So I got my phone today and noticed that T-mobile sent me micro sim instead of a nano sim. I went to the T-mobile store near my to get a replacement sim card. I don't know why but something told me not to deal with the rep I was in line waiting for, it seemed like everyone he dealt with ended up pissed. I didn't listen *first mistake* and stayed in line I got up to the guy and I told him what was going on. He just grabs the phone out of my hand and says maybe you're just sticking it in wrong. So he tries to jam a micro sim into a tray made for a nano sim and manages to get it in. I said what the hell are you doing I just told you it was the wrong sim size, then he was like well I guess you're right. When he tries to get the sim card out he can't, so he takes it to the back to "work on it" 20 minutes later he comes out with my phone in his hand, I'm thinking alright got my new sim and everything is good to go. Boy was I wrong, the first thing out of his mouth was "well we had a little problem" and shows me the sim slot. Well the good news is he managed to get the sim tray out, the bad news is the sim card was stuck inside and it looks like they damaged the pins trying to get it out. I was like you're kidding me right and asked to speak to a manger because I couldn't deal with him anymore. The manager offered to replace it so he goes into his system and then tells me he can't place the order because the phone hasn't released yet. He told me I have to come back Friday get one if they have it in stock. Now I have a 800 dollar paper weight mocking me
this may have been the time when I would have punch him in the face, just kidding but that's f**k up !!!
ubuntunerd said:
this may have been the time when I would have punch him in the face, just kidding but that's f**k up !!!
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You have no idea how bad I wanted to. I spoke to T-mobile today and they seem to think that the phone uses a Micro Sim, even if I ignored the fact that the sim they sent doesn't even fit in the tray Samsung website and on their own webpage under the what's in the box says nano sim. I hope they get it figured out or they will have a lot of angry people calling them tomorrow.
I would of said "I just need a nano sim please" then come home and activate it at t-mobile.com/sim
Good news I went to another T-Mobile store and he was able to get the sim card out. The funny thing is that he said I was the 9th person that came in with this problem and the store only been open for 45 minutes. He said a batch of phones went out with micro sims instead of the multi sims *the ones with the 3 pull tabs to choose your size* One of the guys in line behind me said that one of the support guys on the phone told him he had to try to use the micro sim to confirm it's the wrong one before he could get a new one or he would be charged a fee.
Wow! Insanity. I would have... I don't even know. There would have been loud words.
I had a similar situation with a much less expensive item in a store recently where I just stood there and watched as the sales person proceeded to try to bash something together (I had pointed out it was bent and wouldn't fit right ) which of course cracked the thing I was about to buy.
I got a hefty discount to say the least.
If it had been something like a brand spanking new cell phone I hadn't even been able to use yet??
It would have been his head broken along with the sim tray.
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Wow! Insanity. I would have... I don't even know. There would have been loud words.
I had a similar situation with a much less expensive item in a store recently where I just stood there and watched as the sales person proceeded to try to bash something together (I had pointed out it was bent and wouldn't fit right ) which of course cracked the thing I was about to buy.
I got a hefty discount to say the least.
If it had been something like a brand spanking new cell phone I hadn't even been able to use yet??
It would have been his head broken along with the sim tray.
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Got 100 off my bill for my troubles, what's funny about the whole thing is that when I called phone support they wanted to charge me full price to send me a new phone. I asked the lady if she was smoking crack, keep in mind this is the same person that told me that the edge plus use a micro sim instead of nano sim. She had no clue what was going on I had to explain everything to her multiple times. I must say this is the first time I've ever had any issues with T-Mobile.
Wow 200 off the phone bill is quite massive. How did you persuade them to give you that compensation amount or did you demand it? I used to get 40 dollar credits here and there for 'outages' during the days of sidekick device aha
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ehBrY said:
Wow 200 off the phone bill is quite massive. How did you persuade them to give you that compensation amount or did you demand it? I used to get 40 dollar credits here and there for 'outages' during the days of sidekick device aha
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Sorry that was a typo it was 100 off not 200, I demanded it for they hell they put me through.
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chrismwellman said:
I'm so confused...It was my understanding that this device does not have a removable SD card?!? Or are you all talking about the internal memory..If so, how/where would I find the means to remove/replace it?
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The Op said SIM card not SD card....they are 2 totally different things....
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I'm so confused...It was my understanding that this device does not have a removable SD card?!? Or are you all talking about the internal memory..If so, how/where would I find the means to remove/replace it?
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That's weird the Sim card I got was actually 3 Sim card sizes in one. It came assembled as a regular sized Sim but had punch outs to reduce the card to micro and nano sizes... I didn't use the new one considering I had been using the nano Sim from my M9 anyway.
SPreston2001 said:
That's weird the Sim card I got was actually 3 Sim card sizes in one. It came assembled as a regular sized Sim but had punch outs to reduce the card to micro and nano sizes... I didn't use the new one considering I had been using the nano Sim from my M9 anyway.
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I've noticed that in store as well when I needed a new one. That's actually a good move and saves money. However, TMO needs to explain the cards to the customer.
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beezie916 said:
The Op said SIM card not SD card....they are 2 totally different things....
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Ummm...yeah...Apparently I wanted there to be an extended SD so bad my mind inserted SD in place of SIM...lol...sorry...nothing to see here...move along...lol...
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Edit, already answered
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Ummm...yeah...Apparently I wanted there to be an extended SD so bad my mind inserted SD in place of SIM...lol...sorry...nothing to see here...move along...lol...
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My G2 came with a new sim card. Any reason I should use the new one instead of the old one I have? Thanks in advance.
gjvah said:
My G2 came with a new sim card. Any reason I should use the new one instead of the old one I have? Thanks in advance.
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No but I would save it just in case your current ever goes bad (happened to me a couple weeks ago with year old sim). It comes wit every phone.
I was going to use the new one because my old one is 9 years old but it doesn't have any of the vpn info on it so I just stuck with my old one..
Although I did read around here somewhere that a tech told someone that we should be using the new ones with the TM on the chip side?
mcp2009 said:
No but I would save it just in case your current ever goes bad (happened to me a couple weeks ago with year old sim). It comes wit every phone.
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Thanks brother
Du22ty said:
I was going to use the new one because my old one is 9 years old but it doesn't have any of the vpn info on it so I just stuck with my old one..
Although I did read around here somewhere that a tech told someone that we should be using the new ones with the TM on the chip side?
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can anyone elaborate on this? What does the new card have that the old one doesn't?
Please take notice that older SIM cards (and phones) had 8 metallic contacts for the SIM and the new SIM cards (and phones) have 6 metallic contacts.
Older "2G" sims only have the ability to register with the network a certain number of times. Once that registration number is reached "90,000" the SIM card dies and must be replaced. This can occur within six months for smartphones.
This means no future registrations, lost contact information, and no Voice/Data/Text Messaging capabilities.
Interesting.. I didn't know it came with a new SIM card. I popped in my old one when my G2 arrived. Opened my manual and the new SIM is in there.. Put that in and I have no service or data connection.
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Interesting.. I didn't know it came with a new SIM card. I popped in my old one when my G2 arrived. Opened my manual and the new SIM is in there.. Put that in and I have no service.
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You have to call to update your SIM number for it to work.
Ah.. Well I will have to do that Monday.
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-RotorDemon- said:
Interesting.. I didn't know it came with a new SIM card. I popped in my old one when my G2 arrived. Opened my manual and the new SIM is in there.. Put that in and I have no service or data connection.
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OMG I laughed so hard reading this, I can barely catch my breath. Really I'm not trying to make fun of you or be mean, but you been a member here since 2007 and you didn't know the sim card has to be activated? This was classic.
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OMG I laughed so hard reading this, I can barely catch my breath.
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Sorry but me too...
It only took a few seconds to change the SIM with the CSR and then u just swap. Was super painless...
a sim card doesn't generally give you better service or anything. sheesh. its just an identifier so tmobile could know who's who and stuff.
Question for you guys:
Since the Galaxy Nexus (and other LTE devices) use SIM cards with Verizon, is it no longer the case that they can have bad esn/meid/imei numbers?
I know activation happens automatically when you pop the sim in, I have a Thunderbolt now that I purchased used and just used my Jetpack SIM to activate it. I switch it back and forth all the time, after you swap the SIM your device changes in the MyVerizon site, along with available plans and options. I used my Thunderbolt for a long time just on a hotspot plan that way, very convenient.
I'm curious because I see "bad esn" Galaxy Nexus phones on eBay, so I just don't get why they would be bad if all the activation info is related to the SIM card and not the device itself.
Hopefully someone can educate me on this.
I know this has been asked before, but there are no good answers from my searches. Most threads end up simply saying "ask Verizon".
I know what Verizon thinks: "buy from us so we get your money"
The phones still use CDMA so they can still have bad ESNs.
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Yeah, but isn't all the activation info tied to the SIM card, not the device? When Verizon activates a SIM, they don't need a device to activate it.
Does the activation process read the esn from the device and send it when trying to activate with a SIM card? (this must be how MyVerizon knows what device you're using? Maybe?) If this is the case, there must be some software somewhere doing the work?
What's the point of a SIM if it's getting a unique device id from the device? Is this just because LTE and CDMA are still kind of separate?
going off my personal experience you should be fine if you buy one. Heres my readons. I purchased a used gnex off this chick but didn't realize it used a micro sim instead of regular. I thought eh I'll be fine I doubt this chick is trying to rip me off. I go to the store and tell them I need a micro sim to activate my phone. They do their thing then ask where I got the phone from. I said this damn thing is reported stolen isn't it? Yup. Fml! $400 gone. Well I end up meeting up with another guy and buy a brand new one from him. We call Verizon to get it all set up before I pay the dude but he says DO NOT give them the last digit of the imei off the phone. I'm thinking ohhh k. And I give it to them anyways. (I was always told I was a good listener in school) they say this phone is stolen or hasn't been activated on an account so if that's the case they need to activate it. So I call back this time and leave the last digit of the imei out. And like magic it was activated and Mr Verizon rep was happy to help. So then I ask this guy if he thinks it'll work on my other gnex, he says give it a try or pop the sim in first and see if it works. And to my surprise just putting the sim in actually worked! Now instead of me being pissed and having 1 bad nexus my gf and I are enjoying our ice cream sandwiches. Hope this helps you.
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Dude I work at Verizon and your have confirmed a theory I had thanks to you I'll be able to make some deals on the side and make some Extra $$
If at any given point you need help with your Verizon Account/Devices PM and I'll hook you up.
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going off my personal experience you should be fine if you buy one. Heres my readons. I purchased a used gnex off this chick but didn't realize it used a micro sim instead of regular. I thought eh I'll be fine I doubt this chick is trying to rip me off. I go to the store and tell them I need a micro sim to activate my phone. They do their thing then ask where I got the phone from. I said this damn thing is reported stolen isn't it? Yup. Fml! $400 gone. Well I end up meeting up with another guy and buy a brand new one from him. We call Verizon to get it all set up before I pay the dude but he says DO NOT give them the last digit of the imei off the phone. I'm thinking ohhh k. And I give it to them anyways. (I was always told I was a good listener in school) they say this phone is stolen or hasn't been activated on an account so if that's the case they need to activate it. So I call back this time and leave the last digit of the imei out. And like magic it was activated and Mr Verizon rep was happy to help. So then I ask this guy if he thinks it'll work on my other gnex, he says give it a try or pop the sim in first and see if it works. And to my surprise just putting the sim in actually worked! Now instead of me being pissed and having 1 bad nexus my gf and I are enjoying our ice cream sandwiches. Hope this helps you.
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dnar56 said:
going off my personal experience you should be fine if you buy one. Heres my readons. I purchased a used gnex off this chick but didn't realize it used a micro sim instead of regular. I thought eh I'll be fine I doubt this chick is trying to rip me off. I go to the store and tell them I need a micro sim to activate my phone. They do their thing then ask where I got the phone from. I said this damn thing is reported stolen isn't it? Yup. Fml! $400 gone. Well I end up meeting up with another guy and buy a brand new one from him. We call Verizon to get it all set up before I pay the dude but he says DO NOT give them the last digit of the imei off the phone. I'm thinking ohhh k. And I give it to them anyways. (I was always told I was a good listener in school) they say this phone is stolen or hasn't been activated on an account so if that's the case they need to activate it. So I call back this time and leave the last digit of the imei out. And like magic it was activated and Mr Verizon rep was happy to help. So then I ask this guy if he thinks it'll work on my other gnex, he says give it a try or pop the sim in first and see if it works. And to my surprise just putting the sim in actually worked! Now instead of me being pissed and having 1 bad nexus my gf and I are enjoying our ice cream sandwiches. Hope this helps you.
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So by giving the Verizon Representative my IMEI # minus the last number....which seems to be what the MEID number is basically when looking in the settings of the phone; but anyways by doing that will allow it to activate? So in that process do I tell the person buying my phone to purchase a MicroSIM from VZW then activate over the phone?
Yes. Or they can do it in store but don't give it to the rep since they "know everything" and will want to put it in.
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Heh, thanks for the input. I know I'm late responding...
I did buy a Nexus, all I did was take my regular sized SIM and cut it down with one of those cutters. Everything activated normally.
I had a feeling it would, just wanted to throw it out there and see if I was absolutely wrong or something. I had previously swapped my SIM between my phone and mifi without issues, so I figured I wouldn't have any issues even if there was a problem.
Thanks.
I recommend watching this vid then decide weather or not you want to buy a sim cutter it doesn't look that difficult...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Pkm2PUG-c
Template here
http://www.stochasticgeometry.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DIY_microsim.pdf
Sim cutter
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=19NPTNKPYC7AQWASZ0GT
I know a sim cutter does not cost very much but this is just another option...
Or...
You could make it all simple, hassle & worry free for just £3.90
This also includes sim adapters that turn it back into full sim card size.
& you always own the device & adapters for future use, or friends, family use too.
Are people really that cheap to not pay a few pounds, especially when it comes with adapters too?
Hmm.
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I ordered a sim cutter as well. Although confident i could do this with a pair of scissors, i'm just not that good with fiddly things and probably would end up wrecking my sim. I'm sure others won't mind getting down and dirty and cutting their sims down to size. Thanks for the template anyway.
flyaway9000 said:
I recommend watching this vid then decide weather or not you want to buy a sim cutter it doesn't look that difficult...
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When I commited the sin of buying an iPhone 4 for my wife (yes, I know), I also cut the sim down with a normal pair of scisors and it worked a treat. It was very easy as long as you are careful.
Most SIM cutters are fine, but there were a number of cases where people ended up breaking the edge of the chip with them. I guess it's up to you in the end, but either method should be fine with a little care.
Bugsy
Can't you just buy a Micro SIM from your carrier and port your number over to it? T-Mobile in the US offers this.
manlisten said:
Can't you just buy a Micro SIM from your carrier and port your number over to it? T-Mobile in the US offers this.
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some carriers in EU may not sell micro sims separately or mabye they want to save the 10 bucks or so
It´s a good thing we can have this for free here in Sweden!
Just call your provider ande they will ship one to you for free
Telia and 3 does this anyway. But if they didn´t I´d pay to have one shipped to me. Wouldn´t risk it by cutting it myself.
chbg said:
It´s a good thing we can have this for free here in Sweden!
Just call your provider ande they will ship one to you for free
Telia and 3 does this anyway. But if they didn´t I´d pay to have one shipped to me. Wouldn´t risk it by cutting it myself.
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Hopefully I can just walk into a three store here in DK as I think I would end up cutting the sim in half somehow! Not very trust worthy is a pair of scissors! hehehe. If not, I will get a sim cutter from ebay for pure ease.
Thanks to the original poster though, good idea for those that are confident that no issues would arise.
I'm just giving people options if your not confident enough then buy a sim cutter or purchase a micro sim. I however will be doing this myself of course
most shops have a cutter which you can use...
They only 6 dollars u know
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Can't you get an micro simcard for free from your Telecom provider?
DexterMorganNL said:
Can't you get an micro simcard for free from your Telecom provider?
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Depends on your provider I guess. T-Mobile charged me £8.50 for a replacement SIM when my phone was stolen, so I don't doubt that they'd charge me again for a microSIM. I'm happy enough paying £2.35 for a SIM cutter and a couple of adapters.
chbg said:
It´s a good thing we can have this for free here in Sweden!
Just call your provider ande they will ship one to you for free
Telia and 3 does this anyway. But if they didn´t I´d pay to have one shipped to me. Wouldn´t risk it by cutting it myself.
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I think tele2 also offers that but I have to come in with it to one of their shops, they won't ship it
I can't wait for the frickin' phone to arrive..
blubbers said:
most shops have a cutter which you can use...
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Like he said, I visited my provider for a micro-sim and they just cutted it for me for free. No need to buy this kind of stuff (you'll probably never use again)...
Cut it myself. All good. Followed template PDF from web. Print, score and cut. Steady hand helps
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You know there is a reason the SIM tray opening tool is shaped the way it is, right?
It is a template to cut your SIM down to microSIM size, that's what I used anyway - just make sure the chip is in the centre of the template.
I followed this how to and it worked perfectly for me. Only issue now with my One X is that I never get a 3G or H signal anymore, in places that I did with my Galaxy S. Shame but there you go. Thanks for the guide though, worked a treat
Glad it worked for you guys
just be careful if you have an older sim, mine around 15 years old and a sim cutter wouldnt do the job, half the contacts would have been cut off (this may explain why i get sim card removed then the phone rebooted on the occasion on my last phone).
so i done mine manually and it was a doodle, took around 2 mins flat and away it went.
My SIM FREE HOX arrives tommorrow and i just realised that it only takes a microSIM card, where as i only have a normal one, i just need to know can i just cut my old one to fit (if im careful) or would it be quicker / easier when i go into town 2morrow to pop into an O2 store (which is who im with) and get them to transfer my number onto a new microsim card? can they do that in store? is it a quick thing for them to do? and how much is a sim card?
Any help b4 2morrow morning would be great!
cheers in advance!
your carrier will do it free or you can buy a cutter.
brent8577 said:
your carrier will do it free or you can buy a cutter.
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brent8577 said:
your carrier will do it free or you can buy a cutter.
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your carrier would just transfer your number to a micro sim or you could cut it as said but be warned cut sims have a habit of getting stuck in the trays.
You don't need a new sim. They can cut your current one.
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Thanks guys! I'll take my sim with me in the morning and get 'em to do it then.
maybe your carrier send you a micro sim with the phone... in my case it was like that..xD I only have to activate it afterwards
backudog said:
My SIM FREE HOX arrives tommorrow and i just realised that it only takes a microSIM card, where as i only have a normal one, i just need to know can i just cut my old one to fit (if im careful) or would it be quicker / easier when i go into town 2morrow to pop into an O2 store (which is who im with) and get them to transfer my number onto a new microsim card? can they do that in store? is it a quick thing for them to do? and how much is a sim card?
Any help b4 2morrow morning would be great!
cheers in advance!
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Go into your nearest O2 store and ask them to give you a micro-sim and to transfer your number.
That's what I did; they did it for free and the whole process took literally about 5 minutes.
Glad I didn't try cutting my own, I know I would have screwed it up!
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Go into your nearest O2 store and ask them to give you a micro-sim and to transfer your number.
That's what I did; they did it for free and the whole process took literally about 5 minutes.
Glad I didn't try cutting my own, I know I would have screwed it up!
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Ha! That's exactly what I thought I'd do too, mess it up royally. I'll go into the store and get em to transfer my number, nice to see it shouldn't take long, hate having to hang about when my new phone could be at home waiting for me lol.
So I will be getting the HTC One. I'm currently using an iPhone 5, and I want to be able to switch between the 2.
I know the iPhone 5 uses nano sim, and the HTC One uses micro sim, so I will have to buy an adapter.
However, will it even be possible to just switch sims, seeing as Verizon is CDMA?
Thanks!
I'm doing this same thing with my S4. You will have a SIM in the iPhone and a SIM in the HTC One.
You'll need to go onto the website and swap the active device on the line (takes like 5 mins, super easy).
Even if you could just drop the iPhone SIM into the HTC One (you can not), you'd still have to set the IMEI for the device to be the active device.
This is how they track data usage etc. Activation takes up to 15 minutes, but I noticed in my area in socal it took only 2 minutes.
There is no additional cost to swap or use a different device. Did this myself this morning, rep assured there is no charge but they do present a summary of what the line (your phone number) costs monthly. Not to be confused with the IMEI and SIM numbers (for which there is NO cost to swap, add, etc).
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So I will be getting the HTC One. I'm currently using an iPhone 5, and I want to be able to switch between the 2.
I know the iPhone 5 uses nano sim, and the HTC One uses micro sim, so I will have to buy an adapter.
However, will it even be possible to just switch sims, seeing as Verizon is CDMA?
Thanks!
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aubreyjohnson said:
I'm doing this same thing with my S4. You will have a SIM in the iPhone and a SIM in the HTC One.
You'll need to go onto the website and swap the active device on the line (takes like 5 mins, super easy).
Even if you could just drop the iPhone SIM into the HTC One (you can not), you'd still have to set the IMEI for the device to be the active device.
This is how they track data usage etc. Activation takes up to 15 minutes, but I noticed in my area in socal it took only 2 minutes.
There is no additional cost to swap or use a different device. Did this myself this morning, rep assured there is no charge but they do present a summary of what the line (your phone number) costs monthly. Not to be confused with the IMEI and SIM numbers (for which there is NO cost to swap, add, etc).
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I've swapped my sim between at least 20 devices without ever needing to change anything on the verizon web page. The only time I have ever had to have any interaction with Verizon is when going from a nano to micro sim. However I've cut three micro sims to fit into iPhones without issue.
aubreyjohnson said:
I'm doing this same thing with my S4. You will have a SIM in the iPhone and a SIM in the HTC One.
You'll need to go onto the website and swap the active device on the line (takes like 5 mins, super easy).
Even if you could just drop the iPhone SIM into the HTC One (you can not), you'd still have to set the IMEI for the device to be the active device.
This is how they track data usage etc. Activation takes up to 15 minutes, but I noticed in my area in socal it took only 2 minutes.
There is no additional cost to swap or use a different device. Did this myself this morning, rep assured there is no charge but they do present a summary of what the line (your phone number) costs monthly. Not to be confused with the IMEI and SIM numbers (for which there is NO cost to swap, add, etc).
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That's way too complicated. Just buy a $5 sim adapter off Amazon and voila. I switch between my s4 and iPhone on a weekly basis and have never had to call verizon or use the website.
With sim adapter I've been using the Same sim and switching between my galaxy s4, iPhone 5, bb Z10, and lumia 928.
Ok, so it looks like there are a couple different options, and now at least I know it's definitely possible to do easily.
Thanks for the replies everyone, you're awesome!
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**EDIT** Ha! Snap, 600th post. Sorry, had to, I got excited for a second.
I went by a Verizon store today to purchase an HTC One. At the store, there was a sticker on the HTC One that said "NFC SIM required to activate". The sales person didn't know if my nano sim / adapter would work at all in the HTC One. We couldn't even test it, because he said I'd be charged a $35 restocking fee if it didn't work, and if I decided not to purchase... I decided not to take the risk.
Has anyone actually tried moving an iPhone 5 nano sim to an HTC One (using an adapter)?
Can an active nano sim (non-NFC sim) be used / moved a new HTC One, or is a NFC sim really required to activate??
oturn said:
I went by a Verizon store today to purchase an HTC One. At the store, there was a sticker on the HTC One that said "NFC SIM required to activate". The sales person didn't know if my nano sim / adapter would work at all in the HTC One. We couldn't even test it, because he said I'd be charged a $35 restocking fee if it didn't work, and if I decided not to purchase... I decided not to take the risk.
Has anyone actually tried moving an iPhone 5 nano sim to an HTC One (using an adapter)?
Can an active nano sim (non-NFC sim) be used / moved a new HTC One, or is a NFC sim really required to activate??
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I have not and I don't know the answer to your last question, however I've decided I'm just going to keep the nano sim in the iPhone and keep a sim in the htc one and when I want to switch I'll just go to VZW website and switch phones, like the first answer said. It's real simple so for me it's no big deal. I'd rather not put the wear and tear on the sim and sim tray.
I switch between my HTC One, SG3, and SG4 but they all have same size SIM.
I heard adapters can cause issues
gotta love how apple does everything different until it comes to software that was in Android light years before iOS
how do I tell if my SIM is NFC?
I am still using my SIM card I got when I bought Samsung s3
The iPhone Sim works in the One.
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dscottjr81 said:
The iPhone Sim works in the One.
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how do you figure???
iphone takes a nano sim card. much smaller
either need adapter, or ruin his sim and cut it to fit the iphone and then no way to get it to work on HTC One.
correct me please if I am wrong.
andybones said:
how do you figure???
iphone takes a nano sim card. much smaller
either need adapter, or ruin his sim and cut it to fit the iphone and then no way to get it to work on HTC One.
correct me please if I am wrong.
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That's what the OP inquired about. With an adapter it will work. Sorry if I confused.
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dscottjr81 said:
That's what the OP inquired about. With an adapter it will work. Sorry if I confused.
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ohh, no need to apologize, I am sorry as well. I understand your post now.
Then why would Verizon put a giant sticker on the HTC One box, proclaiming an NFC sim was required? Placing my iPhone sim in the One (with adapter) will just work? Hopefully this is the case.
oturn said:
Then why would Verizon put a giant sticker on the HTC One box, proclaiming an NFC sim was required? Placing my iPhone sim in the One (with adapter) will just work? Hopefully this is the case.
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nfc sim is only required if you want to use verizons ****ty isis wallet service which no one uses.. google wallet ftw
josh995 said:
I have not and I don't know the answer to your last question, however I've decided I'm just going to keep the nano sim in the iPhone and keep a sim in the htc one and when I want to switch I'll just go to VZW website and switch phones, like the first answer said. It's real simple so for me it's no big deal. I'd rather not put the wear and tear on the sim and sim tray.
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This will not work. As soon as you activate the One VZ will "burn" your i5 sim. Same thing going the other direction. VZ will not allow you to have two (2) working sim cards.
josh995 said:
...I've decided I'm just going to keep the nano sim in the iPhone and keep a sim in the htc one and when I want to switch I'll just go to VZW website and switch phones, like the first answer said. It's real simple so for me it's no big deal. I'd rather not put the wear and tear on the sim and sim tray.
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Verizon used to disable a SIM after its been used... i.e. SIM A in phone, switch to SIM B, SIM A is no longer usable. So your plan might now work.
Instead, you'll likely have to activate the Nano SIM for the iPhone 5, then use an adapter when moving your iPhone 5 SIM to another phone...
Two SIM adapter options are -> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009B9YWB4/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 or -> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ABEA7E/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (i've ordered each of those, so I know they work ).
i literally just reactivated my nano sim, stuck it in my iPhone to make sure it worked, and then put it into my One using an adapter. works fine
I guess you can call Verizon and have them send you a sim card.
.. but only one lol
got one coming. just in case ever need one
they send for free and doen't charge for the SIM if anyone every wants to save themselves a trip to the VZW store
I had them send NFC SIM, didn't realize i dont need it but oh well.
she actually sent me two because their systems were slow and she never asked my address and I said ur sending it to my appt right, and shes like.. no.
she was very nice, apologized for not asking, and instead said f it and said ill just send one to you and one to the original order cos their computers weer sucking lol