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Natalie120458
SMARTY Pioneer
24-05-2024

New User Natalie120458

Hi I'm new to smarty, but in saying this I am already going through some issues with the service provider. Such as it continuously keep saying 'Emergency calls only' it's driving me crazy as the data package has already started and I can't even use it or make a phone call.

 

HELP!!!! 

12 Replies

  • MSF's avatar
    MSF
    SMARTY Guru
    25-05-2024

    Natalie120458  You definitely haven't purchased a data only package?

    • Natalie120458's avatar
      Natalie120458
      SMARTY Pioneer
      25-05-2024

      No, how do I upload screen shots??? I got the 100gb data with unlimited calls and texts

      • JJP2RidesAgain's avatar
        JJP2RidesAgain
        SMARTY Centurion
        25-05-2024

        Unfortunately, the forum no longer allows the uploading of screenshots.

        Where did you get the Android device from ? Is there a possibility that it’s locked to another network ?

  • JJP2RidesAgain's avatar
    JJP2RidesAgain
    SMARTY Centurion
    25-05-2024

    This is the Smarty community forum, we are fellow customers, we don’t work for Smarty.

    It looks  like your phone is network locked to a network other than Smarty, hence the “emergency calls only”

    How old is the phone ? Phones in the UK haven’t been network locked for a good few years. 

    Or, it may be that you have no coverage on Three, Smarty’s parent network, where you are. Did you check this before joining Smarty ?

    Do you have, or can you quickly use someone else’s phone for 5 minutes, putting your SIM card in that, to see what happens ? If your SIM connects to Smarty in another phone, then that would indicate that your phone is indeed network locked. If you know the phone was originally used successfully on another network, be it O2, EE, Vodafone, if you can, try a SIM card from the phone’s original network. If it works, that’s another indication that your phone is network locked to a network other than Three / Smarty.

     

    • Natalie120458's avatar
      Natalie120458
      SMARTY Pioneer
      25-05-2024

      Also only a year and a half old. It's an android.