On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 08:55:55PM +0000, David Pottage wrote: > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 09:25:50PM +0000, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm switching operator and today I got m y new sim card. The current one > >> will stop working in a few work days, so I'm desperate (YES, I use > >> the Freerunner as my main day to day phone): it's not registering. > >> > >> I followed these instructions and they worked flawlessly: > >> > >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing > >> > >> Where this not enough? > >> > >> Where this not correct even though it worked? > >> > >> Please help... > >> > > > > Well, a Nokia and an Ericcsson phone don't load it either so maybe the > > SIM card is borked. Ah well... > > > I had a similar situation where a prevously working SIM card stopped > working in any phone, after being left in a Freerunner for about a month. > > Is it possible that the Freerunner is somehow destroying SIM cards > (heat, over voltage etc?) > > The SIM card had previously worked fine in three different Nokia phones, > then I put it in my Freerunner, and used it successfully for some calls > and text messages. I then got busy with other things so I left my > Freerunner on charge but not in use for about a month. After this period > I found that the SIM card no longer worked in any phone. > > In my case, my operator (Orange UK) was happy to send me a replacement.
Definitely not on my case. My old SIM has been in the Freerunner since I got it in July 2008, and still works as fine as it ever did since 1997. It's a new SIM card that isn't recognized by any phone in my reach. Rui -- Today is Sweetmorn, the 56th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3175 + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
