Sue, your post cracked me up, btw, what kind of "stud" finder? LOL. the service is ok, sometimes when he opens it to make a call it says "emergency calls only allowed" which made me think the bill wasn't paid, whew! that wasn't it. it turns off at will, and sometimes it just says "please try again" this has been since it was 2 wks old and of course when I call India or China or wherever they are, they all want me to do the same tests for 15 min and in the end they want to send me a new battery.
thanks for all the tips, I think I'm going to give the trac fone a try, at least it won't add 2 more years to our contract!