anybody with T-Mobile USA able to see cell broadcasts?

[Guest notaliberal]

Are you on a T-Mobile USA plan? Are you using cell broadcasts, either on your homescreen or in a screensaver, and you're able to actually see some information?

If so, PLEASE tell me what channel you're using!

I've googled and googled, and all I see is mentions of channel 50, 100, and 200, but none of these show me any info when I add them.

Perhaps T-mobile isn't even broadcasting, but if they're not is it possible to watch a channel from another service provider?

Pretty new to this, any advice/info/help appreciated.

Thanks,

Jeff

Edited September 26, 2006 by notaliberal

[Guest scudo]

Are you on a T-Mobile USA plan? Are you using cell broadcasts, either on your Perhaps T-mobile isn't even broadcasting, but if they're not is it possible to watch a channel from another service provider?

Hi

I'm not on T-mo, so I can't help you on specific t-mo cell broadcast channels, but on a general way:

you can not retrieve cell broadcasts of other service providers, because you would need to be connected to the provider service :rolleyes:

The cell broadcast informations are part of the informations exchanged between the mobile and the base station (the operator antenna) like :

- set mobile radio power (up to 2watts),

- report imei/ismi to the Home Local Register (central DB containing informations about subscriber localisation and other technical datas),

- inform mobile about frequencies of other base stations in the neighboorhood.

- etc....

Edited September 27, 2006 by scudo