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Captain Slow
 


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GSM operated FBH sim card question

Hi,

I have had the gsm conversion by TFC which allows me to dial the FBH on cold days - it's excellent, so no problems there. However, this week I dialled the car and got the 'call failed' message on my phone. So i try to log into my Vodaphone account and see what's going. After not being able to get into the account I send vodaphone an email enquiring what's wrong. It transpires that because I was using a pay as you go sim card and that sim card had not made any calls in 6 months they had disconected the number and had kept the credit that was on the phone! Aparently this is normal practise. They said that they had sent me a text message but strangley the D3 had not replied, so they cut me off.

So my question is what have others done to avoid this? It seems my options are:
1. buy another sim card (as Vodaphone won't reactivate the number)
2. get a cheap sim only deal under contract - but with which provider/ who's the cheapest?

any thoughts/ideas gratefully appreciated, thanks!
John Prince Harry's D3: G4 factory equipped D3 - expo rack, winch, roof lights, ladder, active locking rear diff, RAI, Melville & Moon seat covers, General Grabber ATs/ Goodyear Duratrac  
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Just send the gsm a signal strenght test once every 5 months ..it will text you back ..that way it will have been used and wont get cut off G4 Gone ...but not forgotten  
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I'd take the sim out of the FBH controller every 5 months and ring someone! Laughing 2014 D4 XS
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Captain Slow
 


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Thanks - unfortunatley the sim doesn't fit any phone I have so that option is out, James.

Wiggs - how do i do that?

thanks Prince Harry's D3: G4 factory equipped D3 - expo rack, winch, roof lights, ladder, active locking rear diff, RAI, Melville & Moon seat covers, General Grabber ATs/ Goodyear Duratrac  
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depends what GSM dialer you have Whistle G4 Gone ...but not forgotten  
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Just had the same issue myself !

http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic57124.html?highlight=sim

Does this 'text every few months' work?
I understood that you had to make a voice call.
Confused I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.  
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Thanks Ron P / Wiggs - still undecided....... may be the way to go is a new pay as you go sim do this signal strength test Wiggs mentioned - how do i do that then?


cheers
John Prince Harry's D3: G4 factory equipped D3 - expo rack, winch, roof lights, ladder, active locking rear diff, RAI, Melville & Moon seat covers, General Grabber ATs/ Goodyear Duratrac  
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If TFC fitted it, like mine, you'll have a Dial to Open box.

For signal strength reply from the D3, text this message to the number:

#PWD123456#CSQ?

Must be in Capitals  
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Many thanks Very Happy I'll get a new pay as you go sim tomorrow and remember to do that. Cheers John Prince Harry's D3: G4 factory equipped D3 - expo rack, winch, roof lights, ladder, active locking rear diff, RAI, Melville & Moon seat covers, General Grabber ATs/ Goodyear Duratrac  
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