o2 sim card is not working in my Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone

I was wondering if I could get some help.

I have Samsung tablet Galaxy 10.1 3G and I bought business sim card for a mobile broadband for it last Thursday.

I insert the card into tablet and its just not working (tablet doesnt recognize it).

I was told on the phone by o2 that the sim card is working. 

I dont know what Im doing wrong. I did restart tablet with or without card and then insert it bus nothing seem to work.

Thanks in advance

Mini Mo

[MI5]

I don't think you can activate the SIM in the Tab. You'll need to put it into a phone first to activate it properly as the Tab can't receive text messages that are required for activation.

[Anonymous]

the sim card works on my phone. How should I activate it on my phone?

[Anonymous]

I was just told by o2 guru that if I can use the sim on my phone, then it means its active. 

[Bambino]

If your sim card is activated on your phone, it doesn't need to be activated on the tablet. Try inserting the sim card into the tablet with the tablet turned off, then turn the tablet on.

[MI5]

If it works in the phone (I assume you mean data) then it must be an issue with the Tab. Have you got the O2 APN's set in network settings?

[Anonymous]

I dfont know. How do I do this?

[Anonymous]

I just checked and it says on my phone that it is connected to o2

[Bambino]

Have you tried putting the sim card in the tablet with the tablet turned off, then turning it on? I have a tablet and that's how I have to do it. It's not a Samsung, but maybe the process is the same. Also make sure that the sim is being put into the tablet facing the correct way.

[MI5]

On the Tab, look in settings >more >mobile networks >access point names and you need an O2 apn listed for it to connect to the data network.