Does forced CDMA cover all digital?

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On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 02:13:30 GMT, "Steve B" <netuser49@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>[LG4400, version 11, latest PRL]
>
>Over the weekend, I found that while out of town, I was able to receive a
>better signal on my LG4400 when I forced CDMA, versus allowing the phone to
>choose. (Yes, sometimes it would choose Analog.) My question is this, does
>"CDMA" all the bands that digital carriers use -- including PCS and
>cellular?

As I understand it, yes. If you force "cell", it would stick to the
800 MHz CDMA frequencies. If you force "PCS", it would do the
opposite and only search in the 1900 MHz PCS bands.

I've noticed the 4400 tends to hang onto a strong analog signal vs. a
weaker digital signal at times...if I'm driving around and it does
this, a force to CDMA (800/1900) usually clears it up immediately,
even if I go back to automatic afterwards.

Mike

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"CDMA only"...


"Steve B" <netuser49@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:wIiPc.6618$Jp6.516@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> "Mike" <inundated9@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:05brg0lsht4329j1jlhnrh745km3nrohfv@4ax.com...
> > On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 02:13:30 GMT, "Steve B" <netuser49@hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > As I understand it, yes. If you force "cell", it would stick to the
> > 800 MHz CDMA frequencies. If you force "PCS", it would do the
> > opposite and only search in the 1900 MHz PCS bands.
>
> Mike,
>
> Thanks for the info. I am still a little confused, though, as I have the
> following options for forcing:
> - Automatic
> - Cell only
> - PCS only
> - CDMA only
> - Analog only
> - P_REV 4 Only
> - P_REV 3 Only
>
> My goal is to ensure I am skipping Analog only, as I want to force only
> digital. Is there such a setting based on the options above?
>
> Thanks again,
> Steve
>
>

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"Steve B" <netuser49@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:erhPc.22659$iK.3605@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> [LG4400, version 11, latest PRL]
>
> Over the weekend, I found that while out of town, I was able to receive a
> better signal on my LG4400 when I forced CDMA, versus allowing the phone
to
> choose. (Yes, sometimes it would choose Analog.) My question is this,
does
> "CDMA" all the bands that digital carriers use -- including PCS and
> cellular?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Steve
>
I ran my vx-4400 set to "CDMA" for at least the last year I used it.
Essentially you are disabling analog when you set it that way. It still
works on both bands.

That is also one of the reasons I had no reservations about upgrading to the
digital only vx-4500. In essence my vx-4400 was "digital only" for a year
and I never missed having analog capability.