Sony Z1

[tinman]

a long time ago I bought a Sony Z1 phone (brand new), it worked fine for a few months but one day it just wont dial out (doesn't find network) almost as if I was out of coverage area , but in my area the coverage is excellent (%100 sure cause all other phones work %100 of the time). But all the phone functions are working as long as I don't dial?.

In other words when I took the SIM card and inserted it into other brand phones it works , and when I take my friends SIM cards and put them in the Sony Z1 they don't work (for dial-out) just like my own, thus it is not a SIM problem.

Now I am sure I did not drop or mishandle that phone.

But could it be that some one is playing a joke on me..? they sent me an SMS virus perhaps?
I have never heard of a virus for Sony Z1?

But today it occurred to me may be some idiot with a similar phone called my SIM provider and reported my own IMEI number STOLEN or something and had them block it from the network.????

Is this even possible ??????!!!!!!!!

Am I entitled to compensation because my phone was basically rendered useless due to their mistake!

And how can I verify this scenario with out calling the provider (because their customer non-service people are really a pain in the arse)

In other words can I change my IMEI number just to test if this is the problem?

[methOD]

yes you can change the imei if you want to spend 2years with buggernin bubba for a friend.
read the manual and check that you haven't set out going call barring.
does the phone display the network logo with full reception?
do you mean a sony z7(the one with the orange screen and silver flip)?

[Termy]

As far as I'm aware it's only Orange that block the phones.

Does "SIMCARD REGISTRATION FAILED" display on the screen ? If not then the phone will not be blocked.

[tinman]

Originally posted by methOD
yes you can change the imei if you want to spend 2years with buggernin bubba for a friend.]

This is not a problem.. I don't care about going to jail

read the manual and check that you haven't set out going call barring.
does the phone display the network logo with full reception?
do you mean a sony z7(the one with the orange screen and silver flip)? [/B]

No barring
It does not find the network.. but the little antenna shows up strong (full signal meter)
I mean Z1 (the very first sony made cerca 97/98). Made in France

[tinman]

Originally posted by Termy
As far as I'm aware it's only Orange that block the phones.

Does "SIMCARD REGISTRATION FAILED" display on the screen ? If not then the phone will not be blocked.

Nothing like that.. it just says no network found

the network is configured properly like in the manual
I even tried a factory reset but that didn't work either