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    Hi my phone keeps saying Emergency Only when ever I try to make a call how do i disable this setting?

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    Re: Emergency Only

    I have this phone, and here are 2 reasons it happens to me:

    1. Make sure you are in a GSM coverage zone. I get this problem at my parents' house, where there's no coverage.

    2. Sometimes my phone just "wigs out" and it gets this error in covered zones. Usually a power cycle will fix it.



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    Re: Emergency Only

    Quote Originally Posted by n1ckel5
    I have this phone, and here are 2 reasons it happens to me:

    1. Make sure you are in a GSM coverage zone. I get this problem at my parents' house, where there's no coverage.

    2. Sometimes my phone just "wigs out" and it gets this error in covered zones. Usually a power cycle will fix it.
    whats a power cycle?



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    Re: Emergency Only

    Quote Originally Posted by refid
    whats a power cycle?

    Turn the power off. Leave it off for 30 seconds. Then power it back on.

    You should (supposedly) power cycle every 2 or so days. I do it about once a week, and I do notice that features such as the time are more up to date.



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    Re: Emergency Only

    ok i'll try that but is my phone pretty much dead?



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    Re: Emergency Only

    sometimes it will also say emergency only when you haven't paid your bill and the company suspends your phone. are you past due on anything?



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    Re: Emergency Only

    Or if you're roaming on a GSM network that has no roaming agreement with your carrier. Then it's 911 only.



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    Quote Originally Posted by _Abom_
    Or if you're roaming on a GSM network that has no roaming agreement with your carrier. Then it's 911 only.
    seems most likely, go into settings and manualy net select ur net, if its not there then theres your ans, if it is select it



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    Re: Emergency Only

    Quote Originally Posted by refid
    Hi my phone keeps saying Emergency Only when ever I try to make a call how do i disable this setting?

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    Actually, I just had this problem 2 days ago with my c1300. I was trying to make a call from work, where I've always had coverage. The weather was pretty overcast and I did not "reconnect" with Cingular until I was a couple of blocks away from work. I tried my standard power cycling trick, but to no avail.

    If you haven't gotten your phone problem figured out yet, I suggest finding a friend who uses Cingular. You can try a couple of things:

    1. Have your friend use his phone when you are receiving the emergency message. If his/hers works, you know there is coverage.

    2. Power down their phone, swap in your SIM. Since you are both Cingular, it should recognize your SIM. If you can connect, I would assume the problem is your phone.

    3. If your SIM in his/her phone does not connect, have your friend insert their SIM into your LG and see if it connects. If yes, I think your phone is the problem.

    This should exhaust the possibilities of problems in the coverage area, your account, and your phone.



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    Re: Emergency Only

    Quote Originally Posted by refid
    Hi my phone keeps saying Emergency Only when ever I try to make a call how do i disable this setting?

    LG 1300i
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    Not sure if GSM is like CDMA with roaming lists... I know on all the phones i've ever had, it's a good idea to update your roam list especially if you are planning to travel. Call your carrier and have them update your PRL. (roaming list) Even though you had coverage one day at your office, if their contracts with other carriers changed, you could have lost the ability to connect to one network, and the new agreement with another network, your phone does not know about.

    On the new OTA phones (over the air programming) on verizon, you just dial *228[talk] and select update roamling list when prompted. Not sure what/if cingular has something like this.



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    Re: Emergency Only

    I have just signed up with Cingular and am using a Motorola Slvr phone. It
    also keeps going into "Emergency Only" mode at various times and lasts,
    sometimes for a long time and other times it will go back into normal service
    within a few minutes. The phone was purchased from ebay and apparently
    someone in the past has changed the security code so the Cingular store was
    unable to try a master reset to see if that would correct the problem. The
    phone works great on Cingular otherwise.

    Does anyone have any ideas on how to correct this phone? I have borrowed
    another Cingular phone and the sim card works perfect in it so I'm sure it's
    the phone. My local Cingular store wasn't able to suggest anything other
    than a master reset but we can't figure out the security code since it has
    been changed.

    Thanks for any help.

    Jim



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    Re: Emergency Only

    I have a LG 1300i Cingular phone.

    Its Said Emergency Only for the past 2 days
    The bill is paid, the cellphone has been cycled.
    The settings are confusing

    All i know is i fell asleep on top of it, and the next morning it wasnt working.
    What can I do?



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    Re: Emergency Only

    lg ke500 emergency only
    Last edited by balford; 01-02-2010 at 04:45 PM. Reason: word out



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    Re: Emergency Only

    Hello guys,i am new here,hope my question will be solved here.
    it is 2010,i want to have a new beginning,just want to change my phone,myt original phone is iphone,but now want to change an LG phone,can you give my some advise?thanks in advance.
    i can not send the link of LG for reference,but you can view my profile's own website,you will find it,thanks.
    No pains,No gains.



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    Re: Emergency Only

    I too have this issue. It drives me bananas. I guess I am going to have to power down and restart each morning to avoid this. My provider is T-Mobile. You'd think as long as you continue to stay within a WiFi hot spot it wouldn't just quit working. Drives my family nuts too when they can't call me. The really odd thing is that each of us, 5 total, in our family have the same phone and same service and I seem to be the only one that experiences this. Weird. Glad there is an easy fix, even if I have to do it many times. LOL! Thanks!



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