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phone broke, sim card wont work in tablet
alright so my tmobile phone broke i have a tmobile tablet that has a sim card slot, so i put my sim card into my tablet and it wont work. whats the problem.
Hola @has2laugh, I love the freedom that sim cards give us because you can just take it out and put it in another device. Small issue is that tablets are not able to utilize phone plans which is why your are getting that outcome. The tablet probably picks up the signal and shows bars, but doesn't really allow anything to go through except for the occasional text message. If you pop that sim into another phone, you will be able to use all of your services like normal.
Does the tablet recognize the SIM? Most tablets do not have a phone app and some don't even have LTE capability. Are you sure that slot is for a SIM and not a microSD card for expandable storage? What tablet do you have?
yes it recognizes the sim kinda, when i go to about device it shows my phone number, this tablet has a phone app. and yes im sure its a sim card slot. i have a galaxy tab s4
Can you describe what you mean by, "recognizes the SIM kinda"? Are you able to make calls, send texts, and is your data working?
Hola @has2laugh, I love the freedom that sim cards give us because you can just take it out and put it in another device. Small issue is that tablets are not able to utilize phone plans which is why your are getting that outcome. The tablet probably picks up the signal and shows bars, but doesn't really allow anything to go through except for the occasional text message. If you pop that sim into another phone, you will be able to use all of your services like normal.
