So the post office gave me a new Postemobile SIM to replace the one I'd bought last May (as detailed in various other threads).
One thing that I'd done with the old SIM was to copy addresses and so it added things like Guarda Finanzia to my address book. I think also the Polizia too IIRC.
It also added "Check Balance" and "Credito Residuo." The former is #999# and I remember using that last year to get my balance (but not necessarily my expiration). It would SMS the balance.
Now, with this new SIM, when I try that number, my Nokia E61i reports "Request not completed."
The Credito Residuo is a 6-digit number without # or * characters and my Nokia says something like SMS request forwarded and it gets to a recorded message.
Someone also mentioned 4242 for some other Italian carriers to change language. Is that a standard thing? I tried it and it didn't do anything.
Also, is there a special number for entering a top-up card number?
Or for checking when your credit and SIM expires?
This PDF manual shows some menu items which may save the special numbers but I didn't copy over any contacts from this new SIM. But it doesn't list the special numbers themselves that I can see.
http://www.postemobile.it/PosteCusto...0uso%20SIM.pdf
When this new SIM first registered with the network, it said something about configuring MMS and it wanted to send an SMS in order to do it.
Maybe I need to copy the contacts from this new SIM because the previous contacts for special numbers like "Check Balance" and "Credito Residuo" are no longer valid?