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Can I switch the sim in my damaged Cell Phone to a new Cell Phone?
I dropped my simple little Samsung 225 cell phone in water, and
since then several functions are not working well. (For instance, if I turn the phone off, the only way I can turn it back on is to take the battery off and then reinsert the battery.) However, the phone is still serviceable, but T-Mobile wants to charge me and arm and a leg (About $200) for this $25 phone. Therefore, I am wondering whether I can buy the phone on the market, and then insert my old sim into the new phone. In such a case will the new phone still connect with T-Mobile's service. Or, is there possibly another work-around where I can get a completely working new phone and avoid being overcharged by T-Mobile. Thanks for any help, JD |
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Can I switch the sim in my damaged Cell Phone to a new Cell Phone?
wrote in message ups.com... I dropped my simple little Samsung 225 cell phone in water, and since then several functions are not working well. (For instance, if I turn the phone off, the only way I can turn it back on is to take the battery off and then reinsert the battery.) However, the phone is still serviceable, but T-Mobile wants to charge me and arm and a leg (About $200) for this $25 phone. Therefore, I am wondering whether I can buy the phone on the market, and then insert my old sim into the new phone. In such a case will the new phone still connect with T-Mobile's service. Or, is there possibly another work-around where I can get a completely working new phone and avoid being overcharged by T-Mobile. Thanks for any help, JD Switcing the sim cards is all that is needed. That is if the phone is compatiable with your system. Also some phones are 'locked' to a system and can not be used on another companies service. Over the years I have gotten 3 differant kinds of 'free' phones from my cell phone comapny and all I have to do is switch cards if I want to use any of them. |
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Can I switch the sim in my damaged Cell Phone to a new Cell Phone?
"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message ink.net... wrote in message ups.com... I dropped my simple little Samsung 225 cell phone in water, and since then several functions are not working well. (For instance, if I turn the phone off, the only way I can turn it back on is to take the battery off and then reinsert the battery.) However, the phone is still serviceable, but T-Mobile wants to charge me and arm and a leg (About $200) for this $25 phone. Therefore, I am wondering whether I can buy the phone on the market, and then insert my old sim into the new phone. In such a case will the new phone still connect with T-Mobile's service. Or, is there possibly another work-around where I can get a completely working new phone and avoid being overcharged by T-Mobile. Thanks for any help, JD Switcing the sim cards is all that is needed. That is if the phone is compatiable with your system. Also some phones are 'locked' to a system and can not be used on another companies service. Over the years I have gotten 3 differant kinds of 'free' phones from my cell phone comapny and all I have to do is switch cards if I want to use any of them. Sim card switching is all you should need to do, but even if the replacement phone is locked to a network, you shouldn't have trouble finding someone to unlock it. It's a simple enough job if you have the right gear. There are people over here that make a good living unlocking phones. Arfa |
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