gsm sim card for France SFR
Aug 1st 2001, 4:39 am
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Hi there GSM experts.
I would like to use my Nokia 6110 in France. It currently operates in New Zealand on a Vodafone gsm network.
Can someone explain to me if it will have to be uinlocked before it can operate for 'local' calls in France?
I would like to use my Nokia 6110 in France. It currently operates in New Zealand on a Vodafone gsm network.
Can someone explain to me if it will have to be uinlocked before it can operate for 'local' calls in France?
Aug 1st 2001, 8:35 am
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The phone is locked (or not) locally. It is vodaphone who would/would not have locked
your phone.
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The phone is locked (or not) locally. It is vodaphone who would/would not have locked
your phone.
Aug 1st 2001, 10:36 am
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Sorry I had a phone call and had to leave.... Didn't mean to send the previous
post.... (it;s hot & my brain is melting....)
Yes, if your phone is locked you will have to have it unlocked to be able to use a
French SIM. Is it a prepaid or a subscription? If you have a subscription for more
than a year usually you can ask that it be unlocked for a small fee, even free
sometimes. If it is less than a year it can still be done but the fee will usually be
quite high and not worth it considering you can buy a prepaid in France for cheaper.
But again this has to be done with your original provider not in France. Prepaid
phones usually always have a hefty fee attached to unlocking them. But the rules
change often in the mobile game. Call your providers customer service.
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Sorry I had a phone call and had to leave.... Didn't mean to send the previous
post.... (it;s hot & my brain is melting....)
Yes, if your phone is locked you will have to have it unlocked to be able to use a
French SIM. Is it a prepaid or a subscription? If you have a subscription for more
than a year usually you can ask that it be unlocked for a small fee, even free
sometimes. If it is less than a year it can still be done but the fee will usually be
quite high and not worth it considering you can buy a prepaid in France for cheaper.
But again this has to be done with your original provider not in France. Prepaid
phones usually always have a hefty fee attached to unlocking them. But the rules
change often in the mobile game. Call your providers customer service.
Aug 1st 2001, 11:11 am
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I have a 5110 that I used in France recently, just bought a sim package from one of
the many mobile phone shops, they tried their sim in to make sure it worked and I
could make local calls (within France) about an hour later. BUT if you want to call
outside France it gets a bit more complicated, you need your passport and it takes 48
hours (in theory) to process this. I told the shop I bought the sims from that I
wanted to phone the UK but they did not know the procedure very well, I went back 3
days later to say I could not contact the UK and they had to do the paperwork again,
took about a week before I could contact the UK.
Regards, Dan in Scotland.
the many mobile phone shops, they tried their sim in to make sure it worked and I
could make local calls (within France) about an hour later. BUT if you want to call
outside France it gets a bit more complicated, you need your passport and it takes 48
hours (in theory) to process this. I told the shop I bought the sims from that I
wanted to phone the UK but they did not know the procedure very well, I went back 3
days later to say I could not contact the UK and they had to do the paperwork again,
took about a week before I could contact the UK.
Regards, Dan in Scotland.
Aug 1st 2001, 1:41 pm
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What did Vodaphone say when you asked them??
Michael
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What did Vodaphone say when you asked them??
Michael
Aug 8th 2001, 3:23 am
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Vodaphone phones in the UK are not locked, so probably not.
You can test it by trying a SIM card from a different network in your phone. If it
accepts the new SIM then it is not locked.
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Mike Lane North Yorkshire, UK
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Vodaphone phones in the UK are not locked, so probably not.
You can test it by trying a SIM card from a different network in your phone. If it
accepts the new SIM then it is not locked.
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Mike Lane North Yorkshire, UK
