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PUK necessary for new cell phone?
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| hw.privat@web.de 2006-10-24, 4:33 am |
| Hi,
I ordered a new cell phone, which I want to use with my existing
(prepaid) SIM card. Now I realized that I lost the PUK of that SIM
card.
Is the PUK necessary to use the SIM card in the new phone? Or is it
sufficient that I once activated the SIM card, so that I can use it now
in any phone with the PIN alone?
Herbert
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| Anonymous 2006-10-24, 7:33 am |
| <hw.privat@web.de> wrote in message
news:1161679670.505569.160900@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I ordered a new cell phone, which I want to use with my existing
> (prepaid) SIM card. Now I realized that I lost the PUK of that SIM
> card.
>
> Is the PUK necessary to use the SIM card in the new phone? Or is it
> sufficient that I once activated the SIM card, so that I can use it now
> in any phone with the PIN alone?
>
> Herbert
>
You would only need the PUK code if you use an incorrect PIN code for the
SIM too many times (3 I guess) and get the SIM card locked. Even at this
point you should get the PUK code from your operator.
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| matt weber 2006-10-24, 10:33 pm |
| On 24 Oct 2006 01:47:52 -0700, hw.privat@web.de wrote:
>Hi,
>I ordered a new cell phone, which I want to use with my existing
>(prepaid) SIM card. Now I realized that I lost the PUK of that SIM
>card.
>
>Is the PUK necessary to use the SIM card in the new phone? Or is it
>sufficient that I once activated the SIM card, so that I can use it now
>in any phone with the PIN alone?
>
>Herbert
PUK is only required if you lock up the SIM by entering the wrong SIM
PIN 3 or 4 times in a row. The PIN can be tied to the phone, or the
SIM, or you can have PIN's for both the SIM and the Phone.
Since the phone is pretty useless without a SIM, I have always only
had a PIN on the SIM.
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| Anonymous 2006-10-25, 4:33 am |
| "matt weber" <mattheww50@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> On 24 Oct 2006 01:47:52 -0700, hw.privat@web.de wrote:
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> PUK is only required if you lock up the SIM by entering the wrong SIM
> PIN 3 or 4 times in a row. The PIN can be tied to the phone, or the
> SIM, or you can have PIN's for both the SIM and the Phone.
>
> Since the phone is pretty useless without a SIM, I have always only
> had a PIN on the SIM.
Trying to avoid a bit of unnecessary confusion, I would call the SIM
"security code" only as a "PIN code". The phone may have a similar code but
my phone manual names it as "a phone security code".
The phone security code, depending on the phone brand, can be used as
additional protection against theft, a thief can not use the phone with
another SIM card if the phone security is activated (doesn't help a lot
though if you lose your phone). Another option is to disable phone use
(calls) at any time without a phone security code being given first. This
would help against a thief calling with your phone with your SIM card (if
the phone was on and was kept on so that the SIM PIN code is not needed).
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