HELP, unlocking my spark phone

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torin

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#242866 18-Nov-2018 00:18

Hey all, I am due to fly out in about 4 hours, and just remembered my spark phone is locked so it won't take the sim card for 2degree, which unlike spark, has roaming where I am heading. Do you think I can give spark a call and get them to give me the code over the phone, or do I have to go to a spark shop (which obviously ain't gonna work).

Thanks!

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#2128693 18-Nov-2018 01:00

The Spark unlock page says in-store.

I'm on Vodafone and they want a form filled in with more details and advise that getting the unlock code can take 48 hours.

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#2128710 18-Nov-2018 05:32

Where are you heading to?

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#2128711 18-Nov-2018 05:53

Havana!

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#2128712 18-Nov-2018 06:05

So Cuba you mean?

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#2128713 18-Nov-2018 06:21

yup yup

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#2128716 18-Nov-2018 07:20

Good luck with that.

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#2128745 18-Nov-2018 09:45

Not sure if things have changed in the past 11 months but when I was in Havana last December there was no mobile data (only calling & I guess SMS?). The only places to find wifi were a handful of hotels and the occasional public wifi hotspot on the street, where you use access cards with scratch-off codes (and again the only place we found that sold the cards was the hotels).

So I guess what I’m saying is, there’s not much point unlocking your phone..

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#2128817 18-Nov-2018 11:45

Benjip: Not sure if things have changed in the past 11 months but when I was in Havana last December there was no mobile data (only calling & I guess SMS?). The only places to find wifi were a handful of hotels and the occasional public wifi hotspot on the street, where you use access cards with scratch-off codes (and again the only place we found that sold the cards was the hotels).

So I guess what I’m saying is, there’s not much point unlocking your phone..

So Cuba you mean?

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#2129411 19-Nov-2018 13:30

torin: Havana!

Spark offers roaming in Cuba, pay monthly only and a lot cheaper than 2Degrees....

if you are prepaid you can easily more your mobile to a pay monthly account for the duration of the trip.

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#2129876 20-Nov-2018 03:36

Well..2degree apparently offers the globetrotter pack on its prepaid while spark doesn't. Though I can't get my partners 2degree phone to work either. SIGH.

Need it to call/send sms mainly really. Local WiFi is limited, but works fine

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#2129915 20-Nov-2018 08:01

WhatsApp not an option?

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#2129934 20-Nov-2018 08:44

eracode:

Benjip: Not sure if things have changed in the past 11 months but when I was in Havana last December there was no mobile data (only calling & I guess SMS?). The only places to find wifi were a handful of hotels and the occasional public wifi hotspot on the street, where you use access cards with scratch-off codes (and again the only place we found that sold the cards was the hotels).

So I guess what I’m saying is, there’s not much point unlocking your phone..

So Cuba you mean?

Nope, we just did Havana. No interest in going to Cuba!

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#2129986 20-Nov-2018 09:19

torin: Well..2degree apparently offers the globetrotter pack on its prepaid while spark doesn't. Though I can't get my partners 2degree phone to work either. SIGH.

Need it to call/send sms mainly really. Local WiFi is limited, but works fine

Globertrotter on 2degrees is only for use in UK, US, Canada and Ireland according to their website....

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