BB 9630 sim card invalid MEP international service question

[sushiman808]

So the story goes that I unsucessfully unlocked my SIM card slot and now my 9630 shows "invalid sim card" and in advance options/network "blocked".

The BB works fine here locally because of the CDMA network, but I wanted to know if I still can use the phone to travel international and roam using the GSM.

Is there a way to test if the GSM/SIM card works prior to traveling out of state?

[eBoyDog]

Who's sim card are you trying to use? If it's recently activated AT&T GoPhone sim then that's your problem.

AT&T starting locking their newly activated GoPhone sim chip to the orginal AT&T phone it was activated with. Last time I checked it's locked for at least a year, afterthat you put that sim chip in any AT&T phone (or 9650).

AT&T is doing this to prevent you from activating a new GoPhone and then taking the sim to another phone, I had the very same thing happen with a 9630, the fix? I called AT&T and told them my Gophone wasn't working and it wouldn't recognize the sim and they told me to take to a AT&T store, which they gave me a new sim chip which worked jsut fine in the 9630.

As far as the second part as knowing if it will work, you generally will need to get a GSM chip from were ever you go if going overseas. These are commonly availabe at airports and tourist spots. There is no assuarance that a AT&T sim chip will work in say Mexico or England.

[sushiman808]

Originally Posted by eBoyDog

Who's sim card are you trying to use? If it's recently activated AT&T GoPhone sim then that's your problem.

AT&T starting locking their newly activated GoPhone sim chip to the orginal AT&T phone it was activated with. Last time I checked it's locked for at least a year, afterthat you put that sim chip in any AT&T phone (or 9650).

AT&T is doing this to prevent you from activating a new GoPhone and then taking the sim to another phone, I had the very same thing happen with a 9630, the fix? I called AT&T and told them my Gophone wasn't working and it wouldn't recognize the sim and they told me to take to a AT&T store, which they gave me a new sim chip which worked jsut fine in the 9630.

As far as the second part as knowing if it will work, you generally will need to get a GSM chip from were ever you go if going overseas. These are commonly availabe at airports and tourist spots. There is no assuarance that a AT&T sim chip will work in say Mexico or England.

this is a Sprint phone. (sprint forum) I am aware of you can use a 2nd party SIM card when traveling, that why I was trying to unlock the SIM card slot.

But now that I have the "Invalid Sim Card" message, I need to know if I still can use it the Sprint GSM international roaming freature; I have the original Sprint SIM card installed.

thanks for the AT&T info...