HELP - Restricted Service???

when i try making calls it says restricted service

ive had the phones for over a year...why is it doing this

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Does this only happen when you try to place cell calls or when you try to DC too..

Restricted service usually means that the phone is not activated or you are out of the coverage area for the plan you have.

pay ur bill

Make sure you are on line 1 (well the right one u need) it seems we had that happen also, with a old i700plus. good luck.

Originally posted by johnsonstrap
when i try making calls it says restricted service...why is it doing this

This happened to my old I60. Try turning the phone off & then back on, this fixed mine. Also, the tech suggested taking an eraser & cleaning the battery terminals in the phone & bending them out a wee bit. Hope this helps.

Originally posted by johnsonstrap
when i try making calls it says restricted service

ive had the phones for over a year...why is it doing this

either a soft reset by turning the phone off and taking the battery out then turning back on...or you can do a master reset and that should take care of it. u can call nextel tho and have them troubleshoot it...perhaps the tuning resources are off!

Call Nextel and have a credit card handy.

NO BILL PROBLEM....smart arses

No worries as previously suggested try turning phone off and on for a quick fix. If not call free phone tech support, they'll delete the bug.

Nothing to do with the battery or your bill just an error that happens with nextel like errors can happen with any phone you can get.

naa ur wrong if nextel shuts your phone off or suspends your accoutn you will beable to do NOTHING accept pay your bill to a representative ... yes sometimes they get errors but motly this problem has todo with your past do payment

That doesn't look like it is the case here. If someone doesn't pay their bill I would hope they would know.

I know the restricted service tends to be a mistake more commonly with older models.

lol @ "pay ur bill"

This usually happens when the old school 3-digit models and 4-digit models are trying to access someone on Nationwide Direct Connect as they cannot do cross-fleet connections (i.e. market-to-market). Could also be a problem of not having the service activated on the phone due to software glitch or not being provisioned for the service.