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putting 02 prepaid mobile phone SIM into 02 contract 3G dongle

  • 27-04-2010 10:08am
    #1
    Velocitee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 264 ✭✭


    A friend of mine is cancelling her O2 contract for her 3G broadband dongle (Huawei).

    I have a 3G prepaid 02 sim from a mobile phone I had lying around with a good amount of call credit on it.

    I tried using the SIM in the dongle and it gets an IP address etc but doesn’t actually work.

    To spice things up/ complicate things, I’m using it on my Ubuntu netbook, the only change I made was to change the settings when it detected the modem from “Ireland – O2 contract” to “Ireland – O2 prepaid”

    Any ideas to get this working?

    Modem is gone now again as she needs it for a couple of days but I’m kicking myself for not leaving it on “Ireland – O2 contract” setting and trying it off that. Or is it just the case that O2’s mobile phone 3G SIMS don’t work in 3G dongles


Comments

  • #2
    O2_Daryll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭O2_Daryll


    If you want I can just change the price plan on the sim to the Pre-pay broadband plan.


  • #3
    Velocitee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 264 ✭✭Velocitee


    Hi Daryll, that's great :) I guess the prepay sim would work in the contract sim dongle without issue then (similar to a phone?) and would the credit remain on the account?

    I take it I can phone O2 and get this changed over also? (SIM is at home so I don't have the number on me right now)


  • #4
    O2_Daryll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭O2_Daryll


    Sure you can call them if you like. 1747 is the pre-pay team. There will be no issue all, all it is a change of price plan and it will work fine. PM me your number if you want me to do it for you.


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