I am a Vibrant owner with all the Team Whiskey goodness. My sim card is about 5 years old. Is there any reason to get a new one?
copter105 said:
I am a Vibrant owner with all the Team Whiskey goodness. My sim card is about 5 years old. Is there any reason to get a new one?
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Same here. Idk.
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I think mine is coming up on 8 years old, still going strong!
I recently got my sim changed because Tmo store did it for free. I spoke to the rep about the advantage of changing to newer sim and he said that it will have new information about the tmo network, and that might improve speed. Also if your phone is getting delay text messages (few hours or days latter) then the new sim would fix it.
Mine old sim was 5+ years too and i didnt have any issue. If it free, why not!
Also ask the rep to keep your old sim in case you need a replacement sim. I think it cost about $10 for replacement sim.
No need to update the sim card. 6+ strong here. If you need a new one for any reason, do not go to an official tmo store. They will charge you $20. Your better off going to an authorized reseller. Preferebly like a target or walmart. A place where they dont really care and will give it away for free.
I actually still have the sim card that came in the box (still in the box). But When I got my Vibrant I just pulled my sim out of my old phone and put it in my Vibrant. I don't want to mess anything up but, would it help or hurt anything if I put this new one in my Vibrant?
copter105 said:
I actually still have the sim card that came in the box (still in the box). But When I got my Vibrant I just pulled my sim out of my old phone and put it in my Vibrant. I don't want to mess anything up but, would it help or hurt anything if I put this new one in my Vibrant?
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I did the exact same thing as you. I would also Like to know if it will help switching to the new sim? If it does help switching to the new one, how do I go about changing sim and how do I transfer all of my contacts to the new sim.
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T-Mo told me I had to update my SIM when I purchased my Vibrant. No charge, but no good explanation either.
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When i got my Vibrant back in October i was not told to switch the sim to the newer one, but i was noticing really choppy really poor 3g signal. I did my research and the newer sims have something to do with it. Now since i switched to the newer sim my phone gets excellent reception.
sLiKK said:
I did the exact same thing as you. I would also Like to know if it will help switching to the new sim? If it does help switching to the new one, how do I go about changing sim and how do I transfer all of my contacts to the new sim.
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Put the old one in and go to your contacts and press menu>import from sim. And then they will be on your phone. Call the number that came with the new card and activate your new one. Put that one in the phone. Open contacts, menu>export to sim and you will have them in your new sim
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Mine died yesterday. I mean suddenly my vibbie pops up a message no sim card. It was 6 year old so I went to tmobile store and they exchanged it for free. They shouldn't charge you for that
da_dragon2k3 said:
No need to update the sim card. 6+ strong here. If you need a new one for any reason, do not go to an official tmo store. They will charge you $20. Your better off going to an authorized reseller. Preferebly like a target or walmart. A place where they dont really care and will give it away for free.
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If everything works
probably no need to change it. But probably no harm either.
I had a SIM that was more than 10 years old - going back to Voicestream.
The MyAccount app and WiFi calling wouldn't work with it, so I went to Tmo store and asked for a new SIM. They gave it to me for free.
My Wife and I had to change our SIM cards (over 10 years old) because they would not allow importing of numbers to the Vibrant. Nor did they allow us to sign in to the Android market. Took Tmobile a whole day to figure out what was wrong.lol
The only reason I have ever replaced my SIM card is when I have lost my phone and not had an extra SIM card. I now have 8 SIM cards... if you you really feel the need to replace it send me a pm w/ an address and I will gladly send you one. But if your SIM card is working there is no need to replace it.
My coworker just get her first Android, she had an old Razr.
I was working the first time she asked me to show her how to work it and set up stuff. Today I asked if she got the hang of it yet , and she said no its locked and she cant use it and att couldent help her... Okay ..
So something about she had to use the sim that came with the phone. and now she cant get into the phone .
is there a motorolla activation password or something . The new sim is working in her old Razr for now.
Is there antyhing I can do to get her phone back working?
I think the phone is refurbished ,orderd online some where, dont understand whats so difficult and why a simple call to att didnt fix it.
but ill at least look at it for here tomorrow if u guys can give me some Atrix info
More info needed. Exactly what happens when the phone is turned on? Is it an AT&T phone?
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Its att she saying now it wont hold a charge ill look at it tomorrow so I can explain , shes not very computer smart
What password could she be talking about , ive never used a Sim card
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this happen to my sister's phone. we just called AT&T and they had to reset the phone from their end. I honestly don't know what happened nor how it got to that point, but the AT&T rep I spoke with apparently knew exactly what to do.
I thought it was my sister trying to set a passcode on her phone but accidentally set a SIM passcode or something.
anyway, have her try this. see if it works.
Only pass codes she could have set are the SIM or the lock screen password I think. We'll better placed to help when you can give some accurate feedback as to exactly what the phone is, or is not doing.
Anyone else got this?
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maybe a little more info would from your side would help
Did you get a brand new SIM with your phone, or are you using one that was used in a different device? Have you by any chance handled the SIM not correctly? Tried to carefully clean the contacts side?
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maybe a little more info would from your side would help
Did you get a brand new SIM with your phone, or are you using one that was used in a different device? Have you by any chance handled the SIM not correctly? Tried to carefully clean the contacts side?
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It was a brand new SIM that came with the preorder. I've never taken the SIM out, but I'll try taking out the SIM to see if the person who put it in at ATT corporate did it wrong or something.
arex said:
It was a brand new SIM that came with the preorder. I've never taken the SIM out, but I'll try taking out the SIM to see if the person who put it in at ATT corporate did it wrong or something.
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Yes take the SIM out, enter again and try it for a while. I don't have any problems with the SIM the phone shipped with.
I had to get a new SIM from a store after my cats decided mine old one was a play toy (I was swapping it between phones to make sure my old one was okay to sell)
After I put it in the my X+, I had phone service but no data service. The store couldn't figure it out, but phone tech support looked up my new SIM card number and realized that the store hadn't activated my data plan on it. It was resolved quickly once they figured that out, but might be a good question to ask if you're still having problems.
Hello everyone,
I though I was better with all of this, but I am not, and I need your help.
I got two Galaxy s4 form Verizon. One for me and my gf.
She was going away to Europe for vacation and I was trying to be clever guy and unlock sim lock for her. So she could use it over seas..
Well after talking with Verizon it turn out that phone is unlock and ready to got, so I put Tmobile card inside and it work but had that notification that it was non Verizon sim and it only took calls. busted...
So I try to root it...
or main plan was to make this phone to be like non Verizon phone, so it would look like is running with out all that Verizon stuff just pure android.
so I think I succeed with rooting but it was still Verizon phone. I got couple more files that I put in on my phone thru Odin.
And now
that galaxy would not start.
you power it on goes to that Samsung sine at beginning with "lock" icon that is open, with sine "custom" and it will not go any further...
I can put it to download mode, but idk what to put in to it true odin.
and when I go to recovery mode it goes to "team win recovery project v2.5.0.2", but idk what to do in there plus I tried to reset it couple of times...
so I am beat and no idea what I am doing and I am asking for help...
I been with that situation over two weeks now... and I had to go back to my s3...
she took my (second one) SG4 with her because we thought that maybe she will get it to work with non americans companies like Verizon said but she cant even text on it because she cant put any ne Access Point Names... but that's other problem... and some other time...
The one I am stuck with is main one...
Can any one help bring this phone back to live?
Either to Verizon version or if possible to Verizon stock free just pure android?
either Way I will be very grateful for help..
Thanks for your time
I will try to keep it short. Phone is not rooted and worked on straight talk for one week then started the no sim error. I have called verizon and straight talk even samsung multiple times. The phone will acknowledge a sprint or t-mobile sim but that's it. I have very little access as you know they are greed out. I am new to all this but have worked for over a month trying to fix this. I have went thru several sim cards and I know the hardware is good. I really appreciate any help as my back up is a J100 and I hate it.
PS imei is fine but samsung serial number is listed as all zeros?