SIM card won't fit my new True Smart 3 phone.

[dazzz]

I placed a microsim over my old sim, drew around it and just cut the extra styrene off.

Same with me this week. Bought a zenfone 2 which needed a micro sim . Being a big boy with some intelligence just cut my sim to the same size as a micro sim . Did not need to ask a forum what to do for such a simple ,little thing

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

I too needed a micro-SIM after switching to a Zenfone 2 lately from a phone that used a regular size SIM.

Took my AIS SIM to the local AIS shop, and in about 5 minutes, they issued me a brand new SIM card with my same, original phone number and copied all the contacts info from my old SIM to the new SIM. All done for free.

The new SIM they started with was what I'd call the universal kind, in that it comes as a regular size SIM but is manufactured with pre-cut breakaway sections that allow you (or the mobile shop) to easily break off the full SIM size section to get it down to the micro-SIM size piece. No cutting required.

In my experience, True shops will do the same thing when a customer switches phones and needs a different size SIM. They'll typically replace your existing SIM for free and give you a new one with the same phone number as your original. Again, for free, no charge. At least, that's the way it works here in Bangkok.

I'll say it again. If the OP has a 6 year old SIM, it's worth it to get a brand new SIM from True to make sure the SIM he's using is the latest technology version that True is using.

In my years here, I've never had a DTAC or AIS or True mobile shop actually cut an existing SIM for me. In every case I've dealt with them on such things, they have, on their own, simply have issued me a new SIM with my original number and all the contents copied over.

Edited February 17, 2016 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[elgenon]

Don't know about True users but wiith AIS you can get two SIM cards with the same phone

number and be using two cell phones, only one a time.

Switch from one phone to the other by dialing *102#

Cost is 100 baht and 29 baht per month.

Dtac said no.

[giddyup]

I don't know what the hell True took 40 minutes to do. She cut down my old SIM card and fitted it to my new phone and put the new SIM card (supplied with the new phone) in the old phone. Now I can't call the old phone from the new phone, I keep getting the message that I have a wrong number. Why she couldn't have just left the new SIM card in the new phone and just given me my old number I don't know. I have serious doubts that the girl at True had any idea as to what she was doing. It all seemed as though is was a bit too complicated for her.

Edited February 17, 2016 by giddyup

[giddyup]

I placed a microsim over my old sim, drew around it and just cut the extra styrene off.

Same with me this week. Bought a zenfone 2 which needed a micro sim . Being a big boy with some intelligence just cut my sim to the same size as a micro sim . Did not need to ask a forum what to do for such a simple ,little thing

OK Einstein, so tell me why my old cut down SIM card which has now been installed in my new phone is now unable to call certain numbers?

[SoiBiker]

I placed a microsim over my old sim, drew around it and just cut the extra styrene off.

Same with me this week. Bought a zenfone 2 which needed a micro sim . Being a big boy with some intelligence just cut my sim to the same size as a micro sim . Did not need to ask a forum what to do for such a simple ,little thing

OK Einstein, so tell me why my old cut down SIM card which has now been installed in my new phone is now unable to call certain numbers?

You think they cut off some of the numbers with all that plastic?

Either the number you're dialling is out of service, or you're dialling the wrong number.

[giddyup]

I placed a microsim over my old sim, drew around it and just cut the extra styrene off.

Same with me this week. Bought a zenfone 2 which needed a micro sim . Being a big boy with some intelligence just cut my sim to the same size as a micro sim . Did not need to ask a forum what to do for such a simple ,little thing

OK Einstein, so tell me why my old cut down SIM card which has now been installed in my new phone is now unable to call certain numbers?

You think they cut off some of the numbers with all that plastic?

Either the number you're dialling is out of service, or you're dialling the wrong number.

No. My partner can call the number on my old phone from her phone, but I get a message saying wrong number when I try to call it. All I can think is that somehow my old SIM which is now in the new phone isn't compatible in some way, otherwise why do I get the wrong number message?

Edited February 17, 2016 by giddyup

[KittenKong]

In my experience, True shops will do the same thing when a customer switches phones and needs a different size SIM. They'll typically replace your existing SIM for free and give you a new one with the same phone number as your original. Again, for free, no charge. At least, that's the way it works here in Bangkok.

That's what they did for me in Pattaya too. A new free SIM with the old number transferred to it. Took a couple of minutes.

[katana]

I too needed a micro-SIM after switching to a Zenfone 2 lately from a phone that used a regular size SIM.

Took my AIS SIM to the local AIS shop, and in about 5 minutes, they issued me a brand new SIM card with my same, original phone number and copied all the contacts info from my old SIM to the new SIM. All done for free.

The new SIM they started with was what I'd call the universal kind, in that it comes as a regular size SIM but is manufactured with pre-cut breakaway sections that allow you (or the mobile shop) to easily break off the full SIM size section to get it down to the micro-SIM size piece. No cutting required.

In my experience, True shops will do the same thing when a customer switches phones and needs a different size SIM. They'll typically replace your existing SIM for free and give you a new one with the same phone number as your original. Again, for free, no charge. At least, that's the way it works here in Bangkok.

I'll say it again. If the OP has a 6 year old SIM, it's worth it to get a brand new SIM from True to make sure the SIM he's using is the latest technology version that True is using.

In my years here, I've never had a DTAC or AIS or True mobile shop actually cut an existing SIM for me. In every case I've dealt with them on such things, they have, on their own, simply have issued me a new SIM with my original number and all the contents copied over.

Is contacts info kept on the SIM? I thought it was stored on software installed on the phone's operating system.

[SoiBiker]

I too needed a micro-SIM after switching to a Zenfone 2 lately from a phone that used a regular size SIM.

Took my AIS SIM to the local AIS shop, and in about 5 minutes, they issued me a brand new SIM card with my same, original phone number and copied all the contacts info from my old SIM to the new SIM. All done for free.

The new SIM they started with was what I'd call the universal kind, in that it comes as a regular size SIM but is manufactured with pre-cut breakaway sections that allow you (or the mobile shop) to easily break off the full SIM size section to get it down to the micro-SIM size piece. No cutting required.

In my experience, True shops will do the same thing when a customer switches phones and needs a different size SIM. They'll typically replace your existing SIM for free and give you a new one with the same phone number as your original. Again, for free, no charge. At least, that's the way it works here in Bangkok.

I'll say it again. If the OP has a 6 year old SIM, it's worth it to get a brand new SIM from True to make sure the SIM he's using is the latest technology version that True is using.

In my years here, I've never had a DTAC or AIS or True mobile shop actually cut an existing SIM for me. In every case I've dealt with them on such things, they have, on their own, simply have issued me a new SIM with my original number and all the contents copied over.

Is contacts info kept on the SIM? I thought it was stored on software installed on the phone's operating system.

It's a historical thing. Old phones stored contacts on the SIM. It's still possible, but most people store them on the phone instead these days.

[giddyup]

I too needed a micro-SIM after switching to a Zenfone 2 lately from a phone that used a regular size SIM.

Took my AIS SIM to the local AIS shop, and in about 5 minutes, they issued me a brand new SIM card with my same, original phone number and copied all the contacts info from my old SIM to the new SIM. All done for free.

The new SIM they started with was what I'd call the universal kind, in that it comes as a regular size SIM but is manufactured with pre-cut breakaway sections that allow you (or the mobile shop) to easily break off the full SIM size section to get it down to the micro-SIM size piece. No cutting required.

In my experience, True shops will do the same thing when a customer switches phones and needs a different size SIM. They'll typically replace your existing SIM for free and give you a new one with the same phone number as your original. Again, for free, no charge. At least, that's the way it works here in Bangkok.

I'll say it again. If the OP has a 6 year old SIM, it's worth it to get a brand new SIM from True to make sure the SIM he's using is the latest technology version that True is using.

In my years here, I've never had a DTAC or AIS or True mobile shop actually cut an existing SIM for me. In every case I've dealt with them on such things, they have, on their own, simply have issued me a new SIM with my original number and all the contents copied over.

Is contacts info kept on the SIM? I thought it was stored on software installed on the phone's operating system.

It's a historical thing. Old phones stored contacts on the SIM. It's still possible, but most people store them on the phone instead these days.

If you store your numbers on the phone instead of the SIM, what happens if you need to change phones and transfer your SIM?

[SoiBiker]

I too needed a micro-SIM after switching to a Zenfone 2 lately from a phone that used a regular size SIM.

Took my AIS SIM to the local AIS shop, and in about 5 minutes, they issued me a brand new SIM card with my same, original phone number and copied all the contacts info from my old SIM to the new SIM. All done for free.

The new SIM they started with was what I'd call the universal kind, in that it comes as a regular size SIM but is manufactured with pre-cut breakaway sections that allow you (or the mobile shop) to easily break off the full SIM size section to get it down to the micro-SIM size piece. No cutting required.

In my experience, True shops will do the same thing when a customer switches phones and needs a different size SIM. They'll typically replace your existing SIM for free and give you a new one with the same phone number as your original. Again, for free, no charge. At least, that's the way it works here in Bangkok.

I'll say it again. If the OP has a 6 year old SIM, it's worth it to get a brand new SIM from True to make sure the SIM he's using is the latest technology version that True is using.

In my years here, I've never had a DTAC or AIS or True mobile shop actually cut an existing SIM for me. In every case I've dealt with them on such things, they have, on their own, simply have issued me a new SIM with my original number and all the contents copied over.

Is contacts info kept on the SIM? I thought it was stored on software installed on the phone's operating system.

It's a historical thing. Old phones stored contacts on the SIM. It's still possible, but most people store them on the phone instead these days.

If you store your numbers on the phone instead of the SIM, what happens if you need to change phones and transfer your SIM?

You log into your Google or Apple account on the new phone, and they magically reappear.

[giddyup]

You log into your Google or Apple account on the new phone, and they magically reappear.

I know this is a crazy concept, but not everyone wants or needs a Smart phone.

[SoiBiker]

You log into your Google or Apple account on the new phone, and they magically reappear.

I know this is a crazy concept, but not everyone wants or needs a Smart phone.

If you want to make things more difficult for yourself, that's up to you. But technology moves on regardless, and it'll get harder to deal with the further you fall behind.

[giddyup]

You log into your Google or Apple account on the new phone, and they magically reappear.

I know this is a crazy concept, but not everyone wants or needs a Smart phone.

If you want to make things more difficult for yourself, that's up to you. But technology moves on regardless, and it'll get harder to deal with the further you fall behind.

Said it before, you don't have to be a slave to technology. All I want in a mobile is to make and receive calls, virtually nothing else. I certainly won't end up like the drones who can't get through a meal without either texting or making calls. In some places, Thailand is one I believe, they actually make pedestrian phone lanes so those whose noses are glued to the screen don't walk into each other.

[SoiBiker]

You don't have to be a 'slave'to technology. But if your willfully ignore its advances, you can't expect much sympathy when you find its moved on and left you behind.

[SoiBiker]

I posted that from my smart phone, by the way...

[giddyup]

You don't have to be a 'slave'to technology. But if your willfully ignore its advances, you can't expect much sympathy when you find its moved on and left you behind.

I'm of an age now where being "left behind" is not really much of a concern, as long as I can use a computer and an ATM, I'm OK.

[giddyup]

I posted that from my smart phone, by the way...

I'm in awe.

[SoiBiker]

You don't have to be a 'slave'to technology. But if your willfully ignore its advances, you can't expect much sympathy when you find its moved on and left you behind.

I'm of an age now where being "left behind" is not really much of a concern, as long as I can use a computer and an ATM, I'm OK.

Then presumably you're not worried about what happens when you can no longer transfer your contacts from your old phone. Which renders this whole digression a bit pointless, doesn't it?

[giddyup]

You don't have to be a 'slave'to technology. But if your willfully ignore its advances, you can't expect much sympathy when you find its moved on and left you behind.

I'm of an age now where being "left behind" is not really much of a concern, as long as I can use a computer and an ATM, I'm OK.

Then presumably you're not worried about what happens when you can no longer transfer your contacts from your old phone. Which renders this whole digression a bit pointless, doesn't it?

That's why I have the contacts on my SIM.

[Patanawet]

That's why I have the contacts on my SIM.

I believe that sim cards have a limit of the number of contacts it can store. And it won't store additional information like photos etc. Much better to double up and store your contacts on your computer or in a cloud (whatever that means).

[gandalf12]

I would say go to any True outlet and ask them to cut your SIM card. There are tools available so you dont mess it up and I would guess True will have such a tool. I had the same when I bought my Samsung Galaxy phone. Samsung just took the SIM, cut it to size and that was it.

You say it has a SIM already so go to a phone outlet and they will copy the data on your old SIM across to the new one. The time will vary depending how much you have on the old SIM card.

Edited February 17, 2016 by gandalf12

[goldmagpie]

There are also various ways to transfer numbers from phone to phone. I'd transfer them to the phone memory first, just in case.