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greende
Explorer II
Nov 08, 2014

LG Thrill Broken Screen

Forgive me but I'm not electronics savvy. DW and I had identical LG Thrill smartphones and upgraded. We kept the phones and eventually used mine for our 12 year old DD. She dropped it last night and cracked the glass. Can we take the sim card out of it and put it into my wife's phone and have it work without going back to the AT&T store? Original phones AT&T. Present phones AT&T. Thanks.

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  • Fredzo wrote:
    I was in Radio Shack the other day to buy some odd batteries, and saw that they now have a "While-U-Wait" glass replacement station!

    They trim and replace the broken glass and replace it, if the screen isn't damaged.

    Might be a way to go.


    Thanks! I'll have to check our local Radio Shack.
  • I was in Radio Shack the other day to buy some odd batteries, and saw that they now have a "While-U-Wait" glass replacement station!

    They trim and replace the broken glass and replace it, if the screen isn't damaged.

    Might be a way to go.
  • Thanks, they are both the exact same model and both with AT&T. I guess it would be worth a try. Cheaper than the alternative.
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    While I can not guarantee it, if you take the SIM out of one phone of a given make and model (The model indicates which service provider it is attached to in many cases) and pop it into another of the same make and model.. Usually, it works.

    In some cases, the phones need not even be the same make and model, I have moved the same SIM to at least 3 or 4 different phones over the past as I upgraded,, Just moved the sim and brought all my contacts with it.
  • It is the same account. Might try it and see. Every phone in the house is AT&T. Thanks.
  • Usually. I've put a China Mobile SIM in a AT&T GSM phone and used it as a China Mobile phone (roaming on ATT) to cover one emergency.

    But there is always the possibility that the account may have that SIM locked to the internal ID of the other phone, something they can fix at the store in a few minutes, usually by using a new SIM, so long as it is the same account.

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