- I got my cousin's old 9650 yesterday (from verizon) and I successfully moved it to my network (I am on Cincinnati Bell) and the EDGE service is working fine. I am mostly wondering if anyone on here is using a 9650 on Cincinnati Bell and is getting 3G service?
I have a 3G sim card and their network's 3G is UMTS 2100 and 1700 which should be compatible with the 9650's HSDPA 2100 antenna right? or is there something else I need to do to make it work other than plugging in the sim card?
I have done some searches and it seems I may have to change service books or something to get it to work but I was hoping someone could confirm this for me or not. Thanks.Last edited by quam; 05-13-11 at 02:46 PM.
05-13-11 02:44 PMLike 0 - Unfortunately, you will not be able to get 3G on any North American GSM carrier's network with a 9650. It only gets 3G overseas, due to the frequency bands.
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I have one other question I'd like to ask though, Cincinnati Bell offers a "fusion wifi" service that allows you to send texts and make calls (they count as off peak even during peak time hours) over wifi. Does anyone know how/if I could get this service to work using this verizon phone if at all? I would assume that would be solely software since I can browse the internet with wifi now but I don't know what I need to do.05-14-11 01:27 AMLike 0 - Thanks. After talking again with Cincinnati bell I noticed they require BOTH 1700 and 2100, not either or. When I was originally told their frequencies by another person in the store I assumed he meant your phone could have either frequency but apparently it requires both.
I have one other question I'd like to ask though, Cincinnati Bell offers a "fusion wifi" service that allows you to send texts and make calls (they count as off peak even during peak time hours) over wifi. Does anyone know how/if I could get this service to work using this verizon phone if at all? I would assume that would be solely software since I can browse the internet with wifi now but I don't know what I need to do.
http://forums.crackberry.com/f209/gu...mobile-513720/05-14-11 02:32 AMLike 0 - Cool, that thread helped a lot, didn't think to search UMA for it even after seeing that all the time when I was on WIFI with my last phone. Now I just gotta search around and figure out where I can get the Cincinnati Bell service books I guess then. They're not a nationwide carrier so that might be a tall feat I'm thinking LOL
Even without UMA or 3G I'm loving my 9650 though. Had an 8320 that I upgraded from and it is a HUGE difference!05-15-11 12:43 PMLike 0 - you may have trouble finding the needed certificates. call them and ask maybe. or have someone extract them from their branded UMA enabled Bell phone.05-15-11 07:53 PMLike 0
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Haven't had a lot of time this weekend with a bunch of family events and a friend coming in from out of town so thanks a ton for helping to give me a bit of a jumping off point to do some research on these forums and figure out how to get this working.05-16-11 01:57 AMLike 0 - Cool, hopefully I can extract them off of my old blackberry then since I had an 8320 that UMA worked on for this carrier.
Haven't had a lot of time this weekend with a bunch of family events and a friend coming in from out of town so thanks a ton for helping to give me a bit of a jumping off point to do some research on these forums and figure out how to get this working.
only thing is, is the 9650 UMA capable? i know most of the newer gsm phones are, but i dont know about their CDMA phones. i think you may hit a snag with that. but then again, you will be using the GSM radio, so maybe not.05-16-11 03:04 AMLike 0 - That's a good question, I kind of assumed it would be more something software related since it has wifi and is running on a carrier that supports UMA.
Hopefully I can get it to work though, I'm loving my 9650 but without UMA or 3G it's making me want to pay up and buy the 9780. Would rather spend the $200 on something else if I can get at least the UMA to work though.05-16-11 01:36 PMLike 0
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