On 2006-12-17 22:04:33 +0000, "Jonathan Morris" <j.morris@jmcomms.com> said:

> Graham wrote:
>> The guy definitely said to wait for the messages, then switch the phone off
>> and on.
>
> The phone would periodically try to re-register, prompting the delivery
> of the SMS. If you weren't looking, it would seem as if the text
> arrived to activate the phone.

Incorrect actually, as discussed here a few months ago (on the topic
with the phone for the child with an inactive SIM IIRC) the phone tries
to register once at start-up and then no more.

You need to restart the phone to remove the 'inactive SIM' message and
prompt the network registration and SIM updates.

Chris