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How to see if im using Cingular or ATT Towers
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Posted by: henrich

I recently switched to cingular with a MPx220, and while my friends V220 shows the different towers by switching from Cingular to AT&T Wireless, the MPx220 always says Cingular. Is there any magic that can be done to have it show which network its actually using? Thanks!

Posted by: martin4058

Yes but you have to edit the registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/RIL/OperatorNames

Click Values

Menu - New Value - String
Value Name=310380
Value Data=AT&T

Posted by: chopsu3i

on ur phone type:

*#**364# SEND

then hit options > RR > Cell Information > Service Cell Info > scroll all the way down and u should see mcc=___ , mnc=___. if its 310-380 then ur sitting on an attws tower. if its something else ur on cingular or tmobile. i dont know cingular and tmobile's mnc's but u can figure that out on ur own.

Posted by: Omega2008

Chopsu3i,

I never knew that there was an engineering mode on this phone, are there any other modes of this phone that could be useful??

Posted by: henrich

Thanks for the info! Thats exactly what I was looking for.

Posted by: henrich

I tried this, assigning a name for my default cell, and it doesnt
seem to alter any of the displays? It still always says Cingular? Do you have to do anything to have the registry re-read other than a soft power cycle?

Posted by: martin4058

Here is quite a long topic about registry hacks for Cingular/AT&T network selection on the MPX220 which should help

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...rk+%2Bselection