SOS is keeping me from calling or recieving anything

try this site and make a phone call. Old Midland radios came from Radio Shack. Sounds like an option is wrong.

your phone company has turned your phone off because it has not received payment yet for the bill.

your blackberry device needs to have the network selection set to automatic.........whats happening is when you get out of range of your home network you end up going SOS....this means that there is absolutely no service available and only emergency calls will go through. This is what you must do.
GO to the Connections menu..(thats the one that looks like an antenna tower) select your network settings and change them to automatic to allow your device to roam......and remember, no matter what plan you have with your service provider and no matter who you call or when the call is made you will be using your anytime minutes.......thats how they say no roaming charges....they just deduct a min from your bucket instead of applying an additional dollar amount. You should be good from here on out.
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try putting a 1 then area code then number.
(13215556666) this will also help with contacts names showing up when you rcv a call or text instead of just a number.
good luck

Try Settings / Factory Reset if that fails contact your phone company.

I had the same problem and find the answer on other forum http://forums.crackberry.com/f85/huge-problem-about-initialization-failed-sos-113323/ I used some scotch tape and worked perfect for me, the idea is to make the sim card a litle "fat" to fit the contacts.

Good luck

do a mater reset of your phone

initial setup menu-master reset

code is 000000

I flashed and flexed the set but to no avail, tried a software update but no update was available from motorola. I then went to the Security settings of the set and restricted all outgoing calls and restricted all incoming calls except the phonebook entries. Then I dialed my mobile using a landline which was on my phonebook and my phone started recieving the calls, then after that I allowed all incoming and outgoing calls. This solved the problem. I believe it is sheer luck because I tried that step earlier on the same day but it gave no result.

take the phone to a back street mobile shop and have the phone unlock and reset this dhould only cost around £20 pound and check a diffrent sim card in the phone

i can't unlock my phone because i forgot sos password