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Can the Nokia 9210i be tweeked to work on the 1900Mhz?

7 replies · 2,694 views · Started 14 February 2003

I am on Vodafone and never use the 1800Mhz and wanted to know if it can be configued for 1900Mhz?

any ideas? or attachment to make it work

N

[quote="barflux"]I am on Vodafone and never use the 1800Mhz and wanted to know if it can be configued for 1900Mhz?

any ideas? or attachment to make it work

N[/quote]

NO, it can't be done, not only is the RF circuit slighty different, but I believe the GSM voice codecs for the US GSM1900 band is different to the European one on GSM900/1800.
If you're on Vodafone UK, then you will never use 1900 anyway - in fact it would be down right illegal, as the RX portion of the US GSM1900 band is used in Europe for DECT.

I have a small 8890 and a 6310i both have 1900Mhz and my 9210i is useless in USA, I was hoping their was an attachment to shift the 1800Mhz to 1900Mhz, I don't plan to use it in UK which you can't use even with the other handsets.

Appreciate your comments

N

The 9290 exists only to serve the US 1900 frequency market. Why Nokia couldn't have made the 9210, 9290 or 9210i tri-band in the first place is beyond me....why market a product called "communicator" without it? After all tri-band has been around for long enough.