Recharging Italian sim cards from abroad... TIM and Wind

Effendi · 03-07-2009, 08:07

That means that they will recharge you as soon as you pay with the credit card... but that should be quite fast...

BLC · **Wind -** 03-07-2009, 16:16

Unfortunately the message also said BIN Blocked which I assume means "Buy It Now" option is blocked so the transaction didn't go through.
It worked last September with no problem so this must be something new with WIND .

BLC · **Wind -** 03-07-2009, 19:08

Just discovered something new on 155.it called Wind Ricarica Smart.

Signed up for it and they sent me a pass code but when I tried to use it they said they were having technical difficulties!

msjfb · 04-07-2009, 19:38

I was unable to recharge my TIM SIM from Canada because I was out of credit, even though the card was still active. Sending an SMS to 4916 did not work. *123# to get a balance did not work either.

But then I dialed *123*4916#, got an immediate callback and was able to recharge on the phone by entering my ricaricard PIN. Menus in english.

Maybe this will work for you for your TIM SIM...

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Originally Posted by BLC

Just discovered something new on 155.it called Wind Ricarica Smart.

Signed up for it and they sent me a pass code but when I tried to use it they said they were having technical difficulties!

lothian110 · 06-07-2009, 15:48

unfortunately, i don't have a ricaricard. i was hoping to be able to recharge the tim sim online.

for wind, i did the smart ricarica because i had credit on one sim but not the other. so i transferred 4 euro from one to the other via sms. is that enough to keep the cards active?

fedeprovenza · 06-07-2009, 17:05

No, you have to recharge your sim, 'cause the smart ricarica doesn't keep the card active

lothian110 · 07-07-2009, 00:48

if i send a text from one phone to another, will that keep both active?

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Effendi (Offline) The great Dictator! Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,487 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Trieste/Trst Country:	03-07-2009, 08:07 That means that they will recharge you as soon as you pay with the credit card... but that should be quite fast... Working Prepaids: IT: Wind, Vodafone IT, UNO Mobile; SM: Prima; UK: 3, Virgin; INT: TravelSIM, Truphone. Deceased Prepaids: CZ: Oskar, Eurotel; SK: Orange; DE: E-Plus, Aldi, Simyo; GE: Geocell; AM: Armentel; PL: Heyah, Plus; LT: Tele2; LV: Amigo; EE: Elisa; UA: Kyivstar; NZ: Vodafone; INT: UM, UM+, ICQSim. GSM/3G Phones: Nokia Lumia 630 dual sim

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BLC (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 79 Join Date: 23 Sep 2008 Location: Canada & Italy Country:	Wind - 03-07-2009, 16:16 Unfortunately the message also said BIN Blocked which I assume means "Buy It Now" option is blocked so the transaction didn't go through. It worked last September with no problem so this must be something new with WIND .

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BLC (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 79 Join Date: 23 Sep 2008 Location: Canada & Italy Country:	Wind - 03-07-2009, 19:08 Just discovered something new on 155.it called Wind Ricarica Smart. Signed up for it and they sent me a pass code but when I tried to use it they said they were having technical difficulties!

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lothian110 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 5 Join Date: 01 Jul 2009 Country:	06-07-2009, 15:48 unfortunately, i don't have a ricaricard. i was hoping to be able to recharge the tim sim online. for wind, i did the smart ricarica because i had credit on one sim but not the other. so i transferred 4 euro from one to the other via sms. is that enough to keep the cards active?

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fedeprovenza (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 282 Join Date: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Garda lake (south-west) Country:	06-07-2009, 17:05 No, you have to recharge your sim, 'cause the smart ricarica doesn't keep the card active [COLOR="Magenta"]"Working" PrePaids: Wind, Vodafone, CoopVoce, , Travelsim (2), 02 Irish (2) My best sim?--> Wind +39-328 My phones: Samsung Galaxy Next S5570

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lothian110 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 5 Join Date: 01 Jul 2009 Country:	07-07-2009, 00:48 if i send a text from one phone to another, will that keep both active?