Deleting Verizon Cellular Data Account?

[chanesworth]

i am giving my iPad 4 Verizon Ipad to a friend. I am planning on deleting my cellular data account on this iPad and then restoring the iPad to the default settings. After I do this will my friend need to get a new sim from Verizon or can they still use the one that is in the iPad?

Thanks

 

[ROLLTIDE1]

always remove the sim card before you sell a phone or Ipad

 

[wynnnj1977]

You can either restore or remove SIM card. However, your friend has to get a new SIM card if she/he wants to get a prepaid plan, otherwise, they can activate by phone or online (if you leave your SIM card for her/him)

 

[Ken Kaniff]

always remove the sim card before you sell a phone or Ipad

Not necessary.

Not recommended at all if it's a Sprint model.

 

[rigormortis]

Not necessary.

Not recommended at all if it's a Sprint model.

please elaborate. why wouldn't sprint just give you a new sim card? why is this free sim or 1 cent sim such
a big deal. i heard that once a sim card is de-activated you can't sign it up again


the reason sim cards should be destroyed is they may have private information on them. these sim cards have like 256k of flash memory and they may contain

account numbers
telephone numbers
text messages
recent calls
phone book
unique encryption keys used by you to the cell network


until we start breaking into sim cards and proving they do not contain personal information. then i would rather be on the safe side and cut up the sim card

i remember the old days, where sim cards held up to 100 text messages.
yeah we think they don't do that anymore, because now we have the iPhone and iPad, but how sure are we?

i remember the old satellite tv days. i don't want someone to break into my sim card and find out i subscribed to American eXXXtasy.

i think the only time the sim card should not be destroyed is if you are on an grandfathered unlimited plan, like my friend sam and your sim card is worth $800 on ebay

i havent checked lately. but it could be up to 512 or 1 meg now