Basic app on phone help please

f1girly · 3 Feb 20, 09:30 PM

As you will soon see I have little idea about phones and technology, so please keep your answers really basic

I use my Samsung android phone to log into my Gmail email and MDE app, as well as several others. I have bought a US sim which I'll put in on the plane. Please can you tell me if all my apps will carry on working after I've put this new Sim card in, and will my Gmail emails just appear as they do now? Thank you.

geewhiz · 3 Feb 20, 09:54 PM

Everything will continue to work as normal.

scooby99 · 3 Feb 20, 09:55 PM

Is your phone unlocked, ie, will it accept the new SIM card?

If yes, all apps should remain on the phone without issue; your number & possibly contacts (if stored on the sim) will not.

f1girly · 3 Feb 20, 11:05 PM

Yes thank you, I've checked that it's unlocked, great point about contacts, I will make a list before I go. Will I need to put in my passwords in or will everything just open up?

loopylola · 4 Feb 20, 12:02 AM

You could just make sure your contacts are saved to your phone rather than your SIM, this will save loosing any contacts.

mskitty · 4 Feb 20, 07:44 AM

In terms of your contacts, if you transfer them to your google account rather than your phone they will transfer to any new phone you get in the future as they are held on the account rather than the phone or SIM if that makes sense.

BigSkip · 4 Feb 20, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by mskitty

In terms of your contacts, if you transfer them to your google account rather than your phone they will transfer to any new phone you get in the future as they are held on the account rather than the phone or SIM if that makes sense.

That's great advice

Monolith · 4 Feb 20, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by scooby99

Is your phone unlocked, ie, will it accept the new SIM card?

If yes, all apps should remain on the phone without issue; your number & possibly contacts (if stored on the sim) will not.

Unless you�ve turned off settings when you first got it, your google login (the one you used to have your android phone have gmail and download apps) should be saving your contacts to your gmail

f1girly · 4 Feb 20, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by loopylola

You could just make sure your contacts are saved to your phone rather than your SIM, this will save loosing any contacts.

Thank you, I've just done this, it took an embarrassingly long time to figure out how to do it, but it's done now!

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f1girly Imagineer Join Date: Jul 10 Location: Hertfordshire	Basic app on phone help please As you will soon see I have little idea about phones and technology, so please keep your answers really basic I use my Samsung android phone to log into my Gmail email and MDE app, as well as several others. I have bought a US sim which I'll put in on the plane. Please can you tell me if all my apps will carry on working after I've put this new Sim card in, and will my Gmail emails just appear as they do now? Thank you.

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f1girly Thread Starter Imagineer Join Date: Jul 10 Location: Hertfordshire	Yes thank you, I've checked that it's unlocked, great point about contacts, I will make a list before I go. Will I need to put in my passwords in or will everything just open up?