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SIM card unto look up

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You can't just get account info off of a SIM card. A phone can use a SIM to get service to that phone. If it is compatible with the service provider/carrier. And the service provider/carrier can access the account that the SIM was on. However there is no way for you to get data off of a SIM.

It isn't like an SD card which has data you can personally access. Now if the account was yours, and is still active, you just need to put the SIM in a new phone. Or access the account information via your account on the service provider's/carrier's website.
You can't just get account info off of a SIM card. A phone can use a SIM to get service to that phone. If it is compatible with the service provider/carrier. And the service provider/carrier can access the account that the SIM was on. However there is no way for you to get data off of a SIM.

It isn't like an SD card which has data you can personally access. Now if the account was yours, and is still active, you just need to put the SIM in a new phone. Or access the account information via your account on the service provider's/carrier's website.
 
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