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A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Sherry1313 — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:53:34 GMT

I have a plan with PM on my cellphone. recently I have bought a phablet and want to buy a new sim card with the $15 plan. Would the plan work with my phablet?

I have never had a phablet and have no idea if I need any specific sim card or plan for my phablet.

Thanks!

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Jb456 — Sun, 24 May 2020 21:28:52 GMT

What's the make and model of the tablet?. Tablets that have cellular capabilities still require it to be compatible with PM frequencies.

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Jb456 — Sun, 24 May 2020 21:34:20 GMT

Also you can't have two sims using the same plan. If the tablet is compatible you would need a new sim, different email to activate a new account. Then you would be paying for two plans per 30 days.

Or you could always switch your sim between devices. Depending what one you want to use that day.

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

fdrcamb519 — Sun, 24 May 2020 21:35:24 GMT

@Sherry1313

@Sherry1313 wrote:

I have a plan with PM on my cellphone. recently I have bought a phablet and want to buy a new sim card with the $15 plan. Would the plan work with my phablet?

I have never had a phablet and have no idea if I need any specific sim card or plan for my phablet.

Thanks!

A cellular tablet, is basically an oversized phone. let us know make and model to help you

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Sherry1313 — Sun, 24 May 2020 21:35:39 GMT

It doesn't have a make.

Model No: ZH960

Android version:9.0

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

hairbag1 — Sun, 24 May 2020 21:38:26 GMT

@Sherry1313 wrote:

I have a plan with PM on my cellphone. recently I have bought a phablet and want to buy a new sim card with the $15 plan. Would the plan work with my phablet?

I have never had a phablet and have no idea if I need any specific sim card or plan for my phablet.

Thanks!

Best to give us some more info about the devise...what make / model is it ?

Edit; you beat me to it.

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Sherry1313 — Sun, 24 May 2020 21:41:33 GMT

I like to have a new phone No and a new plan for my phablet, but a cheap plan for only receiving calls.

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

gblackma — Sun, 24 May 2020 21:47:02 GMT

@Sherry1313 does the tablet have a physical SIM slot? If it doesn't it will not a work with PM. You could do what I did, my tablet doesn't have a physical SIM slot. So, I have my TextNow number and WhatsApp on my tablet and use them over Wifi. Stay safe.

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

hairbag1 — Sun, 24 May 2020 21:49:06 GMT

@Sherry1313 wrote:
I like to have a new phone No and a new plan for my phablet, but a cheap plan for only receiving calls.

You could download a free voip app like TextNow. You'll be able to talk/text for FREE as long as you have a wifi signal...and seems like wifi is ubiquitouis nowadays. Did I mention it was FREE !!

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Jb456 — Sun, 24 May 2020 21:57:01 GMT

Might be this possibly. MEDIATEK zh960

If it is it says it has dual sim but I am having trouble finding the band's.

@Sherry1313 if it has a sim card slot. Quickest way to check if it would work on PM is pull your sim card out of your phone and put it into the tablet see what happens.

As others said textnow a good option for free over wifi.you can call/text Canada /USA and people can even leave a voicemail when not online.

Let us know.

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Sherry1313 — Sun, 24 May 2020 22:50:38 GMT

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Sherry1313 — Sun, 24 May 2020 22:54:28 GMT

I inserted my PM sim card into the slot of the Phablet. and sent you the status. I can not call. receive this message: mobile network not available. I also sent you phablet specifications.

thanks for help!

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Anonymous — Sun, 24 May 2020 23:00:43 GMT

It is an obscure brand. The GSM mention doesn't bode well.

Must have more specs captain.

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Jb456 — Sun, 24 May 2020 23:01:35 GMT

@Sherry1313 does the tablet have two sim slots or just one? If it has two try the other slot.

I see in pic. It had Telus. There must be a section in the tablet to manually search for networks to select? If you find where to search for networks you need to find PM network and connect to that.

Let us know.

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Sherry1313 — Sun, 24 May 2020 23:12:44 GMT

I found manually search for network. it gives me EXT as available network. when I push it, says can not connect to this network now, try again later.

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

Anonymous — Sun, 24 May 2020 23:17:52 GMT

@Sherry1313 wrote:
I found manually search for network. it gives me EXT as available network. when I push it, says can not connect to this network now, try again later.

Network type should be near by. Might be called Network mode. If you see mention of GSM then see what other options are available. You're looking for 3G or WCDMA or UMTS or HSDPA. Bonus marks for LTE or 4G.

Re: A Sim Card and a Plan for Phablet

gpixel — Mon, 25 May 2020 00:01:43 GMT

@Sherry1313 first thing you should do is a network reset.

goto settings scroll down and tap system
scroll down and tap reset options
tap reset wifi,mobile, Bluetooth
tap reset and restart

see if your services work. if they don't, then try searching for the pm network and manually connect to it. also select 3g and not auto as your network type as other users have suggested.

to change the network type:

goto settings>network
tap mobile network
scroll and look for preferred network type or something similar to that and choose 3g

this is also the same menu where you can manually select the network provider(public mobile)