I have been seeing alot of talk about people buying microsim cards for the Nexus 4. Forgive my ignorance, but will my current sim card in my Galaxy Note work in the Nexus 4?
From what I can see online, the Galaxy Note takes a regular SIM (technically called a Mini SIM, but referred to as just a SIM in most cases). If you go to an official AT&T store (not an authorized retailer) they will swap your SIM for free.
I preordered the Note 3 through my Premier business account and when I checked the status of the order yesterday, AT&T had already activated the SIM card with a different number. Can I use the SIM card from my AT&T Note 2 in my AT&T Note 3 when it arrives?
The SIM Card from the Note 2 works in the Note 3:good:
Hey All. I currently have a Galaxy Nexus with a ATT Straight Talk SIM. I am buying a T-Moble Galaxy S4 today for $320. I want to use it as my main phone, but I know I will have to unlock it and cut the SIM card. After I unlock it will I be able to get 4G speeds? Or will the band difference screw me? What if I was to get the new LTE straight Talk SIM Card?
Can an international Galaxy Note 3 (model SM-N9005) work with Verizon?
From what heard.. I would have to get a replacement SIM card from VZW and use it on the SM-N9005's first boot
Cuz,
You will always have to get the sim from the providing service carrier unless you are willing to pay long distance charges!
You can get a Verizon sim for an ATT network, you may occasionally use a competitors tower but the service COMES FROM the sim!
rhyfurjin said:
Can an international Galaxy Note 3 (model SM-N9005) work with Verizon?
From what heard.. I would have to get a replacement SIM card from VZW and use it on the SM-N9005's first boot
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rhyfurjin said:
Can an international Galaxy Note 3 (model SM-N9005) work with Verizon?
From what heard.. I would have to get a replacement SIM card from VZW and use it on the SM-N9005's first boot
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you can use it but most likley if your not using a vzw sime you wont get 4g as well you will have to change the apn to whatever carrier you intend to use it on
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.