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I have one claro number that is on a monthly plan so no problem there. I have an Orange sim and another Claro sim that are not registered in my name. Neither has stopped working yet. No way I am going to Puerto Plata and do that wait in line BS. If it comes down to it I will just get new sim cards in my name.Quote:
Originally Posted by jose1234
The last sim card I bought was 100 pesos or maybe it was 300 pesos. Either way, not worth a special trip to POP unless you need to keep your number.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seville
I was just there June 23rd. My cell and orange sim worked just fine. I made calls, received calls, text, etc. Does that mean they just haven't gotten to my sim card number yet??
I think it depends. I bought an Orange sim on the beach last year, not registered to me or anyone else. That was cancelled around June 25 or so. I have a Claro Sim that is not registered to me but is registered to some chica I have never met. I have received messages to "validate" my number several times but it has not been blocked in any way. Still works fine; for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by psriches
my phone also worked until last week but no biggie. I would rather get a new one than go to pop like mentioned earlier.Quote:
Originally Posted by psriches
I just got back.
Was there June 26-July 2 and here is how it worked out for me.
I have a claro sim card that I originally bought and registered with my passport at the Claro store by Bailey's a couple of years ago.
I have been keeping it active by topping it off through callingmart.com every 60 days and it has been working fine and I have never lost any of my accumulated balance.
Upon my arrival on the 26 it was active and showing I still had my balance but my phone would not let me make and receive calls, send text messages or use data for internet.
I initially made the decision that I would not incur the time or cost drive to Puerto Plata and get it registered at the Claro store there.
I went to the Orange store in Sosua by Banco Popular to get a new sim and was not able to get one because their system for registering foreign passport numbers was not functional that day and was told to come back the next day.
The next day they told me it was working for a short time but was again not functioning and I would not be able to purchase and register a sim card with them until it started working again.
Frustrated I decided to go to the Claro store by Bailey's to see if there were any options. I was thinking perhaps I could get a new sim card and than transfer my balance to the new account and do all of this without having to go to PP to register it.
As luck would have it I happened to have a Dominican amiga with me that I trust somewhat and the gentleman allowed me to register my phone number off from her cedula.
Presto, 20 minutes later my phone was working fine.
I could make and receive calls, send and receive texts and access the internet and my complete balance on my account was available to me. :clap::ilike:
Now granted the account is not registered to me but I don't really care as I will be able to use it as before and if it ever gets shut down I will do something else.
The amiga is on Orange and has no idea what my balance is so my balance should be safe
Problem solved and all without a trip to PP.
This method may not work for everyone but it worked for me :D
So there are options
I had that exact same issue JD....I was like wtf no store would give me a sim card...the airport or all stores in boca.
My amiga put it on her account and I got a sim also....
Not good....Hope they fix those computers
Thanks, JD and Hunter for the update. I will be in Boca Sunday. And was planning just to get a new number in my name.
I am with Orange. When I arrived about a week ago, I went to the store next to Banco Popular. I stood in the line for 45 minutes, my turn an they told me the passport system was not working, come back in 3 days. I went back last Friday and big surprise, the system was still not working, he said to come back on Monday. I left there and went to Playero to get some food. I noticed there was no one at the Orange booth there so I asked the girl if she could fix my sim....she said yes. She looked at my card and it was registered to some Dominican guy. She said she could change it over but she needed things like, an address, the last 3 numbers I had called and it would take about an hour. I asked her if I could buy a new sim instead....10 minutes later I had a new card and number registered to my passport.
Note: a buddy went today to the Orange store in Playero and they told him the passport system is down there.....
Well, yes, you have a cell and it works.Quote:
Originally Posted by j_d66
But, legally the cell and # is hers. Who cares.
When you make a call and receive a call, guess who shows up
on the display window? Your chica amiga.
But WTF it works.
Question, if it is a prepaid number in someone's name and has low balance, are there any risks? Here is NA it's called a fuckphone sort of.
I guess I don't understand what you mean by a display window?Quote:
Originally Posted by twodogs
I would not say the cell phone legally belongs to her and never will.
It is the sim card which contains the number and not the phone that is registered to her.
That sim card can be moved to any phone that it will fit and it will work instantly.
The phone works and it was done with little hassle which was my goal and I accomplished that.
Just letting others know there are options.
Clearly this method is not going to work for everyone as I would not do it with just any chica off the street.
The display window means the cel ph. screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by j_d66
To be honest with you.. The gov't just wants to have a name associated with a cel phone number. That's all it is. Obviously, they don't care what kind of cel phone it is. They want to stop the nonsense of anonymous calls.
If you make a prank call to 911, they'll check the number, and they'll see it belongs to some girl. Why would anyone be worried about that?(except the girl maybe)
The 911 fiasco is one of the main reasons for doing the whole "register numbers" shit in the first place.
Thanks I thought that's what he meant.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrHappy
In my experience the only time a name shows up with a number is if they are already in your contact list otherwise all you see is the number and no name.
I think Verizon and perhaps other carriers do to, have a service where you pay for it and the name comes up even if you do not have their contact info saved. It works great with companies, LLCs etc I only noticed it when the free subscription ended and considering actually adding it to my bill since i don't like to pick up phone calls from people don't knowQuote:
Originally Posted by j_d66
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Originally Posted by BorisDaBulletDodger
Ok thanks but we were talking about the Claro phone service
Try making some calls to anyone you know that has a newer cell. and see if her name shows up.Quote:
Originally Posted by j_d66
Text someone you know, if you use Whatsapp or Viber and see if her name shows up.
Obviously your # and her name will show up if you had to use 911.
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Originally Posted by twodogs
Bud I think you are somewhat confused.
This is a Claro Dominican sim card not a US based sim card being used in an iphone 4s
Once you leave the Claro Dominican airspace they dont work anymore.
A text sent from Claro phone to US phone which I did when I was there in order to see that the phone was operational comes up as the name I have in my contact list on my phone.
Any other calls or text I would receive that were not in my contact list would only show the number, never a name.
Sorry to burst your bubble but I don't think it works that way.
Maybe on your US based phone but not in Dominicano land
(I have a claro and orange phone, my claro phone had stoped working. I had two choice:
- Go puerto plata and make the line under my name
- Find someone to do it for me.
I talked with motoconcho and he found some dominican with cedula to do it for me, 400 pesos and 3 minute later my phone was registred.
From what I heard at the claro store, the passport can have only 2 or 3 lines prepaid but the dominican with cedula have no limit of prepaid phone they can have on their name. Many dominican will accept to let you use their cedula for some pesos to register your phone ( I actually entered the claro store with the guy cedula by myself the guy at claro store didnt even care he just needed number of cedula). They are not losing anyhting by doing so.
And if you guys dont care about losing your number the german brother store are now again selling orange activated sim card(when the new rules had came they stoped for some days) for 100 pesos ( come with some minute on them, funny thing is i actually bought a orange sim card (for a chica) for 100 pesos and it had 125 peso on it.. i guess its mistake he sold me that one but anyway.)
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Originally Posted by j_d66
Thanks again JD. When I arrived in Boca Chica Last night, my claro phone was blocked after a few years of use. I had a chica on the way to meet me. Thanks goodness for having a friend here. His phone was also block. But I used his chicas phone to set up the meet and later my chica sent a text to her, when she arrived at the hotel here in boca. This morning we went to the claro store and they said the same thing. Could not use my passport to set up a new number. So I now have a new number under my chicas cedula number. Now all is well.