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  1. #1
    Wayne
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    I am a new Sprint customer, still on the trial period. I have a Sanyo
    8100 and when I power it up it doesn't receive calls. All incoming
    calls rollover to voicemail, then I get a voice mail notification.
    Once I place a call, or sometimes two calls, then everything becomes
    "normal" and I can receive calls. Anyone else have this problem, any
    suggestions?

    Thanks.



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  2. #2
    Eddie Haskel
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    Re: Receiving calls after power on of phone

    It's an undocumented feature of Sprint, but rest assured new Sprint
    customer..there is NO EXTRA CHARGE for it.....enjoy......
    Seriously..the system doesnt know your there. when you "power up" the phone,
    it attempts to let the nearest cell-site know your there and to look for you
    at that site first.
    It's a problem with THAT site or their switch. Goodluck with Sprint. They
    will tell you it's YOUR handset or you simply dont know what your
    doing....Eddie

    "Wayne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > I am a new Sprint customer, still on the trial period. I have a Sanyo
    > 8100 and when I power it up it doesn't receive calls. All incoming
    > calls rollover to voicemail, then I get a voice mail notification.
    > Once I place a call, or sometimes two calls, then everything becomes
    > "normal" and I can receive calls. Anyone else have this problem, any
    > suggestions?
    >
    > Thanks.






  3. #3
    David G. Imber
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    Re: Receiving calls after power on of phone

    On 24 Nov 2003 09:00:42 -0800, [email protected] (Wayne) wrote:

    >I am a new Sprint customer, still on the trial period. I have a Sanyo
    >8100 and when I power it up it doesn't receive calls.


    It's not clear to me why you are powering down the phone
    periodically.

    If you generally have no need to roam, I'd recommend setting the
    phone on "Sprint PCS only". It saves battery anyway. But if you power off
    and power on again, if you've got the phone set to "auto" it will take a
    little bit longer to get you in line to receive calls on the handset. That
    could be a factor in why you're going to v-mail right after powering up.

    DGI




  4. #4

    Re: Receiving calls after power on of phone

    On 24 Nov 2003 09:00:42 -0800, [email protected] (Wayne) wrote:

    >I am a new Sprint customer, still on the trial period. I have a Sanyo
    >8100 and when I power it up it doesn't receive calls. All incoming
    >calls rollover to voicemail, then I get a voice mail notification.
    >Once I place a call, or sometimes two calls, then everything becomes
    >"normal" and I can receive calls. Anyone else have this problem, any
    >suggestions?



    *18 Talk will register you with the system immediately.




  5. #5
    Isaiah Beard
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    Re: Receiving calls after power on of phone

    Wayne wrote:

    > I am a new Sprint customer, still on the trial period. I have a Sanyo
    > 8100 and when I power it up it doesn't receive calls. All incoming
    > calls rollover to voicemail, then I get a voice mail notification.
    > Once I place a call, or sometimes two calls, then everything becomes
    > "normal" and I can receive calls. Anyone else have this problem, any
    > suggestions?
    >
    > Thanks.


    I'd say swap the phone out. I'm not saying the phone is the problem
    (who knows? It could be), but in all likelihood, forcing an ESN change
    on your account might just clear up whatever screw-ups are on your
    account that are causing this. And in any case, it will definitely rule
    out your handset as being the problem.


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  6. #6
    Isaiah Beard
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    Re: Receiving calls after power on of phone

    David G. Imber wrote:

    > On 24 Nov 2003 09:00:42 -0800, [email protected] (Wayne) wrote:
    >
    >
    >>I am a new Sprint customer, still on the trial period. I have a Sanyo
    >>8100 and when I power it up it doesn't receive calls.

    >
    >
    > It's not clear to me why you are powering down the phone
    > periodically.



    But admittedly, periodically powering down the phone should not be an
    issue. Maybe he hangs out frequently in movie theatres and libraries
    and out of courtesy powers off his phone in these places, like we all
    should be doing.

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  7. #7
    Thomas T. Veldhouse
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    Re: Receiving calls after power on of phone

    Wayne wrote:
    > I am a new Sprint customer, still on the trial period. I have a Sanyo
    > 8100 and when I power it up it doesn't receive calls. All incoming
    > calls rollover to voicemail, then I get a voice mail notification.
    > Once I place a call, or sometimes two calls, then everything becomes
    > "normal" and I can receive calls. Anyone else have this problem, any
    > suggestions?
    >
    > Thanks.


    Any chance you have marginal signal quality (perhaps low bars on the
    indicator)? It is possible that the tower thinks you are too far away to
    handle voice calls.

    Tom Veldhouse





  8. #8
    Larry Thomas
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    Re: Receiving calls after power on of phone

    [email protected] (Wayne) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > I am a new Sprint customer, still on the trial period. I have a Sanyo
    > 8100 and when I power it up it doesn't receive calls. All incoming
    > calls rollover to voicemail, then I get a voice mail notification.
    > Once I place a call, or sometimes two calls, then everything becomes
    > "normal" and I can receive calls. Anyone else have this problem, any
    > suggestions?
    >
    > Thanks.


    You usually have to wait about 45 seconds from the time the phone
    finds a signal to be able to receive calls. This is normal. Same thing
    has happened on most if not all of my phones.



  9. #9
    plane
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    Re: Receiving calls after power on of phone

    [email protected] (Larry Thomas) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > [email protected] (Wayne) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > > I am a new Sprint customer, still on the trial period. I have a Sanyo
    > > 8100 and when I power it up it doesn't receive calls. All incoming
    > > calls rollover to voicemail, then I get a voice mail notification.
    > > Once I place a call, or sometimes two calls, then everything becomes
    > > "normal" and I can receive calls. Anyone else have this problem, any
    > > suggestions?
    > >
    > > Thanks.

    >
    > You usually have to wait about 45 seconds from the time the phone
    > finds a signal to be able to receive calls. This is normal. Same thing
    > has happened on most if not all of my phones.


    I have found if you need to receive a call immediately, you can just
    dial to any number, let it ring once or so--then it will receive calls
    as soon as you press the end key. I imagine *18 will do the .same



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