topic used sim in Get Support

used sim

FlyerCAN — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 03:45:51 GMT

if i convert to esim, can my physical sim be used in another phone?

Re: used sim

computergeek541 — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 03:45:42 GMT

@FlyerCAN wrote:
if i convert to esim, can my physical sim be used in another phone?

The physical SIM card would be usable in any compatible device.

Re: used sim

BKNS27 — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:00:41 GMT

@FlyerCAN

If the eSIM and SIM are on the same account then no.

When you transfer over to eSIM it will not work.

Re: Are old SIM cards still useable??

eddieO — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:54:46 GMT

@Wayworn I'm pretty sure in this case the old physical SIM card is no longer usable since the eSIM has replaced it. SIM cards are a one-time use. Yes you can move them into another phone but once it's been replaced with another SIM card or eSIM that's it, it's done

The way I'm reading the original post, it sounds like the OP wants to know if they can have 2 device sharing the same number by virtue of one device having the eSIM and the 2nd device using the old (original) SIM card that was on the account, which cannot be done

Re: Are old SIM cards still useable??

Meow — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:55:29 GMT

If you HAD service with PM and then cancelled it, account was deleted, then old sim is deactivated and cannot be used anymore, ever.
If you replace physical SIM with eSIM then physical SIM is deactivated and cannot be used anymore, ever.

Re: Are old SIM cards still useable??

computergeek541 — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:32:54 GMT

@Wayworn wrote:
I always assumed that once one transfers an account from a physical Sim to an E-sim the physical sim is no longer useable. However I am now confused after reading a post by an Oracle that suggests otherwise . Am cut and pasting this

Of course a previously activated and deactivated SIM card can't be re-used, but nothing in the first posts actually states that is was previously used. I am only saying that a physical SIM card can be moved around from device to device as desired. This thread was reconstructed and extracted from mutliple threads, and it's difficult to know what the OP is actually asking.