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ajax · Jun 10, 2004

Older Nokias like the 5110, 6110, 6150 and 6210 and 3210 I think have this menu. Its just not enabled normally. If you've got a data cable for this phone, download Logomanager or Oxygen Phone Manager and simply activate it. The menu is on the phone, there's just one "flag" that needs to be set on the EEPROM to make it active.

When I got my 5110 years ago, data cables were still scarce, so I desoldered my EEPROM from the phone and reprogrammed it in a chip programmer at varsity (from instructions from certain Russian sites of course!). It was scary, but it worked! [

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Anyway, Nokia stopped putting the menu on their phones cause the networks were complaining that the customers knew too much about the network. From the 6310 and onwards it can only be loaded at the factory. There are other makes that also have it (or had it), but I don't know much about them.

Ajax

Prescription · Jun 10, 2004

Not actually, one is still able to load net monitor software on Symbian based phones like the 7650. Certain firmware packages on the phones support releases of Net monitor software available around the net.

Alcatels for instance just require a simple code to activate net monitor.

Host Online · Jun 10, 2004

Great! this will be good, more competition is always good!

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slumley · Jun 23, 2004

So anyone heard about the BIG announcement MTN were going to release today about there wireless solutions?

http://www.mtn.co.za/home/news/doNews.asp?item=237

swordfish · Jun 24, 2004

Well,

This MTN announcement reveals nothing more than what we know already!
Are they going to offer an alternative to MyWireless or not???
If yes, when???

MyDraadloos · Jun 24, 2004

The Nokia Netmonitor has loads of usefull information, about the nework.

Have had it on my Nokia's since 5110 ..... or was that 6110 ?

You can even lock onto specific cell ...... which would be a great feature for MyWireless !!!!! [}

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Package :256
Tower :36 Bedfordview
Signal : 11
S-N-L : 4
BER : 28%
Antenna : Patch - Batenna
Speedtest (Rodent): 138.6
Speedtest (int) : 79.2
Time of Test :20:02
Comments : Dang !

Pass the whiskey please! I need to dunk my Pringles ....

Jerrek · Jun 25, 2004

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dbnnet
 You have to be kidding!!!
There are more analogue cell phones in the USA than anywhere
else. It's in Japan where you will find the more advanced
technology (DoCoMo)

Bay of Plenty: Signal 46% - SNL 17 - ber 71%

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I'm calling bull**** on this one. All the major networks have digital services. If you're on one of the CDMA 1x networks (Sprint, Bell, Telus, etc.), you're on the fastest digital network in the world next to Japan and South Korea.

Jerrek · Jun 25, 2004

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Karnaugh
 WTF? Our cell technology is about 100 times better than USA.. my word..
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<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dbnnet
 1. Karnaugh, yes that’s 100% true. They are still living with dropped
calls and poor quality similar to our early days of cellular in SA.
(Though GSM is slowly becoming available in almost all the major
centers there - Thank heavens for our Tri-Band hardware!)[

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I'm calling bull **** on this too. I would like a citation and a source where you got your information from on "dropped calls and poor quality." Now. I'm on a CDMA 1X digital network and it can do what GSM can't do: hand off calls between cells. I can drive from here to Montreal without dropping a call. In fact, I can drive to New York city without dropping a call. The call will be handed off not only between towers, but also between different NETWORKS in different COUNTRIES.

If your technology is about 100 times better, then why:

greedyflyza: Why must it be like R50 a MB?

Because over here I get up to 144 Kbps (and in Toronto up to 600 Kbps) and there is no per MB charge (if you choose to pay by per minute you're connected via CDMA 1X). And the reason? The CDMA 1X network doesn't "hog" recourses. Data and voice are treated the same, hence, there need to be no per MB charge but only the time you're making the call.

Alternatively, you can choose to pay US$70 per month for unlimited usage of the 1X network. You can plug your cellphone into your laptop and surf at speeds 144 Kbps to 600 Kbps (up to 2.4 Mbps in San Diego and Washington, D.C. and more cities this summer), 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, downloading as many GBs as you want. Of course, $70 to us is a fortune.

ProAsm · Jun 25, 2004

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2004/0406241014.asp

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dbnnet · Jun 25, 2004

Jerrek...
1st of all USA is not Canada. If you read it again.. There is no reference
to Canada at all.
Believe it or not South Africans DO travel to the USA
DO use their cellular network.. and CAN compare their
service to ours.
The GSM technology is certainly better than
most offering I've seen in the USA!

Bay of Plenty: Signal 48% - SNL 17 - ber 71%

Jerrek · Jun 25, 2004

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dbnnet
 Jerrek...
1st of all USA is not Canada. If you read it again.. There is no reference
to Canada at all.
Believe it or not South Africans DO travel to the USA
DO use their cellular network.. and CAN compare their
service to ours.
The GSM technology is certainly better than
most offering I've seen in the USA!

Bay of Plenty: Signal 48% - SNL 17 - ber 71%

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Actually, in the case of telecommunications, the United States IS Canada and Canada IS the United States. We even share the same country code, the same numbering plan (NANP), and the same regulatory bodies.

The companies in Canada are just partners with the companies in the United States. For example, Rogers Wireless is AT&T Wireless. Bell Mobility is partnered with Verizon. What goes for one country goes for another. So your point that you're not referring to Canada is pointless and moot.

I would like to have references and examples of these "cases." It would sure help.

And in case you didn't notice, I was comparing our CDMA network which is light years ahead of any GSM network anywhere in the world, except perhaps the almost-defunct DoCoMo of Japan due to KDDI's aggressive rollout of CDMA EV-DO which pwns W-CDMA.

Lastly, does your statement

"The GSM technology is certainly better than
most offering I've seen in the USA!"

refer to our GSM networks or all our networks? Because if it is the former, I may be able to see your case and point in certain regions of the 20 million odd square kilometers of country we have here, but if it is the latter then you're just being ignorant.

Jerrek · Jun 25, 2004

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ProAsm
 http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2004/0406241014.asp

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Compared to most of the United States and Canada where EDGE is readily available already (if you're on a GSM plan)...

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