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"John Speranza" <jsperanz@SPAM-ME-NOTbigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> 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?

John,
I would probably check the antenna and its connectors as it doesn't appear
to be picking up a signal.The 1 symbol indicates the line in use (the Virgin
SIM card supports this).If the phone was SIM locked you would get a message
such as "invalid sim" rather than "no network". The GA628 is a 900Mhz phone
but that's OK because OPTUS/Virgin is a 900MHz network with 1800Mhz only
used for capacity relief in the larger cities.

Frank