Report on using Orange Mobicarte in France - Page 11

V6Matt · 04-04-2012, 18:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by 104001

For the first question, yes. You can use the pre-loaded credit to activate Max. Second question, I believe that it will not keep it activated more then one month.

Thanks, I am actually in France now with an activated French sim.

(Though not using the actual card)...oddly my HTC won't connect to the sim and shows no signal? (Unlocked and roaming set to on), however plugging it into a relatives French phone means it picks up the signal straight away.

Any clues?

V6Matt · 05-04-2012, 10:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by V6Matt

Thanks, I am actually in France now with an activated French sim.

(Though not using the actual card)...oddly my HTC won't connect to the sim and shows no signal? (Unlocked and roaming set to on), however plugging it into a relatives French phone means it picks up the signal straight away.

Any clues?

Now plugged into my dongle and it is picking up a signal but the orange/orange/orange doesn't appear to be working. It tries to connect but times out (definitely should be able to connect though)

What am I doing wrong?

fsotirop · 07-03-2012, 12:43

how does this guy register and activate the number under buyer's name? via scanned passport? i thought in France this could be done only by visiting in person a orange shop.

scirocco · 07-03-2012, 14:10

I think he is an Orange reseller. There is probably a tick box that they have to set when doing the activation confirming that they have seen high quality ID e.g. a passport or bank account/credit card. Your Paypal transaction provides this.

flychr · 07-03-2012, 15:00

hi

Quote:

I think poster flychr got his number sent by separate1
post to the SIM

No , i tekst my self to get the phone nr! there is no sim code.
Are you sure the phone with the orange sim is not sim locked?
chr

PeterNL · **new price: Eur 9,95 including 5 euros of credit -** 08-03-2012, 21:40

Hi,
Yesterday I went to Lille from the Netherlands and bought a new 3G Mobicarte in an Orange shop, because I forgot to recharge my old card that was 2 years old.

The new Mobicarte now costs only €9,95 in an Orange shop. It can be used for making phonecalls immediately.

There is only one thing: after having shown the passport in the shop, the Orange computers need to activate the internet usage, so this can take up to 48 hours. In my case it only took 15 hours. As I said, one can make phonecalls when leaving the store but not use the internet.

This morning I could activate my Internet max because my phonenumber had been activated. So if I were in France now, I would be able to use the internet.

The phonenumber can be used for 6 months, the minimum recharge for another 6 month now is €10. If you only recharge with 5 euros, you will lose the number.

Since I only need internet during weekends, I always buy €5 recharges and immediately activate the internet max for a weekend.

From now on I will have to buy €10 recharges.

flychr · 11-03-2012, 21:23

hi

Quote:

or just a random number thrown out by orange's sms servers

no must be the right nr!
try to get the password for log on to orange ! but perhaps there is no credit on sim?
chr

tomsdiner · 07-04-2012, 06:00

Hi all,

I'm back from Côte d'Azure.
Thanks to the tecnique mentioned above I was having a quite nice mobile connention.

I bought a SIM card with €15 in advance from the seller and created an account on Orange. Differrent from the instraction, the SMS for password was free, so that I could contract Internet option(€9) and Mial Option(€6) at once.
I noticed that, if you don't email heavily, it would be a nice tactics to hold Mail Option until entering France. In detail, buy SIM card with €10 and contract Internet Option alone, nagate mail sync, and buy €5 charge in France and contract Mail Option. This will save a bit.

Anyway, thx Sirocco!

V6Matt · 07-04-2012, 09:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomsdiner

Hi all,

I'm back from Côte d'Azure.
Thanks to the tecnique mentioned above I was having a quite nice mobile connention.

I bought a SIM card with €15 in advance from the seller and created an account on Orange. Differrent from the instraction, the SMS for password was free, so that I could contract Internet option(€9) and Mial Option(€6) at once.
I noticed that, if you don't email heavily, it would be a nice tactics to hold Mail Option until entering France. In detail, buy SIM card with €10 and contract Internet Option alone, nagate mail sync, and buy €5 charge in France and contract Mail Option. This will save a bit.

Anyway, thx Sirocco!

Great to hear that you got it working as well, I agree that the mail option is not really necessary. Personally all my mail accounts are web based anyway, so I just save googlemail.com on my bookmarks and head there if I want to check my email.

jb9 · 24-04-2012, 12:06

Hello,

I am in the US preparing for an upcoming trip to France. I just purchased an Orange Mobicarte with 15 Euros of credit from the ebay seller indicated. I received the SIM card and inserted it into my basic unlocked GSM Motorola Razr V3 phone. I was able to select the T-Mobile network and have the phone power up successfully. This phone is not a smart phone so I am not sure if it has data options that need to be turned off. How do I find out what my telephone number is? I have tried the #123# method, then 3 "suivi conso" but it is not displaying it (it says Menu, Aide, Precedent and Acceuil).

I tried to call my own US cell phone, but I keep getting a "call failed" error.

The card I received from the seller did not indicate the phone number and the seller indicated that I should simply call another phone.

How do I dial my known cell phone here in the US? Do I need to put international country codes before the number?

I would really like to confirm my own number and credit on my Mobicarte before I go on my trip!

I really need some help...

thanks

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fsotirop (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 362 Join Date: 28 Jan 2012 Country:	07-03-2012, 12:43 how does this guy register and activate the number under buyer's name? via scanned passport? i thought in France this could be done only by visiting in person a orange shop. Last edited by fsotirop; 07-03-2012 at 13:35..

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scirocco (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 52 Join Date: 20 Jul 2011 Country:	07-03-2012, 14:10 I think he is an Orange reseller. There is probably a tick box that they have to set when doing the activation confirming that they have seen high quality ID e.g. a passport or bank account/credit card. Your Paypal transaction provides this.

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PeterNL (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 08 Mar 2012 Country:	new price: Eur 9,95 including 5 euros of credit - 08-03-2012, 21:40 Hi, Yesterday I went to Lille from the Netherlands and bought a new 3G Mobicarte in an Orange shop, because I forgot to recharge my old card that was 2 years old. The new Mobicarte now costs only €9,95 in an Orange shop. It can be used for making phonecalls immediately. There is only one thing: after having shown the passport in the shop, the Orange computers need to activate the internet usage, so this can take up to 48 hours. In my case it only took 15 hours. As I said, one can make phonecalls when leaving the store but not use the internet. This morning I could activate my Internet max because my phonenumber had been activated. So if I were in France now, I would be able to use the internet. The phonenumber can be used for 6 months, the minimum recharge for another 6 month now is €10. If you only recharge with 5 euros, you will lose the number. Since I only need internet during weekends, I always buy €5 recharges and immediately activate the internet max for a weekend. From now on I will have to buy €10 recharges.

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tomsdiner (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 08 Mar 2012 Country:	07-04-2012, 06:00 Hi all, I'm back from Côte d'Azure. Thanks to the tecnique mentioned above I was having a quite nice mobile connention. I bought a SIM card with €15 in advance from the seller and created an account on Orange. Differrent from the instraction, the SMS for password was free, so that I could contract Internet option(€9) and Mial Option(€6) at once. I noticed that, if you don't email heavily, it would be a nice tactics to hold Mail Option until entering France. In detail, buy SIM card with €10 and contract Internet Option alone, nagate mail sync, and buy €5 charge in France and contract Mail Option. This will save a bit. Anyway, thx Sirocco!

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jb9 (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 10 Join Date: 24 Apr 2012 Country:	24-04-2012, 12:06 Hello, I am in the US preparing for an upcoming trip to France. I just purchased an Orange Mobicarte with 15 Euros of credit from the ebay seller indicated. I received the SIM card and inserted it into my basic unlocked GSM Motorola Razr V3 phone. I was able to select the T-Mobile network and have the phone power up successfully. This phone is not a smart phone so I am not sure if it has data options that need to be turned off. How do I find out what my telephone number is? I have tried the #123# method, then 3 "suivi conso" but it is not displaying it (it says Menu, Aide, Precedent and Acceuil). I tried to call my own US cell phone, but I keep getting a "call failed" error. The card I received from the seller did not indicate the phone number and the seller indicated that I should simply call another phone. How do I dial my known cell phone here in the US? Do I need to put international country codes before the number? I would really like to confirm my own number and credit on my Mobicarte before I go on my trip! I really need some help... thanks