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zilla3 · Mar 12, 2008, 08:04 PM

so i got an iphone and activated it and i am getting these texts that read "cingular update. please delete this message and repower phone" is this normal? gotten 3 so far pretty close in a row. thanks

TravisReynolds · Mar 12, 2008, 10:35 PM

i remember getting a few texts telling me when everything was up and running and was good to go

QSilver · Mar 13, 2008, 02:31 PM

If they're from Cingular, chances are they are not counting towards your 200-message monthly limit. Check your text message count at wireless.att.com.

QS

zilla3 · Mar 13, 2008, 06:09 PM

thanks for the responses. another question reguarding phone/att signal. so far everything about the iphone is great (except the couple of stuck pixels that hopefully apple will deal with tomorrow). however, i notice sometimes when im playing with it or looking at it, it will have full bars and the edge symbol and then....complete flatline. no bars no edge icon. lasts for a few seconds then there all back. is this normal for att service? phone issue? i'm a former cdma network user so i don't know much about how gsm sends signals. but dam i love this phone! thanks

msuper69 · Mar 13, 2008, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by zilla3

... i notice sometimes when im playing with it or looking at it, it will have full bars and the edge symbol and then....complete flatline. no bars no edge icon. lasts for a few seconds then there all back. is this normal for att service?...

I've noticed in downtown Chicago the same thing happens. Great signal then nothing.

Very annoying. It's AT&T as other people using Verizon don't have that problem.

zilla3 · Mar 13, 2008, 08:37 PM

it would be nice if uncle steve could lay down some pressure on att to get their
act together! still love the phone!

Tomchu · Mar 13, 2008, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by zilla3

it will have full bars and the edge symbol and then....complete flatline. no bars no edge icon. lasts for a few seconds then there all back.

That's usually a sign of your baseband/GSM modem crashing and then restarting itself. It shouldn't happen. Make sure you're running the latest firmware. If it keeps happening (and often), try doing a restore.

If you had file-level access to the iPhone, you could check the crash logs directory for a baseband crash log to confirm this.

msuper69 · Mar 13, 2008, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by Tomchu

That's usually a sign of your baseband/GSM modem crashing and then restarting itself. It shouldn't happen....

Except I don't have the problem in Columbus; only when I'm in downtown Chicago. So the problem is AT&T, not the iPhone.

I also did not have any trouble when I was in Sydney, AU recently. Telstra was fine.

Tomchu · Mar 13, 2008, 08:46 PM

Fair enough.

It was just a suggestion based on some personal experience.

zilla3 · Mar 13, 2008, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by Tomchu

That's usually a sign of your baseband/GSM modem crashing and then restarting itself. It shouldn't happen. Make sure you're running the latest firmware. If it keeps happening (and often), try doing a restore.

If you had file-level access to the iPhone, you could check the crash logs directory for a baseband crash log to confirm this.

---thanks for that info. i just got the phone 2 days ago and its got ver. 1.1.2 amd the modem firmware is 04.02.13_G (<--dont know if that means anything).

am i correct that the version is up to 1.1.4? i'll have to update and see if that helps at all. thanks again