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I think I borked Verizon

Demache

Android Expert
Apr 18, 2010
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Sioux Falls, SD
I wanted to test something on my Eris so I called it from my home phone. My phone acted like nobody was calling at all. So I thought this was some sort of bug in 2.1. But I let the phone ring for 5 minutes. My voicemail wouldn't even pick up. I'm not sure if it was a phone problem, or network problem.

I wonder if the phone isn't even getting the message to ring, because even though I'm on wifi, the 3G indicator is on. I called back, and it went through. So I'm doubting was a phone problem.

Sort of a different problem, its a great change from the countless silent call bug.
 
I wanted to test something on my Eris so I called it from my home phone. My phone acted like nobody was calling at all. So I thought this was some sort of bug in 2.1. But I let the phone ring for 5 minutes. My voicemail wouldn't even pick up. I'm not sure if it was a phone problem, or network problem.

I wonder if the phone isn't even getting the message to ring, because even though I'm on wifi, the 3G indicator is on. I called back, and it went through. So I'm doubting was a phone problem.

Sort of a different problem, its a great change from the countless silent call bug.

And you're absolutely certain you dialed the correct number the first time?
 
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That is definitely a bug. Try a simple reboot and see if that helps

Yeah, that worked. Interestingly, the 3G icon would go away once you made a call or someone calls you and then it would come back.

This isn't the first time I've had random network quirks with Verizon though. And I wasn't even on their network.

Once my friend called me (he's on Verizon, I was on Unicel) and when I picked up, I got a "number could not be completed as dialed error". Which is weird I didn't dial anything, he called me. :D When I picked up, he went straight to my voicemail without beginning message, and I got a hilarious voicemail of him getting mad that I'm not talking to him.
 
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