iPhone sim card

[pavvento]

Incase anyone didn't know, the sim card does work in every other phone and is removable. I just took mine out (need to put a paperclip in the sim tray and pry it out) and then you can pop your sim back in any other phone.

The guy at AT&T told me this was not possible and that if I wanted to have a different phone (weekends, bars etc.) that I would have to add another line or get a go-phone and use call forwarding.

For everyone out there, just pop it out and go.

Also, everything else works on the iphone without a sim card, the ipod etc.

 

[OziMac]

So - let me get this straight - you activated the iPhone and signed up to the contract; then you popped out the SIM and put it in another phone on which you can still use the voice/data that you're paying for under the iPhone plan.

And without a SIM, the iPhone still functions as everything but a phone?

 

[iphoneurope]

Cool, do you have another sim card of T-Mobile or something? Could you try to reset iPhone without the sim card and then insert the T-Mobile sim card and see if it works with T-Mobile after reset. 🙂

 

[kevinwiz]

my sim card says 3G on it... do they all say this? whats up with this

 

[cyberone]

Cool, do you have another sim card of T-Mobile or something? Could you try to reset iPhone without the sim card and then insert the T-Mobile sim card and see if it works with T-Mobile after reset. 🙂

i second that: try another sim card!!!

 

[Laslo Panaflex]

my sim card says 3G on it... do they all say this? whats up with this

Yeah mine says 3G too. BTW, I am typing this on my iPhone, this thing is amazing!

 

[AirmanPika]

Yea one of the first things I did was copy all the numbers from my old sim to my old phone, swap SIMs, and copy the numbers to the new SIM. The iPhone won't see these but I have all my numbers on the new sim now if I chose to use another phone.

 

[aiongiant]

yea try another sim card from another provider hehe

i too am curious if you can use the iphone without the sim card as everything except making calls

 

[tomguy]

No go

Just like everyone should've expected..

I placed a non-at&t sim into the phone and said I must use an approved sim.

 

[iphoneurope]

Just like everyone should've expected..

I placed a non-at&t sim into the phone and said I must use an approved sim.

Did you reset the phone before insert a Non AT&T sim card? I was wondering if it stores IMSI on the flash drive then if to get access to the iPhone drive we could change IMSI and get it work.

 

[YoNeX]

How about a prexising cingular/att sim card? If that is possible, would save me the hassle of having to sign up for a 2 year contract.