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Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 9:19 AM

Activation and how to add mobile prepaid card

Factory rest a phone and trying to add a prepaid card for mobile data and it says network is locked and sim status is locked and I don't know how to add the mobile data and get my phone started

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3 months ago

Not enough information. You haven't said which phone you're trying to use in which carrier it might be locked to? Is this an AT&T phone you're trying to use on a different service provider? Or a different service providers phone you're trying to use on AT&T?

If the phone is locked to a different service provider you have to contact that service provider to have the phone unlocked. Unlocking a phone means it will work with a compatible Service carrier which may not be the carrier you want to use.

Deal with the locked phone problem first. Only then can you insert a SIM card and activate service and use a prepaid refill card to pay for service

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