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Unactivated T-mobile sim card?
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It will still show the Tmobile service even if the sim has not been activated. If you attempt to make a call it will direct you to customer service.
Does it only happen with those carriers then? Because I tried with a not activated AT&T sim and it showed no service
I wanna test if my new iPhone 5 is in fact unlocked now, and the best way to do that is to simply put a different carrier's sim card, such as T-mobile..
The thing is that I need it to be unlocked to use it internationally with foreign carriers, so I don't have any T-mobile plans, and don't plan on having one.
They sell really cheap sim cards that I'm thinking about buying it just to find that out, but they come unactivated. Will my iPhone recognize the unactivated sim card and show T-mobile on the top corner, or do I need to like activate it with a cheap plan, or prepaid plan in order for that to work? And remember that I just wanna do that to find if my iphone is unlocked now, i don't have any intentions in use that sim card for other than that!
http://iphoneimei.info/
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I tried an unactivated T-Mobile SIM card on an iPhone 5 and the only thing it showed was 4-5 bars and it said T-Mobile. No edge or 3G. It redirects you to customer care on how to activate the SIM.
Yes! But it could be maybe because I'm testing with an AT&T sim deactivated?
I used to use that one and them I cancelled my plan that I had with that sim
You're totally right! I just got a simple mobile sim and it showed "simple mobile" on the top left corner!!!
Same here.
I was wondering why it didn't show 3G or edge.
Now it makes sense.
I just bought the simple mobile nano sim to test out unlocks.
I heard you can just go to T-mobile with your regular sim card and they will give you a nano with your number and everything for free, but I'm my sure, you should go there and check!
Go to a T-mobile corporate store and ask for a "free" nano Sim if you are on a post paid contract. They will help you to transfer your contacts etc. Non corporate stores can charge anywhere from $10 to $20. In that case you can order a free nano sim online and call T-mobile with that to register the new SIM on your existing phone number.