To call and connect to the internet through a mobile phone from wherever and whenever you want, you need to use a chip or SIM card first. You have to hire the services of a telephone company that can register your number on the network in order to start using it.
SIM cards or chips are one of the essential components for smartphones. They are that piece that the phone uses to be able to connect to any of the telephone networks available and provided by the main operators in the country, as well as the one that indicates the number you show when calling others and the type of rates you may have .
If you don’t know how to activate a chip or SIM card, we will explain it to you with this step-by-step guide. We will help you in the authorization process that must be carried out once the services of the different operators that exist today are contracted: Movistar, Vodafone, Yoigo, Orange, Jazztel and Claro. With these explanations you will have no doubts of any kind whatever your case.
Steps to activate and validate the mobile or cellular data SIM card
For Movistar
To enable the Movistar SIM card, the steps to follow are these if it is prepaid:
- Insert the card into your mobile phone. You will have to lift the lid or open an available slot on the side.
- Turn on the phone and enter the pin code that accompanies the chip.
- call any number phone number to activate. If you picked it up in store it will already be active.
If it’s a contract card, here’s what to do:
- Follow points 1 and 2 explained above.
- call 1004 and requests that the card be enabled. You can wait a total of 24 hours instead for the activation to happen automatically.
- If you pick up the chip at a store, all you have to do is wait a maximum period of 7 daysalthough it can be activated at the moment.
for Vodafone
In the case of use a Vodafone SIM, there are also two possible cases. The first of them is if you are a new customer.
- Enter the chip on your smartphone.
- Turn on the phone, then enter the pin code for full access.
- The card is activated automatic. Now you can browse and call.
If you are a regular customer, the process is different:
- Open a web browser on your PC and enter the following URL: https://www.vodafone.es/c/particulares/es/.
- Click on it bust icon top right.
- Fill in the field nowUser“with your name or email and that of”Key code” with the access password. After this, click on “Enter My Vodafone”.
- Once inside, go to the private area panel and access “My products”.
- After this, you have to go to the tab “My mobile and SIM” to see all possible related options.
- Now, you have to click on “Change SIM”.
- In this submenu, you have to fill in all fields that appear with your data and those of the new SIM chip that you want to enable.
- When you finish, turn off the PC.
- Now, insert the card in your terminal and turn it on.
- ends by write the PIN code of this SIM.
- It is already enabled!
For Jazztel
For validate Jazztel SIM card Both to navigate and to call, you must take into account the different situations that may exist.
In case of requesting a renewal due to theft or loss, or even if you are a new customer, the card will already be active. What you have to do is just:
- put the chip on your mobile phone.
- turn it on and write the PIN correspondent.
This procedure applies to all other cases having an instant activation also when requesting a contract card. If it is prepaid, it is something different:
- Enter the SIM on your smartphone.
- Turn on the phone and also enter the pin code that they have given you
- Call any number or send a short message (SMS).
- You have already validated your card!.
for Orange
In the case of the Orange SIM card, the steps you have to follow are these:
- Enter the chip on your mobile phone.
- on your computer, open the browser and go to the following address: http://areaclientes.orange.es/.
- Sign in by entering your current phone number and password. Then press on “Enter with password”.
- Once inside, pick the number to which you are going to change the SIM card.
- Click on “SIM change”.
- Now, write the new number that comes with the card you have purchased.
- Then click “Validate Card”.
- Choose now the SIM that you are going to change for the new one and click again on “Validate Card”.
- Now, just turn on the phone with the card you just inserted. Write the PIN and everything will be activated.
for clear
In the case of wanting , the process to carry out is this:
- insert the new SIM on your smartphone.
- Turn on the terminal and write the pin code that came with the card.
- Now, proceed as if you were going to make a call, but type “*411#”.
- In the box that now appears, enter the 17 digit password which also accompanied the SIM. After doing so, press “Send”.
- Retype the code on the new screen and press again the same button.
- After all this, you will see a message indicating that the process has been done properly.
- wait a little longer and the card will be activated automatically.
for yigo
In the case of Yoigo cards, it is possible that they are automatically activated once they are purchased in a store. Otherwise, you have to do this:
- Insert the SIM chip on your mobile phone.
- Write the pin code and accept to start the terminal.
- Now, call the Yoigo hotline: 622. If you can’t, take another terminal and call 622 622 622.
- Ask the operator to activate the card.
- Wait the indicated period and you will have it active.