Changing to new phone on Telcel plan

by sm1mex Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:27 am

With my current a telcel plan can I transfer it over to a new phone?? Has anyone retired their outdated phone and put a new phone on their current contract?

by CanuckBob Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:23 pm

The plan is attached to the SIM card not the phone. Once you put your old SIM card into the new phone then it should be good to go.

by sm1mex Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:18 pm

Oh cool. I have an unlocked phone and will get an unlocked phone.
So when I put my old SIM card into the new phone all of my info and contacts will be there?
Don’t I have to register the new phone with Relcel?

by ferret Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:23 pm

by sm1mex Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:49 pm

I guess with same SIM card the new phone will be registered as the old phone. I remember years ago Mx gov said everyone had to register their phone so we did.

by CanuckBob Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:06 pm

Never heard of that. I'm on my 4th phone with the same sim card. Your contacts will only be on the sim if that is where you directed them to be saved on your old phone. Sometimes the contacts are saved to the phone itself.

by sm1mex Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:37 pm

Thanks. I don’t know where they are saved to but will let the professional set up the new phone with everything from the old phone.

by mudgirl Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:38 pm

sm1mex wrote:I guess with same SIM card the new phone will be registered as the old phone. I remember years ago Mx gov said everyone had to register their phone so we did.

The Mexican govt? Don't know what you are talking about. A phone itself isn't registered anywhere. It's the phone number, as attached to the SIM card that gets registered, not the physical phone.

And the fact that you have an unlocked phone has nothing whatsoever to do with transferring your SIM card to the new phone. A locked phone means the phone is registered with a certain provider and may therefore not accept a SIM card from another provider. SIM cards are interchangeable between phones, locked or unlocked, if sticking with the same provider. It is the provider connection that is locked, not the ability to put in a different SIM card.

by sm1mex Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:45 pm

I have an unlocked phone and will buy an unlocked phone to put the old SIM card in.

by mudgirl Tue Sep 13, 2022 9:40 pm

sm1mex wrote:I have an unlocked phone and will buy an unlocked phone to put the old SIM card in.

I don't think you understood anything I tried to explain.

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