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Glen, I understand when switching wireless service manually, it only allow you to select GSM network rather than CDMA operator. Amazon needs to fix that. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the tip; I just got a new Kindle (Amazon sent one overnight, no charge, because my original unit’s joystick control broke) and found I can’t connect to wireless; turns out the new units are international and are set to use AT&T. Sprint is what the older units use, and that works fine for me. AT&T’s coverage map says I SHOULD have signal, but I don’t. (I’ve now tried two different units and spoken at length with customer service).
So I was glad to see your post, but having tried it, I find AT&T is the ONLY service my unit can find — despite not being able to get even a single bar worth of signal.
Glen, sometimes there’s only one selection if AT&T is dominating the area. Like in my area in LA, I’m stuck with Verizon as a selection. It all depends on the area. I could be wrong though.
Our two Kindles (early model 2′s) work fine on Sprint. My broken one still connects as it always did, but with the joystick cracked I knew I’d have to get a replacement unit, as Amazon doesn’t repair them. So it’s not that Sprint isn’t in the area — we get a solid 5 bars of signal most of the time — but the replacement “international version” Kindles don’t know Sprint is here, for some reason.