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My pay as you go orange Samsung phone has £7+ credit left on it, but when I tried to make a call today, it said 'emergency calls only'. Put the sim card out and in again, no difference. Any ideas please?
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Ok, SIM card in and out has rebooted the phone so that's all covered.
Could the phone be blocked (reported lost/missing etc) or have you had it from new ?
Get the SIM card and put it face down on apiece of clean white paper, just move it around in circles pushing on it for 10-15 secs. You're cleaning the corrosion off the chip, it forms between the contacts on the phone and the sim over time, normally it's fine but taking it in/out or it moving in the holder slightly can make it lose connection (increased resistance). The paper should show a slight black mark on it when you've done, this is normal.
Type *#06# and make sure the IMEI hasn't crashed and changed to 12345 etc or all zeros.
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When my phone has not got a very good signal it shows up emergency calls only' just go outside so you have better signel. turn phone off and on to reset, hope this helps.
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Thanks guys, Im dashing on a hospital visit now and will try this on my return and let your know.( Had it from new.)
Last edited by venice; 28th Feb 2013 12:24pm.
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When my phone has not got a very good signal it shows up emergency calls only' just go outside so you have better signel. turn phone off and on to reset, hope this helps. 
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Thanks everyone, I did everything and it worked in Chester tonight, so maybe it was a mixture of poor reception and "mucky card" Brilliant
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Maybe a coincidence but I'm
on orange and realised earlier today my phone basically "froze" I kept having to turn it in and off throughout the day and have kept getting a no signal message. Seems ok now tho.
Last edited by chris58; 1st Mar 2013 8:13pm.
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