Hello. My qualifications to answer this question are that I have
a Piranha SIM and more than two ekit SIMs.
I have no knowledge of the phones mentioned.
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Originally Posted by cirus5
1. I have a Canadian Samsung Note II (Telus) that I unlocked using the free popular method that can easily be found online. I actually bought it outright directly from the Samsung store myself.
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Why did you need to unlock it? You bought it from a Samsung store and not Telus.
Are you
sure it was locked in the first place? Did 'unlocking' it mess something up?
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Originally Posted by cirus5
2. They recently went on another trip, and I ordered a new ekit sim and a piranha sim. They could not use the new ekit sim at all (this sim asks you North America or Rest of World, instead of a passcode), it would not roam, and the piranha sim keeps giving them "invalid sim". I have since found the old ekit sim, and it still works fine. Sometimes the new ekit sim will work at home, but it is slow to register? I don't trust that the new ekit sim will work reliably abroad with my Note II.
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You don't specify which ekit SIMs you have. I suspect that you needed to do 1xxxx or 2xxxx or 3xxxx to choose the location you are in. xxxx=passcode.
This quote below from ekit seems to make clear what needs to be done.
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When turning your phone on, a screen will appear asking you to select your current location from two options:
North America
Rest of world
If you are in USA, Mexico or Canada you must select ‘North America’. If you are anywhere else in the world, you must select ‘Rest of world’.
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Originally Posted by cirus5
3. All three sims work on my old unlocked LG P500H though!
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SIMs seem to work. Must be the phone.
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Originally Posted by cirus5
4. I have asked Pirahna support for help, but they think the Note II is not fully unlocked? I have asked Telus, and they say if another sim works, it is fully unlocked. Also, since I have cancelled my monthly plan with Telus, they can't do anything for me anyway? Is it true that my Note II is not fully unlocked? are there levels of unlocking??
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Its not Telus' phone. [Unless somehow it is?] Why are you asking them?
Do you have any SIM besides Telus and ekit and Piranha to test if it is unlocked and working? Did the method you use to unlock it involve putting a SIM other than Telus' in it and did it say stick in an unlocking code?
I am not sure if it was locked to begin with. Is there anyone you can ask about if the
free popular method has issues with unlocked or locked phones?
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Originally Posted by cirus5
5.I have also noticed that the Piranha sim chip (the gold part) is bigger than ekit or Telus sims. Maybe the Piranha is just not compatible with the Note II?
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If it fits it should not be an issue.
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Originally Posted by cirus5
6. I just want a stable sim that will work most of the time. Heck, the new ekit sim didn't even work in the U.S.!
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If you choose 'North America' does it still not work?
Tell us[no pun intended] what ekit SIMs you have.