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Region lock UK sim card in Asia

Hershzon — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:58:44 GMT

Samsung phones come with a region lock that have to be used for the first time with a local UK sim card.

My question if I have taken my new phone to Asia and use it for the first time with a UK sim card in Asia with roaming, will it be sufficient to open region lock because the sim card has a UK phone number?

Or does it have to be used physically in the UK for the first time?

Thank you

Re: Region lock UK sim card in Asia

XRaySpeX — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:41:58 GMT

EE SIMs need 1st activating on EE's home UK network. If it wasn't you can't now use it until you return to UK.

Re: Region lock UK sim card in Asia

Chris_B — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:52:04 GMT

@Hershzon Do you mean a device network unlock ? If that’s what you mean then unfortunately it’ll not work with a different network carrier as the device is lock to EE and can not be unlocked for 6 months starting from the date of purchase.

there is no such thing a region lock on a device