T68i unable to make or receive calls

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Might be worth restoring system settings - sounds like something hae
crashed?

ITM wrote:
> When I try to make a call on my T68i the phone attempts to connect,
> then seems to cancel the call - i.e. it returns to the default screen.
> Incoming calls are directed straight to the answering service. This
> doesn't happen 100% of the time, but probably 95%.
>
> When attempting a call the reception is usually medium to high
> strength, but when attempting a call it often dips to low just before
> terminating.
>
> I've tried this in areas of various different signal strengths and
> usually get the same result. In fact I've got another T68i which I'm
> trying side-by-side in the same location and it has no problems with
> reception. I've also tried swapping SIM cards, but I get the same
> problem with the phone, so it appears to be a problem with the phone
> rather than the SIM. It's an Orange account.
>
> Does anyone recognise these symptoms?
>
> TIA for any help.
> Ian

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I'm not sure if you want to hear this, but....I tried a different
battery and it seems to have resolved the problem.

Thanks so much for the idea - I would never have thought of it!

Ian

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:05:01 -0700, Slim <slim.pickens@big.bucks.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:19:38 GMT, ITM <itm@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>When I try to make a call on my T68i the phone attempts to connect,
>>then seems to cancel the call - i.e. it returns to the default screen.
>>Incoming calls are directed straight to the answering service. This
>>doesn't happen 100% of the time, but probably 95%.
>>
>>When attempting a call the reception is usually medium to high
>>strength, but when attempting a call it often dips to low just before
>>terminating.
>>
>>I've tried this in areas of various different signal strengths and
>>usually get the same result. In fact I've got another T68i which I'm
>>trying side-by-side in the same location and it has no problems with
>>reception. I've also tried swapping SIM cards, but I get the same
>>problem with the phone, so it appears to be a problem with the phone
>>rather than the SIM. It's an Orange account.
>>
>>Does anyone recognise these symptoms?
>>
>>TIA for any help.
>>Ian
>
>I had exactly the same problem! Nothing seemed to work to make it
>function again, so I threw it in a river.
>
>
>Then someone told me I should have checked the battery.... oh well.
>
>