Question posted by revellesps on November 24th, 2010

Help With Phone

My cell phone is giving me a reading that I can only make emergance calls and I am in a remote area and need to make severl calls. What is going on and how can it be corrected? I cannoit receive calls either.

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Answer #1: Posted by murphygreene on February 4th, 2011 1:39 AM
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  1. I suggest you use the internet to fix this problem by going to www.wireless.att.com and click on support tab.
  2. call 1-800-331-0500 for tech support
  3. use your cell phone and dial 611

Good Luck

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  • Answer Center | AT&T
    ...an area of the call . Placed call Missed call Received call ...Call screen and records the length of help topics for Push to the GPRS data network and the ability and send/receive...Menu Icons Icon Description Receive, read, reply to the...emergency calls only. Phone icons Phone call is being sent. Phone call is saved (not sent.) Message returned, message transmission error. Send/receive...
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    ...:  BlackBerry Handheld Software version  4.1 can place emergency calls only. Store passwords used with the Search Messages applications.   Save web pages and set Browser options. Save web pages and set . The Keyboard Lock icons changes to place/receive phone calls and browse web pages. Set the device Alarm to conserve...
  • Answer Center | AT&T
    ... left corner of your SIM card is able to make and receive calls as well as send or receive SMS messages. Opened (read) message. NOTE: Devices using BlackBerry Handheld Software 4.2...place emergency calls only. Open and view phone call logs. Activate the camera application to prevent accidently typing characters. Turn off the device radio if preferred not to receive ...

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