Hey guys I've had my eyes on a Nexus and I'll most likely have one within the next month or two (whenever Craigslist prices drop). Is it true that it uses a micro 4g sim card? My standard 4g sim card would not fit would it? I'm on Verizon.
I wonder if a sim cutter would work like they do on AT&T. I switch between phones often so I'd like to have the capability to go to another 4g phone without going to see Big Red. Thanks for any information.
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The LTE phone uses Micro SIM, the GSM one uses normal SIM cards
The sim from my Thunderbolt DID NOT work in the Nexus (micro sim) ... I was so bummed that I sold the Bolt ... I mean whats the point if I can't swap between the two.
gnath9 said:
The sim from my Thunderbolt DID NOT work in the Nexus (micro sim) ... I was so bummed that I sold the Bolt ... I mean whats the point if I can't swap between the two.
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There are adapters for Micro SIM -> SIM.
aavan said:
There are adapters for Micro SIM -> SIM.
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Thanks, ..... I didnt even think of that. Might have been that I was offerd 200 for the bolt so that made my Nexus just 49.95 out of pocket
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There are adapters for Micro SIM -> SIM.
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So the AT&T adapters all over the net will work? I haven't seen any specifically for Verizon sims?
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joshw0000 said:
So the AT&T adapters all over the net will work? I haven't seen any specifically for Verizon sims?
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not sure...but the micro sim card has a very small slot to fit in on the Nexus.....not sure even with an adaptor will it fit in?
I can confirm that the vzw microsim used in my lte gnex will work in a Thundebolt with a microsim adapter.
I originally was going to try the above in the reverse, but my microsim cutter did not come in time. I just had vzw activate a new microsim. I have no reason to think this would not work.
bunklung said:
I can confirm that the vzw microsim used in my lte gnex will work in a Thundebolt with a microsim adapter.
I originally was going to try the above in the reverse, but my microsim cutter did not come in time. I just had vzw activate a new microsim. I have no reason to think this would not work.
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Awesome, thanks. I was hoping I'd be able to cut or adapt to go back and forth.
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A cut down sim will work perfectly. I was too damn lazy and just got a micro sim, but a cut down sim would work fine bro.
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So the AT&T adapters all over the net will work? I haven't seen any specifically for Verizon sims?
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A SIM is a SIM. Hell, if the phones weren't locked and using incompatible bands, you could swap AT&T and VZW SIM's at will. Maybe...someday...when we have multiband NA LTE chipsets...
I really want a Nexus. Anyone wana sell me theirs? Or trade?
(I know this isn't the section. I have a post in the Marketplace. No serious responses expected.)
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Hi,
Does anyone knows of a WORKING dual sim card adapter for the myTouch 4G?
Thanks in advance!
voodoodoo1226 said:
Hi,
Does anyone knows of a WORKING dual sim card adapter for the myTouch 4G?
Thanks in advance!
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If you are wanting two numbers to go to your phone Google Voice is the best option out there.
Thank you, but I just want to use my phone overseas when I am there, and at the same time be able to use my current USA T-Mobile sim (through Wifi.) Right now it's a hassle having to power off, take out battery, and swap sim each time.
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Thank you, but I just want to use my phone overseas when I am there, and at the same time be able to use my current USA T-Mobile sim (through Wifi.) Right now it's a hassle having to power off, take out battery, and swap sim each time.
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i don't know how two SIM cards would even fit under battery of this phone it's pretty dang tight.
I found this
http://www.simore.us/us/compatibilites_200_T-Mobile_myTouch-4G_5871.php
I don't have one but the prices are expensive for these? I too would like to have a dual sim card adapter.
Then it also says this
The T-Mobile myTouch-4G has not yet suffered full compatibility tests
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Don't know what that means.
pinoyz said:
I found this
http://www.simore.us/us/compatibilites_200_T-Mobile_myTouch-4G_5871.php
I don't have one but the prices are expensive for these? I too would like to have a dual sim card adapter.
Then it also says this Don't know what that means.
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I'm guess it's really bad engrish for " we have not tested the MyTouch4G with this product yet "
neidlinger said:
i don't know how two SIM cards would even fit under battery of this phone it's pretty dang tight.
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With most dual sim adapter you would have to cut the sims. There are some that dont require cutting but the adapter would be dangling from the phone, which can be concealed with the case (the special scratch protector case.)
pinoyz said:
I found this
http://www.simore.us/us/compatibilites_200_T-Mobile_myTouch-4G_5871.php
I don't have one but the prices are expensive for these? I too would like to have a dual sim card adapter.
Then it also says this Don't know what that means.
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Yeah, I also found this (before I posted the question here.) It means the myTouch 4G is not fully tested for compatibility. If you look at some of the other phone models, it would say something like "....fully tested and compatible..."
I was just hoping to see if anyone ACTUALLY used one of these for the myTouch 4G.
Also I read really bad reviews on Simore. About the product not working and can't get a refund. So I dont think I will try them.
Hey guys.
I have a galaxy s2, and thinking of picking up a htc one x, purely for its awesomeness.
But i have my sim card in the s2, and im with o2, so i was wondering if the sim card will fit in the HTC One X. As i heard it has a micro sim? Has anybody with O2 had any experience with this?
Thanks
Adam
You'll need to covert it to a micro sim or phone 02 to get a replacement micro sim.
If you are a bit worried about cutting the sim, buy a sim cutter from eBay for a couple of quid.
alrite. i understand the procdure for transferring to a micro sim is pretty simple right?
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alrite. i understand the procdure for transferring to a micro sim is pretty simple right?
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This link should be of interest: http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/microsim/#howToSimSwap
It will mate, you can also get a cheap cutter from the bay. Good to see more S2 users here making the jump.
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It will mate, you can also get a cheap cutter from the bay. Good to see more S2 users here making the jump.
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alrite cheers mate i will also pick up a microsim just in case. and i know. it felt like a change and tw on the s3 was a no go
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Sim cut will work unless you have incompatible SIM A SIM that has really big contacts which look more like a globe than square. That's what I had from O2 in Ireland and it didn't work in One X.
So I went to O2 store, asked for replacement and got it after 1 minute of waiting, free of charge, already activated. They did not ask for old SIM, they simply deactivated it. Can't be any easier really
Didn't bother with a SIM cutter, just cut it myself using a template, a pair of scissors and a nail file! My O2 sim worked in my Vodafone handset (eventually!)
Anyone get their note II from tmobile? Did it come with a programmed mini sim ? I just found out about this and my old sim is the og and wont work in the note. If it doesnt come with a programmed sim am I going to have to bring it to a tmobile dealer to have it programmed?
You can either buy a new micro sim at their retail store, or you could just cut the sim into a micro sim.
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I'm sure your n2 came with a micro sim in the box. You can always go to my.t-mobile.com and activate your new sim online. Takes about 2 mins and although it says it might take 2 hours to activate, it's almost always immediate.
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Here in Sweden the carrier put my old sim in something that looked like a nail clipper. 2 seconds later a mini sim had been stamped out. I can only imagine your carrier has the same tool.
Simply take your old sim to your local dealer and let them know you need a micro for your GN2.. I did this when I got my GS3 and they transferred all my contacts as well cause I didn't back them up t google..
Just as a side note. If your like me and swap phones often and your old ones are mini SIM vs micro SIM them you will need a converter. You can get them on eBay for like a dollar. I think I paid 5 bucks for 5. This way you can use your mini SIM in your old phones. It's just a plastic template that the mini SIM fits into. I'm using one right now in my SG2. Rumor is T-Mobile will start carrying them as well. I think there's are red vs mine are black but the color makes no difference.
Casperi
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Not to nitpick, but for exactitude's sake: what we typically refer to as "regular" SIM cards are technically "Mini" SIMs. The "full-size" ones were credit-card sized and weren't around for very long.
Standard sim cards are "mini sim" The smaller squarish ones are micro sim. IF you bought brand new, should have a micro in the box. Otherwise, cut yours down. Takes less than 5 to go online and activate new micro tho.
Nice. Thanks for the tips!!! I didn't know it could be activated online and the nearest store is a half hour away . So thats definitely awesome. Should have it mon or tues. Thanks folks!
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Nice. Thanks for the tips!!! I didn't know it could be activated online and the nearest store is a half hour away . So thats definitely awesome. Should have it mon or tues. Thanks folks!
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All you have to do is login to my.t-mobile.com and find the "activate sim card" Or, I guess you could do live chat or call them.
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Nice. Thanks for the tips!!! I didn't know it could be activated online and the nearest store is a half hour away . So thats definitely awesome. Should have it mon or tues. Thanks folks!
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You can always call 611 and talk to customer care as well. They can activate it for you. And if your old phone had contacts on the sim card and it's backed up with tmobile's backup, you can port all the contacts as well. Or, have all your contacts via google mail, and all the contacts get automagically transferred over.
When I ordered my note 2 T Mobile sent a MicroSIM with it and you can just go to www.T-Mobile.com/sim to activate it.
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You can always call 611 and talk to customer care as well. They can activate it for you. And if your old phone had contacts on the sim card and it's backed up with tmobile's backup, you can port all the contacts as well. Or, have all your contacts via google mail, and all the contacts get automagically transferred over.
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I can't find mobile life contact on Note 2, didn't see the option to add it either on the setting. Am i missing something?
It shows up on my S3, but not on Note 2, stock Rom.
I guess i have to export it from T-Mobile and transfer it to google.
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All you have to do is login to my.t-mobile.com and find the "activate sim card" Or, I guess you could do live chat or call them.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR2AOfdN6x4
Dmwitz said:
Here in Sweden the carrier put my old sim in something that looked like a nail clipper. 2 seconds later a mini sim had been stamped out. I can only imagine your carrier has the same tool.
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Actually if you have an old mini sim card or us people call it a sim card, some features like Wi-Fi calling won't work. That's what had to be done when I switched to the S2. Jumped ships onto the S3 was when I got my micro sim card, then switched to the Note 2, so now I have an extra micro sim card just in case.
Wanted to use my prepaid sim in my new Note2. Tmobile tried charging me $20 for a new micro sim which is ridiculous so I just went home and cut my sim down myself.
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Wanted to use my prepaid sim in my new Note2. Tmobile tried charging me $20 for a new micro sim which is ridiculous so I just went home and cut my sim down myself.
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You could have ordered one for free on tmo prepaid Site
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papabear said:
You could have ordered one for free on tmo prepaid Site
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Link?
casperi said:
Just as a side note. If your like me and swap phones often and your old ones are mini SIM vs micro SIM them you will need a converter. You can get them on eBay for like a dollar. I think I paid 5 bucks for 5. This way you can use your mini SIM in your old phones. It's just a plastic template that the mini SIM fits into. I'm using one right now in my SG2. Rumor is T-Mobile will start carrying them as well. I think there's are red vs mine are black but the color makes no difference.
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Yes, most stores have the adapters now, I think they're about $5.
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Okay, well 1$ meow, but still..
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phones/prepaid-sim-cards
Of and on they have offered free and free overnight ship. Not sure if the 1$ ones include free overnight ship.
Ok I upgraded to the S3 yesterday and didn't know the sim card was smaller than the s2 so I cut it to fit and it works but only on UTMS not HSPA network like I got with my S2. It says 4G in the status bar but network is UTMS not HSPA like it's supposed to be. So my question is if I buy the special sim card at tmobile for $ 20 will it make a difference or not? Basically will I get my HSPA network status back.Makes no since that on the S2 I got HSPA but only UTMS on the S3. Is there something special in the newer sim cards? I noticed the gold pad on the mini micro's are smaller than the regular sim cards as well. Thanks for any insight.
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Ok I upgraded to the S3 yesterday and didn't know the sim card was smaller than the s2 so I cut it to fit and it works but only on UTMS not HSPA network like I got with my S2. It says 4G in the status bar but network is UTMS not HSPA like it's supposed to be. So my question is if I buy the special sim card at tmobile for $ 20 will it make a difference or not? Basically will I get my HSPA network status back.Makes no since that on the S2 I got HSPA but only UTMS on the S3. Is there something special in the newer sim cards? I noticed the gold pad on the mini micro's are smaller than the regular sim cards as well. Thanks for any insight.
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Go to the local tmobile store and they will replace it for free as long as you are on the T-Mobile network.
(that's what I did) LOL
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Go to the local tmobile store and they will replace it for free as long as you are on the T-Mobile network.
(that's what I did) LOL
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I called them and they told me the card was $ 20 and I have been with them almost 2 years now... so that's crazy ain't it.
Edit: One store said $ 20 and another said free ... Sounds like one of them was trying to get me for $20...lol
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I called them and they told me the card was $ 20 and I have been with them almost 2 years now... so that's crazy ain't it.
Edit: One store said $ 20 and another said free ... Sounds like one of them was trying to get me for $20...lol
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I know... It's crazy for sure.
If you call the 1-800 number for Tmobile and tell them what happened, they will tell you it's free.
That's what I did before I went down to the local Tmobile store to get my card replaced.
The way I found out it was free is I googled it and found it was free, this was even before I called
the toll free 1-800 number to verify it.
Hope the store that told you it's free is not too far from you.
Good luck!
UMTS is normsl. It does this to conserve power and bandwidth. Check it while downloading a large file.
Did your S3 not come with a sim?
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DocHoliday77 said:
UMTS is normsl. It does this to conserve power and bandwidth. Check it while downloading a large file.
Did your S3 not come with a sim?
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No, my S3 did not come with one since I purchased it new on eBay
and I did not even know that the sim card in from my S2 would not fit..
Oh ok. I thought that sny new T999 would have a sim in the box, but maybe its only if you buy through tmobile.
Anyway, glad you found a new one for free. If your other one was yoo old some features wouldnt work anyway, such as wifi calling or hotspot.
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Oh ok. I thought that sny new T999 would have a sim in the box, but maybe its only if you buy through tmobile.
Anyway, glad you found a new one for free. If your other one was yoo old some features wouldnt work anyway, such as wifi calling or hotspot.
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Tmobile does not require you to buy a phone from them, I just switched to tmobile about 12 months
ago from AT&T and at that time I had the S2 then I purchased the unlocked S3 on eBay.
Even though it was new I never expected it to come with a sim card. LOL
I was unaware that the S3 sim is a lot smaller because I over looked that detail about the phone.
Then I went down to the local tmobile store and they gave me one free of charge and un-registered
the old larger sim which I had.
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Oh ok. I thought that sny new T999 would have a sim in the box, but maybe its only if you buy through tmobile.
Anyway, glad you found a new one for free. If your other one was yoo old some features wouldnt work anyway, such as wifi calling or hotspot.
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X's 2 !!! I too came from a S2 and just cut mine using a box cutter and all is well... u shud of saw my face when I cracked the back of my S3 open... Found a vid on YouTube that was my savior. .
I used to switch the SIM cards manually in my old GNex, but this has become much less convenient with the SIM tray in Nexus 5. So I've decided it's time for a dual SIM adapter. Such as magic-sim, for example?
Has anyone tried it? Is it convenient to use? Does it fit with all cases? What about standing cases such as this one?
I am curious about this too. The magic sim says it is compatible with the Nexus 5 but I wanted to know if anyone had tried it.
Has anyone managed to get this and have it working?
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I have the dual sim adapter that I originally was going to use for my nexus 4 but never tried to do the dual sim.
I've been trying, without success, to put where the sim and the piece under where the info of the sim card reads but keeps saying no sim card. I do have an easy time pulling the sim card out with the piece on the adapter. Keep watching youtube videos but I dont know if I wore out the electro thingies, dont know the technical term, when trying to match.
Does anyone else have any info / experience with a dual sim adapter for the nexus 5
I am in a situation where a second sim would help me out, but i dont want to have to manually swap them out.
Same here, I'd like to use a second sim in my phone if possible... Anyone know if this works?
ZeGuitarist said:
Same here, I'd like to use a second sim in my phone if possible... Anyone know if this works?
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I just got the magicsim none cut model today. Its works fine switching between 2 gsm networks but the STK menu won't appear when using a sprint Sim and also data doesn't work with a sprint Sim installed. Guess I'm out 50 bucks....
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I just got the magicsim none cut model today. Its works fine switching between 2 gsm networks but the STK menu won't appear when using a sprint Sim and also data doesn't work with a sprint Sim installed. Guess I'm out 50 bucks....
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Thanks for the reply! As I'm in Europe and therefore only ever on GSM networks, I wouldn't be having those problems I guess...
Could you please post some pictures of the adapter and SIMs installed in your phone, please? I have literally no idea how the hell these things would work, or how you'd even get the things into your phone to start with.
Thanks!
ZeGuitarist said:
Thanks for the reply! As I'm in Europe and therefore only ever on GSM networks, I wouldn't be having those problems I guess...
Could you please post some pictures of the adapter and SIMs installed in your phone, please? I have literally no idea how the hell these things would work, or how you'd even get the things into your phone to start with.
Thanks!
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I could post some this evening for sure.
It gets placed over the microsim in your phone then they together get put in the Sim tray and then folded over. Its paper thing so you slide that into the phone so you then have the second Sim dangling around. You put a full size Sim in slot two and bend it over the back side of the phone and sandwich Sim two in between the phone and a case. Its fairly thin and fits with the play store bumper well with just a little bulging.
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I could post some this evening for sure.
It gets placed over the microsim in your phone then they together get put in the Sim tray and then folded over. Its paper thing so you slide that into the phone so you then have the second Sim dangling around. You put a full size Sim in slot two and bend it over the back side of the phone and sandwich Sim two in between the phone and a case. Its fairly thin and fits with the play store bumper well with just a little bulging.
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So you tuck the second SIM in a case, instead of the phone itself... Thought as much, I had no clue as to how it would work otherwise.
Shame, actually, because I don't use a case (anymore).
I thought I could take the battery cover off and tuck it in there but the vibrator motor is in the way for it to tuck underneath
Hey guys,
I was wondering if there was any success in making the nx5 dual sim ready?
Cheers
Olli
Dual SIM adapter from .magic-sim com
Hi!
I've purchased Dual SIM adapter from magic-sim.com
It said the adapter was compatible with Nexus 5.
But now I realized that the phone does not have STK (SIM Tool Kit) - the application to switch between SIMs.
But it seems that the Nexus 5 detects the adapter because after applying it "SIM-1" appeared on top of the display.
So how to switch between the SIMs???
Mine has sim toolkit installed, stock rom.
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Mine has sim toolkit installed, stock rom.
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Could You pls. post screenshots of that application interface & it's icon.
Did You tried to use the Dual SIM adapter??
The app is found in /system/app/stk/stk.apk can't run it though not sure why. Haven't tried a dual sim adapter.