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On 06/06/2025 04:37, micky wrote:
> Any idea what`s going on here? A Xiaomi phone with Android 14 iirc. I
> picked a friend up at National Airport. She had called me yesterday on
> her cell. She had called me today to my cell to tell me she had landed.
> But then her phone stopped working. She had to get some stranger to
> call me the next time. Later her son called her and that worked fine
> for 10 minutes, and then she called her friend to tell her she landed
> and would be coming soon and that worked fine, but then her phone
> stopped working again.
>
> When we got to the friend`s, I saw that she had 5 bars, but when I
> tapped on any of the people she had previously called, it immediately
> displayed the dialing page and immediately reverted to the list of prior
> calls page. I called the other 2 numbers, the same thing happened.
>
> This was probably when I noticed she had no bars, though I hadn`t moved
> from my chair.
>
> I reset the bluetooth, wifi, and mobile connections. The bars did not
> come back.
>
> I rebooted the phone, the bars did not come back.
>
> I turned on airplane mode, then turned it off. The bars came back.
>
> I made a phone call and instead of revering immediately, it took about a
> minute before her phone hung up.
>
> I called someone else. The bars were gone and It reverted immediately.
>
> I turned airplane mode on and off. the bars came back. Repeated 2 steps
> before this with same results.
>
> Used airplane mode to bring the bars back again and tried to bring up a
> webpage. Got a negative message about not being online, or something.
>
> Connected her to her hostess`s wifi, web browser worked fine.
>
> I called her cell from my phone. Got some negative message about her
> being unreachable.
>
> Called again just now from my phone. Displays message immediately "Call
> ended" and reverted to contact list after 7 seconds, each time.
>
> What`s wrong. How do I fix it?
You should consider reverting to factory settings and re-setting up the
phone again leaving off any dodgy looking apps. Which can be a real
PITA, especially if you don`t use a Google account. But it also might be
a hardware fault.
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