New sim card(s) not working..

[bigcletus123]

Hi there:
I have an iphone 12 pro. I spend the winters in a southern state so I pick up a tier 2 phone package (tracfone) with sim for my time there. I installed it however it seems my phone won't recognize it (see photo attached). I only get the "SOS" indicator. I thought the sim may be bad so I bought another..same thing..then I tried a Straight Talk one..same thing..I put my original (out of country)plan sim in and it recognizes it. Phone is unlocked, bought from Costco online. I reset the network settings, no change. Am stumped...any ideas?? Thanks

 

[bruinsrme]

are you buying phone/sim packages? If so I believe those sims are locked to those phones, vice versa

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Phone is unlocked,

Sounds like maybe not?

 

[bruinsrme]

Sounds like maybe not?

I’m trying to understand if the OP is buying a phone/sim combo then simply taking the SIM and transferring the sim to their iPhone.

That won’t work as the sim and phone are locked together.
Prevents reselling the phone.

 

[jetsam]

Hi there:
I have an iphone 12 pro. I spend the winters in a southern state so I pick up a tier 2 phone package (tracfone) with sim for my time there. I installed it however it seems my phone won't recognize it (see photo attached). I only get the "SOS" indicator. I thought the sim may be bad so I bought another..same thing..then I tried a Straight Talk one..same thing..I put my original (out of country)plan sim in and it recognizes it. Phone is unlocked, bought from Costco online. I reset the network settings, no change. Am stumped...any ideas?? Thanks

Sorry if this is belaboring the obvious - Did you go to the Tracfone site to activate the SIM?
Also - with an iPhone 12 Pro, you don't need a physical SIM at all. Tracfone activates eSIMs, which your iPhone 12 Pro supports.

Go here to activate, either way:

Activate Your Device | Tracfone Wireless

Activate

www.tracfone.com