New t-mobile contract - SIM card registration failed....

Received my new t-mobile phone (N70) & contract SIM today but when I put the
SIM in and turn on the phone it comes up 'SIM card registration failed'.

If I try to ring the number I have been assigned it says that it is not a
valid number, do I need to wait for t-mobile to activate the number in some
way or is there another problem?

"Moo" <rodneylowe@roonster.wanadoo.co.ukREMOVEME> wrote in message
news:4b8r5cF10ghpkU1@individual.net...
> Received my new t-mobile phone (N70) & contract SIM today but when I put
> the SIM in and turn on the phone it comes up 'SIM card registration
> failed'.
>
> If I try to ring the number I have been assigned it says that it is not a
> valid number, do I need to wait for t-mobile to activate the number in
> some way or is there another problem?

When I received my 3660 (yeah, I know it's an older phone) the same thing
happened to me. When I called T-Mobile, they told me it was because they had
set up my account as a "data only" account. They changed it while I was on
the phone and it worked fine within minutes.

Anthony


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In article <4b8r5cF10ghpkU1@individual.net>,
Moo <rodneylowe@roonster.wanadoo.co.ukREMOVEME> wrote:
>Received my new t-mobile phone (N70) & contract SIM today but when I put the
>SIM in and turn on the phone it comes up 'SIM card registration failed'.
>
>If I try to ring the number I have been assigned it says that it is not a
>valid number, do I need to wait for t-mobile to activate the number in some
>way or is there another problem?

It sounds like they have not provisioned your account properly. Call them
and have it done.

"Anthony Papillion II" <anthonypapillion@REMOVE_THIS.cableone.net> wrote in
message news:444f2c3a$0$14379$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.c om...
> "Moo" <rodneylowe@roonster.wanadoo.co.ukREMOVEME> wrote in message
> news:4b8r5cF10ghpkU1@individual.net...
>> Received my new t-mobile phone (N70) & contract SIM today but when I put
>> the SIM in and turn on the phone it comes up 'SIM card registration
>> failed'.
>>
>> If I try to ring the number I have been assigned it says that it is not a
>> valid number, do I need to wait for t-mobile to activate the number in
>> some way or is there another problem?
>
> When I received my 3660 (yeah, I know it's an older phone) the same thing
> happened to me. When I called T-Mobile, they told me it was because they
> had set up my account as a "data only" account. They changed it while I
> was on the phone and it worked fine within minutes.
>
> Anthony
Hopefully that is all it is but have you tried getting through to t-mobile
lately? I spent 30 minutes earlier listening to the bloody music plus I had
to pay for the call since I cannot make it from my t-mobile phone.

I've sent them an e-mail, they replied to one before the next day, hopefully
this will be the same.