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> Just back from my holiday and I switch on my Philips CellnetU phone to
> find
> the following error on screen:
>
> IMSI failed
>
> When I try dialling out it says not allowed
>
> This phone was working fine a few weeks ago, before I went away.. Can
> anyone
> tell me whats going on?
>
> There was around 30 pounds credit on it, last time I used it.
>
> Help
>
> Who can I contact to sort this out?
>
> Yan
>
>

>
> Yan wrote in message
> news:2lge1dFcibemU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > Just back from my holiday and I switch on my Philips CellnetU phone to
> > find
> > the following error on screen:
> >
> > IMSI failed
> >
> > When I try dialling out it says not allowed
> >
> > This phone was working fine a few weeks ago, before I went away.. Can
> > anyone
> > tell me whats going on?
> >
> > There was around 30 pounds credit on it, last time I used it.
> >
> > Help
> >
> > Who can I contact to sort this out?
> >
> > Yan
> >
> >
>
> Sounds like the number has been reclaimed by O2 due to non-use. Nothing
you
> can do unfortunately.
>

>
> JP wrote in message
> news:40f30a75$0$232$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net...
>>
>> Yan wrote in message
>> news:2lge1dFcibemU1@uni-berlin.de...
>> > Just back from my holiday and I switch on my Philips CellnetU phone to
>> > find
>> > the following error on screen:
>> >
>> > IMSI failed
>> >
>> > When I try dialling out it says not allowed
>> >
>> > This phone was working fine a few weeks ago, before I went away.. Can
>> > anyone
>> > tell me whats going on?
>> >
>> > There was around 30 pounds credit on it, last time I used it.
>> >
>> > Help
>> >
>> > Who can I contact to sort this out?
>> >
>> > Yan
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Sounds like the number has been reclaimed by O2 due to non-use. Nothing
> you
>> can do unfortunately.
>>
>
>
> So you constitute 2 weeks of inactivity as non-use do you JP?
> Are we not allowed a holiday now then?
>
> I now have no phone in order for people to contact me, and everone who
> ring
> me only have this number....
>
> If this is how O2 treat their customers, I would recommend you all steer
> clear.
>
>

> Just back from my holiday and I switch on my Philips CellnetU phone to find
> the following error on screen:
>
> IMSI failed
>
> When I try dialling out it says not allowed
>
> This phone was working fine a few weeks ago, before I went away.. Can anyone
> tell me whats going on?

> Who can I contact to sort this out?

> Just back from my holiday and I switch on my Philips CellnetU phone to find
> the following error on screen:
>
> IMSI failed
>
> When I try dialling out it says not allowed
>
> This phone was working fine a few weeks ago, before I went away.. Can anyone
> tell me whats going on?
>
> There was around 30 pounds credit on it, last time I used it.
>
> Help
>
> Who can I contact to sort this out?
>
> Yan

> Yan wrote in message
news:...
> > Just back from my holiday and I switch on my Philips CellnetU phone to find
> > the following error on screen:
> >
> > IMSI failed
> >
> > When I try dialling out it says not allowed
> >
> > This phone was working fine a few weeks ago, before I went away.. Can
anyone
> > tell me whats going on?
> >
> > There was around 30 pounds credit on it, last time I used it.
> >
> > Help
> >
> > Who can I contact to sort this out?
> >
> > Yan
>
> My girlfriend and her sister bought these phones about 5 years ago. A
> couple of weeks ago her sisters phone came up with IMSI Failed and
> stopped working, then a few days ago my GFs phone did the same thing.
> Its almost as though O2 are stopping use of these phones, which is
> annoying cause the tarif is 5p a textmessage. Any one else had this
> problem?

> > > Just back from my holiday and I switch on my Philips CellnetU phone to
find
> > > the following error on screen:
> > >
> > > IMSI failed

> This happens if you swap the cards around on U-phones
> Try swapping them back