diff -uNr gnokii.orig/smsd/lowlevel.c gnokii/smsd/lowlevel.c
--- gnokii.orig/smsd/lowlevel.c	2005-12-11 22:11:15.425351000 +0100
+++ gnokii/smsd/lowlevel.c	2005-12-11 22:07:09.117802121 +0100
@@ -349,9 +349,8 @@
 };
 
 
-void *Connect (void *phone)
+static void RealConnect (void *phone)
 {
-  static gint status = 1;
   gn_data *data;
   gn_sms_status SMSStatus = {0, 0, 0, 0};
   gn_sms_folder SMSFolder;
@@ -385,7 +384,7 @@
     {
       data->sms_folder = &SMSFolder;
       SMSFolder.folder_id = smsdConfig.memoryType;
-      if (status && (error = gn_sm_functions (GN_OP_GetSMSFolderStatus, data, &sm)) == GN_ERR_NONE)
+      if ((error = gn_sm_functions (GN_OP_GetSMSFolderStatus, data, &sm)) == GN_ERR_NONE)
       {
         if (phoneMonitor.sms.number != SMSFolder.number)
         {
@@ -397,14 +396,8 @@
       }
       else
       {
-        if (status)
-        {
-          g_print (_("GN_OP_GetSMSFolderStatus at line %d in file %s returns error %d\nEntering dumb mode."), __LINE__, __FILE__, error);
-          status = 0;
-        }
-        phoneMonitor.working = TRUE;
-        RefreshSMS (smsdConfig.maxSMS);
-        phoneMonitor.working = FALSE;
+        g_print (_("GN_OP_GetSMSFolderStatus at line %d in file %s returns error %d\nRestarting connection."), __LINE__, __FILE__, error);
+        break;
       }
     }
     else
@@ -414,7 +407,7 @@
 
       data->sms_status = &SMSStatus;
       data->memory_status = &dummy;
-      if (status && (error = gn_sm_functions (GN_OP_GetSMSStatus, data, &sm)) == GN_ERR_NONE)
+      if ((error = gn_sm_functions (GN_OP_GetSMSStatus, data, &sm)) == GN_ERR_NONE)
       {
         if (phoneMonitor.sms.unRead != SMSStatus.unread ||
             phoneMonitor.sms.number != SMSStatus.number)
@@ -427,14 +420,8 @@
       }
       else
       {
-        if (status)
-        {
-          g_print (_("GN_OP_GetSMSStatus at line %d in file %s returns error %d\nEntering dumb mode."), __LINE__, __FILE__, error);
-          status = 0;
-        }
-        phoneMonitor.working = TRUE;
-        RefreshSMS (smsdConfig.maxSMS);
-        phoneMonitor.working = FALSE;
+        g_print (_("GN_OP_GetSMSStatus at line %d in file %s returns error %d\nRestaring connection."), __LINE__, __FILE__, error);
+        break;
       }
     }
 
@@ -453,3 +440,14 @@
   
   free (data);
 }
+
+
+void *Connect (void *phone)
+{
+  while (1)
+  {
+    RealConnect (phone);
+    busterminate ();
+    sleep (1);
+  }
+}