Need new "dumb" mobile phone immediately

millie

Can you not ask your service provider for a replacement SIM card if it does not work

faringdon

Thanks, the phone has strangely started working again. But  i really need it for next week....and it may of course stop working....so i am thinking of buying a new "dumb phone" and getting another EE sim for that (a SIM on this same account) . Will that be possible? And please advise  on cost of doing this?

So in other words, i am wishing to have a "reserve phone", ready to use if this phone suddenly stops working. (but obviously i want it on the same EE account as my "now dry" phone.)

 So, Can you just get another duplicate SIM for this purpose? Sorry , but it seems such a strange thing to explain as its so open to misinterpretation due to my poor words, i must apologise.

flaneurs_lobster

faringdon said:

Thanks, the phone has strangely started working again. But  i really need it for next week....and it may of course stop working....so i am thinking of buying a new "dumb phone" and getting another EE sim for that (a SIM on this same account) . Will that be possible? And please advise  on cost of doing this?

Go onto the EE website and look for 'replacement SIM' or 'SIM swap' for the procedure to get a new SIM with the same number etc as the one you've dunked (but if it's working now there's no reason why it would suddenly stop).

There's no cost for the replacement.

faringdon

Thanks, incidentally, what if i get a duplicate SIM and put it in another phone.......then which one rings if someone gives me a call?.......you see, this is why i thought they would never give out a duplicate SIM?

flaneurs_lobster

faringdon said:

 So, Can you just get another duplicate SIM for this purpose? Sorry , but it seems such a strange thing to explain as its so open to misinterpretation due to my poor words, i must apologise.

If you are asking if you can have a second or backup SIM having the same number as your current SIM then the answer is no.

You can replace a SIM and it's number, not duplicate it.

Eyeful

faringdon said:

Hi,
I just dropped my "dumb" mobile phone down the toilet and now it doesnt work.
I need another phone immediately.
Can i just go to an EE shop, buy a new phone, and put the sim card into it and its job done?

Its not a smartphone, just a dumbphone and i only want another dumbphone.

If you wait for electronics to dry out, there is a chance it will work normally.

savergrant

Eyeful said:

faringdon said:

Hi,
I just dropped my "dumb" mobile phone down the toilet and now it doesnt work.
I need another phone immediately.
Can i just go to an EE shop, buy a new phone, and put the sim card into it and its job done?

Its not a smartphone, just a dumbphone and i only want another dumbphone.

If you wait for electronics to dry out, there is a chance it will work normally.

I remember seeing something that the biggest problem isn't the water,  it's minerals (and other contaminants) in the water which are likely to impede the circuitry. So drying out COULD make it worse....

flaneurs_lobster

savergrant said:

. So drying out COULD make it worse....

...I bet leaving it wet doesn't make it better....

savergrant

flaneurs_lobster said:

savergrant said:

. So drying out COULD make it worse....

...I bet leaving it wet doesn't make it better....

Iirc there was a product on dragon's den to dry water-damaged phones effectively...
My point was that it could work briefly once dried out but contaminants might cause slow damage.