What happens when you take your sim out of your phone?

You simply lose your cellular connection. You won’t have talk, text, or data until you replace your sim. You will still have WiFi.

Can you still receive text messages if your phone service is disconnected?

Can You Still Receive Text Messages if Your Phone Is Disconnected? Unlike phone calls that are real-time, when a text message is sent, the source service provider stores that message and attempts to send it to the receiving provider. You cannot receive them while your phone is disconnected though.

Can a data SIM receive SMS?

Mobile SIM vs Data SIM Card While you cannot make standard voice calls and SMS from a phone number using a data only SIM card, internet-based messaging (like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger) and internet calling (Skype and Viber) are practical alternatives.

What happens to text messages when the SIM card is removed?

For a period of time phones then offered the choice of storing messages on the SIM or phone, and you could view via menus the different message store. In this case, the messages stored on the SIM wold go missing when the SIM was removed, but the phone messages would still be available.

Why am I not receiving calls and texts from my phone?

You’re no longer receiving calls and texts. If someone has cloned your SIM card or has convinced your network operator to switch your number to a new SIM card that they have in their possession, you won’t receive any more texts or phone calls. A phone number can only be associated to one SIM card at a time.

Can you send iMessages without a SIM card on an iPhone?

Most carriers will store the message (for at least a few days) and send it to your phone when the phone comes back in service. In the case of iMessage messages, if your iPhone is connected to a WiFi network with internet access, iMessages will still come through, even without a SIM card.

How many text messages can be saved on a SIM card?

Most smartphones and basic phones will save text messages locally on the phone itself, not the SIM card, the SIM card can only hold up to 250 contacts.. it does not save text messages and probably doesn’t even have enough storage memory to do that.