about fun. Got a new phone last month from Cingular-- a Nokia with a nice screen, internet access, cool keys. In order to get it, I had to pay off a past due balance of $45 and I had a current balance of over $250. I wanted...
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    Nokia 6200 help

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I know this phone isn't the best...but it has AWESOME signal strength and good battery life. I have a couple of questions that maybe some one on here can answer. Is there a setting for the backlight time? It's on for like 5 seconds or...
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    Using Motorola v400 as modem

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Hi guys. I just got a Motorola v400 phone and I'm wondering what I will need to do to be able to connect to the internet using the cell phone as a dial-up modem if this is possible. I want to be able to use the laptop to check e-mail and...
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    Wireless Carriers Leave Many Callers in Dead Zone

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular,alt.cellular.attws,alt.cellular.verizon,alt.cellular (More info?) August 9, 2004 Wireless Carriers Leave Many Callers in Dead Zone Fancy Digital Handsets Come With Coverage Gaps In Busy Cities, Rural Areas By MARLON A. WALKER and JESSE DRUCKER...
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    Cingular doesn't want your money

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I went by the local office to pay my bill. They would not accept payment for my bill unless I paid a $2 fee. This was Cingular not Joe's Cellphone.
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    truesinc or phone tools?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Good day. I have a V60g and want to connect it to a laptop to use it as a modem. Which do I need, truesinc or phone tools. Also if I decided to use gprs again which software package will work best: truesinc or phonetools? Thanks. --...
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    "Cingular Extend" vs. roaming

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Hi all, This is an old problem but it bit me recently. I have true nationwide free roaming. Last month I made a couple calls in Michigan on the west shore of Lake Huron, about 10 miles north of Pt. Huron. The phone (I think) said...
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    FA: T720i cameraphone plus tons of extras ends soon

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular,alt.cellular.tech,alt.cellular.telephones,alt.cellular.verizon,alt.Cingular (More info?) Just wanted to let everyone know that I have changed carriers and they gave us new phones so we won't need this stuff. It's on ebay, of course. I had new housings...
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    Please help save phone list!

    Archived from groups: alt.cell-phone,alt.cell-phone.tech,alt.cellular.cingular,alt.cellular.motorola.t720,alt.cellular-phone-tech (More info?) My T720 phone (Cingular) was accidentally thoroughly soaked in water with detergent. I have taken out the battery, the SIMM card and been air drying it...
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    64 Megabyte Motorola phone early next year?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular,alt.cellular (More info?) Apple will bring iTunes to Motorola Cell phones. At 3 to 4 Megabytes per typical iTune, the 5 Megabytes of a v600 wouldnt go very far. http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/07/26/applemot/
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    Terminals

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Who makes the terminal equipment for cellphones? The RF equipment? The antennas? Thanks
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    SGH-P107; Samsung

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I hope I am not the only person why purchased this Samsung phone. Assuming that I am not, I wonder if anyone out there can help me. The Cingular web site does not recognize this phone as MMS compatable! Why? No explanation given. When...
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    New Phone

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) The two year plan with Cingular is now up. I also need a new phone - the Nokia is just not geting the job done anymore. I guess I could re-up with Cingular and get a new phone in the deal. But from what I've seen here, I understand...
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    FA: CellSocket 5161N - Use you cell phone as your home pho..

    Archived from groups: alt.cell-phone,alt.cellular.nokia,alt.cell-phone.tech,alt.cellular-phone-tech,alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) How would you like to stop paying your landline phone company and use your cell phones minutes on your home cordless or wired phone? Well you can this...
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    Cingular TDMA Phone in California. Only sporadically getti..

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) My sister with a Cingular TDMA phone is visiting me, and in most areas her Nokia phone has no signal. Nor is it switching to AMPS. OTOH, her son's AT&T TDMA phone is working fine in the same areas. Both are Nokia phones, and can't be...
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    NOKIA 6200 Gone!

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I noticed that Cingular has taken the 6200 off their list of available phones in MO & WI. It figures, that is the model I was thinking of switching to if I went GSM from GAIT. Was there an issue with that phone? Problems etc.? --...
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    Email on Cingular wireless

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Hello all, My first post as a new CW user. I just left SPCS after 8 years. Here are my questions. I was just told by tech support that the email feature on my Sony T637 is useless since CW dosen't support email on cell phones "yet". Is...
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    ? GMS Coverage in LA

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I currently have a TDMA phone and service. However, it is a changing world and services are "upgrading" and phones are too, but according to the maps in the central Louisiana area, the GSM market does not look favorable. Does anyone...
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    Nokia 3595 & E-Bay

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I think I just goofed up big time.... I purchased a phone on E-Bay to replace my lost cell phone. The phone is a Nokia 3595 through ATT&T I have Cingular. Will it work or did I just mess up? Thanks! Jean ­ ­
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    GSM Coverage at Disney World?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Anyone have any experience with Cingular GSM coverage at Disney World? Rumor is that coverage roaming with a Verizon phone is spotty. If roaming with a Cingular GSM phone is better, I'll lend my daughter my phone for her trip there next...
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    Call Waiting Problem

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Even though I have Call Waiting on my Cingular plan, when a second call comes in, I cannot answer it. Neither the "answer" nor the "swap" option is available. The clerk at the Cingular store doesn't have a clue. They tried to blame the...
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    SIM Switching?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Can you really just switch a SIM out of one phone into another SIM based phone of any make and start using the "new" phone (with Cingular GSM ? i.e. there's no tracking at all of the phone itself... everything is on the SIM? (Excluding...
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    Unlimited Data

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) There was a tread started on this some time ago. Is Cingular still offering unlimited data transfer for those on family plans? If they are it'd almost be worth it to cancel my current contract. Please advise. Thanks...
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    Cell phone in Basement

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Hey: As a photographer I work in my basement darkroom alot I would like to be able to pick up calls while down there, however I get no reception. Has anyone resloved a similar issue. TIA Gb. -- LF Website @...
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    Nokia 3395 Doesn't Have Call Waiting

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) My Cingular service has call waiting, and when I get a second call during a call, the phone indicates that a call is waiting. However, when I press "Options", no "Swap" function is available. Why not? The Cingular No-Service reps say the...
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    Cingular gives you 15 days to figure out if you have good ..

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I bought the phone with my 2 year contract and the V 400 does not have good signal in my house despite a claim by singular that there is a tower 2 miles away. On the invoice for the phone I bought it says I can return the phone only if...
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    Friend not getting acceptable coverage

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I have a friend who is moving and is having trouble with her Samsung X427. Cingular has told her the area she's moving to has "very weak" GSM coverage. Does Cingular operate anything other than GSM in upstate South Carolina? Is there a...
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    Cingular EDGE...

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) What phones either in use now or to be released shortly, would combine the features of the V600 (ie. bluetooth, quad-band, etc...not necessarily a camera) with EDGE?? JP ATL, GA
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    Travel in Europe

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I have a Nokia 3100 (world phone), and my wife is traveling to Europe next week. How are these calls billed? Let's do a cost/benefit analysis! I suspect that a phone card would be the best bet, but I can't find out (don't want to spend...
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    serial port vs. USB?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular,alt.cellular.cingular,alt.cellular.ericsson,alt.cellular.motorola,alt.cellular.nokia (More info?) The connector, used to upload and download names and numbers, on the few cell phones I've been able to test, use PC serial port methodology, and require a wire...
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    Samsung Phones ?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I've been looking at phones lately (re: my motorola post here). Are Samsung phones bad ? I've had a couple of people tell me that the reception was poor. They are nice and compact, but are they any good ? Thanks,
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    Donate used cell phone for soldiers

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular,alt.cellular.cingular,alt.cellular.attws (More info?) Our Mission Cell Phones for Soldiers was created by two teenagers, 13 year old Brittany Bergquist and her brother, 12 year old Robbie Bergquist of Norwell Massachusetts. After reading a story about a...
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    Nokia 3595

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Anyone use the Nokia 3595. You can get it free right now. Just wonder if it is a good phone to use. Thanks..
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    GSM echos getting worse?

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I've had "some" echos on my GAIT plan 6340i's ever since the GSM system went live in DFW but in the last few weeks it has gotten much worse. At least 2/3 of the calls now have echos varing from minor to basically full volume echos of...
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    coverage in S.E. Michigan

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I am considering switching from ATTWS to either T-mobile or Cingular. How is the coverage in downtown Ann Arbor? Is it possible to port fro ATTWS to TMO or cingular prepaid so I can try out before a year long contract? Thanks in advance
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    Best Accessory I ever bought

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.sprintpcs,alt.cellular,alt.cellular.attws,alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) Works for any phone. Allows use of your car charger with AC current. Especially helpful when travelling if your phone came with bulky/heavy DeskTop charger. I bought one a couple of...
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    Progress on Picture Mail interoperability.

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.sprintpcs,alt.cellular,alt.cellular.attws,alt.cellular.cingular,alt.cellular.verizon (More info?) The Industry is working on making it possible for picture mail from any carriers phone to be sent to the phone of any other carriers phone. Currently for...
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    Cingular's new GSM network upgrade....

    Archived from groups: alt.cellular.cingular (More info?) I'm a Cingular customer in the San Francisco bay area. Where Cingular has recently changed over their GSM network from 1900Mhz to a mixture of 850Mhz and 1900Mhz. Cingular no longer supports my Ericsson T28 World phone as it is 1900Mhz...