NO signal strength at my residence - have NOT moved.

Just out of curiosity, how does changing the sim card make a difference?

They are aware of this issue now & are taking it seriously. It won't take 120 days now. When an issue is found severe it can be up to 30.

Sim cards sometimes malfunction & some of the elements stop working so getting a new sim will restore the issue.

Does the sim effect the signal strength?

I'd say go with Verizon.

r u serious even though verizon has good service everywhere they have no sims so if she wants to come back to tmobile after they fix the tower over there the phone she got from verizon will be of no use

Does the sim effect the signal strength?

yes if a sim card is defective it definately affects the signal strength usually sim cards last 1-2 years average.

They have a lifespan of 2 months to about 10 years. But yes signal can go down slightly. Using a VZW means not going back but then your gonna get a 200 ETF fee.

So if i've had the same sim since i started, should i replace it just for the heck of it?

Depends are you having degrade in performance? If so I may do so. But usually no.

Nope haven't had any problems, just wondering if there was an advantedge of using the newer sim cards versus the old one i have.

If a service doesn't work get it replaced then.

I'd say go with Verizon.

r u serious even though verizon has good service everywhere they have no sims so if she wants to come back to tmobile after they fix the tower over there the phone she got from verizon will be of no use

Does the sim effect the signal strength?

yes if a sim card is defective it definately affects the signal strength usually sim cards last 1-2 years average.

Even if she went from ATT to T-mobile, it still wouldn't work with an ATT SIM.

I don't know about reception strength issues with SIMs.  If the SIM Center that yours is based out of is having issues, you might have problems with registering to the network completely, like the X on your signal strength.  However, if your signal is just not strong, it may be a phone or network problem.

Well I had sims die & I can tell the warning signs. I know the night before the sim died in my curve I prayed it wouldn't be dead the next morning & it was

Honestly how the hell have you had so many problems with sim cards? I have had the same sim card in about 50+ different phones, used in about 20 different states, its been in water, dirt, snow, and i have had it for over 3 years.... EVERY TIME I have network or phone issues out of the blue, its fixed by something other than a sim card. I even know people that still rock their voicestream sim cards!

On top of that, i have been able to fix about 50% of customers phones in the store when they come in to get a new sim card "because customer care said so" and the other 50% actually need warranty exchanges. I mean I understand why t-mobile puts changing the sim card on the list of troubleshooting before issuing out a warranty exchange, but I wish they didnt. So many customers come into stores that should have just been taken care of the first time around. There was only one time that I can recall that was actually the sim, and it was because for some reason the system did not register it correctly. 

 I had a customer come in with a wing that had a software issue, they told her to change the sim card :|

edit: sorry if this came off as an attack, it is not meant to be. It turned into more of a rant on accident. lol

Honestly how the hell have you had so many problems with sim cards? I have had the same sim card in about 50+ different phones, used in about 20 different states, its been in water, dirt, snow, and i have had it for over 3 years.... EVERY TIME I have network or phone issues out of the blue, its fixed by something other than a sim card. I even know people that still rock their voicestream sim cards!

On top of that, i have been able to fix about 50% of customers phones in the store when they come in to get a new sim card "because customer care said so" and the other 50% actually need warranty exchanges. I mean I understand why t-mobile puts changing the sim card on the list of troubleshooting before issuing out a warranty exchange, but I wish they didnt. So many customers come into stores that should have just been taken care of the first time around. There was only one time that I can recall that was actually the sim, and it was because for some reason the system did not register it correctly. 

 I had a customer come in with a wing that had a software issue, they told her to change the sim card :|

edit: sorry if this came off as an attack, it is not meant to be. It turned into more of a rant on accident. lol

yea i havnt had any problems with my sim card and ive had it since 2002(its one of those white ones with no "T" on it just numbers) and it still works like it did wen i got it. its usually the phone that has the problems.

IDK maybe someone needs to come into my area & test it out. They have never lasted long they always end up dying & I hardly switched phones.

IDK maybe someone needs to come into my area & test it out. They have never lasted long they always end up dying & I hardly switched phones.

i have spent more than a few weekends out in rockford.  (blackhawk race track, or whatever the name of it is)

Well  I changed my # every 2 weeks to a month.

I have good news & bad news.

Shows your in a 1 to 3 bar area.

But you should have went with a 3G device as you would've had less problems.

I should've suggested these phones to replace it:

Nokia 6263
Samsung T639
Samsung T819
Nokia 3555
Sony Ericsson TM506 (My first pick)
T-Mobile G1 (Not suggested)

This is the list of 3G devices.

about the sim card thing....I always have a problem while switching towers.  I've had a treo 750 and now a treo pro made by htc and both of them 9 times out of 10 will drop a call whenever i switch towers.  Its kind of annoying.  I have a suncom sim card, but have a brand new tmobile sim sitting in a folder as a backup.  I also have problems at my house wehre i live.  its always fluctuates from 1-2 bars and sometimes loses signal in my house.  Where i live on coverage map is decent signal but not great ,but not the worst.  If i go 200 yards down the street there is good signal, but there is also lots of hills here in Birmingham.  You guys think I should try the new sim?? or call customer service and see if they have something goin on?  I know when sucom/tmobile merger was going on i had the worst signal ever and dropped calls every 5 minutes for about 3 weeks, buts its much better now.  anyway thanks!

I've had the same SIM card since I opened my first Voicemstream account (9+ years ago) and have never had to replace it.  Recently when I bought my TM506 at a retail store, the guy helping me told me there's really no point in switching out your SIM unless you're having service "issues" (which I assumes means that no one really knows what's causing the issue so they use the SIM replacement as a stab in the dark).

I'm getting an attorney.

I laughed out loud and now have a sun flower seed lodged in my nose.

lol i hear that so many times a day (i take sup calls)