Network Advice Requested

OK, I have read snippets here and there that the SIM card actually has some network related data that might be phone specific, and that it can be optimized for the phone.

I had a BB Classic on Rogers for a few years now. My house has very poor cell reception, and I am in between two towers. On the classic most things like SMS would work, but I would miss a call occasionally.

I ordered my K1 from Rogers and it arrived on schedule. It came with a SIM card, but the instructions said I could try a SIM card from my old phone. I used the SIM card from the classic and it worked fine.

I haven't noticed any call issues, but I have noticed that my SMS messages often get stuck sending and have a reasonably high failure rate in my house. (20-25% failure rate)

Is it possible that the SIM card supplied with the phone could solve this problem? Should I go through the hassle of changing the SIM card?

You could try, but I don't believe it would change the outcome if those 2 Sims card are identical.
Now if one Sim is rated higher (I don't know if that even exist) then it would be different.
I remember reading that changing the provision of the account was making it better for some.
Eg: provision for Android as opposed to BB.

Originally Posted by Alain_A

You could try, but I don't believe it would change the outcome if those 2 Sims card are identical.
Now if one Sim is rated higher (I don't know if that even exist) then it would be different.
I remember reading that changing the provision of the account was making it better for some.
Eg: provision for Android as opposed to BB.

Thanks, that is a good point about provisioning. I have no idea about SIM card ratings either. I was hoping a network engineer would pipe in.

I doubt very much that your SIM card has much to do with it. There are some cellular network preferences in Settings that relate to data (LTE/4G/3G, etc.) but your phone calls and text messages (SMS) use the GSM frequencies. MMS messages that aren't pure text do use data though.

it wont do jack to what your already getting

Call it a coincidence but I was having issues with dropped phone calls and delayed text messages. Went into rogers today to try switching out my sim card before I return the phone. So far so good.... That being said I haven't been making many phone calls since.

Originally Posted by Rustlers17

Call it a coincidence but I was having issues with dropped phone calls and delayed text messages. Went into rogers today to try switching out my sim card before I return the phone. So far so good.... That being said I haven't been making many phone calls since.

Did they change the provisioning of your account?

As far as I know, nothing on my account was changed.

Also wonder if it could be due to the woobly sim tray that some people has!

Update. After a day of use with the new Sim card. Text messages are still delayed and phone calls are being dropped constantly. Im going to see if I can swap it