nokia n95 & Meteor sim card

nellocon

Hi
My brother gave me a n95 which he says was bought sim free...but when i put in my meteor sim card the phone keeps throwing up the message 'sim card registration failed'...

The phone still works fine except obviously i cant make/recieve calls

Anyone know what might be my problem?

Thanks

Potential-Monke

It's sim locked, so he probably bought it sim free at a rediced price from some network who locked it to their own network. He needs to ring the network he bought it from to get the NUC (Network Unlocking Code). Or, if you try t'internet you might be able to find a Nokia Unlocking Tool...

Das Ice

If someone bought a Nokia N95 with vodafone bill pay. Would i be able to unlock it and use a pre-pay meteor sim card in it?

I know this might sound stupid but i need to know before i buy it !!

theteal

"sim registration failed" suggests it's a sim problem dude - without having any other info to work on i'd assume either the card itself is damaged or the account status aint active. the handset wouldn't get that far from startup if it was network locked.

also now that i think of it there is also the possibility that the IMEI is blacklisted

drunkmonkey

Das Ice wrote: »

If someone bought a Nokia N95 with vodafone bill pay. Would i be able to unlock it and use a pre-pay meteor sim card in it?

I know this might sound stupid but i need to know before i buy it !!

yes it would work no problem once you unlocked it...You could switch to vodafone pay as you go and use it straight away without unlocking and you'd have a 3G network to go with your 3G phone;)

Sam Vimes

Potential-Monke wrote: »

It's sim locked, so he probably bought it sim free at a rediced price from some network who locked it to their own network. He needs to ring the network he bought it from to get the NUC (Network Unlocking Code). Or, if you try t'internet you might be able to find a Nokia Unlocking Tool...

i realise you made this post days ago but anyway...

that message doesn't mean it's sim locked, it means the phone couldn't register on the network. OP, your sim is likely too old to work in an n95, go to a meteor store and get a free replacement sim. make sure to save your contacts from the old sim first

Sam Vimes

Das Ice wrote: »

If someone bought a Nokia N95 with vodafone bill pay. Would i be able to unlock it and use a pre-pay meteor sim card in it?

I know this might sound stupid but i need to know before i buy it !!

yes you would. the person who owns the bill would have to call vodafone and request the unlocking code.

btw, meteor is also a 3g network but it's not very widespread yet

mk6705

drunkmonkey wrote: »

yes it would work no problem once you unlocked it...You could switch to vodafone pay as you go and use it straight away without unlocking and you'd have a 3G network to go with your 3G phone;)

Considering the "location" ays Dublin they'd be much better sticking with Meteor and using their far superior (for now) 3G network.

Perfect fit

id say the phont is more than likely blacklisted ie stolen, sim card registration failed, even if the sim was too old it would still read it but with poor signal not completly fail to read it