is there a time period i need to activate a new sim card

[jonie72]

Hi,

I bought a LG Optimus T on 8/16 but have not used yet (ie no telephone number yet).

1) Do I need to activate this phone within a certain period, like 30 days or ??
Note: The SIM card is preinstalled by Tmobile and has a activate by 6/24/2013 date.

2) I also bought a $10 prepaid card. Is there expiration date on this new prepaid card? I didn't see any date on this prepaid card.

Please help if you know the answer. Tmobile chatline wasn't able to give me a definite answer...keep telling me the $10 card will expired in 90 days once I use it.

Thanks.
/jonie

 

[trav2001]

Is the phone an upgrade or did u buy I out right?

The prepaid card om not sure about.

 

[jonie72]

I bought it new from Tmobile. I am currently using Tracphone service so I have not activate the new phone yet.

 

[trav2001]

Some T-Mo reps will tell you that they expire after 45 days. However I'm not so sure that that statement is true. I had the same SIM card for close to 5 years, upgraded new phones 3 times for my line and 2 times for my wife. So over those 5 years I've also gotten 5 new SIM cards.

Earlier this year I my wife's SIM card went bad and gave T-Mo a SIM number from a card that was 3 years old. My wife's phone and SIM have worked fine with no problems.

My SIM card went bad on me yesterday and I called T-Mo with a 2 year old and it's been working fine with no problems as well.

Hope that answers your question

 

[jonie72]

nope. that does not answer my question but thanks anyway. i am going to activate my this new phone tomorrow, so it doesn't matter anymore.

 

[trav2001]

We'll I think basically what I was trying to say was that SIM cards do not expire and should therefore have no problem activating a phone that was bought a monh ago.