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Limited Service message on Samsung x820 - HELP! |
Benfrain
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I have this phone and get a 'Limited Service' message which comes up quite frequently. It then only allows emergency calls. What is this about? A turn off and back on sometimes solves it, sometimes it doesn't.
The phone was bought new off ebay and I have my orange pay monthly sim in it...? |
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fatreg
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either you have no signal where you live or the phone is barred...
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Benfrain
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Could it be to do with what kind of network it is looking for? I think this is a non 3G phone so would that have any bearing? |
fatreg
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non at all no..
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Benfrain
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Hi fatreg, as it's on mostly and occasionally comes up with 'limited service' would you agree that this indicates a signal issue rather than barring (better not be barred as I bought it 'as new'!) |
Luke-the-magic-man
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depeds really, when it doesnt show the limited service, can you make calls?
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Sammy_boy
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Sounds like a signal issue, what's the Orange signal like in other phones in your area, is it weak?
If it's strong on other phones, could be the phone has a signal problem but isn't blocked. If it's a weak signal anyway, then it could just be that the Orange signal is fairly poor in your area and the phone's picking up another network (e.g. Voda, O2, T-Mob etc.), which you can make emergency calls on but nothing else.
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Benfrain
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When it doesn't show 'limited service' I can make calls fine. Other phones e.g. K700i are fine in the same area although not perfect.
Is it perhaps that the x820 just has a poor aeiral?? |
Sammy_boy
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Could be that that phone does have a crap aerial, for example i get a very good signal on O2 on my W810i where I live, but a poor one, sometimes going to 'emergency calls only' on a T610 I had, that particular model had a poor RF performance.
Does it look like the phone's been opened/tampered with at all? Could be someone's had the phone apart to do a repair, then either put the phone back together slightly wrong so the aerial was put in slightly misaligned or a part got missed out.
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Benfrain
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No it all came 'as new' looked completely untouched. Perhaps as more people get these it will emerge as a 'feature' of the handset  |
Benfrain
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Out of interest, how can one check if their phone has been barred somewhere? |
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Posted: 2006-09-05 22:09
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