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Posted by Steffo on September 24, 2007, 2:56 pm
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Hello.
Does anyone know how many bands are in the HP iPAQ 6515?
I think there are 4: if so, does it switch automatically to the good one?
Cheers,
Steffo
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Posted by Todd Allcock on September 24, 2007, 7:07 pm
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At 24 Sep 2007 20:56:29 +0200 Steffo wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Does anyone know how many bands are in the HP iPAQ 6515?
> I think there are 4: if so, does it switch automatically to the
good one?
There really isn't a "good one." For starters, two of the bands are
for the Americas, and the other two are for Europe, Asia, Africa, etc.
Generally, then, your phone is only using two bands at any one time,
an will select a band based on what band your provider, or it's
roaming provider uses.
For example, here in the USA, I use T-Mobile, who is at 1900MHz. The
competiting GSM operator, AT&T, uses 850MHz. Even if 850 is the
"better band" where I am located, I can only get service at 1900! ;-)
Unless you travel to the Americas (or from them, if you're from the
Americas) the "extra" two bands in your phone will never be used.
--
"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003
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Posted by Steffo on September 25, 2007, 2:39 am
Please log in for more thread options Hi Todd, good morning.
I'm traveling to the States in about a month and I'd like to know how to
make my phone to use the local bands.
I've searched in the menu looking for that setup, but I couldn't find it.
In the past I had a Motorola v600 and there was an option to "change band"
manually: I'm wondering if the HP iPAQ 6515 has that too and I couldn't find
it, or it will change automatically when I land in the US.
Please let me know if you or anyone else in the group have experienced
traveling to "the other bands" and how to perform the change to the phone.
Also, what is the code you dial when calling a European number from the US?
Thanks for all you help and best regards,
Steffo
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Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 24 Sep 2007 20:56:29 +0200 Steffo wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> Does anyone know how many bands are in the HP iPAQ 6515?
>> I think there are 4: if so, does it switch automatically to the
> good one?
>
> There really isn't a "good one." For starters, two of the bands are
> for the Americas, and the other two are for Europe, Asia, Africa, etc.
>
> Generally, then, your phone is only using two bands at any one time,
> an will select a band based on what band your provider, or it's
> roaming provider uses.
>
> For example, here in the USA, I use T-Mobile, who is at 1900MHz. The
> competing GSM operator, AT&T, uses 850MHz. Even if 850 is the
> "better band" where I am located, I can only get service at 1900! ;-)
>
> Unless you travel to the Americas (or from them, if you're from the
> Americas) the "extra" two bands in your phone will never be used.
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Posted by Todd Allcock on September 25, 2007, 1:07 pm
Please log in for more thread options At 25 Sep 2007 08:39:10 +0200 Steffo wrote:
> Hi Todd, good morning.
>
> I'm traveling to the States in about a month and I'd like to know
how to
> make my phone to use the local bands.
> I've searched in the menu looking for that setup, but I couldn't
find it.
It's not there- you don't need to do anything. Get off the plane,
turn on the HP, and it'll "sniff the air" and register on whatever
available network your home operator allows it roam on.
> In the past I had a Motorola v600 and there was an option to
"change band"
> manually: I'm wondering if the HP iPAQ 6515 has that too and I
couldn't find
> it, or it will change automatically when I land in the US.
It's all automatic.
> Please let me know if you or anyone else in the group have
experienced
> traveling to "the other bands" and how to perform the change to the
phone.
> Also, what is the code you dial when calling a European number from
the US?
Just use the "+" and Country code like you would anywhere else.
> Thanks for all you help and best regards,
Enjoy the trip and watch out for those roaming charges! ;-)
--
"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003
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Posted by Steffo on September 26, 2007, 5:15 am
Please log in for more thread options Thank you very much!
Steffo
Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 25 Sep 2007 08:39:10 +0200 Steffo wrote:
>> Hi Todd, good morning.
>>
>> I'm traveling to the States in about a month and I'd like to know
>> how to make my phone to use the local bands.
>> I've searched in the menu looking for that setup, but I couldn't
>> find it.
>
>
> It's not there- you don't need to do anything. Get off the plane,
> turn on the HP, and it'll "sniff the air" and register on whatever
> available network your home operator allows it roam on.
>
>> In the past I had a Motorola v600 and there was an option to "change
>> band" manually: I'm wondering if the HP iPAQ 6515 has that too and I
>> couldn't find it, or it will change automatically when I land in the
>> US.
>
>
> It's all automatic.
>
>> Please let me know if you or anyone else in the group have
>> experienced traveling to "the other bands" and how to perform the
>> change to the phone. Also, what is the code you dial when calling a
>> European number from the US?
>
>
> Just use the "+" and Country code like you would anywhere else.
>
>> Thanks for all you help and best regards,
>
>
> Enjoy the trip and watch out for those roaming charges! ;-)
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