"No Service"... then 3 bars?

John E. wrote:
> Otherwise known as hijacking a thread.
>
> If you aren't commenting on the original poster's question, don't dilute the
> discussion -- go start your own topic. It's easy to do.
>

Ooops - won't happen again.

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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:03:57 +1100, John Phillips
<[email protected]> wrote:
: On 12 Dec 2006 14:26:53 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
:
: >A techie at Verizon advised me to reboot the phone when this happens -
: >turn it off, remove the battery and SIM, wait a few seconds then put it
: >back togeather and turn it on. This does work - BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE A
: >BETTER WAY!
:
: There should be, but.......
:
: On my Palm Treo 650 (GSM) I have the same issue, and I have to do a
: power off/on routine, especially when roaming overseas and trying to
: acquire a carrier for the first time.
:
: In fact Palm recommend this if there is a problem obtaining a carrier
: after turning the phone on, whether roaming or not. Power off again,
: then on.
:
: So much for modern technology!

For something as programmable as a Treo, why couldn't somebody write a
"Re-acquire Signal" application and assign it to a seldom-used button? There
has to be a piece of code already in the OS to perform that operation.

On 12 Dec 2006 14:26:53 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
: I'm jumping in here 'cause you seem to actually know something about
: these things work .
:
: I'm using a Nokia 6820 in mid town Manhattan - which should be cell
: heaven - and getting a slightly different behavior. If I'm in and out
: of a no-signal zone (like the subway), the phone will not re-acquire a
: signal. Yesterday I stood in the middle of Rockerfeller center looking
: at zero bars for 20 minutes - well I was doing other things also....
:
: A techie at Verizon advised me to reboot the phone when this happens -
: turn it off, remove the battery and SIM, wait a few seconds then put it
: back togeather and turn it on. This does work - BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE A
: BETTER WAY!
:
: Any ideas??

What's a SIM doing in a Verizon phone?