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Old 10-09-2003, 11:46 PM
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the cell phone questions/problems thread
this thread will probably never get as much posts as the computer one.

but any who....

my antenna broked and i'm looking for a new one. i have one of those dorky star-tac phones. i seen some stubby antennas online. are those decent? or just nice but less useful then the original?
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Old 10-10-2003, 07:16 AM
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Sadly I don't know too much about the antennas. My cell now has no antenna. The phone I had before, an Erickson, I had replaced mt antenna numerous times with antenna gifts my friends kept bringing me back from Hong Kong. I never really had to research it myself, so I guess I'm no help.
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Old 10-10-2003, 07:18 AM
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my antenna broked
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Old 10-10-2003, 07:30 AM
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Hey, that's me when I was doing the live broadcst from the park.

The foil on the head is not there to boost the signal, btw. There were a lot of birds in the tree is all.
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Old 10-10-2003, 11:42 AM
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i'm going to combine all those answers into one super solution.

wire hanger attached to the oem retractable while wearing a foil pope hat. i may get cancer from the radiation but i will get good reception...
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Old 10-10-2003, 12:36 PM
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i ordered a ringtone and it never came.
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Old 10-10-2003, 07:51 PM
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okay, say I want to get a new phone and I'm going to call up sprint to tell them to send me a certain phone do I still pay shipping and taxes on it, or is it just easier to get to the store to get it?
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Old 11-25-2003, 09:59 PM
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ok, so who's going to make the switch? the FCC law kicked in on Monday and you are now able to switch wireless providers and keep your mobile number.

i think i'm going to wait till Jan or something and just wait till they work out all the bugs.
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Old 11-26-2003, 01:49 AM
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i still haven't received my damn ringtone. piece of shite.


and shit don't connect too well.
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i still haven't received my damn ringtone. piece of shite.


and shit don't connect too well.
Do you have the right model of phone? [this happened to me once, b/c i was a ding-dong and didn't realize i had the wrong make]
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Old 11-26-2003, 07:40 AM
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get a phone plus PDA then
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Old 11-26-2003, 07:43 AM
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OOH! Get the Blackberry. That little thingy is neat.
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Old 11-26-2003, 10:14 AM
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I think I'm going to switch to T-Mobile.

$99 for 2500 whenever minutes + free nights and weekends would probably work out really well for me.

Does anyone use their service?
I have T-mobile. I have a cheaper plan than that, but it rocks compared to the AT&T one I had. One person will say Yay!
and another Boo!, so I guess it's personal preference, you know?
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i think i'm going to wait till Jan or something and just wait till they work out all the bugs.
DUDE! Hehe, it's a MESS. Even after all the WLNP (wireless number portability) training, conferences, and printed references I still don't know wtf I'm doing. It's WPR this, WPPR that w/the OSP and NSP, then gotta call the NPAC if something goes wrong. You have to place a request to the OSP (old serv prov) and wait for a response, which takes 30 mins. If you screw up on the info (has to match) you gotta request AGAIN. ARGHHHH!
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Gah, I have Cingular and I have horrible coverage in LA and Pasadena. T-Mobile doesn't have the same tendency to drop calls does it??
Would getting a better phone help?
No. Stay w/Cingular, add another line and raise your rate plan.
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