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Can someone please explain what this is? Life Timer indicates 00005:50 and
this is possibly referring to the life expectancy or life determined by
programmed code?

J.

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Richard Colton wrote:
> "Jimmy" <JimmyCliff@xemaps.com> wrote in message
> news:0oGdnbzXTq0uUa3fRVn-og@comcast.com...
>> Can someone please explain what this is? Life Timer indicates
>> 00005:50 and this is possibly referring to the life expectancy or
>> life determined by programmed code?
>
> It indicates the amount of time used making or receiving calls.

From when to when would be my next question as this phone is several years
old.

Thanks.
J.



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Ivor Jones wrote:
> "Jimmy" <JimmyCliff@xemaps.com> wrote in message
> news:n8WdnXe8JoBmRa3fRVn-3w@comcast.com...
>> Richard Colton wrote:
>>> "Jimmy" <JimmyCliff@xemaps.com> wrote in message
>>> news:0oGdnbzXTq0uUa3fRVn-og@comcast.com...
>>>> Can someone please explain what this is? Life Timer indicates
>>>> 00005:50 and this is possibly referring to the life expectancy or
>>>> life determined by programmed code?
>>>
>>> It indicates the amount of time used making or receiving calls.
>>
>> From when to when would be my next question as this phone is several
>> years old.
>
> It's the number of hours/minutes used since the phone was made.
>
> If yours is only reading 5 hours and 50 minutes you're either a very
> light user or the timer has been reset. This timer cannot be reset by
> the user, it can only be done by a Nokia Service Centre, maybe after
> some repair work..?
>
> Ivor

It must have somehow been reset for sure but this phone has been in my
possession and used daily since I purchased it way back when.

J.

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Richard Colton wrote:
> "Jimmy" <JimmyCliff@xemaps.com> wrote in message
> news:A82dnVVxreDbQ63fRVn-iQ@comcast.com...
>> Ivor Jones wrote:
>>> "Jimmy" <JimmyCliff@xemaps.com> wrote in message
>>> news:n8WdnXe8JoBmRa3fRVn-3w@comcast.com...
>>>> Richard Colton wrote:
>>>>> "Jimmy" <JimmyCliff@xemaps.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:0oGdnbzXTq0uUa3fRVn-og@comcast.com...
>>>>>> Can someone please explain what this is? Life Timer indicates
>>>>>> 00005:50 and this is possibly referring to the life expectancy or
>>>>>> life determined by programmed code?
>>>>>
>>>>> It indicates the amount of time used making or receiving calls.
>>>>
>>>> From when to when would be my next question as this phone is
>>>> several years old.
>>>
>>> It's the number of hours/minutes used since the phone was made.
>>>
>>> If yours is only reading 5 hours and 50 minutes you're either a very
>>> light user or the timer has been reset. This timer cannot be reset
>>> by the user, it can only be done by a Nokia Service Centre, maybe
>>> after some repair work..?
>>>
>>> Ivor
>>
>> It must have somehow been reset for sure but this phone has been in
>> my possession and used daily since I purchased it way back when.
>
> It may not have been, the timer can loop if enough usage is detected.
> Having said that, I've only ever seen one handset where it had
> looped, and that was an old one as well.
>
That all makes sence. Thanks for an excellent explanation.

J.