Report on using Orange Mobicarte in France

[scirocco]

Originally Posted by inquisitor

You can purchase recharge vouchers from eBay.fr.

Take care when purchasing from Ebay. A good many of the recharge vouchers for sale are collectors items where the credit has already been used. If you don't read French, look for the usual "Item specifics" where it will tell you either "Neuf: Objet neuf et intact, n'ayant jamais servi..." (new, has never been used) or "Objet ayant été utilisé" (has already been used).

There is no way to enter a recharge code on the Orange Portail. You must do it through the phone menu. The Portail will allow recharging via credit card, but only if it's a French card. I believe that even the credit cards of neighbouring countries will not work.

[flychr]

on orange.fr my sim now has"mes options" accees au mode international" "options mail" and options "internet max"
so ihope it will be working ind week 3

I have a HTC desire that i will use fr.
Do any off you have settings for Android and orange? can;t se to find it on orange fr!
Chr

[inquisitor]

Your desire should configure itself automatically after inserting the Orange SIM. For any case these are the settings:
APN: orange
user: orange
pass: orange

Not too difficult to remember!

[flychr]

Hello
used prepaid from ebay.fr(2004ibiza) and it worked very well! used about 300 mb in a week!
info:
1.speed test was approximately 0.5 mbit download and approximately 1.5 mb upload!
(perhaps because many are on?)
2.speed was ok on both mobile and with use off htc desire as hot spot to pc!
2. tried sim in usb modem and there was a warning not to use the sim on the PC!
4. bought 20 euros in the tobacco shop and they helped me with charge on phone menu 224 )
5.but it looks like it works with USSD from abroad (see picture) menu #123#
5.have now "Consult" Internet Max "and" mail option "and from menu and pre select it
6. hope to aktivate “internet max” and “mail option” next time for France with recharge from
ebay.fr from just buy new sim from our frind 2004ibiza?
chr

[ian29]

Hi
Going to Paris in a few weeks.
Ordered Mobicarte SIM
ref :
eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace

Vendor supplied email address rejected as invalid.

Would someone post the french Orange email address to register my ID please.
I dont speak or read french.
Thank you

[ian29]

Gmail compose reported :

The address "blois.contrats@orange.com." in the "To" field was not recognized. Please make sure that all addresses are properly formed.

[scirocco]

Originally Posted by ian29

Gmail compose reported :

The address "blois.contrats@orange.com." in the "To" field was not recognized. Please make sure that all addresses are properly formed.

Get rid of the full stop (period) at the end of the address and you should find it will work.

Having said that, I'm surprised to hear that Orange France would accept a scan of a passport via email. If you do manage to successfully activate the SIM via email, please post back here and let us know.

The SIM cards from Ebay seller 2004ibiza are pre-activated and you do not have to do the activation yourself.

[scirocco]

Originally Posted by flychr

5.but it looks like it works with USSD from abroad (see picture) menu #123#
5.have now "Consult" Internet Max "and" mail option "and from menu and pre select it
6. hope to aktivate “internet max” and “mail option” next time for France with recharge from
ebay.fr from just buy new sim from our frind 2004ibiza?
chr

Glad to hear it worked for you. There is an Ebay seller who sells Orange recharges (also on ebay as emy351). elaine.mahy@gmail.com She will accept Paypal transfers. 10 euros per 6 months will keep the number active indefinitely although the credit will expire of course.

[flychr]

hi
emy351 is it on ebay.fr seller who sells Orange recharges is ?
chr

[scirocco]

Originally Posted by flychr

hi
emy351 is it on ebay.fr seller who sells Orange recharges is ?
chr

No, ebay UK.