Old Mobile Can't Get Signal
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Hi. I've an old pay as you go phone with Orange as a backup. It has credit and I keep it charged up but it hasn't been used for a long time. It used to pick up a good signal but now can't find one so I can't send or receive on it. My new pay as you go phone works fine. Might the old one have been blocked through lack of use?
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Hi. I've an old pay as you go phone with Orange as a backup. It has credit and I keep it charged up but it hasn't been used for a long time. It used to pick up a good signal but now can't find one so I can't send or receive on it. My new pay as you go phone works fine. Might the old one have been blocked through lack of use?
If you haven't made a call, sent a text or topped up in the last 6 months they would quite likely have terminated the sim (as allowed in the T&C's).====0 -
Thanks for that. I was wondering if that was the case. My fault I suppose for not using it. I'll just have to use it as a clock!0
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But what happens to the OP's credit?
Its lost as per the T&C of the PAYG contract.
The OP may want to try calling the network or visiting a store, while numbers are stopped from "active use" they should remain in quarantine for a while afterwards so may be recoverable (along with the credit).0
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