I recently bought a cheap crappy Sim card to try and get it to work on a ThinkPad x200. Has anyone here done this successfully before?
I feel like I am just being an idiot. I'm not sure where to go to look for the relevant Sim card information to configure and I'm not even sure if I'm doing anything correctly.
5 Comments
Nuuskis@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 3y
Check from psref of X200 is the sim card reader for 2G or 3G internet. Then check is it enabled in the bios.
If you're using Linux, then read this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ThinkPad_mobile_Internet
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Also keep in mind that in many 1st world countries they've almost entirely phased out 2 and 3g so it probably won't even work.
In the US it's almost entirely gone, I'm sure the EU will follow shortly if they haven't already. I know T-Mobile at least claims they've entirely turned off their 2g and 3g except for a few areas, and Verizon is more or less the same.
garam@lemmy.my.id · 1 pts · 3y
3g already phased out also in South East Asia... most frequency are used for digital TV
signofzeta@lemmygrad.ml · 1 pts · 3y
I bought a SIM card for my T470 (4G/LTE) and had no issues; it just worked out of the box. I think it depends on the cell service provider. Reach out to them and ask. Data-only SIMs are more common than you’d think.