Guest Posted January 21, 2002 Report Share Posted January 21, 2002 Could I bring my GSM 900/1800 dualband phone to be used in Thailand? Meaning, not through auto-roam - but coming to Thailand and then purchase a Thai SIM card or SIM prepaid card and slot it in to be used? I have a Motorola 2288, Nokia 8250, and Nokia 3210. Heard from a friend who she claims it can't work because there is a IMEI number lock in Thailand mobile networks. Any clues is appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2002 Report Share Posted January 21, 2002 i tried with a 3210 from uk and when putting a thai sim card in it said sim blocked but thats all i know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatkik Posted January 21, 2002 Report Share Posted January 21, 2002 quote: Originally posted by singbond: Heard from a friend who she claims it can't work because there is a IMEI number lock in Thailand mobile networks. Any clues is appreciated Your friend is correct. Check out www.torasap.com under the FAQ for many many clues on this. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2002 Report Share Posted January 21, 2002 Motorola can be converted, but Nokia supposedly cant.This is for AIS. Dual band phones that cover the 1800 system dont need converting, they will take the Sim card straight away. It looks as if it is only the Shin corporation that wants to prevent you purchasing elsewhere. Talk about trying to fleece your customers. It's not that long ago when the minimum price of phones in Thailand (AIS)were $1000 US from Shin corp yet you could buy exactly the same model phone in Cambodia for $200 but had to get it converted. The same type of crap with satelite TV here, the receiver is pretuned and locked to specific frequencies, you can't tune it yourself because you may suddenly find loads of free channels and they don't want you to know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatkik Posted January 21, 2002 Report Share Posted January 21, 2002 quote: Originally posted by rictic: Dual band phones that cover the 1800 system dont need converting. I always thought, and recently had it confirmed by the shop salesperson in MBK recently that if I wanted to buy a dual band 900MHz/1800Mhz phone it still had to have it's IMEI set for the Thai service provider in order to work. Thus a phone set for TAC won't work on AIS with appropriuate SIM cards and vice versa unless fixed to do so. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli13 Posted January 24, 2002 Report Share Posted January 24, 2002 whether the phone will work depends which operator you buy the sim from. ais/1-to-call & dtac won't work, but the 2 new operators digital phone (hallo) or orange might work (if they even sell prepaid sims???). good luck ;-) otherwise roaming isn't that costly as long as you call local numbers, but only when receiving calls yourself!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Delicioso Marron Posted January 24, 2002 Report Share Posted January 24, 2002 I know that the Hello network doesn't use the imei-lock, because I swapped phones with a Thai for a few days (a nokia 8210 for a 6210) and she could call without any problems. I don't know about the other networks (I only know them from roaming), but your best try would be the Hello-network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2002 Report Share Posted January 24, 2002 Any Thai simcard will work on phones brought into Thailand. However not one Thai prepaid card system will work on it. If you want to use prepaid cards you need to modify your phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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