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>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> got a Nokia N73 here which doesn`t do anything to alert the user when
>>>>>> a text message turns up. No noise, no vibration, not even onscreen
>>>>>> text to tell you. You have to go to the inbox to be able to check.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone had this problem before, and know how to fix it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance for your help!
>>>>>
>>>>> I've had a couple of texts appear in my inbox without a sound or
>>>>> vibration. At the time I thought I must have touched another button at
>>>>> the same time when the text arrived thus no warning / on screen "1 new
>>>>> message". Possibly a bug?
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you set your text alert sound up properly and made sure the
>>>>> vibration is set to on in the profile you are using?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also make sure the "Alert for all calls" is checked in that same
>>>>> profile.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steven.
>>>>>
>>>> Try a re-boot & also check to see if you have the latest firmware
>>>> available via the Software Updater.
>>>
>>> Tried a reboot, and restore to original settings as well. Got the
>>> latest firmware according to the updater proram from Nokia as well!
>>>
>> for future reference if this happens again, a sim clean should fix it, or
>> call up the network they can tell you wot the problem is.
>
> After doing absolutely nothing, it worked correctly on receiving a text
> message this morning. A text from the same person, 12 hours earlier,
> didn`t make the phone beep, vibrate or display any message. I`ve got no
> idea at all what happened, but since it`s now working I`m not going to ask
> too many questions :-)
Simon I reckon it is a bug in the phone as I still get the odd text not
notifying me. Probably 1 in a 100 so for me it is not a problem.