will prepaid cell phones work with a registerd sim card?

ok well i lost my phone and i got a replacment with the sim card now i was wondering if i buy a prepaid cell phone and put my registered sim card from at&t into the phone that it will work like sending text messages and making calls and all that.
ok but if what if i put the sim card in another phone like a virgin mobile phone would that work?

As long as it is a prepaid AT&T cell phone, no problem. My mothers phone broke a couple of months ago I bought her an AT&T prepaid cell phone took her AT&T sim card and put in it. She has had no problems since.



3 Comments so far

  1. Nit R on April 1st, 2010

    I am sure it will if it’s the same phone company’s prepaid sim card. But why don’t you ask them?
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  2. Norman W on April 1st, 2010

    As long as it is a prepaid AT&T cell phone, no problem. My mothers phone broke a couple of months ago I bought her an AT&T prepaid cell phone took her AT&T sim card and put in it. She has had no problems since.
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  3. All That Jazz on April 1st, 2010

    It will work as long as the prepaid phone you buy is for AT&T. The official answer from AT&T customer service is no, you can’t do that, but you totally can.

    You may also want to consider looking on Craigslist and in secondhand shops (that sell cell phones) for a replacement. Sometimes you can score great deals that are far preferable to cheap prepaid phones.
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    Work for a store that sells refurbished cell phones.

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