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But the wife and I both got Data phones about 9 months ago....
And at that time I did not know about the annoying interference that the phone can cause with some phone systems, radios etc.....
When I first noticed this happening I didn't know that it was my phone.. And was a little embarrassed after wards. I was even told by customer service (1-800) that this was normal..
My wife has been told at work that she has to put her phone in a place that will not interfere and make obnoxious noises.
I am a consultant and it is really irritating when I am at a clients site and it starts int...
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homeslice5484 said:
mine does it too. Only cingular phones do it for some reason.
No, ALL GSM do this.
The buzzing is louder when you're using the 850MHz frequency. T-Mo uses only 1900MHz their phones buzz too, but not as loud as ours because of this.
But the "pulse" noise that you sometime here is just how gsm communicates with networks.
You prob. only here the noise when a call is going to come through, or when using data (is you phone, say a blackberry, is pushing through e-mail) ..
nothing to worry about and everyones phones do it except for cdma
cdma uses a more constant technique to communicate and that is one of the reasons that cdma phones have such shorter battery life
gsm "speaks" with the network in spurts (causing the noise, but saving battery life)
Enjoy Cingular while you are there
cdma is completely different then tdma and its evolved forms.
A disadvantage of TDMA systems is that they create interference at a frequency which is directly connected to the timeslot length. This is the irritating buzz which can sometimes be heard if a GSM phone is left next to a radio or speakers. Another disadvantage is that the "dead time" between timeslots limits the potential bandwidth of a TDMA channe (Wikipedia)
Ill say it again because it looks like there was some confusing on the difference between network styles:
Cingular and T-Mobile are both GSM and will BOTH MAKE THE NOISE!
Verizon, Sprint, Alltel are all CDMA AND DO NOT MAKE THE NOISE!
Nextel is iDen and it is based off of TDMA (AND SO IS GSM) SO IT WILL ALSO MAKE THE NOISE!
It's not a big deal and everyone who has T-Mobile, Cingular, or Nextel has dealt or will deal with this little noise sometime or another.
So chill, and if it really annoys you that bad just pay the ...
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location hasn't anything to do with the noise
it has to do with the frequency the noise is made and what band your phone is using
if you are on t-mobile 1900 band the noise will not be made, and that goes for cingular too
but
if you are using 850 on EITHER carrier the noise will be made.
and tmobile might be using 1900
there is NOTHING FISHY ABOUT CINGULAR AND YOUR BUZZING NOISE
gee wiz
I know it is the service...
And yes, I have tried other data phones...
But if I am tethering, Getting Emails through push or whatever, receiving a phone call.
It interferes with a lot of different equipment..
My wife cannot even keep her data phone near her phone at work. Because as she receives alot of emails it causes constant interference with her phone.....
Others have different carriers that use data constantly and have no problems.
I thought at the beginning it was just the phone or a fluke... In the beginning it wasn't so bad. But once we started using the data side of the phone more often it became annoying..
And after doing some searching on here and google I see that it is a...
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If this is so important go to Verizon. CDMA doesn't have THIS particular issue but remember, they all have something that is not worthwhile.