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[Q] Sim card not found

Alright, lately after I unlock my phone it tells me that my sim card is not found. It bugs me a lot because I have to shut the phone down and take the card out and back in. No, I didnt drop it and it isnt rooted. Is it my sim card or the phone? And if it keeps doing this, should I send it into ATT?

if you have some compressed air i'd blow it in the sim card slot, but thats probably not the problem i would take it to AT&T and try to get a new sim card or have them look at your phone

Is the sd/sim cover flush?

drakizard said:
Alright, lately after I unlock my phone it tells me that my sim card is not found. It bugs me a lot because I have to shut the phone down and take the card out and back in. No, I didnt drop it and it isnt rooted. Is it my sim card or the phone? And if it keeps doing this, should I send it into ATT?
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Is it the SD card that came with the phone, or one you bought separately?

drakizard said:
Alright, lately after I unlock my phone it tells me that my sim card is not found. It bugs me a lot because I have to shut the phone down and take the card out and back in. No, I didnt drop it and it isnt rooted. Is it my sim card or the phone? And if it keeps doing this, should I send it into ATT?
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I had to go get a new SIM card today because the original was not connecting. It initially didn't enable a network signal, so the gal rebooted my phone....and of course saw my custom boot animation and status icons and what not...I don't think she had seen a rooted phone before...said something about "you've really bling'd this thing out haven't you? This is the most customized phone I have ever seen"... [sheepish grin]

Pull out the batery and turn on with the sim card inside.
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Try the battery pull mentioned above. If it keeps happening then try getting a new sim from att. If the issue persist then call att they will more then likely replace the phone.

Scott_S said:
Is it the SD card that came with the phone, or one you bought separately?
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Oops. I thought he said SD card. No wonder no one answered that question of mine. Lol

[Q] HD3 no signal!!~~ :(

I bought my hd3 in china .it was unlocked, originally sold to hongkong.
after I went back to the U.S. I kept using my chinese sim card, and everything worked fine. when 7720 released ( it was a long time ago) , I swiped my cell phone, and from then on, my hd3 always tells me that 'no network found'. I tried to search network manually, and I see att and tmobile, but cannot register. now the signal icon has an empty set symbol,...and I don't know what's wrong???
p.s. my att sim card works well on my hd3...I've tried different roms, none of them helped.
the problem is solved, I inserted my chinese sim card into an android phone and it successfully registered in att, and then when i inserted it back onto my hd3, i got the signal LOL.. ..i've no idea why this happened, wish this may help to someone got the same prob.

Have your tried HTC Connection Setup?

day2die said:
Have your tried HTC Connection Setup?
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yes,i've tried many times
it can detect the right carrier, but doesn't really help

Sounds like you may have to do a hard reset and then reinstall Setup Connection. During the configuration setup after the hard reset you can tell it what region/country you are in now; same for Setup Connection.

sinister1 said:
Sounds like you may have to do a hard reset and then reinstall Setup Connection. During the configuration setup after the hard reset you can tell it what region/country you are in now; same for Setup Connection.
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thanks for your advice, i just don't understand why should i hard reset the phone. as i tried many roms, each time i swiped in a new rom, the rom was brandly new, like a factory reset, and each time connection setup doesn't work.
i'll take your advice and see if this works out.
btw, i can't see your pic, it's too small. is it something relate to hard reset or ?

no, it doesn't work. T0T

You said your ATT sim works fine... why use the chinese one then? Also i think ATT will give you a new sim if you are under contract with them. You are paying for service aren't u?

ROCOAFZ said:
You said your ATT sim works fine... why use the chinese one then? Also i think ATT will give you a new sim if you are under contract with them. You are paying for service aren't u?
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I need to contact people in china anytime
i have another cell phone using att sim card
i cant see the reason that i need another att sim card \(~0 .0~)/
thanks anyway

gloger said:
thanks for your advice, i just don't understand why should i hard reset the phone. as i tried many roms, each time i swiped in a new rom, the rom was brandly new, like a factory reset, and each time connection setup doesn't work.
i'll take your advice and see if this works out.
btw, i can't see your pic, it's too small. is it something relate to hard reset or ?
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LOL that pic is small for a reason; it has negative coments about WP udates.

sinister1 said:
LOL that pic is small for a reason; it has negative coments about WP udates.
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………………ok
i almost give up on my hd3...
it seems like a root sin... no matter which rom fits in it, there is no signal at the very beginning when ' get to start' shows..

Is it an hd7? or an hd3? (never heard of hd3)

Moon2 said:
Is it an hd7? or an hd3? (never heard of hd3)
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hd3 or mozart
actually there is little difference between these two.
size and the camera, or maybe the battery - -~?

Phone stuck in "Unlocking SIM Card..." message.

Hello XDA
The thing is I get from eBay an Infuse 4G in mint condition, then I root it with OneClick tool and after that I made a sim unlock following this thread, which worked extremely fine, I even call a few friends, family, my son, etc.
OK the phone comes with an AT&T stock gingerbread Android and I maded all calls in it... so logically, like you see, everything worked fine. Well, after that I installed via CWM this CM7 and calls my attention that after install it fine, in the SIM PIN check, I type it and then it put me the typical "Unlocking SIM Card..." message and behind I can see how it get my carrier's name, even radio signal bars... I even received an SMS, I know it because I see it on the notification bar... BUT the "Unlocking SIM Card..." message never disappear, preventing me from do anything.
I reinstall that rom wiping even my mother and the same happens again, so I though it was the rom. OK, I install another CM7 rom and got the same. Until there I began to think it was a problem with my SIM reader... but if you remember I maded calls minutes ago, right? So I was like ... actually I still like that.
The last thing I did was change and install a MIUI rom expecting some changes... and nothing, I have the same "Unlocking SIM Card..." message and obviously is not my SIM reader, otherwise I couldn't see my carrier's name and radio signal bars.
This is the rarest thing I've ever seen.
Can anyone help me?
Best regards.

Put sim in another phone. Then go to the security menu and turn the sim lock off. Then put the sim back in your phone.

SIM lock does not work on CM7 or MIUI.

Truckerglenn said:
Put sim in another phone. Then go to the security menu and turn the sim lock off. Then put the sim back in your phone.
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I'll try that. I went back to AT&T stock Gingerbread and everything works fine with SIM locked or not. I'm rooting it again so I install CM7 or MIUI again and see what happens. However I must be able to have my SIM locked or not. I really don't know what happened there.
PVD04 said:
SIM lock does not work on CM7 or MIUI.
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I'm telling you, I have no idea what happened. Have any ideas?

I'm saying that you can't use Sim lock on CM7 or MIUI. You have to disable it or use a different ROM.
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PVD04 said:
I'm saying that you can't use Sim lock on CM7 or MIUI. You have to disable it or use a different ROM.
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Now I understand you... sorry my slowness

Bump! Did you got this thing solved?
I have the same situation with an Infuse but I cannot get it solve
I tried by removing the SIM lock on a S2 with stock ICS update but when I put the SIM again on the Infuse I still getting the "unlocking SIM card" message

danteSpec said:
Bump! Did you got this thing solved?
I have the same situation with an Infuse but I cannot get it solve
I tried by removing the SIM lock on a S2 with stock ICS update but when I put the SIM again on the Infuse I still getting the "unlocking SIM card" message
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I totally solve the problem mate, in my case I did what you have done because in CM7 or MIUI Sim Lock don't work (which I have no idea why, it's stupid)... but when I disable it from another phone (it doesn't care which Android version have) I solve my problem... so I have no idea why you haven't solve it yet.

[q] no sim issue

Having a huge issue here need some help, I recently finally got my unlock code from ATT and was very happy, I applied my unlock code with a SIM I had at work and all was good, I will be traveling out of country and had an Ekit SIM decided to test with the phone, it worked fine, then I went to put in my ATT SIM (i had it cut for microsim size, so I`m using adapter, but never had issues) and now I get the little no SIM sign and no service, interesting part is that the signal bars seemed to go up maybe just cosmetic...
I was on the ICS and then went back to SkyICS which is 2.3.5 but my modem statyed on UCLA4, I found the older 3 modem and now it shows no bars but still SIM is not working, I tried multiple SIM cards and always show the SIM symbols and when I go to mobile networks it says SIM is not present. Please help me as this is my primary phone and Im stuck, I really wouldnt like to reset everything.

If it was me I'd make a nandroid backup, then ODIN flash the Samsung official stock I727 UCKJ2 2.3.5 firmware from sammobile here. After flashing stock, booted into stock e3 recovery and do a wipe data/factory reset and see if that resolves the 'no sim' issue. If the phone still doesn't recognize the AT&T sim, take it into an AT&T store and request a new sim card. If it's still borked even with a new sim card they should swap it under warranty.

cschmitt said:
If it was me I'd make a nandroid backup, then ODIN flash the Samsung official stock I727 UCKJ2 2.3.5 firmware from sammobile here. After flashing stock, booted into stock e3 recovery and do a wipe data/factory reset and see if that resolves the 'no sim' issue. If the phone still doesn't recognize the AT&T sim, take it into an AT&T store and request a new sim card. If it's still borked even with a new sim card they should swap it under warranty.
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I guess I have to try to go to Stock, no choice here, I know its not the SIM tried in wifes phone and its fine, also that EKit SIM that just worked in the phone does not, could I some how damaged the SIM card holder ?

Sounds like it could be the sim slot. Anyway, if you put it back to stock you'll have not issues at the store when you swap it. Then restore your nandroid backup on the new phone.

cschmitt said:
Sounds like it could be the sim slot. Anyway, if you put it back to stock you'll have not issues at the store when you swap it. Then restore your nandroid backup on the new phone.
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Only thing is I bought this phone on ebay back in January, its registered under my account and everything, and I got it brand new. I hope ATT will repair/replace under warranty. Sad thing is I was fighting with ATT for 2 weeks to get this phone unlocked and finally got it now I have to swap it and go thru the same process .
I dont get how this happened, this is not the first time I swap SIMs and all was good, I think its pretty hard to break a SIM slot, but I guess I did it some how. So Pissed off right now its not even funny

Just as a long shot, maybe try cleaning the sim card contacts with a pink pencil eraser. Sounds crazy, but I have a Garmin running watch and the contacts on the back sometimes get dirty and it won't sync with my PC, so I just 'erase' them a bit and it's back in action.
If AT&T won't do the warranty swap, Samsung will directly-- although that's a little more of a hassle. Good luck!

cschmitt said:
Just as a long shot, maybe try cleaning the sim card contacts with a pink pencil eraser. Sounds crazy, but I have a Garmin running watch and the contacts on the back sometimes get dirty and it won't sync with my PC, so I just 'erase' them a bit and it's back in action.
If AT&T won't do the warranty swap, Samsung will directly-- although that's a little more of a hassle. Good luck!
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hmm you mean the SIM card it self right ? not the slot as the slot is covered ....

yozh said:
hmm you mean the SIM card it self right ? not the slot as the slot is covered ....
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The card and the slot contacts, if you can get at them.
Also, you said the card is cut and in an adapter - maybe it's just not quite lining up with the slot pins. Try it with the card not quite fully pushed into the slot.

cschmitt said:
The card and the slot contacts, if you can get at them.
Also, you said the card is cut and in an adapter - maybe it's just not quite lining up with the slot pins. Try it with the card not quite fully pushed into the slot.
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I just tried with every SIM I had including the same SIM that I was testing with and it was working, that one is not cut and is a full SIM and still no go, just the SIM symbol and NO SERVICE

yozh said:
I just tried with every SIM I had including the same SIM that I was testing with and it was working, that one is not cut and is a full SIM and still no go, just the SIM symbol and NO SERVICE
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I cant even backup current ROM, it gets to somewhere on the data part and trows me back to recovery, been doing this for the last hour, getting really frustrated and tired !

Maybe it's time to punt and flash stock 2.3.5 with factory reset.

cschmitt said:
Maybe it's time to punt and flash stock 2.3.5 with factory reset.
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Yep was able to backup and flash stock from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348. still same no sim, I cleaned the SIM and the slot, even tried with some compressed air nothing all the same... I guess I`ll go to ATT store, do they usually replace phones on the spot ? I`m used to going to apple store where they just replace it... This really sucks !

I don't know if this will help, but have you tried manually inputting the APN for whatever carrier SIM you have at the moment? It's worth a shot
Edit: and are they LTE SIMS?
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denenatse said:
I don't know if this will help, but have you tried manually inputting the APN for whatever carrier SIM you have at the moment? It's worth a shot
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I would do that, but when I go to mobile networks I can't get to setting, it's says Insert sim to change mobile network settings.
The SIMs worked fine before yesterday. 1 is ATT lte 1 is not, but again it says no sim inserted.

Baseband says kj2?
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Ok went to ATT store, they sent me to att service center, got a new phone. Now the unlocking chase begings again!
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Getting Cell Service with NO SIM! And some other guys number ! Help

I just bought a phone the guy who made no mention of the fact that it was rooted when I bought it. What is worse is he mentioned that his GF worked for Verizon, which did not seem to mean much at the time. Knowing that here is what i'm dealing with.
I was in a rush when I checked out the phone as I had to meet another person to pick one up for my wife as well. It's the sch-i575 in white 16gb. After having a minute to look at the phone it turns out he had Paranoid Android flashed and the phone was rooted. CRAP! Not what I was looking for and he was not upfront about it. The incredibly strange thing was that with NO SIMCARD the phone was getting 3g signal! I spent all night trying to unroot \ undo what he did. I managed to use ODIN to get back to the stock rom although I think it's still a rooted one since I still have the super user app. I got a sim card from verizon but since it was rooted I did not bring the phone in and when I tried to activate later it would not activate. My wife's by the way is working flawless and when I put my sim in her phone it works fine as well. I had to put the sim in my wife's phone and it activated there. Here is the crazy thing, with or with out a simcard the phone makes calls and has 3g internet only but when I make a call it uses HIS NUMBER!! I'm not sure what the hell to do, what could have he done? Any ideas? Please all help is appreciated! I did not think this was even possible for the phone to function w/o a sim. I'm worried about taking it in to Verizon because of the funkiness. Ty again for any insight...

tekkski said:
I just bought a phone the guy who made no mention of the fact that it was rooted when I bought it. What is worse is he mentioned that his GF worked for Verizon, which did not seem to mean much at the time. Knowing that here is what i'm dealing with.
I was in a rush when I checked out the phone as I had to meet another person to pick one up for my wife as well. It's the sch-i575 in white 16gb. After having a minute to look at the phone it turns out he had Paranoid Android flashed and the phone was rooted. CRAP! Not what I was looking for and he was not upfront about it. The incredibly strange thing was that with NO SIMCARD the phone was getting 3g signal! I spent all night trying to unroot \ undo what he did. I managed to use ODIN to get back to the stock rom although I think it's still a rooted one since I still have the super user app. I got a sim card from verizon but since it was rooted I did not bring the phone in and when I tried to activate later it would not activate. My wife's by the way is working flawless and when I put my sim in her phone it works fine as well. I had to put the sim in my wife's phone and it activated there. Here is the crazy thing, with or with out a simcard the phone makes calls and has 3g internet only but when I make a call it uses HIS NUMBER!! I'm not sure what the hell to do, what could have he done? Any ideas? Please all help is appreciated! I did not think this was even possible for the phone to function w/o a sim. I'm worried about taking it in to Verizon because of the funkiness. Ty again for any insight...
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It sounds like you didnt flash the proper stock image. I would start with that and report back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1755386

tekkski said:
I just bought a phone the guy who made no mention of the fact that it was rooted when I bought it. What is worse is he mentioned that his GF worked for Verizon, which did not seem to mean much at the time. Knowing that here is what i'm dealing with.
I was in a rush when I checked out the phone as I had to meet another person to pick one up for my wife as well. It's the sch-i575 in white 16gb. After having a minute to look at the phone it turns out he had Paranoid Android flashed and the phone was rooted. CRAP! Not what I was looking for and he was not upfront about it. The incredibly strange thing was that with NO SIMCARD the phone was getting 3g signal! I spent all night trying to unroot \ undo what he did. I managed to use ODIN to get back to the stock rom although I think it's still a rooted one since I still have the super user app. I got a sim card from verizon but since it was rooted I did not bring the phone in and when I tried to activate later it would not activate. My wife's by the way is working flawless and when I put my sim in her phone it works fine as well. I had to put the sim in my wife's phone and it activated there. Here is the crazy thing, with or with out a simcard the phone makes calls and has 3g internet only but when I make a call it uses HIS NUMBER!! I'm not sure what the hell to do, what could have he done? Any ideas? Please all help is appreciated! I did not think this was even possible for the phone to function w/o a sim. I'm worried about taking it in to Verizon because of the funkiness. Ty again for any insight...
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I thought the I575 was an old slide phone. So A. your in the wrong section of the forum since this is Verizon's S3 or B. you mentioned the wrong device number? I saw phones before working and running on networks without sim-cards but that was years ago. If it is an S3, you sure it's a Verizon device? Also since you see 3g....can you browse around in the browser or make a phone call?

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galchristian said:
I thought the I575 was an old slide phone. So A. your in the wrong section of the forum since this is Verizon's S3 or B. you mentioned the wrong device number? I saw phones before working and running on networks without sim-cards but that was years ago. If it is an S3, you sure it's a Verizon device? Also since you see 3g....can you browse around in the browser or make a phone call?
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Yes, it's a galaxy s3 16gb in white. It looks like currently I was using the tar66 using ODIN. I'm reverting back to the bone stock one now. As far as the models go isn't the SCH-I575 the Verizon version of the S3?
I'm waiting on the stock unrooted rom to take through ODIN and will report back. Thank you for taking the time to try and help.
Ohh, yes the internet works and when I make phone calls with or with out my sim in it makes calls successfully but the other guys number shows up. What the heck did this guy do to the phone!

Our model is the SCH-i535
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DROID3R said:
Our model is the SCH-i535
Dont thank/like/rep my posts or ill report you.
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You are obviously absolutley correct. I'm frantically trying to figure this out. I have flashed the stock rom and don't have super user anymore. The problem persists with the guys number.
Could he have flashed a custom kernel and modem or does reverting back using the stock rom cover all that ?

tekkski said:
You are obviously absolutley correct. I'm frantically trying to figure this out. I have flashed the stock rom and don't have super user anymore. The problem persists with the guys number.
Could he have flashed a custom kernel and modem or does reverting back using the stock rom cover all that ?
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The one i linked covers all that and completely erases all data on the phone. Did you insert your sim after the stock flash?

toy028 said:
The one i linked covers all that and completely erases all data on the phone. Did you insert your sim after the stock flash?
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I just double checked and I had the I535VRLAG1 version, yours is the I535VRALF2 in the link you posted trying this now. The crazy thing is that it even says that the sim is activated with MY number! but the calls are still comming from him. I even tried wiping the device and clearing the cache. I also tried to JUST flash the modem with VRLG1.modem.tar.md5 and nothing :\. Waiting on the file from your link to download and will try that.
Is it possible that this is being caused by something on Verizon's end? The phone ( with out the SIM ) is registered to him somehow? I know this is not normal but because his GF worked for Verizon could they have done something funky?

Yeah its definitely possible its from something she did to the phone but most likely nothing from Verizon's end. Does the IMEI number under status match the IMEI number under the battery?

toy028 said:
Yeah its definitely possible its from something she did to the phone but most likely nothing from Verizon's end. Does the IMEI number under status match the IMEI number under the battery?
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Yes IMEI is the same in the OS as behind the battery.
The curious thing is that on the same screen in the OS where you find the IMEI there is also a field called Network and it says " Unknown"
It also has things like:
Eri v : 5
Mobile network type : EvDo-rev.a:8
The thing I keep coming back to is how is it possible for this phone to make calls\ have data with out a sim?
Starting to really think I got cheated

Cheated? Sounds like you have free Verizon service.
Roll with it. If you really want a bill you can have mine...
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tekkski said:
Yes IMEI is the same in the OS as behind the battery.
The curious thing is that on the same screen in the OS where you find the IMEI there is also a field called Network and it says " Unknown"
It also has things like:
Eri v : 5
Mobile network type : EvDo-rev.a:8
The thing I keep coming back to is how is it possible for this phone to make calls\ have data with out a sim?
Starting to really think I got cheated
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Very strange that's for sure. Try re-provisioning the device *2767*3855#

toy028 said:
Very strange that's for sure. Try re-provisioning the device *2767*3855#
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Just did and the same thing happened. I went to the Verizon store and the guy there had no idea and got me in touch with tech support from the store. They were dumbfounded and flat out said that what is happening is impossible. "It's impossible to make\receive phone calls with out a sim unless they are emergency" I harped on the fact that I am making phone calls as one of their other customers and that this is a big deal. In the end since I had the insurance and extended warranty they will ship me a new phone.

tekkski said:
Just did and the same thing happened. I went to the Verizon store and the guy there had no idea and got me in touch with tech support from the store. They were dumbfounded and flat out said that what is happening is impossible. "It's impossible to make\receive phone calls with out a sim unless they are emergency" I harped on the fact that I am making phone calls as one of their other customers and that this is a big deal. In the end since I had the insurance and extended warranty they will ship me a new phone.
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Wow... you gave away free service
Dont thank/like/rep my posts or ill report you.

Yeah i agree. Screw it. Just forward your number to the new one until everyone gets used to the new number. Free service equals win baby win
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