hi ed, I have a nokia 6600 and to check the battery and signal strength I have to press the talks key and the cancel key(the cancel key is the key on the right hand side of the three keys under screen: i.e. select button on left. middle key is joystick for moving up down menus) together and then talks informs me of the signal and battery strength, try it Gerry----- Original Message ----- From: Edmund Harty To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 4:58 PM Subject: [vicsireland] Mobile Phone I have a talks mobile phone and now when I press the Talks button to check my battery it it seems to have stopped saying Talks and is going to Menue. I am now unable to check the bars in my battery. Can anybody help me. I would be glad of any help. Edmund Harty.