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[Q] Moto X on Straight Talk wireless

I have to come here, to ask someone with experience. Because the morons at straight talk don't know what there talking about... Called straight talk twice, got two different answers... The Moto X uses a Nano Sim card, straight talk has a nano Sim card... One representative, says their nano Sim only works with iPhones, the other says it works with any phone using nano Sim cards... Is there anyone using the Moto X on straight talk?... I do know there's Sim cutters... But this isn't for me, but a friend, that doesn't feel comfortable cutting the Sim...
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I'm using a Straight Talk nano sim in a Moto X. You have to buy it as part of a kit from Walmart. The kit comes with multiple sim sizes and a month of service. You can't just order a nano sim on their website, for whatever reason. Also, a lot of times those phone repair places will cut a sim down for you if you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself.
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[Q] Switching to ATT - SIM Card Advice Please?

Upon receipt of my new One Plus One phone (which I will be ordering as soon as available), I will need to switch my service to ATT from Verizon.
I noticed they have several different SIM card options--which one would work best?

JeffinAZ said:
Upon receipt of my new One Plus One phone (which I will be ordering as soon as available), I will need to switch my service to ATT from Verizon.
I noticed they have several different SIM card options--which one would work best?
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The OnePlus ONE is compatible with microSIM cards.

treChoy said:
The OnePlus ONE is compatible with microSIM cards.
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Thanks but to clarify, ATT offers several different SIM card choices which depend upon the type of phone you have (e.g. Apple, Blackberry, Android etc.). Since I have never used ATT, I will need to specify which card for them to send. They do not offer a One Plus One option currently.
The "Android" SIM card, maybe?

JeffinAZ said:
Thanks but to clarify, ATT offers several different SIM card choices which depend upon the type of phone you have (e.g. Apple, Blackberry, Android etc.). Since I have never used ATT, I will need to specify which card for them to send. They do not offer a One Plus One option currently.
The "Android" SIM card, maybe?
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Just get the LTE smartphone one. There's no Android one they just label them that way cause consumers don't know jack about their devices.
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FuMMoD said:
Just get the LTE smartphone one. There's no Android one they just label them that way cause consumers don't know jack about their devices.
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For a while, BlackBerrys had special plans. The SIMs were the same but the BB plans had some weird nonstandard firewall/proxy settings for their APNs.
I think having "Apple" set on your plan does some weird stuff with Visual Voicemail. So you want a generic non-Apple and non-Blackberry smartphone plan.
BTW you might want to take a look at Straight Talk's micro-SIMs. Available with AT&T's network at much cheaper rates than AT&T for a 2GB plan.

[Q] How did you activate your Maxx Dev Ed on Verizon?

Just got my Maxx Dev Ed direct from Motorola.
Came with nano SIM preinstalled.
Coming from a RAZR M with micro SIM so must activate nano SIM that came with Maxx.
Worried about losing my unlimited data on VZW as I have read elsewhere sometimes happens if you aren't careful about activating a new SIM.
Anyone who has done his personally and successfully please share the exact steps you took.
Thanks so much!

You can just trim down the micro sim to fit in the nano sim slot.

What about going the other way I want to use my nano Sim in my RAZR hd is this possible?
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neyes said:
You can just trim down the micro sim to fit in the nano sim slot.
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Thanks for the suggestion but I've had mixed success in the past with cutting SIM cards, even with great precision.
If anyone has successfully activated a new sim without losing their unlimited data plan on Verizon, please share how you did it.

nubia11 said:
What about going the other way I want to use my nano Sim in my RAZR hd is this possible?
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You should not have a problem doing that if you use a "nano to micro SIM tray adapter" readily avialable on Amazon or eBay.

reyxlp said:
You should not have a problem doing that if you use a "nano to micro SIM tray adapter" readily avialable on Amazon or eBay.
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Fantastic! Thank you for the tip! I didn't think to look.....
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reyxlp said:
Just got my Maxx Dev Ed direct from Motorola.
Came with nano SIM preinstalled.
Coming from a RAZR M with micro SIM so must activate nano SIM that came with Maxx.
Worried about losing my unlimited data on VZW as I have read elsewhere sometimes happens if you aren't careful about activating a new SIM.
Anyone who has done his personally and successfully please share the exact steps you took.
Thanks so much!
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Okay was afraid to involve Verizon but I called them and lucked out with a tech support rep who knew what they were doing and got me all set up on the new SIM without making any changes to my account (read: unlimited data lol).
Had tried the website but it was asking for some authorization thing to add a new line even though I clearly had selected on a prior menu that I wanted to activate a new device on the same line.
Hope this helps others and thanks again for the responses..

reyxlp said:
Okay was afraid to involve Verizon but I called them and lucked out with a tech support rep who knew what they were doing and got me all set up on the new SIM without making any changes to my account (read: unlimited data lol).
Had tried the website but it was asking for some authorization thing to add a new line even though I clearly had selected on a prior menu that I wanted to activate a new device on the same line.
Hope this helps others and thanks again for the responses..
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To be honest, I think that the phone requires one of the new NFC SIMs in order to be activated on Verizon anyway. Cutting down the older micro-SIM probably would not have worked. That's the way it was when the phone first came out, anyway.

doogald said:
To be honest, I think that the phone requires one of the new NFC SIMs in order to be activated on Verizon anyway. Cutting down the older micro-SIM probably would not have worked. That's the way it was when the phone first came out, anyway.
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Works fine on a cut down Sim
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Just pop into a corporate store if it's not working online. They can get you a new nano NFC SIM card and activate it for free, and the way Iconic works requires the rep to really go out of their way to change your data plan. Policy is only to change it if you've purchased a new phone with either a new contract or on Verizon Edge. Otherwise it's just an ESN swap. Have them set you up with Isis too (if you haven't already) so that both of you get something out of it, even if you don't end up using it.
I would not recommend SIM cutting, especially given how easy it is to get a hold of a new nano NFC SIM or to just use the one that came with the phone.

Dude. You paid for your phone. They can't take your data.
Get isis! You will get $50 free for signing up. Plus $15 off $25. Plus $1 off every contact less payment!
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man all you gotta do is go to activate phone type in the new numbers and turn your new phone on with the sim card inserted that easy took me like 3 minutes

SIM card quesiton

Just curious but what sim card size does the Verizon M8 use? I can't really seem to find that info anywhere and want to make sure before I get one as I'll be swapping between this and my current Note 3. Thanks for any info in advance.

Short and sweet. Nano Sim.

Thank you. Looks like I'll have to make a visit to a Verizon corporate store to get my current sim swapped out to a nano sim then if I so desire to use say my Note 3 get some kind of adapter. :good:

AngryManMLS said:
Thank you. Looks like I'll have to make a visit to a Verizon corporate store to get my current sim swapped out to a nano sim then if I so desire to use say my Note 3 get some kind of adapter. :good:
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Myself I got mine mailed to me..it only took 2 days just a heads up. The VZW corporate store is on the worse intersection in Ann arbor so its like a 2 hour trip an I only stay 15 miles away. Smh

If your current sim is a micro there's a lot of templates available that you can download and use to cut your micro sim down to nano size.
https://www.google.com/search?q=mic...erizon&sourceid=chrome-mobile&espv=1&ie=UTF-8

Sim card question?

I just got the 1+6 coming from 1+1. I looked up the Sim card size of both, the 1 said micro the 6 is nano (foolish me didn't actually look in my 1) so I bought a new sim card straight talk pack and open the 1 after buying new sim to see I had a nano in there all along, haha the 1 can take micro or nano.
So my question is now I have 3 other simcards from straight talk, att TMobile Verizon can each of those sim cards by used to activate a different phone in the future?

TheGratefulDead said:
I just got the 1+6 coming from 1+1. I looked up the Sim card size of both, the 1 said micro the 6 is nano (foolish me didn't actually look in my 1) so I bought a new sim card straight talk pack and open the 1 after buying new sim to see I had a nano in there all along, haha the 1 can take micro or nano.
So my question is now I have 3 other simcards from straight talk, att TMobile Verizon can each of those sim cards by used to activate a different phone in the future?
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I bought one of those packs. Activated mine with the AT&T sim and activated my son's phone with the T-Mobile sim. I personally wouldn't bother with the Verizon. The speeds straight talk gets from them sucks.

tabletalker7 said:
I bought one of those packs. Activated mine with the AT&T sim and activated my son's phone with the T-Mobile sim. I personally wouldn't bother with the Verizon. The speeds straight talk gets from them sucks.
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Thank you. That's what I figured but wasn't sure if activating one would void the others somehow, and agreed the Verizon card is in the trash, thanks again