I've just bought a cheapy 2nd hand phone, exactly the same as the one I currently use, to keep as a spare, back-up whatever. I have put my old sim card (which is Vodaphone) in it, the phone is supposed to be Vodaphone, and all I am getting is Network Search, when I press info, it says Card rejected. Everything else works on the menus, old text messages, all my addresses etc. I haven't used the sim since Jan 2003, when my old phone bust.
The phone I use currently is on Orange, although they are the same phone (Siemens A55) so I can't try another sim, although I did try it just in case I had been given the wrong network, and I got a locked message.
My questions are therefore, do sims become void after you haven't used them for a while? Will I need to buy another sim, and then maybe find that its the phone that's faulty? And if I do that, I will presumably lose all my stored info.
HELP!
The phone I use currently is on Orange, although they are the same phone (Siemens A55) so I can't try another sim, although I did try it just in case I had been given the wrong network, and I got a locked message.
My questions are therefore, do sims become void after you haven't used them for a while? Will I need to buy another sim, and then maybe find that its the phone that's faulty? And if I do that, I will presumably lose all my stored info.
HELP!