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Article #314Re: Ericsson GA628 - no network found
From: Simon
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:33
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:33
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"John Speranza" <jsperanz@SPAM-ME-NOTbigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:AqRY8.448317$o66.1213500@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > I picked up one of these to use as a cheap spare phone, hopefully someone > here can clarify what is going on with it. I've never owned an Ericsson > phone before so I'm not sure what I might be doing wrong. > > I've put in my sim card in from my other phone, when I switch it on it says > "ERICSSON" as normal I assume, but then it says "searching", then a phone > symbol with a 1 next to it appears on the bottom of the screen, and then it > says "no network". The sim card is a Virgin Mobile sim card, and I've had no > problems in the past when putting it into other phones. I've also tried an > Optus sim card, which also has had no problems in the past when inserted > into other phones, but the same thing happens. > > Can someone tell me what might be wrong? I am guessing that perhaps the > phone has a sim lock? Is there an easy way to get rid of it? > > > Hi I think this is just a 900mhz single band phone, hence can only be used for Vodafone and Cellnet.. Simon www.reallycheapdomains.co.uk
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ae63,e63398a31863a001 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ae63,public X-Google-Thread: fb718,e63398a31863a001 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb718,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-16 03:32:38 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!kibo.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-peer!btnet!peer.news.eu-x.com!news.pipemedia.net!not-for-mail From: "Simon" <sorry@no.email> Newsgroups: alt.cellular.ericsson,aus.comms.mobile Subject: Re: Ericsson GA628 - no network found Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:33:06 +0100 Organization: Pipemedia Online Lines: 33 Message-ID: <ah0so9$6qm$1@news.pipemedia.net> References: <AqRY8.448317$o66.1213500@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Reply-To: "Simon" <sorry@no.email> NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.31.133.66 X-Trace: news.pipemedia.net 1026815562 6998 217.31.133.66 (16 Jul 2002 10:32:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.pipemedia.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:32:42 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700