Moving my Tmobile iPad sim to my Thinkpad? Will this work?
Nov 21, 2017, 7:45 am
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Moving my Tmobile iPad sim to my Thinkpad? Will this work?
I have one of the T-mobile sims in my iPad from the old deal that gives 100 free mb/month.
I have a WWAN card in my laptop which currently has an AT&T sim and I'm paying an extra $10/month to have that WWAN device added to my AT&T shared family data plan.
I almost never use the Tmobile wifi sim in my iPad, and only occasionally (and only for checking pop3 email) to I use the WWAN in my laptop.
Can I simply a) move the Tmobile sim to the Thinkpad, and b) then cancel the Thinkpad WWAN from my shared family data plan?
What software would I need? (I presume the AT&T connection manager software isn't going to recognize a Tmobile sim)
TIA!
I have a WWAN card in my laptop which currently has an AT&T sim and I'm paying an extra $10/month to have that WWAN device added to my AT&T shared family data plan.
I almost never use the Tmobile wifi sim in my iPad, and only occasionally (and only for checking pop3 email) to I use the WWAN in my laptop.
Can I simply a) move the Tmobile sim to the Thinkpad, and b) then cancel the Thinkpad WWAN from my shared family data plan?
What software would I need? (I presume the AT&T connection manager software isn't going to recognize a Tmobile sim)
TIA!
Nov 21, 2017, 6:00 pm
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If your wireless modem is SIM locked you may find a used unlocked one on eBay or you may try getting it unlocked by one of several online services.
Last edited by ROW2Aisle; Nov 21, 2017 at 7:12 pm Reason: To add note on getting the device unlocked
Nov 21, 2017, 8:49 pm
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Is there a way to find out if the modem card is sim-locked without putting the Tmobile sim in it?
Nov 22, 2017, 7:01 am
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Well, I went ahead and tried it. It works, sort of.
Access Connections connects just fine -- but only at Edge speeds.
And still having the timeout issue after 1-3 minutes.
Access Connections connects just fine -- but only at Edge speeds.
And still having the timeout issue after 1-3 minutes.
Nov 22, 2017, 7:27 am
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