"Steven Campbell" <privay@net> wrote in message
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> "Simon Finnigan" <SimonFinnigan@Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
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>>>>>> "Simon Finnigan" <SimonFinnigan@Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
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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.
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>> 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 :-)
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> 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.
For me it was about 100 messages with no notification, then all of a sudden
it started working. If it happens again I`ll go to a service centre with it
:-)