Let me prefix my post with: please don't call 911 just to "test" your phone if this post title has worried you. There is no reason to believe you have a 911 calling problem (more explained below) and you will take up valuable resources from others who actually have an emergency and need immediate help.
I am the owner of a Samsung SGH-i896 Captivate. Today I had to call 911. The call failed. It acted like it was placing the call to 911, it said "Emergency number" on the screen as it acted like it was dialing, and then in half a second the call failed. Other calls worked fine. I had service. Thankfully I was able to use the phone of a friend that was with me to successfully dial 911.
I know this is really really horrible, especially since my little warning at the top of this thread... but when I came home I removed the SIM from my phone and tried to dial 911 to see if it would ring. It didn't work. The lock screen says "No SIM card." and "Emergency calls only". The phone shows full reception bars. When I dial 911 the screen flashes "Out of service area" at the top with a phone picture underneath and then the text"Emergency number". This comes up for 1 second then the dialer exits to my home screen.
I'd like your help to track down this problem.
Dial 112 (911 is only for us phones)
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911 is used in Canada. And the SGH-I896 is a Canadian phone.
Have you thought of it more as a network issue, and not a phone issue? I have unfortunately had to dial 911 from my Captivate before, and it worked fine. I'm using an i9000 ROM with an i9000 modem in non-3G service areas.
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911 is used in Canada. And the SGH-I896 is a Canadian phone.
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I'm not sure then does 112 work? Don't call just to test it but it should work I had this problem on an early i9000 rom 112 worked for me... this should be moved to Q&A though it is a bit of an issue... I guess no one realty tests the emergency call features...
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I'm not sure then does 112 work? Don't call just to test it but it should work I had this problem on an early i9000 rom 112 worked for me... this should be moved to Q&A though it is a bit of an issue... I guess no one realty tests the emergency call features...
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Perhaps the issue warrants the attention of developement.
I had to dial 911 on my phone. live in us using cognition 4 and it would not work.
Hmm perhaps this does does need more attention if it still doesn't work on cog 4... I had this problem when the first froyo cog rom came out... I do believe it was brought up then & 112 was the temporary fix but I can't believe 911 still doesn't work...
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112 gives me the same "Out of service area" like when I dial 911 without a SIM.
Alright, so I installed Rogers stock 2.2. I tried with both SIM in and SIM out. I'm not able to dial 911 in either case. Call fails with SIM in, and I get the "Out of service" message when SIM is out.
Sounds like there is definitely something wrong with my phone.
Ok so I can confirm that 911 does work on cog 4.3 on the i897 on att in us so I think it does have something to do with the missing nvdata but why would you still be able to make regular calls & not emergency calls that seems backwards hmm?
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Who needs 911 anyway!
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I'd like to help figure this out for evetyone but how the hell do we test this one out??? I guess I could go out looking for trouble.
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Perhaps the issue warrants the attention of developement.
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If you give me an idea on how to fix it, I will test it out...
I have an i897 and have have used it on phoenix (not sure the version), and andromeda 2.1. Not sure how to test, but that does seem like an network problem. Phone not connecting properly.
I tried putting in a SIM from another carrier. 911 emergency calls don't go through.
I tried putting in a SIM from another carrier. All calls work, not 911. Tested on Rogers and Bell Canada.
Thought I herd on android central podcast that the problem was known?
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I just checked. Looks like that's a problem for the Vibrant and only when calling from the lock screen. Seems unrelated to this issue, since those people can still call from the dialer once they unlock their phone.
For anyone who has this problem in the future: I'm pretty sure it was related to having lost the phone's original /efs/ folder including nv_data.bin. You have to have a backup nv_data to restore from to fix the problem, or else it needs to go to samsung for servicing to be re-flashed. This fixed my phone. (well, got a replacement...)
For anyone who has this problem in the future: I'm pretty sure it was related to a bad upgrade to 2.2 via Samsung Kies... Replacement phone is working fine for now.
i can recieve calls and texts on my razr i but cant call it just instantly says call ended 0.00 (call duation) and beeps can someone please help as ive tryed everything?
Could you have accidently activated some kind of call baring?
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Pay ur bill...
Maybe you should check if you have any money on your phone's card. Just dial *100# into the dialer and it will tell you how much money you have left.
This will work only if you have a prepaid card btw.
im on contract in uk i can text and recieve calls i think i did something on pimp my rom?
Some times I can't make a call: Whenever I intiate a call, it disconnects immediately. During this time too, I can't receive calls. Callers tell me later that my phone was closed!
I need to restart my phone to get to normal situation. I appreciate your help/advice.
I'm on stock UK HTC One 4.1.2
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I am a Galaxy Ace User and Whenever someone call or I call to somebody, They cannot hear me. Well they can hear me like when I'm saying Hello, all they hear was "Hell.." but When I call via online, it works properly. Anyone knows the problem of my microphone? Please help.
If they can hear via online, it must not be the problem of your microphone. Try calling from a place where you get a strong network signal.
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Venomous Viper 119 said:
If they can hear via online, it must not be the problem of your microphone. Try calling from a place where you get a strong network signal.
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For example. Wechat app. When I press the :Hold to Talk: Button. Sometimes when I speak, The Voice sensor does not go upward instead it just stay still like you did not hear anything. But most of the time when it is via online they hear me clearly. It's not about the signal because It is always full.
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For example. Wechat app. When I press the :Hold to Talk: Button. Sometimes when I speak, The Voice sensor does not go upward instead it just stay still like you did not hear anything. But most of the time when it is via online they hear me clearly. It's not about the signal because It is always full.
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sounds like a microphonecontacts problem. In that case you need to open your device and clean the contacts on main circuit board and the microphone contact pins. Or go to a repair store if you cant do it yourself.
I cannot receive calls on my z3 compact. I can make calls, I have lte, my sms works but when people call me it rings twice and goes straight to voicemail.
Please help, it's really inconvenient.
I put my iPhone 5s SIM card in it...is that the issue?
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I suggest you check call forwarding status
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neofral said:
I suggest you check call forwarding status
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But sometimes it does work...usually right after I made a call
Also right after I reset the phone
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Anything?
Phone receives calls while im on it.
Once I leave it idle for a couple minutes, texts will come in but if someone calls it goes straight to voicemail
I have S5 imei on it
Is that the issue, I put the Sony IMEI but I was not getting lte speeds.
Dont know what to do
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Anything?
Phone receives calls while im on it.
Once I leave it idle for a couple minutes, texts will come in but if someone calls it goes straight to voicemail
I have S5 imei on it
Is that the issue, I put the Sony IMEI but I was not getting lte speeds.
Dont know what to do
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I don't have any advice except that I'm pretty sure it's NOT the IMEI that's the issue.
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got the exact same problem
Phone seems fine for a few hours after a reset so have resorted to resetting it a few times a day now. The only other commonality was that this number was used in an iphone 4s previously and i am wondering if there are any iphone specific carrier settings which could be causing this.
Will try buying another carrier's prepaid sim to see if that would solve the problem.
Meanwhile if any of you gentlemen find a solution I'm all ears.
same issue here. check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-...t-messages-t2912242/post56313668#post56313668