What Local SIM card for Brazil - Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking

Can you recomend any local Sim card to buy once I arrive to Brazil,
I want to avoid expensive roaming specially as I will have to call Brazil-to-Brazil landline and to Brazil-mobiles to,
thanks for any tip.

Try teleco.com.br, onze you are there.
You can find it in every shops or minstores.
How long you are staying there?

There try Claro or TIM (telecon italia mobile), depends where are you going...

TIM - www.tim.com.br (I think the best option)
CLARO - www.claro.com.br

am going for 3 weeks
in Rio Grande du Sul, then Salvador,
I know I may get 2 different ones as the cost between region is a lot.

I don't know if Claro is present in Salvador. You can use TIM in the whole country.

the best choice is TIM
Salvador http://www.timmaxitel.com.br/
Rio Grande do Sul http://www.timbrasil.com.br/portaltim/home/0,1606,20O0O5,00.html
Coverage Map
http://www.timbrasil.com.br/portaltim/home/0,1606,20O0O10O1230,00.html
for Salvador, choose BA in ESTADO
for Rio Grande do Sul, choose RS in ESTADO
then you get the cities
Claro coverage (in english)
http://www.claro.com.br/portal/popRoamingInternacional.jsp

I had no trouble with Vivo but the big problem for me was finding someone with a Brazilian national ID number to register the numbers for me. Also the prepaid was pretty expensive something like 2 Rias per minute. I would recommend getting a monthly agreement for prepaid.

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Brasilian settings

Anyone can tell me what the Brasilian settings for data have to be?
I intend to travel whitin 3 weeks to Brasil and want to add a local sim in my Trinity but wants to use the GPRS or UMTS (when availeble) aswell I don't mind about which operator cause I didn't bought the sim yet.
Thanks in advance
Willem
The Data Settings are different for each operator. so Search first an operator and then have a look ont his internet site which DataSettings you have to define... You must go allways over a Provider authentication for gprs and there the most are with a password protected...
It's also important to have a look wheter provider is most cheap for your needs.... Calling outside country or only localy or what ever else... like mms, sms, data...
Wilsas said:
Anyone can tell me what the Brasilian settings for data have to be?
I intend to travel whitin 3 weeks to Brasil and want to add a local sim in my Trinity but wants to use the GPRS or UMTS (when availeble) aswell I don't mind about which operator cause I didn't bought the sim yet.
Thanks in advance
Willem
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Williem, try this... I've been there for two years and my operator there was TIM... Pretty good for call but no EDGE, no UMTS, no low cost packages for connections...
Thanks
Thanks a lot
My idea was already to get a Tim chip, I don't now is it a long time ago that you where there, cause I have been there 2,5 year ago to do a trip at the Amazones and in that time I had al the time free dataconnection whit my M1000 Orange phone I bought in that time a Tim prepaid chip and could get straight away acces, last january I was in south Brasil with a Wizzard and could't get acces to the dataconnection at all neighter with my Dutch chip or whit a Brasilian chip.
I think 2 years ago it was still in trail and in January there was a full operational comercial connection.
I am realy curious about the prices which you paid for your data package there.
Regards
Willem
Williem, I stayed from August 2005 until end of March 2007 in a city close to Sao Paulo (Sao Jose dos Campos) and there was no problem for the GPRS connection. At that time there was an interesting option but only for the WAP trafic. Since when you connect our jewel to surf internet, is like a normal modem, they do not consider as a wap or mobile connection... My personal experience for maybe 2Mb payed 270R$ (or something like) = approx 100€ ... Then no more connections
This was in last december, maybe now there is something new...
You can try to look at here: http://www.timcelular.com.br/
The international calls, compared with our italian fares, is very cheap: with Voda chip, is 3€xmin, with a local TIM chip was 2R$ x min (0,75 - 0,80€)
The settings here attached are tested in a Qtek S100, Qtek S200 and with the P3600.
Some time the MMS connection is not available, but is not a setting problem, is an operator issue with their network expansion program...
Um abraço !!!
Just to inform that...at least in São Paulo, TIM has EDGE.
I live in Brazil and I can confirm you that we don't have UMTS. But there's EDGE at least in all the capitals. I can confirm you that data accesses are still expensive, specially if you have a pre-paid phone.
If you have furthet questions, feel free to contact me.

Swedish SIM Card?

I have an unlocked 8525 with WM6. What I'm trying to figure out is....
Should I use my ATT sim card (with voice and data) or purchase temporary card with a voice & data plan?
I will be in Sweden for about 3 weeks in the Are and Stockholm areas.
If I go with a SIM card from Sweden:
Who has the best coverage from Stockholm to Are?
Who is the most reliable?
Who has the lowest cost?
Overall I'm looking for good reception at the lowest cost...
Any English websites I can look at?
Sim card from Telia is the best. Its called "Telia refill" if you want to have a temporary sim card. "Are" is in the Northern part of Sweden so Telia has the best Coverage there you can check out this web page for it: www.telia.com or the swedish page www.telia.se you can get The Telia refill package from many stores in Stockholm such as 7 Eleven, pressbyran and many more.
snotboy32 said:
Sim card from Telia is the best. Its called "Telia refill" if you want to have a temporary sim card. "Are" is in the Northern part of Sweden so Telia has the best Coverage there you can check out this web page for it: www.telia.com or the swedish page www.telia.se you can get The Telia refill package from many stores in Stockholm such as 7 Eleven, pressbyran and many more.
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Thank you very much! Will check them out!
The many times I've visited Sweden, never noticed a 7 Eleven.... Go figure .... Will have to get a Big Gulp..... Hehehe
You know, whatever you have in America will come to Sweden he he... We have McDonalds, 7 Eleven, Pizza Hut and so on...
My brother in-law uses Vodafone in Sweden. What do you think of that carrier?
He also told me, that he could not figure out the coverage or how good or bad it might be from Stockholm to the Are Ski areas and the coverage while we're there in Are. I any case thank you for any thoughts you may have.
Vodafone has changed to Telenor. I had Telenor and I live in the middle of Sweden (Tibro) and I have had bad reception indoors but better outdoors though. Telia is the biggest and oldest carrier in Sweden so their net is used on most places. Better reception...from Telia I could almost bet it. If I would go to Are and watch/do Skiing there I would select Telia Refill.
Then You have Glocalnet, Tele2/Comviq where Glocalnet is the cheapest card.
Have a Good Time here in Sweden
snotboy32 said:
Vodafone has changed to Telenor. I had Telenor and I live in the middle of Sweden (Tibro) and I have had bad reception indoors but better outdoors though. Telia is the biggest and oldest carrier in Sweden so their net is used on most places. Better reception...from Telia I could almost bet it. If I would go to Are and watch/do Skiing there I would select Telia Refill.
Then You have Glocalnet, Tele2/Comviq where Glocalnet is the cheapest card.
Have a Good Time here in Sweden
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Thank you again! Telia Refill looks like the way to go.... And it will be easy to find a place that sells them (pressbyran & 7 eleven). One other question...
Do you know if ICA (grocery store) sells them? My wife's family live very close to one.
Many thanks....

128 mb RAM UPGRADE shops around the world !

hi folkz seems ppl have problem searching for the location where they can get there 128mb universal upgrade in there respective country . so i thought y not every one share the locations of the stores/individual technichians which/who performs the upgrade in there respective country so there fellow country men can get the respective upgrade done on a localized level !
here's a list of countries so fellows jus use the country name as title and post the address , contact detail (or enquiry), where u got ur 128mb ram upgrade done/want the info of; and cost details ! (incl P+H)
Abkhazia
Afghanistan
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Åland
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Ascension Island
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosniam and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Cocos
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dhekelia
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nagorno-Karabakh
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Cyprus
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Portugal
Pridnestrovie
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
South Ossetia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Transnistria
Trinidad and Tobago
Tristan da Cunha
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
PS : attached text file shows the details of the country specific shops and contact personel details that has been found till date ,for getting your uni upgraded.the provided list keeps on updating as new shops and companies are discovered that are providing the upgrade around the globe, so keep on cheking the list from time to time to save time searching in the whole forum
hi have u done the upgrade cause i live in Chennai(madras) and i would like to knw any techs who will upgrade my qtek 9000
Global list -> Good idea
Not found in France and Benelux yet
hey man i even dont know about it hmm i m myself seraching for one in india if anyone in here has any information about the deal from where i can get my jasjar upgraded do let me know ! so if any indian country men avaliable about the place where i can get my fone upgraded do let me know
Malaysia
Also pls post if any malaysian shop is capable of such upgrade. Pls state the pricing as well. Thanks
Japan anyone? I'm really looking for someone who would do this in the Kansai area: Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe - doesn't really matter as long as I don't have to send my Uni in. I hope there is someone!
z0d1ak said:
hey man i even dont know about it hmm i m myself seraching for one in india if anyone in here has any information about the deal from where i can get my jasjar upgraded do let me know ! so if any indian country men avaliable about the place where i can get my fone upgraded do let me know
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I can do in India Pune..PM me for that
Plz get me the address/contact number in Delhi/Noida/Ghaziabad, India.
I got HTC touch and looking for RAM upgrade to 128 MB.
Thanks.
We do 128MB upgrade for HTC universal and others.
Hi ya. I was just told from a friend that some people are looking for 128 RAM upgrade service here.
We do RAM upgrade service and we ship it worldwide.
http://octomobile.isl.hk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=299
payment method - paypal
shipping method - FedEx
you need to send your device to – Hong Kong
We send the device back to - Worldwide (except Africa and few others)
For the RAM upgrade service we mainly do HTC Universal (G3 and G4). However if you have a device (other than HTC Universal) that you'd like to upgrade to 128MB, then just contact us.
We also have other accessories such as batteries, stylus, etc.
for quotation, plz just ask.
Thank you-
I've send my PDA in Germany. If all is ok I puts the Society name and the address.
Upgrade service in Japan
By the way, we get alot of customers from Japan. If you're looking into upgrading your XDA device such as HTC Universal, please let us know.
Our upgrade service is quick and reliable. Please refer to our previous post for more details.
hdubli said:
I can do in India Pune..PM me for that
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hey hdubli let me know on the cost details and wat all u wud b needing ! plus security on ma fone i dont want to send ma baby ta jus any stranger for an upgrade. clearify on u being liable or trustworthy man !
Upgrade RAM to 128 MB
So that Czech Republic already too solders and upgrade microchip on 128 MB RAM. There are photography PDA in Czech republic, town Litovel
http://www.eimg.cz/show.php?id=698
http://www.eimg.cz/show.php?id=699
http://www.eimg.cz/show.php?id=700
and this is information of upgrade in Czech republic
http://shakalupgrade.euweb.cz/
procedure to - do it yourself in pdf !
hey guys or professionals who have done the upgrade can u guys compile a do it yourself upgrade manual so others in there respective countries can perform the upgrade ?
The upgrade to 128 MB in Germany IS OK
HERE http://www.srsgmbh.de/en/index1.html
teddybear3k said:
The upgrade to 128 MB in Germany IS ok
HERE http://www.srsgmbh.de/en/index1.html
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great!! would you like to share how much did it cost you, did you send your own chips to them or they have chips in their stock..
teddybear3k said:
The upgrade to 128 MB in Germany IS ok
HERE http://www.srsgmbh.de/en/index1.html
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90Euros ?
I bought my Universal for 240 ...
Cost for upgrade
w3rti said:
90Euros ?
I bought my Universal for 240 ...
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Hi,
They have chips in their stock.
The cost of upgrade the HTC Universal is 119€ (chips included) and 12.5 for send.
= 131.5€
SHAKAL007 said:
So that Czech Republic already too solders and upgrade microchip on 128 MB RAM. There are photography PDA in Czech republic, town Litovel
http://www.eimg.cz/show.php?id=698
http://www.eimg.cz/show.php?id=699
http://www.eimg.cz/show.php?id=700
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Hi, where in Czech Republic did you get this done? I emailed eimg.cz but no response. I'm in Prague this week and looking to see if i can get this done...
Please let me know.
Thanks.
Slovenia
For upgrade in Slovenia, contact http://www.zaric-servis.net/

Prepaid data in Spain

Off topic, but I know some of our Spanish cousins post here so i'll ask anyway!
I'm currently in Spain and looking for a prepaid data SIM. Last year I bought a Vodafone Ed SIM and topped up with one of their "bonos" which worked a treat and gave me 1gb data.
This year, none of the 4 Vodafone stores will sell me a prepaid Simon (they say they have non stock), so I bought a Yoigo Simon which worked OK for about 20 minutes, and then slowed to and absolute crawl. I also tried a Happy Movil SIM, but it doesn't appear to be provisioned for data despite me telling the girl in the Phone House (Carphone Warehouse ES) that I wanted it for data.
Currently, i'm using my Tmobile UK SIM with a £10 Euro Broadband booster (50mb) and i've used it far more than my Yoigo SIM. Since i'm on Movistar for both Yoigo and Tmobile UK I know my problem is not the underlying network, so i'm at a loss to explain why Yoigo is so poor.
So, I have two questions?
Can I get prepaid Internet on Movistar?
Where in the Torrevieja area can I find someone who will sell me a Vodafone prepaid SIM?
Thanks,
Dave
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PS there's a few typos due to predictive text in my last post (eg Simon = SIM)
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