Hey
My phone was working perfectly fine until about 1pm today when I lost all reception. I was using my O2 sim while the number was ported over to Vodafone.
I assumed the number had been ported so popped in the Vodafone SIM only to find I had no reception on it either.
I tried to connect manually and got the message "Your SIM does not allow a connection to this network".
It's the same when trying to connect to O2 on the O2 SIM.
Any idea what's wrong? A few people seem to have encountered this issue.
i work for cpw
Hi pal,
i work for cpw in the uk.
during a number port from o2 to vodafone, there is a downtime while you will be without service on the number port day.
number ports are completed from 9am till 6pm usually on vodafone.
as vodafone no longer support the allocation of temporary numbers, while you are waiting for you number to port over. this is the reason you are without service.
put your vodafone sim into your desire.. and switch the phone on and off every 30mins or so you should gain service soon.
hope this helps
dan
lankydan84 said:
Hi pal,
i work for cpw in the uk.
during a number port from o2 to vodafone, there is a downtime while you will be without service on the number port day.
number ports are completed from 9am till 6pm usually on vodafone.
as vodafone no longer support the allocation of temporary numbers, while you are waiting for you number to port over. this is the reason you are without service.
put your vodafone sim into your desire.. and switch the phone on and off every 30mins or so you should gain service soon.
hope this helps
dan
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Hi XDA developers,
Tnaks for all your help ! where would I be without you!.
I have got an XDA2 from ebay, when I got it I was told that it was unlocked, as my company uses vodafone I wanted to run the phone on that. I put the SIM in and vodafone comes up on the display, text messages can be sent and your unlock software says the phone is unlocked.
BUT, I cannot make calls, when I dial the number it simply beeps three times and then ends the call, when I try and ring the number it also will not connect ... please please help, ive contacted the seller and he says that it worked fine on O2, I havent tried a O2 Sim but is the phone faulty or is it a problem someone else has encountered with these devices !
Your urgent help would be gratefully apreciated. Thanks James :lol:
This is probably a blocked phone, it is either stolen or been subject to an insurance claim whereby the company has written it off and blocked the imei to prevent further use of the phone. It will work abroad as the imei will not be blocked in other countries. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news my friend. :shock:
Thankyou
Thanks for the response, I think you are correct.. What I think has happened is the person I got it off had a new XDA2i and I believe that this had been got from his insurance company.
Can you confirm that XDA's work with vodafone ! I know they do, and I will have to sell this to someone from ebay.com so they can use it in there country.
thanks and all the best
James
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I'd see if I could borrow someones O2 sim before thinking getting rid. You might find it just doesn't like your Voda sim.
I don't think it has an imei bar as it wouldn't pick up a network and you certainly couldn't use sms on it.
JD
Imei bar does not prevent signal reception on some networks, it just doesnt allow access to the network. And yes it would be a good idea to try another sim, however it does display symptoms of a blocked phone.
I have an XDA II. I bought unlocked from Ebay some months ago. Originally I was using a T-mobile sim, which worked really fine, with good strong signal all the time. But when the contract ran out I decided to go with Vodafone. It was a wrong decision. The signal with the XDA II is crap, even though the same sim get about a 70% signal in my other phone, a Nokia 6310i. I get the same 3 beeps and no call.
If I goto to other places the signal improves but it's never 100%. I can make and take calls and SMS messages, but cannot set it up for MMS messages. Vodafone say they cant help me because they dont have any XDA phones and dont know the setting to input.
My conclusion is that Vodafone and XDA's dont work well together. I can only assume that the arial in the XDA II is more in tune with other networks like T-mobile.
UNLOCK MY XDA2
Well i got a link from here to Unlock my XDA2 from 02 to orange and it has worked ok thank you so much for the person for downloading the link all the best antony
The person posting the question has no problem with signal, it registers fine, he gets 3 beeps when he dials, then it hangs up, I would like to know the outcome because I am 90% sure it is blocked, however I would be delighted if proved wrong as the guy will then be able to use his phone.
Bad news
Hi, Thanks for your concern, and yes I did try and unlcok the XDA from your site, and aI also did a ROM up-date.
I have now tried the XDA with an O2 Sim and like we thought its totaly dead, not even a signal on this network...
Luckily, I have had a lot of interest from outside the UK, and hopefully will make a small amount of profit from selling the item on.... but unfortunatly the guy who sold it me wont respond to my e-mails!... I could contact his insurance company and advise them as to what he has done... but to be honest is it worth all the problems that comes with it!, as as usual I the victim will probably come off worse!.. so can anyone else tell me there views of the vodafone network and if I should try again with an XDA 2 that works in the UK!, let this be a warning to everyone to chheck the IMEI with O2 before they buy a second hand XDA!... thanks once again! :roll:
Vodafone is fine with xda 2, for value on payg you cant beat tesco, its 20p across networks but you can choose 3 numbers and you get to call those at 10p per minute and half price sms. O2 payg gives you 300 sms free for a tenner topup and free wap access over gprs. So according to your usage just take your pick. Sorry to hear the phone was blocked, I had it 3 seperate times with xda 1 phones, most of the time the person who made the insurance claim isnt aware of the fact the the imei is barred after being written off. The insurance companies could address this by demanding the damaged phone before paying up.
Thanks
Thanks for your help, ive now got rid of the dodgy XDA to france (hope to god it works there), ive got another of ebay for £160 and double checked its not IMEI blocked... and paid by paypal so I dont get stung again.
I use vodafone as its my corporate SIM, e.g they pay for all usage and private calls are really cheap... but I cant use GPRS ! YET!..
THanks all anyway ! alls well that ends well as they say
Nice one, and yes it will work in France.
Ohmygod... I got my Touch Pro 2 today and I LOVE it!!!
But.... Just one problem... I can't recieve texts and when sending one I just get an error:
"Your text message cannot be sent."
Any help guys?
Thanks, Chris
EDIT: I'm on T-Mobile Combi 35 with Web'n'Walk from MobilePhonesDirect.co.uk
Sorry but *bump*
I'm kinda helpless here. I rang T-Mobile they couldn't even find the phone model to reset its settings so they couldn't do anything...
Help please?
I'm gonna take to a T-Mobile store tomorow.
Thanks, Chris
Is your Text Message Service Center number all set up properly? Can you check your voice mail?
I have no idea, this is the first time with a windows mobile/htc phone...
When I put my old Virgin sim in it works fine just had to change the network in settings.... Put in my T-mobile and changed it back to them and it doesn't work again...
I'm gonna go to a T-Mobile store today and see what they have to say about it.
Thanks, Chris
mobilephonesdirect
Hi ChrissehB,
I was looking at the deals on mobilephonesdirect but am a little wary of buying online from one of these retailers.
I have emailed them twice with the same question and they have not replied in the space of a week, which didn't help my confidence.
Can I ask, how were they to deal with ? Are they reputable, did you get the contract you were expecting with no nasty surprises ?
Maybe you could also answer the question I emailed them with. Was the phone on the t-mobile contract htc branded or has it been re-branded to t-mobile ?
Many Thanks
Si
It works fine, the phone is unbranded, no firmware branding or anything, unlocked. It's very good service. I went to a T-Mobile store and they said because its from a 3rd party it can take upto 48 hours to activate and the sim hasn't just activated yet so nothing to worry about...
Thanks, Chris
Thanks for the info Chris.
Si
You normally get this when you have no coverage ... it will offer a resend in the multithreaded SMS window.
If not ... I suggest you may have forgotten to run the carrier wizard and soft reset afterwards. This will setup the device for the new carrier stuff. It should off the wizard automatically when a new SIM is detected.
Paul.
Um Okay... Tried it and still nothing...
Thanks, Chris
Make sure the full area code in in you contacts mine is 353 or +353 them number i found 1 network you need full area code and some you dont.
Might work..
Just tried it with 2 other phones. One, an old nokia, says invalid sim, and the other, SE w810i, does the same as the TP2..
Hmm Ohwell... T-Mobile said if its not active by tomorow lunchtime then ring them and they will try to sort it out.
Thanks, Chris
It's all fixed T-Mobile said there was an error with the network which wouldn't let it activate but they've fixed it and it's all fine now
Thanks
Have just debranded a HTC Desire from Orange(UK) to T-mobile only problem is i can get on internet to download apps but i cant make or receive calls!
All it says is a womens voice saying "calls are currently not being connected to this number"
Has this phone been blocked somehow.
It was originally bought from Ebay could it have been blocked or something?
If so is there anyway round it.
The sim works fine in other phone perfectly!
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Blocked I would think. I think there is a service to check the imei. Search Google. Phone will only work in foreign country now.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
When you say "debranded" did you mean unlocked? or did you just remove all the Orange cr4p from it?
Did it work before you did this? (though I'm guessing you din't try becasue you didn't have an Orange sim card).
As it was on orange originally i paid a small fee to have it unlocked (only had to give over IMEI number).
After that i debranded it via making goldcard etc,thought all was fine as wireless worked but cannot make or recieve calls!!
If it is blocked,which countries will it work in?
Is there nothing i can do?
I had a very similar problem. I travel a lot to other countries and have various sim-cards for the different countries that I visit regularly. I received similar messages to yours and only found out when trying to make a call that the sim card had expired. Apparently they only last for 12-24 months (in the countries I'm talking about) then you have to get a new card and, unfortunately, new number.
Also had the same problem when I just bought my Desire. I too had it unlocked and a few days later, for no reason at all, what's happened to you happened to me. So I viewed my mobile phone account online on the providers website and found that my account was "missing". I tried the online live chat and they told me my account had been cancelled. They couldn't explain why but after a lot of protesting by me they magically re-instated it.
I think the best advice is to contact T-Mobile. Maybe the sim needs activating, if not done already, or maybe there's a problem with the account or the sim is faulty.
Try another T-Mobile sim in it, or another provider to see if they work. You can get them for free now.
So, I am going to Rinteln, Lower Sax the 7th of july for a couple weeks, and I am just curious if any one knows if I will be able to find a prepaid sim card to use in my G2 while I am there. There is always calling over wifi if not, but its worth a shot.
Perhaps there are even some locals that can respond.
Thanks in advance
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using xda premium
If you are a t-mobile customer use wifi calling
We were just in Europe and I had international roaming turned off. What we used was wifi calling. I could send text message (mms didn't work) and receive text message (they get queued up and you get them when you connect) and call back to the states free. We thought it worked very well.
I live in Germany and I am using Alditalk which is using the eplus network.
There you have very cheap data flatrates.
You can simply buy them in an ALDI Supermarket.
O2 traveler sim
Last time I was there O2 had a traveler pack promotion but it might have expired.
Drop by any O2 shop and ask them about it.
Sim card for Germany
With the pre-paid global SIM card, you get the benefit of having the same number, which you can carry through your journey in different parts of the world. On top of that, the calls that you receive are free of cost, no matter where it is generated from.I'm using holidayphone during my foreign tour especially in Spain, Italy. They providing cheap and best services.
Hey, I recently took a Verizon branded phone with me to the UK (ADR6350) and managed to get it unlocked whilst visiting. I tested the phone in the UK with several different sim cards with the result being successful. I tried O2, Tesco and Vodafone. Unfortunately, when I returned to the USA and wanted to insert a GSM sim card into the phone, it doesn't seem to recognize the network. I have tried h20 and Vodafone whilst in the usa and nothing works. The cell phone will automatically connect me to the Verizon network regardless of CDMA or GSM settings. I will make a call with the new chip in the phone it will automatically try to connect me to Verizon customer services or tell me the network is unavailable.
I am trying to figure out what the problem could be. I have no idea why the cell phone keeps reverting. I know the chips that i have tested work in the USA as I have another mobile to test them in without issues.
Could anybody help or have some suggestions please?
Everybody asks money the unlock code.....
This sucks...
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Everybody asks money the unlock code.....
This sucks...
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Don't have money to unlock it, sucks more