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  • Use same sim in phone and laptop?

    From micky@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 7 12:11:32 2024
    I bought a new/used laptop that has not arrived yet. It has a slot for
    a sim.

    So far it's been fine to just use the phone as a hotspot, but if the
    phone were to break, could i just take the sim from my phone, put it in
    the laptop and connect to the net without doing anything else?

    (One time I rented a bike and fell off going up curb-cut and turning to
    avoid pedestrians at the same time. Had the phone on the handlebars to
    use its map. Cracked the glass on the phone in 2 long places and 30 pits
    where stones hit the glass. Phone still works fine. But next time I
    might break it. (Amazingly, I didn't get a scratch or a bruise.)

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  • From Dave Royal@21:1/5 to micky on Sun Dec 8 16:14:25 2024
    On Sat, 07 Dec 2024 12:11:32 -0500, micky wrote:

    I bought a new/used laptop that has not arrived yet. It has a slot for
    a sim.

    So far it's been fine to just use the phone as a hotspot, but if the
    phone were to break, could i just take the sim from my phone, put it in
    the laptop and connect to the net without doing anything else?

    Maybe. It depends whether the operator applies conditions to the devices
    in which it can be used. I've has SIMs which worked in a phone but not in
    a tablet, though that was some years ago when data was more expensive and
    the operator wanted to limit data usage.

    Try it.
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  • From Arno Welzel@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 9 00:52:06 2024
    micky, 2024-12-07 18:11:

    I bought a new/used laptop that has not arrived yet. It has a slot for
    a sim.

    So far it's been fine to just use the phone as a hotspot, but if the
    phone were to break, could i just take the sim from my phone, put it in
    the laptop and connect to the net without doing anything else?

    Yes, usually this is possible as long as the format required by the
    laptop is the same. Sometimes you may need to use an adapter from nano
    to micro etc..



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  • From micky@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Dec 12 23:03:23 2024
    In comp.mobile.android, on Mon, 9 Dec 2024 00:52:06 +0100, Arno Welzel <[email protected]> wrote:

    micky, 2024-12-07 18:11:

    I bought a new/used laptop that has not arrived yet. It has a slot for
    a sim.

    So far it's been fine to just use the phone as a hotspot, but if the
    phone were to break, could i just take the sim from my phone, put it in
    the laptop and connect to the net without doing anything else?

    Yes, usually this is possible as long as the format required by the
    laptop is the same. Sometimes you may need to use an adapter from nano
    to micro etc..

    I bought a set of those and they should still be in the laptop bag or
    suitcase. But I will know before I leave home what's required.

    I got the new laptop today, but UPS didn't tell me it came so it sat
    outside from 9:45 to 6. (At 10:35 they sent an email that it would be
    delivered today before 9. The only email I got from them. But no one
    stole it.) I'm waiting for it to warm up inside the house and looking
    for an unused piece of desk or table to turn it on.

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