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MATHA531 · 03-10-2007, 17:59

Many different phones have various issues with the international sims (almost all of them) that work using callback...that is the way they are able to give you the very low rates...you actually don't make a call...rather the sim is rigged up that when you dial the number a message is sent to UM which then calls you back and completes the call via whatever carrier (probably a VOIP) it uses....

Having said that, this is an issue with many phones....one way around it is to find the United Mobile menu buried someplace...(on the nokia it should be easy to find, it will have a separate menu name)....follow the links to something like make a call...it will ask you if you wish to make a call off the sim or dial the number...enter the full international number (I think you can use the + key) and it should work.

If not, there is another thread here where somebody had the same problem and the workaround suggested was to use a call sequence, I forget it but you should be able to find the thread in the not too distant past here, and that resolved the issue.

The fact you are receiving calls is indicative that the sim is indeed active; it is not a UM issue it is a handset issue.

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	03-10-2007, 17:59 Many different phones have various issues with the international sims (almost all of them) that work using callback...that is the way they are able to give you the very low rates...you actually don't make a call...rather the sim is rigged up that when you dial the number a message is sent to UM which then calls you back and completes the call via whatever carrier (probably a VOIP) it uses.... Having said that, this is an issue with many phones....one way around it is to find the United Mobile menu buried someplace...(on the nokia it should be easy to find, it will have a separate menu name)....follow the links to something like make a call...it will ask you if you wish to make a call off the sim or dial the number...enter the full international number (I think you can use the + key) and it should work. If not, there is another thread here where somebody had the same problem and the workaround suggested was to use a call sequence, I forget it but you should be able to find the thread in the not too distant past here, and that resolved the issue. The fact you are receiving calls is indicative that the sim is indeed active; it is not a UM issue it is a handset issue.