What advantages are there to put a sim card in the sim reader, I have never used one so far. thx. overfinch modified

So long as you use a data only SIM it is useful for getting live real time travel / news / weather updates, can turn your car into a wifi hotspot for passengers and a few other things that we probably can all live without or already have via mobile apps but it is cheap to buy a data only SIM so I added one just because I can but dont really use it much. If I remember correctly I bought a data only SIM from Amazon that allowed 24GB of data and was valid for 2 years, cost me £30 I think. Had it in the car 7 months now and only used 133MB of the allowance!  _______________________________________________

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caymanblack wrote:

What advantages are there to put a sim card in the sim reader, I have never used one so far. thx.

you can also turn on the satellite view for the nav, it's not as good as google maps version but still better than nothing. Current
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I thought the SIMs don’t actually work anymore since the demise of 3G?
The L405 uses older 3G technology, except maybe some very recent models, certainly in my MY17, the data SIM never worked, the display just said “reading SIM” forever, and never connected.

Better to connect the car to your phone Wi-fi Hotspot instead. :thumbsup:

I didn't realise that older 405's used 3G, mine is a 2019 which is 4G as far as I know. Didn't think 3G was being phased out across the board yet? _______________________________________________

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As has already been said, a Simcard has its uses and I've always bought a "3" data sim from Amazon. Just bought a new one last week

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Three-Mobile-Pay-...amp;sr=8-3 All LR cars from 1984
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See this post:

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic66306.html?highlight=3g

Thanks for the replys guys, seems i dont really need it. overfinch modified

My on line pack and wifi hot spot plan has just expired, (RIP) I’m not yet sure what doesn’t work!

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Hi Bill,

If the vehicle hardware is 3G, a 4G or 5G SIM will still not work, my Network 3 SIM was 5G enabled, but nada, zero functionality.

Depends on MY of course. :D

That’s incorrect, they absolutely will work with 2G but it’s dependent on the Networks provision and your network, Three (3), has never had 2G support, it was launched as the UK’s first 3G only network. The other Networks still currently have a 2G fall back provision but this is scheduled to be switched off by 2033 latest, with EE estimating sometime this decide.

Thanks for the information thats explains my issues, but I suppose all a bit academic when 2G is 30x slower than 3G, itself considered woefully slow these days. Better to connect the vehicle to your 5G phone hotspot instead, and use what you’re already paying for. :thumbsup:

Absolutely

Gremlin500 wrote:

Thanks for the information thats explains my issues, but I suppose all a bit academic when 2G is 30x slower than 3G, itself considered woefully slow these days. Better to connect the vehicle to your 5G phone hotspot instead, and use what you’re already paying for.