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INNO 55 reception problem?
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Posted by: tokhmeh

i just got the inno 55 phone, and im having some problems with the reception, and i wanna know if anyone else is having the same problems. i use att service, and as far as i know they use 850/1900. and this phone is a 900/1800/1900. and i get very little reception compared to a phone that att sells. is it because i am only picking up one of the bands? and i also heard that 850 mhz band penetrates indoors better than the 1900 band, is that true too?
please help me clear up this problem...im dying

Posted by: n3985

True that the 55 can only pickup 1900 which would explain your rf issue. Your fix would be getting a 850/1900 phone.

Posted by: o2sys

i have the inno 55 with TMO in NYC and this phone has pretty good reception...and to me the best RF phone i had was the NOKIA 3650 and this one is clsoe enough to it....

Posted by: phrozenphury

i got pretty good rf on my inno 55 too

Posted by: tokhmeh

how could it be...i mean when i take the phone outside i get full reception, but anywhere indoors i get nothing. i think its cause of 2 reasons. 1 because it doesn have 850 mhz, and its only running on one of the bands. 2. i heard 850 mhz penetrates indoors better than the 1900 does. now i dont know if that is true with wall penetration, but thats what i heard. so i am deciding to sell the phone. i dunno. i REALLLY like the phone, but if i can get the reception fixed i would keep it.

you think if i take it to chinatown they can fix teh reception problem somehow?

Posted by: phrozenphury

nope
the inno isnt capable of having 850

Posted by: undgrnd

getting a firmware upgrade would be your best bet
or just sell the phone and get an 850 mhz phone

Posted by: ant-dizzle

The bands the phone picks up is hardware determined; a firmware update would do nothing for you as far as I know. My solution for he lack of 850 support on my 90 is picking up a cheap, backup, used 850 compatible phone off eBay or something for use in areas where I know my 90 has bad reception (essentially, anywhere Cingular works and AT&T doesn't, like an area in New York I frequent).