You can get free PAYG sim cards from T-Mobile UK from;
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/free-pay-as-you-go-sim-cards/
blindfold wrote:
> I'm with Vodafone in The Netherlands, and I did not need to buy a
> different SIM card to get my dev phone 1 registered with Google. I
> remember that I did have to add live.vodafone.com (and perhaps
> web.vodafone.nl when doing things via Wifi, not sure) to the list of
> access point names, and of course select Vodafone NL as my operator
> network. Don't know if Vodafone works differently in the UK.
>
> On Jan 10, 3:30 pm, Simon Brooke <still...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just in case anyone else is struggling with this, there is a solution,
>> and it's easy.
>>
>> When you get your new Dev phone, and you stick a Vodafone SIM in it,
>> it fails to connect to Google's servers and can't initialise. It seems
>> to be bricked. But wait, all is not lost.
>>
>> Buy a T-Mobile pay-as-you-go SIM for £5. Put it in your Dev phone and
>> get in your car. Drive to the within range of your nearest T-Mobile
>> tower ('not so much a network, more a sparse matrix'). Switch on your
>> phone, and register with Google.
>>
>> Ah, you say, but I don't want a T-Mobile phone, they have virtually no
>> coverage outside city centres. Verily, I say unto you, be not afraid,
>> for I bring tidings of great joy. You may now switch off your Dev
>> phone, extract the T-Mobile SIM card, put in your Vodafone SIM card,
>> and switch back on. And Lo! all is well and it works.
>>
>> I've only tried this fix with UK Vodafone, because that's the network
>> I wanted to use. But if you have trouble getting your Dev phone past
>> the 'cannot connect to Google servers' phase with your own wireless
>> provider of choice, this may work for you too.
>>
> >
>
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