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before i start i guess i should say that i'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but since most of the HTC dream users are t-mo customers i wanna know if this has happened to anyone else or if there is a way to stop this from happening.
i got my phone and not a few days later i started to receive calls from verizon wireless asking to talk to a certain person and i repeatedly told them that i did not know this person and i wanted to be removed from their calling list. i called t-mobile about the issue as well as verizon and no one had any help and they all said that my number was not in their database as a valid number and that i was not receiving the calls. t-mo actually told me that the signals were getting crossed in the air and somehow ending up at my phone rather than the intended person's phone. after several calls to t-mo and verizon and altell(and wasting over 300 of my minutes) i was told that my number had been removed and i would not recieve the calls again, but if i did t-mo offered to change my number. i didn't want to change my number since i have had to change it before because of a crazy ex, so i decided to wait it out. nearly a month went by and i started recieving the calls again so i got my number changed two nights ago.
ten minutes after i got my number changed i started recieving blocked calls from someone asking to talk to someone completely different than before, this was a company and i know this because it was always a different person asking to talk to the same person. i was wondering if anyone else has had this issue, and if there is an app for android similar to callfirewall on WM that would allow me to blocked all unknown numbers. or even better i would like to get the number that is calling me and i would prefer to do it without the police(i don't get along well with them).
quite frankly i would like to be able to forward all calls from the unknown number right back to the same number since they are likely to have different lines and then i don't have to deal with the number calling me anymore. if anyone has any idea how to get the number please let me know, i asked t-mobile and they refused to release the number to me and said that they had no way of getting the number for me.
thanks in advance for your help.
T-Mobile do re-issue numbers fairly quickly, atleast they do in the UK... I changed my number a little while back, less than a fortnight later someone spoke to me saying they'd tried to contact me but got someone else...
I don't think it is possible to do any form of subscriber lookup with software as the number is not available at point of contact with the handset. In the UK reverse lookup and subscriber lookup isn't possible at all for the average Joe, but not sure on the laws within the States...
Re aborting "unknown caller" calls, there must be a developer out there that can knock something up, as the capabilities are on the handset for known numbers by editing the contact and ticking the send to answerphone...
If you do get something, please post the details on here, as I would like to have the option to refuse with-held and unknown callers also.
Cheers!
tubaking182 said:
if anyone has any idea how to get the number please let me know, i asked t-mobile and they refused to release the number to me and said that they had no way of getting the number for me.
thanks in advance for your help.
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TMobile will not help you with this. I'm sorry but that's the case. The only thing they can do for you is, as you already mentioned, change your number.
Today is your lucky day:
Google "TrapCall" There is a free trial for their premium services which will not only tell you what blocked number is calling, but also release all the billing information/address for that blocked number. You will never be harassed again! I use it all the time! Let us know what you find out!
TrapCall looks impressive, if only it were possible and legal to use in the UK! lol
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TrapCall looks impressive, if only it were possible and legal to use in the UK! lol
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Ah, I'm not too sure about that... I live in the US so it works fine here.
As I said, I highly recommend it for people living in the US, try it out on your friends, and see how it works.
when i attempted trapcall, i did the programming my phone step and it gave me an error, something about an unexpected response from the network, or something about not being able to set up call forwarding. i assumed it was something i did wrong and didn't work too much on it last night, but i'm gonna give it a second look today to see
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when i attempted trapcall, i did the programming my phone step and it gave me an error, something about an unexpected response from the network, or something about not being able to set up call forwarding. i assumed it was something i did wrong and didn't work too much on it last night, but i'm gonna give it a second look today to see
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Yeah, it can definately be a little difficult to set up at first.. just have it forward to the number they give you. I actually did it on my ATT phone I had. When I bought an ADP1 and put the SIM card in there. It still kept the data. This is probably something stored on the SIM card.
i did finally get it set up, hopefully they call soon so i can forward them to another person that's harassing me, harrass them both by making them call eachother. fun for me
I seem to be experiencing issues that sometimes people call me and the call goes direct to voicemail without even ringing. I get no missed call alert and dont know that someone has called unless they leave a message. I have tested this by calling my handset from my office phone with the HD2 in my other hand showing full network coverage... call goes direct to voicemail. 5 mintues later all worked fine. This seems to be totally random however it seems to be getting worse to the extent that no-one could call me all afternoon today. I know that i missed at least 7 calls and possibly more. All the settings are correct for call diverts etc.
Also the new 1.66 Rom seems to have made my phone worse but most people seem to be saying that theres is quicker.
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Who's your carrier, were the calls from within your carrier's network or outside, etc.?
Carrier is o2 uk
CARRIER IS O2 UK. THE CALLS THAT GET DIVERTED STRAIGHT TO VOICEMAIL ARE RANDOM.some within the network others are not. it seems to have no relevance. o2 advise me to test using another phone to see if the sim card is faulty. does anyone else have this issue?
I noticed it this morning at a real bad time. Was waiting for an important call back for an IT problem, and thankfully he left voice mail with a call back.
While the HD2 does many non-phone things, foremost it needs to work perfectly as a phone!
(i'm on t-mobile usa)
Working fine for a few days, but who knows how often it happened & the person didn't leave voice mail!
Me too!
yep! I have had this for the first two months of getting the phone except mine says "do you want to send a text" instead of going to voicemail..... I "discussed" with T Mobile UK several times and they eventually did a full account refresh which seemed to solve "most" of it. I don't get people telling me they called me and couldn't get through any more although I have dialled my HD2 from my landline and it's still random. T Mobile gave me money back on line rental though..... that's something I suppose.
Hopefully some of us can find a solution.... or am I right in thinking we should be able to send it back!?
Greetings Everyone,
I've had this issue with my S4 since I got it. During every phone call, at random times, it sounds like someone is hitting a button on their phone causing an annoying tone beep, like someone is pressing the 4 button. My phone is always locked during the phone call and I've asked if the other person could have hit the key which they always say no. This is HIGHLY annoying as it happens during every call. Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be the cause of this?
Thanks in advance!
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Greetings Everyone,
I've had this issue with my S4 since I got it. During every phone call, at random times, it sounds like someone is hitting a button on their phone causing an annoying tone beep, like someone is pressing the 4 button. My phone is always locked during the phone call and I've asked if the other person could have hit the key which they always say no. This is HIGHLY annoying as it happens during every call. Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be the cause of this?
Thanks in advance!
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maybe it is your alerts? Did you try going to Settings of the dialer, and switching off "minute minder" and "alert during calls" under "call alerts" menu?
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maybe it is your alerts? Did you try going to Settings of the dialer, and switching off "minute minder" and "alert during calls" under "call alerts" menu?
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Thanks for the suggestions. I did check and confirmed that Yes minute minder is turned off as well as call alerts..
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Thanks for the suggestions. I did check and confirmed that Yes minute minder is turned off as well as call alerts..
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Really strange then, never heard of this. Maybe you are calling a landline, and two people pick up on the other end, and one of them accientally hits some keys before hanging up.
I am out of guesses. :/
msmmann said:
Greetings Everyone,
I've had this issue with my S4 since I got it. During every phone call, at random times, it sounds like someone is hitting a button on their phone causing an annoying tone beep, like someone is pressing the 4 button. My phone is always locked during the phone call and I've asked if the other person could have hit the key which they always say no. This is HIGHLY annoying as it happens during every call. Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be the cause of this?
Thanks in advance!
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Are you using Google voice or is someone you're calling using Google voice? When I made calls using Google voice I would experience this exact behavior... a random touch tone beep every so often...
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Are you using Google voice or is someone you're calling using Google voice? When I made calls using Google voice I would experience this exact behavior... a random touch tone beep every so often...
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Nope, not using Google Voice and am always talking to people on their cell phones. I rarely call landline phones anymore. I have pretty much all notification settings turned off also. I'm at a loss here
I have this EXACT problem.
Happens on my S3 as well. I replaced sim cards but that doesn't do anything. I'm guessing its something with att
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geoldr said:
I have this EXACT problem.
Happens on my S3 as well. I replaced sim cards but that doesn't do anything. I'm guessing its something with att
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I always thought it was a problem with the other persons service, but I was on the phone with HP tech support for work and I was on speakerphone with the phone laying on the desk and the guy kept asking me if I was pressing the dial tone buttons. That's when I was certain it's a problem with something on AT&T. Or just a weird problem that both my S3 and S4 have.
Which dialer are you using? I also had this same issue on my Galaxy Nexus. Haven't had the issue on the S4 yet
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I am completely stock just rooted.
So glad to hear I'm not the only one having the issue. I'm calling AT&T today to see what they say. Maybe it's just a jacked up phone. I'll keep you guys posted on what they say.
I have the same characteristic on my HTC One, so it's not unique to the S4. For the moment, I'm thinking it's just a tone corresponding to notifications, but I'll be following the thread with interest. Please report your finding.
ETA: Won't the joke be on all of us if we find out its the NSA listening in on our conversations?
I have the same issue with the key tones. I hear them randomly and it is so annoying. It all started when I got a warranty replacement Galaxy S3. I thought because the S3 might be a refurb. that is why it was doing this key tones. So I signed a contract and got the Galaxy S4 and the problem did not end. I had EIGHT different S4's, SIX different sim cards, did many hard resets, made two different google accounts, tried another phone, changed my phone number, and changed my account with ATT. IT STILL DOES THE NOISE!!!!! HELP ME PLEASE!!! SOMEONE!!!
Interesting... I had the exact same thing with my Sprint Galaxy S3. I hadn't pressed keys on my end, and the person on the other end (different people) always swore they hadn't pressed anything.
I haven't noticed it (yet) on my AT&T S4, but it is definitely not specific to AT&T. My S3 wasn't even rooted - completely stock. Maybe something in the more recent updates from Samsung that is going out to all the carriers?
Edit: Scratch my thought about Samsung, I see someone above mentioned the HTC One.
AT&T sent me out a HTC One to try on weds and the first convo I had with someone the key tones were there. The guy at AT&T thought it might have been my 4G LTE signal and he made my phone just 3G because he thought it was the common feature with all the phones but even with just the 3G it still does it. Im at a lost! Every time I hear the key tones I want to throw the phone against the nearest wall.
Have it on my S3, on Straight Talk AT&T sim
I've been searching and searching for an answer for this. I've had my phone since February, and this beeping only started in the past couple of months. Someone suggested it was the minute minder, but that is turned off on my phone. I've exhausted all options anyone has posted, and I guess I just have to deal with it. I'm starting to think it's the NSA thing...
By the way, my friend has heard the beeps on their end, as well but don't hear it on calls with other people so it doesn't seem to be their iPhone. Imagine that...still doesn't make me want one!
Notification beeps?
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msmmann said:
Greetings Everyone,
I've had this issue with my S4 since I got it. During every phone call, at random times, it sounds like someone is hitting a button on their phone causing an annoying tone beep, like someone is pressing the 4 button. My phone is always locked during the phone call and I've asked if the other person could have hit the key which they always say no. This is HIGHLY annoying as it happens during every call. Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be the cause of this?
Thanks in advance!
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Looks like it might have something to do with "DTMF" Touch tones. In a google search, I am running across many people talking about this issue and addressing it as DTMF but haven't found a solution. Many search hits!
If anybody else wants to try and run it down further, search for DTMF tones during call or similar.
VyCariously said:
I've been searching and searching for an answer for this. I've had my phone since February, and this beeping only started in the past couple of months. Someone suggested it was the minute minder, but that is turned off on my phone. I've exhausted all options anyone has posted, and I guess I just have to deal with it. I'm starting to think it's the NSA thing...
By the way, my friend has heard the beeps on their end, as well but don't hear it on calls with other people so it doesn't seem to be their iPhone. Imagine that...still doesn't make me want one!
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I have been searching this everywhere. I am starting to think you are right. I went back as far as 2009 though. Initially it was reported with VOIP phones. So I wonder if on the back end companies are beginning to integrate technologies.
Regardless it's annoying! I'm so glad I'm not the only one!
Similar problem, with details.
I've been having a similar issue with key tone sounds during calls as well. I'm with PureTalk USA and have been fine for over a year now, then this started happening. The problem for me began with getting a new call forwarding number because my voicemail began having issues. I noticed I was hearing intermittent sounds like a key being dialed during calls. I checked my settings, nothing indicated the phone had any kind of minute minder active. Because the beeping is irregular that wouldn't make sense anyway. During a call last night, for example, I must have heard it more than 30 times in an hour, many of those times in clusters of 4-7 in the space of only 5 minutes. This happens with incoming and outgoing calls, to any carrier, to even calls to PureTalk customer service.
The other thing I wanted to add was that this was not just with one phone. My regular handset is the unlocked Google Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I took out the sim and put it into my old Nokia GoPhone, and the problem persisted. The Nokia is not a smart phone, and the setting have never been tampered with, and the last time I'd used that phone I had never had this issue.
PureTalk has done little to resolve this matter, stating that the problem is with the handset settings, even though I've explained that I've had this error with my smart phone and with a dumb phone, but they insist the issue is on my end. Since going to their tech support my data has stopped working as well, which was a consequence of their doing an account reset to attempt to resolve my problem. They again tell me this is an issue with my handset and not on their end, despite the account reset changing nothing on my phone. Other tech support ideas such as sending a new sim card and wiping my phone didn't help, not that it would have since the error is on multiple phones, through two sim cards.
Going to switch carriers, thinking TMobile. If PureTalk is convinced my issue is in my handset and continues closing the ticket I don't see that this will ever be resolved.
Batgirl said:
I have been searching this everywhere. I am starting to think you are right. I went back as far as 2009 though. Initially it was reported with VOIP phones. So I wonder if on the back end companies are beginning to integrate technologies.
Regardless it's annoying! I'm so glad I'm not the only one!
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Well, if it is in fact the NSA eavesdropping on our conversations, then color me disappointed. You think they'd do a better job of covering their tracks. No sense in covert surveillance if you're gonna be announcing it every few minutes with an audible tone.
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Hey everyone, this is my first post and I really hope someone can help...
So the weirdest thing happened few hours ago. I was working and when I checked my phone I had 2 missed calls, both unsaved numbers. So I called the first number and this weird person kept asking me if I could talk. I kept asking who is on the line but the other person was just asking me the same thing over and over again. They spoke my language (not English) but with a thick accent so I knew they were foreign. I hung up and called the other number and it was my friend, whose number I have it memorized but it was also showing as unsaved number in my call log. She told me that she hasn`t tried calling me earlier, even though her number was showing as a missed call.
After that I spoke with my wife and the connection was bad, crackling and not very clear (this hasn't happened before). Then, I tried to write an SMS but I struggled as the letters seemed not aligned (also never happened before). The next time I removed it from my pocket, the flashlight was on. So I restarted it and checked my call log again. Those two missed call numbers? They were now gone from the call log. Also, it seems my battery drained much quicker after that, though I don't know if that's my mind playing tricks on me now.
It's been a loooooong day and I really didn't need this to happen now.
I really hope someone can help.
Tnx
gustafski said:
Hey everyone, this is my first post and I really hope someone can help...
So the weirdest thing happened few hours ago. I was working and when I checked my phone I had 2 missed calls, both unsaved numbers. So I called the first number and this weird person kept asking me if I could talk. I kept asking who is on the line but the other person was just asking me the same thing over and over again. They spoke my language (not English) but with a thick accent so I knew they were foreign. I hung up and called the other number and it was my friend, whose number I have it memorized but it was also showing as unsaved number in my call log. She told me that she hasn`t tried calling me earlier, even though her number was showing as a missed call.
After that I spoke with my wife and the connection was bad, crackling and not very clear (this hasn't happened before). Then, I tried to write an SMS but I struggled as the letters seemed not aligned (also never happened before). The next time I removed it from my pocket, the flashlight was on. So I restarted it and checked my call log again. Those two missed call numbers? They were now gone from the call log. Also, it seems my battery drained much quicker after that, though I don't know if that's my mind playing tricks on me now.
It's been a loooooong day and I really didn't need this to happen now.
I really hope someone can help.
Tnx
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If you say the true I would suggest to change the brand you are smoking because it is too strong for you!!
Sorry for bad kidding,,,, I go out there......
gustafski said:
Hey everyone, this is my first post and I really hope someone can help...
So the weirdest thing happened few hours ago. I was working and when I checked my phone I had 2 missed calls, both unsaved numbers. So I called the first number and this weird person kept asking me if I could talk. I kept asking who is on the line but the other person was just asking me the same thing over and over again. They spoke my language (not English) but with a thick accent so I knew they were foreign. I hung up and called the other number and it was my friend, whose number I have it memorized but it was also showing as unsaved number in my call log. She told me that she hasn`t tried calling me earlier, even though her number was showing as a missed call.
After that I spoke with my wife and the connection was bad, crackling and not very clear (this hasn't happened before). Then, I tried to write an SMS but I struggled as the letters seemed not aligned (also never happened before). The next time I removed it from my pocket, the flashlight was on. So I restarted it and checked my call log again. Those two missed call numbers? They were now gone from the call log. Also, it seems my battery drained much quicker after that, though I don't know if that's my mind playing tricks on me now.
It's been a loooooong day and I really didn't need this to happen now.
I really hope someone can help.
Tnx
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Download and anti virus and do a complete scan
Also check if any application is installed on your device about which you don't know.
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I installed avg and did a complete scan. The only weird thing was Tunein Radio Pro was shown as intrusive adware (weird...), which I uninstalled. Nothing else except that.
Also, I looked at my app list and didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
I should also say that I do have a person in mind who might be interested in hacking my phone, though I cannot say they have tried. I'm just saying they have the means to do that.
Obviously I will not just drop this and forget all about it, I was wondering if there is a way for my network provider to locate the number (which I don't have since it mysteriously disappeared from my call logs) and explore it further (if yes - how?) or I am better off just doing a factory reset and will that rectify the problem?
tnx
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Download and anti virus and do a complete scan
Also check if any application is installed on your device about which you don't know.
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lolo9393 said:
If you say the true I would suggest to change the brand you are smoking because it is too strong for you!!
Sorry for bad kidding,,,, I go out there......
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Hey.. I wish I have smoked something...
It was very weird, it felt like Twin Peaks with the weird phone call and the problems with the phone afterwards.
Now... I should also say that I'm not one of those paranoid guys wearing aluminium hats and claiming that the government is trying to poison us all... But you can imagine how freaked out I am, since the whole thing made me create an account here so I can post this question to you guys.
I am not a phone expert (far from it) but I'm not a beginner too, so I know when something weird happens.
Any constructive idea what to do next is welcome...
PS.
I just remembered, a day before that, around 11 pm, I got a call that was a wrong number. Now, I know that a wrong number is a wrong number but the guy was mumbling like he was trying to hide his real voice. I'm wondering if that was connected in some way with what happened the next day...
I repeat, I know how this sounds. ( but I assure you I'm just a normal guy and not a weird conspiracy theorist. I'm just connecting the dots now.
Human imagination has no limits
I have more than 5 phones
I received the wrong calls from unknown numbers and any abnormal events, but I never imagined that someone hacked my phone or watch me
Probably because I'm not Paris Hilton
Do not think for ****
timb3rwolf1973 said:
Human imagination has no limits
I have more than 5 phones
I received the wrong calls from unknown numbers and any abnormal events, but I never imagined that someone hacked my phone or watch me
Probably because I'm not Paris Hilton
Do not think for ****
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yeah I get what you are saying, as I said a wrong number is a wrong number. But I am more worried with what happened after that. Do you have any explanation for the number being erased (not by me) from the call log and the weird things with the phone just after that happened? The problems I described that happened after the phone call had never happened before that...
I think you should just do a factory reset and calm down a bit
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Haven't had a lot of luck with questions here for the last little while, but maybe someone has an idea as to why this would happen. My wife tried to call me 6 times yesterday. Not a single call came through or registered on my S7 Edge. She said all calls immediately went through to voice mail. When she got home, she stood right beside me and tried again and again, I was not notified of the call and it went right through to voice mail.
The phone had recently been rebooted. DND was not on. All sounds were on. The phone is not rooted and no apps like Greenify or anything like that running. After her last unsuccessful call to me, standing right beside me, I called her and it went through without an issue. She then tried to call me back and it worked. A minute or so later I received notification of her 2 voice mail messages from her previous calls. It's like the phone was in an extreme deep sleep. Which is pretty annoying considering I use the phone as a phone and I need calls to come through when they are made.
I took the phone into my carrier and they gave me a new sim card to try. I didn't have any issues with the previous sim card other than the issue from time to time of the first call I place being dropped and then the second call going through without issue. The signal is not fantastic in our condo, but I've never had someone tell me they have tried to call me and simply gone to vm before, so I don't know of any time of this happening previously. My wife had never had problems calling me before at all.
Anyone know what might have caused this?
No answers to this post,. Guess no one knows. Just another bizarre Samsung issue. Had it happen again today. My wife had to send me a Whatsapp message saying she couldn't call me. She said she called over and over again. No voice mail, no nothing. Never rang on my end or registered a call at all. Phone just didn't work until I called her and then she called me back and it worked. So sick of this thing working when it feels like it. Checked signal Not great, but no better than her signal and she never has any issues. She said she would call, it would just drop. No ringing, no voice mail, no nothing. Just call and then drop sound. Over and over again. Good thing this phone is only a $1000 device. Works great.
I don't have a solution for your problem, but had a similar issue when phoning my wife. It would ring on my side, but not on her side, then goes to voicemail. 2nd or 3rd time the call would go through to her to answer. Her phone wouldn't show any of the other calls. She was with a specific service provider and I moved her over to my provider. That is when the problems started as she was ported over to my provider. In the end it was on the provider's side where the problem was. They made some changes on her number profile and she could receive all calls and not random ones. Don't know the technical side of what the provider did, but they did admit they created her "call profile" incorrectly. Perhaps it's the same with you, that there is a setup on your profile that is not correct.
Thanks for the post, but I have contacted my provider. We use the same provider. Same settings. They reset everything for my phone and I reset everything on my end too. Still no solution. She does not have the same issues. Same phone. Same provider. Just sucks when you don't know if someone is trying to call you or not and if the phone actually works or not. I just want a phone that works all the time without having to worry about it. At the end of the day, that's all this is....a phone. If people can't call, well, that's an issue. I'm currently looking for work so it's even more important now than it's ever been.
Sorry to hear that you went the route of the provider and still no resolution. Maybe someone else can give light on the subject...
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Huh?
No it isn't.
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Sorry..solved my problem by flashing stock..first doesnt work..but now all is good
wtwo2 said:
Sorry..solved my problem by flashing stock..first doesnt work..but now all is good
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OK...What does that have to do with this thread that I created about my issue? I feel drunk...I think I need another drink. WTF?
What do you want? I had the ****ing same issue..solved it and deleted my message..
Try to flash some stock firm with Odin.. solved the very same issue for me!!!
So why did you delete the message then?