STVA
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Did you call the global services number? It is different than the normal customer service line and it is not surprising that the standard CS reps are clueless.
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I felt i should share my experience.
I call the number in the 2 or 3rd post in this thread and state that i would like to unlock my D3 so i can use it with a prepaid SIM. The rep replys that verizon does not do that, after 5 minutes of arguing and reciting stories on this thread she still remains ignorant and that if i want to use my D3 on the other side of the Atlantic i have to use verizons GSM services. I hang up.
As i am 1.5 months away from a winter eurotrip i figured it was a good time to take care of this, so i smoked some medicine and call about 5 minutes later, i hear another rep pick up... I state to the rep im aggravated with the previous one and explain again, and he said well you can use vodaphone.... NO i want to use my own prepaid SIM i say. The guy puts me on hold, sends me to a different rep, stating that we are getting our terminology confused. This guy actually knows what i am saying. However the clown says i need my foreign SIM with me to provide me with this information to unlock.
After telling the rep how it works so he can by no means assume im an ill-witted fool, he states he can help me, provide me with an unlock code, that ill enter when i first slide in my new SIM.
Wait another kink, there's a 400 dollar balance on my family account.... As Im not yet the monetary provider of my family, i couldnt take that hit at the moment... I guess like a gangster, Verizon ('s Rep) told me to pay up for a form of freedom.... freedom aint free
But from another outlook: My family dumps 4800 dollars/year into Verizon's fatass belly... Verizon prevents Moto from unlocking my bootloader and using my own OS... Verizon bloats up my beautifully engineered phone with sh!*ware... This provider used to be so much better than ATT, now its just as worse... Fcuk Verizon
I need to be FREE,
Eric
I'll try it tonight if I can find my old T-Mobile SIM. Cross your fingers.
I bought a Droid 3 to use on our upcoming Eurotrip with a non-Vodafone SIM, and was just going sell it when I got back. I'm not a Verizon customer, but a friend of mine is, and he called Verizon to get the unlock code and was told by Global that he would have to deactivate one of his current phones and activate the Droid 3 to get the code. This seems to go against everything I've read here. He is a longtime customer in good standing with 4 lines on the account. Am I just destined to use my dinky unlocked Motorola Pebl, or does anyone know of a way to sweet talk them into it? He told them he bought the phone just for the trip and did not want to deactivate his Thunderbolt, but to no avail.
You can get them from vending machines at Heathrow, but of course that makes it hard to find out the rates. Check online first, look at say the UK sites for Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, "3", and then resellers such as Talkmobile (which I use), Tescos etc. Mobile stores are almost everywhere on high streets.Found it in my old Motorola MING. Popped in the SIM and turned on the D3. It came up requesting the unlock code, so punched that in and it was "successful." I switched over to GSM/UTMS Only and it identified a T-Mobile network (locked, of course).
So, I'm ready for my trip to London next month. All I'll need to do is find some place around Heathrow that sells a prepaid SIM with a decent data plan so I can use Google Navigation and Skype.
Check online first, look at say the UK sites for Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, "3", and then resellers such as Talkmobile (which I use), Tescos etc. Mobile stores are almost everywhere on high streets.
Yes, forgot O2 for some reason. Unlimited or "big" on PAYG isn't easy, so the Dolphin SIM on orange offers "unlimited" internet, but that is really capped at 100MB per month, which isn't much! On the Talkmobile SIM, you get 25MB per day for 10p (~15c) and each MB above that is also 10p. That is enough for me for email and navigation without Wifi, but of course watching a movie would be expensive!Yep, been looking online and the consensus has been Orange, 3, or O2. I'll mainly be just hunting for one that does unlimited data or something close to that, but I'll be sure to get all the details before purchasing. We'll onlyd be over there for 10 days.
Hope I can remember to call it a 'mobile' and not a cell. :wink:
While you are in USA you will not get service, this is normal. D3 has a restriction of using other USA carriers. Once it sees the Mexican operator it will connect and work fine.
You will need to define access points for the data connection or you will not get data via the cellular network. Google around for them. There are also few apps available on Android market such as APN Global which can do this for you.
Hello everyone,
I am very hopeful that someone much more knowledgeable than I will be able to answer these questions. I have a Droid 3, I know that there are two sim cards one of which s the global and the other is the "Verizon" card. If I travel to Germany and have my global sim turned on by Verizon, I can use my service in Germany however the rates are really high.
So my first question is this: can I take my Verizon sim and the Global sim out of my Droid 3 and just buy a prepaid sim?? Also second question: how do I use data like "google maps"? Is data include on the european prepaid sim card?? And finally: Are there different types of prepaid sims like phone only or phone/data?? I am sorry for all the questions but us "moms" who do not travel as much in Europe still need to learn all this new technology. Please bear with me and answer as simply as possible. Thanks in advance....all information is appreciated.