E61i automatic network selection problem

By on February 15, 2008 in Devices

Can anyone help with a perspective on this issue?

Hi Ewan,

I’m a regular visitor of smstextnews and stumbled upon an article of yours where u mentioned about people coming up to you for any phone related queries and was wondering whether you could help me out with my own query.

I have a nokia e61i, and everything about the phone is wonderful….everything but a problem with the automatic network selection. It just so happens that every time i loose coverage, unlike other phones, it automatically doesn’t pick up my network. I’ve tried using the gsm mode but that doesn’t help. I doubt it could be a problem with the antenna as i usually get excellent network in most places.

Let me know if you’ve heard about something like this. I would really appreciate it.

Thanks a lot, Dhruv

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  • http://www.truphone.com James Body

    Which network is this operating on and in what area?

    Also, what is firmware version ( *#0000# )

  • http://manchesterbus.typepad.com Martin

    I’d say that was a faulty handset. Mine has no problem with network selection. It handled speeding from London to Manchester on the train fine yesterday!

    Martin’s last blog post..TIF Bid approaches new hurdles

  • Dhruv

    Firmware version 1.0633.22.05
    The network is Vodafone, Mumbai, India. I dunno if its a problem with the handset as it gets good reception in most areas. Its just that, at times when i loose reception, its shows 3g as the netwok (or nothing at other times) and i have to restart the phone to correct this.
    I was planning on upgrading the firmware but i read somewhere that the E61i firmware upgrade is known to slow down the phone :-/

  • Dhruv

    Update!!
    Turns out that i was too impatient with the phone!
    A few days back, i was in an elevator and i lost signal. When i got out i stared at my screen and noticed that the network had changed to 3g. Since there’s no 3g in India, it changed back to gsm after a few seconds. I then realised that i had just been a ittle impatient with the phone earlier on, where in a similar situation i promptly re-booted the phone.
    Thanks for all you time though :)

    Ps: Is a firmware upgrade really required for the e61i? If yes, then what are the benefits?

  • Dhruv

    Hey,
    A friend of mine owns a nokia E51, and guess what he tells me today at the office….he reported the same problem that i was facing with my e61i!! He even tried changing the sim card to see whether it was a sim related error but no dice. I would appreciate it if someone could figure out the problem here.
    My guess is that it has something to do with the dual network, but then I’m no expert :/

  • Dhruv

    Oh, and i forgot to add…in his case he HAS to reboot the phone to fix the problem. I’ve asked him to wait a while before rebooting but he told me he had already tried that several times and it didn’t work at all.

  • Gareth

    Same here its awful that a phone can be advertised as Dual GSM but fails to let the user choose which network to join.

    Very expensive if you go abroad!

  • Gareth

    Same here its awful that a phone can be advertised as Dual GSM but fails to let the user choose which network to join.

    Very expensive if you go abroad!

  • Gareth

    Same here its awful that a phone can be advertised as Dual GSM but fails to let the user choose which network to join.

    Very expensive if you go abroad!

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