Orange pay-as-you-go doesn't get signal

[Morpheus]

Hi all, i'm new to this forum, and have just bought an XDA. Iam in the UK

I was reading the site last night and have upgraded to the XDA-Developers Special Edition ROM v1.2

I am having problems using the XDA as a phone i have a Pay as u go Orange sim and it doesnt get a signal??

Could someone please talk me throught what i am doing wrong??

The details are:

Modal No: PW10A1
ROM Version: 3.17.03 ENG
ROM Date: 05/15/03
Radio Version: 4.08
Protocol Version: 32S54

Thanks in advacne for any help!! :wink:

Cheers

N

[cruisin-thru]

Did you unlock the phone?

[Morpheus]

Yep,
:D

N

[ianlake]

I am having problems using the XDA as a phone i have a Pay as u go Orange sim and it doesnt get a signal

i could be totally wrong here but maybe its your sim card at fault, maybe it isnt data activated. i tried my xda with my old - working - t-mobile payg card and altho' the xda worked i could neither make nor receive calls. i think it has something to do with the services offered by providers.

ian

[Morpheus]

Did think that m80, will they "data activated" if i call Orange??

Thanks :)

[cruisin-thru]

Does the sim work in another phone, has the sim ever worked in the xda, have you tried a different sim in the xda, I dont know where you got the phone but it may be that it is blocked to all networks, did you ever see the xda working before the upgrade to developers rom 1.2

[Morpheus]

Yes the sim works in another phone.
No the sim has never worked in the XDA.
No i didnt see the XDA working b4 i upgraded.

Thanks m80, any ideas??

[ianlake]

Did think that m80, will they "data activated" if i call Orange??

Thanks :)

there's only one way to find out

[Morpheus]

A little update

I have contacted Orange and they have enable GPRS is there anything else they need to enable, as it is still not working!!!!!! :(

I have upgraded the Radio Stack to 4.21.00 still no joy!

Any ideas, it searches for a netwrok then says No Signal

Thanks again in advance

:wink: N

[ianlake]

sometimes the switch on process can take a while. have you tried the card in another phone? do you have a non-payg sim card that you could test in the phone?
do you know someone with a card?
have you unlocked the phone?
i really don't know what to suggest but if you've tried every combination of cards and activation then its either the software or the phone.

mug someone with an xda and use there sim card.

ian

[species_8472]

I have a Orange contract sim and it does'nt have a signal either but it worked until i updated the the radio stack to 4.21 but a downgrade is not possible, i have tried t-mobile and still the same problem. if anyone knows how to downgrade it to radio stack 4.01 which is 1 that i know that works. Lets hope XDA-Developers and suss out how to copy the GSM In the Wallaby Bootloader. if anyone can solve this problem you should be king.....

[gazzaman2k]

use the band switching tool lol

its most probally on 900mhz (voda,3,bt) instead of 1800 (orange, virgin, 121)

1900 is the american signal also if you have upgraded your phone to pc2003 then you cant get it to work on orange then lol coz it only allows you to do 900 or 1900 :roll:

[Morpheus]

Thanks alot for all of your help guys :)

I have tried an O2 payas u go Sim and it works, very strange!!

But Yes it is defo unlocked!!

Will keep trying the Orange Sim and find out why it wont work!!

What are the setting for GPRS for O2?? Please

Thanks again all