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Posted by: BiII Gates

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Posted by: BiII Gates
That's not going to work. As soon as you slap your SIM into the new phone, AT&T will see that the IMEI belongs to a smartphone and tack a data plan to your account. It's an automated process.
Wow, that's messed up. I haven't been with AT&T in a while...
One of the many reasons they rank lowest on the customer satisfaction surveys every year. Only reason I'm still with them is because their LTE coverage is great in my area.

Verizon/Sprint require the same thing. Not sure about T-Mobile.

  • 12.05.2012 10:52 AM PDT

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Posted by: BiII Gates

Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: BiII Gates
That's not going to work. As soon as you slap your SIM into the new phone, AT&T will see that the IMEI belongs to a smartphone and tack a data plan to your account. It's an automated process.
Wow, that's messed up. I haven't been with AT&T in a while...
One of the many reasons they rank lowest on the customer satisfaction surveys every year. Only reason I'm still with them is because their LTE coverage is great in my area.

Verizon/Sprint require the same thing. Not sure about T-Mobile.
I don't think TMo does; depends on your plan. I just jumped ship from VZW and picked up the Nexus 4 and a $30 TMo prepaid plan.

  • 12.05.2012 10:54 AM PDT


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and yeah they will, my dad's done it, my friend's done it, just buy a smartphone AT@T compatible with SIM cards and switch them/unlock them

AT&T requires data on all smartphones. Period.

If they haven't gotten charged, they will.


I'll look into that...because my dad has had his for a long time and it hasn't shown up on the bill.
He's probably changed the APN so the phone does not use data. This is easy to do on the iPhone 2G-3GS and certain Android phones (depending on firmware).

  • 12.05.2012 10:56 AM PDT

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quick googled forum post about switching sim cards, how do I turn off internet and just use wifi so I won't get charged like he said on iphones?

[Edited on 12.05.2012 10:58 AM PST]

  • 12.05.2012 10:57 AM PDT

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haha semi-ninja'd

can you do it on the iphone 4?

  • 12.05.2012 10:58 AM PDT

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Posted by: Death7452
link

quick googled forum post about switching sim cards, how do I turn off internet and just use wifi so I won't get charged like he said on iphones?


Posted 1083 days ago

You really think things haven't changed in 3 years?

[Edited on 12.05.2012 11:00 AM PST]

  • 12.05.2012 10:59 AM PDT
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Posted by: Death7452
link

quick googled forum post about switching sim cards, how do I turn off internet and just use wifi so I won't get charged like he said on iphones?

Doesn't really matter. I'm not too familiar with screwing around with smartphones (jailbreaking and what not), but every iPhone is registered in the IMEI. Every time your phone connects to an AT&T cell tower (data or not, you could be calling your grandma), your phone is checked against that list.

You could have cellular data turned off in the options and still get charged the fee.

ATT Customer Support forum reference. Keep in mind people saying they can do it are on prepaid, not contract or normal pay.

[Edited on 12.05.2012 11:03 AM PST]

  • 12.05.2012 11:00 AM PDT

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Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Death7452
link

quick googled forum post about switching sim cards, how do I turn off internet and just use wifi so I won't get charged like he said on iphones?


Posted 1083 days ago

You really think things haven't changed in 3 years?


hahaha, doing more research now

  • 12.05.2012 11:02 AM PDT

I wouldn't risk it. I used the Fake APN certificate method on an iPhone 3G a couple years ago and was able to fool AT&T for a few months, but they eventually caught me and all I got was a text saying that a data plan had been added to my account. The chances of getting caught are higher now since the process is automated.

Just grab a used iPhone 4 (cheaper than a new iPod Touch) off of craigslist or something, don't put a SIM in it, and use it when you're connected to WiFi.

  • 12.05.2012 11:04 AM PDT

If you're in United States, Get Virgin Mobile USA's iPhone 4s. Their service cost 35 dollars per month unlimited everything except calling, You get 300 minutes though. But i'm sure u can get unlimited calling with some app thru data service.

But i don't know your price range so.. Just a suggestion.

  • 12.05.2012 11:06 AM PDT

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Well thanks guys I wasn't aware of any of this...:)

  • 12.05.2012 11:07 AM PDT

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Posted by: NineteenGerm52
If you're in United States, Get Virgin Mobile USA's iPhone 4s. Their service cost 35 dollars per month unlimited everything except calling, You get 300 minutes though. But i'm sure u can get unlimited calling with some app thru data service.

But i don't know your price range so.. Just a suggestion.


thanks for the suggestion!

  • 12.05.2012 11:08 AM PDT

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Why not get an unlocked phone and take it to T-mobile? Pay $30/month for 100 minutes, unlimited texts, and unlimited data [throttled after 5gb].

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Posted by: Death7452

Posted by: NineteenGerm52
If you're in United States, Get Virgin Mobile USA's iPhone 4s. Their service cost 35 dollars per month unlimited everything except calling, You get 300 minutes though. But i'm sure u can get unlimited calling with some app thru data service.

But i don't know your price range so.. Just a suggestion.


thanks for the suggestion!

Keep in mind Virgin Mobile has kind of crap cell service because they lease AT&T towers (but not all of their network) and they throttle data. It isn't really unlimited.

Depending on where you live and how much you travel, going cheap with T-Mobile/Virgin can end up causing you much aggravation.

Here is their voice coverage

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  • 12.05.2012 11:14 AM PDT
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If you're already going to spend hundreds of dollars on a new phone, spend some more and get the iPhone 5.

  • 12.05.2012 11:17 AM PDT


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Posted by: NineteenGerm52
If you're in United States, Get Virgin Mobile USA's iPhone 4s. Their service cost 35 dollars per month unlimited everything except calling, You get 300 minutes though. But i'm sure u can get unlimited calling with some app thru data service.

But i don't know your price range so.. Just a suggestion.


thanks for the suggestion!

Keep in mind Virgin Mobile has kind of crap cell service because they lease AT&T towers (but not all of their network) and they throttle data. It isn't really unlimited.

Depending on where you live and how much you travel, going cheap with T-Mobile/Virgin can end up causing you much aggravation.

Here is their voice coverage


I had the service for almost 4 years, They do throttle the service.. ALOT, They don't do it as much as before according to a friend who still has VM.
It did cause alot of aggravations for me and i ended up hacking their TOP UP menu to get 2 years service free when they had Studio V and Mobile Lounge.

  • 12.05.2012 11:24 AM PDT

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