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Posted by ---MIKE--- on October 25, 2007, 8:38 am
I have a new Tracfone and am curious about the four icons at the top of
the main screen. There is what looks like a telephone pole with some
vertical marks next to it (signal strength), a circle with a cross
inside (911 ready), a 'battery" (battery indicator). The fourth is a
small square with a 1x inside it. This is identified as IS-2000 in the
phone's glossary. I have called the manufacturer (LG Electronics) and
Tracfone and they have been unable to tell me what IS-2000 means. The
instruction book is no help either. Do any of you have any idea what
IS-2000 means?
---MIKE---
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>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
>> (44=B0 15' N - Elevation 1580')
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on October 25, 2007, 8:48 am
On Oct 25, 8:38=EF=BF=BDam, twinmount...@webtv.net (---MIKE---) wrote:
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> I have a new Tracfone and am curious about the four icons at the top of
> the main screen. =A0There is what looks like a telephone pole with some
> vertical marks next to it (signal strength), a circle with a cross
> inside (911 ready), a 'battery" (battery indicator). =A0The fourth is a
> small square with a 1x inside it. =A0This is identified as IS-2000 in the
> phone's glossary. =A0I have called the manufacturer (LG Electronics) and
> Tracfone and they have been unable to tell me what IS-2000 means. =A0The
> instruction book is no help either. =A0Do any of you have any idea what
> IS-2000 means?
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ---MIKE--->>In the White Mountains of=
New Hampshire
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> =A0>> (44=B0 15' =A0N - Elevation 1580')
its a certification of compatabilty with CDMA phone technology, that
trac phone uses.
different providers of cell phones use different systems.
in europe they are all the same, and with a different slide in card
every phone runs on every system
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Posted by Mark Lloyd on October 25, 2007, 11:00 pm
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:48:28 -0700, "hallerb@aol.com"
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>On Oct 25, 8:38?am, twinmount...@webtv.net (---MIKE---) wrote:
>> I have a new Tracfone and am curious about the four icons at the top of
>> the main screen. here is what looks like a telephone pole with some
>> vertical marks next to it (signal strength), a circle with a cross
>> inside (911 ready), a 'battery" (battery indicator). he fourth is a
>> small square with a 1x inside it. his is identified as IS-2000 in the
>> phone's glossary. have called the manufacturer (LG Electronics) and
>> Tracfone and they have been unable to tell me what IS-2000 means. he
>> instruction book is no help either. o any of you have any idea what
>> IS-2000 means?
>> ---MIKE--->>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
>> >> (44?15' - Elevation 1580')
>its a certification of compatabilty with CDMA phone technology, that
>trac phone uses.
>different providers of cell phones use different systems.
>in europe they are all the same, and with a different slide in card
>every phone runs on every system
My Tracfone uses GSM, and has such a card. The card is hidden under
the battery (you'd have to take the battery out to see it) and very
small.
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"Unlike biological evolution. 'intelligent design' is
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no place in the curriculum of our nation's public
school classes." -- Ted Kennedy
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Posted by George on October 25, 2007, 9:51 am
---MIKE--- wrote:
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> I have a new Tracfone and am curious about the four icons at the top of
> the main screen. There is what looks like a telephone pole with some
> vertical marks next to it (signal strength), a circle with a cross
> inside (911 ready), a 'battery" (battery indicator). The fourth is a
> small square with a 1x inside it. This is identified as IS-2000 in the
> phone's glossary. I have called the manufacturer (LG Electronics) and
> Tracfone and they have been unable to tell me what IS-2000 means. The
> instruction book is no help either. Do any of you have any idea what
> IS-2000 means?
>
>
> ---MIKE---
>>> In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
> >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')
>
It means that it is capable of and connected to a network that is using
that particular version of CDMA. If it is a digital only phone the only
other symbol that could be displayed there would be a "D" indicating the
phone was connected to a system using an older version of CDMA.
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