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roger1
06-08-2002, 07:57 PM
Hi folks,

The 6160 works in three bands: TDMA 1900MHz PCS, TDMA 800MHz Cellular, Analog AMPS.

I want to disable switching into the 1900MHz PCS band, so that the phone works only in 800MHz TDMA and AMPS.

Does anyone know how to do this? All suggestions gratefully received.

Roger1

phonedudes
06-08-2002, 11:27 PM
You would need a program like NokSoc - Nok Svc Soft to
'UNLOCK' the band order as well as rewrite it.
If you have Wintesla you could rewrite/replace the band order, however only the 'unlocked' portion.

Not sure why you would be concerned w/disabling the 1900mhz
band since it is ONLY TDMA 1900 and only a handful of areas use it. However if you did go into one of those areas the phone will NOT get svc in Analog it will go into NO SVC.

Phonedudes :) :)

roger1
08-08-2002, 12:53 AM
Thanks for the prompt reply. It sounds a lot more complex than I was hoping it would be.

The reason for the request is that we have some external software that was specially written for 6120's, which no-one is willing to connect because they are so old. The thinking was to try to use 6160's to look like 6120's by turning off the switching to the PCS band, but it looks like reprogamming the 6160 is more complex than changing the external software (which at least we understand!).

But it was a nice idea while it lasted.

Thanks again for your kind help and prompt response.

Roger1

phonedudes
08-08-2002, 06:26 AM
Just like anything with all the right stuff its really NOT that complex.

Curious about your application, can you be a little more specific?

Appearence is all relative to of course what is being looked for. To appear like a 6120 is really more than disabling the 1900mhz. Although without knowing your application dont understand why 1900mhz even matters since depending where 'the phone is being used' like we stated before will be on 800mhz anyway.
Almost all OTA and BUS commands are the same.

Funny thing about your statement 'They wont connect 6120's because they are so old' is that like you know the ONLY difference between the 2 is the 1900mhz. Any 1900mhz Tdma markets (probably <5) is being replaced w/1900mhz w/GSM so the reason for the xx60's is Pointless now!
So there is NO reason they shouldnt connect a 6120, but of course its for Politcal reasons NOT Technical.

roger1
08-08-2002, 07:51 PM
We have some in-house special software which tracks a phone as part of a larger application. It was written for 800/AMPS, and when the phone switches to 1900, the track is lost. None of our local carriers will connect a 6120 - as you say, they probably could if they really wanted to, but they don't.

Anyway, the best solution now is to change our software to work with 1900. I was hoping to avoid that, but there we are. We could invest the same effort in learning how to reprogram the phone, but that isn't a skill we are likely to need again, so we're better off updating our stuff

Thanks again for your help.

Roger1

ismael_mj23
20-08-2002, 03:44 PM
Use wintesla and :

1- read the phone
2- go into the dealer menu
3- select intelligent roaming database
4-read the irdb
5- change the band search
6- write the phone.



EASY and NOTHING expensive


Ismael

sonicdeejay
22-08-2002, 05:32 AM
Originally posted by ismael_mj23
Use wintesla and :

1- read the phone
2- go into the dealer menu
3- select intelligent roaming database
4-read the irdb
5- change the band search
6- write the phone.



EASY and NOTHING expensive


Ismael

where can i D/L that software???

ismael_mj23
27-08-2002, 03:49 PM
Search the net for WINTESLA and its crack. You will also need a cracked version of the dll, I think that the 1.5 version of the nscw dll can help you, but only in older phones, it does not work in modifying the irdb of newer version phones.


Ismael

sonicdeejay
29-08-2002, 05:37 PM
thanks..how about writing an ESN number to it??any software??:)

ismael_mj23
29-08-2002, 05:59 PM
For that matter, just search this forum and you will find out that everybody is looking for that, sorry.


Ismael