# Sim card cloning? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 28, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sim-card-cloning/74112 "2009-09-28T07:24:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sim-card-cloning/74112/1 "2009-09-28T07:24:24Z")
I picked up a new phone, but still have my old 3G sim card. Can the new one be cloned so I can leave the old one in my laptop? ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sim-card-cloning/74112/2 "2009-09-28T08:24:09Z")
i take it u mean a mirco SD card right? or am i completely a idiot ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sim-card-cloning/74112/3 "2009-09-28T08:32:04Z")
I am confused too. Are you looking to use the same SIM card in your laptop and your phone so you can get internet on your laptop while using your phone on your account? If so, No. Its illegal and imagine the terror you can raise on people with copying their SIM card 🙂 IF you do find a way to clone a 3G SIM, you can profit very much because hackers will love you. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sim-card-cloning/74112/4 "2009-09-28T09:23:34Z")
When I signed my plan back-in-the-day, I was given 2 identical SIM cards :gotme: Maybe it was by accident, but they both work. And no, I’ve never used them at the same time in different devices. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sim-card-cloning/74112/5 "2009-09-28T09:28:02Z")
> [@llink78](#): > > i take it u mean a mirco SD card right? or am i completely a idiot You’re an idiot That sucks… it would be nice to just leave the one card in my laptop all the time. Going to need a Plan B ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sim-card-cloning/74112/6 "2009-09-28T09:52:25Z")
> [@Zer0DazE](#): > > You’re an idiot thx ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sim-card-cloning/74112/7 "2009-09-28T10:13:38Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > When I signed my plan back-in-the-day, I was given 2 identical SIM cards :gotme: > > Maybe it was by accident, but they both work. And no, I’ve never used them at the same time in different devices. Ya its possible to buy two of the same ones since who ever makes it has the ability to do so. Once you register another device on the network with the same SIM number the provider may shut off the phone to prevent fraud and also since its how you are identified on the network. Just someone picking it up and looking at the international subscriber number on it is not enough to clone it tho. You need the authentication key and a few other hashes. They are pretty interesting cards. I was playing with them after some of our WiFi phones use them and they are pretty impressive for a wafer board of plastic. ---
**Author:** ![Cavi\_Mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cavi_mike/32/5217_2.png) [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sim-card-cloning/74112/8 "2009-09-28T10:25:14Z")
What kind of laptop has a sim card slot? Or did you get a separate reader? ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sim-card-cloning/74112/9 "2009-09-28T10:27:29Z")
Lots of the Acer laptops have had GSM slots in them for the SIM card. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sim-card-cloning/74112/10 "2009-09-28T12:44:31Z")
> [@Cavi Mike](#): > > What kind of laptop has a sim card slot? Or did you get a separate reader? inspiron