Movistar SIM

[duanestorey]

Can anyone recommend a place to purchase a movistar sim close to Palermo. Thanks.

 

[Napoleon]

I bought on yesterday from a place in Palermo for 10 pesos. Just walked in and asked for it and they have 100's of them. I forget the address but it is at a small place on Santa Fe.

I will get the address and post it later tonight.

Thanks. My backup phone's SIM has gone kaput, so I need to pick up a new one.

 

[duanestorey]

Do you know if they have micro SIMs for the iPhone 4, or just the regular sized ones?

Thanks.

 

[Napoleon]

Do you know if they have micro SIMs for the iPhone 4, or just the regular sized ones?

Thanks.

Did you say the "iPhone 4"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg

 

[duanestorey]

So I went down to the big Movistar store and managed to get a SIM card for my phone. I've put it into my cell and it seems to recognize the Movistar network.

Unfortunately i can't seem to buy any credit for it. I walked up to one of those kiosks with my phone number and they couldn't seem to make it work. I even showed them the paperwork Movistar gave me with my phone number.

I then went home and tried to add credit to it via the website and a credit card, but it failed as well.

Does anyone know if there's a step I'm missing? Does the card need to be in the phone for a while before 'activating'?

Thanks.

 

[cafeconleche]

The sim is supposed to be activated almost immediately, but mine didn't work either. Go back to the Movistar place and they'll sort it out for you.

 

[igor]

Unfortunately i can't seem to buy any credit for it. I walked up to one of those kiosks with my phone number and they couldn't seem to make it work.

Can you receive calls? Can you call *611 or *444?

It is possible you can not buy credit because you card is not issued by an Argentine bank. Try to buy in a Locutorio one of those pre-paid scratch off cards for cash and use it to fund your account.

Also you may want to register at

https://online.movistar.com.ar/login.html

to see your current status/balance etc.

 

[duanestorey]

Thanks, I registered with that site, and the registration was successful. But now when logging in I get this:

El movistar ingresado no se encuentra habilitado. Por favor verifique el número. Muchas gracias.

So seems like maybe I need to make a trip to the store. Funny thing is my phone is on the movistar network, and I received the SMS from them with my password during the registration process.