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Originally Posted by dg7feq
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Hope you didn't enter the wrong pin number more than 10 times because then the sim card is fried and even the PUK code won't help (or is it entering the wrong PUK code 10 times, I never remember which)....oh yeah 3 wrong attempts at entering the PIN means you need the PUK code and 10 wrong entries of the PUK code and the sim card is history. It is for that reason that one of the first things I do when acquiring a new sim card is turn off the pin code protection and change the pin code to one I always use. Interestingly enough, my Vodafone DE sim card does not allow me to do so (although it did allow me to change the pin code).
As far as German shops being closed on Sunday, we found that to be true during our recent trip to Germany. Since in so many ways, Germany is like the United States (sorry to my German friends, but other than the language Germany is probably more like the united States than most other places I've been too. After all, the US Army ran much of the country for a good period of time). But in any event, this is one thing the Germans can learn from the United Staes where almost everywhere, department stores and many retail shops and restaurants are open on Sundays and have been so for the last 30 years.