smt5600 att to cingular

[Guest peterson65]

i have a smt5600 using att wireless, and cingular is telling me i can break my contract with the att service at no charge and move to cingular service and save some money on the internet package but i have to purchase a new 5600 from them for $250 because they cannot update my phone to work on the cingular service? anyone heard of this, all i can think is a firmware update and maybe settings. my phone is not even a year old and i dont want to buy another one

if someone might know how to update it.

thanks

[Guest bobblah]

i have a smt5600 using att wireless, and cingular is telling me i can break my contract with the att service at no charge and move to cingular service and save some money on the internet package but i have to purchase a new 5600 from them for $250 because they cannot update my phone to work on the cingular service? anyone heard of this, all i can think is a firmware update and maybe settings. my phone is not even a year old and i dont want to buy another one

if someone might know how to update it.

thanks

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No update is required for your phone, they want you to purchase new equipment, you only need to buy a 64k simcard and you can tell them whatever you want as far as where or how you purchased the phone, they will activate that sim and slap you with a 2yr contract, or just signup and get a free phone and put that sim card into your 5600 if its been unlocked, if not that will cost you an extra $45 or so but its in what is the lesser of the 2 evils. There is always the option to flash your att rom with a cingular rom of the 5600, but just giving you options to hang on to your phone. We don't provide roms or links here, only ideas

[Guest rbrewrr]

I went through this process yesterday and today. I purchased an AT&T SMT5600 at the end of December and didn't want to give it up. The lady at a Cingular store in town offered to call a couple guys in town who unlock Nokia phones - unfortunately they couldn't help me out.

Since I wanted to get an additional line for my wife, she switched me from AT&T to Cingular with no early out fees. I did have to go home and pay around $40 to get my phone unlocked. Pretty easy process.

Once that happened, I went back and got the SIM card swapped out. Once she activated it, the phone worked, but the Internet settings and stuff needed to be fixed still. I found some great advice on these forums.

http://www.modaco.com/SMT_5600_on_Cingular...To-t206009.html has a lot of great info to download. Took me about 1/2 hour to make all the changes - ok, I was working at the same time, so you should be able to crank the changes out in less time. I tested it and it works great now!

[Guest sirshannon]

... they will activate that sim and slap you with a 2yr contract, or just signup and get a free phone...

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If you're only getting a SIM from Cingular, you only have to sign up for a 1-year contract. 2-year contracts are only required if you're also getting a subsidized phone from them.

[Guest knoall]

There is always the option to flash your att rom with a cingular rom of the 5600, but just giving you options to hang on to your phone. We don't provide roms or links here, only ideas

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I cannot for the life of me find the Cingular smt5600 Rom ANYWHERE. Does anyone have it/know where i can get it. I'm really beating my head against the wall here.

Edited June 30, 2005 by knoall

[Guest mobile-distortion]

I cannot for the life of me find the Cingular smt5600 Rom ANYWHERE.  Does anyone have it/know where i can get it.  I'm really beating my head against the wall here.

email me at kevin_noall [at] hotmail (dot)com

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do a google for "pirate+bay+torrent"

then look there....also have a ROM for WM5 and the SMT-5600

8)

[Guest whtrose02]

I just got an ATT smt-5600 w/ mMode (off eBay), and it's not letting me access the internet. I contacted cingular about it and they said it had to be re-crysataled or something like that so it could use Cingular's internet.. I have been reading some of these messages and am wondering if Cingular rom flash is what I am looking for? If so where can I find it? I tried the Pirate Bay Torrent thing and got nothing.

Thank you very much!!!

[Guest kitkit201]

I just got an ATT smt-5600 w/ mMode (off eBay), and it's not letting me access the internet. I contacted cingular about it and they said it had to be re-crysataled or something like that so it could use Cingular's internet.. I have been reading some of these messages and am wondering if Cingular rom flash is what I am looking for? If so where can I find it? I tried the Pirate Bay Torrent thing and got nothing.

Thank you very much!!!

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Well, I am in the same situation as you Whtrose02, but I have a Cingular phone and an AT&T simcard. If you want to trade phones or something, it will work for both you and me. Send me an email and we can exchange numbers and talk it over or something.

I have references on ebay and heatware to boot. LMK

[email protected]

Thanks

Wilson