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Getting Sim Card to work in Lil Tracker children's watch

newbiephone — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 12:24:27 GMT

Hi,

I have a children's watch for basic communication, and I cannot get it to recognize the Public mobile SIM. It's called a Lil Tracker watch. When I put the SIM in my unlocked phone, I had to change the APN settings to get it to work. Has anyone been able to use a Public Mobile sim with one of these watches?

Thanks.

Re: Getting Sim Card to work in Lil Tracker children's watch

cellphoneuser1 — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 03:05:17 GMT

@newbiephone wrote:
Hi,
I have a children's watch for basic communication, and I cannot get it to recognize the Public mobile SIM. It's called a Lil Tracker watch. When I put the SIM in my unlocked phone, I had to change the APN settings to get it to work. Has anyone been able to use a Public Mobile sim with one of these watches?
Thanks.

You'll need to first check network compatibility. Look for 850 and 1900MHz 3g and LTE 1700Mhz.

Re: Getting Sim Card to work in Lil Tracker children's watch

GinYVR — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 03:05:56 GMT

@newbiephoneFrom the website the tracker needs 2G network which Public Mobile doesn't have

https://www.liltracker.ca/pages/gps-tracker-watch-front-camera

Re: Getting Sim Card to work in Lil Tracker children's watch

geopublic — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 04:52:09 GMT

The only provider that offers 2G is Rogers.

Re: Getting Sim Card to work in Lil Tracker children's watch

Korth — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 20:31:41 GMT

2G is almost completely phased out. Rogers network has a few small regions (like MacKenzie, BC and some parts of the Hwy 1 corridor) which still fallback on 2G GSM service, but even those should be upgraded to 3G/4G within a year or two. Some newer phones don't even bother to include hardware support 2G modes. So I doubt an exclusively 2G-based device can still connect (unless you live somewhere like MacKenzie), or if it can then it'll only work for a short time. I think Telus and Bell networks no longer support 2G, it's basically already gone. Some of the "little" operators in upper Canada might still use 2G for a while, their mobile networks need to cover a lot of low-density area (with rugged terrain and cold weather exposure) so they probably can't afford to rush into network-wide upgrades too often.

Lil Tracker apparently comes in different versions, only the older ones are strictly limited to 2G.

And other kid-friendly (durable) devices of this sort are also on the market, some of these are explicitly compatible with PM (Telus/Bell) .

https://www.imore.com/best-gps-trackers-kids

Re: Getting Sim Card to work in Lil Tracker children's watch

srlawren — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 21:12:34 GMT

@Korth wrote:
but even those should be upgraded to 3G/4G within a year or two.

@Korth current published date for 2G GSM network shutdown is Dec 31, 2020, so yeah hopefully within a year and year-and-a-quarter! https://www.rogers.com/customer/support/article/2G