Do I need a "4G sim card" to get 4G speeds or no? My current sim card is probably 1 to 2 years old. Thanks.
(I know the new sim cards have a skinnier gold contact area).
Legaleye3000 said:
Do I need a "4G sim card" to get 4G speeds or no? My current sim card is probably 1 to 2 years old. Thanks.
(I know the new sim cards have a skinnier gold contact area).
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Yes, you do in fact need to use the new '4G' SIM card.
I have an extra sim laying around that has the skinny gold contacts. Is that for sure a 4G sim or not necessarily? Thanks.
Legaleye3000 said:
I have an extra sim laying around that has the skinny gold contacts. Is that for sure a 4G sim or not necessarily? Thanks.
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Not necessarily. The MT4G came with one in the box. I suggest you use that one or go to a T-Mo store and get a new one.
I don't understand this. Why would you need a new sim card? I have my old sim card and get "4g" speeds.
The new SIM cards help decide how your phone communicates with the network.
The older generation of SIM cards have a limited capacity to connect to the 4G network. They can only connect a couple thousand times and then they will stop. You'll be able to make and receive calls and text, but Data usually stops working. You will need to replace the SIM card with a new ones that has the ability to connect to data at a higher frequency rate than the old SIM. T-Mobile started to release these newer SIMs almost a year ago, so you may be using a newer one. If you want to know if the SIM card you are currently using is 4G compatible, call into Tech Care. They can tell which kinds of SIM cards are old and new.
Again, I would recommend using the one that shipped with your MT4G.
CBConsultation said:
The new SIM cards help decide how your phone communicates with the network.
The older generation of SIM cards have a limited capacity to connect to the 4G network. They can only connect a couple thousand times and then they will stop. You'll be able to make and receive calls and text, but Data usually stops working. You will need to replace the SIM card with a new ones that has the ability to connect to data at a higher frequency rate than the old SIM. T-Mobile started to release these newer SIMs almost a year ago, so you may be using a newer one. If you want to know if the SIM card you are currently using is 4G compatible, call into Tech Care. They can tell which kinds of SIM cards are old and new.
Again, I would recommend using the one that shipped with your MT4G.
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I just called t-mobile, and the person told me that new/old sim card doesnt matter. i dont think he knows what he is talking about though. Check out the post below, it has mixed answers
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/myTouch-4G/Using-A-new-SIM-CARD-for-mytouch-4g/m-p/572443
CBConsultation said:
The new SIM cards help decide how your phone communicates with the network.
The older generation of SIM cards have a limited capacity to connect to the 4G network. They can only connect a couple thousand times and then they will stop. You'll be able to make and receive calls and text, but Data usually stops working. You will need to replace the SIM card with a new ones that has the ability to connect to data at a higher frequency rate than the old SIM. T-Mobile started to release these newer SIMs almost a year ago, so you may be using a newer one. If you want to know if the SIM card you are currently using is 4G compatible, call into Tech Care. They can tell which kinds of SIM cards are old and new.
Again, I would recommend using the one that shipped with your MT4G.
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This is correct.
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I am still using the original SIM from when I opened my T-Mo account (approx Jun 07; crappy free flip phone). I get 4G data speeds fine (see my sig image). Did not swap SIM to use this phone.
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Greetings Streakers!
I'm getting my new Streak tomorrow and have a SIM card question. I'm a long term ATT customer (coming from WM) and have a working SIM in my current Touch Pro 2. I understand the Streak comes with a new SIM card. Is there any reason to have the local ATT shop move my stuff to the new card, or is it okay to just use the old one? Thanks!
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I just took the one from my TIlt2 and stuck it in - works just fine. I threw the new one in the bottom of a drawer just in case I ever need one.
pappyfire said:
I just took the one from my TIlt2 and stuck it in - works just fine. I threw the new one in the bottom of a drawer just in case I ever need one.
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Okay Thanks!
I had heard from a friend that the newer SIM cards provide faster data speeds. I'm not sure about this though...
I'm thinking about switching my old SIM card when my Streak comes in just in case
Zankoku3 said:
I had heard from a friend that the newer SIM cards provide faster data speeds. I'm not sure about this though...
I'm thinking about switching my old SIM card when my Streak comes in just in case
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Depends on how old your current sim card is. If it is the old white and blue (i think that was the color) and says cingular, then i suggest using the new ones that say 3G on them.
even old sim cards from the 2g gprs era will get you the fastest data speeds. if your card is over 10 years old, then yeah, you might want to use the new sim card. but if youre already coming from a 3g smartphone, theres no advantage to using a new sim card.
My uncle just gave me his old mytouch 4g but he made me take the sd card and the sim card before i could have it. i have extra sd cards but i have no idea of how to get a sim card. could i call tmobile and tell them that they sent me a phone with no sim card? also im not with tmobile i dont have a number or any kind of account if that helps.
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EARLisfree! said:
My uncle just gave me his old mytouch 4g but he made me take the sd card and the sim card before i could have it. i have extra sd cards but i have no idea of how to get a sim card. could i call tmobile and tell them that they sent me a phone with no sim card? also im not with tmobile i dont have a number or any kind of account if that helps.
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Im sure the phone boots on the stock rom without a sim card. Wifi usually gives you better speeds than tmos hsdap for now.
If you really need a sim card you can always buy a cheap prepaid tmobile phone at walmart or wherever and take the prepaid sim from the phone and put in your mytouch 4g. All will be well, sir
Honestly, you don't need a sim card to mess around with the phone. You can access the stock rom without a sim card and use wifi for your data. If you want to be able to place calls or text, you can walk into a t mobile store and ask to setup a prepaid account. If they ask you what phone, just say you already have a GSM phone. That'll be about 20 bucks a month. If you have att as your carrier, then you can unlock the mytouch and stick your att sim card in it.
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but i was planning on switchin it to metro pcs will it even need a sim card
EARLisfree! said:
but i was planning on switchin it to metro pcs will it even need a sim card
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Metro PCS uses CDMA phones so you wouldn't even be able to use it with that carrier.
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I want to remove the SIM card from my still working Infuse and put it in my s3. The problems is that sim card in the new S3 is about half the size as the older standard Sim card. Do I have to go to the ATT store and have them program a new sim card that fits my S3 with my new number?
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I want to remove the SIM card from my still working Infuse and put it in my s3. The problems is that sim card in the new S3 is about half the size as the older standard Sim card. Do I have to go to the ATT store and have them program a new sim card that fits my S3 with my new number?
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yes.
i used a micro SIM cutter and cut my existing SIM card to fit in, coming from my atrix. just wanted to try it. i could connect to network but could not get data. so i just activated the micro SIM it came with instead.
why didn't your phone come with a micro SIM?
dLo GSR said:
yes.
i used a micro SIM cutter and cut my existing SIM card to fit in, coming from my atrix. just wanted to try it. i could connect to network but could not get data. so i just activated the micro SIM it came with instead.
why didn't your phone come with a micro SIM?
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I got it from a friend and it does not have a sim with it. Thats why Im curious it the att store will put a micro sim in it with the number I have now.
ghostman1960 said:
I got it from a friend and it does not have a sim with it. Thats why Im curious it the att store will put a micro sim in it with the number I have now.
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They should. They may charge you the $36 'activation fee' for the new SIM.
I'm fairly certain you need a new SIM due to the GS3 being LTE, and the Infuse being HSPA+.
I just made the switch, myself, this morning...from Infuse. What a difference!!!
32gbps speeds here in NYC.
araemo said:
They should. They may charge you the $36 'activation fee' for the new SIM.
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The only places that will charge you for a new sim are "authorized" sales channels, not corporate owned AT&T stores. Go into ANY corporate AT&T store and you'll have a working SIM in a few minutes, no questions asked, free of charge. They'll probably ask to play with your phone or try to sell you accessories though.
wes78 said:
I'm fairly certain you need a new SIM due to the GS3 being LTE, and the Infuse being HSPA+.
I just made the switch, myself, this morning...from Infuse. What a difference!!!
32gbps speeds here in NYC.
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I think you have an typo there buddy... lol
32 Mbps is more like it
I have been with sprint for a long time and never had to mess with sim cards. I am now with att and I have a question about sim cards and activations. I have an android phone right now with att that I am going to replace with the note 2. Can I just pull the sim card from the current phone and put it in the new one? Or do I have to take it into the att store? Also does this cause an activation fee?
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You can just switch the SIM. If it's an already activated SIM (meaning it had service in the prior phone) there should not be an activation fee.
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Thanks for the info. That is what I was thinking but I wasn't sure.
Yes, one of the great things about gsm/sim cards. Easy swappable. If your current phone uses standard mini sim, you will need to cut it down to work in the note2/other newer phones that use micro sim cards.
Currently using the original note. So I don't know what kind of sim it has.
ElAguila said:
Currently using the original note. So I don't know what kind of sim it has.
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You Will need to go to the store. Note 1 has A regular sized sim and the Note 2 takes a Micro Sim you will need a smaller sim but sims are free.
hyelton said:
You Will need to go to the store. Note 1 has A regular sized sim and the Note 2 takes a Micro Sim you will need a smaller sim but sims are free.
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Your can use a SIM cutter. No need to go-to a store. Just be careful and follow the instructions. I've used it twice on various phones.
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ElAguila said:
I have been with sprint for a long time and never had to mess with sim cards. I am now with att and I have a question about sim cards and activations. I have an android phone right now with att that I am going to replace with the note 2. Can I just pull the sim card from the current phone and put it in the new one? Or do I have to take it into the att store? Also does this cause an activation fee?
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Just insert that to any unlocked phone you want,
Our policy at at&t is if its a gsm it's possible,
No fees for device transfer since we have a SIM number as a basis of the account not the IMEI or ESN
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I have changed phones before and just changed the sim from one phone to the next. I also went to att when another phone took am smaller sim and the att rep got a smaller sim and updated it and handed it to me and said have a nice day. I love att's customer service.
Just got my shipping confirmation email from Verizon, they are also shipping a 4G NFC sim card (even though I didn't selected in my order).
Currently I am using the 4G sim card (got with Gnex) in my GS3.
When I receive Note 3 - which sim card should I use, can I use my old 4G sim card in NOTE 3 or do I have to activate the new sim?
I have unlimited data and upgrading (ordered during the "glitch"), does sim card has any effect on the data plan (don't want to loose my unlmtd data)?
Are any of you also receiving 4G NFC sim card with Note 3?
Thanks for any useful information about this.
i think they send out a new sim card because the Note 3 requires a micro sim. i could be wrong, but that is my understanding.
droidguy22 said:
Just got my shipping confirmation email from Verizon, they are also shipping a 4G NFC sim card (even though I didn't selected in my order).
Currently I am using the 4G sim card (got with Gnex) in my GS3.
When I receive Note 3 - which sim card should I use, can I use my old 4G sim card in NOTE 3 or do I have to activate the new sim?
I have unlimited data and upgrading (ordered during the "glitch"), does sim card has any effect on the data plan (don't want to loose my unlmtd data)?
Are any of you also receiving 4G NFC sim card with Note 3?
Thanks for any useful information about this.
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I am curious too as my order says this
"Gemalto 4G NFC SIM Card "
So the sim card has nfc capabilities? I thought it was built into the battery?
i *think* i already have an NFC sim card but I am mot 100%
how exactly do you tell ?
Isn't NFC part of the battery? The specs show the battery has the NFC chip in it.
this is all i can find
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/01/17/how-to-setup-isis-mobile-wallet-on-verizon/
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this is all i can find
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/01/17/how-to-setup-isis-mobile-wallet-on-verizon/
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So it sounds like Verizon is issuing SIM cards with NFC on them in anticipation of ISIS. I wonder how the NFC on the SIM card and the built-in NFC on the battery will interact with each other?
They work fine together
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So it sounds like Verizon is issuing SIM cards with NFC on them in anticipation of ISIS. I wonder how the NFC on the SIM card and the built-in NFC on the battery will interact with each other?
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I was able to order an ISIS SIM for my Note II and the NFC payment process and the NFC transfer process both worked fine.
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So it sounds like Verizon is issuing SIM cards with NFC on them in anticipation of ISIS. I wonder how the NFC on the SIM card and the built-in NFC on the battery will interact with each other?
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The NFC in the battery is just the antenna, where as the NFC in the sim has nothing to do with that.
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The NFC in the battery is just the antenna, where as the NFC in the sim has nothing to do with that.
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Yeah, now I see that the NFC element on the SIM only contains data, such as for ISIS.
So if there is any difference in the SIM cards, the question for those of us activating on an alternate line, then swapping our main (unlimited data attached) SIM cards the question is:
After that process is finished, can we walk into Verizon and say "hey, can I get one of those new fancy SIM cards with NFC? "
Lol, lord knows if its better I want it :good:
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After that process is finished, can we walk into Verizon and say "hey, can I get one of those new fancy SIM cards with NFC? "
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Yes, you can do exactly that. I did that on my g'nex to try and use ISIS...never worked, but the sales rep had no issue upgrading the SIM. No charge and no threat to unlimited data.
Just to clarify, by the way: the SIM cards do not make a phone NFC-enabled by default. You can't suddenly start tapping if you plug an "NFC-Enabled" SIM into an older phone like a Droid Razr or equivalent. They simply provide another place for credit card info or other secure information to be stored, called a Secure Element. I'm fairly sure that ISIS is the only service that uses the SIM-based SE, as Google Wallet uses the SE that comes integrated in the battery on most other phones (yes, there's a little bit of flash memory in the battery). The reason for the use of the SIM card is because it's 100% carrier owned and controlled--if anyone recalls, that was the excuse used to keep Google Wallet off the play store: the carriers wanted access to the SE, but the SE was on the phone, which they didn't necessarily own. So now they get the SE in something that they *do* actually own, and nobody's any happier for it.
Hurray for bureaucracy.
Verizon sends out a new SIM for all orders regardless of what kinda SIM you have in your current device. When you go online to activate (which is how i suggest you do it) you will use the new SIM.
Why would they offer then? ^
But i think its time for a new sim for me anyways. Had this one for 3 years haha
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