All telephony functions, including emergency calls, are disabled due to communication error. To recover, you might have to reboot the device
You will see something like a sim card icon on the top panel when this message appears.
Awesome, it seems I couldn't make or receive call after this message is shown, I rebooted my phone and it works again ... until this week, the phone is dead, I can't use it as a phone but small tablet. Maybe I should try google to see if there's any solution and here's what I have found -
Basically the solution is to claim the warranty and Nokia replaces a new one for you, what if you are out of warranty, just someone like me? Nokia has no answer for that, thank you Nokia ;)
I was thinking "Sim card icon and communication error", maybe it is sim card slot issue? I don't know, but here's what I try -
0. Switch off N900
1. Open up N900 case at the back(battery part)
2. Take out battery
3. Take out sim card from the slot, clean it
4. Put the sim card back to the slot
5. Tighten the slot
6. Take the toilet paper, yes I say toilet paper because it was on my desk when I was trying to fix this
7. Try to tear the toilet paper and make it thicker by layering them
8. Make the toilet paper slightly same size(square) as the sim card slot
9. Put the toilet paper on top of the sim card slot and push in a bit
10. Put back your battery and press it little hard, the toilet paper will be underneath
11. Close the case
12. Switch on your phone
The phone works automagically, don't ask me why, it's really high tech fix if you ever encounter this issue.
Have fun with N900 again, by the way no fun since not much apps for it(Thank you Nokia), BUT it works as PHONE again!
Cheers ;]
p/s: By the way let me know if this solves your problem, I would like to hear about it!
13 comments:
i fixed at least half a dozen of cellphone this way, starting from old ericsonn "shark fin" to more recent smartphone. amazing to see that a piece of paper still fixes ultra modern piece of technology
After I started to have the same issue with my N900 last week I sent my phone to the local Nokia Care centre. First they told me they will fix it for around 30 US$ and I agreed. Next day they called and told me it will cost over 300 US$ which I declined and got the phone back flashed to an old Maemo version :-(
So I started to search and found your description here.
The paper trick first didn't work do I put a small piece of paper below the 6 contacts for the SIM card to push them up and now the phone works again without problem.
LOL.. I just read this post. I got similar problem not with the Sim Contact Point but the battery!! If i shake my damn N900 the contact point will lose and the phone shutdown and when u turn it on again u need to setup the Time/Date($##$).
After reading your post i quickly padded up the backside of the battery with some cottons and stick up together with a double side tape...
Works like a charm!! Now i can use the N900 happily even after zombie apocalypse!!
Thanks! your solution worked. Was kinda worried about having to replace the phone et al, esp since mine is out of warranty!
Did it with a tissue paper. Worked like a charm.Thanks a lot :)
Thanks a lot dude, it worked fine for my N900 too. I was about to throw it in trash after surfing so many trashy geeky solutions.
thanks.. it workd for me like a charm!
Hey this is a cool idea, this has fixed my roblem but my phone call gets disconnceted after 2 min automatically. Can any one suggest what is the problem. Do you face the same problem?
Hey thanks my problem was solved but a new peoblem came. My phone looses the signal while talking and a icon of no sim card appears on signal bar and after 10-15 secs automatically signal comes back. Its very irritating when ur call gets disconnected when you are talking. Do u have any solution for this. Thanks in advance.
dear friend its done ,thanks ...but it for some hours only ,really thanks to u for the job done because no good technician in NOKIA .please apply for a job in NOKIA .u must selected because u r an intelligent man...
Hey men, sorry for my english, i've got to tell you, i don't know how u came up with this idea, but is working!!! amazing how a single piece of paper can revive this amazing phone/tool...thanks for this tip...
does that really works?>??
it worked :O thank you :)
it works :O thanks dude :)
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