Image 1 — Tusass (Greenland) roaming in the UK
Image 2 — Tusass (Greenland) roaming in the UK

Tusass (Greenland) roaming in the UK

It roamed on all networks apart from O2, however on 3 it kept disconnecting.

u/janthemanwlj — 11 days ago

Why no Squarepants?

Hey. Asking here as my knowledge of the language is still extremely limited, I keep dragging my feet on properly learning it.

As I'm sure most here will be aware, BBC ALBA has now officially made available the Gaelic version of SpongeBob Squarepants. However, the official title is just "Spongebob (ALBA)", and the song only repeats the words "SpongeBob SpongeBob". This is interesting as Welsh got a full name translation (SpynjBob Pantsgwâr), but the much more closely related Irish got the full English title. Any reason for this? Is there no good translation or does it just not sound good in Gaelic? It could be a length thing, but Albanian got the very long title Bob Sfungjeri Pantallona Katrori.

Was just curious haha, take care

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u/janthemanwlj — 14 days ago
▲ 16 r/NetworkSelection+1 crossposts

Network search in Svalbard (Norway)

From twitter account @paopao0128. 2 of the numbers are assigned to Telenor apparently, not sure about the 99995 one. Not sure what either 3 are for, probably testing 5G?

u/janthemanwlj — 2 months ago

Blackberry Playbook refuses to connect to DBBT for downloading apps

Hey. I just did the thing to yet a previously resetted Blackberry Playbook on a Dev Alpha version to bypass setup, however now it refuses to connect to Darcys BB tools properly, which I need for installing apps. It recognises that I've plugged it in but doesn't actually connect. Can anyone help?

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u/janthemanwlj — 2 months ago

Anyone with an old CTS or Shine mobile SIM?

Hey. I'm a SIM card collector from Scotland (very niche hobby 😁). I collect the cards you use for your mobile phone. I already have cards from Gibraltar (I visited last year, amazing place btw) from Gibtelecom, but I wanted to see if any residents or visitors have any old cards from the 2 other now defunct operators in Gibraltar, those being CTS and Shine Mobile, that they would be willing to send me. There is very little info on these apart from that CTS was discontinued in 2013 while Shine was discontinued in 2016. Therefore, I've never seen any in the few collectors spaces there are for SIM collecting, as opposed to Gibtelecom. Even just the frame without the chip would be great.

Although, if anyone has an old Gibtelecom SIM they don't need, I'm happy to take it, as old Gibtelecom ones tend to have great designs!

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u/janthemanwlj — 2 months ago
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Any former Artsakhis with an old SIM?

Hey! My name is Jan, from Scotland, and I'm a SIM card collector. It's quite a niche hobby but I collect the cards you put in your phone. My long-term goal is to get a SIM from every country/territory/entity which has issued them, with a smaller part of that currently being everything from the former Soviet Union. I have managed to gather most but one place which is proving hard to find a card from is Artsakh.. I understand the fact that the country is now occupied (and I feel deep sympathy to all those who called it home), but I wanted to ask here if anyone who lived there before still has an old SIM from there, which they would be willing to send me. It doesn't need to be active or anything, I'd be happy even just the frame. Many thanks for your help!

Pictured in the second photo are some cards from my post-Soviet collection.

u/janthemanwlj — 2 months ago

How much network technology labels is there?

Hey. I've been wondering how much different names for network technologies have to be ready and prepared by phone companies, and otherwise how much distinct standards exist.

For example, E/EDGE, GPRS, H, H+, etc.

I also know that some countries have different names for different standards - For example 4G+ in the UK may be LTE+ in Poland or 4.5G in Turkiye.

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u/janthemanwlj — 2 months ago

SIM Card collection

Hey. I've been collecting SIM cards since I was young. I've always liked collecting stuff and I'm also interested in telecommunications/electronics, which tied in perfectly. My long-term goal is to get a card from every country, territory or jurisdiction that issues them; I'm on 95 countries out of probably over 300, with over unique 600 cards.

I've got a video with the entirety here if anyone's interested: https://youtu.be/YeYYPBzLiAc?is=RPCosZiAy9aWncyq

u/janthemanwlj — 2 months ago

SIM Card collection

Hey. I've been collecting SIM cards since I was young. I've always liked collecting stuff and I'm also interested in telecommunications/electronics, which tied in perfectly. My long-term goal is to get a card from every country, territory or jurisdiction that issues them; I'm on 95 countries out of probably over 300, with over unique 600 cards.

I've got a video with the entirety here if anyone's interested: https://youtu.be/YeYYPBzLiAc?is=RPCosZiAy9aWncyq

u/janthemanwlj — 2 months ago

SIM card

Hey! I'm a SIM card collector from Scotland. It's quite a niche thing to collect, but I collect SIMs (the cards you put in your phone) like one may collect stamps. A goal of mine is to get a SIM from every country/territory/entity which issues them. I wanted to ask if anyone is able to send me a SIM from Greenland. I don't need it to be active (although that would certainly be cool) or registered, I just need the plastic card. Ideally it would have the chip bit and the frame, but if you have only the frame lying around from an old one or something I would still be very happy if you're able to send it over. From what I gather the current main operator is Tusass, which I would be honoured to add to my collection. If needs be I am able to pay for a SIM pack or shipping as long as it isn't too expensive.

Many thanks for your help!

Pictured as an example are cards from some of the rarest countries I have - Greenland would certainly be an addition to that page ;)

u/janthemanwlj — 2 months ago

SIM Card

Hey! I'm a SIM card collector from Scotland. It's quite a niche thing to collect, but I collect SIMs (the cards you put in your phone) like one may collect stamls. A goal of mine is to get a SIM from every country/territory/entity which issues them. I wanted to ask if anyone is able to send me a SIM from Liechtenstein. I don't need it to be active (although that would certainly be cool) or registered, I just need the plastic card. Ideally it would have the chip bit and the frame, but if you have only the frame lying around from an old one or something I would still be very happy if you're able to send it over.

From what I gather the current operators are FL1, Swisscom and 7acht. Swisscom would probably be the most boring but I'd still be very happy to get one from any :)

Many thanks for your help!

Pictured for your viewing pleasure aee cards from some of the rarest countries I have.

u/janthemanwlj — 2 months ago
▲ 733 r/Scotland

Polish shop selling clothing line romanticising Glasgow

Had a double take when I saw this. Reminds me of when Japan did this a few years ago

Edit: didn't mean anything bad with "romanticising", just not the sort of light you usually think about glasgow in within scotland and unexpected to see on holiday for me haha

u/janthemanwlj — 3 months ago

Book falling apart straight from the shop

Hey. Bought this random manga as I found it interesting and I heard it wasn't too long, and I'm on holiday in a country where they are cheaper than where I live. I didn't check inside because.. who does that. I get home and open it up to find it litterally falling apart at the seams. You can see the failing glue on the inside spine. It doesn't have page numbers which makes anything but returning it risky. Worst thing is, even if this is a one-off defect, I believe the store only had one copy of this volume, and the place were staying at is relatively remote so going to any bookstore (including this one) with manga is a bit of a trek.

u/janthemanwlj — 3 months ago

[Unknown > English] Radio broadcast, maybe something Caucasian?

Received via sporadic E by my friend in Libya, so it would be anywhere between roughly 1300-2600km away in theory, although it could theoretically be a double hop. To me it sounds to be a Caucasian language but I'm unsure.

u/janthemanwlj — 3 months ago

What am I doing wrong 💔

I have to get into a forum to ask a silly question about some software. Instead, I'm stuck on a 20 year old captcha question. I tried 2, I tried "1one", whenever I submit it a few times it tells me I've tried it too much and to try later.

u/janthemanwlj — 3 months ago

Card destroyed in post

Hey. I'm an eBay seller, I typically don't deal with Pokemon cards but I had some Polish language spares from my childhood and noticed they were quite uncommon, so I put one up for auction a while ago. Fast track to today and I received this as a return. It was international (I live in the UK, the buyer was in Canada) and from the markings I can tell the damage happened when it was already in Canada. It wasn't an incredibly expensive card and I can easily get a refund for the customer if I file a claim with Royal Mail, but they aren't much of them out there so it's very sad to see. I put the card in a sleeve, toploader and cardboard on both sides so I genuinely don't get how this happened; either there was some horrible malfunction or Canada post uses shredders for their sorting machines. It almost looks like something has burnt. I've encountered damaged mail but never this bad. You can even see bits of the stamps I used, which have somehow made their way onto the cardboard when they were originally on the outer paper envelope.

u/janthemanwlj — 3 months ago

"Settled"

Hey. I've been reading home office materials on whether or not I have to register as a British citizen or if I am one automatically.

The main problem for me right now is inconsistent wording. The website specifically says:

*At least one of your parents will usually need to have had one of the following when you were born:

indefinite leave to remain (ILR)

right to re-admission

right of abode

permanent residence status, if you were born on or before 30 June 2021

settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme

Your parent would have been able to live and work in the UK without restrictions if they had any of these statuses.*

None of these technically apply; My parents didn't apply for settled status until much later, and PR wouldn't have applied to them yet either.

However, the guidance documents provided in certain claims word it differently. They simply say you need to have been *settled* which they define as * they were ordinarily resident there without being subject to any time limit under the immigration rules. A person is not

‘settled’ if he or she is in the UK either:

• in breach of the immigration laws

• as a member of a diplomatic mission, visiting forces or (with some exceptions)*

In theory then, according to this second version, I should be British automatically. Any thoughts on what I should follow?

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u/janthemanwlj — 3 months ago