The starter kit I know of needs activation. It only contains the card but not service.
hi!
a friend of mine has bought a starter from T-Mobile and when he puts the card in and turn phone on its says '' u sim card not activated '' and there goes a question: can i activate it without paying anything?
i read that i need to wait about 48 h and it will activate it self but there was also wrote that i could make a calls and everything would work normally but it doesn't. The moment i click on the green bottom to make a call it says that only alarm phone calls.
waiting for help with fixing my problem.
thanks

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