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Need advice: Can't receive calls until I make one myself

Hi
I've been following this forum for a while and you guys seem pretty competent. I believe you are my best shot at fixing my rather serious problem...
I have several simcards, and two of them are showing very weird behavior in my Qtek S100. I am running the latest official ROM for my specific Danish Magician, the MA_DANG_WWE_10600_115_10500_SHIP.exe, downloaded from this site.
When using one of these bad simcards, I can't receive calls until I have made one myself. All incoming call are sent directly to voice mail. Restart the phone and I have to make a call again! Seems to me like my Magician doesn't log fully on to the cellular network?
The rest of the simcards are working fine. The big problem is that one of the card making trouble is the one I am paying $50 on each month
I was under the impression that this problem could be related to some of my simcards being 16K only, so I had one of them replaced today, but still no go. Of course I could have received yet another 'old' card, but what are the odds?
I have done a number of soft/hard resets and ROM/radio up/downgrades, but it doesn't change a thing. Any thoughts? Thanks!

virus in my Athena?

Hi everybody! I am the happy owner of two devices: An Athena and a Kaiser. infortunately, in both devices I have something in common: No incoming calls. I've tried many ways for solving this problem, instaled roms, hard reset and soft reset and the incoming calls work for a while but later, passing the hours the problems gets back and once again, a soft reset . The last thing for pointing my suspicios is the posibility of virus. I'll be thankfull for any suggest, whatever possibility you can offer me. Cheers!

The chances of you getting a virus on a pocket pc are almost non-existent and plus just like if you were to reformat your computer (which gets rid of viruses), if you did a hard reset, that would have definitely gotte rid of it. The reason you're having problems with the calls is because of your radio or sim. Try changing the radio and you should epereince better call quality.

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kareem9nba said:
The chances of you getting a virus on a pocket pc are almost non-existent and plus just like if you were to reformat your computer (which gets rid of viruses), if you did a hard reset, that would have definitely gotte rid of it. The reason you're having problems with the calls is because of your radio or sim. Try changing the radio and you should epereince better call quality.
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Thanks for your answer. I already have tried many radios and the sims card of both phones have tested in other devices and works perfectly. The problem in when each sim is in the Athena and Kaiser, respectively.

So you're using the same SIM on both devices?

kareem9nba said:
So you're using the same SIM on both devices?
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No. The Athena is mine and the Kaiser belong to my dauhter. The Kaiser has only one month with her but recently both phones are with this problem, only in incoming calls.

famsanr said:
No. The Athena is mine and the Kaiser belong to my dauhter. The Kaiser has only one month with her but recently both phones are with this problem, only in incoming calls.
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Antennae problems? But that would affect incoming calls as well?

sounds more like a reception problem to me, interference in your area?
does it work well if you put your SIM card into a normal cell phone?

Interference
AllGamer said:
sounds more like a reception problem to me, interference in your area?
does it work well if you put your SIM card into a normal cell phone?
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I only have smatphones, and yes, I have tried the two sims cards in other devices and all goes well, so I discard the sim trouble.

No service message

Sorry if this has been posted before, couldnt find any threads on the subject, I have a unlocked Touch HD but when i insert a o2 sim card it keeps showing as no service. when sim card is inserted it does recognise that its a o2 sim card and configures the setting
anyone out there had same issue?

Stock or cooked rom? Has it worked before or is this new behavior?

Cooked rom, o2 sim didnt work before i installed cooked rom

Do you know anyone else with a sim card that you can drop in there to see if theirs' get service? How old is your sim card? May take it by your provider and have them stick a card in to see if they can get it to fire up.
Also, go to your phone settings and see if your connection is set to a specific frequeuncy or if it's set to auto. If it's set to a specific frequency eg. GSM 1900/2100 or something like that, change it to auto and see what happens.
Did you purchase the phone unlocked or did you do it yourself? May be matter of flashing the correct radio.

Ive tried what you have suggested but still same issue, ive upgraded htc hd to the latest radio but same issue.

MIA said:
Ive tried what you have suggested but still same issue, ive upgraded htc hd to the latest radio but same issue.
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MIA,
Have you tried the latest stock ROM (do a hard reset after reverting to a stock ROM)?
Have you tried different SIM cards from different networks?
How did you acquire this phone again?
Cheers.

I swapped my htc tytn 2 for this phone, ive tried orange, t-mobile, vodafone sim cards and they are all working fine, when i got the phone it had the latest official rom from htc and even then it was still showing as no service, ive upgraded rom to duttys 6.5 and upgraded to latest radio.

So you have tried other sims with this phone and you get service? If that is the case, I'm inclined to believe it's your sim. I've seen posts from others where their sim worked perfectly in their TYTN, but once in the HD, it didn't. Something to investigate.

Ive tried my friends o2 sim cards and same problem no service message, im starting to regret getting the htc touch hd as i really wanted it in the o2 network.

MIA said:
Ive tried my friends o2 sim cards and same problem no service message, im starting to regret getting the htc touch hd as i really wanted it in the o2 network.
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MIA,
Have you tried it in GSM mode? It's really impossible that you can't get even the most basic of things running (excluding things like 3G or HSPDA).
Don't give up, just keep tinkering around in the phone settings.
Cheers.

Ive tried everything that has been suggested. this phone is driving me

MIA said:
Ive tried everything that has been suggested. this phone is driving me
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MIA,
I'm really sorry, but I have no idea why it isn't working. The only thing I can tell you is to go into an O2 store and keep asking to try different SIMs and explain your issue. I simply cannot imagine why a sim would not work on one GSM network but it does for others.
That just baffles me.
Cheers.

ive tried brand new o2 sim card in the phone and same issue again, it recognises the sim card and configures settings but still same problem with no service on the reception bar its just got a ! mark next to it.

Cannot receive calls

I have had my Rogers HTC dream for a while and it works great, I am unlocked using it on ATT network here in the US. I have no problems except recently I have noticed because some of my friends tell me that they cannot reach me.
My phone is on all the time and I can get calls most of the time however sometimes I do not receive the call, and the thing about this is that the phone doesnt tell me I even missed it.
Basically I have no idea anyone has called me except when my friend would let me know that they called me and I did not answer. they say that the phone rings for a long time and it does not go to voicemail, but I think that is a different issue as I have not set up my voicemail yet...
but the main problem is that I would get a call and I have no idea I even got that call. As the phone doesn't even notify me that I had someone calling me in the first place.
I have tried a few custom roms and changed to different ones in hopes that might resolve the problem. but it has not.
help thanks

AT&T 3G ?
I noticed your thread, and wondered if there were any other issues with using a EU version phone on US carriers ? I'm thinking of buying a EU phone (rogers, i believe) off ebay so I can enjoy the speedierness of 3g.
Is dropped incoming calls the only problem you've expereienced ?
How/where did you buy yours, and have you had any trouble with buying from overseas if you did ?
Thanks !
(sorry, i didn't really help at all)

only problem i experience is the missing calls... I got mine from someone on ebay who was in canada, I believe it is a rogers canada phone... could it be the rom??, I am currently running the HTC ADP 1.6 DRC83 ROM.

[q] invalid sim error

Ok so since nobody wishes to answer in direct rom forums, I'm going to ask my question here. I was very successful with Android as that's easy. Installing WP7 was also a breeze and the whole unlock thing cool. Problem is no matter what WP7 rom I try I always have an "Invalid Sim" error emergency call only. I am in canada with my provider being WIND mobile. Am I correct in saying that windmobile sims just dont work with windows mobile? or is anyone else having the same issue or is there a fix for this. All i am asking for is a simple "proper" response without the flaming. I've searched. I'm not new to xda but i am new to wp7. thank you
WOW Ok..

Can you borrow a different carriers SIM (from friends / family / colleagues) to test with, see if that works? That would help to understand if it is your SIM or the install of WP7. TBH it does sound like it is the SIM that is at issue.
edit: I just checked and the HTC connection setup app (from the market) does list both Canada and WIND, try it

Hey first of all thanks for a response. I'm also thinking it's not the sim (i'll try my wife's rogers sim card when she gets in from work.) because it works perfect with winmo 6.5 and Android without issue. I tried 3 WP7 roms and none worked with the sim..which boggles me
OK so after using my wife's rogers sim card it worked perfectly so it IS the wind mobile card that is not compatible with wp7. I guess i need to find a way to make it compatible if there is one.

I've gotten sim errors on my real hd7. To fix it, I have pulled the battery and reseated the sim. You might try to get a new sim from your carrier, just tell them your old one is acting up.

Tried that a few times and figure it may just be my SIM period although it's strange that it works without error with the android roms. But yeah imma go into Wind and grab a replacement and see how that goes

daeshawn said:
Tried that a few times and figure it may just be my SIM period although it's strange that it works without error with the android roms. But yeah imma go into Wind and grab a replacement and see how that goes
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Did a new SIM help you, or did you do anything else?
After I have entered my PIN my sim is working fine, but after some time it says Invalid SIM.
/Regards Lars

I think it's an issue with the Roms. I think there are a lot of people getting the invalid sim error. I use the BlackSideSeven rom and I've seen several posts about it in the thread. There are also several other threads started about possible fixes and stuff.
Here's a link.
The easiest way to resolve is to turn on airplane mode and then switch it off. It doesn't stop it from happening, but at least you don't need to reboot.

Error in Android as well
I am having the same problem with MDJ Froyo 2.2. When I reboot into winmo 6.5 great signal all fine. I did notice that the simm card did move in the slot possibly bad connection. Now that I reseated the Simm all is fine. I also just read about antenna issue with the HD2 going to open and fix it to see if that helps.