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Is it possible to take the DS7 SIM and place it in a unlocked 4G T-Mobile Phone and just use the Data?
I just want to make sure this is possible before purchasing a 4G phone.
I would think so since you can't call the streak...but I don't know if it would restrict ur outbound....I'm not really that smart just takin a stab at it
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It should work, phone calls won't work in or out as they are disabled completely on the network end. In terms of the data I have no way to test it as I'm using my streak on wifi only
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It will not work in either direction.
I have a rooted G2 on CM7 and the sim card out of it will not work in my S7, as for the sim card out of my S7 will not work in my G2 either.
It asks to log into my google account and says there is an authentication error.
On the S7 it will direct you in a browser to tmobile's website asking if you to sign up for a prepay plan.
That was my experience. If there are any other suggestions I am more than happy to try for you.
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It wont work tablet and and android data plans ARE different
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thatruth132 said:
It wont work tablet and and android data plans ARE different
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Really? I put my sim with a 4G 39.99 Dell Streak month plan in my girls hacked HD2 running Android and it worked fine, i could even text. I created a new Google account and everything all worked well. Once I tested it to verify it worked correctly she stuck in her T-Mobile Android Phone Sim from her Cliq and off she was. I stuck the Sim back in my Dell and everything worked as if I didn't even take it out. Of course the Dell and HD2 are hacked so i am not sure if this affects anything.
Alucart1984 said:
Really? I put my sim with a 4G 39.99 Dell Streak month plan in my girls hacked HD2 running Android and it worked fine, i could even text. I created a new Google account and everything all worked well. Once I tested it to verify it worked correctly she stuck in her T-Mobile Android Phone Sim from her Cliq and off she was. I stuck the Sim back in my Dell and everything worked as if I didn't even take it out. Of course the Dell and HD2 are hacked so i am not sure if this affects anything.
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thats strange because I did the the exact same thing in my girls g2 and it didnt work thats cool it worked. Because when I called tmobile they said that it shouldnt work....but im glad to see yours is working
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thatruth132 said:
thats strange because I did the the exact same thing in my girls g2 and it didnt work thats cool it worked. Because when I called tmobile they said that it shouldnt work....but im glad to see yours is working
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One disadvantage of doing that, the hd2 with the dell streak data plan loses the ability to roam off network. It's t-mobile native network or nothing. Not even t-mobile affilliates like i wireless (who have aws 3g running) are allowed.
Is this a good price for this tablet gently used? Not sure what the market rate is.
i guess its a good price. get it.
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Is this a good price for this tablet gently used? Not sure what the market rate is.
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so long as it isnt the wifi only version, I would say go for it.
make sure it isnt model P1010.It has inferior hardware compared to the original
AT&T dumped a bunch of refurbs on their site on Friday for $199.99 with no contract. I think if you're in the US you'll see a bunch of them pop up on Ebay shortly. First reviews of the received models are they look like they're brand new.
I would also consider things like exchange and warranty. Maybe it's worth the extra coin to you to know that if you have any issues with it you can exchange it or get it serviced under warranty?
With Gingerbread out now i would say yes get one as long as it is the GSM version and not a wifi version.
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slimdizzy said:
With Gingerbread out now i would say yes get one as long as it is the GSM version and not a wifi version.
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Well I finally jumped on it. Its the cdma version from sprint. Why does that really matter, custom roms and such? I'm using wifi only. I love this thing.
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Because with the gingerbread rom browsing the web is way faster. It's another level. Not frustrating anymore when there are many flash animations. There's no lag at all with flash videos even in 720p.
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aibo said:
Because with the gingerbread rom browsing the web is way faster. It's another level. Not frustrating anymore when there are many flash animations. There's no lag at all with flash videos even in 720p.
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Not available on cdma, I assume?
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I jumped ahead and bought it for $250 + taxes. It is great but I'm contemplating whether to return it or not. It's the 3G at&t edition. My concern is that its not dual core and at&t and t-mob are just dumping these out to make the 10.1 model ready for release. I have no issues with its performance but its just that it's not dual core and I forsee lag in upcoming applications. Anyone has any thoughts on this?
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I jumped ahead and bought it for $250 + taxes. It is great but I'm contemplating whether to return it or not. It's the 3G at&t edition. My concern is that its not dual core and at&t and t-mob are just dumping these out to make the 10.1 model ready for release. I have no issues with its performance but its just that it's not dual core and I forsee lag in upcoming applications. Anyone has any thoughts on this?
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Cant be beat for the price
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I recently bought a Dell Streak 7 4G T-mobile on eBay, how do I get a SIM card for it? I have never used a SIM-based telephony service and have no idea how they work. (I have always been a Sprint customer).
Any help will be appreciated. Basically, I would like an affordable pay as you go service. No contract.
I'm not 100% but prepaid might not work for mobile broadband
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Buy a prepaid tmo phone and take the card out of it, weither or not it will allow data is an entirely seperate thing.
You CANT make normal cell type calls with the s7, it doesnt have the hardware for it. You CAN use voip calls fine though
brown14you said:
I recently bought a Dell Streak 7 4G T-mobile on eBay, how do I get a SIM card for it? I have never used a SIM-based telephony service and have no idea how they work. (I have always been a Sprint customer).
Any help will be appreciated. Basically, I would like an affordable pay as you go service. No contract.
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They offer the same prices without contract, just go to store or call them. I'm on the $29/ month with no contract. This is for data only.
EDIT: The 4G model should have come with a SIM card. Did you check the slot?
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Im use my phone as a hotspot and connect through wifi... Seems to be working fine so far.. Guess it depends on ur phone n service tho... Just sayin its what im doin atm..
just picked one of these myself..and liking it so far,how about u?
BTW I saw the prepaid sim cards for t-mo on sale at my local radioshack...it was $9.99
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They are 6.99$ on the t-mo website (SIM cards)
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Babydoll25 said:
They are 6.99$ on the t-mo website (SIM cards)
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Dang radioshack, what a markup huh...
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Thanks guys for all your responses. Please keep'em coming.
stevedebi said:
They offer the same prices without contract, just go to store or call them. I'm on the $29/ month with no contract. This is for data only.
EDIT: The 4G model should have come with a SIM card. Did you check the slot?
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Thanks. I bought the tablet on eBay. The seller didn't leave the SIM Card with it. I have checked the slot. Your plan will not work for me. Although it is not on contract, I doubt if my monthly usage will justify paying $29. I would rather pay for just what I use and load up as I go.
F.T.P. said:
Im use my phone as a hotspot and connect through wifi... Seems to be working fine so far.. Guess it depends on ur phone n service tho... Just sayin its what im doin atm..
just picked one of these myself..and liking it so far,how about u?
BTW I saw the prepaid sim cards for t-mo on sale at my local radioshack...it was $9.99
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I have a rooted HTC EVO 4G and I use it as a Wifi hotspot on rare occasions. I have already done that with this tablet and it works like a charm. Considering EVO's poor battery life when used as a Wifi hotspot, I would rather want an affordable SIM solution.
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They are 6.99$ on the t-mo website (SIM cards)
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I saw lots of SIM Cards on eBay for 99cents. I just don't know which of them will work for me.
brown14you said:
Thanks guys for all your responses. Please keep'em coming.
Thanks. I bought the tablet on eBay. The seller didn't leave the SIM Card with it. I have checked the slot. Your plan will not work for me. Although it is not on contract, I doubt if my monthly usage will justify paying $29. I would rather pay for just what I use and load up as I go.
I have a rooted HTC EVO 4G and I use it as a Wifi hotspot on rare occasions. I have already done that with this tablet and it works like a charm. Considering EVO's poor battery life when used as a Wifi hotspot, I would rather want an affordable SIM solution.
I saw lots of SIM Cards on eBay for 99cents. I just don't know which of them will work for me.
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So far as know T-Mobile does not offer prepaid plans by the minute; only by the data usage per month. Those pre paid cards are for voice phones.
EDIT: I mean they don't offer those by the minute plans for the S7.
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F.T.P. said:
Im use my phone as a hotspot and connect through wifi... Seems to be working fine so far.. Guess it depends on ur phone n service tho... Just sayin its what im doin atm..
just picked one of these myself..and liking it so far,how about u?
BTW I saw the prepaid sim cards for t-mo on sale at my local radioshack...it was $9.99
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I recently went on vacation and used my S7 on the freeway to look up stuff while driving. That is not possible with WiFi, and it is this convenience that really makes it useful. I use it with WiFi at home. The T-Mobile plan come with unlimited hotspot connections, although I have not used that yet. My plan is limited in MB, so I don't use it as a hotspot.
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So its officially oct 7th lets see if dell finally does whats right by us streak users wifi and 4g models. Ive been waiting along time for this lets hope they dont disapoint. (Fingers Crossed) im going to hawk my s7 all day 2day lol.
You and me both. I've already checked twice!! LOL.
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We will see if they do it or not. What are your build numbers? Just curious.
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twillet50 said:
We will see if they do it or not. What are your build numbers? Just curious.
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OEM version GLUNB1A133633 build # 15420
The same.
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Same as mine. Just wanted to check. Thanks.
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Same as mine. Just wanted to check. Thanks.
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The wifi updatehas been out for two days now. Couldnt get it through check updates. Followed another link from the forum. I think 4g can be gotten the same way.
anyone have a link so we can ping the f4ck out of it.. lol
is this the correct one... http://mobileupdate.dell.com/landingPages/LG7/dell US/uptodate/en/index.html ...??
Folks,
Here is the US WiFi download official link
http://mobileupdate.dell.com/?version=GLUNB1A334430
I really hope the 4G gets it, but based on everything to this point, really don't think it will. T-Mobile does not want the headache... Again, hope I'm wrong...
Still nothing for my US wifi model GLUNB1A133830... I know i could update it with the other wifi number link, but i want to see if it eventually comes & also figure out why this OEM wifi version was last if possible.
yeah im waiting for GLUNB1A133830 too i know i can just update it manually but I'd much rather be safe than sorry. If I don't get an update notification today I will end up installing it manually, because I really cant wait any longer.
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yeah im waiting for GLUNB1A133830 too i know i can just update it manually but I'd much rather be safe than sorry. If I don't get an update notification today I will end up installing it manually, because I really cant wait any longer.
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Hey did you buy your 7 direct from dell or a retail store amazon, staples etc?
Its been out for a couple days now.
Also the kernel just got released as well, so if you are really patient, a certain developer will have an overclock capable version out soon.
I bought mine off Amazon.
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I bought mine off Amazon.
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OK, so that's 3 retail store...... all the same oem number, You got yours from amazon, a person on another thread said they purchased theirs from staples, & mine is from staples.
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OK, so that's 3 retail store...... all the same oem number, You got yours from amazon, a person on another thread said they purchased theirs from staples, & mine is from staples.
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Yep you think that they were just older builds that sat around for a while?
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I just used the link from FredOak3 to upgrade and had no problems. Most of my installed apps were still there after the update. Now I have Honeycomb on my Streak 7 and I'm happy. Thanks for the link FredOak3
So no one has seen the T-Mobile 4G update yet?
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asjimene said:
Yep you think that they were just older builds that sat around for a while?
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I have no idea & i'd like to know, but i'll tell you this, when i put my service tag into the support page for drivers & software, it points me to the streak 5 stuff instead of the 7's
Myself saw a lot of posts and people asking if it works for US Tmo 4G users.
Here is my confirmation
YES it works for me using the method below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286295&page=1
And a quick instruction is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286295&page=8
Credit goes to author of the above two post.
I just confirm that, following the method above, my Tmobile DS7 is still able to use TMobile 3G network and my wifi is working as well.
But 4G network is not, or at least not shown at lower right corner as "4G", like I even care because HSPA is barely 4G. Just a faster 3G
what kind of speeds do you see though? noticeable decrease??
No. Not at all!
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Which package did you download?
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Which package did you download?
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I downloaded the .zip from the first link and followed the instructions and can confirm that it works. However I do not have a data plan on my DS7, so I cannot confirm cell connectivity/speed. In froyo there would be a cell signal strength indicator, but I see none of that here. There is the option to receive cell data or roam.
This version of Honeycomb is a bit more refined than Honeystreak (no offense intended) there seems to be no issue with resolution or screen size in either orientation.
Now, to get all my apps back...
I dont kno how to use cmw.
WookieFan said:
I downloaded the .zip from the first link and followed the instructions and can confirm that it works. However I do not have a data plan on my DS7, so I cannot confirm cell connectivity/speed. In froyo there would be a cell signal strength indicator, but I see none of that here. There is the option to receive cell data or roam.
This version of Honeycomb is a bit more refined than Honeystreak (no offense intended) there seems to be no issue with resolution or screen size in either orientation.
Now, to get all my apps back...
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Woah, if you don't have a data plan, then you DON'T know if hc will work with T-Mobile data. The fact that there is no wireless icon info ndicates it most likely will work on WiFi only.
Can you change the title of your thread? It is misleading. Yes, you can flash, but people want to know that their T-Mobile data will connect with the WiFi hc update.
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stevedebi, have you decided what to do yet? It's not like it doesn't work the way it is, right?
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Woah, if you don't have a data plan, then you DON'T know if hc will work with T-Mobile data. The fact that there is no wireless icon info ndicates it most likely will work on WiFi only.
Can you change the title of your thread? It is misleading. Yes, you can flash, but people want to know that their T-Mobile data will connect with the WiFi hc update.
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Nor my thread - I am just responding to the OP. Additionally, the title says the ROM works with T-Mo DS7s, which is true. Just that I personally cannot confirm cell data.
If you read the first couple of posts, you'll see that the OP confirms normal cell service.
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Nor my thread - I am just responding to the OP. Additionally, the title says the ROM works with T-Mo DS7s, which is true. Just that I personally cannot confirm cell data.
If you read the first couple of posts, you'll see that the OP confirms normal cell service.
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Ah, OK. Sorry about that.
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twillet50 said:
stevedebi, have you decided what to do yet? It's not like it doesn't work the way it is, right?
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For the moment I'm holding on. Really, except for battery life, Froyo is working very well, and lots of apps work on this version. The OP indicates the manual update process does provide cell service, so I may go ahead and try. I always like the latest!
I'm going through some issues with dell right now. I bought this S7 from an XDA user, and apparently he bought it from someone else, because his name is not in the dell computer as the original owner. So I have to find out the original information so I can call them about updates after they transfer ownership.
Us wifi zip
Again,I used it for abday to bear mountain,GPS is working,wifi is working, 3g cell.is working and seems to me only not showning '4g'at lower right corner, instead,showing 3g
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jiwengang said:
Us wifi zip
Again,I used it for abday to bear mountain,GPS is working,wifi is working, 3g cell.is working and seems to me only not showning '4g'at lower right corner, instead,showing 3g
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Do you like HC?
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Do you like HC?
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Sent from my Dell Streak 7 using XDA Appi have a xoom. So hc is not new to me. But have to say having hc on ds7 is a big bless. Love it so far+much better than froyo