"SIM card rejected"

wco81 · 02-04-2009, 10:51

OK, in Rome and finally got to a post office which is open (BTW, Google Maps points out more post offices than actually exist).

First one, at Termini, said I had an invalid CF (well I did generate the original online).

So I went to another post office and they exchanged my SIM with balance and same phone number (I think).

Yet I put it in, enter the PIN (scratched off the card the SIM came in). Now, it keeps telling me "SIM card registration failed."

Maybe it takes awhile for the SIM which they gave me to register on their network? They scan the bar code of the package the SIM came in. I'm trying this about 30 minutes after they scanned it.

They even showed my number had almost 13 Euro of credit on it.

Waiting for postal services is brutal. If I'd known that, I'd probably would have gone with TIM or Vodaphone, even though the PosteMobile seemed to offer the best value.

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wco81 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 304 Join Date: 17 Jun 2007 Country:	02-04-2009, 10:51 OK, in Rome and finally got to a post office which is open (BTW, Google Maps points out more post offices than actually exist). First one, at Termini, said I had an invalid CF (well I did generate the original online). So I went to another post office and they exchanged my SIM with balance and same phone number (I think). Yet I put it in, enter the PIN (scratched off the card the SIM came in). Now, it keeps telling me "SIM card registration failed." Maybe it takes awhile for the SIM which they gave me to register on their network? They scan the bar code of the package the SIM came in. I'm trying this about 30 minutes after they scanned it. They even showed my number had almost 13 Euro of credit on it. Waiting for postal services is brutal. If I'd known that, I'd probably would have gone with TIM or Vodaphone, even though the PosteMobile seemed to offer the best value.