Phone Sim in Broadband Dongle

#1 (**permalink**) 04-13-2010, 08:23 PM

Can anyone tell me if a (T-Mobile) 3G sim card from a phone will work
in a broadband dongle?

Cheers,

Tony

#2 (**permalink**) 04-14-2010, 11:14 AM

On Apr 13, 9:23*pm, "anthony.j.cunning...@gmail.com"
<anthony.j.cunning...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if a (T-Mobile) 3G sim card from a phone will work
> in a broadband dongle?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tony

I don't see why not so long as the dongle is for the same network or
is not network locked. I can't see the operator locking the SIM to the
IMEI - but if they do a quick call should be able to sort it out.

#3 (**permalink**) 04-21-2010, 08:22 PM

In article <b0eb300e-9fc1-47d5-a15e-e77bc6d2a2b5
@y17g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, anthony.j.cunningham@gmail.com says...
> Can anyone tell me if a (T-Mobile) 3G sim card from a phone will work
> in a broadband dongle?

Indeed it will. A dongle is just a phone without a screen and keyboard.
--
Regards
Jon

#4 (**permalink**) 04-21-2010, 09:34 PM

Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote:
> In article <b0eb300e-9fc1-47d5-a15e-e77bc6d2a2b5
> @y17g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, anthony.j.cunningham@gmail.com says...
> > Can anyone tell me if a (T-Mobile) 3G sim card from a phone will work
> > in a broadband dongle?
>
> Indeed it will. A dongle is just a phone without a screen and keyboard.

Indeed. Usually it's just a question of getting the right APN (sometimes
phone and broadband SIMs only operate on different APNs). You might have to
tweak the dongle's settings (eg create a new profile)

Theo