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Audiovox 5600 Not locking on to Network
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Posted by: codeworks

Hello.

I got an unlocked Audiovox 5600 and am trying to setup my network preferences.

The networks it finds here in Milwaukee are '310410', or 'AT&T Wireless'. I am going to go out on a limb and guess that 310410 is Cingulars 850Mhz network? And the AT&T is the 1900 network?

I seem to get MUCH better signal quality when I manually select AT&T over the 310410, but after about 10 minutes or so, it switches back over to 310410. I turned automatic network selection off, even removed the 310410 as one of the 'preferred networks' that it searches through, but it always come back up.

Anyone run in to this? Anyway to lock a network?

Thanks for your help.

Posted by: audiovoxx

its the sim card going back "home" so in reality you cant lock it to a network..... it happens to me too.... so just plain old bad luck but with the whole network integration soon you wont have to be switching netowrks.

Posted by: JBHorner

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Originally Posted by audiovoxx

its the sim card going back "home" so in reality you cant lock it to a network..... it happens to me too.... so just plain old bad luck but with the whole network integration soon you wont have to be switching netowrks.

I believe it's actually in the SMT5600. I have three handsets. Two Motorola handsets, and the SMT. After a LOT of grief, I was finally able to get Cingular to put me back on the 31017 network (Orange) here in California--after having LOUSY results with 310380. Instead of locking on to 310380 as they had in the past, they now go to 31017.

With the SMT, however, they always start off on 31017, but revert to 310380. The 310380 was the prior AT&T network here. (Blue) I believe there is something in the handset that tells it to prefer the Blue, but I cannot find out what.

It's a pitty, as it negates my ability to use the handset. The SMT's RF capabilities pale in comparison to the Motos I have.

Joel

Posted by: I have a phone

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Originally Posted by JBHorner

The SMT's RF capabilities pale in comparison to the Motos I have.

that's humorous enough to almost quote

Posted by: CeluGeek

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Originally Posted by I have a phone

that's humorous enough to almost quote

I have both the MPx220 and the SMT5600 and reception quality on the 5600 seems a tad lower.