Arrgh-Search terms (Just a rant really)

Orionaut · 12 Feb 2019 at 11:34

This is why I prefer a paper catalog when I want to find something.

So, I want a "SIM card reader" to read data off my old phone SIM.

I type "SIM card reader" into the OCUK search box and what do i get?

16 pages mostly full of graphics cards, water blocks, laptops, motherboards etc. Pretty much everything except a SIM card reader! :confused:

If I type a less specific term "Card reader" I at least get a page of card readers, but it is not clear whether any of them read SIM cards or not unless I click on every one to see the details.

(FF 30 minutes or so, It appears none do, so the next question is can anybody recommend one. I have a couple of hundred customer numbers I want to transfer from an old phone to a new one and the old SIM card wont fit in the new phone so I was hoping if there was another way)

AHarvey · 12 Feb 2019 at 11:45

Link the phone to a google/apple account, use that account to store the contacts, log into new phone on that account, sync contacts.

All this nonsense I see on social media with people posting "I've lost my phone, send me your numbers" always leaves me scratching my head.

I've not had to do this in 8+ years, it's all in my google account and syncs with all devices.

TheVoice · 12 Feb 2019 at 11:49

Try eBay, Amazon, AliExpress etc? It's not the sort of thing I'd expect OcUK to sell.

touch · 12 Feb 2019 at 12:00

I'd say "SIM Card Reader" doesnt match any products exactly so it has searched each individual word.
Then "Card Reader" does have exact matches so it shows you those.

Orionaut · 12 Feb 2019 at 12:03

AHarvey said:
Link the phone to a google/apple account, use that account to store the contacts, log into new phone on that account, sync contacts.

All this nonsense I see on social media with people posting "I've lost my phone, send me your numbers" always leaves me scratching my head.

I've not had to do this in 8+ years, it's all in my google account and syncs with all devices.

The old phone is just a phone, nothing that complex.

This is my "First" smartphone and I am still getting used to it. But that is another story

GravyMonster · 12 Feb 2019 at 12:05

Internal site searches are generally crap.

Protip: use Google instead. If you add 'site:foobar.com' at the end of your terms it'll search that site only. Eg. 'sim card reader site

verclockers.co.uk'

*edit*
I can't disable that stupid smiley.

Liquidfox · 12 Feb 2019 at 12:59

Just find a SIM template and cut the old SIM to the size of the new SIM. Insert old SIM into new phone and voila.

randomshenans · 12 Feb 2019 at 13:53

Spunkey said:
Internal site searches are generally crap.

Protip: use Google instead. If you add 'site:foobar.com' at the end of your terms it'll search that site only. Eg. 'sim card reader siteverclockers.co.uk'

*edit*
I can't disable that stupid smiley.

Was just about to say this... site:https://forums.overclockers.co.uk "sim card reader"

works a treat. My google fu is on point

AHarvey · 12 Feb 2019 at 14:22

Orionaut said:
The old phone is just a phone, nothing that complex.

This is my "First" smartphone and I am still getting used to it. But that is another story

Odd question, but are these all active and current customer numbers? The reason I ask is that it may be worth going through them manually for GDPR, so you can transfer them over as you do it.

Other than that, ebay it. It'll be a one use item. or try the members market if you can and ask if someone has one for sale