Piranha sim question

[Stu]

South Korea requires HSPA well.

[reeder]

If it helps, my Piranha sim works in a Moto G dual sim within the USA. The Moto G US and International also have the right HSPA band (2100) for Japan and Korea.

I did have to get a Piranha sim replacement after I sent mine over to China with relatives in an old flip phone... It died somehow with no visible physical damage. The bad sim failed to register in all of my GSM phones.

You could also consider a Nexus 7 3G. No Voice but you can root Nexus 7 3G 4.4+ to work with sms. A used 4.3 o/s Nexus 7 3G should have sms working out of the box.

[cirus5]

So I found the Huawei at Walmart for $79.99, unlock cost about $5.50

I'm pretty impressed by this phone. Much better than my old LG (so far!).
The piranha registers on this phone and seems to work.

Now for a few tests...
both ekit sims register on the Huawei. However, the messaging is exhibiting the same behavior when they were on the Note II, which makes me think it's an ekit-Canada problem.

1. both ekit sims will send voice calls to my normal Telus prepaid sim.
2. both ekit sims can recieve voice calls from my Telus prepaid sim.
3. both ekit sims will send texts to my Telus prepaid sim.
4. both ekit sims will NOT recieve texts from my Telus prepaid sim, no matter what network I select (Telus-automatic/Rogers/Bell) - also having problems connecting to the Rogers network.
5. piranha has no problems sending/recieving calls, sending/recieving texts. It automatically selects the Telus network.

The Note II specs directly from the Telus B.C. website state:
Network LTE: 700MHz (Band 17) / 2100MHz (Band 7) HSPA: 2100MHz (Band I) / 1900MHz (Band II) / 850MHz (Band V) / 900MHz (Band VIII) GSM: 850MHz / 900MHz / 1800MHz / 1900MHz

I think the Note II should have worked in Korea. I found a post where someone said they did the same unlock as me, and it was confirmed working in Korea. His model was SGH-I317 (AT&T I think). Mine is SGH-I317M. I am suspecting the ekit sims... I don't think I can trust them as my main sims now, especially the new one since it would not even connect in the U.S. on the last trip.

I will run a few more tests when the other two sims show up.

[rfranzq]

Originally Posted by cirus5

4. both ekit sims will NOT recieve texts from my Telus prepaid sim, no matter what network I select (Telus-automatic/Rogers/Bell) - also having problems connecting to the Rogers network.
5. piranha has no problems sending/recieving calls, sending/recieving texts. It automatically selects the Telus network.

Are you sending these texts to the US or UK phone number or both??
[And using the +1xxxyyyzzzz and correct UK format +447??????????]?

Same question, although it is working for the Piranha SIM?
Both numbers or just one of them?

[cirus5]

Originally Posted by rfranzq

Are you sending these texts to the US or UK phone number or both??
[And using the +1xxxyyyzzzz and correct UK format +447??????????]?

Same question, although it is working for the Piranha SIM?
Both numbers or just one of them?

I tried both US and Uk numbers, and I put the +1 or +44
I also tried replying to the messages that were sent successfully from the ekit, even though the number formats are the same as me typing it in manually.

I totally forgot about the sms problem, because I was reading their texts on the ekit webpage when you log in. Basically my parents would try to text me, and I could see the history of what they wrote even though I didn't get it directly on my phone (kind of nice backup actually - because they would often make mistakes either phoning or messaging, they really arn't tech savvy). I noticed this particular problem on the 2nd sim when I was testing it before they left, but it connected at home, voice worked, so I wasn't very worried. I didn't suspect it wouldn't connect at all on the last trip. It's a good thing I sent my LG with the piranha as backup! Now after this testing, I have found 1st sim is doing the same thing (when I originally got it, it worked fine with messaging, sending and recieving).

[rfranzq]

Another option to send SMS to Piranha to test or perhaps easier for your parents to send is from their website under features:
http://www.piranha-mobile.com/sim-ca...text-messaging

Test both numbers. If your parents do the web at all this is probably an easier way to do things and it is free to send.

[rfranzq]

Originally Posted by rfranzq

If your parents do the web at all this is probably an easier way to do things and it is free to send.

Also free to receive on the Piranha SIM.