Vodafone Datacard Sim Questions...

[owen998]

Hi,

some time last year, I aquired a free datacard after buying an Acer laptop.

The data card came with a Sim card that had £20+vat credit pre-installed,

(= 10Mb worth of data, at £2+vat per Mb.)

I have now sold the data card, and am wondering;

how can I now find out how much credit remains on the Sim card?

Also,

I've been able to send text messages using the Sim in my phone,

but I'm unable to make voice calls;

is it possible to enable the Sim for voice calls?

Cheers.

[3g-g]

Hmm, credit left... The only way is probably to call Vodafone CS and ask, and at the same time ask for voice services to be activated, however, that may mean taking a tariff, but perhaps not, they might just let it become a regular PAYG number, but I can't be 100% sure!

You can call Vodafone CS on 08700 700 191 from any phone.

And once you find out, come back and tell us all!

[owen998]

Thanks for the number 3g-g,

thought I'd ask the experts before phoning Vodafone !!!

I was hoping that there may be a 'text request' type thing,
to be able to get a 'credit remaining' text reply ?

Converting the Sim to PAYG would be handy...

Regarding the voice calls;
is it a definate thing that the Sim will not do voice,
or is it possible that my phone settings are incorrect ?

[3g-g]

Originally Posted by owen998

Thanks for the number 3g-g,

thought I'd ask the experts before phoning Vodafone !!!

I was hoping that there may be a 'text request' type thing,
to be able to get a 'credit remaining' text reply ?

Converting the Sim to PAYG would be handy...

Regarding the voice calls;
is it a definate thing that the Sim will not do voice,
or is it possible that my phone settings are incorrect ?

*has a check of various SIMs about the house*

Ahh, dial *#1345# then press the green button, your remaining balance should be displayed, that's free.

As far as the voice is concerned, I'm afraid it's just data that it'll do just now, it's the same with my Orange data card SIM, text is allowed, voice isn't, however, it's just a setting in the profile of the SIM on the network that needs changed, and for Vodafone to get more money out of you, rather than you binning the SIM I can't see a reason as to why they wouldn't allow it to be used for voice also!

If you do get onto CS let us know what they say!

[maxspank]

*#1345# won't work on it because it won't be a payt sim. It'll be set up as a Pay as you use. It's a monthly contract without the line rental that was setup especially for the laptop deals.

Shouldn't be a problem getting it transferred to a payt sim but any credit wouldn't usually be transferred over.

[3g-g]

There we go, insider Vodafone knowledge to the rescue! Best get on the phone my man and get it moved over!