Nokia 7250i Problems - Anyone else?

"Adam Greatrix" <extorian@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Rob Wyn Jones" <bonkersrob@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > I've got a Nokia 7250i on Orange contract, and am now on my 3rd (yes,
> > you did hear right!) handset - getting dropped telephone calls (in v.
> > good service area) + various messages like "Insert SIM card" and "SIM
> > card rejected" come up for some reason.
>
> I got myself and my girlfriend a new 7250i about a month ago. Both have
had
> no problems at all, no strange messages, no rebooting, no dropped calls.
The
> only exception to this was that on one occasion when I was flying through
> menus extremely fast with shortcuts, when I went back to the main screen
it
> had an orange "?" instead of my background pic. This disappeared when I
> turned the phone off and on again.
>
> I read a post from another person in the group a couple of days ago
> describing EXACTLY the same problem that you had on an Orange 7250i. It
may
> be a bad batch of phones, or a bad batch of SIMs. Let us know if your new
> SIM fixes the problem.
>

Think that'd be me then...

I had FOUR handsets from Phones4U - currently (fingers crossed) it's all
good.

I suspect there's also a batch of dodgy phones - just bad luck I suppose

"*Phantom Mendips*" <abuse@lineone.net> wrote in message
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| "Adam Greatrix" <extorian@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| > "Rob Wyn Jones" <bonkersrob@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| > news:584e040.0310172322.59efe82e@posting.google.co m...
| > > I've got a Nokia 7250i on Orange contract, and am now on my 3rd (yes,
| > > you did hear right!) handset - getting dropped telephone calls (in v.
| > > good service area) + various messages like "Insert SIM card" and "SIM
| > > card rejected" come up for some reason.
| >
| > I got myself and my girlfriend a new 7250i about a month ago. Both have
| had
| > no problems at all, no strange messages, no rebooting, no dropped calls.
| The
| > only exception to this was that on one occasion when I was flying
through
| > menus extremely fast with shortcuts, when I went back to the main screen
| it
| > had an orange "?" instead of my background pic. This disappeared when I
| > turned the phone off and on again.
| >
| > I read a post from another person in the group a couple of days ago
| > describing EXACTLY the same problem that you had on an Orange 7250i. It
| may
| > be a bad batch of phones, or a bad batch of SIMs. Let us know if your
new
| > SIM fixes the problem.
| >
|
| Think that'd be me then...
|
| I had FOUR handsets from Phones4U - currently (fingers crossed) it's all
| good.
|
| I suspect there's also a batch of dodgy phones - just bad luck I suppose
|

Most likely its the SIM problem. Happened to me with a 8K sim card in my
3310 for a few times. Changing to other 8k/32/64k sim cards solves it..

> I've got a Nokia 7250i on Orange contract, and am now on my 3rd (yes,
> you did hear right!) handset - getting dropped telephone calls (in v.
> good service area) + various messages like "Insert SIM card" and "SIM
> card rejected" come up for some reason.

I've got a Nokia 7250 and a Motorola T720i, both of them are on T-Mobile.
When sitting in my house I get no signal on the Nokia yet the Motorola T720i
is at full strength.

"tuned by RÄZO" <NOSPAMmillajovovich@softhome.net> wrote in message
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> Most likely its the SIM problem. Happened to me with a 8K sim card in my
> 3310 for a few times. Changing to other 8k/32/64k sim cards solves it..

How can one tell (from the SIM card itself?) what memory size (in KB) the
SIM card is?

"root" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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| How can one tell (from the SIM card itself?) what memory size (in KB) the
| SIM card is?
|


Differs from country to country...usually u can tell Gemplus 64K (aka
supersims) because 64K is printed along with the serial number of the SIM..

8K are usually older generation SIMs with 100/140 phonebook and 10/15 SMS
storage.. and doesnt have the SIM services menu.

32/64 K have 250 phonebook and 20/30/40SMS storage

"tuned by RÄZO" <NOSPAMmillajovovich@softhome.net> wrote in message
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> | How can one tell (from the SIM card itself?) what memory size (in KB)
the
> | SIM card is?
> |
>
>
> Differs from country to country...usually u can tell Gemplus 64K (aka
> supersims) because 64K is printed along with the serial number of the
SIM..
>
> 8K are usually older generation SIMs with 100/140 phonebook and 10/15 SMS
> storage.. and doesnt have the SIM services menu.
>
> 32/64 K have 250 phonebook and 20/30/40SMS storage

Cheers for that. I got a T-Mobile SIM from fwdcellular.com (FT 750 tariff)
which is 200 names and XYZ SMS. When I stick it in my phone (6310i), after
putting in my PIN code, it accepts it and starts up immediately, whereas my
Orange SIM (90 names & 10 SMS spaces) hangs for about 10 seconds after
typing my PIN code and hitting the "OK" button or pressing "#".

I am sure this has something to do with the memory capacity of the SIM card.

"root" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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| "tuned by RÄZO" <NOSPAMmillajovovich@softhome.net> wrote in message
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| > "root" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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| >
| > | How can one tell (from the SIM card itself?) what memory size (in KB)
| the
| > | SIM card is?
| > |
| >
| >
| > Differs from country to country...usually u can tell Gemplus 64K (aka
| > supersims) because 64K is printed along with the serial number of the
| SIM..
| >
| > 8K are usually older generation SIMs with 100/140 phonebook and 10/15
SMS
| > storage.. and doesnt have the SIM services menu.
| >
| > 32/64 K have 250 phonebook and 20/30/40SMS storage
|
| Cheers for that. I got a T-Mobile SIM from fwdcellular.com (FT 750
tariff)
| which is 200 names and XYZ SMS. When I stick it in my phone (6310i),
after
| putting in my PIN code, it accepts it and starts up immediately, whereas
my
| Orange SIM (90 names & 10 SMS spaces) hangs for about 10 seconds after
| typing my PIN code and hitting the "OK" button or pressing "#".
|
| I am sure this has something to do with the memory capacity of the SIM
card.
|

Well, older SIMS may be 5V type too... which causes slowdown.. but current
SIMs are all 3V. I notice the same effect with a 3310.. the newer, bigger
sims are faster ;-)

Hi Adam,

Orange were persistantly trying to replace my phone, but I managed to
get them to send me a new SIM card (which is of the new profile type
which includes more space for storage of contacts on it), and so far
(touch-wood!) the phone now seems to be working OK.

Kind Regards,

Rob




> "Rob Wyn Jones" <bonkersrob@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:584e040.0310172322.59efe82e@posting.google.co m...
> > I've got a Nokia 7250i on Orange contract, and am now on my 3rd (yes,
> > you did hear right!) handset - getting dropped telephone calls (in v.
> > good service area) + various messages like "Insert SIM card" and "SIM
> > card rejected" come up for some reason.
>
> I got myself and my girlfriend a new 7250i about a month ago. Both have had
> no problems at all, no strange messages, no rebooting, no dropped calls. The
> only exception to this was that on one occasion when I was flying through
> menus extremely fast with shortcuts, when I went back to the main screen it
> had an orange "?" instead of my background pic. This disappeared when I
> turned the phone off and on again.
>
> I read a post from another person in the group a couple of days ago
> describing EXACTLY the same problem that you had on an Orange 7250i. It may
> be a bad batch of phones, or a bad batch of SIMs. Let us know if your new
> SIM fixes the problem.
>
> Adam