Germany Sim Card

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Originally Posted by MATHA531

Question...

Aren't German sim cards required to be registered even on PAYG?

The other question not a big deal, I can't remove the pin protection from the Vodafone DE sim card namely when I turn the phone on it asks for a pin code...in every other case I can disable this...can't to it with vodafone DE...wonder if this is a vodafone DE thing or a German thing.

That is definitely the case. If you have a German Personalausweis and buy it in a store, then the store personnel ask you for that so they can tie the SIM card to a unique form of ID since obviously no one has the same ID card number. The newer MVNOs are more flexible in that regard. Aldi Talk requires registration as well but they don't ask you for your Personalausweis # when registering online for example. T-Mobile, Vodafone, E-Plus and O2 still have that requirement when you buy your prepaid SIM in a provider store or at a place like Mediamarkt, Saturn or ProMarkt.