Motorola V551 System Selection

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As I stated, LetsTalk.com can't guarantee me a ENS phone. I managed to
get the required IMEI code for Moto V551 and Nokia 6230 from Cingular
tech support. Then I went to Cingular physical store and although they
were willing, they had no Motorola V551 or Nokia 6230 that are ENS
(post-November 15)!! I then proceeded to call nearly 10 Cingular stores
in Silicon Valley area and NONE had the newer phones. So how would I
have been better off dealing with a physical store as opposed to
LetsTalk?

And what the hell is Cingular doing? I talked to Cingular about
purchasing a phone direct and they too could not guarantee the proper
IMEI! I don't understand why they removed the manual system selection
feature from the SIMs (apparently some 32K SIMs still allowed it), when
the only phones that can be set to a different default system are so
new that no one has them!


John Navas Wrote:
> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.motorola - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <quakeguy.1la2cy@WiFi-Forum_dot_com> on Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:48:29
> GMT,
> quakeguy <quakeguy.1la2cy@WiFi-Forum_dot_com> wrote:
>
> >Oh well, it wasn't so easy. Stinkin' Cingular tells me that my phone
> is
> >"pre-ENS" (manufactured before 15-Nov-2004), so they cannot change the
> >system selection preference. What the hell? Here I am with a 4 year
> old
> >PacBell SIM and I can change systesms, but Cingular SIMs somehow
> >require a brand-new phone! So I call up the equipment provider,
> >LetsTalk.com, and they tell me no way can they guarantee me a phone
> >that was manufactured after a particular date. So I'm SOL. Yes, I
> truly
> >hate Cingular, but most of my friends are unfortunately Cingular
> >customers.
>
> How is this Cingular's fault? If you had bought the phone from
> Cingular, then
> you could have simply returned it within the grace period and/or
> exchanged it
> for a new phone. No offense, but you need to take responsibility for
> your own
> actions.
>
> --
> Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
> John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>


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