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New phone in Mexico
I had to buy a new phone (unlocked) while I was in Mexico which came with an ATT sim card. While standing at the counter watching the ATT sales person get my phone ready I told her that I had a T-Mobile SIM card which still worked (thankfully it was not damaged in the broken phone). She finished setting the phone up and then switched the ATT SIM card with my T-Mobile SIM card. Everything seems to be working, I am receiving calls and texts from my regular number.
So what's my question? Well, am I okay on the new phone? Am I using the T-Mobile service (it appears to be that way). Will I still have international (i,e, Mexico) text, data and phone? I'm a bit nervous about this, hence the questions to the community.
Tmobile roams on one of the native Mexican cell companies.
By "then switched the ATT SIM card with my T-Mobile SIM card." you mean that she removed the AT&T SIM and inserted your T-Mobile SIM? That should be OK. What make and model phone did you buy?
I purchased an unlocked Samsung A32 4G. And yes, she took out the ATT sim card and inserted my T-Mobile sim card.
You may need to replace this phone when you return to the US. According to GSMarena.com this phone lacks both bands 12 and 71, which are the two bands T-Mobile uses for rural and indoor service.
