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Moving sim card to new phone (verizon)
Darkewolfe
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I have a galaxy that's taken a couple hard falls and has a busted up screen. The new huawei came out, so I'm thinking that rather than pay the $200 to repair this phone, I'll buy the new one for $400. (And hopefully hock this one.)
Are there any extra steps to switching service than just popping the sim card out and putting it in the new phone?
Are there any extra steps to switching service than just popping the sim card out and putting it in the new phone?
What is this I don't even.
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I'm pretty sure that at AT&T I also had to register the phone with them and get a new sim printed because there are a few different types. (micro/mini/etc) It took maybe 10 minutes at an AT&T store.
If the new phone takes a different sized SIM than the old one you can either have it cut (using a SIM card cutter, a tool that looks similar to a stapler) or put it into an adapter (a small piece of plastic).
Any cellphone shop worth its salt should have both of these.
The Huawei Honor is a GSM device, you need a CDMA device as Verizon is a CDMA carrier. Think of the difference between GSM and CDMA as like the difference between diesel and gasoline - on the surface they look similar, but the majority of phones are one or the other (a GSM phone won't work with a CDMA carrier, and the opposite).
There is an Android thread in Moe's that might be a good place to stop by if you're looking for Verizon compatible phones to replace your Galaxy with. On a side note, assuming you're going to be buying your new phone outright, check out MVNOs like Selectel. They're almost always cheaper and there is usually zero reason to stick with a mainline carrier like Verizon proper if you aren't subsidizing the cost of a phone with a contract.