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i bought a cell at the fleamarket. its an LG phone. it only works half the time because it keeps saying that its searching. and when it does work instead of saying corrwireless across the top(thats who my sservice is through) it says USA-080. what is up w/ this phone? i believe that it is from another country because it has some strange symbols on the keys. sis i get ripped off?!
Since the device only works occasionally, it leads me to believe that this phone only has one of the two necessary US bands to work and whenever it isn't working, it's because your carrier's network is working on the other band that the phone doesn't work on. If you tell me the model number of the phone, I can validate this for you, but even without it, I would say that's the case. Whenever you get a phone from somewhere other than your wireless carrier, you want me to make sure that it works on the 850 and 1900 GSM bands in the US at minimum. These days with newer phones, they should also work on 700 GSM and HSPA bands of 850 and 1900 and 700 as well. Hope this helps.
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I can answer questions on cellular phones, the physical device, the network, contracts, billing, ordering, porting and what to look for when purchasing cell phones. I am located in the United States. I am an expert on BlackBerrys, Treos, HTC devices and iPhones as well as cellphones and aircards. I have over 15 years of experience in both the wireless and wireline world with the carriers. I have a lot of knowledge regarding the wireless providers - their services, prices and policies, both GSM AT&T and T-Mobile) and CDMA (Verizon, Sprint/Nextel). I am very familiar with the individual devices and their specifications. I can also answer questions regarding BlackBerrys, iPhones and other PDAs, both Palm-based and Windows-based. I can troubleshoot most any problem someone is having with their cellular device or with the provider.
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Over 20 years in the Telecom industry working for the carriers with individuals, small business, medium business and large corporations(Fortune 500). Also worked as a professor in Maryland for 10 years teaching telecommunications.
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Master's in Telecommunications
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