How do your Chinese friends or drivers or whoever do if they want to contact you?

GSP location are not 100% accurate. If your Didi driver try to contact you, he can't call your non-China number.

I have no friends in China. I travel solo. I did register my 2nd phone number for wechat just in case. In the end I didn't use it at all. I didn't ride e-hailing. I ride MRT to and from airport. I ride MRT and bus for 8 days in Guangzhou.

I have Alipay app. Under Alipay app, there's a program called Public Transport. I register a digital public transport card, scan Alipay app digital public transport card to enter and exit train station and it deducts money from my VISA credit card (that I bind to the Alipay).

thanks. learn something new.

u mean u scan your phone via NFC? or use QR code scanning with your phone?

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Apr 29 2024, 06:09 PM

For public transport
-Open Alipay app
-At the top panel same row with Scan button, select "Transport" （出行）
-Select the city
-You will find there's different types of digital public transport card available
-Choose one that you want to use (Bus, MRT)
-Register the digital transport card then you can use
-Example, when you want to enter and exit MRT train station, open Alipay, tap "Transport". Public Transport card QR will appear, scan this QR at the gate, it deducts money directly from your Alipay account when you exit.

Yes they can - driver can call you but of course it will cost you a fortune if you answer it (dont answer calls from Hangzhou )
As for GPS -always unreliable and inaccurate - GaoDe is where its at now, much more accurate, efficient and easy to use.

Couple of Didi driver says they can't contact me. Probably their phone doesn't automatically put in country code. And nobody in their right mind will want to call overseas number.

I install wechat on a new device again. failed to receive SMS 2FA code.