can my family mobile sim card work in this phone if i cut it? or do i have to switch to tmobile? and why do some people say the phone is locked ?
834741
i cut my sim card to work with it but it was also was an tmobile iphone cuz i didnt want to buy a nano sim
834742
It will work, but it will require a nano sim from Family mobile. We had the same service provider.
834743
YES, IT WILL WORK BUT YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT CUTTING IT. I ORDER TO GET DATA + SMS + DATA YOU HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR SETTINGS : LOOK FAMILY MOBILE FAQ https://www.myfamilymobile.com/Support/DeviceSupport/DeviceSupport.aspx?device=a649a78a-bd94-457c-90a3-7c8b7ac7b1f8 UNDER " Internet and Picture Messaging (MMS) settings "
834744
If your family mobile sim card is of tmobile, you can cut it and use. But if it is some other carrier it doesn't work. This mobile is locked to Tmobile and it doesn't accept other carriers unless it is unlocked by tmobile.
1284170
When I put a sim card in my phone, it didn't show it was locked, but it did have a problem with it wanting to use att menu not consumer cellular, is t and t compatible with at and t USA? I found this phone was made for ATT service and you need to find someone with your system at your providers office they sould be able to make it work..
1418833
We did get it unlocked and T-Mobile transferred our data for us. After a few months, it has locked up about 3 times and won't work until the battery dies and it reboots. It is an AT&T; phone, but AT&T; they won't look at a T-Mobile account phone, so we are not sure how to get that fixed.
1071642
Yes, phone is unlocked, it works in the tmobile/att networks using a straight talk simcard, make sure the service (att/tmobile) is available in your area, if you live in the country with only Verizon network coverage, this phone is not for you.
1242455
I heard from a t-mobile customer service rep that this only works if the phone has been "off the shelf" by March 2013, because T-mobile put a restriction on all prepaid phones still on the shelves at that time, to have to use prepaid SIM cards for 6 months before switching over to a post-paid plan. She said that you need to contact the seller specifically to ask if their phone will work with post-paid plans.
1049862
This is an unlocked phone. If you specifically got this specific unlocked phone from Amazon, then there should be no issues. If you got it elsewhere, your phone may not be unlocked for the T-Mobile network. If The case, Google "unlocking Samsung t-139." Otherwise, you need to return your phone, or get a new Sim. Try your Sim in another phone & see if it works to isolate that it's the phone & not the sim.
1499467
Yes it will work and yes you keep your number and contract. It won't effect anything. I just called T mobile and confirmed
927052
The phone I purchased was "locked to ATT" and it worked just fine on my ATT plan. Locked means it works on one particular carrier, and in the case of the phone I bought that was ATT. HOpe this answers your question.
1932826
It's locked into a certain network, such as at&t; or t-mobile. It could say it works with a certain network and then you'd know. Mine was locked into the at&t; network but I wanted t-mobile, in that case I found a website that unlocks the phone by sending you a code. It cost about $30 and now it works on t-mobile.
1557837
IThis phone will not work with the existing sims because it was made for sims which have a large circuit board. T Mobil prior to 2007 had a different SIM card design of teh same dimensions but teh new ones have a smaller circuit board design ( in gold) and thats why they do not work. I think most cell Companies have become smart and to prevent switching develop SIMS that are compatible for their service. I returned mine. A Tmobile technician showed me the reason why it does not work.
462453
I had one and it worked with T-Mobile. My dad still uses his with T-Mobile and it works fine. Just make sure that it is truly unlocked. I bought one that unlocked but wasn't really unlocked. I had to pay and unlock it before I could use it with my T-Mobile phone.
1599089
Yes Work if its unlocked work I have one and work with T-Mobil or Family Mobil , no Problem
565894
I did try another SIM in it, and as others have said, it's locked. You can ask Tracfone for an unlock code, but there's no reason I can think of why they would do that, sorry to say.
2049933
Just to understand correctly... are you asking to buy my phone or are you asking if TMobile will let you buy it and a Sim card and allow it to work for you? Sorry for any confusion, just want to make sure I understand.
1829203
I purchased two of these phones at separate times and they were both unlock from AT&T.; Both phones work great with no problem. I am using T Mobile as a service provider for both.
1313619
We are also T-Mobile. And the phones are GSM. However, I could not find an unlock service that could do it. Had to return the phones. Sad, they are well built. Your mileage may vary.
887476
Hi! I have no idea. I have T-mobile and the unlocked phone works well. I think Tmobile uses GSM (uses a SIM card) unlike Sprint and Verizon which are CDMA