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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / January 2006Question on upgrading
I admit this question may seem dumb to most of you. I am new to the phones with a chip (yes my previous one was that old.:)) ) If I want to buy a different phone, will putting this chip in a new phone carry over my phone number and all info? I made the stupid mistake of settling for a refurbished phone and it only lasted 9 days. Now I do not trust the place I got it. I want to just go to a different store and get a new phone. TIA Dottie Somewhere around Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:43:26 GMT, while reading alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from "Dottie" <d.hanussak@att.net>: >I admit this question may seem dumb to most of you. I am new to the phones >with a chip (yes my previous one was that old.:)) ) If I want to buy a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >lasted 9 days. Now I do not trust the place I got it. I want to just go to a >different store and get a new phone. The definitive answer is maybe - if the new phone is is a Cingular model (assuming you have Cingular), then it will most likely work - always has for me. If the new phone is GSM, like the old one, and is unlocked (meaning it's not tied to any one provider other than Cingular), then it should also work. If it's locked, you can usually get it unlocked, possibly for a fee (assuming it's a GSM phone - meaning it was from T-Mobile or maybe AT&T). The phone numbers (yours and your contacts) are usually stored on SIM, but some phones have a choice between SIM and phone (or both). I have a family plan with 3 phones from Cingular, and I can put my SIM card in any of them, and it will have my number and my contacts. I also use an unlocked former AT&T phone right now, and I had an unlocked T-Mobile phone which I sold to a friend with Cingular.  SignatureMarty - public.forums (at) gmail (dot) com "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho Marx Thanks Marty. I got a Samsung phone, Cingular compatible and the Sims went in without a hitch. :)) Dottie Somewhere around Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:43:26 GMT, while reading alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from "Dottie" <d.hanussak@att.net>: >I admit this question may seem dumb to most of you. I am new to the phones >with a chip (yes my previous one was that old.:)) ) If I want to buy a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >lasted 9 days. Now I do not trust the place I got it. I want to just go to a >different store and get a new phone. The definitive answer is maybe - if the new phone is is a Cingular model (assuming you have Cingular), then it will most likely work - always has for me. If the new phone is GSM, like the old one, and is unlocked (meaning it's not tied to any one provider other than Cingular), then it should also work. If it's locked, you can usually get it unlocked, possibly for a fee (assuming it's a GSM phone - meaning it was from T-Mobile or maybe AT&T). The phone numbers (yours and your contacts) are usually stored on SIM, but some phones have a choice between SIM and phone (or both). I have a family plan with 3 phones from Cingular, and I can put my SIM card in any of them, and it will have my number and my contacts. I also use an unlocked former AT&T phone right now, and I had an unlocked T-Mobile phone which I sold to a friend with Cingular. -- Marty - public.forums (at) gmail (dot) com "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho Marx |
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