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Can I unlock an HTC Pure to bypass the $30/month data charge?

I just got an HTC Pure from AT&T but did not get a new SIM card or plan. I am planning to unlock the device to bypass the $30 per month charge for a data plan.
I currently am using an unlocked T-Mobile Dash (HTC S620) on AT&T's network.
I was wondering if there was any way to buy the $10 per month per phone data plan for myself, my brother, and my mom, then switch my SIM card to the unlocked Pure and have AT&T not recognize the new device.
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Could I simply switch the SIM card without unlocking and still get the $10 per month per phone data plan?

my friend if i can do so i would have done that long ago and gotten me a pure, but att and htc made plans that all 850 phones belongs to att. when u insert the sim into the phone no matter what the IMEI from the pure gets identified and the plan get switched over automatically.
only way to bypass that is by changing the IMEI of the phone, which is illegal and i dont know if it can be done

are you 100% sure? because I've gotten mixed answers between you, Yahoo Answers, and AT&T themselves

ATT said no??, yahoo said??? i say no
i know some ppl have gotten away with it by upgrading to a pure and stayed with the $10 data plan.
so if u would like to risk it go ahead

Actually the guy at AT&T said it may work. Yahoo said it did. I'm confused. What's the risk if I do get the data plan? Can I switch back to my old phone and get it taken off?

the risk i am talking about the automatic data plan activation, i have asked almost every ATT in miami if there is a way to get around it i have gotten the same answer NO

hmm, ok.
thanks for your help, I'm gonna go into an ATT store tomorrow to see if they can do anything. but I know what answer to expect now

They do not change your plan automatically.
I have had a HTC TILT, HTC FUZE, and am now with my HTC PURE.
I have the ATT data plan for 9.99 unlimited.
All I did was switch my sim to any ATT non PDA phone. Call att, have them add this feature. Then just slap on my sim on my HTC device.
That simple, have been doing it for years and even to my most recent bill I still have the 9.99 Media net plan.

cobo10201 said:
I just got an HTC Pure from AT&T but did not get a new SIM card or plan. I am planning to unlock the device to bypass the $30 per month charge for a data plan.
I currently am using an unlocked T-Mobile Dash (HTC S620) on AT&T's network.
I was wondering if there was any way to buy the $10 per month per phone data plan for myself, my brother, and my mom, then switch my SIM card to the unlocked Pure and have AT&T not recognize the new device.
OR
Could I simply switch the SIM card without unlocking and still get the $10 per month per phone data plan?
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TheChemist187 said:
They do not change your plan automatically.
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Yes. They do. I have experienced this with the iphone. I put my sim into an iphone and my plan changed to iphone data plan. I had to call ATT, tell them that I was just checking it out, and got it changed back.
TheChemist187 said:
I have had a HTC TILT, HTC FUZE, and am now with my HTC PURE.
I have the ATT data plan for 9.99 unlimited.
All I did was switch my sim to any ATT non PDA phone. Call att, have them add this feature. Then just slap on my sim on my HTC device.
That simple, have been doing it for years and even to my most recent bill I still have the 9.99 Media net plan.
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I had a LG-VU with the $9.99 data plan.
I upgraded to the HTC Pure. When the box arrived, the first thing I did was to open the phone and remove the new sim that they had inserted into the phone. I put my old sim from the LG-VU and fired up the phone.
It is 3 months now and my data plan is still $9.99.

I been having the $9.99 plan since july and I have the HTC pure. My plan is 4 years old though and I started with a razr.

If you have an ooooold plan that you got through an offer or whatever.....then you are ok....new plans from about three years and before....you want to theter (without the 60 dollar plan) get ready for a 2k plus bill. Been there years ago. Not worth it

after 6 months with the phone, you can cancel data and even have them put a data block
or so i've been told, but unlocking wont allow you to remove it, you're breaking the contract that got you the phone for cheap (or free in my case)

can some1 explain to me wtf this is all about?
If i have a, let's say a Tmobile contract (or any other, AT&T, Vodafone, etc) and i am using "x" phone with this contract....and i buy a new phone, which is different, then why am i not allowed to just change phones? coz that seems to be your guys problem, correct?
are u stuck on one phone for your whole contract? and if u change to, say a better phone, they up your contract price?!?!?!?!? that's HARD to swallow over here in europe... but is that the case?

I have spent countless hours of research here and at howard forums. They will auto switch your plan if you have a Nexus one or a ATT branded smartphone. You would have to get a T-Mobile branded smartphone butt you will loose 3G or get a unbranded smartphone imported which will cost you a lot of mulah. I was looking at getting at HD2 form Australia so I can get the 850 band (3G) but that was selling for 600-800 bucks.
Good luck with your quest young one.

try this... keep an old basic phone lying around and IF they ever DO switch it, call AT&T (USING THE OLDER PHONE!!!) and tell them you borrowed a friends phone for a few weeks while yours was broken and to verify that you are no longer using a "smartphone" and to drop it back down to $10/mo. They should only do random sweeps and this might happen once every few months... Works for me!!

i tried doing the switch back to a non smart phone technique, yet everyday i would get a text saying att has upped my plan to a smart phone one, so now im out 20 bucks , same with iphone, although you could unlock it to get a 10 dollar plan

I guess I'm lucky then. When I called to get internet for my At&t 8525 (about 3 years ago) I asked for an unlimited plan. The representative added a $15 plan. Since then, I've upgraded to a Tilt and now I'm on a HTC Pure with the same plan.

Even with an unlocked iPhone they are still able to add the $30 plan, that is exactly what they did to me. It has to do with the ATT sim card not the phone itself.

chikoo said:
Yes. They do. I have experienced this with the iphone. I put my sim into an iphone and my plan changed to iphone data plan. I had to call ATT, tell them that I was just checking it out, and got it changed back.
I had a LG-VU with the $9.99 data plan.
I upgraded to the HTC Pure. When the box arrived, the first thing I did was to open the phone and remove the new sim that they had inserted into the phone. I put my old sim from the LG-VU and fired up the phone.
It is 3 months now and my data plan is still $9.99.
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Update:
ATT has now automatically switched me to the $30 data plan, for my convenience (ha!).
I took out the SIM and put it in another "feature" phone and I was given the option to use the $9.99 plan.
I selected that and switched the SIM back to the ATT Pure.
Guess what?
For my "convenience", ATT switched me back to the $30 data plan.

[Q] nexus one+voip in usa?

Hello,
I have a problem to solve, here is the situation:
next week i will go to the usa for about a month. i have an unlocked nexus one and need some data plan to connect and to use voip to call family/friends. do you know if t-mobile data plans (i want to use 3g and i think that n1 works only with t-mobile) will work with voip, or is it blocked completely?
budget: $50/month with no termination fee...
thx for all the help.

There are two versions for different radio bands, one for t-mo one for att. I don't think either provides prepaid data cards.

As evilkorn pointed out, you do need to figure out what radio bands your nexus uses.
Tmobile Radio-
If it's tmobile, then it will be fairly simple to do, but it will cost you $60 a month, with no contract. Tmobile offers two kinds of plans, one with contract, and one without. The one with no contract is called "Even more Plus". For $60 you get 500 minutes, unlimited text and 5GB of data. Here's the link: http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/cell-phone-plans-detail.aspx?tp=tb1&rateplan=Even-More-Plus-500-Talk-Text-Web
AT&T Radio-
If it's AT&T, it will be tricky. You'll have to get an Ipad plan, which is $30 a month for 2GB and no contract. You then change the APN settings on your nexus to match an Ipad. Here's a link to do that: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=177297ea7cd4781c&hl=en
But to get an Ipad plan, is very tricky. You'll have to use the method suggested here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=928196
Since you aren't from the USA you'll have to go to an AT&T store to buy a SIM, instead of ordering it like they suggest.
Hope this helped and good luck!

thx for answers!
i have got tmobile freq nexus one (so it works here in europe)
shouldnt the data only plan be sufficient? tmobile's Even More Plus Smartphone Unlimited Web & E-mail or Even More Plus webConnect® Overage Free Plan? or i need to have plans with talk minutes which i dont need at all...

It appears you could use one of those (I'm on At&t and not to familiar tmobile plans), but I didn't even think about there being an activation fee. So even with the $39.99 data only plan, you would still have an additional $35 activation fee.
You could try calling tmobile and tell them your only going to be there for a month, and if your lucky they might wave the activation fee. After signing up over the phone (because there is pretty much zero chance they would do this in a store) you could then go pick up a sim in there store.
Let us know how it works out!

T-Mobile has a $40 data only plan as well.

Best/cheapest way to use the Note in the USA?

So I'm thinking of buying a Note but I'm wondering what's the best way to use it in the USA.
I hear using it on T-Mobile only provides EDGE-level speeds but using it on AT&T Straight Talk or whatever gets you 3G speeds (maybe even 4G HSPA+?).

correct, went from tmobile to straight talk, getting HSPA+ speeds

PolishDude said:
correct, went from tmobile to straight talk, getting HSPA+ speeds
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Nice.
How do you use it with straight talk btw?

Would it be possible to just buy a sim card like this:
http://www.amazon.com/AT-3G-SIM-Card-Unactivated/dp/B001ONWGMC
Activate it through the ATT site, choose plan and then have it work on my Note?
The straight talk thing seems very cool but I don't have the money to shell out for a $250 phone.

I bought a refurbished E71 for 100 bucks shipped straight from straight talk, activated straight talk using the e71 then just took the sim card out of the e71 and put it into my note...thats it, super easy. You do have to keep the e71 since the sim is registered with the phone so if you sold it and someone tried to get a new sim card for straighttalk it would disconnect your sim card but honestly I am now paying $45 bucks a month versus $85 a month so the savings more then makes up for it

Where did you purchase the Note?

okstate95 said:
Where did you purchase the Note?
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I bought mine through Expansysusa.com. It was pricey.
I am disappointed with AT&T. There are no HSPA or 4G towers within 25 miles of my house so I am getting smail pace data connection. I get 3 of 4 bars signal strength, but the slowest data, and yes I setup the APN like it should be using "phone". Even my wife's Galaxy S II Skyrocket which is LTE is so slowwwww, so know it is not just my Note.

Straightalk SIM only purchase announcement
If case no one knows. Straight Talk Wireless announced on Feb 7 a SIM only purchase plan for their $45 unlimited talk, text and data. No Straighttalk phone needed to activate.
Check it out.
StraightTalk SIM Purchase Plan

access.denied said:
If case no one knows. Straight Talk Wireless announced on Feb 7 a SIM only purchase plan for their $45 unlimited talk, text and data. No Straighttalk phone needed to activate.
Check it out.
StraightTalk SIM Purchase Plan
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That's what I did. I missed the delivery of my Sim card Friday so will have to get it tomorrow. My International Note should be here late this week or early next week.

EndlessMike133 said:
Would it be possible to just buy a sim card like this:
http://www.amazon.com/AT-3G-SIM-Card-Unactivated/dp/B001ONWGMC
Activate it through the ATT site, choose plan and then have it work on my Note?
The straight talk thing seems very cool but I don't have the money to shell out for a $250 phone.
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Straight talk now had a "bring your own phone" online selection. It ill just cost you like 15 for the SIM and then 45 for unlimited data, talk, text! Check out the website! No need to buy a phone!
EDIT: I did not see the posts above... sorry for the double or triple post on Straight talk!

Is the ST plan faster than the t-mobile I'm on now? If so I'm Gona switch
From the Beast : Galaxy Note

sprintuser1977 said:
Is the ST plan faster than the t-mobile I'm on now? If so I'm Gona switch
From the Beast : Galaxy Note
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If you are getting edge for data, yes ST will be faster.
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What is the speed in and around NYC using Straight Talk, please post the speed test?
Do they throttle after 2gb, 5gb or it is really unlimited?
Any call disconnect like in AT&T. I am with T-mobile Unlimited Even More Plus Plan. They don't offer this anymore. I don't want to switch if Straight Talk sucks. Straight Talk allows number porting?

On ATT my speedtest scores really vary here in Chicago (2500-11,000kbps)...but I probably average 4000.
Do you see average scores likethat on straight talk...seriously.
If consider switching if this generally was the case. I've heard differently.
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PolishDude said:
correct, went from tmobile to straight talk, getting HSPA+ speeds
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$50 unlimited everything- ATT gophone
may want to check this thread i just created. it's working good for me.

Nexus 4: Straight Talk T-Mobile USA Thread

Sorry if there is an post like this but I didn't see one already.
I was a Verizon customer for years before smart phones and got my first smart phone through them (Droid X). I've had to keep buy used phones to keep my grandfathered in unlimited data plan (Thunderbolt and Samsung Galaxy Nexus). My monthly bill was about $80 with government discount, Unlimited data, 1500 text, 450 talk. Their customer service went south imo and my 4G speeds were only getting slower (was about 20 mbps now around 10 mbps). I grew tired of paying so much money and worrying about my mins and text.
I just recently bought a Nexus 4 and switched to Straight Talk (t-mobile). I did my homework a lot on where to go so I started porting my Google Voice over from Verizon yesterday and waiting for that to complete. I was going to got to Solavei or the $30 month t-mobile plan but I figured I'd try out Straight Talk.
So far I'm impressed with the service I get. T-mobile has really matured over the years and I see them becoming the new Verizon but I hope they don't follow their path of locking all their phones and trying to control everything they can. I literally don't notice a difference in my area (Chicago) as the places I don't get signal my Verizon phone gets and the places the Verizon phone doesn't get ST gets.
I'm going to stay with ST for as long as I can and keep an eye on the data cap limit rumors although I don't think I'll see any with my usage being under 3 gigs per month (at the very most), won't even risk tethering, and if the coverage stays this good.
I love seeing unlimited everything and only paying $45, I can't believe it as it seemed it was too good to be true but after trying it and seeing it myself I'm sold.
What made you guys pick Straight Talk?
What do you like about it?
What don't you like about it?
Would you rather switch providers for this phone and enable 4G?
Should I post the steps I took to help others out interested in doing this?
FYI I get no points or a cheaper bill for making this post or anything. I'm just excited and surprised that something usually like this is to good to be true.

Not sure how they are with tmobile sims, my girl has the at&t one and never got a complaint but she I'd no days hog.
I'm about to try out metro pcs they launched byop in the Phillie area so sixty for unlimited, gotta check if there's no catch. Also how plans stack
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

I have a Google Nexus 4 with a T-Mobile micro sim with an account that allow me 3G. I would like to know how you were able to get a ST micro sim as they told me there were none yet. How did you get you T-mobile micro sim to work and does the sim restrict the speed or the network. I am a noob on the subject.

BertSP said:
I have a Google Nexus 4 with a T-Mobile micro sim with an account that allow me 3G. I would like to know how you were able to get a ST micro sim as they told me there were none yet. How did you get you T-mobile micro sim to work and does the sim restrict the speed or the network. I am a noob on the subject.
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You can buy a sim cutter on ebay for less than $5 or look for a template on google and cut it with scissors on there. Either way it functions the same after being cut as it would a regular sim.
Sent from my Nexus 4

Debating switching from ATT/S4 to Tmobile/Note 4, would you recommend Note 4?

Hating ATT, locked bootloader S4 and my $215 bill for 700 min, unlimited text and 2g data on one line and 3g on other. Would like to switch to tmobile and main question is do you guys think Note 4 is best phone offered right now or upcoming? Are bootloaders still unlocked with tmobile?

Smokeyla1 said:
Hating ATT, locked bootloader S4 and my $215 bill for 700 min, unlimited text and 2g data on one line and 3g on other. Would like to switch to tmobile and main question is do you guys think Note 4 is best phone offered right now or upcoming? Are bootloaders still unlocked with tmobile?
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do it. still unlocked.
get sub pricing pay on new phone with att 2 year contract if your no longer on contract, pay full price- sub out of pocket and not lease, then sell phone on CL/ebay. Pocket extra cash.
Have t-mobile pay termination fee. Get T-mobile 2-line $100 Unlimited 4G lte offer. Trade in crap phone. Lease a new one with t-mobile using extra cash.

yeah switch. tmobile is great and cheap. best switch I ever made from verizon

monkeyass408 said:
do it. still unlocked.
get sub pricing pay on new phone with att 2 year contract if your no longer on contract, pay full price- sub out of pocket and not lease, then sell phone on CL/ebay. Pocket extra cash.
Have t-mobile pay termination fee. Get T-mobile 2-line $100 Unlimited 4G lte offer. Trade in crap phone. Lease a new one with t-mobile using extra cash.
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So get a new phone and new 2 - yr contract, switch to T-Mobile and trade in S4, sell new phone and get new phone through T-Mobile? Thought I read that they require you to show bill from ATT which shows which phone you currently have?

Smokeyla1 said:
So get a new phone and new 2 - yr contract, switch to T-Mobile and trade in S4, sell new phone and get new phone through T-Mobile? Thought I read that they require you to show bill from ATT which shows which phone you currently have?
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thats why dont lease the new phone with att because you dont own it and when t-mobile pays the phone lease they require you to trade in that same phone leaving your back at square one.
For your s4, you can sell it for more money on ebay/swappa/CL. T-mobile just requires any smartphone or flip phone to trade in even if its not working as part of their paying your termination fees. You will just get zero credit for trading in a non working phone.
If you are eyeing the note 4 get it. If not get the s6 and take advantage of the latest and greatest software and design. Plus a year free of netflix promo if you got the s6 route.
GL.

I'm on cricket with 3 lines. Unlimited talk/text and 2.5 GB a month for each line and I only pay 90 a month. I picked up and unlocked a tmob Note 4 for 300 dollars after I traded in my Note 3. You would be able to pop and play sims in your other ATT phones too since Cricket is an ATT mvno. I just got a Gear S like new on eBay for 140 and will be adding it to my plan for an extra 5 dollars a month for 2.5 GB. If you like ATT service I highly recommend this. The only caveat is they limit the LTE dl speed to 8 mbps but it's never held me back. Just another option for ya!
Edit: Oh it only cost me 20 to get the phone unlocked, which you would have to do to use it on the network.

Bladerunner1825us said:
I'm on cricket with 3 lines. Unlimited talk/text and 2.5 GB a month for each line and I only pay 90 a month. I picked up and unlocked a tmob Note 4 for 300 dollars after I traded in my Note 3. You would be able to pop and play sims in your other ATT phones too since Cricket is an ATT mvno. I just got a Gear S like new on eBay for 140 and will be adding it to my plan for an extra 5 dollars a month for 2.5 GB. If you like ATT service I highly recommend this. The only caveat is they limit the LTE dl speed to 8 mbps but it's never held me back. Just another option for ya!
Edit: Oh it only cost me 20 to get the phone unlocked, which you would have to do to use it on the network.
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I also have this in motion atm. "Cricket" sims being shipped now to switch from T-Mobile any day now. I have basically no data in my entire area & I rely on Wi-Fi calling to even receive or make a call in my house and that is when Wi-Fi calling actually seems to work on two different phones.

lazer9 said:
I also have this in motion atm. "Cricket" sims being shipped now to switch from T-Mobile any day now. I have basically no data in my entire area & I rely on Wi-Fi calling to even receive or make a call in my house and that is when Wi-Fi calling actually seems to work on two different phones.
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Its been great so far...if I had to make any complaint it would be that the online account doesnt keep track of calls and texts...only data use. Not a deal breaker by any means but was useful when I had it with AT&T. I have the same coverage as i used to so theres no transition at all