Time to send an SMS from my UK GiffGaff SIM to keep Sim active,but it failed to send several times, checked all the settings on the phone all OK

So I thought send an SMS from TrueH to my UK Giffgaff SIM but the messages  came back from my GiffGaff number invalid keyword.

After  spending so much time and getting nowhere I took out the SIM gave it a clean put it back and it worked

 

A little info if you have the same problem

 

Check. Clean things work better than dirty things. Note made. ????

This is the forum for such a question; better than the place where you bough the stuff.

Those duel sims never get along their always challenging each other.

Yep, clean you phone everybody or your Sim Card might fail.

Me, myself and I would just buy a new phone. ???? 

Maybe the SIM cards started a duel in the dual SIM card phone and one died?

I hope you recover soon from this traumatic experience!

How did you get your giffgaff sim? you bring over or get someone to send it? @sometime

I'm just getting a friend to send one over, I've activated, but I've asked him to try and use first before sending. 

 

With ASDA mobile it has to be used in the UK first before coming to Thailand

Had it sent to my daughters in the UK she activated it and put credit on, then she sent it to me

14 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

How did you get your giffgaff sim? you bring over or get someone to send it? @sometime

I'm just getting a friend to send one over, I've activated, but I've asked him to try and use first before sending. 

 

With ASDA mobile it has to be used in the UK first before coming to Thailand

Giffgaff website will send them to you, just fill in your name and Thai address.

https://www.giffgaff.com/freesim-international

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Giffgaff website will send them to you, just fill in your name and Thai address.

https://www.giffgaff.com/freesim-international

Yes I read that before but decided not to risk it but next time maybe

5 hours ago, sometime said:

Had it sent to my daughters in the UK she activated it and put credit on, then she sent it to me

was it Royal Mail tracked delivery or just post it and hope it turns up? 

Track & Trace Royal Mail.

Over the years we have discovered anything posted/recieved in a brown envelope in Thailand is classed as unimportant

On 9/12/2020 at 6:23 PM, scubascuba3 said:

How did you get your giffgaff sim? you bring over or get someone to send it? @sometime

I'm just getting a friend to send one over, I've activated, but I've asked him to try and use first before sending. 

 

With ASDA mobile it has to be used in the UK first before coming to Thailand

They don’t have to be activated in the U.K., when I came to do my 6 month SMS to keep my sim alive I couldn’t find it anywhere, finally assumed I had lost it when changing sims en route from the U.K..

I had a couple of unused sims , probably about 3 years old, popped one in and was able to transfer my old number and balance to it, great service !!