[SOLVED][Q] Sim card included with phone?

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My G2 came with a new sim card. Any reason I should use the new one instead of the old one I have? Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by gjvah

My G2 came with a new sim card. Any reason I should use the new one instead of the old one I have? Thanks in advance.

No but I would save it just in case your current ever goes bad (happened to me a couple weeks ago with year old sim). It comes wit every phone.

I was going to use the new one because my old one is 9 years old but it doesn't have any of the vpn info on it so I just stuck with my old one..

Although I did read around here somewhere that a tech told someone that we should be using the new ones with the TM on the chip side?

Originally Posted by mcp2009

No but I would save it just in case your current ever goes bad (happened to me a couple weeks ago with year old sim). It comes wit every phone.

Thanks brother

Originally Posted by Du22ty

I was going to use the new one because my old one is 9 years old but it doesn't have any of the vpn info on it so I just stuck with my old one..

Although I did read around here somewhere that a tech told someone that we should be using the new ones with the TM on the chip side?

can anyone elaborate on this? What does the new card have that the old one doesn't?

Please take notice that older SIM cards (and phones) had 8 metallic contacts for the SIM and the new SIM cards (and phones) have 6 metallic contacts.

Older "2G" sims only have the ability to register with the network a certain number of times. Once that registration number is reached "90,000" the SIM card dies and must be replaced. This can occur within six months for smartphones.

This means no future registrations, lost contact information, and no Voice/Data/Text Messaging capabilities.

Interesting.. I didn't know it came with a new SIM card. I popped in my old one when my G2 arrived. Opened my manual and the new SIM is in there.. Put that in and I have no service or data connection.

Originally Posted by -RotorDemon-

Interesting.. I didn't know it came with a new SIM card. I popped in my old one when my G2 arrived. Opened my manual and the new SIM is in there.. Put that in and I have no service.

You have to call to update your SIM number for it to work.

Ah.. Well I will have to do that Monday.

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