[Plone-conference] SIM card with data

Mon Sep 30 00:12:16 UTC 2013

Ok, I did it.  I went to Lojas Americanas at Brasilia Shopping and bought a
TIM card for R$ 5.  Turns out, once you plop a new SIM chip into your
phone, the first time you try to make a call, it connects you to TIM.
 Press 2 for english.  Then it will prompt you whether you want to activate
it using a CPF, or a passport number.  If you choose the passport option,
it will connect you to a live operator, who will ask you your name, date of
birth, nationality, passport number, postal code and street number of your
lodging in Brazil.  That's it!

While at Brasilia Shopping, I found a cell phone repair shop (in the
parking garage) where they had the little clipper tool to turn a mini SIM
into a micro SIM for use in an iPhone.

Now I just have to buy a recharge for my SIM, and figure out what the
options are.
-- 
Fulvio

On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Mikko Ohtamaa
<mikko at opensourcehacker.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think there exist a process to activate Brazilian SIM cards for
> foreigners, but shops are reclutant to do it because 1) they don't know how
> (a rare event) 2) a lot of manual work for them.
>
> So if you go to a random shop, don't expect they can serve you only with
> passport.
>
> -Mikko
>
>
> On 29 September 2013 20:57, Dylan Jay <djay at pretaweb.com> wrote:
>
>> So it turns out you don't need a cpf number. Get a sim from americanas
>> department store. Take it to a TIM shop and they will activate it
>> using your passport.
>>
>> Dylan Jay
>> Technical solution manager
>> PretaWeb 99552830
>>
>> On 27/09/2013, at 3:43 PM, Patrick Gerken <gerken at patrick-gerken.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > i've got two working sims with tim pre.
>> > While you can buy these cards without needing a CPF, you need a CPF to
>> > activate them. You have to enter a number for for activation (*144#)
>> > then you have to enter a CPF, and after that they ask you if you want to
>> > receive spam. 2 stands for no.
>> > I did not try to enter a random CPF, but I had to enter the CPF three
>> > times because of some server problems, so there must be some form of
>> > online check happening.
>> > I've filed the form to apply for a CPF online, but I didn't try to get
>> > one yet.
>> > Unfortunately, the form is only in portuguese. They ask some strange
>> > things like in which part of the city you live.
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> >
>> >        Patrick
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 19.09.2013 13:48, Davi Lima wrote:
>> >> I believe TIM has one of the best prepaid data plans, called "Infinity
>> >> Pré": http://www.tim.com.br/se/para-voce/planos/pre-pago/-infinity-pre
>> >>
>> >> You pay R$ 0,50 for each day you do download some bits. There's no
>> >> bandwidth limit but if you use more than 10MB per day
>> >> you connection speed downgrades itself to 2G. Unlimited SMS is
>> >> provided in the same manner: if you send just one SMS then you're
>> >> charged R$ 0,50 and you can send as many SMS as you can in that day.
>> >>
>> >> Calls for other TIMs numbers are very cheap too: R$ 0,25 per call,
>> >> even across cities. If your friend doesn't have a TIM but a non-mobile
>> >> number you pay R$ 0,60 per call. If it's a non-TIM mobile prices are
>> >> not as cheap (ie: charges per minute).
>> >>
>> >> Cya!
>> >> Davi
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2013/9/19 Nejc Zupan <nejc.zupan at gmail.com <mailto:
>> nejc.zupan at gmail.com>>
>> >>
>> >>    Hey all,
>> >>
>> >>    can anyone recommend which provider to get a prepaid SIM card with
>> >>    data from?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>    Thanks,
>> >>    Nejc Zupan
>> >>
>> >>    M: +386 (0)40 730 735
>> >>    E: nejc.zupan at gmail.com <mailto:nejc.zupan at gmail.com>
>> >>
>> >>    www.niteoweb.com <http://www.niteoweb.com/> |
>> >>    www.mladipodjetnik.si
>> >>    <http://www.mladipodjetnik.si> | www.eestec.net
>> >>    <http://www.eestec.net/>
>> >>
>> >>
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