Traveling to South Korea (Sprint TP2)

Admiral688 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-27-2010, 06:13 PM

I'm traveling to South Korea next month and dont know what I need to do to get my TP2 working.

With sprint the best option looks like doing a pre-paid SIM card, but I do not know how to go about this.

Is there anyone who has traveled with the TP2 who could share some experience with me as to how I can do this?

I dont know what my technical options are really, so if there are other ideas which would work well for me I'm open....

**Wesley762** · #2 (**permalink**) 05-27-2010, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral688

I'm traveling to South Korea next month and dont know what I need to do to get my TP2 working.

With sprint the best option looks like doing a pre-paid SIM card, but I do not know how to go about this.

Is there anyone who has traveled with the TP2 who could share some experience with me as to how I can do this?

I dont know what my technical options are really, so if there are other ideas which would work well for me I'm open....

Here are links to several threads about this topic,

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...veling+country

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...veling+country

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...veling+country

jerryyyyy · #3 (**permalink**) 05-27-2010, 06:39 PM

Basic story is to call Sprint (see below). Get the card (free) and a data plan (about $2.50/day) then I use Skype Mobile and have both voice and data on the cheap.

Inside USA: 1-888-226-7212

Outside USA (toll free): 001-817-698-4199

THANKS appreciated.

drurc8 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-27-2010, 06:44 PM

TP2 has been unlocked by Sprint originally, so when you get to South Korea, just buy prepaid sim there is much cheaper, then you can use without any issue. Data also works good there.

haus · #5 (**permalink**) 05-27-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jerryyyyy

Get the card (free)

Hmmm. "Get the card"? My TP2 has what I think is a white SIM card preinstalled with a little perforated paper cover over it and what looks like an instruction under the battery to use the stylus to break the perf to swap the card (for some reason, though I am surprised to see Sprint advocating that since they lose money if I don't use their SIM). Is this not a real SIM card? My Intrepid came with a SIM card too...I thought that was standard on their international phones these days.

eb50 · #6 (**permalink**) 05-27-2010, 09:04 PM

korea is on the cdma network. i do not believe they have any sim networks (Gsm)

htc.user · #7 (**permalink**) 05-27-2010, 10:16 PM

i've been in south korea since january. south korea has both cdma and wcdma (sim card, gsm) networks, as well as wimax. unfortunately, you are not able to buy a prepaid sim card and just use it in your touch pro 2 because of korean communication regulations. you are able to buy a worldwide sim from several online services at their rates and use it, but that's completely separate from the local korean services and will be at a higher rate than other people using local cell phone plans (even prepaid) here. it's not about the network, it's about the handset being approved for use in korea. i currently use sprint's worldwide data plan which offers unlimited 1xcdma data and cdma voice at a per minute rate ($2.29/minute). text messaging is not currently available in korea with sprint. calls to sprint international customer service are free (002-1-817-698-4199). quality of service is excellent as far as coverage. data speeds are choked a bit since it's only 1x that is offered for sprint's worldwide data plan. voice calls are perfect. skype works perfectly, of course better on wifi but it gets the job done with 1x cellular data as well. worldwide data plan is fantastic, for $70/month, i can use data basically anywhere in the world, and it works instantly without any fuss. to those that say to just unlock your phone and buy a sim when you get here, i can tell you that it's not possible to use a local plan with your handset. for voice calls here, i just got another cell phone here for free and pay about $15 per month to use it. i use data mostly with wifi, and 1x when on the move. it works well. i've asked sprint international if i can use the htc evo with countries that have the wimax frequency already implemented but they either say "no" or that they are not sure. if you have any more questions about worldwide travel in asia and europe, let me know.

ivwonka · #8 (**permalink**) 05-27-2010, 11:45 PM

good luck. sounds like war is about to happen between north and south korea. not a place i would want to be

jerryyyyy · #9 (**permalink**) 05-27-2010, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by haus

Hmmm. "Get the card"? My TP2 has what I think is a white SIM card preinstalled with a little perforated paper cover over it and what looks like an instruction under the battery to use the stylus to break the perf to swap the card (for some reason, though I am surprised to see Sprint advocating that since they lose money if I don't use their SIM). Is this not a real SIM card? My Intrepid came with a SIM card too...I thought that was standard on their international phones these days.

I would just call them up. It looks like CDMA all over the country by Sprint:

http://internationalroaming.sprint.c...comeRoaming.do

Put South Korea into this web site.

htc.user · #10 (**permalink**) 05-28-2010, 01:49 AM

texting is now available in south korea (news to me, it looks like it was added this month, may 24th, 2010).

Voice Pricing: $2.29/minute
Special Voice Pricing: $1.99/min. with plan
Data Pricing: $0.016/KB
Special Data Pricing: 1x Data: $0.002/KB
Text Pricing: Send: $0.50/recipient; Recv'd: $0.05/msg