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Old 14-05-10, 02:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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hi i bought a nokia 5800 about 6 months ago off ebay unlocked from orange but now using a vodafone sim everything fine untill this morning when i came to use it and i had the message sim registration failed. i have tried the sim card in another phone and it's ok ,now when i put any sim card in the phone i keeps saying sim card rejected any help appreciated
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Old 14-05-10, 03:18 PM   #2 (permalink)
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try diff sims from diff networks if it does it on them all then the phone is blocked m8ty and as u bought from ebay i bet its just past the date u can open a dispute gotta watch out for this m8
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Old 14-05-10, 04:00 PM   #3 (permalink)
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tried it with orange sim still no joy ,best thing is the **** who sold it messed me about before we even got the phone the original listing was for n95 8gb over the course of a week the speakers didn't work then phone wouldn't turn on ,before finally offering me this one should have known then i'd been done !
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dude i think the phone might be blocked and blacklisted, wot they have done is they have reported the phone maybe as lost or stolen
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Old 14-05-10, 04:23 PM   #5 (permalink)
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reading around i think so to .aint even got the guys no. now . T O S S E R
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dont worry just raise a despute on paypal and inform ebay as well
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ebay and paypal wont care any more. Best just to get it unlocked
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its blocked mate like barred from the networks and only way to do is to change imei but thats illegal to do and no will do it for u
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ebay and paypal wont care any more. Best just to get it unlocked

If itcis blocked, Id go to small claims or more niftily purchase an item/more than one item from them that cover the market value of the phone

Give the phone back and buy another one after selling what you now own
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