Piranha mobile SIM Card 2024申请经历和购买指南（Buying experience and help guide）

On May 30, 2024, I received a personal call from my local postal outlet asking me to pick up a paper envelope or international mail from the nearest Chinese postal outlet. I received the letter without any problems and it was sent by Royal Mail Airmail or Air Mail with international tracking and signature in both the sending and destination countries.


My order was paid for and submitted on May 16, 2024,
successfully shipped on May 20, 2024,
and successfully received on May 30, 2024 in a paper envelope or package.

Because of this, I spent four days waiting for a merchant or seller to send me a letter, two days clearing customs or undergoing a customs audit, and eight days waiting for a paper envelope or international letter to be delivered to a Chinese postal service outlet or pickup location.

Royal Mail paper envelope, length 8.35 centimeters, width 3.3 centimeters, weight 0-10 grams.


Specific purchase steps are listed below：

1. Google search engine for “ piranha mobile ”①，
   Or open the page “ Piranha Mobile Ltd - One World One SIM ”①。
   

2. First click on “≡”①，
   
   Then click on “Buy Now”②。
   
   Or click on “Buy Now”②。
   

3. Click on “FREE SIM Card $0.00”①，
   

4. Find the “Available Options”。
   
   ①Select a Country Number (Select the “Country where the number belongs to”.)，

   •   USA Number 
     

   •   UK Number 
     

   •   Canadian Number 
     

   ②Selected shipping method

   •   Standard Royal Mail Post（None Tracked）
     

   （This option cannot be selected if the destination of the paper envelope or package you plan to receive is China.
   This is because under the current situation, certain areas in mainland China cannot receive or are unable to
   receive surface mail paper envelopes.）

   •   International Signed for（+$10.00）
     

   （Royal Mail, aircraft or air transportation, tracked service, signature required,paper envelopes are not easily lost.）
   ③Delivery Location（destination (location)）

   •   Delivery to China 
     

   •   Outside of China
     

   （If the destination is not China, you can open the web page Royal Mail Official Website,
   in the Help-Help-“How to address your mail”-“Country guides”,choose your destination country,
   help you to better fill in the receiving information.）

   ④Delivery to China 【Chinese Delivery Address】
   Ⅹ先生/X女士 X省X市X县/区X乡/镇…XX路XX号
   （如果是取快递的地方，后面加上店铺名称）,
   邮编XXXXXX 联系电话XXXXXXXXXX CHINA

   • (最后一行必须加上“CHINA”，
   • The way to look up China's postal code is as follows:
   • First, open the webpage China Post Postal Code Inquiry.
   • Then, select the corresponding option in “Administrative District”.
   • Immediately after that, enter the remaining Chinese address in “Detailed Address”, and then select the address that best matches the detailed address from the displayed search results.
     (Filling in the detailed address will not duplicate or include “Administrative District” information))
   • For example:
     
     ⑤Check the option “Agree to Terms and Conditions”
     ⑥Click “Add to Cart”

5. Click on“Estimate Shipping & Taxes”
   

   • ①Country“CHINA”（destination (location)）
   • ②Region / State
     （For CN, this means any one of the following: province, also called directly governed city,
     autonomous region or special administrative region.）
   • ③Post Code
     （CN users open the China Post Postal Code Inquiry 输入中文地址查询邮编同上）
   • ④Click on “Get Quotes”
   • ⑤Check the option“Flat Shipping Rate - $5.00”
   • ⑥Click on “Apply Shipping”
   • ⑦“Total:” should show 15$.
   • ⑧Click on “Checkout”

6. Checkout
   ①Step 1: Checkout Options账户（左边注册右边登录，根据情况自行选择）
   ②Step 2: Billing Details账单地址
   （允许与送货地址不一致，用卡所属国家真实住宅地址）

   • For newbies or beginners who can't fill in address information.
   • First open the ChatGPT web page or software (free or paid version). For example, Retrieved from the web page List of Free GPT Websitesfind the available free GPT website and open it.
   • Then, send your existing or found real home address and tell it:
   • Convert the above information to English and fill in the following options based on the above information:
   • First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, City, Zip Code, Country, Region/State,
     and Courier Contact Phone Number (including International Dialing Code).
   • Next, copy or memorize the “Answers” or “Results” provided by ChatGPT and paste or manually enter
     the options to be filled in.
   • (The above options can be modified as needed)
   • Finally, if your ID card has an English name, you can fill in your English name. If not,
     you can customize your name or convert your Chinese name from Hanyu Pinyin to capital letters.
   • Take “小绵羊” and “Hong Kong Number” as examples:。
     • First Name MIANYAN
     • Last Name XIAO
   • Billing Contact Number (Including International Dialing Code)
     • +852-XXXXXXXX
   • When finished, check “Confirm English only” and click “Continue”.

   ③Step 3: Delivery Details收货地址【The method is the same as above】
   Delivery Contact Number (Including International Dialing Code)

   • +86-XXX-XXX-XXXX
   • Take the above “④Delivery to China 【Delivery address in China】”(Chinese address) as an example:
     
     ④Step 4: Delivery Method快递讨论和评价(Just tap “Continue”)
     ⑤Step 5: Payment Method支付讨论和评价
     (Check the option “I have read and agree to the Terms & Conditions” and Just tap “Continue”)

   ⑥Step 6: Confirm Order根据界面提示进行操作，跳转到PayPal支付
   （I personally test, in the United States IP network environment, login to PayPal in Hong Kong.
   - Bind a U.S. virtual card of VCard platform, the first six digits of the card number is 556150.
   - The billing address information is exactly the same as “Step 2: Billing Details”.
   - Submit the order after successful payment.）

   7.Royal Mail tracking
   ①
   When your order has been successfully shipped or the paper envelope has been dispatched,
   you will receive a Royal Mail tracking number containing an RN or GB in your email.
   Then, copy the Royal Mail tracking number on your clipboard.
   Immediately after that, open the webpage https://www.royalmail.com/, paste in the “Track Item”
   input box and click “Track Your Delivery”.
   ②
   When your paper envelope or parcel arrives at its destination Country, you can click “Continue tracking”
   in the tracking results to see more details about its progress and location.
   You can click “Continue tracking” in the tracking query result to
   see more detailed tracking progress and location.
   ③
   In the “China Postal Express & Logistics” webpage,
   refreshing the webpage cannot update the tracking information,
   and you can only update the tracking information by repeatedly entering the tracking number and clicking Query.
   ④
   When your paper envelope to China arrives at “包件车间” for the first time,
   it needs to be reviewed by the local import customs, and the review time is usually 2-7 days.
   If the tracking information or mail track has not been updated after 24 hours,
   you can use a mainland China number, dial “11185”, transfer to human customer service,
   and speak the tracking slip number to check the location and
   status of your paper envelopes or international mails, and the number of days you need to wait.
   ⑤
   When you see “Import Customs Release” on your mail track or trace information,
   it means that your paper envelopes or international letters have resumed normal transportation or delivery.
   ⑥
   Postal items such as parcels are delivered to China Post in local post offices,
   and a notice is sent by letter to each addressee to tell them to collect their items.
   If there is no reply or collection within 7 days, a reminder notice card is sent to the addressee once more.
   If no reply or collection is made within 30 days, the item would be regarded as an undeliverable item.

   8 .How do I fully activate my SIM card?
   ①Log into your account.
   
   
   
   ②Click on recharge your SIM.
   
   ③
   Compare the "ICCID" of each line in the "Your SIM Accounts" screen
   with the black numbers on the physical SIM card,
   select the line that matches or is the same as the one in that line,
   and click "the Top Up button" in that line.
   
   (The "ICCID" of the physical SIM card has one more number at the end than
   the ICCID of "Your SIM Card Account".)
   ④
   "Add more airtime credits to this order".
   Option "----, please select ----".
   Indicates that the recharge amount will not be increased.
   After clicking "Add to Cart", select the correct billing address.
   Follow the on-screen instructions.
   
   ⑤
   To use the VolP application,
   you first need to download the Mobyx Dialer found in
   Google Play Apps or Apple Apps. (Links can be found in your account)
   ⑥
   Insert the physical SIM card into the SIM card slot and then into the phone.
   Once the Mobyx dialer is downloaded to your handset follow the instructions
   on the dialer and scan the Mobyx QR code found in your account.
   
   ⑦
   After logging in "Mobyx Dialer Apps", please keep it running in the foreground
   or background until the first prompt of "Registration Successful"
   and the SIM card has signal coverage.
   You are now ready to roam.

On June 17, 2024, UTC+8, using in China, so far.

I tried to modify and save the parameters of the access point APN as "fastaccess" and "ims" respectively.
Although you can receive cell phone text messages and make phone calls.
And, "Call History" has 7 records of $0.05 chargebacks (for sending SMS from China to China and USA).
However, none of them can send SMS successfully.

Although the official website describes the number as:
"We do support 4G, so please make sure your handset is set to preferred 4G under network settings in your handset. If your handset is set to 4G, you may find you are unable to connect to 4G. If your handset is set to 4G you may find you are unable to connect to a 4G network, this could be due to local coverage issues, if this happens it will resort to 3G."

I have also asked the local China Mobile's human customer service.
The China Mobile base stations in my area support 4G.
However, although my number has a full signal, it only has a 2G signal or GMS.
It may be affected by China Mobile's 2G and 3G , retirement policy.

GMS itself supports sending SMS, but in fact, I can't send SMS, Suspect it's the carrier in my area, restricting or blocking specific features.

(UTC+8)

June 27, 2024 - Two days ago.

On June 25th.

I noticed that the voice network status

changed from GSM to LTE.

The cell phone signal also changed from 2G to 4G.

It's amazing and crazy.

I think it might be:

I traveled from a rural area to a third-tier city.

The base stations and carriers in my area.

have different system rules for foreign numbers.

That's what's causing this change.

June 28, 2024, 21:37:56, UTC+8.

I turned on data roaming traffic for the first time.

And successfully connected to the "GFW-free Internet".

The signal changed from 4G to 5G.

The data network type, LTE, did not change.

The original registration status of the data, "ROAMING", has not changed.

The overlay network type has changed to "NRNSA".

I am a customer of Piranha Mobile.
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