Can I get another sim card (same number) and use it in two devices at once?
 

Hi All,

I currently have a T-mobile SIM in my phone (Samsung T809). I am thinking about getting a PDA phone (T-mobile MDA) as well, however for evenings/weekends I would prefer to not carry the big PDA phone around.


I wonder if it is possible to get another SIM card (same number) and have a card in both phones. That way I can just turn on one or the other and do not have to always swap the card around between phones.

Has anyone ever tried this ?

Cheers

I dont think you can have two sim cards with the same phone number
active.

You could have two different numbers and have one of them
forwarded to the other.

Not in the US sadly. In Europe most providers offer these services, but for some reason US operators don't think people need this...

You could move the SIM card from one device to the other device.

But the OP says: "That way I can just turn on one or the other and do not have to always swap the card around between phones."

Swapping sim cards is a PITA. What I did is just get 2 sim cards and setup simulring on my Vonage line, that way I just gave everyone the Vonage number instead of the T-mobile numbers. Isn't the best solution, but it works.

What's involved in swapping cards that makes it a PITA (I've never done it before)?

Usually you have to remove the back cover of the unit, remove the battery, pull out the SIM card, put in the new one, replace the battery, replace the cover, and power on. Sometimes the SIM card is in a holder that you have to manipulate as well.

I'd call it a RPITA. (Royal...)

15, 20 seconds? Sounds pretty easy to me. Thanks for the info.

Easy, yes, until you're running through an airport and need to do this one handed or your phone has a difficult SIM slot or the battery won't come out/back won't come off/etc etc. Then there's the question of where to store the SIMs. Trust me, after you do it enough, it's a ROYAL PITA.

It is a major RPITA. :D

Pity this service is not offered here,it really would make things easier.

I would do the multiple SIM card thing, but I hardly think swapping SIMs is a RPITA.

yeah, have to say switching sims is not a real issue. Some phones are a bit more problematic than others, but I switch between a treo, sony t616, t637 and slvr lr every couple of days, not an issue. takes about 30 seconds to do.

Would I like to have dual sims like I have had in europe for MORE THAN A DECADE NOW!!! Of course, I have no idea why the us operators don't want this. I think it must have something to do with fraud on the system.

My nokia 6620 disappeared. I got a new N6620. cingular gave me the same phone # on the new sim chip.

I worried about someone using the old phone. I was told not to worry, the calls were controled with one or both of the 20 or so digit codes on the sim chip that I had to register.

Well, in the phones I have it really is. And I always have to swap them at the most useless moment, like running through an airport...

Exactly. Vodafone (formerly Mannesmann D2) in Germany had this in the mid 90's.