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"Frank" <frank818@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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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?
>
> 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
>

Thanks for the pointer Frank, I ripped it apart and had a play with the
antenna assembly, it works now.