Looking to get a second z3V. I have a number associated with my z2 Verizon tablet, but I swapped it on my account (the number) with my old iPhone s4,which I use at work (operating a backhoe). Since the traveler is not being used on my verizon account, can I simply put the SIM card from it into the 2ND z3V?
The cards are the same size BUT they are a slightly different gold pad contact mapping.
If the answer is no, would Verizon give me a SIM card for the phone purchased on Amazon?
Why a second Z3v on the Verizon network?
AddictedToGlass said:
Looking to get a second z3V. I have a number associated with my z2 Verizon tablet, but I swapped it on my account (the number) with my old iPhone s4,which I use at work (operating a backhoe). Since the traveler is not being used on my verizon account, can I simply put the SIM card from it into the 2ND z3V?
The cards are the same size BUT they are a slightly different gold pad contact mapping.
If the answer is no, would Verizon give me a SIM card for the phone purchased on Amazon?
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Yes verizon will give you a sim card. I bought my phone from a retailer full price and they gave me one.
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Why a second Z3v on the Verizon network?
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I have two phones; my z3v, which I use only after work and it doesn't have a scratch or mark on it, and my iPhone 4s that I carry at work where I usually have dirty hands whilest using it. The iPhone 4s has endured well but at lunch time I would like the functionality of the z3V. But I don't want to ruin it with gritty fingers in a crappy environment.
Currently only family & friends have my z3v number. The 4s number is my older number and has business and billing associated with it. I want another z3V that I can use as a work phone (maybe).
Soon I can renew a separate plan using that same number and pay for it associating my tax ID number with it.
I'd love to have a phone with two different accounts and numbers on it! One for personal and one for business...
Alright, screw it! I bought a SmartWatch. The Asus Zenwatch 2, which has a speaker in it for doing calls (once Google rolls out the update that will bring that functionality). It was only a buck-fifty shipped, and the only other SW that has a speaker in it currently marketed is the $400 Huawei.
The NIB z3V will go into a drawer for future use, and I'll do my best not to wreck my new toy at work.
Goin' full-out geek!
Second z3V came today. Realized that when I bought my z2 tablet I used an upgrade from the number the old iPhone was on (my work phone) to get it at a decent price. I promptly went home and swapped the number back to the iPhone because I never really needed or wanted a number associated with the z2 tablet. That means I still have a full contract with that number, so I'm going to retire the iPhone and use the new z3V afterall.
Question; After I root and upgrade the new z3V, complete with recovery, can I simply take a saved recovery from my old phone and effectively clone the new one (besides the number) by copying it to the new phones SD card and recovering to it? Or is there to much individual phone specific data to do that?
AddictedToGlass said:
Second z3V came today. Realized that when I bought my z2 tablet I used an upgrade from the number the old iPhone was on (my work phone) to get it at a decent price. I promptly went home and swapped the number back to the iPhone because I never really needed or wanted a number associated with the z2 tablet. That means I still have a full contract with that number, so I'm going to retire the iPhone and use the new z3V afterall.
Question; After I root and upgrade the new z3V, complete with recovery, can I simply take a saved recovery from my old phone and effectively clone the new one (besides the number) by copying it to the new phones SD card and recovering to it? Or is there to much individual phone specific data to do that?
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Yes, you can definitely do that I believe. When I was testing out custom ROMs for the first time with Zach, he didn't have ZIP files made but rather just allow me to restore the System part. It worked for me. lol
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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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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?
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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.
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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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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
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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 phone is having telephony issues...data works fine *most of the time* (sometimes drops on AOKP / AOSP Roms) but calling out and texting people is a guessing game to see if it will say SENDING for 5 minutes before giving me the expected and dreaded window, "message could not be sent"
This happens on all custom ROMS and even on the stock Vigor HTC sense ROM. Im S-Off too. Running Newts HTC OnE xXx Sense 4.1 ROM.
The SIM card i'm using in my Rezound now was previously in my (now motherboard DOA) Thunderbolt and is almost 2 years old (got the T-Bolt a month after it came out)
I bought the Rezound used and the guy wanted to keep his SIM. So I don't have a spare one.
I'm thinking after 2 years the SIM card is going out and needs to be replaced..(if you think the problem is caused by something else please let me know!)..but here is a few things I need to know before calling Verizon.
1. First off. CAN I DO THIS?
2. WILL activating a new SIM card in the old SIM card's place TAKE AWAY MY UNLIMITED DATA?. (This is the biggest factor here)
3. will activating a new SIM change my contract or put me on a new billing plan? (same as previous)
Thanks for all your help!...I don't trust calling Verizon because they will tell me anything to get me off my old plan. Once I'm properly informed. I will take the necessary steps to solve this problem
SIM cards are free and don't affect your contract in any way. There are some problems that sending you a new SIM is an early step in the standard troubleshooting procedure.
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SIM cards are free and don't affect your contract in any way. There are some problems that sending you a new SIM is an early step in the standard troubleshooting procedure.
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So they can activate it without changing my contract or taking away my unlimited data? and should I switch to a stock ROM before I call verizon?
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That would be the "safe" way. That way if they ask you to do any specific troubleshooting, you don't have to worry about faking it.
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That would be the "safe" way. That way if they ask you to do any specific troubleshooting, you don't have to worry about faking it.
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I called Verizon Tech Support...and the woman it sounds like a "service issue" and the SIM card is part of the "service" ...and she said that would not change my contract at all. She ordered me a new SIM card and it should arrive at my house on Wednesday. (but most likely it will be delayed till Thursday because of Sandy)
I don't know if this idea applies, but it's worth looking into or maybe someone who knows more than me can comment but I know that on my iPad, when I loaded too many apps on it and didn't leave any 'room' for apps to operate, the iPad acted the same way as you've described.
I'm wondering if maybe the SD card you're using, is at or near its limit and if apps on Android phones act in a similar manner? Please check and let us know how much free space you have on your SD card.
The other thing it could be is oxidation on contacts within your phone. You mentioned that you've had it for a couple years. When you take the battery cover off, you can see several little gold contacts that connect to your battery cover which is the location of the antenna. If the contacts are corroded even the smallest amount, the impedance of the connections could be enough to degrade antenna performance. It would be difficult to see. You might want to try another battery cover if you have one, and see if that helps?
Hello my sis recently purchased an sprint iPhone 5s about a week ago from eBay it arrived with no Sim and I didn't think that was a problem as sprint is CDMA well trying to activate it was a different story talked to sprint after self activating wouldn't work and found out it did require a Sim so got transferred to sprint international and got to order a free Sim from them it arrived and activation didn't work talked to support and guy said I was sent an android varrarent of the Sim after he checked the numbers and I would have to reorder an iPhone compatible one they gave me free overnight ship and it came and activated fine my question is tho
Would it be possible to activate cheap Chinese phones like the goophone or there new s5Clones/generic android sim phones on sprint. I ask this question because the only Google results I could find were from like 2008 and older So not to relevant today and BTW I still don't like iPhone over priced fads that do half as much as a android
Anyone this is messing with me not knowing
cochran069 said:
Anyone this is messing with me not knowing
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i would of thought this thread/topic would of had a lot more traffic who wouldn't want a cheap replacement Chinese phone as a backup in-case of accidents or theft and loss on the sprint network.
i basically just wanted to know if possible because last time i knew of sprint was cdma only still but i don't understand why they would have android sim card
You will have to check pretty carefully to make sure that the Chinese phone has the correct frequencies for use on what ever Carrier you go with. There is an article here discussing the pros and cons of getting a Chinese branded phone.
One thing to note is that the Moto G pretty much takes every Chinese phone to school and for not really that much more $$$.
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You will have to check pretty carefully to make sure that the Chinese phone has the correct frequencies for use on what ever Carrier you go with. There is an article here discussing the pros and cons of getting a Chinese branded phone.
One thing to note is that the Moto G pretty much takes every Chinese phone to school and for not really that much more $$$.
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yea there are only a few company's i found the supports hspa+ net10 / with an at&t sim i figure at&t too but i believe every usa gsm network if i recall correctly supports voice and text bandwidths
my dad purchased a n9776 about a year ago and his data speeds on net10 with an at&t sim was around 15-18mpbs down before they rolled out the new plans for net10. now hes thinking of switching carriers the apns keep switching and loosing connection every other day causing his mms and data to stop working until we reenter the settings. but i'd like to know if sprint would be a viable option in the future (much better customer support). recently his charging port on his phone broke so he looking for a new phone. ill show him that moto g
So this seems like a pretty basic thing, but I just wanna be sure I'm not missing anything. I ordered the LG G3 under my Dad's phone number and it should be coming tomorrow. He was on a different plan, but had an upgrade and agreed to trade me the upgrade for my S4. Now I currently have it rooted and I was just going to leave it that way with HD ROM installed. Now my question is, is there a proper way to deactivate and reactivate it? Or is it as simple as swapping SIM cards? Any info would be appreciated.. thanks guys!
When signed into your Verizon account just hit manage devices on the left hand side of the account homepage. The menu will have an option for switching devices on the same plan to different lines
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So this seems like a pretty basic thing, but I just wanna be sure I'm not missing anything. I ordered the LG G3 under my Dad's phone number and it should be coming tomorrow. He was on a different plan, but had an upgrade and agreed to trade me the upgrade for my S4. Now I currently have it rooted and I was just going to leave it that way with HD ROM installed. Now my question is, is there a proper way to deactivate and reactivate it? Or is it as simple as swapping SIM cards? Any info would be appreciated.. thanks guys!
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Make sure you activate the LG G3 on his account *FIRST* with the SIM that came with the phone.
After that it's as easy as swapping the SIM.
My wife bought me the international version of the Samsung Gear S (SM-R750W). She said that she researched and from her understanding it should work on the T mobile network. From what I've found though the consensus seemed to be it would not work, or if it did it would be spotty at best depending on the specific towers/area you were in because Tmobile utilizes different network types in different areas.
I decide to give it a shot anyway and went to the T-Mobile store where I signed up for the wearable plan and got a new nano sim card. I was crossing my fingers but as soon as they put the sim card in the watch it came to life. It looked to be working fine but as I left the store I received a text from T-Mobile stating " the SIM for your wearable devices is in an ineligible device. Services to the SIM are locked until it returned to your eligible wearable device".
I pessimistically started thinking well great, there goes that idea. But as I got into my vehicle I shut my phone down and tried to see if the watch can work on its own as a phone when unencumbered from my Note 4 bluetooth/WiFi data connections. It worked perfectly-I started calling my friends and they couldn't believe I was talking on a watch phone. Several I actually felt the call sound quality was better on the watch speaker phone compared to normally speaking on the Note 4. I called customer service but they told me they couldn't see anything and if it was working fine not to worry about it.
For the next eight or 9 hours it worked perfectly and I was using it a lot. I drove around large swaths of town and neither data nor call experienced even the slightest issue - for once I was happy to be wrong.
Eventually, as I am oft to do, I fell asleep. When I awoke this morning the watch was no longer connected to the network. It gave me a message saying it was unable to connect and did I want to scan for additional networks. I selected yes and it was able to find the T-Mobile and ATT networks. T-Mobile was selected and a "registering" notification was displayed. It took awhile but eventually said it was unable to register with the network.
I call T-Mobile and they said pretty much exactly what I expected them to say -that because it was not a T mobile device they could not ensure proper operation. But he said (and he characterized this as "good news", "light at the end of a tunnel" and "viable solution” Seriously said all 3 things.) I could either forget all about the cellular connection and just use this as a companion device OR go and buy a new Gear S from T Mobile if I really wanted that feature.
I’m truly and utterly baffled that he believed his suggestions merited the positive sayings from above. Never in my lifetime has my head been closer to exploding.
After I was finally able to speak again, I explained that it seemed unlikely to be an issue with the watch. If my Gear S was working perfectly yesterday and can still detect Tmobile & ATT networks, then something on your end seems to be preventing registration. He agree to file a ticket with the engineering team and tomorrow I should hear from them hopefully. He also told me to go and try another nano-SIM, gratis, at the Tmobile store. So today I went and as soon as I put the new card in all systems were go. I assumed that I somehow had received a bad card because here again now, data and voice are connected.
This time I didn’t even make it out of the parking lot before it notified me that that it was again unable to register with the network. There is conflicting information regarding the radio frequencies and bands that the different Gear S models have and I didn’t have high hopes. But then it actually did work, WELL, so any ideas as to what is going wrong?
Imei not recognized as a wearable device by tmo
I am also getting very discouraged with the gear s on tmo.
But I think I finally got a tech person who may have found the problem ,
He said my gear s is no longer registering because the tmo system did not recognize the Imei as a wearable, that's why when I swapped sim with a friends iPhone sim, the gear worked. Because the wearable plan will only work with that device. The rep is asking engineering to add my Imei as wearable, but it has happen yet, he did not know if they could....
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I am also getting very discouraged with the gear s on tmo.
But I think I finally got a tech person who may have found the problem ,
He said my gear s is no longer registering because the tmo system did not recognize the Imei as a wearable, that's why when I swapped sim with a friends iPhone sim, the gear worked. Because the wearable plan will only work with that device. The rep is asking engineering to add my Imei as wearable, but it has happen yet, he did not know if they could....
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I guess that makes total sense, and answers my question if I could just get an Android watch phone at some point and use the same nano SIM that they gave me for my Gear S.
Could you post here if/when they added your IMEI? They were super unresponsive to my request to unlock my original Gear S (which I replaced with an ATT Gear S that ATT kindly unlocked for me), so I have little faith that Tmo are even willing to help their customers, but since I have my plan with them, I'd love to be wrong this time.
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Well I wish I had better news, but it is still not working, I called them back, they say they requested the engineering to add my IMEI , but who's knows if they did, they seem to have very little experience with gear s, it's very frustrating because it did work the first 2 months until I tried the sim in my iPhone. I think I have reached the end of the line ,
I might try closing acct and opening new again...
So can either buy new tmo gear s. And sell my unlocked att gear, or put mine on att,
But. I really liked the Tmo plan, and would probably had switched my other (family) lines to Tmo.
anyone have more ideas?
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Well I wish I had better news, but it is still not working, I called them back, they say they requested the engineering to add my IMEI , but who's knows if they did, they seem to have very little experience with gear s, it's very frustrating because it did work the first 2 months until I tried the sim in my iPhone. I think I have reached the end of the line ,
I might try closing acct and opening new again...
So can either buy new tmo gear s. And sell my unlocked att gear, or put mine on att,
But. I really liked the Tmo plan, and would probably had switched my other (family) lines to Tmo.
anyone have more ideas?
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Maybe try to cancel your wearbales plan, then get one again, with a new SIM and new number?
I would not buy a tmo gear S: they won't unlock it and it costs $50 more. I use an unlocked ATT Gear S on T-mo without issues, but if putting the SIM in another device caused this for you, and the SIM itself is not the problem, they must have some kind of hold/notice on your wearables plan in your account, I think?