i am on att and was going to travel to europe this summer..i was wanting to see if i will be able to get service over there or if anyone has ever been what did u do to make ur phone work? i have never been out of the country so i have no clue any help would be great thx!
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Get a local prepaid sim when you arrive overseas
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Going to be in the Philippines next week and I've pre-ordered a local SIM. I have an unlock code from ATT as well as have International Roaming enabled on my current account.
ATT said all I have to do is enter the code when I turn on my phone with the new SIM installed. Now ... the code, was that tied to the original ATT ROM? Because if it is, I can't see how the phone will accept a code that was wiped out with a flash?
rpc180 said:
Going to be in the Philippines next week and I've pre-ordered a local SIM. I have an unlock code from ATT as well as have International Roaming enabled on my current account.
ATT said all I have to do is enter the code when I turn on my phone with the new SIM installed. Now ... the code, was that tied to the original ATT ROM? Because if it is, I can't see how the phone will accept a code that was wiped out with a flash?
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Unless you ran a sim unlocker, the code is good no matter what rom you are using.
And unless you are planning on using att in the Philippines, get rid of that international roaming feature, you are just wasting money.
here's how it works: when you put in a sim card other than AT&T, the phone will ask for the network unlocking code regardless of the ROM...so if you have the code got from AT&T you're sorted.
as for the int'l roaming on your acc, not needed as the previous fella said.
hope that sorts you out
Thanks guys, sounds good! Apparently int'l roaming isn't something that they charge for according to the att rep I just spoke with.
No... but if you land in the Phillipines with that ATT SIM in the phone and you start roaming, even a incoming call that you DONT answer or a voicemail notification gets billed!! I know TMobile does ! Dont ask me how
Anyone know for sure if the Vibrant will work in Japan with a local SIM? If so, which specific SIM have you used, and do you know if it's available with a cost effective data plan?
I'll be in Tokyo for 3 weeks. I know I can get a pocket wifi that will work, but they're pricey. A 3G SIM with a cost effective data plan would be better.
Thanks.
(Mod: sorry is this is the wrong forum, please move as appropriate.)
Bumping to see if there's an answer for this... about to go to Japan and curious if I can rent a SIM over there that will work with the Vibe...
I have my Vibrant T-moble on an unlocked SoftBank SIM card. I know that our phones will also work with DoCoMo.. but NOT with AU.
Just have to make sure you have an unlocked phone and get an open SIM card.
So i just picked up a used photon to use in Europe but have been reading some disturbing info. Some of it is rather old so just wanted to get updated info.
1. I want to use a local foreign sim. Can i just put one in and use it?
2. Do i need to call sprint to unlock it? I did put in an old Wind sim from italy while I am still here in the U.S. and it asked for a PIN. Is that a PIN I get from Wind or sprint?
3. I read somewhere about renaming two files to bypass the Sprint activation screen. Is that still recommended even though this phone is activated and i using it as my normal cellphone in the US? Pros and cons of doing this?
4. I read somewhere that I will not be able to use foreign sim data/internet? Is this still true. Is there any workaround for this?
Any recent real world experiences would be appreciated.
Thanks!!
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So i just picked up a used photon to use in Europe but have been reading some disturbing info. Some of it is rather old so just wanted to get updated info.
1. I want to use a local foreign sim. Can i just put one in and use it?
2. Do i need to call sprint to unlock it? I did put in an old Wind sim from italy while I am still here in the U.S. and it asked for a PIN. Is that a PIN I get from Wind or sprint?
3. I read somewhere about renaming two files to bypass the Sprint activation screen. Is that still recommended even though this phone is activated and i using it as my normal cellphone in the US? Pros and cons of doing this?
4. I read somewhere that I will not be able to use foreign sim data/internet? Is this still true. Is there any workaround for this?
Any recent real world experiences would be appreciated.
Thanks!!
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Just pop in a foreign sim and you should be ready to go
superflysocal said:
So i just picked up a used photon to use in Europe but have been reading some disturbing info. Some of it is rather old so just wanted to get updated info.
1. I want to use a local foreign sim. Can i just put one in and use it?
2. Do i need to call sprint to unlock it? I did put in an old Wind sim from italy while I am still here in the U.S. and it asked for a PIN. Is that a PIN I get from Wind or sprint?
3. I read somewhere about renaming two files to bypass the Sprint activation screen. Is that still recommended even though this phone is activated and i using it as my normal cellphone in the US? Pros and cons of doing this?
4. I read somewhere that I will not be able to use foreign sim data/internet? Is this still true. Is there any workaround for this?
Any recent real world experiences would be appreciated.
Thanks!!
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1) Yes. Depending on the carrier you may need to configure the APN's for data / internet. Orange UK was just plug and go for me. Vodafone Romania and Tigo Colombia needed APN's configured. If you buy the SIM at the office of the carrier they will help you configure it at that time. If you buy the Sim online, Tweakker or APN Global can help. Both are available on Google Play, or you could always go to the carrier's office.
2) No need to unlock. The PIN would be from the operator (Wind in your case). Normally the PIN is on the little card that the SIM card pops out of of.
3) I never did this. I think that was just for people who were not going to be able to activate the phone in the US. Since yours is already activated I would not worry about it.
4) You can use 3G data assuming APN's and your Sim / plan are current.
I had a few annoyances trying to get prepaid sim cards to work for both voice and data in Iceland and Germany, but I was eventually able to get them to work.
hey guys is any sites out there lagit to unlock this? like unlocker.net and stuff. i need to get off the tmobile sim for straight talk and use ATT for the service .. please help if you can tmobile wont help me because i bought the phone off a firend
ashkore21 said:
hey guys is any sites out there lagit to unlock this? like unlocker.net and stuff. i need to get off the tmobile sim for straight talk and use ATT for the service .. please help if you can tmobile wont help me because i bought the phone off a firend
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i switched mine to straight talk...also i noticed after the amber update my sim was unlocked
Hi all, hopefully someone can answer this question for me.
Can anyone tell me if the VZW GS4 will work with any of the SIM Card providers in Italy (Rome, Florence and Venice) and England? I'll be traveling there soon and would like to have internet on the phone but in my research I find that many people have problems getting data especially with the VZW GS4 to work.
Thanks in advance
I don't know what build you have, but I was able to successfully port my Verizon device to T-Mobile in anticipation of traveling abroad. Calling Verizon they said my s4 was unlocked by default so I just needed to add the apn settings and I was good to go. Maybe do what I did and borrow a gsm sim to ensure it works here and you know what you're doing before going abroad? Best of luck
Verizon s4 will definitely work in Europe with local Sim Cards. Just make sure you manually input the correct APN for those carriers. The new lollipop update seems to be having problems SENDING text messages though... it could just be me though.
Thanks
Thanks for the replies, hopefully it will work as expected once I install the SIM Card and enter the APN.