▁Asia ▁and ▁South ▁America ) ▁ ▁X E ▁( Europe ). ▁ ▁Circ um vention ▁One ▁method ▁to ▁by pass ▁printer - region - c oding ▁is ▁to ▁store ▁empty ▁cart rid ges ▁from ▁the ▁old ▁region ▁and ▁ref ill ▁them ▁with ▁the ▁in k ▁of ▁cart rid ges ▁from ▁the ▁new ▁region , ▁but ▁many ▁modern ▁in k ▁cart rid ges ▁have ▁ch ips ▁and ▁sens ors ▁to ▁prevent ▁ref illing , ▁which ▁makes ▁the ▁process ▁more ▁difficult . ▁ ▁Some ▁manufact ur ers ▁of ▁regional ized ▁printer s ▁also ▁offer ▁region - free ▁printer s ▁spe cially ▁designed ▁for ▁travel ers . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁In k jet ▁ref ill ▁k it # Ant i - ref illing ▁prote ctions ▁used ▁by ▁printer ▁manufact ur ers . ▁ ▁Sm art ph ones ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁pack aging ▁of ▁the ▁S amsung ▁Gal axy ▁Note ▁ 3 ▁in ▁America ▁and ▁Europe ▁contained ▁a ▁warning ▁label ▁stating ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁only ▁operate ▁with ▁S IM ▁cards ▁from ▁the ▁region . ▁A ▁sp ok esp erson ▁clar ified ▁the ▁policy , ▁stating ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁prevent ▁grey - market ▁res elling , ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁only ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁S IM ▁card ▁inserted . ▁ ▁Cred it ▁cards ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁protection ▁against ▁the ft ▁and ▁mis use ▁in ▁foreign ▁countries , ▁some ▁credit ▁cards ▁can ▁be ▁locked ▁for ▁certain ▁regions . ▁If ▁the ▁card ▁holder ▁wants ▁to ▁travel ▁abroad