My update period for my plan is coming up soon. I was thinking about buying the DROID Charge but I really want a dual-core LTE phone and those aren't coming for awhile. Should I just wait?
I recently purchased a used Motorola Droid Ultra to replace my current Droid Bionic. I am on Verizon and went to the local corporate store to obtain a nano SIM for the Ultra. The SIM provided was not NFC and when I went on-line to activate with the Verizon website, I received an error that the SIM card was not compatible. I ordered a new NFC SIM from the website and am awaiting its arrival. Here are two questions that I have concerning the new NFC SIM.
1. Once activated in the Ultra can the NFC SIM be removed and activated in the Droid Bionic using a nano to mini SIM adapter? If so, can I just swap the NFC SIM or do I need to go on-line and input the MEID and NFC SIM ID? By the way, I do realize that the NFC SIM would not give the Bionic any new powers with relation to NFC.
2. Is it possible to leave the old mini SIM in the Droid Bionic and simply reactivate using the Verizon Website for times that I want to use the Bionic instead of the Ultra. I have read elsewhere that there is some kind of deactivation after some time period whereby the old SIM is dead and cannot be reused on my account or any other account. Does anyone know if this is true and if so, what are the timeframes?
Thanks, in advance, for any help on these questions.
hikersc said:
I recently purchased a used Motorola Droid Ultra to replace my current Droid Bionic. I am on Verizon and went to the local corporate store to obtain a nano SIM for the Ultra. The SIM provided was not NFC and when I went on-line to activate with the Verizon website, I received an error that the SIM card was not compatible. I ordered a new NFC SIM from the website and am awaiting its arrival. Here are two questions that I have concerning the new NFC SIM.
1. Once activated in the Ultra can the NFC SIM be removed and activated in the Droid Bionic using a nano to mini SIM adapter? If so, can I just swap the NFC SIM or do I need to go on-line and input the MEID and NFC SIM ID? By the way, I do realize that the NFC SIM would not give the Bionic any new powers with relation to NFC.
2. Is it possible to leave the old mini SIM in the Droid Bionic and simply reactivate using the Verizon Website for times that I want to use the Bionic instead of the Ultra. I have read elsewhere that there is some kind of deactivation after some time period whereby the old SIM is dead and cannot be reused on my account or any other account. Does anyone know if this is true and if so, what are the timeframes?
Thanks, in advance, for any help on these questions.
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"NFC SIM" just means it's got a NFC secure element on it, to facilitate Isis payment transactions.
Otherwise, swap it around at will. I do both Android and iPhone development at work and I'll bounce between an iPhone 5 or my Droid Maxx depending on what project I'm working on that day. I routinely swap the (NFC-enabled) nano-SIM between my Maxx and my iPhone 5 without trouble, so I can't imagine why you'd have any trouble with an adapter in your Bionic.
I believe they have fixed the deactivation period issue. I know when I did some device shuffling on my account even a year ago, it seemed that if you "deactivate" a SIM, it's put on hold for ~24 hours, and then after that point it can be used again. That was contrary to my experience back in 2011 where it was most definitely the case that if you deactivated a SIM it was pretty much burned for good.
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"NFC SIM" just means it's got a NFC secure element on it, to facilitate Isis payment transactions.
Otherwise, swap it around at will. I do both Android and iPhone development at work and I'll bounce between an iPhone 5 or my Droid Maxx depending on what project I'm working on that day. I routinely swap the (NFC-enabled) nano-SIM between my Maxx and my iPhone 5 without trouble, so I can't imagine why you'd have any trouble with an adapter in your Bionic.
I believe they have fixed the deactivation period issue. I know when I did some device shuffling on my account even a year ago, it seemed that if you "deactivate" a SIM, it's put on hold for ~24 hours, and then after that point it can be used again. That was contrary to my experience back in 2011 where it was most definitely the case that if you deactivated a SIM it was pretty much burned for good.
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Thank you for this information. This was what I was thinking but have not tested the NFC SIM in the Bionic. My understanding is that it is basically identical to a standard nano SIM with some extra information to support secure NFC transactions via Isis wallet.
I did determine that I can continue to use the Bionic in WiFi mode both with and without the old SIM card installed. If no SIM is present, you get a warning on bootup and can then function as usual on WiFi. With the SIM installed, it shows network strength but, of course, no calls or data. I am interested in leaving the card in the Bionic because it is a booger to swap. It requires removing the back, the battery, and SD card to just get to the SIM which then does not seem to want to slide out. My thought was to just use the online activation tool without swapping the SIM if I need to go back to the Bionic for a period of time. If anyone has a similar experience with using this method for swapping phones, it would be great to know.
TLR - Is it more likely my 4g sim card has died out of the blue or the radio in my older Droid Bionic has fried?
-Using a droid bionic that is probably 3 years old, duel booted with the newest kit-kat. Problem occurs on stock as well.
-So for the last few months my phone has been dropping all service(wi-fi & data/cell) then coming back on a few minutes later.
-The other day 4g/cell service dropped completely. The wi-fi still works but seems to be iffy. I have to airplane mode on and off a few times to get it to come back.
-I'm looking to buy an HTC One m7 off craigslist (I still have unlimited data) and I don't want to buy a new phone if a new SIM card will solve the problem. In turn I don't want to buy a new SIM card and have the phone be the problem.
-I've gone to two verizon stores and one said SIM cards die often, the other said it was the phone.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm poor and it could save me a lot of money.
Thanks in advance
cb
Hi, my phone, which is a Samsung Grand Prime SM-G530M, has almost 2 years old.
Over a period of one and a half years the phone detected the 4G / LTE signal without any problem.
In the last December the operating system was upgraded, security update, but did not change the version of android.
From that moment, always detects the signal E, and sometimes the signal H / H +. But the 4G signal never again .
The phone never fell on the floor, never fell into the water, the SIM chip works on 4G / LTE on other phones.
After a month with this problem, I root the phone to have more options for repair.
Please can anyone help me with this problem?
thank you very much to all.
Rick.
So yesterday my Pixel XL 2 was working completely fine. Walked away from it doing some stuff, came back, it was off, tried to turn it on, tried reboot, nothing its completely dead. Tried different chargers, plugging into a computer, holding down buttons for minutes. It was at like 50% charge at time of death so battery has power.
I bought the phone new and was the first user but didn't buy it through and authorized dealer so I'm screwed. Chatted with Google and they basically told me I have to go to the dealer. So I have an 850 dollar paper weight.
In order to not cost me a ton I'm going to go from a single plan to a family plan with the wife or jumping on her families current plan. They are with Verizon so if I go with her family plan options are new Pixel XL 2 on a 2 year contract (which sucks since the 3 is out in like 2 months) or S9+ and go on a family plan with just the wife and I. I really liked my Pixel until it died so I'm sort of mad at Google. Its my fault for not buying from an authorized dealer, but its their fault their phone didn't last a year. I know I'm in the Pixel forum so that might skew it , but what would you do?