I'd like to keep the phone as it does everything I need (there's another pic of it at http://www.cellular-news.com/cell-phones/Samsung_SGHM100.shtml ), but will it accept another SIM without me having to go into a shop to get them to do it? (I so rarely visit physical shops these days as I buy everything I need online, and avoid heaving town centres like the plague - especially if it's not guaranteed to work) Also, I don't want a contract phone (I simply don't use it enough), so anything fancy would cost over ?300, and anything under that is the usual _style_ I abhor (ie. display at top, and keys below which remain uncovered.) I love the silver flip of the SGH-M100 All help and comments appreciated. TIA, Have you tried getting a data cable and software so you can directly access the messages on the sim? There looks to be one that would suit for ?8.95 here: http://www.m-99.co.uk/Mobile_Phone_Data_Cables/mobile_phone_data_cabl... A google should find some software to go with it.

I've posted this on uk.telecom.mobile but it's not the busiest of groups compared to one like this, and someone's bound to know the answer. The post I put on there is below: I have this particular phone (picture and info can be seen at: http://www.imobile.com.au/PhoneReviews/default.asp?ID=reviewsoct0001 ) and just wanted to ask if the problem I'm experiencing would be solved by a new battery or whether it's just generally knackered. In the last few days, I have seen my battery suddenly only last about 14 hours before it needs a recharge rather than the usual 2 days, but as of yesterday it decided to start crashing every time I wanted to read text messages on it. I've had it for 18 months, and before that my ex had it for 12-18 months previously so it's getting on a bit but I like it and it does what I need, although it'd be nice for a mobile phone to actually hold more than 10 messages at a time. TIA, Going back to this thread, it turns out it wasn't the battery that was the problem (must've been the network search thing happening too often for a day or two as was suggested), but the text message problem remains. What happens is that a couple of weeks ago I got what I can only describe as a rogue text message which was at the top of the messages since it was the most recently-received, but when I tried to access it, it makes the phone reset. When it comes back on, the message is still there. In order to see the messages before it, I sent myself one from an online SMS service, so that let me in - and then I could get to the other messages by scrolling through them from the other direction, and delete any if necessary. However, the rogue message moved up the list so it was at the top again (GRRR!) and I ended up going round circles. Then I got a couple more messages so the list was full and... you know what's coming up. So, now I've got ten messages on the phone (well, 9 real ones and 1 rogue, with the rogue at the top) and so I can't access any of them because the only one I can get to is the rogue one. Carphone Whorehouse can't delete my messages from their server for some reason, so think taking the phone into one of their shops might enable them to do something wih the SIM card that they can't (despite, surely the shop will do the same as the customer services dept in simply contacting the CPW network center?) In addition to this royal pain, since I can't accept text messages, I either have to now have the phone on mute (which is pointless unless I want to know what the time is) or switched off (at least the alarm function still works), since when audible it constantly emits a high-pitched noise telling me that the SMS messages are full. I know!! It rates on the annoyance scale with the Microsoft paperclip(!) I tried my SIM in my sister's phone (a Sharp GX30) and it just came up with Invalid Network or similar. On top of that, since all the numbers are stored in the phone itself, and I've no credit on the card (it's a monthly direct debit for whatever I spend - which is very little indeed), I could ditch their crappy PAYG service called Fresh, which no-one in the world seems to have heard of, and use a different PAYG service (most of my family are on Vodafone so at least that's one that people have heard of), and the only thing I'd lose on the phone are the existing texts. That said, are SIM cards married to the phone like Sky cards to Sky digiboxes? The phone's SIM lock is disabled, but when I then tried my sister's Vodafone SIM in MY phone, it just said Wrong card I'd like to keep the phone as it does everything I need (there's another pic of it at http://www.cellular-news.com/cell-phones/Samsung_SGHM100.shtml ), but will it accept another SIM without me having to go into a shop to get them to do it? (I so rarely visit physical shops these days as I buy everything I need online, and avoid heaving town centres like the plague - especially if it's not guaranteed to work) Also, I don't want a contract phone (I simply don't use it enough), so anything fancy would cost over ?300, and anything under that is the usual _style_ I abhor (ie. display at top, and keys below which remain uncovered.) I love the silver flip of the SGH-M100 All help and comments appreciated. TIA, Messy. First of all, PAYG phones are usually locked to a network and often a specific SIM card. You won't have any luck getting CW (or anyone else) to delete the rogue SMS from their server as (AFAIK) it gets deleted automatically. Also AFAIK, Fresh is a virtual network _base_d on T-mobile (same idea as Virgin mobile). As far as the phone goes, Samsung doesn't have your model listed on their website (helpfully) but you should be able to ring them on 01767 654302 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Consequently I don't know exactly how it works on your phone, but on others I've used (Sony, Sony Ericsson and Nokia) it's possible to delete all text messages on a phone without accessing particular texts. Another option is to get a data cable, connect it to your computer, and delete the text from there. SMSes are often stored on the SIM card rather than the phone, so resetting the phone probably wouldn't work. Another option is to get a new SIM card (on a different network?), get the phone unlocked and get the old number ported to it. mh.

I'd like to keep the phone as it does everything I need (there's another pic of it at http://www.cellular-news.com/cell-phones/Samsung_SGHM100.shtml ), but will it accept another SIM without me having to go into a shop to get them to do it? (I so rarely visit physical shops these days as I buy everything I need online, and avoid heaving town centres like the plague - especially if it's not guaranteed to work) Also, I don't want a contract phone (I simply don't use it enough), so anything fancy would cost over ?300, and anything under that is the usual _style_ I abhor (ie. display at top, and keys below which remain uncovered.) I love the silver flip of the SGH-M100 All help and comments appreciated. TIA, Have you tried getting a data cable and software so you can directly access the messages on the sim? There looks to be one that would suit for ?8.95 here: http://www.m-99.co.uk/Mobile_Phone_Data_Cables/mobile_phone_data_cabl... A google should find some software to go with it. Thanks for the tip. I see there's software on Samsung's own site, but the _link_s weren't working as if it's been removed from the site, so I hope I can still get it. I've emailed them through the site so we'll see what happens.

Another option is to get a new SIM card (on a different network?), get the phone unlocked and get the old number ported to it. I didn't realise they could do that. When I got the SIM pack from Fresh, it had the phone number printed on the back.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/MobilePhone/support/Download/software Another option is to get a new SIM card (on a different network?), get the phone unlocked and get the old number ported to it. I didn't realise they could do that. When I got the SIM pack from Fresh, it had the phone number printed on the back. Number porting is pretty easy these days. You just have to ring up the losing operator and ask them for a PAC code. Give it to the gaining operator and it'll take a couple of days for the number to be transferred. Meanwhile you can use the number supplied with the SIM card for temporary purposes. Might be a bit quicker if the losing and gaining operators are the same company. I couldn't really suggest which network would be best for you as I get a staff deal with one of the mobile operators (because I work for a telco). Virgin Mobile have a similar system to Fresh (also on T-Mobile) and similar payment plans though. There are plenty of stalls on Arndale Market (or independent phone shops) that will remove the SIM/network lock from your phone for about ?5 - ?10, or they might even be able to throw it in free if you buy a replacement SIM card from them. mh.

I figured that messages etc were on their server as on mobiles there's always a slight pause when accessing a text and I assumed that was it trying to get the message over the air. No - the messages are either on the phone or the sim. The delay is down to the phone reading them from the memory.