'SIM card registration failed' on Nokia 6300 - fin...

I have two Nokia 6300 phones (I know, they are pretty old now, but there's no point me switching them while these still work!). I had one with me when I worked in New York and it worked fine out there with a US pay-as-you-go SIM card. The other one I saved to use in the UK when I was here, and it has a UK pay-as-you-go SIM (Tesco). I have now moved back to the UK and want to use both phones with my UK SIM card, however the one I used in America says 'SIM card registration failed' and won't find any reception when i put my SIM card (or any SIM card) in to it.
I'd be extremely grateful for any help/advice people can offer.
Thanks!
Melanie

30-Oct-200707:34 PM
gugs86 wrote:
i have a nokia 6233 it was on 3 before and just recently i had it unlocked well 2 days ago now its saying sim card fregistration failed on 02 and 3 but works on other networks so i did a software update from nokia website and now it says sim card registration failed on all networks can somone please help me
card registration failed means it has been locked out by the service provider
Did you buy the phone NEW?? is so take it back they will exchange it
If you bought it used chances are who ever sold it has reported it lost or stolen or It was stolen before they sold it
I had this on a Brand new N95 which was exchanged by the shop some one had either Palmed it while looking in the shop or just stolen the ID from it
Nokia user / modder since Nokia Orange and Mobira user too before that

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