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(Q) Emergency calls only?

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Hello all. I noticed that sometimes I would have emergency calls only function in an area that have signal. It would sometimes happen and I would have to repeatedly turn on and off airplane mode or restart my phone to enable the signal again.

What I want to ask is that whether this is normal or not. Even before I root my phone, this has already been happening.
 
Might be your SIM card beginning to fail - I had one go bad and the symptoms were the same. Getting a replacement SIM fixed it.

If you have another handset and SIM you could swap for a while and see whether the problem recurs (and if so, in which handset).
 
This problem first occurred around October- around the time when I finally got my Note lte! I have been using this micro sim (ex-iphone 4 user) since 2011. Was its age the cause of this problem or is it my phone?

Edit: My previous phones (Arc S and Nokia 1280) never had this problem AFAIK. On the Arc S, this problem first happened during after my examinations and it got me really very frustrated. I have to restart like twice just to get it connected.
 
I'm sorry for asking noob questions, but am I suppose to go down to the retail shop and request for any exchange?
 
tastycaramel said:
I'm sorry for asking noob questions, but am I suppose to go down to the retail shop and request for any exchange?
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Just take the phone with you and ask them for a new sim for the phone.:) They should be able to sell, replace you with a new one.:)
 
LilBit said:
Just take the phone with you and ask them for a new sim for the phone.:) They should be able to sell, replace you with a new one.:)
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Currently I am using a micro sim with an adapter to my phone. Will I be able to request for a regular sim? And do I have to pay a certain fee? :rolleyes:
 
That depends on your network, I would think.

Mine was replaced for free, but I'd already done everything I needed together to prove it was the SIM at fault. By the time I got it done the frequency had increased from weekly to daily or less, so it was easy to test and diagnose.
 
Hadron said:
That depends on your network, I would think.

Mine was replaced for free, but I'd already done everything I needed together to prove it was the SIM at fault. By the time I got it done the frequency had increased from weekly to daily or less, so it was easy to test and diagnose.
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I would guess I would have to fork out cash for a new sim card since 'everything is expensive in Singapore'.

Sorry for noob question but when you request for a new sim, do they diagnose your current sim?
 
Hadron said:
No idea about Singapore, but in the UK, no.

If it's an intermittent fault there's no way the shop could reliably do that anyway.
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Thanks. I would check with my carrier about requesting a new sim card.
 
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Btw here's a screenshot of what happened today.

1st pic shows the weird signal bug
2nd pic shows the signal being connected after restarting the phone
 

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