N73 won't take incoming calls - somtimes.

I'm having a strange problem with my new Nokia N73.

A lot of the time when someone tries to ring me they just get a message
saying "Sorry, we cannot connect your call, please try again later". I look
at my phone and it has a full signal.

From what I can assertain it seems that if I leave my phone in my house for
any period of time it stops accepting calls and texts even though there is a
full signal. However if I then make an outgoing call using the phone, then
incoming calls and texts start working[1], for a period of time, and then
stop again.

[1]I often end up getting text messages in the middle of calls because of
this.

I figure I'm going to need to call O2 about this, but I'm not exactly sure
what to tell them!

Mark Hewitt wrote:

> I'm having a strange problem with my new Nokia N73.
>
> A lot of the time when someone tries to ring me they just get a message
> saying "Sorry, we cannot connect your call, please try again later". I look
> at my phone and it has a full signal.
>
> From what I can assertain it seems that if I leave my phone in my house for
> any period of time it stops accepting calls and texts even though there is a
> full signal. However if I then make an outgoing call using the phone, then
> incoming calls and texts start working[1], for a period of time, and then
> stop again.
>
> [1]I often end up getting text messages in the middle of calls because of
> this.
>
> I figure I'm going to need to call O2 about this, but I'm not exactly sure
> what to tell them!

It sounds to me like:

1/ the phone isn't sending (or responding to) the "Hi O2, I'm still
here on this cell" control messages
2/ you also don't have voicemail enabled

So, O2 thinks your phone has gone off-air and can't be reached.

"Usenet User" <usenetuser@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> 1/ the phone isn't sending (or responding to) the "Hi O2, I'm still
> here on this cell" control messages

Agreed.

> 2/ you also don't have voicemail enabled

When I had voicemail enabled it would just go straight to voice mail, so not
much help.

Mark Hewitt wrote:
> I'm having a strange problem with my new Nokia N73.
>
> A lot of the time when someone tries to ring me they just get a message
> saying "Sorry, we cannot connect your call, please try again later". I look
> at my phone and it has a full signal.

My strange N73 problem was Bluetooth that wouldn't recognise any of my
other Bluetooth devices. Apparently this is a know firmware bug, but
Vodafone won't release the new update to fix it.

Which is why my N73 is going back tomorrow and my Vodafone contract
with it. Roll on T-Mobile MDA Vario.

Ian

You can change the product code then use the Nokia Software Updater to
update the firmware.

> Mark Hewitt wrote:
>> I'm having a strange problem with my new Nokia N73.
>>
>> A lot of the time when someone tries to ring me they just get a message
>> saying "Sorry, we cannot connect your call, please try again later". I
>> look
>> at my phone and it has a full signal.
>
> My strange N73 problem was Bluetooth that wouldn't recognise any of my
> other Bluetooth devices. Apparently this is a know firmware bug, but
> Vodafone won't release the new update to fix it.
>
> Which is why my N73 is going back tomorrow and my Vodafone contract
> with it. Roll on T-Mobile MDA Vario.
>
> Ian
>

"History" <yesindeedtomeplease@ohyes.com> wrote in message
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> You can change the product code then use the Nokia Software Updater to
> update the firmware.

How can I change the product code?

History wrote:
> You can change the product code then use the Nokia Software Updater to
> update the firmware.

Well if I still had the thing I could do....

Ian

History wrote:
> You can change the product code then use the Nokia Software Updater to
> update the firmware.

Do you know where to find out product codes?