Nokia 515 having trouble dialling out, but not receiving calls .....

[Anonymous]

I'm assuming its that scheister developer MacArthy & Stone's now completed 'later life is greater life' building which is getting in the way - company has been investigated by BBC Panorama  tv programme & that's good enough for me to call them scheisters = that & total abuse I've had to endure from the sub-contractors

my living room, my bedroom, my workroom all face that way ..... now all is occupied, very unhelpful on site posh/unresponsive woman, I've complained to her about parking problems = cars on footpaths where lots of us people who walk to Morrissons supermarket find it difficult to carry 2 bags of shopping up the hill & have to go on the narrow cobbled street that us pedestrians are left with 

I am right handed so it is difficult for me to hold the handset in my right hand & jot down notes with my left

I don't know where my nearest phone mast is, but have been told the eyesore of Homeloan building part of Skipton Building Society has 2 phone masts on carbuncle building & that's why it cannot be razed to the ground & decent developers start again 

[Anonymous]

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@MI5 wrote:
Put your phone on GSM (2G) only.
Menu >Settings >Phone >Network Mode > Select GSM.

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have done this MI5 - thank you 

[Anonymous]

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@jonsie wrote:

It may be worth giving your simcard a quick clean Jane....

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thank you for this jonsie

I shall pop into town's O2 store & get them to do it for me = I don't like opening up the phone:smileyhappy:

can a phone operate without a sim card in it. I ask because I found one on the living room floor a few months ago & just put it into the nearest 'bowl' for safe-keeping & as far as I know it's still there 

[Anonymous]

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@MI5 wrote:
PS, just found this interactive guide. Click each line and it will show you the phone screen at each step.
http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=164603&CURRENT...

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thank you MI5 ..... I'm on with this & it will keep me occupied for some time & good to refer back to in the future 

I've bookmarked the page for easy identification when I use it again 

[jonsie]

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@Anonymous wrote:

can a phone operate without a sim card in it. I ask because I found one on the living room floor a few months ago & just put it into the nearest 'bowl' for safe-keeping & as far as I know it's still there 

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Found one on the floor?

Well the phone would switch on but not make/receive calls......

[MI5]

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WispaRed7 wrote: 

can a phone operate without a sim card in it. I ask because I found one on the living room floor a few months ago & just put it into the nearest 'bowl' for safe-keeping & as far as I know it's still there 

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That may well explain why you can't receive any calls

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:

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WispaRed7 wrote: 

can a phone operate without a sim card in it. I ask because I found one on the living room floor a few months ago & just put it into the nearest 'bowl' for safe-keeping & as far as I know it's still there 

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That may well explain why you can't receive any calls

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Only you would be allowed to get away with that comment. Though I expect Jane will do a spit take

[Anonymous]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:

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WispaRed7 wrote: 

can a phone operate without a sim card in it. I ask because I found one on the living room floor a few months ago & just put it into the nearest 'bowl' for safe-keeping & as far as I know it's still there 

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That may well explain why you can't receive any calls

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Only you would be allowed to get away with that comment. Though I expect Jane will do a spit take

..... seriously, I shall take my phone & 'found' sim card to town's O2 store & let them do the biz 

[jonsie]

I would think it strange if I found a sim card on the floor, especially if it coincided with my phone not working...

Jane you are my special star

[Anonymous]

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@jonsie wrote:

I would think it strange if I found a sim card on the floor, especially if it coincided with my phone not working...

Jane you are my special star

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well, yes jonsie I find it strange too 'cos I can't think where it would come from - my Nokia515 works at home I thought alright, but it was my son's text to me saying he's been trying to contact me since New Year, that made me think about why - sometimes my phone shows a screen message like 'not connected to the network' or something, but when I move to the roadside of my house the phone is ok - that recently completed building I reckon is at fault canalside of my house - & then I tried to think logically about where is the O2 mast - in town, as described in a previous post - because most of the buildings being of thick stone I guess, there are several places I can't send a text or make/receive a call

never been one to show my ignorance jonsie ..... despite once being accused as someone who could get a degree in stating the bleeding obvious  but that was a long time ago - I don't care on this tech O2 community = I'm starting from a place far back than most others on this forum 

anyway jonsie thank you for saying I am your special star :womanvery-happy: & the hug is much appreciated so I give you one back  it's good to share 

[MI5]

I'm guessing that sim card you found wasn't yours after all