Different types of SIM cards?

RobCherito · 01-03-2010, 08:27

I've just brought two Virgin Nokia 1661's. I put in my existing VM SIM cards but the new phones won't read them, you just get the "insert SIM card" message.

But when I looked at the SIM cards that were supplied with the new phones, they look different.

The chip is smaller and oblong shaped, are there different types?

prking · 01-03-2010, 09:15

There are different types of SIM, however they are generally interchangeable.
Some old phones are not compatible with a 3G USIM and very very occasionally a particular model phone will not work with SIM cards from a particular network without a firmware upgrade.
This obviously isn't the case with your situation, so the most likely explanation is that the cards are incorrectly inserted.

01-03-2010, 08:27	#1
RobCherito Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 53	Different types of SIM cards? I've just brought two Virgin Nokia 1661's. I put in my existing VM SIM cards but the new phones won't read them, you just get the "insert SIM card" message. But when I looked at the SIM cards that were supplied with the new phones, they look different. The chip is smaller and oblong shaped, are there different types?

01-03-2010, 09:15	#2
prking Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Weston-super-Mare Posts: 9,167	There are different types of SIM, however they are generally interchangeable. Some old phones are not compatible with a 3G USIM and very very occasionally a particular model phone will not work with SIM cards from a particular network without a firmware upgrade. This obviously isn't the case with your situation, so the most likely explanation is that the cards are incorrectly inserted.

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