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[Q] Use AT&T iPad SIM on T-Mobile Galaxy Tab?

Ok, so I would really like to transplant my micro sim from my iPad, seeing as though I got the $29.99 unlimited plan & pop it in a T-Mobile Tab. Would this work? I've checked & the T-Mo Tab does support At&t's frequencies...

It's not a micro sim card, just a regular SIM. So not sure if you can get an adapter to make it fit?

It's a regular SIM card. I tried but the tab asked me for the unlock code. I guess that's another dead end. I talked to tmobile and they told me I have to wait 40 days for the unlock code. Any ideas?
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1) you need to get around T-mobiles SIM lock
2) the tab is 2G quadband, so GPRS will work. But you won't get 3G on AT&Ts frequencies

flashing a rom should disable simlock. am i right?

no it will not

dagobert drug said:
flashing a rom should disable simlock. am i right?
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Usually thats not enough.

calin75 said:
It's a regular SIM card. I tried but the tab asked me for the unlock code. I guess that's another dead end. I talked to tmobile and they told me I have to wait 40 days for the unlock code. Any ideas?
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There is an unlock guide in General now for this.
Just FYI.
-Daniel

I tried it and my tab is now unlocked, but I cant get ATT to work. It connects and disconnects from the ATT net. I have played with the settings but no luck. Cant even get 3G with ATT. Help please!!

calin75 said:
I tried it and my tab is now unlocked, but I cant get ATT to work. It connects and disconnects from the ATT net. I have played with the settings but no luck. Cant even get 3G with ATT. Help please!!
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Have you set up the AT&T APN info?
Settings/Wireless and Networks/Mobile Networks/Access Point Names/(menu New APN) then enter the AT&T network info, which you can find with a quick web search.
Until you have that information, it can't connect to the internet. The T-Mobile APN is the only APN that device knows at the moment, and even that is hidden when using a SIM from a different network.

to get your tmobile Tab to work on att u have to settings>wireless and network>mobile network. then change Network Mode from AUTO to GSM Only
then you can use this on ATT with EDGE internet

What about putting an iPad microsim with adapter in the AT&T galaxy tab? Would any tweaking need to be done? Would 3G work or just EDGE?
I have no interest in voice on the G Tab.
thanks

I did some checking and was able to verify that the iPad microsim in the AT&T g tab will work. The poster didn't specificy if it was 3G or edge but I'm guessing it was 3G.

You will need to use "broadband" as the APN name for the iPad SIM data plan.
You may also need to choose "Supl" as the APN Type, had this issue with the Dell Streak,
Edge would work until i went to use Google Maps then it wold disconnect.
You will also want to set to 2G only or GSM as the US TMobile Tab doesnt have ATT frequiencies for 3G
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[Q] Galaxy Tab SIM card

Can any one tell me why my TAB will not recogize my valid, working SIM card from my other phone? Perhaps some setting on the TAB has to be changed?
Thanks for any info.

dude
dude i dont know. i tried the same thing. i have tmobile usa and the Galaxy Tab, along with my HTC HD2. tried the swap, no dice. saw my phone number, but would not txt, call, or receive calls. no data either.

My TAB doesn't even recognize when that the SIM is plugged in .
It keeps saying: "Please insert a SIM card". "Emergecy Calls Only".

This is going to sound really dumb but try shoving the SIM card in further. With certain brands of SIM you can get a "click" without the SIM being correctly seated in the tab. The tab will reboot if you insert a sim properly while it is on.

Problem solved! I thought that it was unlocked, but it wasn't. Followed Rothammer advise on unlocking and that worked like a charm.
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I have the same problem with my SIM not being recognized. I have an AT&T Tab; unlocked [verified network is unlocked]; flashed with Rotohammer's most recent JME-Full; Baseband is I9000UGJK3; IMEI is OK; and Mobile Network is HSDPA. Interestingly, the signal strenth shows full bars, but does not recognize SIM and does not allow me to enter the Mobile Networks [grayed out] to change anything. I've tried every fix from every thread I can read here. Any thoughts anyone to get this to use voice and data?

Flash the Bell i900 modem for at&t tabs.

not registered?

Hi, i have one piece galaxy tab and when i check it says:
Network lock = off
Network Subset lock = off
Sp Lock = off
Cp lock = off
Now when i insert sim card in device and make a call it says "not registered on network" please help, im completely a newbie in the world of galaxy tab.

the tab we are using doesnt have sim sooo

Does anyone have tab with sim card facility and answer my question?

I have a euro Tab with phone (and a sim) the first time i put the sim in, I also had to register at the network. I did it thru settings>wireless and network>mobile networks>network operator. Choose you operator. You can also look in the quick start manual that came with your device. I am a newbee myself, but this was very easy. Good luck.
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Mado007 said:
I have a euro Tab with phone (and a sim) the first time i put the sim in, I also had to register at the network. I did it thru settings>wireless and network>mobile networks>network operator. Choose you operator. You can also look in the quick start manual that came with your device. I am a newbee myself, but this was very easy. Good luck.
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My mobile networks option is greyed out, any ideas?

Have you checked your networkmodus? I dont know the word in English but netwerkmodus is the name on my dutch Tab. I can choose between gsm/WCDMA or auto. Both work in my case, try to shift between these settings. Perhaps that helps.
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I just bought an att samsung tab,i haven't activated the sim card, really I bought it tio use with wifi,btw I use my rooted fascinate as a router, well im saying I was not required activate tio use my tab, which carrier you are on
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Have you registered your sim card with the carrier? You always have to register the sim with your carrier before you can use the gsm mode. You can do that thru the website of your carrier.

No sim card

I brought S4 just another day and when I insert sim card the phone says "No sim Card" but I inserted it already!
Its micro sim i'm buying another sim card today and see if it works,
Will customer service fix this if the problem is in the phone ? If yes then is it covered by warranty ?
Any help? maybe its software problem

Julius Palad said:
I brought S4 just another day and when I insert sim card the phone says "No sim Card" but I inserted it already!
Its micro sim i'm buying another sim card today and see if it works,
Will customer service fix this if the problem is in the phone ? If yes then is it covered by warranty ?
Any help? maybe its software problem
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Definitely. Visit SSC.
BTW, use this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192886 from next time to ask anything related to S4.

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You didin't even answer my question, my question is is this hardware problem or sim card problem?

Julius Palad said:
You didin't even answer my question, my question is is this hardware problem or sim card problem?
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And how exactly he should or anyone should know what's exactly your problem? Can be hardware or the simcard. This is up to you to find out.
First try a new simcard , and try to get one micro sim factory cut if you can, if still nothing means is hardware.

Did you put it in wrong?
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I have the same problem on my s4, it doesnt recognize any sim at all. i tried several simcards but with no success

daahir said:
I have the same problem on my s4, it doesnt recognize any sim at all. i tried several simcards but with no success
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You have the answer on this topic, if doesn't work with any simcard, bring it back.

GT I9505 doesn't detect LTE sim, works fine with 3g Sim
Hello all !
I own a 2.5 year old GT i9505 (LTE variant) which works completely fine with a 3g Sim but the "Sim Card not inserted" error appears as soon as a 4g Compatible Sim is inserted. Could this be a modem issue ?
I live in India (got the phone from Europe) and have been using 3g services without any hitch for the past 2 years. Vodafone recently launched 4G services here and my phone doesn't detect the new 4G Sim card .
My phone shows the LTE/WCDMA/GSM modes but doesn't detect the Sim card.
Tried with another Sim from the store that doesnt work either.
Details :
AP: I9505XXUHOJ2
CP: I9505XXUHOJ2
CSC: I9505EURHOJ1
All ideas and solutions are appreciated.

It's possible that there is something wrong with the phone's sim card reader. You could replace the reader for not a lot of money and it's easy to do yourself.

Maybe your phone is unable to detect LTE Networks from Vodafone India because from what I research, India uses TDD-LTE. You could Google-d LTE bands that used in India and compare it with your phone's supported LTE bands.
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audit13 said:
It's possible that there is something wrong with the phone's sim card reader. You could replace the reader for not a lot of money and it's easy to do yourself.
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Thanks for your reply.
I considered that option but a 3g sim works perfectly. Do you still think it would help ?
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Maybe your phone is unable to detect LTE Networks from Vodafone India because from what I research, India uses TDD-LTE. You could Google-d LTE bands that used in India and compare it with your phone's supported LTE bands.
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Thanks for your reply.
I guess I am just lucky my phone supports both.
http://www.cnet.com/news/why-your-next-4g-phone-should-have-fdd-lte-and-tdd-lte/
Still no luck !

I don't know that much about sim card technology. Have you tried the LTE sim card in a very old phone to see if the old phone detects the sim?

audit13 said:
I don't know that much about sim card technology. Have you tried the LTE sim card in a very old phone to see if the old phone detects the sim?
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I did infact it works with every phone except this one.

Leads me to conclude it is the sim reader or motherboard if no LTE SIM cards work. Doesn't seem like software.

[Q] This Sim Card is from an Unknown Source - HELP PLEASE!

hello guys i buy the galaxy s5 (Verizon) on ebay and when i put my sim card in my city in Dominican Republic i get error
"This Sim Card is from an Unknown Source"
i can make a calls and recieve call too is just the mobile data is not working and i tried with many sim cards carriers of my city and not working the internet but my brother have too a Galaxy s5 (T-Mobile) and work fine with my sim card is something about the software of my galaxy i dont know how to fix it or some patch for use GSM fully work.

_u2pop_ said:
hello guys i buy the galaxy s5 (Verizon) on ebay and when i put my sim card in my city in Dominican Republic i get error
"This Sim Card is from an Unknown Source"
i can make a calls and recieve call too is just the mobile data is not working and i tried with many sim cards carriers of my city and not working the internet but my brother have too a Galaxy s5 (T-Mobile) and work fine with my sim card is something about the software of my galaxy i dont know how to fix it or some patch for use GSM fully work.
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Problem is, it requires Verizon SIM. AFAIK TMobile is not as strict as Verizon..

kprice8 said:
Problem is, it requires Verizon SIM. AFAIK TMobile is not as strict as Verizon..
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Te hone seems to be unlocked. Check your APN settings to see if they have ben set correctly. There are tons of tutorials available.

Make sure you have the correct apn
Sent from my Galaxy Note S5

kprice8 said:
Problem is, it requires Verizon SIM. AFAIK TMobile is not as strict as Verizon..
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All of Verizon's lte phones are SIM unlocked.

joshua.justice said:
All of Verizon's lte phones are SIM unlocked.
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Then perhaps if what you say is true, the OP got a bad device? Or the previous owner(if phone is not new) didn't properly remove their account from the phone and it will not reactivate. I'm at a loss then.

Perhaps the Verizon S5 doesn't support the bands for his carrier.
Sent from my Galaxy Note S5

mexiking713 said:
Perhaps the Verizon S5 doesn't support the bands for his carrier.
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I would think it would still allow for GSM communications even though it's an unrecognized SIM.

joshua.justice said:
I would think it would still allow for GSM communications even though it's an unrecognized SIM.
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He said he gets talk and text but no data. Its either the apn or compatability with the radios for data. My wife has the Verizon S5. She gets the unrecognized sim notification also but she has all the features working with a Tmobile sim, including 4gLTE data. I did go ahead and removed the setup wizard apk to permanently remove the notification.
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_u2pop_ said:
This Sim Card is from an Unknown Source
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You didn't do much of a search or you would have found other threads where this has been asked and answered.
The message comes from a Verizon setup app that makea no allowamce for the possibility that anyone would use a foreign SIM in a Verizon phone. Freeze or remove the app to supress the message.
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_u2pop_ said:
hello guys i buy the galaxy s5 (Verizon) on ebay and when i put my sim card in my city in Dominican Republic i get error
"This Sim Card is from an Unknown Source"
i can make a calls and recieve call too is just the mobile data is not working and i tried with many sim cards carriers of my city and not working the internet but my brother have too a Galaxy s5 (T-Mobile) and work fine with my sim card is something about the software of my galaxy i dont know how to fix it or some patch for use GSM fully work.
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I would run the Region unlock from the Market to get rid of that error message, I'm not 100% if it will make the I ternet work since I just tried an active at&t Simcard last night and it was the same case as your but without the error message you got

The same problem with my Kyocera Brigadier. Click.

razzrmaxx said:
I would run the Region unlock from the Market to get rid of that error message, I'm not 100% if it will make the I ternet work since I just tried an active at&t Simcard last night and it was the same case as your but without the error message you got
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maybe its in the csc.. vzw is cdma and tmobile is gsm isnt it? either way the s5 is sim unlocked but no guarantee everything works with other sims from other carriers

I have the vzn here in mexico and i just deleteted the setup wizard. Amd now i dont have that anoying message. But even i had that messge i had everything working great even data. On cdma and gsm in mexico
Enviado desde mi SM-G900V mediante Tapatalk

With any SIM you put in that's not from Verizon, you will get this message, even if you do a region unlock. As others have stated it has to do with the Setup Wizard. The easiest fix is to freeze the Setup Wizard with Titanium Backup. It doesn't affect the phone's functionality at all. I wouldn't deleted it though. I've frozen mine and I can use any SIM without getting the annoying message.

This is a deterent that Verizon puts on their phones in hopes they won't be used on other carriers. They're factory unlocked.
I've noticed recently that the "add apn" button is gone in Mobile Networks on 4.4.4. You need to go to Network Operators and run a search. Hopefully the APN's will auto configure. If not, check to see if the "add apn" button is enabled. If it's not, you'll need to root the phone, buy APN Manager Pro, and install it as a system app. Then you can enter your APN settings.

I'm having issues with my Verizon s5 on metro pcs but I have no call or sms ability errors msgs are "no service selected network (T-Mobile) not available."

lac1cg said:
I'm having issues with my Verizon s5 on metro pcs but I have no call or sms ability errors msgs are "no service selected network (T-Mobile) not available."
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What it is and how to remove it?
Help

I had same issue that my samsung galaxy S3 was showing sim is from unknown source and was not detecting sim then i gone to mobile networks and changed network mode to global and then created access point for my local network ( just visit website of network you are using there you will find Apn setting for android for that network ) and after creating Apn just tick that apn and network internet will also start to work

This sim card is from an unknown source
Ok I had the same problem but I got the majority of it solved. With a few simple phone calls. OK if you already have service with the ability to make calls and text. But can't get any Internet service. All you have to do is call the metropcs provider or go to a store. And ask for the APN code. I chose to call first but every person that answered the phone had a real bad foreign accent. So I went to a store and they did everything for me. No questions asked I even kept my same sim card. Now if you can't make calls or text they will have to take the imei number from that phone and simply add it to there system with sim card. And your good to go. All you have to do is make one call.