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using unlocked refurbed Motorola V188 on Cingular

Discussion in 'AT&T Wireless Forum' started by GaryW, Sep 17, 2006.

  1. GaryW

    GaryW New Member

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    We bought an unlocked refurbed Motorola V188 from Tiger Direct to replace a broken Cingular Motorola V557. We can't upgrade for 3 months. We swapped the SIM card and for one day all was fine. Now, all attempts to make a call result in a "call failed" message. What's wrong? Is the refurbed phone defective? Is Cingular "relocking" the phone? Any information would be helpful.
     
    #1 GaryW, Sep 17, 2006
  2. M in LA

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    It could be network issues. Cingular can't relock the phone over the air (as far as I know). If you get that message on every call, it might be a phone issue, but I know that I've run across that message a lot lately and it's usually because of network problems.
     
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    No, they can't relock over the air, and even if was "relocked" it would only mean that it will only function on Cingular's network. I would try taking the battery & SIM card out for 5 minutes, then putting it back togeather & try using it again.

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    #3 Jay2TheRescue, Sep 17, 2006
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    call failed is a network / phone issue... not a sim issue...

    from your brief description it sounds like its a tower... if you get in your car and drive 10 miles (normal phone to tower range is 3-5 miles by dispalceing yourself more than 5 miles you can start to make some deductions) is it the same result? or is this happening everywhere?

    if you go to the other location (more than 5 miles away) and there is no change odds are its the phone
     
    #4 elmo01, Sep 26, 2006
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