i have bought a nokia 3220.. on the 02 network. pay as you go
i unblocked it, and now it is sim free . i am using the virgin sim card.... phone ok working normal.... however it has just started saying insert sim card.. when the sim card is already in
and it will only make emergancy calls only...anyone know what is going on... and why...

Remove the Sim Card, and re-insert it. Sounds like the Sim card has fell out of contact with the chip reader.

already tried that,... when i put the sim card back in and the phone boots up again, it will some times say insert card again..then it will go away for a while only to return again....
because the original provider 02.is no longer .. they dont wont to know about it.....

Does it do it with other SIM cards? - I'm thinking faulty SIM, rather than faulty phone and looking on the bright & cheaper side of things

Oh and have you tried cleaning the sim contacts (both phone & sim) with a dry cloth? - It's a long shot, but it might work (it did for a Nokia my sister had many years ago)!

Can you return the phone under warranty? If you can then do it and get a refund then buy it from Virgin for only £119.99 (with £15 free airtime) as i take it you paid about £129.99 off O2 for it??

Here is the link to the Virgin one: http://www.virginmobile.com/mobile/c...NOK-STD-3220-1

I don't know how your having problems though as I bought this phone on Tesco Mobile when i had it and got it unlocked then used Virgin in it, the phone worked ok except for freezing and cutting out of power sometimes when going to send an MMS.

i have tried a different sim card, on the same network.as we all have the same network.. and the sim saids the same .. so it car'nt be the sim card... i bought the phone through a cataloge
and they say once the phone has been activated i cannott return it to them. so that is out....

But surely if its faulty then you can take it back??

most mail order cat state that they will not accept returns if the sim has been activated. the same with argos.