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O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 16:46:11 GMT

If I put an 02 Data Big Bundle SIM at 7GB per month for a mobile phone in an 02 mobile broadband dongle would I get 7GB per month on my laptop, like as if it were for mobile broadband? Would it work?

Would I be able to activate the SIM card in the dongle and would I be able to keep it in the dongle all the time, and just top it up with an 02 voucher now and again?

I currently use '3' mobile broadband dongle and top up £10 a month for 1GB, but if I put the O2 SIM in a Unlocked dongle would I get the 7GB per month instead? Is there a catch?

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Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

madasaf1sh — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 16:49:34 GMT

@Anonymous

Yes your data will move over as its linked to the sim card.

So the device is irrelevant, all I would do is check your dongle is unlocked and you will need to take the sim out to top up by voucher, much easier to just top up online

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 16:54:06 GMT

If I link the SIM card with a e top up card and top up £10 say with the top up card, will the credit appear on the dongle the next time I plug it into my laptop?

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

madasaf1sh — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 19:17:09 GMT

@Anonymous

o2 don't do e-top up cards anymore, unless you have one from a couple of years ago.

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

MI5 — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 21:52:40 GMT

@Anonymous

You can't use a phone sim in a dongle, if you do, o2 will cut you off.

You must use a data only sim in a dongle.

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 11:43:15 GMT

Hi, I'm getting conflicting advice as to whether an ordinary SIM with data can be used in a dongle - some say you can, some say you can't!

Apparently the EU changed the law so mobile phone SIM's can be used in tablets and dongles.

What isn't fair is that you get more data this way then you do with a dongle only SIM. That's why I'm trying it to give it a go! But if it doesn't work I'll let you know.

If 02, 3, Vodaphone etc gave their mobile broadband dongle users more data for £10 a month as they seem to do now with smartphone users (7GB for £10 a month with 02) then that would be BRILLIANT as Windows 10 uses a lot of data, but unfortunately it hasn't happened yet.

Something for mobile broadband companies to consider there.

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Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 11:46:30 GMT

I've not heard about that! Are you sure?

How do 02 mobile phone users top up then without swipe cards?

It used to be possible to get them from the newsagents but last few years you need to go to an 02 store. I went to mine at Lincoln. ( 20 mile drive just for a top up card!)

How do you top up without one then?

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

jonsie — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 13:30:53 GMT

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

MI5 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 14:06:50 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Hi, I'm getting conflicting advice as to whether an ordinary SIM with data can be used in a dongle - some say you can, some say you can't!

Certainly not with O2.

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 14:43:23 GMT

Hi, why have you sent me a guide how to top up? I know how to top up.

You need to show it to Madasaf1sh further up the link as he/she seems to think e-top up cards are no longer available, when they are. The guide you sent me says so!

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Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 14:45:16 GMT

O.K I'm begining to go off the idea!

I'll stick with my dongle SIM and just hope one day we get a bit more data like what smartphone users get!

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:25:59 GMT

Hi MI5,

I've rang 02 Customer Services and they say I can use an ordinary mobile phone SIM card with data and use it in a dongle. It is now possible to do this, so mobile phone SIM card users can use their SIMs in other devices. But whether this is fair on the regular mobile broadband dongle user who wants to carry on using their mobile broadband SIM and are getting less data is another matter.

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

MI5 — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:07:54 GMT

Let us knw how long you get before the system cuts you off.

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 17:05:20 GMT

Hi well I tried it in an unlocked 4G dongle. I had to activate it on a phone but it worked in the dongle although after unplugging the dongle and plugging it back in it stopped working! So it was all a bit make shift!

O2 told me I still get the full 7GB per month but there was no obvious way to top up on the same way you do with mobile broadband SIMs and no obvious way of checking how much I was using so I wouldn't recommend it.

I couldn't do a speed test either which was unusual. It said I was on a 'restricted internet connection' and wouldn't let me!

So keep with mobile broadband SIMs even though you don't get as many gigabytes. We will get the same gigabytes as mobile phone users in the end - we just need to win through!

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Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 17:29:21 GMT

@Anonymous Hi, you can top up the dongle SIM by registering the number online at MYO2, the amount or plan will be applied to the SIM number.

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 17:50:09 GMT

It's not a dongle SIM though, it's a mobile phone SIM.

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:15:30 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
It's not a dongle SIM though, it's a mobile phone SIM.

The SIM can be topped up and the PAYG bundle applied to it from - MYO2 - It will be applied to the SIM and number associated with it.

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

MI5 — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 20:48:01 GMT

I did tell you it wouldn't work but thanks for proving it to yourself.

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 21:08:13 GMT

The thing is though you can tether (Via WiFi) with a phone and a device and access the internet that way, the phone is effectively a router so what is the difference? Inspection of the TTL will show you are using a proxy in both cases, but in the end you are only using the same amount of data anyway.

Re: O2 mobile phone SIMs in dongles

MI5 — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 21:09:35 GMT

Tethering stops at 4gb too. Or at least it did last time I checked.