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Trouble accessing internet and MMS with T-Mobile prepaid SIM card in my EU phone
I recently purchased a T-Mobile prepaid SIM card for my trip to the USA, and I'm encountering difficulties accessing the internet and sending MMS messages on my Motorola G22. Back home, my phone ...
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Best phone plan (ideas) for travelling in France from the United States [duplicate]
Excuse the specific nature of this question. Hopefully it somewhat applies to a more general audience.
I live in the United States and I'm travelling to France this summer for 2 months. I use to ...
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Getting a SIM for a foreign phone in the US
I am staying in the US for 3 months, and I want to have a cheapest possible mobile data plan for it. I think it makes no sense and is a waste of resources to buy a new phone just for that phone, so ...
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Buying + activating Google Fi in the US but not a US resident? [duplicate]
I'm currently on a 3 week trip in California, visiting mostly in and around the major cities and I've been looking into buying a Google Fi 'simple unlimited' plan for a month for my data/calling/...
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Activate Verizon SIM Card While In Canada
I am in the middle of a long term trip in Canada (~6 Months). Until now I have been using
a Verizon plan which allows me to roam on Canadian networks free of charge. I recently lost my phone and have ...
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How can I know whether some parts of a path are not covered by cellular network?
Given a path on some navigation program such as Google Maps or Waze in the United States, how can I know ahead of time (= before driving) whether some parts of the path are not covered by cellular ...
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How to 'save' my U.S. mobile phone number over a year of inactivity (out of US)
I want to save my U.S. phone number, so I can use it again next year. And by 'save' I mean to keep the number but no service. I have a Verizon prepaid plan and would need just to keep my number. This ...
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Can you "withdraw your application to enter" in the USA without a permanent black mark on your record, even in air travel?
To my understanding, thanks to the US's uncomfortably lax privacy laws, immigration officers are allowed to demand you to let them search your phone. If you have fingerprint unlock they can just ...
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Prepaid SIM for a week in the USA
I'm looking for the cheapest possible plan, that will allow me to receive calls and will have a small amount of data, 1gb max. All the prepaid plans I found seem to be at least 30$+taxes.
Where i ...
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Traveling to the USA - Phone coverage and solutions
I know the general question has been asked multiple times but the situations seems so confuse to me that I wasn't able to find a definitive answer.
I am planning a trip to the USA (will stay in ...
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Is there a place in LAX where I can buy USA SIM card?
I am planning to arrive at LAX at around 7 am in the morning. I would like to know whether there is any place for me to buy USA sim card there at the airport?
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Using I-phone 8 while flying over Pacific Ocean [closed]
I will be flying from America to Japan, then the Philippines next week. Will my I-phone 8 work out over the Pacific Ocean? Or just turn it off to save roaming charges?
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Compatibility of Asus phone with US local sim
I will be traveling to Ohio, USA in the first week of June. I am not sure whether the internet roaming packages in airtel or matrix sim work there. So I prefer to take local carriers of the United ...
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Is it possible to buy US sim card at Columbus airport, Ohio
I will be traveling to Columbus,Ohio, USA during June for 15days. Is it possible to take a US sim card from Columbus airport Ohio? Or Can I get a sim card outside airport from shops in a reasonable ...
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Grasshopper on International Sim Cards [closed]
Will IP Phone Software Services such as Grasshopper or the like, function with an international Sim Card and no phone number (except the international Number)?
We jump from country to country ...
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