New mobile phone

[pusskin]

We are trying out the new phone what O/h bought yesterday.

I've just sent him a text, and rang his phone and it cuts off after just a few second. Any idea why please?

[joko]

is it fully charged? some phones stop working properly even before the batt goes

[pusskin]

yes, fully charged yoko

[pusskin]

whoops, sorry JOKO

[LochNessMonster]

Have you registered the phone with your network.

[pusskin]

phone is registered lochnessmonster

[pusskin]

he has bought a cheapish phone from tescos, a Nokia.

[pusskin]

Do you ring 150 for money balance as you do for T.Mobile?

[bookbinder]

Have you put some credit in it (e.g. £10 minimum)? I got a £12 Nokia phone from Tesco last summer and I put £10 in it straight away, and it worked fine.

[bookbinder]

...I forgot to say that my phone is a pay as you go model. Is yours like that?

[pusskin]

Hi bookbinder, problem all sortedl all but this small problem now. Why does screen shut down too quickly not letting you keep it on screen for more than a couple of seconds before adding phone numbers etc.
Hope you can guess what I'm trying to say, haha many thanks

[pusskin]

It is a pay as you go.

[pusskin]

it does have a £10 top up

[bookbinder]

Well, I'm not an expert on mobiles (mine's a Nokia model 1616), but you could try this: I think the screen display shuts down just to save the battery, but the phone is probably still 'live'.
To store a number in the memory:
1. Switch on. 2. Start display appears. 3. Display changes to show 'loud' or maybe 'soft'. 4. Press white bar above green symbol on call key. 5 Symbols display appears. 6. Scroll right to to phone book symbol. 7. Press white bar above green symbol. 8. Scroll down to Add Contact. 9. Press white bar above green symbol. 10. Enter contact name (not number). 11.Press white bar to enter contact name. 12. Enter phone number. 13. Press white bar to enter number. 14. Faces display appears. 15. Use scroll key to select a face. 16. Press white bar to ente. 17. Confirmation of name, number and face appears.

[Old_Geezer]

You probably have the "screen saver" set for a short period ? That'd be my guess. Have a look at the settings.

[pusskin]

Cheers bookbinder, he is now trying to follow all that you said . May take him a year or two , so will get back to you to let you know how he gets on.
Thanks ever so much for all replies x

[pusskin]

Hi Old geezer. he has found the settings and it was set on 10 seconds, so he has upped it to 20 seconds. Couldnt find anything longer than that so will give that a go now. Cheers muchly

[Toureman]

Why not try here...........

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/