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Activating an old expired never used sim card for use on an old phone?
Hi Everyone, I have an older relative with cognitive issues that was using a Motorola flip phone she was trained to use. One day she dropped it and the phone's battery cover opened with the battery ...
SIM cards are compatible with all devices. How those gold contacts are layed out should not make any difference and should work in any device that can be used on the T-Mobile network. Once a SIM card that has not beem activated has passed its expiration date. It can not be activated. My guess is that old Motorola phone is no longer compatible with US service providers. Devices must be VoLTE compatible to work on the T-Mobile USA and all US networks. Devices can no longer connect or make calls using 2G/3G service. There are modern phones that work like the old devices and are usually referred to as dumb phones, because they lack pretty much everything modern devices have.
I am going to disagree. I have SIM cards with different designs for the gold contacts. All that means is that they were made by a different supplier. Behind the gold contacts, everything is still the same. Did you try your new SIM in their device?
