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Old 14-11-2006, 21:05
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I have just bought a 6230i on O2 from Argos. It started up fine, I didnt want to use the PAYG sim card so popped in my o2 contract sim card. I proceeded to setup my wap and mms settings for the o2 contracts. The wap wasnt connecting (just dialing up and then doing nothing saying "Loading...") so I turned it off and then back on.

Now, when you turn it on, it ask for the pin, displays the nokia handshaking logo/sound and then "welcome to o2" with the blue background. After this, the battery indicator appears on the right, then a second later the signal indicator on the left. The "O2" text appears for about half a second, then the phone switches off. The "MMS" indicator appears in the top left if you look quickly too. The phone then turns on for less than a second, makes a click and turns off again. This repeats 3 times. If I put a non-O2 sim card I get "phone restricted". If I put the PAYG sim card in, I get exactly the same effect as described above.

Is it worth taking it back to Argos or will they just say return to a Nokia service centre? Im obviously going to just say I put the card in and it wouldnt turn on, not that I fiddled with the settings!

Can this be fixed? If so, how?
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Old 14-11-2006, 21:12
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Did you follow the proper battery charging procedure first?
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Old 14-11-2006, 21:19
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Well my girlfriend mentioned this to me, but it doesnt say anything in the manual about it?!
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Old 14-11-2006, 21:36
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The battery will have nothing to do with the problems with boot-up. If you try another SIM and it says phone restricted, but doesn't turn off, it's obviously not a battery problem.

Argos will replace the handset for you. Take it in store to the Customer Serivec / Returns desk and just show them the fault
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Old 14-11-2006, 22:17
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Originally Posted by Falling Stars
The battery will have nothing to do with the problems with boot-up. If you try another SIM and it says phone restricted, but doesn't turn off, it's obviously not a battery problem.
You have obviously never owned a 6210 which were notorious for their battery-related problems including symptoms similar to the OP's.
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Old 17-11-2006, 11:03
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Originally Posted by gomezz
You have obviously never owned a 6210 which were notorious for their battery-related problems including symptoms similar to the OP's.
It is not a battery problem. Certainly not related to the battery charging procedure.

Take it back.
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Old 18-11-2006, 18:20
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it sounds like a bug in the software to me just take it back
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