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i was making a call and lost tract of it, wasn't really paying attention, i was put on hold, and then i guess the call got disconnected, and gave me the busy signal sound, and then my phone told me "ciphering on" and i tried it again "ciphering off" i use a t68i.... what is ciphering?? first i ever heard of such thing....
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Posted: 2002-11-11 10:10:00
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I think it's a way of making a line more secure, to prevent eavesdropping and "cloning" that used to be common on analogue networks.
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Posted: 2002-11-11 14:32:00
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now how do i turn it off or on manually?
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Posted: 2002-11-11 15:19:00
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I haven't seen anything like that yet, if someone know how to turn it on or off please let us know....
thanks...!
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Posted: 2002-11-11 19:11:00
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I have the same problem. I am using T-mobil in Indiana, US. It usually happens in areas of low reception.
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Posted: 2002-11-11 19:51:00
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I have the same problem with At&t in the north suburbs of Chicago. I finally got real pissed, and called customer service to let them know how shitty their service was. The guy on the phone told me that the cyphering is all part of a security program that is used to keep our calls private. When your signal drops real low, the cyphering turns off and then in my case I get a dropped call. All my friends on At&t complain about this shit, and I'm ready to say "fuck GSM!" and just get a Nextel!!
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Posted: 2002-11-18 06:21:00
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i use a t68i with AT&T in san diego, CA
i saw this cyphering thing turn on once, and i had borderline one bar of reception, i heard a beep, looked at the display, and it said "cyphering off" and i looked at the reception, and i had full bars, but they were all red.
apparently, cyphering turns off when you get to three bars or less on the reception meter. whenever i have 4 or 5 (max) it's green, and the calls sound crystal. i guess to try to improve an already shitty reception, when the phone reaches below 3 on the meter, it turns off cyphering to allow for more boost with reception but sacrificing your security of the call.
but then again, who the hell knows
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Posted: 2002-11-18 07:27:00
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I haven't seen it in my phone yet...
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Posted: 2002-11-18 19:02:00
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Nor me.
This post was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2002-11-18 19:23:00
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Never even heard of it!
lemonflav> do yourself a favor and stay away from Nextel.
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Posted: 2002-11-24 08:24:00
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