Q: How can one manually choose a network?

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    02-04-2010 12:28 PM
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    Q: How can one manually choose a network?

    Question thread: My house has coverage from multiple networks, can I manually choose which one the phone should log onto?

    Setup: Recently something happened to the local coverage and, for now at least, I get 0-1 bars with Verizon but other networks have full bars all the time. When I get a call on my VZW droid it's the same thing every time: caller can't hear me, we scream for a bit "can you hear me?" then it drops, the phone hops on another network and suddenly I have full bars and I can call the guy back and have a conversation.

    So, can I manually choose the network on the droid? I know how to do it on the blackberry...
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    02-04-2010 12:36 PM
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    A. Verizon is CDMA, AT&T is GSM. Not compatible

    Droid works only on Verizon
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    02-04-2010 12:38 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boris Badenov View Post
    A. Verizon is CDMA, AT&T is GSM. Not compatible

    Droid works only on Verizon
    Doh! I knew that too Maybe I'm jumping onto Sprint or something (they do CDMA2000, right?)

    So I guess I don't know who's network I'm hopping on or if it's just a basestation change, but how do I manually select this?

    (Edited out mention of ATT reception in original post)
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    02-04-2010 01:01 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by darkgreen View Post
    Doh! I knew that too Maybe I'm jumping onto Sprint or something (they do CDMA2000, right?)...
    (Edited out mention of ATT reception in original post)
    Still wont work – different multiplexing scheme.


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    02-04-2010 01:09 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boris Badenov View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by darkgreen View Post
    Doh! I knew that too Maybe I'm jumping onto Sprint or something (they do CDMA2000, right?)...
    (Edited out mention of ATT reception in original post)
    Still wont work – different multiplexing scheme.


    Okaaaay I did not know THAT. Link for more info?

    Still, main question remains, how do I see available networks and select one?
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    02-04-2010 01:38 PM
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    You can't, least to my knowledge. Have you updated you PRL lately? That may help.

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    02-04-2010 02:07 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by KZIWarrior View Post
    You can't, least to my knowledge. Have you updated you PRL lately? That may help.

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    02-04-2010 02:47 PM
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    Hmm...manual network selection was possible on the G1. Customer service even walked me through it. I'd forgotten that it existed.

    Is that because it was T-Mobile?
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    02-04-2010 03:27 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonny Kansas View Post
    Hmm...manual network selection was possible on the G1. Customer service even walked me through it. I'd forgotten that it existed.

    Is that because it was T-Mobile?
    My T-mobile and ATT blackberries both have it too. I'm surprised to hear people think it won't be possible. Clearly the phone is seeing multiple networks.
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    02-04-2010 03:27 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by KZIWarrior View Post
    You can't, least to my knowledge. Have you updated you PRL lately? That may help.

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    Did the update. Phone still sitting on one bar network until it goes to zero, then jumping to 5 bar network after dropping the call...
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