Sony Ericsson :: C905 - Emergency Calls Only / No Network Coverage
May 17, 2010
I bought a used, not branded SE c905 (bought in Europe) on eBay, popped in my AT&T SIM and the display changed from "AT&T" (recognized network) to 'emergency calls only' to 'no network coverage', to 'no access to network' to 'inactive SIM'. It switches back and forth between these states, and AT&T, when I called them, said that it's the phone (locked on another network), not the SIM.
The SE phone was previously used in Canada and was used on both Fido and Rogers networks without problems, I am told. To test things out I:
- Put the AT&T SIM in my old phone and it works perfectly, (my old phone is an AT&T Nokia that I had unlocked).
- Put the AT&T SIM in a friend's phone (also unlocked) and it works fine
- Put a friend's T-Mobile SIM in the SE and it worked (although it showed no bars, but displayed the T-Mobile network) and made calls just fine.
There are no AT&T settings in the phone - but I should still be able to make and receive calls, and send and receive SMS - but that's not the case.
My phone (K800i) has displayed no network coverage for almost a month now, I have tried network search auto and manual, and I have tried my SIM in other phones and it works fine. Does anyone have any suggestions because I am fed up of this phone I am having to use while I try and fix my own.
I will try explain my problem and what i`ve done as clear as possible.I bought w995 on orange from ebay and i thought that unlockingdebranding will be a piece of cake.I was wrong, So, after frrustrating news that A2 phones can be unlocked only by a paid service i ordered one myself. Finally i got it unlocked, but still on Orange firmware. Shoved my o2 sim in it and everything was working fine. Next step that i took - debranding. Got A2uploader,FS+main+custom pack from c905 and started to flash it. After flash was successful I turned it on and was kinda amazed - "no network coverage" was written on my screen. Tried different SIMs- same problem.So, now i`m stucked with this pointless brick aka phone. Some info about recent solutions given: -It`s not in flight mode. -Master reset didn`t help. -Tried various FS+main+custom packs -Tried D-ultimate unlocker (Direct Unlock(+Sec. zone rebuild))
I bought the K800i a few months ago. I bought it from eBay, Hong Kong. Now it's been having SOOO MANY PROBLEMS, network, smsing etc.I am using XS++ 3.1,This is what it's telling me: 13:06:54| Baseband ID: 9900 13:06:54| Protocol Version: 3.1 13:06:54| Warning: IMEI name does not match GDFS name (IMEI:NULL GDFS:K800) 13:06:54| ...using GDFS name 13:06:54| 13:06:54| Profiling SEMC phone... 13:06:54| Platform: DB2020 13:06:54| OTP CID: 51 13:06:54| EROM CID: 53 13:06:54| EROM Color: Red 13:06:54| IMEI: 35258622xxxxxx 13:06:54| Phone ID: K800 13:06:54| Region: EUROPE_1 13:06:54| CDA: CDA102568/101 R12A 13:06:54| Firmware Version: R8BF003 13:06:54| EROM: R3A099 13:06:54| Ready for operation! Can i flash it or something? because Sony Ericsson won't let me update it.If I can flash it, can someone tell me how, and provide me with all the softwares needed please?
There are far too many complaining about this, are there any fixes for it yet? I have this problem also. Its intermittent at the moment, I can recreate this occasionally or just coincidence? If I try making a call while the signal bar is red, I can't make the call so if then I hang up, then the emergency calls appears even though the signal bar goes full (blue). If I reboot the phone it works fine for a short while.
I would like to know if someone has ever succeeded in connecting to eduroam (IEEE 802.1X, WAP2 Enterprise) with a C905. If so, I would appreciate information about how to do it.
I've been using my Vivaz Pro on O2 for about 2 months now and I've been have an intermittent problem. The phone will suddenly not allow me to make calls, when I try to make a call it says "Emergency Calls Only" even though I have a good to full signal AND I can still receive calls and send and receive text messages. Also when this problem happens the power button no longer responds, so I am unable to lock or turn the phone off so I have to do a battery pull. Even after removing the battery and SIM and replacing it all the problem is still there. Then it will just work again at various times. This is very frustrating. I have tried contacting O2 but I just get pre- typed messages back which are NO HELP at all, they are obviously not understanding my problem and think it's a network issue or Im somewhere where I cannot get a signal.I was also disgusted that Sony Ericsson used the Nokia OS on their phone, I vowed to never buy a Nokia again after having 4 Nokias and having problems with them all. I go back to trusty Sony Ericsson only to find its got Nokia software Low and behold I'm having problems.
I am unable to hear calls on my C905 phone unless I press the speaker on option. It started whilst I was abroad and has continued on my return to the UK.
I've had a c905 for 18 months, contract runs out next month and have always had SE phones. I do not like touch screen phones and I don't see anything that's replacing the c905, is there a release date or anything similar to the c905 within the next 6 months?
I have downloaded many flash themes for my C905 from zedge. But these themes are not changing the icons in the main menu.Even though they show the icons do change after I apply the theme in Zedge.
I got the phone about a week ago , GPS didn't work since i got it . I installed the newest software R1FA035 ,and the result was. When i enter the current status: after around 3 or 5 m. it finds around 3 or 4 satellites and they are located on the top of the screen 2 right and 2 left , they are outside the circle. before updating it could find 1 or 2 max. at same locations , but the new soft finds 4 and faster the old soft was R1FA035 too so it is always searching and never connected. When i use A-GPS " Internet " it locates my town on google maps and then wait for GPS signal , which doesn't connect like i said is it a software problem ? or hardware ? or regional " i'm from Egypt?hope you can help me , cause i can ask to change the phone this week " 14 days from buying "This Message was edited by: George0Isk on 2010-05-19 23:09 ]
Slight technical problem with my C905 . Having updated the phones firmware to R1FA035, it has developed some connectivity issues. Firstly, when I now connect the USB cable, the mode menu pops up, but then disappears and the phone does not connect in any way. In addition, I cannot turn on USB charging in the service settings, just says 'charging off' every time. Also when I connect the phone using the 'C' button to boot, it just boots into mass storage mode.windows does not even pick up any hardware connected. Tried a number of cables on 3 different computers. I have tried doing a master reset but no luck. I cant update the phones software to try fix the problem, as USB does not connect. I tried phoning SE, but they just told me to send it off for a fee...and no guaranteed results.
Can anyone help me ..Where the website can i download the c905 firmware .. plss help me ... really needed help from the hustler[ This Message was edited by: tranced on 2010-09-28 05:36 ]
I have a C510 R1HA035. Since the last firmware update I have been experiencing a reduction in coverage i.e.the signal strength has reduced a lot. Also I found another bug.In the stand-by the alarm time with the symbol is shown on the bottom left.However,after calls,the call time is shown on bottom left and the alarm time goes above the date, and the logo overlaps the time.
i Am using an iPhone 6 plus. just bought it 10 days ago. I am unable to make or recieve calls. I either get static or dead air, the person on the other end cannot hear me or they only hear static. I have tried hard rebooting the phone which did not work. I tried restoring the phone to factory settings no luck. I have excellent network coverage and am connected to wifi.
I use the phone and take a call as normal. Next day someone rings me, they can NOT hear me but I can hear them. I then discover the microphone is only live when in loud speaker mode, it is not a faulty mic as I can speak using it on speakerphone and make recordings.
I have done factory reset, had it to a repair guy who reinstalled all the software and replaced the 'ribbon cable' but the problem remains. Is there a secret 'mute' button that I have missed, is this a button/switch fault, we are totally perplexed.
Can any one help me to what to do for my c905 camera because its stop at working by it self by showing a message " press 0 for help " sp what should i do?
I have a C905. Few days ago it has started not ringing when a call comes (just vibrating) and also no sound at all when playing music files. It seems that something happens to the loudspeaker.
so what happened was, I got my phone in the mail, I use it for a few hours with occasional texting and my friend calls me, and when I answer, the phone dies. I turn the phone on again to see the battery is dead and it dies again, and before it had 85% battery life left apparently. Now the phone is completely dead, when the charger is plugged in, the red light is on and solid (not flashing or anything), when it is plugged in the computer it is on and solid again, except the computer doesn't see its plugged in.
recently had a replacement c905. the new one sent to me doesn't have the sms conversation, or Internet etc. tried a software upgrade, but am told i already have the latest software.
My c905 phone will not save the photo's from my phone to my computer.When I download the photo's, the amount of photo's comes up, however they do not stay or show the images, when I try to save them to my computer.This is only a recent as I have never had this problem before.
C905: Since last week I cannot send photo's by MMS. Report: sending failed. I do not have problems with sending ordinary text MMS with even cartoons. It is even impossible to resend the photo's which were already sent previously.
I recently got this C905. From that day I am not able to get my GPS work. I activated Airtel Mobile office too. I even tried with the Wifi connection. When I go to Wayfinder - Plan rout - A - My Position: I get this error message as" GPS receiver does not receive signals. Please make sure that nothing is blocking the GPS signal (e.g. a roof, building, etc) and try again. I have tried it out even on ground. But is is not functioning. All my other friends can Use GPS from this place from their NOKIA cell, so that means to say that GPS is accessible in the place where I am. Why cant I use GPS.
I have a Sony Ericsson C905 phone and can not connect it to the PC via PC Suite! to mention that I am trying to connect via Bluetooth to activate Bluetooth option is disabled you help me?
I need to back up all my contacts to PC. As far as I know the best way to do it is using SE PC Suite (if there is any other simpler ways of doing that please let me know as well) I downloaded latest PC Suite from SE website. Everything is goes well till it starts pairing up C905 and computer. Computer can see the phone, so does the phone, I can establish bluetooth connection from PC own software. But not through PC suite. After I am filling in passcode on the phone, few moments later, there is warning message, that pairing failed. I reinstalled PC Suite few times and it doesn't work. Do I need any specific drivers, for bluetooth to install on my comp? I am using Vista pro.
My C905 shows up on my local wireless network, however when I try to browse it from my Windows machine, it asks for a username and password. I can't see anywhere on the phone to change this setting.
I see a lot of difference in the pics taken with K850 and C905 even if its the same one. I know its a 8MP in C905.but is there any other difference, i mean in the lens quality, the hardware etc Bcos recently i checked the pics taken with a modded C905, its just as from an SLR. The problem with K850 (for me) is that, when i take pics of distant objects in daylight (say 10meters) the camera fails to produce the detail..But this not the case with C905, i can see the image more clearly. also the longer the subject is the colors are not correct.("purple edges" on small objects with sky as background). But these all are gone with C905 pics. So my point is Is C905 having a better camera H/W ? or is it the software? and lastly is there any modded K850 cam driver which can take pica like c905'say be my knowledge is little regarding this issue
