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Cingular: Does it work or not?, New MPx200 Owner needing some clarification

Pimpbot5000 View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	May 20 2007, 01:19 PM Post #1
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 20-May 07 Member No.: 15,403 Phone: MPx200 Carrier: Alltel MP3 Player: iPod Video	Hey Everyone, I have tried to look through the forum here and I see that some people have the MPx200 working with Cingular others don't. I got a refurb MPx200 from Woot the other day. It's a former AT&T model. I have tried upgrading to WM2003 and WM2005 and I cannot get the phone to work with Cingular. The only network that shows up when I ty to select a network is TMobile. Maybe I missed a crucial post in the forums which would help me out. If so then I apologize for posting a repeat question. I just want to know what I can do to get it to work with the Cingular GSM network. Thanks

smeg36 View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	May 20 2007, 02:35 PM Post #2
Moderator Group: Super Moderator Posts: 4,428 Joined: 5-January 04 From: Miami Beach Member No.: 1,045 Phone: HTC Touch Carrier: Sprint/Nextel	A lot of Cingular areas use the 850Mhz band. The MPx200 only has the 1800/1900Mhz bands. So if you live in an area that only has the 850Mhz band for Cingular, you won't be able to get a signal on the phone. It sounds like you live in an area that Cingular uses the 850Mhz band, and thus are unable to get a signal. -------------------- Phone: Sprint Touch Pro

Pimpbot5000 View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	May 20 2007, 06:20 PM Post #3
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 20-May 07 Member No.: 15,403 Phone: MPx200 Carrier: Alltel MP3 Player: iPod Video	QUOTE (smeg36 @ May 20 2007, 08:35 AM) A lot of Cingular areas use the 850Mhz band. The MPx200 only has the 1800/1900Mhz bands. So if you live in an area that only has the 850Mhz band for Cingular, you won't be able to get a signal on the phone. It sounds like you live in an area that Cingular uses the 850Mhz band, and thus are unable to get a signal. Is there anyway I can officially find out what my service area is?

Pimpbot5000 View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	May 20 2007, 06:27 PM Post #4
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 20-May 07 Member No.: 15,403 Phone: MPx200 Carrier: Alltel MP3 Player: iPod Video	According to this: http://www.cingular.com/download/GPRS_coverage_leg.pdf Shouldn't I be able to get Cingular service on the 1900 band?

smeg36 View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	May 20 2007, 08:09 PM Post #5
Moderator Group: Super Moderator Posts: 4,428 Joined: 5-January 04 From: Miami Beach Member No.: 1,045 Phone: HTC Touch Carrier: Sprint/Nextel	I don't know where on that map you live, so I can't tell. The best possible way to find out what the cell tower in your area is would be to call Cingular and ask them. They should be able to tell you if it's 850Mhz only, or 1900Mhz as well. -------------------- Phone: Sprint Touch Pro

Pimpbot5000 View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	May 20 2007, 08:11 PM Post #6
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 20-May 07 Member No.: 15,403 Phone: MPx200 Carrier: Alltel MP3 Player: iPod Video	Sorry, I just realized I forgot to mention, I live in the Dallas,TX area.

runningtiger View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	May 21 2007, 06:06 PM Post #7
Mobile Gadget Idol Group: Super Moderator Posts: 975 Joined: 13-March 06 From: Southern California Member No.: 11,486 Phone: HTC Wizard Carrier: Alltel	Can't help you with what towers your area uses etc...just wanted to chime in that the 200 works on Cingular/ATT here in SoCal with no issues. -------------------- Devices: T-Mobile MDA (Cingular SIM), i-mate SP5m (sitting in a drawer at the moment while I attempt to migrate to PPC permanently), Cingular 3125 (unlocked and in use on T-Mobile), Motorola MPx220 (retired), Motorola MPx200 (retired) Accessories: Plantronics Explorer 330 & 2G Patriot Micro-SD (use w/MDA), Kingston 2G mini-SD used in SP5m, Plantronics Discovery 640 & 2G San Disk micro-SD (use w/3125), Jabra A210 BT adapter + Motorola HS805 (retired)

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