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#300639 24-Sep-2022 09:55
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My wife has an old and very simple Doro 631 flip-phone that runs on a $20 top-up Vodafone account. Up to now this arrangement has been perfectly adequate for her requirements, which rarely exceed around one call per month. But a friend with a smart phone has started sending her frequent text messages, which often take my wife an hour or more to compose and send. The friend is currently under a good deal of stress, so my wife is reluctant to ask her to stop messaging this way.

 

I have a couple of new, unused older model Huawei smart phones, a Y330 (2014?) and a Y6 (2018?). Would it be possible to switch the Doro sim card to one of these phones? The Y6 might be the best - it's larger with a bigger display.

 

   





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  #2972453 24-Sep-2022 10:16
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You should be able to swap them if the SIM card size is the same.

 

If they are different sizes and the one in the Doro phone isn't a multi-fit type SIM then it will probably require a replacement SIM. 





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  #2972455 24-Sep-2022 10:21
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Check the Specs on both handsets and see what size SIM card they take


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  #2972465 24-Sep-2022 11:29
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Look at the SIM as some are multisize. The Huawei will use the smallest size so you can always use it if multisize.




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  #2972479 24-Sep-2022 12:44
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Did it for a friend who was on Vodafone, worked perfectly... Doro had a micro SIM... Huawei required a nano SIM... was able to push the nano out of the micro along the punching line.





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  #2972494 24-Sep-2022 15:39
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Thanks guys, I wasn't aware that sim cards came in different sizes. I'm OK with computers but my knowledge of mobile phones is sparse at best 😳

 

Just checked specs online and it seems Doro is 'mini sim regular' while Huawei Y6 2018 is nano sim. That means incompatibility, doesn't it?





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  #2972495 24-Sep-2022 15:42
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geekIT:

 

Just checked specs online and it seems Doro is 'mini sim regular' while Huawei Y6 2018 is nano sim. That means incompatibility, doesn't it?

 

 

No. SIM cards come in a large card size but they have grooves that you can use to separate the smaller sizes. Just get the SIM card out of the old phone (it will be mid-sized) and separate the smaller size to insert on the new phone.

 





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  #2972496 24-Sep-2022 15:49
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2FF Mini SIM & 3FF Micro SIM & 4FF Nano SIM

 

FF = Form factor

 

Then you have eSIM (embedded SIM)


 
 
 

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freitasm:

 

geekIT:

 

Just checked specs online and it seems Doro is 'mini sim regular' while Huawei Y6 2018 is nano sim. That means incompatibility, doesn't it?

 

 

No. SIM cards come in a large card size but they have grooves that you can use to separate the smaller sizes. Just get the SIM card out of the old phone (it will be mid-sized) and separate the smaller size to insert on the new phone.

 

 

Thanks, freitasm. I can see the nano within the larger card. With the card in place in the Huawei, will my wife's account then be up and running? I've entered the modem pw so the phone is already online.





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  #2972503 24-Sep-2022 16:28
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@geekIT Modem PW?


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  #2972505 24-Sep-2022 16:44
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Yes, just insert the card and the account will be up and running.

 

I suspect "modem PW" means WiFi @linux





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  #2973674 27-Sep-2022 17:08
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One other thing to check - is the Prepay account set up with a data bundle? If it’s on “pay as you go” then the credit will disappear very quickly in the Huawei (unless you completely disable data access on the device)

Edit: I’m assuming your wife will, at some point, take the phone away from your home wifi range… and even if she doesn’t it’s not a bad idea to disable data anyway




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