Re: Just to dispel myths about OTA (*228) programming
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This is the thread I've been waiting for my entire life!!
*228/OTA programming DOES NOT improve reception, "add towers," or any fluff like that beyond telling the phone which network to register on when you are out of the home SID. No matter what anyone, including Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny or VZW Customer Service, tells you. If a new VZW cell site is built in your back yard, the moment it is turned up, your phone will see it.
It CAN improve service if a roaming agreement is made and you are in the effected area. For example, a few years ago in SC, VZW began allowing roaming calls on Alltel's network. This only worked with the correct PRL and if the phone receives no VZW service. In a fringe area with very weak VZW service and an Alltel site nearby, the phone would still sit on VZW.
*22899, in some cases, will automatically program the NAM and update the PRL without any user interaction; basically the same as pressing 1, but you just dial and let it do its thing. Option 1 should work every time. 22899 works most if not all of the time.
*228/OTA programming DOES NOT improve reception, "add towers," or any fluff like that beyond telling the phone which network to register on when you are out of the home SID. No matter what anyone, including Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny or VZW Customer Service, tells you. If a new VZW cell site is built in your back yard, the moment it is turned up, your phone will see it.
It CAN improve service if a roaming agreement is made and you are in the effected area. For example, a few years ago in SC, VZW began allowing roaming calls on Alltel's network. This only worked with the correct PRL and if the phone receives no VZW service. In a fringe area with very weak VZW service and an Alltel site nearby, the phone would still sit on VZW.
*22899, in some cases, will automatically program the NAM and update the PRL without any user interaction; basically the same as pressing 1, but you just dial and let it do its thing. Option 1 should work every time. 22899 works most if not all of the time.
