Hi all
I just got my new S6 on Credo (uses the Sprint network). I know I have to call customer service and have them unlock my phone in order to use an international SIM, but I'm curious as to which SIM I should get. I'll be traveling to the UK in August and staying for 3 weeks, so I would like to know if there is a UK network provider that will sell me a nano SIM and a prepaid service with data for a month. If anyone has any suggestions of what provider to go for, I'd appreciate it. Ideally I'd like to buy the SIM now and have it mailed to my house in the US so I can just stick it straight in at the airport when I get off the plane.
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I intend to buy a new phone (MDA Pro/Qtek 9000). In case of buying a phone with sim lock (t-mobile germany), can I use that phone abroad for example with a swisscom prepaid card ?
no if it's sim locked it's locked to the tmobile sim
when you go to a place where your cellphone company dont cover you roam on other gsm networks which ones depend on the cellphone company's agreements with other networks
it's most often pretty expensive
which is why when ppl go to another country it's best to buy a prepaied sim from the country they go to since if they have a prepaied from another country it will also roam
If I am not mistaken, this phone is also known as the Universal. If you look on www.buzzdev.net you will find a free SIM unlocking utility for it.
Actually, i have got a dash from ebay. Everything works, except it can not detect the t-mobile phone network so I'm getting no dial tone.
Would T-mobile have locked the phone so it can't connect to the T-mo phone network? Should i call customer service and say i am a victim of a crime...
I assume you're talking about T-Mobile USA.
If that is the case, then I can safely tell you that they do not employ any blacklisting techniques. The farthest they can go is look up a phone's IMEI and see what accounts on T-Mobile have used it.
Have you contacted T-Mobile about establishing a service plan? The phone and service are separate items, one does not come with the other unless it is part of a promotion from the service provider. T-mobile offers the htc S260 (aka "T-mobile DASH") at a discounted price to get new customers to subscribe to their wireless phone service. You may have purchased a phone with the T-mobile brand, but unless the prior owner transferred his service contract to you along with the phone (I do not think such a transfer is recognized by T-mobile or any phone provider), then it's up to you to establish a new service contract with T-mobile.
Sorry did'nt mention I'm a current customer of T-Mobile USA
Yes I have been with T-mobile for over a year now. Got this phone from ebay, plug my sim in, didn't have phone signal, it just keeps searching.
So I wonder if it was T-mobile that locked the phone. Thanks Merwin for letting me know that they can not ban a phone by it's IMEI..
In this case I just don't konw what's wrong with it anymore, flushed it with T-Mo official WM6 upgrade... no signals.. sigh...
Thanks anyway guys.
There's always the chance that the radio in the phone is bad. Since the phone isn't a year old, you could call them and tell them that you bought a dash from them and it won't register on the network, and you want to do a handset exchange.
They will transfer you to the data devices tech support, who will run you through a few tests, and then do a handset exchange. Since it's a T-Mobile only phone and it's been out less than a year, it's guaranteed to be under warranty. Try not to tell them that you got it from EBay Tell them you bought it from an indirect dealer (mall kiosk) somewhere.
Just curious, what's your radio version?
Taking my HTC One X (unlocked) to the US on holiday for 3 weeks, can I get a prepaid micro sim & does anyone recommend one ?
You can get a prepaid sim for AT&T at Best Buy or straight talk at Walmart. Either will work, but straight talk uses AT&T as well as T-Mobile so if you get a T-Mobile one you will only get 2G. In terms of Microsim you will have to have someone at an AT&T or T-Mobile store to cut the sim for you because prepaid sims are full size.
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I would recommend the Straight Talk from walmart, but I haven't tried seeing if they sell sims in the store. Thought they were online only.
I've had great success with the T-Mobile USA PAYG SIMS from SIM Card Guru - takes a week or so for delivery. They'll even ship it pre-cut to micro-SIM size.
Prepaid SIMs
Straight Talk offers a micro sim but it is only available online. You can choose either AT&T or T-mobile (I have the AT&T flavor). I have found their service to be very reliable. Good luck!
So, I am going to Rinteln, Lower Sax the 7th of july for a couple weeks, and I am just curious if any one knows if I will be able to find a prepaid sim card to use in my G2 while I am there. There is always calling over wifi if not, but its worth a shot.
Perhaps there are even some locals that can respond.
Thanks in advance
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If you are a t-mobile customer use wifi calling
We were just in Europe and I had international roaming turned off. What we used was wifi calling. I could send text message (mms didn't work) and receive text message (they get queued up and you get them when you connect) and call back to the states free. We thought it worked very well.
I live in Germany and I am using Alditalk which is using the eplus network.
There you have very cheap data flatrates.
You can simply buy them in an ALDI Supermarket.
O2 traveler sim
Last time I was there O2 had a traveler pack promotion but it might have expired.
Drop by any O2 shop and ask them about it.
Sim card for Germany
With the pre-paid global SIM card, you get the benefit of having the same number, which you can carry through your journey in different parts of the world. On top of that, the calls that you receive are free of cost, no matter where it is generated from.I'm using holidayphone during my foreign tour especially in Spain, Italy. They providing cheap and best services.
So long story short I can't figure this one out... I have a spare line (Tmobile) with truly unlimited data and I'd like to use it in a tablet. I have been told it's (impossible) by a tmobile store. This is the same store that told me I can't teather past 5gb until I told him I'm rooted and custom. I'd love to get a galaxy tab s on my unlimited data! Please advise.
P.S XDA is Awsome!!!
I have the TabS 8.4 T707 for AT&T. The tablet is SIM locked to AT&T but you can contact them for the unlock code if you paid full price for it. I bought mine from BestBuy and it took about two weeks for AT&T to get the unlock code to me. It was a big pain to get that code.
I'm using mine for international travel and it registers on the networks. Just check which LTE bands Tmobile uses.
Also, the tablet is on sale right now for $380 at BB.
LochNiss said:
I have the TabS 8.4 T707 for AT&T. The tablet is SIM locked to AT&T but you can contact them for the unlock code if you paid full price for it. I bought mine from BestBuy and it took about two weeks for AT&T to get the unlock code to me. It was a big pain to get that code.
I'm using mine for international travel and it registers on the networks. Just check which LTE bands Tmobile uses.
Also, the tablet is on sale right now for $380 at BB.
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Hi Lochniss,
How can you get ATT to provide you the unlock code? I tried device unlock request and ATTMobilitycare, and both said that the unlock code is not available.
I also bought the TabS from Bestbuy and unable to unlock it.
Regards.
Vrance Lam
vrance - I had to go through the "AT&T Chairman’s Office of Executive Escalations (ERT) team". I don't know if you can call 611 and ask for them??? I came into contact with them when I filled a BBB complaint stating ATT did not unlock my unsubsidized mobile device. I was rejected a couple of times but did not give up. Finally the person with ERT had Samsung USA contact Samsung Korea to get the code. I cannot understand why ATT does not have the code, but it blows my mind that Samsung Korea has it.
For everyone reading this... please be courteous and patient with these guys. They did not set up the ATT system nor do they have the solutions at their fingertips. As I am doing with the community, just guide them to the answer.... good luck.
There's much easier way if you have an active ATT account (phone account is OK). Just insert your ATT sim into your tab s, give it a few hours until ATT system update your phone information (you should be able to see tab s as your new phone in your online account page). By this time, your imei is in ATT database, you should now be able to request your unlock code thru their online system. It took less than 24hrs for me to get mine.
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Hi Xiaonan80, thanks for your advice. Will try that route. Do u know if ATT prepaid SIM card is ok to let the IMEI is in the ATT database? I am not a ATT customer, but can try buying a prepaid SIM to try it out.
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Hi Xiaonan80, thanks for your advice. Will try that route. Do u know if ATT prepaid SIM card is ok to let the IMEI is in the ATT database? I am not a ATT customer, but can try buying a prepaid SIM to try it out.
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Sorry, dont know if prepaid would work. I have postpaid account.
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