I have Moto Razr2 with Vision plan,OK to go online.But I couldn't go online with Galaxy Captivate or other smart phone.Anybody knows why???Thanks
You need a smartphone data plan
Thanks for reply,but I'd like to know why my SIM ok to go online with Razr2 but Captivate.Do the two phones ues different techno for online?
Thanks
Thats because of your data plan. As studacris said you need a smartphone plan to access internet on cappy
Be careful, when you insert a sim card from a non-smartphone to a smartphone. Your carrier can see this and might/most likely change/ or ask you to change your data plan to the smart phone one. You'll have to play dumb and say, " I don't have a smart phone."
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Howdy,
I currently have a Cingular 8125 and for the last year I've been using an unlimited data plan for $19.95. I think this data plan is only for cell phones (not PDA phones) and I honestly can't remember how I managed to pull this off. I think my last phone was a cell phone and they just transfered the plan over.
Problem is that when I buy the AT&T Tilt, I'm assuming they'll only offer me the unlimited PDA data plan, which is much more expensive.
So here's the question - any reason why I can't just pop out my existing SIM card and move it over? Do I need a new SIM card for the 3G functionality? Any way to move over my existing data plan?
I remember purchasing the Cingular 8125 a long time ago w/ a medianet plan I believe $19.99. The representative didn't mention anything about unlimited PDA data plan. So if you still have the $19.99 media plan, you should be fine with it if using the Tilt. I guess it all comes down to how much you use their data...
If your existing sim card is 3g capable stating that you got it last year, I'm guessing toward the end of the year, then you should be fine. If not, you will need to obtain a new 3g sim card from ATT...
hope this helps you...
at last a question i can answer lol.
There are a few ways to go about this
1. buy the kaiser/tilt/8925 outright pop in your sim ATT wont change a thing as they dont track the phone u are using for the most part
2. you can try to do a upgrade to get it cheaper the only problem with this is if you run into someone who is doing there job and checking to make sure you have the correct stuff for your plan. if you go about this route when you go into do a upgrade just tell them you want to upgrade your phone sign a new contract but you dont want anything changed on your plan. most times this will work.
other then that thats about it. Only other thing is you do need a 3g sim if yours is not already it will say right on it if its 3g or not. At a ATT store they norm give them away with upgrades as well as at places like radioshack. ATT sometimes will give you a new free sim if you say yours is lost or not working other places like RS just charge you 25 as thats what ATT charges them for them.
magnamar said:
at last a question i can answer lol.
There are a few ways to go about this
1. buy the kaiser/tilt/8925 outright pop in your sim ATT wont change a thing as they dont track the phone u are using for the most part
2. you can try to do a upgrade to get it cheaper the only problem with this is if you run into someone who is doing there job and checking to make sure you have the correct stuff for your plan. if you go about this route when you go into do a upgrade just tell them you want to upgrade your phone sign a new contract but you dont want anything changed on your plan. most times this will work.
other then that thats about it. Only other thing is you do need a 3g sim if yours is not already it will say right on it if its 3g or not. At a ATT store they norm give them away with upgrades as well as at places like radioshack. ATT sometimes will give you a new free sim if you say yours is lost or not working other places like RS just charge you 25 as thats what ATT charges them for them.
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Cool - just checked my SIM card and it says '3G' on the back. I was going to upgrade to the Tilt via my corporate Web site, but that will force me to set up a whole new plan w/ the unlimited PDA package. Instead I'll try calling AT&T and doing the upgrade over the phone. I'll post back here to let you know if it worked.
Thanks for the info!
You can change it at any time....
On the AT&T account maintenance website, you can change your data plan to the Unlimited MEdiaNet for $19.95 if they make you sign up for a PDA plan when you get your Tilt. I did it last week.
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On the AT&T account maintenance website, you can change your data plan to the Unlimited MEdiaNet for $19.95 if they make you sign up for a PDA plan when you get your Tilt. I did it last week.
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Which site is that - just the main AT&T wireless site where you view your account details? And it lets you change to MediaNet, even if you have a PDA? Nice....
I am a customer with Rogers of Canada ...
got a free/unactivated SIM card ( came with my S621 ) ... I kept on using my old card from way back.
This new free card that came with the S621...it doesn't say "3G" on it ... just the Rogers symbol and 5 lines of 4 digits codes on the left side ...
when flip over to other side ( the gold contact side ) ... it said " HSDPA" ... what does that equivalent to ??
Found the answer to my "HSDPA" question:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSDPA
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I have a question ...
I've been using the old card for the last few years .. this card does not have the HSPDA/3G imprinted on it ... but if I want to switch and let's say I told them my old card is damaged and wanted to use this new highspeed capable card ... will there be activation charges ??
other then what's labeled ... both card look exactly the same on the gold side
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On the AT&T account maintenance website, you can change your data plan to the Unlimited MEdiaNet for $19.95 if they make you sign up for a PDA plan when you get your Tilt. I did it last week.
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I tried that, got a confirmation email, but the service never activated.
When I called AT&T they said that that service was not available for me because I had a PDA phone and I shouldn't have been able to select it, much less get a confirmation email.
Tried it again two weeks later and the same thing happened.
I think this is the best place for this question.
I have a G1 now and am considering moving over to the Nexus one. My wife and I are on the family plan and we want to keep that going. Currently she only had a basic phone with basic cell service. I have the basic cell service with the Data Plan added to my line. Her contract is up and she can get a new phone, which is good because her Motorola is getting flakey. Anyhow she wants to start doing text messaging with family. So she wants a new phone that has a full keyboard for texting. She doesn't need/want the data plan as it is $30/mo that she won't use. The problem is that all the phones with full keyboards require a data plan. She is a stay at home mom so if she needs the internet she get on a computer. So my thoughts were to get the new Nexus One for me @ $533 for the unsubsidized rate. I take my SIM out of my G1 put it in the N1. Move her sim from her Motorola over to my old G1 then turn on texting on the her line.
She wouldn't be paying for data and I could just set the G1 up to use our Wifi anyhow. Not that it would be used for anything but updating and installing new apps. So it should be fine. I could wipe the phone and set it up on her Gmail account before pulling my sim so I could then configure Wifi.
Does anyone see any flaws in my thinking? I have already put her sim in my G1 as a test and it could make a receive calls on her number. The one thing that I did notice is that it said it had 3G coverage but I didn't try it.
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Well I was out running around today and stopped into the local T-mobile shop to run these questions across them.
Basically they said that it should be fine. They would only be concerned if I were trying to disable the data plan on my account while still under contract. Since I will be maintaining my data plan for use on the Nexus there are no concern. He said that I may have issues when trying to set up the phone for Her. I mentioned I could wipe the phone and set it up on her Gmail account before moving my SIM. He said that once her SIM is in it may have and issue the first time it powers on. He said that worst case we could come down to the store and turn on the data plan for an hour or so and get it updated then they could turn it off.
He also mentioned that I may have problems accessing the App Market as they were told that it needs the data network to function. However he admitted that he can access the App Market just fine on his old G1 at home over his Wifi and no SIM Card. So he again thought that I would be OK. The only real issue that I can see is that I may not be able to get OTA updates. That shouldn't be a big deal because the phone is rooted and I am running a cooked ROM on it. We plan on leaving it that way and I will be doing updates in that manner.
So it looks like my questions are answered. I am posting the resolution as others may have the same question.
Just a simple question, does this phone require having a data plan if I buy it off eBay?
No, not if you don't call AT&T and tell them that you have a new smartphone. Caveat - if you do eventually want a data plan, you will have to give them your IMEI number before you can sign up for one. At that point, they'll know, and the data plan will become mandatory. How do I know this? I finally got a $15 data plan for my tilt, and had to contact them to activate it, as the online system wouldn't activate it.
The first text I got back was a love letter stating that if I "omitted" adding a data plan, one would be added for me. How sweet of them...
well i am currently letting my 12 year old niece use my g1 since her current phone is broken. she currently doesnt have a data plan on her phone so i have disabled cellular data on her phone to prevent big data charges on my big brother's (her father) bill. well she is going camping with her mother n her family. quite frankly, i dont trust them because they are a bunch of criminals and drug dealers. knowing how the g1 is still a great phone, i wanted to put a tracking app on her phone in case she "lost" (knowing them, they might steal the phone like they stole her money from her piggy bank) so i can track it down and see where its at. i know it uses the gps but i dont know if it uses data also. anyways, for just tracking purposes, does Mobile Defense use data?
any help? does mobile defense use data?
Yes it uses data to tell you where the phone is. Why don't you just not have her go if you don't trust who she will be with. Seems more logical to me.
It does need data to transmit where the device is, HOWEVER, and I don't really know how this works, but Mobile Defense is able to send SIM card information to your email without data. It can tell you if the SIM card has been changed with information including the person's subscriber and SIM number and even phone number and operator. I tested this by putting in an unactivated SIM card into my G1. On the Mobile Defense site, it failed to locate the device but it did detect the new SIM card, the unactivated one I had put in, meaning it did not need data.
basically i want to get a tmobile prepaid payasyougo plan with 1000 minutes for $100. i was looking for gsm phones and found the G1. i would like to know if i buy a new G1 on ebay for like $100 will i be able to just put the tmobile sim card inside and activate the phone? or do i need to get a tmobile sim card with a data plan on it? basically i want to know if i can use the G1 for just voice calls on a prepaid sim card. i also would like to know if i can use the wifi to connect to my router, or is that blocked unless i have a data plan? are any features in the G1 disabled if i put in a sim card without a data plan? i plan on using the G1 for only voice calls and browsing the web on my home wifi. can this be done on this phone? thanks for your help in advance
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Google_Login_via_a_WiFi_Connection
There ya go
Btw, I wouldn't pay 100 for a G1. I got mine for 15 bucks used.
if your g1 isnt rooted than no, the stock g1 wont let you sign in without a plan unless you borrow someone's sim card set it up and then change out sims, what you want to do is get one, root it (probably need someones card to do this) flash a rom (many are far better then stock) and when it comes time to sign in it wont madder what tmobile sim car you have in there. and if you unlock the phone you can put in just about any sim card (rooting will not unlock the phone) good luck! oh by the way if you cant borrow a card, try to buy one that is allready rooted for you, if you check ebay you'll be sure to find one, hell i sell some on ebay that are ready to go. oh and yes you can use wifi.
I got a G1 from stock no sim to cm6 working fully...all without sim
The thing I posted above does NOT need root...
You may have to downgrade, but that doesn't need root...
Try the following...on the emergency dialer type <enter>reboot<enter>
If it reboots congrats, the wifi thing will work
If not, you need to downgrade....but don't worry its not too hard
I can help you through it most likely
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The easiest way is to type in on google "how to bypass google login on g1 the unlockr" tells you everything step by step