i recently baught a blackberry 7250 from ebay. and got it activated, and all works good except calling. when i attempt to make a call it reads an error that says emergency calls only, and if someone attempts to call my phone it goes straight to voicemail. im kind of phone illiterate and not very good with them. can someone help me please?

Usually making a test call is a part of the activation on the phone with a Verizon person. Each time I activate a device with Verizon, they offer to have you do a test call as a part of the activation.

Call Verizon and they should help you get this resolved.

-Sam

By the way, I believe #832 is a test call with Verizon.

-Sam

Probably an IT Policy from the old user in place that is blocking that.

well we a verizon employee and i tried to fix it for two hours, we could'nt figure it out. i think it has something to do with that it policy thing but i'm not very smart with phone's lol. i actually went to another verizon store he asked me to bring it up tomarrow so i'll see if he knows whats wrong with it, i've noticed alot of people are having this problem and i havent seen a way to fix it so if i find out ill be sure to tell everyone how i got it resolved.

if not, and someone know's how to fix it. help would be much appreciated:]

Chance.... IT Policy--

Look here: Remove IT Policy - BlackBerryFAQ

**I am moving this thread to the 7200 Discussion section where it belongs.**

Maybe some one made a mistake on activating it or it does not work with the verizon network. Cell phones do not need service to make 911 calls. I can take the SIM card out of my Cingular Blackberry, Palm Tungsten and regular phone and make 911 calls. Everythin else also works without the SIM. I can even make a 911 call with my old sprint phone which I have had no service for in years.