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SimNest Terms of Use

Version 1.0 · Effective 【Effective date】

This is a translation. If it differs from the Chinese version, the Chinese version prevails.

Welcome to SimNest. These terms are an agreement between you and 【Operator name】 ("we") about the SimNest iPhone app, the SimNest Gateway Android app and the SimNest service (together, "the Service"). By tapping "Agree" or using the Service, you confirm that you have read and agree to these terms and the Privacy Policy. Please pay special attention to the terms in bold.

1. What the Service is

SimNest turns an Android phone of your own (the "gateway phone") into a SIM gateway. Calls and messages are forwarded through the gateway phone to your iPhone and to the iPhones of family members you allow. You can also call and send messages from your iPhone on the gateway phone's numbers.

The Service is not a carrier and does not provide phone numbers, call lines or messaging lines. Every call and message uses your own SIM card in the gateway phone, is billed by that card's carrier, and its charges are yours.

2. Who may use it

  1. You must be at least 18 and have full legal capacity. Minors may use the Service only with a guardian's consent and guidance.
  2. The gateway phone and its SIM cards must be yours, or you must have the owner's express permission. The SIM cards must be registered under real names where the law requires it.
  3. You provide and keep the gateway phone powered and online with the gateway app running, and your iPhone online.
  4. Family members you invite should be people you trust who agree to use the Service under these terms. Tell them what the Service does and what they can see.

3. What you must not do

You must not use the Service for anything unlawful, including:

  1. telecom fraud, nuisance calls, or spam or bulk marketing messages;
  2. impersonating others, or using SIM cards that are unregistered, of unknown origin or not yours;
  3. obtaining or intercepting other people's calls, messages, verification codes or contacts without consent;
  4. offering number-receiving, code-receiving or virtual-number services to others, paid or free;
  5. evading or interfering with the anti-fraud, real-name or regulatory measures of carriers or authorities;
  6. cracking, reverse-engineering or attacking the Service or other users' devices;
  7. anything else that breaks applicable laws and regulations.

If we find such use, we may stop serving the devices involved immediately and cooperate with the authorities as the law requires. You bear the legal consequences.

4. Things to know

  1. Emergency calls: The Service can't be used to call emergency numbers, whether mainland China's 110, 119, 120 or 122 or other countries' and regions' (such as 112, 911, 999 or 000). The gateway phone is at home, so a call through it would give the emergency centre the gateway's location and number and could delay help. In an emergency, call from a phone near you. Both apps block these numbers and show your region's emergency numbers.
  2. Availability: The Service depends on the gateway phone's battery, network and system settings (such as battery saving and background limits), on the carrier, on your iPhone's network and on our servers. If any of them fails, calls may not come through and messages may be delayed or lost. Don't rely on the Service alone for important calls and messages.
  3. Message results: "Sent" means the carrier accepted the message, not that it was delivered. Resending one whose result is unknown may deliver it twice.
  4. Two SIMs: On a dual-SIM, single-active phone, a call on one SIM makes the other SIM's incoming calls busy.
  5. Default apps: The gateway phone needs SimNest Gateway as its default SMS and phone app. The gateway phone itself has no full calling interface.
  6. Family access: What family can do follows the rights the owner sets, which the owner can change or revoke at any time. If the gateway can't confirm the latest rights for 5 minutes, calls on iPhones are ended and messages pause until it confirms.
  7. Verification codes: With automatic copying on, codes you receive are put on the iPhone clipboard, which other apps may read.
  8. Test versions: Versions distributed through TestFlight and the like may be unstable, and features may change or stop.

5. Fees

The Service is currently free. Carrier charges for calls, messages and data are yours. If we ever charge for the Service, we will tell you in advance and ask for your consent again.

6. Intellectual property

The software, interface, marks and documents of the Service belong to 【Operator name】 or their owners. We give you a personal, non-commercial, non-transferable licence to use them. Open-source components are provided under their own licences, listed in the app.

7. Changes, suspension and termination

  1. We may update, adjust or stop parts of the Service, and will try to tell you in the app in advance.
  2. You may unpair, uninstall the apps and stop using the Service at any time.
  3. If you break these terms, we may suspend or stop serving the devices involved.

8. Disclaimer and limits of liability

See the Disclaimer, which is part of these terms.

9. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China (for this purpose excluding the laws of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Disputes should first be settled by negotiation; failing that, either party may sue in the competent people's court at 【Operator's location】.

10. Updates

We will tell you in the app when these terms change, and ask for your consent again if your important rights are affected. If you don't agree, you may stop using the Service.

11. Contact

【Operator name】 · 【Contact email】