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Old 11-24-2006, 11:33 AM
Steve_L
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Default Re: Strange problem - Nokia handset making calls by itself!


Robert Jones wrote:
> In article <1164362862.593148.110240@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups. com>,
> Steve_L <selewisuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I don't know if anyone's come across this one before. My daughter has
> > a Nokia (3310, I think). We just discovered it has been making calls
> > at random times of the day and night to a number in its address book.
> > She is definitely not initiating thecalls herself, and wasn't aware of
> > it until the people complained about getting calls in the middle of the
> > night!
> >
> > She deleted the number, but it's still happening. She's an O2
> > subscriber (PAYG). O2 couldn't help further than confirming calls had
> > been made.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Steve

>
> Do the calls appear in the phone's "Call Register"? I'm a little
> puzzled as to how a phone can call a number that has been deleted.
>
> O2 confirm that calls were made by the number. Can they verify the IMEI
> of the handset too?
>
> Bob Jones
>
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I don't think the calls appear in the call register. I'll have to ask
O2 about the IMEA - though that would suggest that the sim was cloned
or something? If that was so, it would be very unlikely another phone
was calling this number that she had.

Steve


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