Wireless Joint

I'll solve my own newbie mystery (at least partially) in case it helps someone in the future: it turns out that when I check my account online, it shows that my device is in "invalid status", and that I need to call SM, likely to reactive service with the sim back in my phone. Of course I can't do ...

By phone only, I just meant the plan is a phone plan that does not include any hotspot data. Hence the caveats: ISPs may have different rules for how data is clocked on different types of plans. I'm using the plan via a sim in a router.


Got ya. after drinking second cup of coffee I understood ...

So the SIM card is active.

Since it was working before you lost power, and it will no longer connect, I would first make sure the APN is entered and spelled correctly since resetting the firmware to its defaults would have erased it. And, SAVE & APPLY and hard reboot the router.

I am wondering if ...