Hi, If you dropped the phone, it may be that the sim card came unseated from where it should be - it may be worth opening it up, removing the sim card, then putting it back in securely, then trying again. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David W Wood Sent: 29 April 2007 19:11 To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [talks-uk] a first for this list! Hi all: Yesterday morning I was shaken and stirred. On waking, I picked up my n73 to check for messages. Having literally just picked it up, the earth moved for me - we were at our soon to come retirement home on the Kent coast, 5 miles east of the epicentre! With the violent shaking, my grip failed, was regained, probably several times, and leading to me dropping and performing an England cricket team act of fumbling the catch and dropping it! Subsequently, I am being told that my phone will only send emergency messages and won't send or receive texts. This has persisted in Guildford so I guess it wasn't an emergency procedure in the affected area. What could my problem be? How can I resolve it? TIA David No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/780 - Release Date: 29/04/2007 06:30