How long can you use your phone with an Egyptian tourist SIM before it gets blocked, and does leaving Egypt reset the timer?
Based on 1 discussion with 2 participants · Last activity: 9 days ago
TL;DR
According to the discussion, a phone can be blocked after 90 days from its first registration on an Egyptian mobile network. Leaving Egypt earlier does not appear to reset the countdown, and swapping to another SIM does not prevent the device block.
What the community said
The key timeframe mentioned is 90 days until the device is disabled after its first registration on an Egyptian mobile network. The rule was described as applying not only to tourists, but to everyone.
9 days ago 90 days
Leaving Egypt before the deadline, for example after 15 days, was not considered a way to reset the countdown. Once the phone has already appeared on an Egyptian network, the block is still expected later.
9 days ago 15 days
Switching from one local SIM to another, such as using one for 29 days and then a second one, was not presented as a solution: the block affects the phone itself, not just one specific SIM.
9 days ago 29 days