SIM card registration failed

Yorkie1

I have a vodaphone nokia phone supplied to me for use in a particular voluntary role. It has worked fine for months without difficulties but, when I switch it on today, I get the message "SIM card registration failed".

I can see the phone mast symbol in the top left corner of the screen, with No Service written underneath it.

What are the likely reasons for this? Is the contract likely to have been cancelled without telling me, or is it more likely to be a signal strength issue?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

egduj

sim card registration failed indicates that the number has been terminated by the network.

You should contact them for the reason why

proactive

take the card out and blow into the phone and turn it on again sometimes simple stuff like this can solve all sorts of problems!

Annie._2

If this definitely a contract and not PAYG ?

If it was PAYG, you would have needed to top up and make a chargeable call and not just received calls within the last six months.

Yorkie1

Thanks all.

I'm pretty sure it's contract rather than PAYG - I'll check with the council tomorrow. Most recent chargeable calls were a week ago, just before the end of October. I've tried blowing into it, to no avail unfortunately!

Oh well.

Yorkie1

Update - the council have changed network and had forgotten to send me a new SIM card! Thanks for the advice :-)