Sim card question...

flicker · 09-06-2005, 11:30

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!

Clangerette · 09-06-2005, 11:35

Most networks cancel ur sim if you haven't made a call for 6 months so it probably is your sim. Contact Vodafone either by email, visiting their website or phoning customer services. This is the most likely cause.

flicker · 09-06-2005, 11:37

Thank you, will try that and see what they say, before I go off on a rant to the person I bought the phone from! Cheers for answering so quickly.

flicker · 09-06-2005, 12:35

Just phoned Vodaphone. Apparently they can't re-activate a sim card after 6 months, so it's pointless me having another phone as a back up anyway, I hardly ever use my Orange one, it was only because occasionally around here you can't get a signal on Orange, but you can on Voda.

Another thing I have wasted my money on.

Catamaran · 09-06-2005, 13:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by flicker

Just phoned Vodaphone. Apparently they can't re-activate a sim card after 6 months, so it's pointless me having another phone as a back up anyway, I hardly ever use my Orange one, it was only because occasionally around here you can't get a signal on Orange, but you can on Voda.

Another thing I have wasted my money on.

Sell it on ebay!!

lee18xx · 09-06-2005, 18:17

Or buy a replacement sim, theyre only about £1.50 on eBay

Steven L Hunter · 09-06-2005, 20:10

Yeah or buy a new sim for £4.99 with £5 free airtime on www.vodafone.co.uk

09-06-2005, 11:30	#1
flicker Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: West Wales Posts: 14,065	Sim card question... 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!

09-06-2005, 11:35	#2
Clangerette Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 829	Most networks cancel ur sim if you haven't made a call for 6 months so it probably is your sim. Contact Vodafone either by email, visiting their website or phoning customer services. This is the most likely cause.

09-06-2005, 11:37	#3
flicker Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: West Wales Posts: 14,065	Thank you, will try that and see what they say, before I go off on a rant to the person I bought the phone from! Cheers for answering so quickly.

09-06-2005, 12:35	#4
flicker Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: West Wales Posts: 14,065	Just phoned Vodaphone. Apparently they can't re-activate a sim card after 6 months, so it's pointless me having another phone as a back up anyway, I hardly ever use my Orange one, it was only because occasionally around here you can't get a signal on Orange, but you can on Voda. Another thing I have wasted my money on.

09-06-2005, 13:56	#5
Catamaran Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: DUNDEE Posts: 7	Quote: Originally Posted by flicker Just phoned Vodaphone. Apparently they can't re-activate a sim card after 6 months, so it's pointless me having another phone as a back up anyway, I hardly ever use my Orange one, it was only because occasionally around here you can't get a signal on Orange, but you can on Voda. Another thing I have wasted my money on. Sell it on ebay!!

09-06-2005, 18:17	#6
lee18xx Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 2,794	Or buy a replacement sim, theyre only about £1.50 on eBay

09-06-2005, 20:10	#7
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Yeah or buy a new sim for £4.99 with £5 free airtime on www.vodafone.co.uk

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