Sim cards on cellphones. NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[biteme]

I bought a Sharp camera cellphone out of sympathy for this girl. I have a Nokia phone. She said I could take the sim card out of my phone and put it in the other phone. Problem is, my card isn't the same size and won't fit. What is the solution?

 

[buffer1]

protocol is diff,you need a proper sim for that phone

 

[biteme]

protocol is diff,you need a proper sim for that phone

How much is a sim card? Where do I get one? Her's is still in the phone but because she lost service because she couldn't pay for it, it doesn't work.

 

[biteme]

What do I do? Sell the phone to someone else? Get a new sim card?

 

[BrothaBill]

How much is a sim card? Where do I get one? Her's is still in the phone but because she lost service because she couldn't pay for it, it doesn't work.

sim card is provided by the wireless company, essentially its your phone number and phone ID.
You'd prolly have to sign a contract or add a family member to your account. Some phones are useless now b/c of sim differences.

For example, people who had at&t phones are screwed b/c cingular bought them and now use different size sim cards. Its fine and dandy if they keep using their old phone, but when they try and upgrade to a new phone or get a new sim card they are screwed, theyve jerked people around about paying full retail and shit or signing new contracts.

 

[BrothaBill]

where did you get the cellphone you want to give to her??

 

[biteme]

where did you get the cellphone you want to give to her??

She sold it to me for 14$. Probably knew she was ripping me off, the bitch. I told her I had a Nokia regular phone. She said all I had to do was take my sim card out and put it in her phone. I imagine she knew it wouldn't fit. Probably the only cards that will fit it are other camera phone cards and this is an older phone.

 

[BrothaBill]

What do I do? Sell the phone to someone else? Get a new sim card?

depends on how old it is.
See, in the United States, cell phone companies cell their own phones that are called "LOCKED" so they can only be used with their phone service. So if this Sharp phone you bought was sold by Tmobile, you cant use it with Cingular.

My pocketpc/cellphone I bought from the UK and it was "Unlocked" so that I could just put in a sim card from cingular after I added another line for data and such. They issued me a sim card. The reason why I paid extra was so that when I go overseas, I can take my phone with me since its unlocked.

Starting to think you should just donate it, most people wont buy a phone unless its really good b/c you can get them for 50$ when you sign a new phone contract which you'll have to do anyhow.
Now, if lets say, you had an account already and wanted to pay her bill, and the sim cards matched, you could just add another line and theyll had you the little sim card.

You might be able to sell it to someone if you know someone that wants a phone and has the same carrier that sold the phone.
I have an ATT phone thats cool that my sister had, but its worthless now b/c of nonmatching sim cards, garbage

it all depends on where you got it and how great a phone it is, most likely worth very little

 

[BrothaBill]

She sold it to me for 14$. Probably knew she was ripping me off, the bitch. I told her I had a Nokia regular phone. She said all I had to do was take my sim card out and put it in her phone. I imagine she knew it wouldn't fit. Probably the only cards that will fit it are other camera phone cards and this is an older phone.

lol, yup, sounds like its worthless, she saw you coming didnt she lol, who the hell wants to sign up for a new account just b/c of a used phone. They pretty much give them a way now with new account signups


btw, there are no such thing as camera phone cards, the sim card just contains the phone number. Thats why drug dealers love sim cards b/c they can slip in a stolen one and keep their same phones, just new numbers, nontraceable.

She may or may not have known though in fairness about sim card mismatching. Ive heard people say, oh, just slip in your new sim card, the salespeople mislead consumers in the US about that

 

[biteme]

depends on how old it is.
See, in the United States, cell phone companies cell their own phones that are called "LOCKED" so they can only be used with their phone service. So if this Sharp phone you bought was sold by Tmobile, you cant use it with Cingular.

My pocketpc/cellphone I bought from the UK and it was "Unlocked" so that I could just put in a sim card from cingular after I added another line for data and such. They issued me a sim card. The reason why I paid extra was so that when I go overseas, I can take my phone with me since its unlocked.

Starting to think you should just donate it, most people wont buy a phone unless its really good b/c you can get them for 50$ when you sign a new phone contract which you'll have to do anyhow.
Now, if lets say, you had an account already and wanted to pay her bill, and the sim cards matched, you could just add another line and theyll had you the little sim card.

You might be able to sell it to someone if you know someone that wants a phone and has the same carrier that sold the phone.
I have an ATT phone thats cool that my sister had, but its worthless now b/c of nonmatching sim cards, garbage

it all depends on where you got it and how great a phone it is, most likely worth very little

It's a t-mobile and mine is t-mobile. Still apparently worthless. I'll just chalk it up as a loss and dare this chick to ever ask me for a favor again. She's a student where I work and also a topless dancer. I should have known better. And I had really felt sorry for her. Not anymore.

 

[digger]

"Never ascribe to malice anything that can be explained by stupidity."

Could have worked, she didn't know any better. I signed up for T-Mob, got a phone about the size of a Milky Way. Got tired of it, bought a "T-Mobile to go" Motorola, popped the card out of the chocolate bar, popped it right into the new phone. Cool beans. ("To Go" is T-Mobile's prepaid plan).

 

[BrothaBill]

It's a t-mobile and mine is t-mobile. Still apparently worthless. I'll just chalk it up as a loss and dare this chick to ever ask me for a favor again. She's a student where I work and also a topless dancer. I should have known better. And I had really felt sorry for her. Not anymore.

lol, prolly some guy dropped after she gave him a table dance.
You could always stop by a Tmobile store, Im most familiar with cingular and talked to qwest and verizon quite a bit, different than tmobile. My phone works with tmobile and cingular since its unlocked. They may still have sim cards that match it.
Just call up your local tmobile store, give the model number, tell them you want to change phones and see what the options are. You may find a cool salesperson that helps you out. Or just swing by a store, Ive literally lived at the cellphone store trying to get my phones and laptop up and running on the networks

 

[biteme]

lol, prolly some guy dropped after she gave him a table dance.
You could always stop by a Tmobile store, Im most familiar with cingular and talked to qwest and verizon quite a bit, different than tmobile. My phone works with tmobile and cingular since its unlocked. They may still have sim cards that match it.
Just call up your local tmobile store, give the model number, tell them you want to change phones and see what the options are. You may find a cool salesperson that helps you out. Or just swing by a store, Ive literally lived at the cellphone store trying to get my phones and laptop up and running on the networks

Thanks! This was on my list of things to do for the weekend. lol

Thanks digger!