Just Bought A v600
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Just Bought A v600
Upgraded the firmware and did a few seem editing. The phone is really fast thru the menus and the signal is worlds better than my nokia. Good deal on the plan too. If anyone is considering this phone, this is my +1 vote. 
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Ya if you upgrade the firmware, its hella better, but if you stick with the original Firmware, it has way too many bugs, and freezes, and I wouldnt say its got better reception than a Nokia, Nokias are just hard to beat when it comes to reception, but maybe your firmware upgrade really did some magic.
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Upgrade the firmware using the Moto Cable, the flash file, and the MotoFlash program.
Edddie does a lot of phone "reengineering," he knows his stuff, he did my phone flash and countless other phones before that.
Upgrade the firmware using the Moto Cable, the flash file, and the MotoFlash program.
Edddie does a lot of phone "reengineering," he knows his stuff, he did my phone flash and countless other phones before that.
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Originally Posted by SeCsTaC
Someone do a detailed write up on how to upgrade your firmware on the v600 kthx.
Originally Posted by NiteQwill
If Edddie replies, he can write a very good writeup. All that's involved is a computer program, the cable, a single flash file, and the ability to move your computer mouse.
how to flash n flex v600
some flash n flex files (but not all, search howardforums.com for newest files)
modify your v600/v400 with hex/seem editing
some good links
Motorola V600/v400 How to's
links to everything you need
any questions?
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It seems ATT and Cingular Stopped production of the V600. Why you ask?
Because it seems the phone is not properly picking up signal, it keeps goin to 1900 band or something theres a issue between the two bands, and actually you can use Cingulars Bands on the phone, even if your on ATT Service, if you manually go to it, and lot of people have been manually doing that and using the 850 Band, as far as I understand, and ATT has issued some rule, if 50% or more of the service is not used on there networks, they can terminate your service, so its pretty wierd whats goin on
Because it seems the phone is not properly picking up signal, it keeps goin to 1900 band or something theres a issue between the two bands, and actually you can use Cingulars Bands on the phone, even if your on ATT Service, if you manually go to it, and lot of people have been manually doing that and using the 850 Band, as far as I understand, and ATT has issued some rule, if 50% or more of the service is not used on there networks, they can terminate your service, so its pretty wierd whats goin on
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Originally Posted by Raheel
It seems ATT and Cingular Stopped production of the V600. Why you ask?
Because it seems the phone is not properly picking up signal, it keeps goin to 1900 band or something theres a issue between the two bands, and actually you can use Cingulars Bands on the phone, even if your on ATT Service, if you manually go to it, and lot of people have been manually doing that and using the 850 Band, as far as I understand, and ATT has issued some rule, if 50% or more of the service is not used on there networks, they can terminate your service, so its pretty wierd whats goin on
Because it seems the phone is not properly picking up signal, it keeps goin to 1900 band or something theres a issue between the two bands, and actually you can use Cingulars Bands on the phone, even if your on ATT Service, if you manually go to it, and lot of people have been manually doing that and using the 850 Band, as far as I understand, and ATT has issued some rule, if 50% or more of the service is not used on there networks, they can terminate your service, so its pretty wierd whats goin on
I still see AT&T
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Originally Posted by Raheel
It seems ATT and Cingular Stopped production of the V600. Why you ask?
Because it seems the phone is not properly picking up signal, it keeps goin to 1900 band or something theres a issue between the two bands, and actually you can use Cingulars Bands on the phone, even if your on ATT Service, if you manually go to it, and lot of people have been manually doing that and using the 850 Band, as far as I understand, and ATT has issued some rule, if 50% or more of the service is not used on there networks, they can terminate your service, so its pretty wierd whats goin on
Because it seems the phone is not properly picking up signal, it keeps goin to 1900 band or something theres a issue between the two bands, and actually you can use Cingulars Bands on the phone, even if your on ATT Service, if you manually go to it, and lot of people have been manually doing that and using the 850 Band, as far as I understand, and ATT has issued some rule, if 50% or more of the service is not used on there networks, they can terminate your service, so its pretty wierd whats goin on
cingular discontinued this phone in august
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Originally Posted by Slooo97CL
less than 1% of all the v600's cingular bought were defective for poor quality RF
cingular discontinued this phone in august
cingular discontinued this phone in august
theres a deeper story than that, companies dont Discontinue phones if only 1% have problems, its cheaper to replace the defective ones.
But I heard about people picking up each other companies signal, that is true
Originally Posted by Raheel
theres a deeper story than that, companies dont Discontinue phones if only 1% have problems, its cheaper to replace the defective ones.
But I heard about people picking up each other companies signal, that is true
But I heard about people picking up each other companies signal, that is true
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The phone wasn't discontinued for that. In fact it's not discontinued from T-Mobile. It's predecessor the V620 and a similar phone the V551 is coming out. Also the RAZR V3 is coming out which is almost exactly like the V600.
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V600 isn't discontinued by T-Mobile. There is also a V620 coming out which adds video recording to the V600. RAZR V3, and V551 are also on the way out. Of course some of these phones you can already find for outrageous prices.
Originally Posted by Edddie
V600 isn't discontinued by T-Mobile. There is also a V620 coming out which adds video recording to the V600. RAZR V3, and V551 are also on the way out. Of course some of these phones you can already find for outrageous prices.
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Originally Posted by Slooo97CL
i dont think its much deeper than that. tmobile, att, and cingular all use gsm technology the phone is specifically designed to only pick up certain towers. the phone was discontinued for poor performance.
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