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Rachel Amo - 20 Feb 2004 19:36 GMT

I work with a wholesale distributor of new and used nextel equipment.
A lot of times we get SIM cards in the phones we receive.
We have just been putting them on the side and have now accumulated
over 1000 SIMs.
I have seen companies on the interenet advertise that they are selling
used Nextel SIM cards that have been cleared by Nextel, but when I
called Nextel about how to do this, they were clueless.

Any advice on how I could clear the accounts on these SIMs? they are
obviously not being used as they are just sitting around here.

Your thoughts?
Rachel

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@(none) - 20 Feb 2004 21:18 GMT

What I understood about "clear sim's" was that they were sim's in good
condition, not stolen, or lost or deactivated for negative
reasons...Guessing tho

> I work with a wholesale distributor of new and used nextel equipment.
> A lot of times we get SIM cards in the phones we receive.
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> Your thoughts?
> Rachel

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CWArnold - 20 Feb 2004 21:23 GMT

You can have lost or stolen sims reactivated under corporate accounts, I've
seen it done more than once.

> What I understood about "clear sim's" was that they were sim's in good
> condition, not stolen, or lost or deactivated for negative
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> > Your thoughts?
> > Rachel

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Mark Kim - 23 Feb 2004 02:01 GMT

To clear the SIMs, assuming that you are actually clearing a Falcon 64K SIM,
hit MENU, Settings, Advanced, Reset Defaults, Reset All, and enter the
6-Digit Security Code (Default all Zeros). I have tested this procedure
with a Nextel i730.

By the way, what kind of SIM Cards are they from? I would like to know. Is
it for the i90c? i95cl? Tell me.

IMO I recommend that you e-mail me if you can so that I can talk about this
in private so this way I can better clear this up with you.

> I work with a wholesale distributor of new and used nextel equipment.
> A lot of times we get SIM cards in the phones we receive.
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> Your thoughts?
> Rachel

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GeeGee - 01 Mar 2004 17:47 GMT

There is a way you can clear out SIM cards (as well as the phone). Yo
have to have the phone powered on and do a Master Reset. That clear
out all of the old information so the SIM can be reactivated again.

The problem with selling SIM cards separately is... if the SIM has bee
used before on a phone that was reported lost or stolen, it won't b
eligible for reactivation unless it has been cleared in Nextel'
database. That could take up to weeks.

Also, if the SIM was never completely removed, it could cause problem
for whoever wants to reactive that SIM. It will still show up as a
active SIM, which cannot be reactivated

-
GeeGe

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oneduec - 20 Feb 2006 03:24 GMT

Mark Kim Wrote:

> To clear the SIMs, assuming that you are actually clearing a Falcon 64
> SIM,
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> > Your thoughts?
> > Rachel

I have an i95c and I wanted to know if I clear the card this is goin
to allow me to what? hit me back with an answe

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oneduec - 20 Feb 2006 04:04 GMT

I have an i95c and I just followed your rules in clearing the sim do yo
now any activation codes so that I can reactivate the phone for use?

Mark Kim Wrote:

> To clear the SIMs, assuming that you are actually clearing a Falcon 64
> SIM,
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> > Your thoughts?
> > Rachel[/COLOR

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Chris Sweeney - 20 Feb 2006 13:49 GMT

Now the phone would need to be OTA'd to activate it again

> I have an i95c and I just followed your rules in clearing the sim do you
> now any activation codes so that I can reactivate the phone for use?
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>>> Your thoughts?
>>> Rachel[/COLOR]

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oneduec - 20 Feb 2006 14:17 GMT

Chris Sweeney Wrote:

> Now the phone would need to be OTA'd to activate it again
>
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> >>> Your thoughts?
> >>> Rachel

What is ota'd

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Zman - 21 Feb 2006 18:14 GMT

I think he means Over The Air'd, but I've never heard it put that way and
have not seen OTA before.

Clearing the SIM will erase the contacts from the SIM, but will not make it
active. You will need to contact Nextel to activate the unit.

> Chris Sweeney Wrote:
> > Now the phone would need to be OTA'd to activate it again
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> > >
> What is ota'd?

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