Guest AndyCr15 Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) umm, this bit is O2 selling it without a contract, the bit where it says "no contract" being the give away ;) It's Pay & go, aka payg, not simplicity, which is the 30day contracted one. Yes, your right. Once you've paid your £10 you can throw the SIM away. Then, I think you have to wait 30 days and then give 30 days notice. Not entirely sure about this, you might be able to call them right away and give 30 days notice, but they wont sell you the Streak without you paying the £10 initial top up. Btw, to confirm, I'm talking about in the shop. I think they still call it no contract, even though technically that's not the case. There is a contract, it's just cancel-able after only 30 days. Edited June 16, 2010 by AndyCr15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Loconinja Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Btw, to confirm, I'm talking about in the shop. I think they still call it no contract, even though technically that's not the case. There is a contract, it's just cancel-able after only 30 days. Yes, this is what I am talking about. When I bought mine, I had to give them all my details and pass a credit check etc. just like a contract. It annoyed me, as does the fact that the handset is locked to O2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest giryan Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Yes, exactly. So O2 do sell it for £399, on pay as you go, which is all I was saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dunhamzzz Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 So in conclusion, Rebel Sim only works for Voice/Messaging and 2G data? No MMS/HSDPA/Edge etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndyCr15 Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Yes, exactly. So O2 do sell it for £399, on pay as you go, which is all I was saying. No, they wouldn't sell it to me PAYG. I had to take a data SIM and pay the first £10 on it. I'm then on a contract that 'tops up' each month... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest giryan Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 No, they wouldn't sell it to me PAYG. I had to take a data SIM and pay the first £10 on it. I'm then on a contract that 'tops up' each month... Yes, in store they would only sell it to you on contract, but in general O2 do sell it PAYG, as I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndyCr15 Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) So why are you wasting our time? I've said many times I'm talking about in store... Is that online? They wont do SIM free in the shop. It's just a payg sim, you throw it away if you don't want it. In fact, your reply was to me saying about 'in the shop'? Edited June 16, 2010 by AndyCr15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brantyr Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Damn, looks like I'll have to wait for the official release, not worth getting it early if there's no guarantee it'll ever work properly via Rebel SIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shEEEsh Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Basically I am like a really bad kid at Christmas. I am in the USA. I realize the Streak will be here soon but I want it now !!! I have been reading and I see that using the Rebel card is not 100% and I really want 100% If you were me and if money were no object [of course it is but not for a gadgetaholic, where there is a will there is a way.] would you wait for the USA release or pay the Buy It Now eBay ransom ?? I guess I could wait if I knew for how long .. and if I knew that there was a sure fire way of unlocking it would make my decision much easier. Diane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Techneut Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 An important question to me is, will the US Streak be usable in Europe?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest courtlandre Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 An important question to me is, will the US Streak be usable in Europe?... If its unlocked it will. AT&T has the same feqs (mostly I think) as most euro carriers. I use my US 3GS here with no problems and get full HSDPA or w/e it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Techneut Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 If its unlocked it will. AT&T has the same feqs (mostly I think) as most euro carriers. I use my US 3GS here with no problems and get full HSDPA or w/e it is. Thank you very much, for your clarifying answer! Then, I will wait for Dell to sell them in the US; and buy one from there, if possibly... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mickliq Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 If its unlocked it will. AT&T has the same feqs (mostly I think) as most euro carriers. I use my US 3GS here with no problems and get full HSDPA or w/e it is. It unclear if the "US" Streak will have the Euro 3G band (eg 2100). If we look what's been done in Europe, Dell is saying the UK Streak only has 1900/2100 3G which won't work very well in the US (lack of 850 is a killer). I'm not sure if that's the reality of the situation - for example HTC has been known to "hide" bands in software that are present in hardware. Assuming the UK Streak really does lack 850, then it's not a stretch to imagine that the US Streak will lack 2100. This is the way HTC does things these days... So - we wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest courtlandre Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Best idea is to wait, but it looks like the UK streak has the bands for the US and they are disabled in hardware (going off the hidden screen paul found). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest susu42 Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Look at the picture of the US retail packaging (http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/06/22/heres-the-dell-streaks-us-retail-packaging-maybe/) It looks like the US Streak will have the 3 band of frequencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest courtlandre Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Look at the picture of the US retail packaging (http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/06/22/heres-the-dell-streaks-us-retail-packaging-maybe/) It looks like the US Streak will have the 3 band of frequencies. UK packaging is crap compared to this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndyCr15 Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 UK packaging is crap compared to this! Wow! I'm not sure I can think of anything I care less about... lol If it meant I could get it cheaper you could send it to me wrapped in toilet paper! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest courtlandre Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Wow! I'm not sure I can think of anything I care less about... lol If it meant I could get it cheaper you could send it to me wrapped in toilet paper! ;) Agreed, but its going to be much cheaper in the states and unlocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest popetodd Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Best idea is to wait, but it looks like the UK streak has the bands for the US and they are disabled in hardware (going off the hidden screen paul found). That's not a hardware disable, that's a software disable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mickliq Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Look at the picture of the US retail packaging (http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/06/22/heres-the-dell-streaks-us-retail-packaging-maybe/) It looks like the US Streak will have the 3 band of frequencies. Wow - great find! I don't see any mention on the box of the HDMI Dock - which the Dell guy @ D8 said would be included. Guess he was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulVlagsma Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 The Rebelsim II card makes the Dell Streak work with the ' 3 ' network in Australia. The Streak came from carphone warehouse in UK and was locked to O2. It works fine in Sydney. You need to keep Gtalk active in the background, if you want to receive phone calls when in 3G mode, just us Rebel says in their instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brantyr Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 It works fine in Sydney. You need to keep Gtalk active in the background, if you want to receive phone calls when in 3G mode, just us Rebel says in their instructions. That's what I'm talking about, as much as I want one I'm going to wait 3 weeks rather than buy a phone I will have to worry about not receiving calls on because GTalk has to be running in the background!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RconMax Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 (edited) FYI Reply from RebelSim.... Can you tell me how to contact RebelSim Support. When I send a mail to supportdesk(at)rebelsimcard.com I get a mail transport permanant error message :lol: Edited June 25, 2010 by RconMax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Carlo Savino Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 (edited) Edit: NM Edited June 28, 2010 by Carlo Savino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulVlagsma Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Australia: RebelSIM II on Streak works fine for Telstra prepaid as well. The 3 APN process was - New APN, name: three, APN: 3netaccess, Save. Tick that it is being used. N.B. You need to follow the rebelSIM instructions, and start FIRST time with the SIM in 2G mode, before going to 3G. BTW. GTalk survives a reboot, So unless you kill it, it stays up. N.B. Don't fiddle with Paul Obrien's 'secret screen' - my 3 sim hasn't recovered from fiddling with the bands. (If I lived in the US, I would just wait till Dell releases it in July, unlocked, there. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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