I'm on the verge of buying an S3 but off a friend. I talked to a T-mo rep and she was telling me about buying a Micro-SIM because cutting down the old ones won't work with WiFi calling and I would get signal issues. I'm pretty sure the signal issues don't have anything to do with the SIM card and WiFi calling doesn't appeal to me since I always have full signal in my house. I just want to know if I need to buy a new SIM card or not. Thanks everyone!
Should be able to get a micro SIM card for free at T-Mobile store
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frostyroot said:
I'm on the verge of buying an S3 but off a friend. I talked to a T-mo rep and she was telling me about buying a Micro-SIM because cutting down the old ones won't work with WiFi calling and I would get signal issues. I'm pretty sure the signal issues don't have anything to do with the SIM card and WiFi calling doesn't appeal to me since I always have full signal in my house. I just want to know if I need to buy a new SIM card or not. Thanks everyone!
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The phone comes with a micro sim in the box no need to buy one.
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The phone comes with a micro sim in the box no need to buy one.
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This pretty much sums it up
Obviously you guys don't read, he said he's buying it from a friend. I doubt his friend is giving him his SIM card
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Obviously you guys don't read, he said he's buying it from a friend. I doubt his friend is giving him his SIM card
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Good question if you ask me, does anyone know if it can be done?
Just got to a Tmobile store and ask for a micro sim. THey have them for free, or pm me and I'll send you one.
Then once you have the phone you can either call or go to the store and have them switch your line over to the new sim. If you call, just don't use the phone you are switching the sim from as it will drop the call once they enter the new sim card for your line.
Sim cards are usually free at T-Mobile I heard cutting down old sim cards will give you problems but not exactly sure what.
Just go to the store and ask for a new sim card and they can transfer everything over for you.
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When you go to the tmo store, make sure the card they give you is one that is capable of wifi calling. None of them in my area have the ones that are, you might have to get it from customer service.
I ran into this issue as well. I just figured the SIM from my Galaxy nexus would work with the S3 I purchased through Wirefly.com but it was too big (obviously). As others mentioned, I just went up to the local T-Mobile store and asked for a micro sim card to use with my new phone. They activated one and gave it to me all within 2 minutes of entering the store, free of charge.
I would laugh if T-Mobile tried to charge me for a new SIM card to use with their service. They should provide SIM cards for free, much the same as your bank giving you a replacement debit card at no extra charge since you are using their services.
There lying they just want u to get the "new" Sims that have throttling and tethering detection ... have my sim card from 2005 cut and using it on tmobile. 4g hspa+ no issues wifi calls work..
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Just got to a Tmobile store and ask for a micro sim. THey have them for free, or pm me and I'll send you one.
Then once you have the phone you can either call or go to the store and have them switch your line over to the new sim. If you call, just don't use the phone you are switching the sim from as it will drop the call once they enter the new sim card for your line.
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I have not been able to find a free one in my area, the local stores charge 20 for it. and won't budge. Is there maybe a prepaid one I can get more cheaply?
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I have not been able to find a free one in my area, the local stores charge 20 for it. and won't budge. Is there maybe a prepaid one I can get more cheaply?
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Before I got my s3, i went to my local t mobile store and told them i need a micro sim card for my new s3. They gave me one without a problem for free. I think in order to get one for free, you must be on a two year contract with t mobile and your account has to be in good standing.
if not try this http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/cell-phone-detail.aspx?cell-phone=T-Mobile-Micro-SIM-Card it should work.
if that does not work, try ebay. if that does not work then just pay your t mobile store.
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Well like the name implies, I'm a noob. INC2 is my first smartphone, and it's been a learning process, but I'm comfortable with it. Either way, my service is currently cut off(by choice) there is a billing issue, and unless I stop being stubborn or they give my the credit I deserve I'm not paying.
Anyway it's been cut off a month, and I've still been using it over wifi just fine with 2.99 skype calling and text plus it's been no problem. Anyway, I took out the sim card and it's still working fine. Is that normal, even when I tried to make a call it sent me to Verizon cust. service like it normally does, and it still says in service in the settings.I was under the impression, that once the sim card is taken out nothing could be done with the phone. Can Verizon track what I'm doing without the sim card in? Or even when it is in and the GPS is turned off, can they track it?
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Well like the name implies, I'm a noob. INC2 is my first smartphone, and it's been a learning process, but I'm comfortable with it. Either way, my service is currently cut off(by choice) there is a billing issue, and unless I stop being stubborn or they give my the credit I deserve I'm not paying.
Anyway it's been cut off a month, and I've still been using it over wifi just fine with 2.99 skype calling and text plus it's been no problem. Anyway, I took out the sim card and it's still working fine. Is that normal, even when I tried to make a call it sent me to Verizon cust. service like it normally does, and it still says in service in the settings.I was under the impression, that once the sim card is taken out nothing could be done with the phone. Can Verizon track what I'm doing without the sim card in? Or even when it is in and the GPS is turned off, can they track it?
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The sim is for world phone use......
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The sim is for world phone use......
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To expand on that, your SIM isn't required to use the phone in the US on big red's network. CDMA carriers don't use SIM cards; GSM carriers do. The Inc2 is a dual mode/hybrid/whatever you want to call it because it has a CDMA radio for domestic use and a GSM radio for use abroad.
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I hear that Gingerbread has been patched to support RUIM cards (CDMA SIMs) so with the patch you can run a RUIM. Then depending on whether you are on CDMA or GSM select, switch off, put in the corresponding card into the slot and start.
yea pulled mine out a long time ago...but keeping it just incase...
Is it possible for my friend then essentially to take my phone and throw his AT&T Sim in my phone and he is able to use it on there service? Or is there a SIM Unlock for instance when I'm in Thailand and don't want Verizon to charge me $1,000,000.00 just to make phone calls because normally i end up buying a cheap Nokia and SIM for only 50.00 and it lasts me for about 2 days on minutes when im overseas. I pretty much want to be able to use the SIM and not have Verizon charging me for International use when i'm using a different Carrier's SIM
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Is it possible for my friend then essentially to take my phone and throw his AT&T Sim in my phone and he is able to use it on there service? Or is there a SIM Unlock for instance when I'm in Thailand and don't want Verizon to charge me $1,000,000.00 just to make phone calls because normally i end up buying a cheap Nokia and SIM for only 50.00 and it lasts me for about 2 days on minutes when im overseas. I pretty much want to be able to use the SIM and not have Verizon charging me for International use when i'm using a different Carrier's SIM
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your not referring to this thread are you? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122896 that one is about Driod 2.. I dont see any other Unlock sections. Would you mind posting a link to the correct one because i havent found it
Disregard..
The SIM is for foreign use for most of us in the US. I went to the UK recently, bought a $15 SIM card which gave me a new phone number over there, phone minutes, unlimited text and unlimited data. I got the unlock code from Verizon before I left. I was able to get the unlimited data by having a rooted phone and selecting my own APN settings.
I'll do the same later this year in Italy. Right now I am using a Virtuous Unity ROM which does not recognize SIM cards, but I'll just switch back to my stock Gingerbread ROM before I go.
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The SIM is for foreign use for most of us in the US. I went to the UK recently, bought a $15 SIM card which gave me a new phone number over there, phone minutes, unlimited text and unlimited data. I got the unlock code from Verizon before I left. I was able to get the unlimited data by having a rooted phone and selecting my own APN settings.
I'll do the same later this year in Italy. Right now I am using a Virtuous Unity ROM which does not recognize SIM cards, but I'll just switch back to my stock Gingerbread ROM before I go.
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How did you obtain the APN settings for the new network?
Just trying to get ready for my trip to Europe this summer
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How did you obtain the APN settings for the new network?
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The network provider has to give you that info. I got it from the company that rented me the European SIM card. I used iPhoneTrip.com, for what it's worth. Good coverage and no sneaky charges after the trip was over.
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The SIM is for foreign use for most of us in the US. I went to the UK recently, bought a $15 SIM card which gave me a new phone number over there, phone minutes, unlimited text and unlimited data. I got the unlock code from Verizon before I left. I was able to get the unlimited data by having a rooted phone and selecting my own APN settings.
I'll do the same later this year in Italy. Right now I am using a Virtuous Unity ROM which does not recognize SIM cards, but I'll just switch back to my stock Gingerbread ROM before I go.
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Mind sharing which sim you got? That sounds like a good deal next time I go to the UK.
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I got ny inc 2 used and don't have a sim how do you think I should get one. (Didn't want to start a new thread) thanks.
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I got ny inc 2 used and don't have a sim how do you think I should get one. (Didn't want to start a new thread) thanks.
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Hey guys so I need a new sum card for the wick calling and when I go into a t mobile store they said they need the sum card that came with the box but I never got any, then they say it costs 20 dollars for the sum card alone. Is this just a scam cause I read on one of the threads that they're suppose to give it to you for free. What do I do?
call in (customer service 800) first and get them to notate your account that you need the sim, when they pull up your account (corporate locations only) they will see the note and usually not charge you
I have a sim card you can have message me if u want it it came with my phone but i dont use tmobile
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Ya thats bull**** i have never had to pay for one in my life and had tmobile for over 10 years. They practically throw them at me whenever i go into the store for anything.
I know they are making the cost up but do I just tell them look up my account when I get the note thing saying I need a new sum card? I want to outsmart the snotty t mobile workers who don't know anything about phones
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Hi. My sim card was bad too. I just walked into a T-Mobile, and they gave me a new one on the spot. There should be no charge. They actually have a little sim card reader that should be able to tell if yours is bad. I'm new to the whole sim cards thing, but maybe they're charging you because you're upgrading from an older sim?
The first thing he checked was if I had an older card, which didn't support the wifi calling.
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Hi. My sim card was bad too. I just walked into a T-Mobile, and they gave me a new one on the spot. There should be no charge. They actually have a little sim card reader that should be able to tell if yours is bad. I'm new to the whole sim cards thing, but maybe they're charging you because you're upgrading from an older sim?
The first thing he checked was if I had an older card, which didn't support the wifi calling.
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I'm confused, what was wrong with your original sim card?
i bought my SG2 around the time it was released and gave my sim card away because i figured id just keep using the one i had..well, as you all know you need the new sim cards to be able to use wi-fi calling
i called and went to 2 different tmobile stores and they are trying to charge me $20 for it..
i have a new tmobile sim card that my friend gave me from his mytouch4g..the # on the sim is TM9703
can anyone tell me if that one will work? im currently running jug v3.69 which is android 2.3.5 so i dont have the wi-fi calling feature yet..but will upgrade my rom if it works
and if you use wi-fi calling on your SG2 but have a different sim card model please post that one so i can try to look for that one as well
thanks in advance
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i bought my SG2 around the time it was released and gave my sim card away because i figured id just keep using the one i had..well, as you all know you need the new sim cards to be able to use wi-fi calling
i called and went to 2 different tmobile stores and they are trying to charge me $20 for it..
i have a new tmobile sim card that my friend gave me from his mytouch4g..the # on the sim is TM9703
can anyone tell me if that one will work? im currently running jug v3.69 which is android 2.3.5 so i dont have the wi-fi calling feature yet..but will upgrade my rom if it works
and if you use wi-fi calling on your SG2 but have a different sim card model please post that one so i can try to look for that one as well
thanks in advance
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I have the same problem, yet I dont think wifi calling is that useful when it still uses your munutes unless you have unlimited, again, it sounds like pretty cool feature yet its useless, do you really use it or relay on it? Just a personal thought and point of view, theres a couple apps such as viber that use the feature of wifi calling but free, the only thing is that the other user needs viber app, and wifi
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sim card for wifi calling
i bought my SG2 around the time it was released and gave my sim card away because i figured id just keep using the one i had..well, as you all know you need the new sim cards to be able to use wi-fi calling
i called and went to 2 different tmobile stores and they are trying to charge me $20 for it..
i have a new tmobile sim card that my friend gave me from his mytouch4g..the # on the sim is TM9703
can anyone tell me if that one will work? im currently running jug v3.69 which is android 2.3.5 so i dont have the wi-fi calling feature yet..but will upgrade my rom if it works
and if you use wi-fi calling on your SG2 but have a different sim card model please post that one so i can try to look for that one as well
thanks in advance
no..its not something i rely on at all...its more something i want in case i ever need it...i know that it uses minutes...i live in ny and went to school upstate...sometimes i go back up there and visit friends..reception may be an issue depending on where i am...some of my friends live in the boondocks lol...also its very useful if you have ever experienced being in a basement that gets no reception
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i bought my SG2 around the time it was released and gave my sim card away because i figured id just keep using the one i had..well, as you all know you need the new sim cards to be able to use wi-fi calling
i called and went to 2 different tmobile stores and they are trying to charge me $20 for it..
i have a new tmobile sim card that my friend gave me from his mytouch4g..the # on the sim is TM9703
can anyone tell me if that one will work? im currently running jug v3.69 which is android 2.3.5 so i dont have the wi-fi calling feature yet..but will upgrade my rom if it works
and if you use wi-fi calling on your SG2 but have a different sim card model please post that one so i can try to look for that one as well
thanks in advance
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I was in a similar situation as you; I called up t-mobile to check and they said it was not. They said my SIM card was not up to date to use Wifi calling feature but they said a t-mobile store would give me a new SIM card for free if the t-mobile rep put it in their system that I had an old SIM card. Basically when you call t-mobile just ask them if you had the new SIM card and if not could the t-mobile rep give you a new one if you did an exchange at the store.
I'm not sure if that's a gba Sim or not but you can get one overnighted for free to you if you call Tmobile, I've heard through other people as well that the stores are starting to charge people for Sim cards even if the notes state issue for free.
As for it still using your minutes , that's just a matter of adding the free wifi calling feature to your account. That's free.
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i bought my SG2 around the time it was released and gave my sim card away because i figured id just keep using the one i had..well, as you all know you need the new sim cards to be able to use wi-fi calling
i called and went to 2 different tmobile stores and they are trying to charge me $20 for it..
i have a new tmobile sim card that my friend gave me from his mytouch4g..the # on the sim is TM9703
can anyone tell me if that one will work? im currently running jug v3.69 which is android 2.3.5 so i dont have the wi-fi calling feature yet..but will upgrade my rom if it works
and if you use wi-fi calling on your SG2 but have a different sim card model please post that one so i can try to look for that one as well
thanks in advance
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Call in. When prompted why you are calling say, "Cancel my account".
Tell the operator who picks up your story.
They will mail you a free sim card.
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I'm not sure if that's a gba Sim or not but you can get one overnighted for free to you if you call Tmobile, I've heard through other people as well that the stores are starting to charge people for Sim cards even if the notes state issue for free.
As for it still using your minutes , that's just a matter of adding the free wifi calling feature to your account. That's free.
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False we do not overnight sim cards, sim cards go usps only so no overnight. Also they may or may not give you a sim card if they tell you no its because they don't have to. The only way they have to get you one is if you go show a store that yours is defective its worth a try to call but don't waste your time trying multiple times you may just have to pay for one, or you could try taking that new one you have to a store n telling them customer care sent you the wrong one then maybe they will trade it.
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False we do not overnight sim cards, sim cards go usps only so no overnight. Also they may or may not give you a sim card if they tell you no its because they don't have to. The only way they have to get you one is if you go show a store that yours is defective its worth a try to call but don't waste your time trying multiple times you may just have to pay for one, or you could try taking that new one you have to a store n telling them customer care sent you the wrong one then maybe they will trade it.
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swapping at the store is a genius idea..that never occurred to me...however, before i do that im just trying to see if the TM9703 one will work or not..no sense of trading in a working sim for another sim
thanks for all the responses...still hoping to hear from someone with the 9703 or a different working sim
Wish I remembered lol I know that we can tell from the picture on them because they changed the picture starting with those ill get my new sim card out I haven't used it yet n will let u know in a couple min I have like 5 of them laying around
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False. I've overnighted all the Sim cards I've replaced for a few weeks now. that'd be the easiest for this guy.
You're welcome.
The one that came with the gs2 is a tm9177 has a pic of a guy and girl either taking a pic of themselves or watching some hilarious video on a phone lol so I don't think the one you have is right because this is the same one that came with my amaze as well. If you go to the store if they don't see an order in your account and tell you that just tell them you ordered it through sales that the Rep told you the ones for prepaid will work and thats what you received. They probably wont but just incase they are that thorough they can't look up orders done through sales only customer care.
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False. I've overnighted all the Sim cards I've replaced for a few weeks now. that'd be the easiest for this guy.
You're welcome.
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Customer care has either standard mail through there shipping method which is free and the 19.99 one which is priority mail which can take 1-3 business days depending on where you are so you are wrong. The only departments that have overnight directly is sales so you are mistaken if you think customer care has overnight or that he would even get it without paying for it, especially due to the fact that there is quite a bit of outsourcers who prefer to have people get mad then go outside of standard policy.
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Then I suggest he get transferred to tech care. We have option to overnight for free.
Got mine overnighted from customer care with no problems. They said mine was an old one, and they'd send me a new one, no charge. I did speak with an 'american accent' CSR.
Got it the next day via UPS.
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Customer care has either standard mail through there shipping method which is free and the 19.99 one which is priority mail which can take 1-3 business days depending on where you are so you are wrong. The only departments that have overnight directly is sales so you are mistaken if you think customer care has overnight or that he would even get it without paying for it, especially due to the fact that there is quite a bit of outsourcers who prefer to have people get mad then go outside of standard policy.
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Got mine overnighted from customer care with no problems. They said mine was an old one, and they'd send me a new one, no charge. I did speak with an 'american accent' CSR.
Got it the next day via UPS.
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Cool story bro
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Shows how awesome Tmobile is, can't even get facts straight on a simple Sim card replacement.
Gotta love it.
Hope the OP got an idea on what to do though.
Kind of off topic but wifi calling does not use minutes when you add "free wifi calling" to your account. Essentially you can talk all you want over wifi calling but you have to make sure either you or a csr adds the free wifi calling to your account otherwise they do charge.
Edit: not charge but it uses minutes if you don't have the addon
i think im gonna call them and explain to that i gave my sim away not knowing that it was gonna be needed and see if i can get a free one
if that doesnt work ill just go to the store make up some story about how they shipped me the wrong one (the mytouch4g one that i have) and demand that they swap it for me if they dont want to
thanks for all the suggestions
Yeah they tried charging me twenty bucks and i went off about how their quality of customer service sucks lately and that I never knew it required a "special" sim card for wifi calling. Got one via priority mail for free .
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.
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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.
Some_dude36 said:
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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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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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 $5.
one80oneday said:
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Okay, well 1$ 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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richardlibeau said:
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
Misterjunky said:
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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richardlibeau said:
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. .