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Oblivian
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  #3308399 13-Nov-2024 09:15
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alasta:

So if a New Zealander travels to Australia with a normal iPhone or Samsung then it will work? There is nothing on OneNZ's web site about Australia having a blanket ban on NZ handsets, so it sounds like this is something that would affect tech enthusiasts rather than a typical consumer? 



We're in a safer boat to most countries with Samsung and apple having an Australasian stronghold and same sister arms. But it's not guaranteed if you got it elsewhere. And the check beforehand is easy

Iphones appear to be OK as long as not old and overseas sourced (no global mode) to get the global volte profiles with whatever IOS that was included in.

Reading between the lines it looks like VF au might be giving a grace period on roam contact at arrival and a warning. But the other 2 say blanket byebye.



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  #3308717 13-Nov-2024 17:34
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Oblivian: And the check beforehand is easy

 

Is there a site somewhere I can enter my model number (or IMEI) to check if it would fully work for roaming?


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  #3308720 13-Nov-2024 17:40
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There's this one, but I can't vouch for its accuracy (I see it has "old" in the URL):

 

https://amta.org.au/3g-closure-old/check-my-device/




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quickymart:

 

Oblivian: And the check beforehand is easy

 

Is there a site somewhere I can enter my model number (or IMEI) to check if it would fully work for roaming?

 

 

https://www.telstrawholesale.com.au/3G-Network-Closure-Blocked-Devices-Checker.html

 

Optus point you to the AMTA one above. (But without the old, and it now redirects to that URL)

 

They seem to want people to TXT 3 to a hot number to see if it responds (the irony when you might be blocked already...) instead.

 

Probably a limitation of the list being dynamically updated as they are swamped with requests from the overseas markets?


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  #3308783 13-Nov-2024 20:47
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Behodar:

 

There's this one, but I can't vouch for its accuracy (I see it has "old" in the URL):

 

https://amta.org.au/3g-closure-old/check-my-device/

 

 

Thanks, tried this and it worked - apparently I'll be all good after the 3G closure 🙂


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  #3308852 14-Nov-2024 09:24
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Linux: @PolicyGuy SparkNZ restrict / block WiFi calling outside of NZ

 

 

For people using those operators with VoWIFI enabled for roaming, will it work though?

 

Also, I'd guess most phones using VoWIFI would work on VoLTE anyway.





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Couldn't get just allow emergency calls via email?

 

https://youtu.be/cwZmSCrCo8w

 


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