I shut off the phone, took out the battery and
SIM card, put the
SIM card in my Nokia, used the Nokia a bit, put the
SIM and battery back in my V3 and now it works. Hmmm. I still suspect it's a virus, though. Perhaps one that jumps into action 5 weeks after the phone has been on -- it's been exactly 5 weeks since the phone was last off.
'later...