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eljefe0000
Android Enthusiast
stick your sim in it to see what happens let us know what happens when you do
eljefe0000
Android Enthusiast
borrow a neighbors dont keep us waiting
I would say no. First off - T-Mobile is GSM and MetroPCS is CDMA which means they cannot interoperate. Secondly T-Mobile does not have an LTE network which is what the Indulge SIM card is used to connect to. Third my understanding is that the LTE Sim in the phone is paired to the phone and you cannot swap them around like you can with GSM Sims (ie if you lost your LTE Sim, your buying a new phone to get on LTE).
Yawa
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Don't do that. We have a sim card, even though metro claims it isn't, but people have messed up shit removing it, so don't. Fdbryant3 is very much right here.
The first rule of playing with cellphones is don't do something you don't know the result of unless A) you fully comprehend what could go wrong and don't care, and B) you can fix it anyway.
And if you do eff up your phone for the love of god, don't say you removed the sim card.
The first rule of playing with cellphones is don't do something you don't know the result of unless A) you fully comprehend what could go wrong and don't care, and B) you can fix it anyway.
And if you do eff up your phone for the love of god, don't say you removed the sim card.
tiede
Android Expert
I removed the sim. That should be fine.
replacing it with another phone's sim? Well, that's a headache waiting to happen. The sim card on the phones are customized. No swaps or exchanges. 'That' might mess your phone.
and yeah, cdma and GSM are inherently incompatible to a hardware level. You'd need a GSM radio fitted to work with GSM! And HSPA+ is definitely not LTE advanced. Closest bet would be Verizon. But yeah, you'd be blocked by sim card...
As far as metro sim to metro sim swapping? I'm not sure of the outcome. I'm not entirely convinced you'd need a new phone to get a new sim should the first one break. For the simple fact that that would be a manufacturing nightmare that I don't see Samsung undertaking. Think about every returns and how they'd have to be handled.
replacing it with another phone's sim? Well, that's a headache waiting to happen. The sim card on the phones are customized. No swaps or exchanges. 'That' might mess your phone.
and yeah, cdma and GSM are inherently incompatible to a hardware level. You'd need a GSM radio fitted to work with GSM! And HSPA+ is definitely not LTE advanced. Closest bet would be Verizon. But yeah, you'd be blocked by sim card...
As far as metro sim to metro sim swapping? I'm not sure of the outcome. I'm not entirely convinced you'd need a new phone to get a new sim should the first one break. For the simple fact that that would be a manufacturing nightmare that I don't see Samsung undertaking. Think about every returns and how they'd have to be handled.