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[Q] Help with sim card issue

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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AT&T specific question

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.

Question about SIM card

Hello! My phone is dying and I decided to buy new one. Actually it is used SPRINT phone and seller said there is no SIM Card. But ESN is clean.
My question is: can I activate that phone in Sprint network. And what about SIM card? Can I use SIM card from my old phone?
Thank you!

Well sprint is cdma.so it will go off msid and mdn.you dont need a sim phone for cdma.so at that point leave it with the phone.
Sent from my 0x1 Note 4...... I love tep

A Sprint SIM will be required for Sprint 4G LTE. Pick one up at a Sprint store. If you are registering with a Sprint MVNO, Try Best Buy or Ting.com or eBay for the SIM. Not all Sprint SIMs the same. Make sure you get the right model SIM for the Note 4.

Need help, Can anybody tell me which model of Sprint Sim does 306sh use?

Hi guys, I just bought used sprint 306sh and trying to use it with Ringplus, but the phone came without sim card. As I know Sprint has hundreds different sim cards for different phones, just try to buy the correct one and avoid losing money, can anybody tell me that which model of sim card is using on your 306sh?
Thanks a lot.

been on Sprint and Tello with this sim
Hey, i've had the Aquos on Sprint and now Tello with
the same sim card, a GLW406R, but it seems the price
any MVNO offers on its sims to work with their service
may be lower than you can buy it for ....?
I went thru activation, this sim worked on both, no problems.
(USA)

Have official sprint sim
Uses a "nano" sized sim if thats what you mean. I still have the actual card so if you need a serial number or something let me know.

Sprint micro sim cards cut. Unlocked t mobile s7 edge

I have a unlocked s7 edge from t mobile. I wanted to use it on sprint. But to be honest I can seem to get it to register. Plus my micro sim needs to be cut to nano sim. If i cut my sim card will i be able to use sprint service?

Nope.
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optimummind said:
Nope.
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Thanks. Also wanted to know if I had a sprint phone with a nano sim slot and I cut my micro sim to fit, would it work? Or would I have to activate by calling sprint.

calicrook said:
Thanks. Also wanted to know if I had a sprint phone with a nano sim slot and I cut my micro sim to fit, would it work? Or would I have to activate by calling sprint.
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No. You would need a new SIM card from Sprint.
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Sprint links the SIM card to the IMEI of the phone. Unlike [unlocked] GSM phones, you can't just swap SIM cards and go. You would have to get Sprint to unlock the phone first, which they'll only do once you've paid it off.

meyerweb said:
Sprint links the SIM card to the IMEI of the phone. Unlike [unlocked] GSM phones, you can't just swap SIM cards and go. You would have to get Sprint to unlock the phone first, which they'll only do once you've paid it off.
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Thanks

optimummind said:
No. You would need a new SIM card from Sprint.
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Thank you

Sprint doesn't allow you to bring devices from other carriers. And the sim card is married to the meid of the phone which the tmobile version only has an imei .