wow good info, thanks. i am probably getting in over my head, but how does one do those hacks? also how can i tell what 310-xx my SIM is. that's whats confusing me a bit. i understand that you need an 'old' sim to display an op logo, but mine is 3.5 yrs old Voicestream. thats not old enuff?!
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thad Scheffel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:31:10 -0700 > > From: Joseph Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Re: The Impossibility of Changing My > > Operator Logo > > > > At 13:43 09/20/04 -0700, Thad Scheffel wrote: > > >Actually all providers have many networks.. they > > just > > >broadcast one network ID number. T-mobile has > > reduced > > >the number of numbers they broadcast in the > > >continental US from over 12 to three. They are > > >310-160, 310-170, 310-260. > > > > T-Mobile no longer uses 310-16(0) which was the > > Omnipoint network in New > > England, metro NYC, as well as the Miami area in FL. > > That network now has > > the network code of > > I had a stopover at JFK on 9/16.. and i still saw the > 310-160 being broadcast. I know that all other > Omnipoint markets have been converted but I can say > for a fact that not all of the NYC area has stopped > broadcasting that code. Now I did not look for > 310-260.. it is possible for a network to broadcast > more then one ID number but the equipment i was using > registers in numeric order. > > Another point to bring up EONS is ultimately controled > by the firmware in the phone you are using. If > programmed the phone can give the option to enable > EONS or not. There are a number of handsets out there > with OEM firmware which will not use EONS by default.. > instead they will display either the broadcast name of > the network or the name as it appears in the phones > dataset. If the phone does name display from a list in > the firmware you can get interesting results.. like > seeing Sprint as the provider on your GSM only phone > in Colorado when roaming (the Sprint Spectrum ID > number has been recycled). Or seeing something like > USA-066 when a network is unknown and not broadcasting > a name. > > In the end if you really want to control what is > displayed you will either have to 1) hack the custom > t-mobile firmware, 2) install OEM firmware that has > the option to control the displayed name, or 3) hack > the OEM firmware to control that display. > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/G6uqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
