Talk:France/@comment-3074913-20101031235403

It worked great!

I got the unlock code from T-Mobile for my Samsung Galaxy S v 2.1.

Took my passport to an Orange store in Paris on Oct. 11. Bought an orange card and additional funds to cover Mobicarte "Internet Max" and e-mail.

I removed my T-Mobile SIMM, put in the Orange SIM. Powered up. Entered T-Mobile unlock code. Followed printed Orange instructions to activate the SIMM using the 14-digit code.

It took about 12 hours before the account showed funds available and I could follow the #123# menu sequence above. I followed the sequence above and within a few hours, the services were active. No problems!

I used data roaming for Web browsing, e-mail using the Android client, and Google-Maps-based GPS. We were in Paris and then drove about 1000 km down the Loire to the southern coast of Brittany, NE to the Brittany coast, then to the Normany coast, then back to Paris.

Service was generally available in all areas, although there were a few brief "no service" periods while driving in less populated areas. Service seemed reasonably fast, but I didn't benchmark. When we had access to free Wi-Fi, however, the Wi-Fi was noticeably faster (as expected).

I used the services regularly for 16 days. I don't know how much I transferred, or whether I exceeded the max; but I never experienced slow-down (throttling).

I actually got _two_ months of service because of a special Orange was running if you added 25 euros to your account (which we used for lots of local calls prompted by the strikes).

Many thanks to the original poster! Having cheap, "unlimited" data roaming was a very helpful resource on this trip.