SIM Card and MicroSDXC Card for Gabb Phone (2024)

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Understanding Your SIM Card

Inside your Gabb Phone™, there’s a small card with a chip called a SIM card. This card stores important info about your phone, like whose account it is. Your phone’s SIM card is what allows you to connect to a network to make calls and send texts.

Follow along with the rest of this tutorial to learn about some cool things like:

The difference between a SIM card and a microSDXC card
Opening your Gabb Phone to get to the SIM or microSDXC card (Instructions not intended for the Gabb Phone Plus)
Using a microSDXC card for portable storage
Using a microSDXC card for device storage
Fixing a SIM card error

The difference between a SIM card and a microSDXC card

Your Gabb phone has slots for two different types of cards: the SIM card, and a microSDXC card. While the SIM card is required to use many features, such as calling and texting, the microSDXC card is not necessary for the phone to function. You can think of the microSDXC card as a memory card; you can use it to store extra photos, videos, and music. You can’t store or transfer these types of files on your SIM card, but are able to with a microSDXC card.

Opening your Gabb Phone to get to the SIM or microSDXC card (Instructions not intended for the Gabb Phone Plus)

You can find both card slots in the back of your phone near the battery. To take off the phone’s back cover, place your finger in the cut-out in the corner and pull straight up. The back cover should easily pop off.

Your phone came with a SIM card. Once you open your phone, you’ll see it in the space on the right. If you choose to use a microSDXC card too, you can insert it into the space on the left. If you look closely, you’ll see tiny pictures near the slots that show you the right way to put in each card.

After placing the cards into their slots, be sure to tightly close your phone’s cover back into place.

Using a microSDXC card for portable storage

You can set up your microSDXC card to be used for portable storage or device storage. When you put a new microSDXC card into your phone, it will be set up for portable storage by default. This way, you can store photos, music and more on the card. You can upload these files to your computer by removing the card from your phone and putting it into a computer.

This way, you can store photos, music, and other files on the card.

Using a microSDXC card for device storage

If you need to, you can set up your microSDXC card for device storage instead of portable storage. In this case, it will be used to store large apps and their data. If you use your card in this way, it will be important to keep it in your phone for these apps to work. If you use this option, don’t remove the card from your phone unless you know how to do it safely.

Fixing a SIM card error

There’s a chance your Gabb Phone might give you an error that says you need to insert a SIM card – even if your SIM card is already in the right place! If this happens, you can powercycle your device by taking out the battery and SIM card, placing them back to their spots, and powering your phone back on.

If you get another SIM error, first ensure that your card is correctly inserted in its slot. You can additionally clean off the card with a tissue or soft material to remove any dirt or dust on the card.

If you can’t fix the error with any of these, have a grown-up help you contact Gabb.

Gabb publish Tips

Never touch the metal conductors on your SIM or microSDXC Card. This could potentially cause damage to the cards, and you may need to get a replacement.

The difference between a SIM card and a microSDXC card
Your Gabb phone has slots for two different types of cards: the SIM card, and a microSDXC card. While the SIM card is required to use many features, such as calling and texting, the microSDXC card is not necessary for the phone to function. You can think of the microSDXC card as a memory card; you can use it to store extra photos, videos, and music. You can’t store or transfer these types of files on your SIM card, but are able to with a microSDXC card.
Opening your Gabb Phone to get to the SIM or microSDXC card (Instructions not intended for the Gabb Phone Plus)

You can find both card slots in the back of your phone near the battery. To take off the phone’s back cover, place your finger in the cut-out in the corner and pull straight up. The back cover should easily pop off.
Your phone came with a SIM card. Once you open your phone, you’ll see it in the space on the right. If you choose to use a microSDXC card too, you can insert it into the space on the left. If you look closely, you’ll see tiny pictures near the slots that show you the right way to put in each card.
After placing the cards into their slots, be sure to tightly close your phone’s cover back into place.
Using a microSDXC card for portable storage

You can set up your microSDXC card to be used for portable storage or device storage. When you put a new microSDXC card into your phone, it will be set up for portable storage by default. This way, you can store photos, music and more on the card. You can upload these files to your computer by removing the card from your phone and putting it into a computer.
This way, you can store photos, music, and other files on the card.
Using a microSDXC card for device storage
If you need to, you can set up your microSDXC card for device storage instead of portable storage. In this case, it will be used to store large apps and their data. If you use your card in this way, it will be important to keep it in your phone for these apps to work. If you use this option, don’t remove the card from your phone unless you know how to do it safely.
Fixing a SIM card error

There’s a chance your Gabb Phone might give you an error that says you need to insert a SIM card – even if your SIM card is already in the right place! If this happens, you can powercycle your device by taking out the battery and SIM card, placing them back to their spots, and powering your phone back on.
If you get another SIM error, first ensure that your card is correctly inserted in its slot. You can additionally clean off the card with a tissue or soft material to remove any dirt or dust on the card.
If you can’t fix the error with any of these, have a grown-up help you contact Gabb.

Gabb publish Tips

Never touch the metal conductors on your SIM or microSDXC Card. This could potentially cause damage to the cards, and you may need to get a replacement.

SIM Card and MicroSDXC Card for Gabb Phone (2024)

FAQs

Does the Gabb phone have a SIM card? ›

Your SIM Card will be located on the left side of your Gabb Phone Plus.

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Where is the microSD card on a Gabb phone? ›

You may transfer files to a microSD card and then insert into the card reader. The slot is directly under the camera/flash.

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Can I put a Gabb SIM card in another phone? ›

This means that if you pulled an active SIM card (active line) out of an old Gabb phone and inserted it into the new one, the new phone would now have the same phone number as the last phone! This is because the SIM is associated with the SIM card and not the device itself.

Can I put a different carrier SIM card in my phone? ›

Some phone devices are locked to the network carrier they were purchased from. This means that the SIM card will only work in a device supplied by that carrier. It will not work in a device sold by another carrier. If your phone is locked to your current carrier, you will have to get it unlocked by your carrier.

What carrier does Gabb use? ›

What network does Gabb wireless use? Gabb has its own network, the Gabb wireless network, though they connect via Verizon. On the plus side this means that Gabb users can take advantage of Verizon's huge network.

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Is Gabb phone unlocked? ›

Starting with our Gabb Watch 3 which allows for up to 100 parent approved contacts, no internet, social media or third-party apps, to the basic, completely locked down Gabb Phone 4, going through to our more flexible and robust Gabb Phone 4 Pro–Gabb offers safe options tailored for each family and child.

What can a Gabb phone not do? ›

No internet, no social media

Gabb Phone Plus does not give kids direct or indirect access to the internet, social media, or any apps that would allow kids to circumvent the protections parents want in place.

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Can I use two different SIM cards in my phone? ›

Dual SIM card phones have two SIM card slots. When you insert two SIM cards, you can easily switch between your two phone numbers and use them however you like: one SIM card could be for calls and texts, and the other for data, or both can be used for phone calls, texts, and data.

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What happens if you take out your SIM card and put it in another phone? ›

In summary, when you put your SIM card in another phone, the only data that will be transferred is your own phone number and possibly a few text messages and contacts saved on the SIM card. The rest of your data, including photos, videos, and other files, will remain on your old phone.

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Can I just swap SIM cards? ›

Oftentimes when you upgrade your phone, it will come with a new SIM card. You may be able to just move your current SIM card from your old phone to the new one and hold onto this new SIM card for later, but sometimes your new phone will require the new SIM card.

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Can you have a SIM card with the same number on two phones? ›

They cannot, because these SIM cards are manufactured with a number that is unique. It is possible for a carrier to set up an account where there are two phones (different SIM identity numbers) that both have the same phone number or at least both ring when a phone number is called.

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Can you transfer an existing phone number to a Gabb phone? ›

You can transfer your child's existing phone number from your old phone to your new one digitally from your Gabb account. You do not need to remove the SIM card to transfer the phone number.

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Do phones have built in SIM cards? ›

The Embedded SIM or eSIM card is the first entirely digital card type. eSIM cards are completely software-based and built into a mobile device, allowing users to activate a service plan without a physical card.

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Can you FaceTime on Gabb? ›

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