Posted: 12/20/2014 5:50:09 PM EDT
| Can a SIM card be shared between two devices? I Have Sprint galaxy s4 and a Sprint tab3. The phone has an unlimited data plan but the tab does not, so I was thinking maybe I could put my phone SIM card in the tab and have unlimited data. Is this possible and what are, if any, the concerns? |
Not sure exactly if that would work but as long as they have the same size sim I don't see why not. I swap the SIM card out of my kids phone onto a "spare" old phone when they break their current one. My daughter had to use a phone with only a keypad for about a week, she is more careful of her phone now 
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I don't think it's gonna work.
Sprint is a CDMA carrier like Verizon. The sim is only to facilitate LTE data on Sprint but everything else is tied to the phones IMEI. Even on GSM carriers like T-Mobile and ATT moving a sim from a phone to a tablet can be problematic although phone to phone usually will work. |
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Can a SIM card be shared between two devices? I Have Sprint galaxy s4 and a Sprint tab3. The phone has an unlimited data plan but the tab does not, so I was thinking maybe I could put my phone SIM card in the tab and have unlimited data. Is this possible and what are, if any, the concerns? Edit: Nevermind, thinking of something else. |
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Quoted: I don't think it's gonna work. Sprint is a CDMA carrier like Verizon. The sim is only to facilitate LTE data on Sprint but everything else is tied to the phones IMEI. Even on GSM carriers like T-Mobile and ATT moving a sim from a phone to a tablet can be problematic although phone to phone usually will work. now I am with a carrier that is gsm and have switched my sim to a few different phones. no call to customer service needed. |
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yeah well I just checked into it and its GTG and promoted by device manufacturers. Quoted:
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FNG wants us to advise him that its OK to steal. There's nothing 'stealing' about this, at all. Period. No prob, just wanted to clarify. |
| Thanks for the info. Sprint had a thing the other night where if you add a tab to your plan, the tab was free and no connection fee. 1g of data for $15 a month. Would hate to slide my phone SIM in thinking it was working and get racked with overage. And if this is illegal, please inform. Hot spot won't work. My technology level is slightly above ignorant. Only use an actual computer for reports, the rest of the time I'm on my phone. |