N78 Persistent 'Sim Card Registration Failed' Message

bluebindy123

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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I recently purchased the N78 from my sister in November-ish of last year, it was a SIM free one, so i was able to put my Three (3) SIM card in (She was recently on 02 if that helps) it worked fine for say, about a month maybe, until the message 'SIM card registration failed' kept appearing, i just ignored this for a while as i presumed it was something to do with it being on 02 for a bit. after a few more weeks it kept appearing more and more, at that point all the signal bar went to 0 and i couldn't make or receive calls, unless i switched it off then back on again, after that it worked fine, and i was able to call and send/recieve texts (until the message appeared again). After a few more weeks this kept happening more and more and I kept missing important calls and texts (as I did not know when it would happen, it just happened at random intervals)I contacted 3 about this problem, and they said it was due to the faulty SIM card, so they sent me a new one, which worked for a while, then the same thing happened again. So I eventually gave up using this phone altogether, and used it solely for the connection to wireless internet and for the music player, which both worked fine. [/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Yet, earlier I attempted to put my SIM card back into the phone and it stopped working altogether, the message appeared all the time and i could not make a call or send a text whatsoever.I put the same SIM card into 2 different phones, and it worked fine, except my old Nokia 6288 'SIM Card Registration Failed' kept coming up, and has done for quite some time, but it didn't interfere with sending texts or making calls at all.I put a different SIM card into the Nokia N78, and it works perfectly fine, the message does not appear![/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]So, in short i cannot use my SIM card in my N78, but i can use it in other phones, yet I can use other SIM cards in this phone with no problem.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Any help at all would be greatly apprecaited.
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gaming_guy

have you tried running the nokia software updater?

http://europe.nokia.com/softwareupdate

robt_2

Quite possibly the N78 is using Threes backup 2G network (Orange) and Three have (rightly) blocked the SIM.

In the settings there will be a section called 'network' or similar, there you need to choose 'Dual' or 'UTMS'.

bluebindy123

gaming_guy wrote: »

have you tried running the nokia software updater?

I have just tried to update the firmware to the most recent one, but it says there are no updates available for the phone!

the firmware i have at the moment is 11.043

robt wrote: »

Quite possibly the N78 is using Threes backup 2G network (Orange) and Three have (rightly) blocked the SIM.

In the settings there will be a section called 'network' or similar, there you need to choose 'Dual' or 'UTMS'.

Also, i have already tried this numerous times, nothing seems to work

I have just placed some folded paper behind the SIM card to hold it into place better, as i have heard that nokia's have tendancies to have loose fitting sim card 'holders' all is looking well, but i have done this method before, and it didn't seem to work for long. fingers crossed!

ms_fan

bluebindy123 wrote: »

Also, i have already tried this numerous times, nothing seems to work

I have just placed some folded paper behind the SIM card to hold it into place better, as i have heard that nokia's have tendancies to have loose fitting sim card 'holders' all is looking well, but i have done this method before, and it didn't seem to work for long. fingers crossed!

I get this all the time lol, have you tried, stupid question just clicking OK to that message. After a while I just get signal again! The old card in the back of the phone works a treat for me