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Whistle17
Posts: 1 |
 
Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:31 pm |
Here's the scenario - I broke my phone, no upgrade available. One of 3 phone lines on my account was eligible, so I upgraded that line, swapped out sim cards. Easy enough, good to go.
Here's the question - my old sim is 64K, the new one is 3G. Phone number 555-1234 is associated with the 64K sim and 555-5678 is with the 3G. I want it to be the opposite so I can use the 3G in number 555-1234.
Can I do that without involving Cingular? If not, will Cingular do that for me?
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timmyjoe42
Posts: 167
Phone Model:
RAZR V3
Service Provider:
Cingular |
Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:32 pm |
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I would call customer service to see if they can upgrade the 64K sim cards to 3G, so you all have 3G. What is the benefit of the 3G card?
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Shalalala
Posts: 661 |
Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:53 pm |
Compatible for the next 4 years?
Better security?
More contacts?
If you update then all info on the old sim cards is lost. All of it.
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BigRUSS
Posts: 2105
Phone Model:
two cans ( del monte) and some string,
Service Provider:
RussCo |
Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:14 am |
yea your pretty much going to have to get yourself a new 3g sim and 64k beacuse when you activat the new phone the 3g sim will actiave at the upgraded numbner,
3g sims cant work in non 3g phones, but 64k sims will work in 3g phones ,
i hope i didnt confuse you because i think i just confuesed myself lol
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Shalalala
Posts: 661 |
Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:02 am |
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Yeah, I've been confused by that too - so, do you NEED a 3G sim in a 3G phone - because I have a D807 and a 8700 and they both have the fireball 3G sim cards and they're obviously not 3G phones.
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justin22
Posts: 213
Phone Model:
Samsung D807, Moto KRZR K1 Red
Service Provider:
Rogers Wireless |
Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:18 pm |
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and the 3g sim works in your d807? facinating....
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Shalalala
Posts: 661 |
Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:47 pm |
Yeah.
No issues at all. Although sometimes my sim entries fail to show up until I power cycle.
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blade954
Posts: 32
Phone Model:
Samsung A707
Service Provider:
Cingular Wireless |
Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:45 pm |
| justinflry wrote: | | and the 3g sim works in your d807? facinating.... |
The 3G SIM works in my old Nokia 3120. No issues. Backwards compatible.
| TheManator wrote: | Compatible for the next 4 years?
Better security?
More contacts?
If you update then all info on the old sim cards is lost. All of it. |
Who cares if all the info on the old SIM card is lost? As long as you copy the info from the SIM to the phone before you change to a 3G SIM, then copy from phone to the new SIM after it's activated then you're good to go. It only stores names and numbers. The new 3G SIM saves email addresses on it.
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Shalalala
Posts: 661 |
Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:42 pm |
Nice tone there dude. You should work in telemarketing.
the thing is, A LOT of people CARE about their numbers, because most customers I speak to have their SIM AND their PHONE completely full of contacts, so, losing numbers is a big whopping deal to them.
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Malibu21
Posts: 1002
Phone Model:
V3xx Lightly Modded, V6 Maxx Tweaked nicely.
Service Provider:
The New AT&T |
Fri Dec 08, 2006 4:23 am |
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There's a simple way around that, take it to a place that does backups, they're all over the place, they usually do unlocking too, so what if you have to pay 30 bucks for back up and restore to new phone, if you want the 3g thats one way to do it
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