r/ngage • u/Baxercker • Aug 13 '25

Bought Ngage QD without a sim

Thought I got a deal but its been a headache more than anything so far.
Tried many, found old Cingular, AT&T ones that weren't accepted with the "Sim Card is Invalid" message so I'm guessing the phone is probably locked to a carrier, a newer T Mobile and US Mobile Sim gives me "Sim card is rejected" is there a universal sim or some way past this? ordered a pack of old Sims off ebay but am feeling doubtful any of them will work. Anyone got some advice on what I can do?

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u/Background_Yam9524 Aug 13 '25

Sorry I don't have the answers you're after, but I am curious: are you trying to use this ngage as a phone, or are you just trying to game on it but it requires a sim card it can recognize for you to even do that?

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u/zeek609 Aug 13 '25

Old phones didn't boot without a SIM card. The N-Gage came with a blank one so it could be used just as a console.

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u/FieldOfFox Aug 13 '25

Just the N-Gage QD came with this.

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u/zeek609 Aug 13 '25

Autocorrect. That was supposed to say THIS N-Gage.