sim swap with deactivated sim

[Anonymous]

hi everyone, i have just upgraded to a iphone 5 so i not longer need my iphone4s and its deactivated micro sim. my question is my mother has a 3gs so she needs a micro sim to use my old iphone 4s can i do the sim swap with my old deactivated micro sim or do i need to get a new one? hope this makes sense.

[perksie]

If the sim hasn't been used for six months it may no longer work, you could ask O2 or get one from an O2 shop.

[Anonymous]

the sim was only deactivated today. was just wondering as it would save a trip to the o2 shop and could sim swap tonight.

[perksie]

In that case you should be able to top it up or ask O2 to re-instate it.

[Anonymous]

it was a pay monthly sim. so you think it wouldnt work?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

You will need to either pick up a new payg or open up a monthly contract micro sim.

They will have plenty of payg micro sims in the high street shops and usually ask you to top up with £10 at the time of collection.