I currently have a Note 2, unlocked bootloader, alliance rom.
if I were to buy an S5, can I just move the Note's SIM card to the S5 and it would work?
Or does one of the talking heads at the Verizon store have to "activate" the S5?
I'd love to have 2-3 phones where I move the SIM card between them depending on how I feel each day.
chumboy said:
I currently have a Note 2, unlocked bootloader, alliance rom.
if I were to buy an S5, can I just move the Note's SIM card to the S5 and it would work?
Or does one of the talking heads at the Verizon store have to "activate" the S5?
I'd love to have 2-3 phones where I move the SIM card between them depending on how I feel each day.
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Yes, you can swap the Sim card to different devices. I'm not sure if it'll work without going to the my Verizon and changing the device there as well though. I've used the same Sim card in my note 2, blackberry, s4, s5, maybe even all the way back to my thunderbolt, but I can't remember exactly.
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I've used my current LTE Sim from Razr MAXX to Razr HD to Galaxy S5.. I have heard that the newer LTE Sims have some upgrades. How much truth there is to that, I don't know.
kprice8 said:
I've used my current LTE Sim from Razr MAXX to Razr HD to Galaxy S5.. I have heard that the newer LTE Sims have some upgrades. How much truth there is to that, I don't know.
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This is for Verizon!
I have mostly new phones and a new sim card. First and foremost all phones have to be activated with Verizon then you can change sims at will. I have a Galaxy S5, Moto Maxx, LG2 and IPhone 5. The same sim works in all phones. Yes I have to use a sim adaptor with the Galaxy S5. Shortly after changing the sim card the picture of the phone I'm using shows up on the My Verizon site.
I used to be with AT&T and I don't think each phone has to be activated by AT&T. I think it goes by the sim card. As I remember I could use any active sim card In any AT&T phone. If it was not a AT&T phone but worked on the same network you may have to configure the APN setting.
Can confirm. Got the VZW S5 through Amazon, which contained a new sim. When I got it, I turned off my old phone, popped out the microSD and sim, popped out the S5's sim and replaced it and installed the microSD and booted up.
First setup said the sim was active to my number, obviously, and I checked Verizon's site within minutes and it knew i had the new phone on that line.
Flawless victory.
http://howikis.com/Move_a_Sim_Card_..._S3,_S4_or_Note_2_and_iPhone_3,_3GS,_4,_4S,_5
I find it useful.
First Initialization of my S5
I was in the middle of initializing my S5 the day I received it. I had about 3 bars of signal strength. Then the signal strength went to zero and the phone would not complete initialization. I finally decided that the SIM card, for some reason, had fried during the process.
I removed the SIM card from my Droid Razor Maxx HD and plugged it into the S5. Signal strength was then back and the phone popped up a window stating that the SIM card was already activated. HOWEVER, I could still not make a call or reach the internet.
I called Verizon tech support and explained what I had done. He had me remove the SIM card and read off the lengthy number printed on the card. After he updated the system to associate this SIM card to the new phone everything was fine. It would be nice if their system software was smart enough to automate this process but apparently it isn't.
Also, I concur with the post that there is no guarantee you can swap SIM cards between phone. The first SIM enabled phone I owned definitely had a larger card. I would not have been able to move the card from that phone to the S5.
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Hi guys, I was all excited to get things going on my galaxy note but unfortunately it's not recognizing my sim card. I put in my att gophone sim card, prepaid unlimited $50 plan, and my note will not recognize it. When I insert it, I get an error saying "sim card crash" and in the top right i have some sort of notification that looks like a sim card with an exclamation point in the bottom right. When I go into setting>wireless and network> mobile networks in order to set up the APN settings it says "insert sim card, Insert sim card to access network services". When I insert the sim into my dumphone, it works fine. I saw another poster had a somewhat similar problem but apparently out of the box it worked fine. I got my phone from techno trading house for what its worth.
this might sound stupid, but have you inserted your sim in the right way?
when i first booted up mine, i accidentally inserted the sim in the wrong way because the samsung note takes sim cards in the opposite direction compared to my previous nokias and motorolas.
Check your sim card placement. I had the no sim card issue when I first got my note, checked my sim card placement and I had it in backwards. Turned it around and everything started working. Just a thought.
I have the chipped side to the bottom right as seen in the little diagram.
+1 same issue here with StraightTalk... SIM positioned properly chipped side on the bottom right printed side of the SIM up / contacts below
My tmobile card has chip side close to sim card slot.
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I tried that too, but the contacts are well aligned when the chip side in bottom right...
sim card
maybe you should try someone else's sim to see what is says. then go from there.
just got an ATT SIM works perfect.... more expensive so...
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just got an ATT SIM works perfect.... more expensive so...
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I'm assuming "just got an att sim" means you opted for a regular plan through att?
Yep that is correct
I currently have an iPhone 3GS under a 2-year plan with ATT. Will my iphone 3GS sim card fit properly into the Galaxy Note N7000? If it does fit, will my GNote operate at HSPA+ 21 with the iPhone sim inserted?
It should. I have a Vodafone 2 year plan and had a Galaxy I and put it into my wifes new SGS 2 and everything worked fine.
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I currently have an iPhone 3GS under a 2-year plan with ATT. Will my iphone 3GS sim card fit properly into the Galaxy Note N7000? If it does fit, will my GNote operate at HSPA+ 21 with the iPhone sim inserted?
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Yes. Same here. You might have to enter the att apn settings
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marose1 said:
I currently have an iPhone 3GS under a 2-year plan with ATT. Will my iphone 3GS sim card fit properly into the Galaxy Note N7000? If it does fit, will my GNote operate at HSPA+ 21 with the iPhone sim inserted?
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you may need a 4G sim and a 4G data plan to access the HSPA+ APN.
Otherwise, regular 3G plan will show you the H+ symbol but may not be getting the full speed
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.
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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.
billf2b said:
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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So with my pure on the way I am starting to think about how I am going to deal with Verizon activating my phone. Currently I am on an OG Droid that as many of you know has no sim card at all, let alone a 4g sim. From what I can see I have two options:
1) Go into verizon with my new phone and say I want it activated and have them do whatever they do.
2) Order a sim from verizon for a new phone.
-- Now I understand that I can not order a sim without an IMEI number. Does this number need to be to a white listed phone and or the actual IMEI of the phone I will activate with or can I just give them any old valid IMEI number?-- If I need to give them a valid IMEI number for a Verizon phone can I just submit my sisters IMEI number? Also if I was to use my sisters phone to activate the sim would it mess anything up on her phone?
So which option do you think is best and if option 2 please address the additional questions related to it.
Same question. Except new contract.
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Tell them you are getting a Nexus 6 or any other phone in their system that uses a nano sim. Tell them it will be a few weeks. I have heard that they will activate a nano sim for you. Pop it in your Pure and you should be good to go. I am lucky enough to have a nano sim in my Turbo I plan on using in my Pure.
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Using another devices imei will work. May be a VZW capable device that also takes a nanosim. This is how I got my device activated.
for reference my sister has a turbo which I believe takes a nano
I just took in a different phone without the sim card, which I used for my moto X . They gave me a new sim for the original phone, then I called *611 to activate it. Worked well but the representative keep saying it is a non VZW device and Verizon only allows approved phones on its network. She was nice just sounded confused by this and only mentioned after it was activated.
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For now I just took the sim out of my Nexus 6 and popped it in the pure, my main issue with that is now i want to sell my Nexus 6 and i think im not going to be able too
This whole thing is a cluster F, mainly cause Verizon sucks at change and allowing stuff in there network. Im sure they are not the only carrier thats a pain but by far the worse. I would assume this why we don't see every phone come out like this one at least yet
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/27.16
Legally they cannot deny us from adding the MXPE on Verizon.
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Ture but that can make it next to impossible to get it activated the proper way, that seems the be what they are doing
VZW is a pain. My device shows on account page as non Verizon device.
call verizon and tell them you are getting a used HTC one M8
they will mail you a nano sim in 2 days
take current sim out of old active phone
carefully position the nano sim in the slot of old phone. I used a note 4 that takes a micro sim but i was able to position the nano sim correctly in the slot for it to work
reboot phone and cal *611 to activate new sim in old phone
once new sim is active, put it in moto x
you can sell old phone without any issues. account is tied to sim not phone
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VZW is a pain. My device shows on account page as non Verizon device.
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Many devices will show that until imei's are in the system
racinwarrior said:
call verizon and tell them you are getting a used HTC one M8
they will mail you a nano sim in 2 days
take current sim out of old active phone
carefully position the nano sim in the slot of old phone. I used a note 4 that takes a micro sim but i was able to position the nano sim correctly in the slot for it to work
reboot phone and cal *611 to activate new sim in old phone
once new sim is active, put it in moto x
you can sell old phone without any issues. account is tied to sim not phone
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So my IMEI from my N6 is not tied to the sim card and once its out and in another phone the N6 is able to be sold or activated as another line and not effect my moto x pure
razor237 said:
So my IMEI from my N6 is not tied to the sim card and once its out and in another phone the N6 is able to be sold or activated as another line and not effect my moto x pure
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correct. The SIM will update the new IMEI number to your account, hence why the device shows as unknown in my verizon. If the old IMEI was tied to the card, you would see a nexus 6 as your device when your Moto x was active, which is not the case.
According to Droid Life's follow up with Verizon they plan on having all the kinks worked out by Friday.
http://www.droid-life.com/2015/09/15/an-update-on-activating-moto-x-pure-editions-at-verizon/
That article sounds promising
I went in to a non-retail store, but an authorized retailer and got a SIM card from them...I got home and called the *611 number and activated it, they didn't even ask the type of phone...
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I went in to a non-retail store, but an authorized retailer and got a SIM card from them...I got home and called the *611 number and activated it, they didn't even ask the type of phone...
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Is this a new account, or you're already a Verizon customer? What specifically did you ask for at the store?
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Is this a new account, or you're already a Verizon customer? What specifically did you ask for at the store?
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I was an existing customer...I just went in to the store and said I needed a new SIM cause I got a new phone with nano SIM and I was currently using a micro; he looked up my name and number to verify the account and I took the card and left...The non retail stores used to charge, but I guess they don't anymore...I may have gotten lucky and the employee was an idiot, I dunno...Went home, called *611, told them I needed to activate the new card and she activated it under my number and I turned it off and then back on and it was good to go! I did call from the new phone too...
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Apparently, at Verizon, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. But what else is new?
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/15/moto-x-pure-edition-verizon-activation-woes/