The fake Nokia
To refresh the memory, let's go back to the earlier article about 'copyright pirates'. As described in that story, I bought a nice looking fake mobile phone type Nokia N79 at the beginning of October for the price of 1.990 baht.
After exactly one day, the thing gave up the ghost and the saleswoman in question wanted to take back my initially glorious purchase for only 500 baht. My tantrum wasn't exactly Asian, but it was very effective. The device was left behind and three hours later I got the thing working again. Very clearly, however, I now understood that no further guarantee was really given.
Actually, I already regretted this rash purchase a bit. After all, my old, admittedly simple cell phone still functioned excellently. Enthralled by all the bells and whistles, which I will probably never use anyway, in combination with the attractive price, my mind was somewhat affected.
The experience
As promised, I would entrust the further experiences to Thailandblog after two months, after the good holy man has traveled to Spain again. Short and sweet: the day after the 'repair' my newly acquired toy stopped making a sound. Removed the battery once, but there was nothing special to see. So just put it back in and then .... it works again! However, not for long because a few hours later the thing is dead as a doornail.
Polish the contacts even more and yes, that helps.
The solution
When I rent a car that afternoon and the landlord asks for my phone number, I have to take a look, because my Thai number is not exactly etched in my memory. It is to become despondent; again the thing fell out. The man from the car rental company, whom I have known for several years, comes to the rescue. He tears a piece of thin cardboard from his pack of cigarettes and places it on top of the battery. Laughing, he shows his own device to which this trick has also been applied. And dear readers to this day, my mobile phone has been working to full satisfaction for two months now.
At home in the Netherlands I tell this incident to a good friend and let him now have the same problem with his did not fake Nokia. He has also been using this emergency measure for years. Would my Nokia still…?
I wouldn't be surprised if your friend also has a fake, here in Europe they just sell it as real, e.g. on the marketplace
It also happens in Europe …… my husband and I both bought a Nokia at a KPN store and we had to put a piece of cardboard in both, because otherwise it wouldn't make good contact and the slide kept opening that didn't clamp properly, and with the cardboard does.
And it really wasn't a fake………or maybe the KPN stores can't be trusted anymore?????????????????????????
puket is not an island so………..
This may be right. Some Nokias have just a little too much space for the battery. As a result, it may no longer make contact with your phone and therefore there is no power. If you make sure it is closed properly (with a piece of paper) the battery cannot move and the contacts cannot come loose.