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holein1
Posts: 28
Phone Model:
Nokia N70
Service Provider:
Virgin Mobile |
 
Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:24 am |
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Had my N70 for a couple of days and I'm still learning the ropes. However one thing that keeps bugging is whenever I come out of an application I get the message "Sim card registration failed". I'm with Virgin Mobile and although the message doesn't seem to affect the phone's operation it's becoming quite irritating. Any ideas?
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elmo01
Posts: 2157
Phone Model:
Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider:
Bell Canada |
Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:06 am |
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in a broad sense a registration failure (regardless of carrier) is the sim not passing authentication and the device *should* be rendered useless... where you are still able to use the device that would indicate to me a possible corrupt sim card.. or the device not correctly reading the sim.... call your wireless provider and have it checked out
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neek
Posts: 117
Phone Model:
LG VX-8300
Service Provider:
Verizon |
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:22 pm |
Might also be that information is not being transmitted to the tower, so no authentication is going throug. This can happen when your phone is locked to a specific tower (small technical problem) and all you have to do is power cycle the device.
However, in this sense when you're exiting an application and it gives you that error message... might be a software issue not transmitting or misreading incoming information.
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holein1
Posts: 28
Phone Model:
Nokia N70
Service Provider:
Virgin Mobile |
Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:31 pm |
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The problem is an intermittent one so might it suggest a corrupt Sim?
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elmo01
Posts: 2157
Phone Model:
Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider:
Bell Canada |
Sat Apr 15, 2006 3:01 pm |
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it could also be just the way the card is seated in the device... try removing the sim... and replacing it... ensure when you put it back that it is in all the way... we are dealing with tolerances measured in microns...
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holein1
Posts: 28
Phone Model:
Nokia N70
Service Provider:
Virgin Mobile |
Sat Apr 15, 2006 3:04 pm |
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One thing I forgot to mention. The N70 handbook calls for the insertion of a (U)Sim as opposed to a Sim. Could this present a problem?
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M6600
Posts: 1 |
Wed May 24, 2006 10:46 am |
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Try this work-around: use a pencil... use the rubber end, rub the metalic strips on the SIM card. There maybe a poor connection. It fixed my problem with my Nokia 6600. Good luck!
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holein1
Posts: 28
Phone Model:
Nokia N70
Service Provider:
Virgin Mobile |
Thu May 25, 2006 2:39 pm |
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The error was subsequently found to be a faulty phone and I am currently waiting for a replacement from Nokia. Thanks everybody for your interest.
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Rysankar
Posts: 1 |
Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:23 am |
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i have a nokia n81 and it is on a plan and it keep popping up on the screen "sim card registration failed" what should i do?
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