Phnom Penh Airport - Sim Card + Taxi/Tuk Tuk
Re: Phnom Penh Airport - Sim Card + Taxi/Tuk Tuk
You mean unlocked from the cupboard in your room. LOL
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Re: Phnom Penh Airport - Sim Card + Taxi/Tuk Tuk
haha my old Samsung was unlocked to UK sims but i couldnt use Foreign simcards in it, has been a nightmare thats plagued me for a couple of years, i used to use this phone as a 2nd phone so i could put my foreign simcards in and just use my Samsung for WiFi lolExPenhMan wrote:You mean unlocked from the cupboard in your room. LOL
the other month my Samsung broke and i got myself an iPhone and got it unlocked for free through the service provider, so now when i return in 2month i dont have to fuck around carrying 2 phones and i can finally get Data as well, cant wait hahaha
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Re: Phnom Penh Airport - Sim Card + Taxi/Tuk Tuk
Yup. Data access is liberating and cheap.
Just a note: Keep that iPhone in your pocket. It's very desirable among undesirables. But I'm sure you know that.
Just a note: Keep that iPhone in your pocket. It's very desirable among undesirables. But I'm sure you know that.
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Re: Phnom Penh Airport - Sim Card + Taxi/Tuk Tuk
ExPenhMan wrote:Yup. Data access is liberating and cheap.
Just a note: Keep that iPhone in your pocket. It's very desirable among undesirables. But I'm sure you know that.
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Re: Phnom Penh Airport - Sim Card + Taxi/Tuk Tuk
got here in aug and sorted an 'E' visa at airport, got a 3 month extension and new visa has the 'EB' stamp on it. I wasn't asked which extension I wanted, nor did I ask if there was an option as I wasn't privy to the new variations at the time. Got the extension at Lukcylucky.Anchor Moy wrote:AFAIK PSD-Kiwi's post here is still correct. There's no change in visa procedure at the airport, it's the extension choices that have (possibly) changed. (I say "possibly"; has anyone got a visa extension since they announced the alternative visas ? Would be good to know.)Fourkinnel wrote:I thought most of us got this straight!phuketrichard wrote:unless u need it ,get in town,same price;
Business visa take no more time than a tourist visa
Taxi is $12,tuk tuk 8-10
Business visa is called an Ordinary visa now! Or, E visa. So now added confusion of which type as there are about 6 variations. One of which is is for business owners or workers. EB stamp in passport! Don't ask for this unless you are going to work. Probably in the future if you have this stamp and no work permit, even though you NOT working or intend to, they will have a reason to fine you if checking passport!
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Re: Phnom Penh Airport - Sim Card + Taxi/Tuk Tuk
It was probably fully unlocked, but a version that only supported a 3G band used in the UK but not in (some) other countries.Jamie_Lambo wrote: haha my old Samsung was unlocked to UK sims but i couldnt use Foreign simcards in it, has been a nightmare thats plagued me for a couple of years, i used to use this phone as a 2nd phone so i could put my foreign simcards in and just use my Samsung for WiFi lol
e.g. you can't use an 850MHz phone on a 900MHz network
Although it should usually fall back to 2G where most phones would find at least one band that worked? What model was it?
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Re: Phnom Penh Airport - Sim Card + Taxi/Tuk Tuk
it was a samsung galaxy s3, it wasnt to do with 3g/4g as thats just the data, it wouldnt recognise the simcards completelytimmydownawell wrote:It was probably fully unlocked, but a version that only supported a 3G band used in the UK but not in (some) other countries.Jamie_Lambo wrote: haha my old Samsung was unlocked to UK sims but i couldnt use Foreign simcards in it, has been a nightmare thats plagued me for a couple of years, i used to use this phone as a 2nd phone so i could put my foreign simcards in and just use my Samsung for WiFi lol
e.g. you can't use an 850MHz phone on a 900MHz network
Although it should usually fall back to 2G where most phones would find at least one band that worked? What model was it?
UK phones can be funny like that, thats why i got my iphone unlocked over here by the service provider, still not 100% it will work but it should do
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Re: Phnom Penh Airport - Sim Card + Taxi/Tuk Tuk
wows, you was living in the 90s while here!Jamie_Lambo wrote:...i can finally get Data as well, cant wait hahaha
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That's weird.Jamie_Lambo wrote: it was a samsung galaxy s3, it wasnt to do with 3g/4g as thats just the data, it wouldnt recognise the simcards completely
UK phones can be funny like that, thats why i got my iphone unlocked over here by the service provider, still not 100% it will work but it should do
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Re: Phnom Penh Airport - Sim Card + Taxi/Tuk Tuk
How to remove Samsung's region lockJamie_Lambo wrote:it was a samsung galaxy s3, it wasnt to do with 3g/4g as thats just the data, it wouldnt recognise the simcards completelytimmydownawell wrote:It was probably fully unlocked, but a version that only supported a 3G band used in the UK but not in (some) other countries.Jamie_Lambo wrote: haha my old Samsung was unlocked to UK sims but i couldnt use Foreign simcards in it, has been a nightmare thats plagued me for a couple of years, i used to use this phone as a 2nd phone so i could put my foreign simcards in and just use my Samsung for WiFi lol
e.g. you can't use an 850MHz phone on a 900MHz network
Although it should usually fall back to 2G where most phones would find at least one band that worked? What model was it?
UK phones can be funny like that, thats why i got my iphone unlocked over here by the service provider, still not 100% it will work but it should do
First off, the region lock really isn't as scary as it sounds. European Samsung smartphones are region-locked, but only to the UK and countries within Europe (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Croatia), plus a few non-EU countries (Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Serbia and Vatican City).
If you're going anywhere else, say the US, and you need to use your Samsung phone with a local SIM, you can deactivate the region lock by first placing (or receiving) a five-minute call within one of the approved countries.
Alternatively do it yourself. First root your phone then use Regional Lock Away apk from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr ... ?t=2470551
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/mobil ... g-3590401/
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Samsung shed further light on its region-locking policies on Friday, explaining that the locks only affect users the first time they activate the handset. The manufacturer also said the locks apply not only to the new Galaxy Note 3, as we reported on Thursday, but also to units of the Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S III that were produced after July.https://gigaom.com/2013/09/27/samsung-r ... t-the-sim/
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