topic Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia) in Pay as you go

sim card by EU (Slovakia)

coinsu01 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:02:36 GMT

Hi,i have buy sim card. I am in Slovakia. How i can activate my sim card in Slovakia? Thanks for your help.

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

XRaySpeX — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:41:32 GMT

Had you used that PAYG SIM for making calls or texts in UK before you left to go abroad? To be used abroad EE PAYG 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: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

coinsu01 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:46:12 GMT

Had you used that PAYG SIM for making calls or texts in UK before you left to go abroad? - No 😞 I live in Slovakia. EE can not activate my sim card from UK,when i am in Slovakia?

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

XRaySpeX — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:02:56 GMT

No, these SIMs are intended for UK residents & must be activated there 1st. Why on earth buy a foreign SIM?

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

coinsu01 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:08:09 GMT

Because I had good experiences with UK sim cards.
If I send you 3 sim cards to the UK, would you please activate them for me? I will pay in installments.

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

XRaySpeX — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:19:15 GMT

No, I won't! I'm not in the business of activating SIMs for other peeps. Anyway under no circumstances would I reveal my addy on here.

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

coinsu01 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:52:48 GMT

Hi,i have sim card,i have registered. How i can activate my plan? I have this sms from EE:

Welcome to EE. Thanks for buying a £10 pack, it'll come out of your credit as soon as you use your phone. It gives you 500 minutes, unlimited texts, and 8GB of data. Visit ee.co.uk/payg for information on managing your account, or ee.co.uk/paygservice for the main elements of your service. Thanks.

Thanks for your help.

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

Schockwave — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:25:49 GMT

@coinsu01 , if you have someone in the UK, you can send them to them, and they can then activate it and make a chargeable call or text and then send back to you, but quite frankly, you would be better to use a local SIM card, as that would work out cheaper, as it is more expensive to use a UK SIM card abroad.

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

Christopher_G — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:26:42 GMT

Hi @coinsu01

Welcome to the community.

It sounds like your pack is active, from that message. What does it say when you text AL to 150?

Chris

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

coinsu01 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:22:49 GMT

No,my pack is not active. I can read income sms,but i can not call and send sms.

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

Christopher_G — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:28:23 GMT

Could you try texting NOW to 150 please, @coinsu01? If the pay is waiting to be activated, that should do it.

Chris

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

XRaySpeX — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:40:59 GMT

@Christopher_G : This is a Slovakian who bought an EE PAYG SIM there & it has never had a sniff of the UK. He has been told this already (see above).

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

coinsu01 — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:22:05 GMT

Yes, but I found out that the sim card is active because it receives sms and has a full signal on the phone. Please advise me how to top up my credit and activate the plan. Well thank you.

Re: sim card by EU (Slovakia)

XRaySpeX — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:12:12 GMT

@coinsu01 : It is possible that SIMs in this state can still receive texts but they still can't be actually used by their owner until they return to UK.