Should I keep my sim card?

nutzy19 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 01:19 PM

Im selling both my TP2's with lots of accesories on Ebay in the next few days. Should I pull the sim cards out of these and sell them without cards in them ? How to I "clear" the sim card of all my data if I have to include it ?

Miami_Son · #2 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 01:23 PM

You shouldn't sell phones with your SIM card in them. They identify your account to the network and allow the person who has them to use your service, which you will be billed for. If you're changing carriers then remove the SIMs and destroy them. Giving them to someone else could make you liable for charges. The only thing you can clear off them is your personal info like Contact data. They will still be identifiable as far as your account is concerned.

**cmajewsk** · #3 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 02:15 PM

Are you referring to the Sprint SIM card that comes with the phone itself?

**Mojary** · #4 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Miami_Son

You shouldn't sell phones with your SIM card in them. They identify your account to the network and allow the person who has them to use your service, which you will be billed for. If you're changing carriers then remove the SIMs and destroy them. Giving them to someone else could make you liable for charges. The only thing you can clear off them is your personal info like Contact data. They will still be identifiable as far as your account is concerned.

there shouldn't be any account info on the sim cards his phone came with. he is using sprint...so any sim cards that came with his phone is not activated to begin with. the sim card in sprint phones wouldn't come with any account info...unless the subscriber activates it because he's gonna use it for international use. but other than that, there isn't really any info he needs to be worried about. unless he saved his contacts to the sim. so with the sprint sims turned off, there's no account that is identified with it.

**Dr.8820** · #5 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 02:49 PM

Wirelessly posted (PPCGEEKS Fire Dept.: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 8.12; MSIEMobile6.0) Sprint T7380)

I agree with the above poster, but I would pull them anyways.

nutzy19 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 03:10 PM

thanks for the input. Yes I am on Sprint and I still am not sure about including them. I dont want "functionality" issues with ebay customers. My feedback has been 100% for the past 7 years.

**Mojary** · #7 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 03:25 PM

yeah...sorry...i forgot to mention on my previous post for OP to just pull it and not send with the phone. the buyer of your phone can always ask sprint for a new sim card to be sent to them if they really want one.

Miami_Son · #8 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 03:27 PM

Hmmm....yet another major difference between AT$T and everyone else. Why do I even hang out in here?

**Wesley762** · #9 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 03:34 PM

I would keep it, you just never know.

**Mojary** · #10 (**permalink**) 07-06-2010, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Miami_Son

Hmmm....yet another major difference between AT$T and everyone else. Why do I even hang out in here?

because you have fun in here!!

wouldn't worry though because the difference is that at&t uses sim cards and sprint does not. at&t is gsm and sprint is cdma. like i mentioned...the only reason that sprint includes an international sim card with the tp2 (or other international phones they offer with a sim device) is they actually think that we are willing to pay with our souls to subscribe to their international roaming when needed.