Does SMS work without SIM card?

No you cannot text without a SIM card. You can connect to WiFi and use Whatsapp or other messaging apps, but for actual text messages, that is not possible without a SIM card.

Do text messages stay on your phone?

When you receive and send text messages, they’re sent through — and saved by — your service provider’s data network. Data is then maintained on the phone. Deleting these messages clears them from the visible display, but a small piece of data is still stored temporarily in the device’s system memory.

How long do text messages stay on your phone?

Some phone companies also keep records of sent text messages. They sit on the company’s server for anywhere from three days to three months, depending on the company’s policy. Verizon holds texts for up to five days and Virgin Mobile keeps them for 90 days.

How can I text without a SIM card?

Without a SIM Card, your Android Phone won’t have a Phone Number associated with it, which can be used by other users to contact or Call you. However, there are many popular VOIP Apps like WhatsApp, Google Voice, TextNow, Telegram and others which can be used to send text messages and make voice and video calls.

How long are SMS messages stored?

The text messages are stored in both locations. Some phone companies also keep records of sent text messages. They sit on the company’s server for anywhere from three days to three months, depending on the company’s policy. Verizon holds texts for up to five days and Virgin Mobile keeps them for 90 days.

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

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. In really old phones the text messages were stored on the SIM, and if you were lucky you might have been able to store 10 or 20 messages before the SIM memory became full.

How can I retrieve deleted text messages from a SIM card?

They will not be deleted, you will get them back when you put Sim Card in another phone. But most of the smartphones do not have the option to retrieve messages stored in Sim. You will need basic feature phone to retrieve them.

What happens if you put an old sim card in?

This information is still stored on the old card, so any phone numbers, addresses or text messages that you lose are available if you insert the old card into the device. Information not stored on the SIM card, such as videos, applications or documents, is still available on the original device.

Where can I store my old SMS messages?

You can store your SMS in your SIM or phone memory: the old candybar phones way: on your SIM. Nowadays on smartphones, on the phone (more memory). So it depend where are all those old SMS… If you have a smartphone, it may be in the phone so no problem.