Using T-Mobile Pre-Paid SIM in normal T-Mobile Phone?
DigitalMan:
I ordered a T-Mobile pre-paid SIM to use so I can port my land line number to T-Mobile and then Google Voice. Our regular monthly cell phones are through T-Mobile. I assumed that I could just activate the pre-paid SIM in one of our current T-Mobile phones to receive the confirmation call right? If not I can buy a cheap T-Mobile pre-paid phone, but I had hoped I could use a phone we already have. Can anyone confirm if this will work?
Thanks.
LeoKing:
Yes, you can use a TMo prepaid SIM in a TMo locked phone. I could even use the TMo MVNO prepaid SIM's (like from PTel) in a TMo locked phone.
SteveInWA:
Just temporarily swap in the prepaid SIM, long enough to deal with the various porting steps. After your port is completed, that SIM becomes disabled; throw it away and put your original SIM back in the handset. This doesn't cause any problems at all with your T-Mobile service.
DigitalMan:
Great, thanks for the help. Just waiting on the SIM card to arrive now.
SteveInWA:
Just a reminder: there is some potential risk involved with this procedure. In particular, don't rush it. You must ensure that the port into T-Mobile is completely finished before subsequently porting to GV, or you will end up with a mess. By "finished", I mean that you've added some money to the T-Mobile account so you can make and receive phone calls and text messages, you've tested that those things work, and you have set your own PIN for your T-Mobile account. You will need that PIN when you initiate the port to GV. The GV porting form will initially not have a place to enter the PIN. Submit it anyhow. It will email you with an error notice. Go back to the porting form, fill in the now-visible PIN field, and submit. The port will now begin.
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