hi edd. I don't know if this is much help but have you tried to press the talks bottom and the up right botton on your phone. this trick seem to work for me if I want to know how many bars our in the battery. regards sarah ----- Original Message ----- From: Edmund Harty To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 4:58 PM Subject: [vicsireland] Mobile Phone I have a talks mobile phone and now when I press the Talks button to check my battery it it seems to have stopped saying Talks and is going to Menue. I am now unable to check the bars in my battery. Can anybody help me. I would be glad of any help. Edmund Harty.