Motorola V3 - Hot Pink - Problems on Orange PAYG

Guys,

I have recently (Xmas) purchased a Hot Pink Moto V3 from CPW on the
Virgin Network. I had it unlocked by the local "market geezer", and it
works with a new-ish (blue) Orange PAYG SIM. I purchased this for my
wife, who was using a Nokia 7250, with a slightly older (~2001 vintage)
Orange PAYG SIM. When I place my wife's older SIM in the V3, the phone
powers up OK, but will not make/receive phone calls, or send/receive
text messages. Am I correct in thinking this is just due to the age of
the SIM? or is there something more fundamental wrong?

I await your assessment of my problem... :-)

Jon

PS Orange CS just say that there is obviously no problem with the SIM,
as it is working in the old phone, so, in effect, "go forth"

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"Jon Whitwam" <jon_dot_whitwam@wcsltd_dot_plus_dot_com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Guys,
>
> I have recently (Xmas) purchased a Hot Pink Moto V3 from CPW on the Virgin
> Network. I had it unlocked by the local "market geezer", and it works with
> a new-ish (blue) Orange PAYG SIM. I purchased this for my wife, who was
> using a Nokia 7250, with a slightly older (~2001 vintage) Orange PAYG SIM.
> When I place my wife's older SIM in the V3, the phone
> powers up OK, but will not make/receive phone calls, or send/receive text
> messages. Am I correct in thinking this is just due to the age of the SIM?
<SNIP>

I have an old orange SIM in a V3 that works without any problems.

Slatts

Sla#s wrote:
>
> <SNIP>
>
> I have an old orange SIM in a V3 that works without any problems.
>
> Slatts
>
>

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. So you think that it might not have been unlocked
"properly"?
Jon

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:17:00 +0000, Jon Whitwam
<jon_dot_whitwam@wcsltd_dot_plus_dot_com> wrote:

>Sla#s wrote:
>>
>> <SNIP>
>>
>> I have an old orange SIM in a V3 that works without any problems.
>>
>> Slatts
>>
>>
>
>Hi,
>Thanks for the reply. So you think that it might not have been unlocked
>"properly"?
>Jon


No, Just because his SIM works in his phone doesn't mean anything to
you really. You need to find a mate with another 'old' Orange SIM and
try that and see
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jon_dot_whitwam@wcsltd_dot_plus_dot_com declared for all the world to
hear...
> Guys,
>
> I have recently (Xmas) purchased a Hot Pink Moto V3 from CPW on the
> Virgin Network. I had it unlocked by the local "market geezer", and it
> works with a new-ish (blue) Orange PAYG SIM. I purchased this for my
> wife, who was using a Nokia 7250, with a slightly older (~2001 vintage)
> Orange PAYG SIM. When I place my wife's older SIM in the V3, the phone
> powers up OK, but will not make/receive phone calls, or send/receive
> text messages. Am I correct in thinking this is just due to the age of
> the SIM? or is there something more fundamental wrong?
>
> I await your assessment of my problem... :-)

How was it unlocked? If he used smartclip then it's probable that the
handset is kanckered and will require a reflash.

A recent version of smartclip was known to destroy recent V3's.
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Regards
Jon

jon_dot_whitwam@wcsltd_dot_plus_dot_com declared for all the world to
hear...
> Thanks for the reply. So you think that it might not have been unlocked
> "properly"?

I think that's a possibility, yes. A local market trader who I do a bit
of looking after for hardware support has mentioned it to me, in fact I
updated his smartclip last night for that very reason - it's been
killing V3's!
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Regards
Jon