when i start up the phone (nokia n85) the interface that normally appears is
gone all thats there is a grey wallpaper with "non-vodafone sim card",
no shortcuts or menus. the only way to do anything is the long way
(press bottom button and navigate thru the sub menus).

 

the
only thing they (2 degrees) could offer as an explaination as to why
the 2 degrees sim makes it go this way is because its not 3g on their
network yet, but it just seems strange that lack of 3g would make the
menus and shortcuts to anything dissapear? and they are fine when there
is no sim card in there. is it locked to vodafone? can i possibly over
write all the vodafone **bleep** with an update/hack or unlock from that
provider, if this is the case. id hate to have to pay more for calls
and texts just to get a few shortcuts on my phone home-screen. and it feels like 1/2 the phone software is missing because you have to dig deep to get to them.

 

is there a setting i need to adjust for the menus/shortcuts to work  with the new sim

 

nokia n85-1

type: rm-333

 

ill take a pic an show the differences