"flashing" A Tri-band Into A Quad-band?

unlocked · 01-06-2006, 17:29

This forum always comes through! Thanks to Triband81 I'm satisfied this phone CAN be flashed to add 850. Looks like at least on earlier models the phone's processor was capable of quadband but for whatever reason Motorola shipped them as tribands (850/1800/1900 to North America, 900/1800/1900 to everwhere else).

That leaves the question of whether in fact it has been flashed, and I'm not comfortable activating and poking around the Field Engineering Menu.

But, I've become reasonably happy since if I dig down through a few menus on the phone "Quad-Band GSM" displays (Settings-Phone Status-Other Information-Technology).

Also, if I look under Settings-Network-Network Setup-Band I see I can choose Automatic, 850/1900, or 900/1800.

That's enough to bring my bloodpressure back to normal.

Thanks to all.

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unlocked (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 77 Join Date: 01 Apr 2004 Location: North Carolina Country:	01-06-2006, 17:29 This forum always comes through! Thanks to Triband81 I'm satisfied this phone CAN be flashed to add 850. Looks like at least on earlier models the phone's processor was capable of quadband but for whatever reason Motorola shipped them as tribands (850/1800/1900 to North America, 900/1800/1900 to everwhere else). That leaves the question of whether in fact it has been flashed, and I'm not comfortable activating and poking around the Field Engineering Menu. But, I've become reasonably happy since if I dig down through a few menus on the phone "Quad-Band GSM" displays (Settings-Phone Status-Other Information-Technology). Also, if I look under Settings-Network-Network Setup-Band I see I can choose Automatic, 850/1900, or 900/1800. That's enough to bring my bloodpressure back to normal. Thanks to all.