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I accidentally saw information that a Turkish SIM card can block the phone, especially if it was bought a year ago
There was a SIM from last year, I keep it like the apple of my eye (it cost 220 lire), but now I don’t know what to do. Buy a new one?
Who tried to use a SIM card that was stored for a year?
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аватар mindguru
Share the source of this information.
аватар Apyatka
On Instagram) The girl lives in Turkey. I don't even remember my nickname. I asked her what to do, but she did not answer.
Did you use last year's sim card?
Maybe it's about continuous use?
In general, I heard a ringing, but I do not know where it is. And natural anxiety does not allow me to ignore this random information)
аватар Slav_na
Apyatka, more than a year? and how much is it deisna without replenishment?
аватар Apyatka
YaSlavnaYa I don't know
аватар Slav_na
Apyatka, just as far as I know, both Russian and Ukrainian Sims live for a year without feeding. then the number is taken away and given to others ...
By the way, I had an international Baltic SIM card with 10 bucks on my account burned out at one time, damn it
аватар mindguru
As far as I know, no SIM card can block the phone. Technically, this is nonsense. Maximum - Simka will die and you will not be able to call through it. Blocking a phone number and blocking a smartphone as a device are still very different things. And about the fact that someone once wrote on Instagram once, I advise you not to worry. There is also a lot of things written on the fence, you know.
аватар mindguru
About the expiration date. Cards of different operators, as a rule, have their own period of inactivity. Usually 6-8 months. That is, if you have not used the card for six months, you can safely throw it away.
аватар antonua
the phone of foreigners in Turkey with a local sim card works 120 days from the moment it is turned on with it. after this period - you must register the phone exactly (by IMEI), if you do not do this - then
the device will be blocked with all local cards (roaming with other SIM cards will work).
those. It doesn't matter if you put in your old SIM card or buy a new one - you still have to register your phone to work with Turkish SIM cards.
phone tax - about 1800 lire, so, IMHO, for an ordinary tourist - the procedure is meaningless.
аватар antonua
ah, and yes, as far as I know, registering a phone without a local tax number is unrealistic.
аватар Vika284
If you insert a Turkish SIM card into a phone that was not registered in Turkey, then the IMEI of the phone is really blocked about this in advance to receive an SMS notification. They can block in 5 days and they can block in 120 days
The Turkish SIM card itself is not blocked, i.e. if the IMEI of one phone is blocked, then you can insert it into the second phone
Phone IMEI is blocked only in Turkey
аватар Apyatka
I'm completely confused)
To buy a new SIM card - I understood it.
But a new SIM card can also block the phone? If you remove the sim card, will the phone be unlocked?
аватар antonua
Your old phone will not work without registration with any new Turkish SIM card.
If it has two sims, you can try to insert it into the slot into which Turkish sims were not previously inserted.
аватар Apyatka
"Your old phone will not work without registration with any new Turkish SIM card."
Here is an ambush!
аватар Apyatka
But how do people go to Turkey every year? Do they buy a new phone every year??
The navigator will not work without the Internet ((
аватар antonua
"But how do people go to Turkey every year? Do they buy a new phone every year?"
most likely - use roaming or special tourist sims.
аватар nataha33
I use roaming. I used to connect Vodafone special packages for a certain number of days. This year, on both trips to Turkey, I used Kyivstar roaming outside the hotels (there was an Internet in the hotel) - the money spent turned out to be really miserable.
аватар antonua
"Navigator without internet will not work(("
In March, in Turkey, I drove more than 1500 km in a week, Vodafone's gigabyte was enough to cheer.
аватар Vika284
“But how do people go to Turkey every year?”
I have a phone bought in Turkey
аватар Avtomaxxx
"Navigator without internet will not work(("
Hello ... Why did you come up with offline MapsMI maps?
аватар Apyatka
Avtomaxxx I love Mepsmi. As they say - I know, I can, I practice) But let's be objective - he does not see everything, he disappears in the mountains, he refuses to look for many addresses. The browser requires internet. Mepsmi is crutches.
аватар Apyatka
Thanks to everyone who replied! Take an unused phone)
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