Talk:Germany/@comment-2003:45:4B05:B100:EDB5:12F0:3CE3:4354-20180312212341/@comment-24682153-20180313002012

No, new German SIM cards are "locked" as you say from the beginning. They don't call it that way. They say you need to register to activate it. As SIM cards are still freely sold in fuel stations, supermarkets or drugstores like Rossmann they need to be sure that new customers will register by showing their ID like you have done in a post office. It can take some hours to a day or so until the SIM connects to a network. Switch your device on and off from time to time as sometimes this doesn't happen automatically