if i buy a samsung galaxy s which is locked to sprint or tmobile, can i unlock it and use with at&t? can at&t network recognize it as a smart phone? because i'm currently using samsung focus. Once i plug at&t sim card into it. It was automatically detected from at&t system and it also automatically add the the data plan to my plan which is trouble for me. Because i don't wanna pay for the data plan which i don't use much. Any idea?
Yes you can unlock it and use it with AT&T if you buy T-Mobile's GS4G. I'm not sure if AT&T's network would automatically discover what phone you have. When I switched to my Treo 650 a long time ago AT&T had no idea I had a smartphone. After the Treo 650 I upgraded to the G1 and they still thought I was using my old non-smartphone.
I doubt their system could detect the type of phone you have.
Hello, if you searched you would have found the two threads below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980157
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1028588
please search and read before starting a new thread. Thanks
thanks but will it be detected by at&t system
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thanks but will it be detected by at&t system
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Spoke to my friend at T-mo, he said yes. is there a reason why you dont want to be detected? its not like AT&T will charge you more for using an unlocked phone. the only issue is network speeds.
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thanks but will it be detected by at&t system
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I unlocked a SGS4G and a vibrant for some friends, they use them on AT&T. Yep I imagine they can see the phone, but like fknfocused said you're only going to pay the cost of a plan if you don't already have one.
If you're trying to avoid paying those costs, it's not really possible.
However, my friend with the vibrant didn't have a data plan or smartphone prior to using it on AT&T. It got 3G speeds, doesn't mean at some point they don't look at it and go "hey wait" you need a data plan. Just saying it worked.
xuanphucn said:
if i buy a samsung galaxy s which is locked to sprint or tmobile, can i unlock it and use with at&t? can at&t network recognize it as a smart phone? because i'm currently using samsung focus. Once i plug at&t sim card into it. It was automatically detected from at&t system and it also automatically add the the data plan to my plan which is trouble for me. Because i don't wanna pay for the data plan which i don't use much. Any idea?
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AT&T won't automatically detect it. Tell AT&T Customer Support your old device information and chances are that you'll be good (no dataplan). I unlocked the Galaxy S 4G/added it to AT&T and I didn't have the device automatically added- I had to call so that they could set it up. They still had me down as an old Razr (the phone i was temporarily using).
i used to have a samsung focus. as soon as i insert the sim card to it. it will trigger adding a data plan to my account. I hate to pay for that because i don't use it much
I want to cancel the data plus plan for my inspire 4G, but att require the data plus plan for smartphone. the only way to cancel the data plus plan is change a phone and not using htc.
so my question is after if i changed a non-smart phone in att,can i change my sim card to inspre 4g by not turning the mobile network (my phone already root +
S-off and it's ship s-off). will att know that i was using a smart phone? if so, how can att know that what phone i was using?
plz help me out! thanks very much!
They will know what phone you are using based on the imei number. You need a non at&t branded phone in order for them not to automatically add the data plan back.
is there any thing i can do for it? some technical things?by edit the imei number?or something outs?
Hey there, my brother recently inheritted someones old Rogers Galaxy S2 LTE. My brother is using MTS which uses the same bands/freqs (same towers in fact) as Rogers and was wanting to use this phone instead of his crappy Nokia.
He threw his SIM card in and got the screen asking for the network unlock key. He went to cellunlocker.net and purchased the unlock key and unlocked the phone.
However with his SIM card in he still doesnt appear to pick up any signal at all. I have an android (GNex) on the same network (MTS) and have never had an issue.
Do I have to flash a non-rogers ROM to get it working? I saw the SKY ICS one and was thinking I might flash that one to try it out. Unfortunately I wont have access to the phone until tomorrow
EDIT: I should have mentioned that his phone is completely stock right now. I have read about "Locked" radios and am wondering if that isnt the cause of our issues. I have heard from other I727 owners who were able to get their phones on MTS
So here's my problem or question so I bought a nexus s sprint sph-d720 from ebay right and now I just saw that it had a carrier Sprint and I was wondering if its posible that I can use the phone (Downloading apps, games, web) with wifi without a data plan it has a carrier but wouldn't it need to be active and I live in Canada so that's not an option and how would I set up the phone with wifi on set up. Btw it's CDMA
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So here's my problem or question so I bought a nexus s sprint sph-d720 from ebay right and now I just saw that it had a carrier Sprint and I was wondering if its posible that I can use the phone (Downloading apps, games, web) with wifi without a data plan it has a carrier but wouldn't it need to be active and I live in Canada so that's not an option and how would I set up the phone with wifi on set up. Btw it's CDMA
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You can use it without a SIM I guess. Try it once.
Hi everyone,
I have a problem that I would really appreciate help with. I purchased a phone from kijiji (Samsung s8+ sm-g955w) branded to freedom mobile. I have switched carriers and phone is working fine with Rogers. I moved to an area that has really bad coverage so I called to activate wifi calling.
They told me because the phone is not Rogers branded wifi calling will not work on their network.
Now I have another phone that my partner has that is also a S8+ and it is a rogers branded phone and wifi calling works on it. It is also a S8+ and the same G955W model as mine.
Can anyone guide me to any information that I can get this phone to work with wifi calling without having to sell the phone and buy a new one.
Thanks in advance.