I very need a mobile advice

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#1

Can someone please advice on a mobile trick?

I have Motorola C118, Vodafone, and it’s often doing a strange thing. It either turns the sound off completely, which comes back after I go to Ring Styles and choose Loud Ring, or it turns the loud ring down from 7 points (can hear it ok from my pocket while on the bus) to 1 point (can hardly hear it at home when it’s a meter away).

I know that most of time I don’t press anything occasionally, but even if I did - it can’t be doing the same bloody thing all the time!

I’ve missed two calls today when was actually expecting them, the ring tone was so quiet that I couldn’t hear it from my pocket, and this happens quite often. I thought maybe there is a special setting there which can prevent this ring-going-down thingy? Maybe someone knows how to treat this phone model?

#2

turn on keylock…

#3

Buy a Nokia 1100. Its dirt cheap and works better than anything I’ve ever seen. I’ve had 2 phones since I first bought this and I’ve come back to it yet again. Plus there is 200 Million of them in the world so you don’t have to worry about support parts in case you happen to drop it from the sky tower and don’t like the chip in the face plate it gets…

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#4

Ian speaks truth. I worked at a parallel import store over the summer and got to know which brands broke the minute you looked the wrong way at them.

Motorolas, especially the obnoxious Razr model, are quite possibly the worst.

Nokias last forever. We had one guy come in and buy a Nokia. His girlfriend made him show us his old phone - a Nokia about six years old, missing most of the body, the keypad, most of the screen…still worked a treat.

#5

[quote=“Anna K”]Ian speaks truth. I worked at a parallel import store over the summer and got to know which brands broke the minute you looked the wrong way at them.

Motorolas, especially the obnoxious Razr model, are quite possibly the worst.

Nokias last forever. We had one guy come in and buy a Nokia. His girlfriend made him show us his old phone - a Nokia about six years old, missing most of the body, the keypad, most of the screen…still worked a treat.[/quote]

A few years ago my Nokia survived what I thought was going to be its biggest test which was a fall from 6 stories onto concrete…this year it survived 9 stories. Some scratches on the cover but internals are still fine.

Nokia=Solid and reliable

I seriously think these things were designed by a german or soviet designer.

#6

In the mean time call the help desk for the service provider (i.e. Vodafone, Telecom or whoever)- help desk staff should be trained in issues posed by the handsets they support.

#7

German…

As for the help desk helping, I’m pretty sure that they wouldn’t be able to help at all, I would susspect that it would be “out of scope” for them to say pretty much anything about the handset. They support their network, not your phone.

Best bet would be to go to a few different stores and ask different staff about reliability.

Or just get a Nokia 1100.

#8

Actually, the help desk staff should be able to answer questions about common issues with handsets - the helpdesk is there to support the customer - the engineers (who you as an individual customer will never get to talk to) are there to support the network. Just as your ISPs help desk should be able to help you troubleshoot the modem they sold you with your connection.

#9

Do you think I can come to a Vodafone place personally and get some result? They are all around so I can probably get there, but would it make sense… Probably need to try.

I actually think it has nothing to do with pressing the keys, just because I can’t accidentally press the same key combination almost every day, I just thought there is some kind of internal setting that turns the sound down.

How much that Nokia would be? I’m at work now and can’t open TradeMe, we have it blocked (because people were spending too much time there :laughing: )

Will Nokia be Vodafone or Telecom?

I had Nokia before. Only once got into story, and it died immediately.
(Ok, I’ve fallen into the sea while the mobile was in my pocket, but what would be your stories like if they didn’t make any damage?)

#10

I think both networks have Nokia handsets. Pick the provider you prefer and look there first. :slight_smile:

#11

Yeah, Nokia make for both providers.

The Nokia 1100 is about $50 second hand tops.

#12

Not all Nokias, as my previous one was not suitable for Vodafone, those guys in Vodafone told me that not all phones are suitable for them…
What if it’s not a second hand, what if it’s new? With technical devices I prefer to buy them new as I have no idea how the previous owners have been treating them and what kind of troubles I can expect.
But the price of new can be scary… Anyone aware how much it could be?

#13

Nokia 1100 new tend to cost around $100

What Ian means is that Nokia make phones for both Vodafone and Telecom but you can’t cross the phones over between networks. That is, a Nokia will work for either Telecom or Vodafone but not both. It’s something to do with which frequency they receive.

#14

I have a Nokia 6310 (vodafone network) that I’ll soon nolonger be able to use (No mobiles allowed on Basic)

comes with a few spare batteries and a headset so you can listen to the inbuilt FM radio on it.