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Am I able to use Atrix 4G in AT&T network without any data plan?

I am a AT&T prepaid user. Can I use the Atrix 4G in it without data plan? I only use Wi-Fi which is much faster.
The AT&T shop assistant man told me that I will not be able to use it if I do not open any date plan. If I am a prepaid user I can not use the phone; If I am a postpaid user I will be notified to add a data plan after I insert the SIM card into the Atrix 4G which is a smartphone.
Currently I also use a smartphone in AT&T network and does not commit any data plan. The phone works great. The shop assistant said the reason is that Atrix 4G is a AT&T phone and will be recognized by AT&T and force to open a data plan.
I do not know whether I should believe him for may be he is just trying to sell me more expensive plans. Is it technically possible to ban prepaid users? Is there any way to avoid this restriction? Since the Atrix 4G smartphone is bought in full price and unlocked, I do not owe AT&T anything. It works in T-Mobile, but does not works in AT&T prepaid, which seems very rediculous.

You may use any phone smartphone that its not ATT branded.
But if the phone is a ATT branded they do detect it using the imei and force you to add the expensive data plan. You may run a few months without been detected, but sooner or later they find out and force you to change plan.
I know this for fact because a used to use a Xperia X1 that came unlock from other carrier on ATT, and they never force me to change plan, but as soon as I started using an Iphone on the network a few weeks later I got a txt msg telling me they detected a smartphone without data plan, and automatically added the data plan.

You can modify in Setting-->Wireless&network-->mobile network-->Access point name. After that, you can set user name, add, pass follow your mobile's network service. Good luck.

have beeen using a atrix since march and have had a iphone since 2g on att using my sim with no data plan. just put the sim in and off you go almost 5 yrs now, and no forced data plan.

[Q] Nexus S i9023 willing to use ATT without Dataplan possible?

Hi guys been reading on forums about att automatically detecting smartphones but some say its ok if the phone is unbranded and some say any phone it might be ATT will be able to detect it...
My Question is
I have a Nexus s i9023 bought in india now i am in USA i already bought an ATT connection which i am using on a samsung [dumbphone](i activated the sim with the imei of that dumbphone) ..I would like to know if ATT will be able to detect my phone as smartphone if i switch that sim onto my Nexus S and activate a dataplan??
PS: i will disable data by all means...using CM7.1..will use Wifi only

HI,
When I was in US last year - I purchased multiple connections - initially from AT&T and then from T-Mo.
AT&T - My phone was a Nokia 5230 then and I threw the dumbphone into bin and used my 5230 without any issue. I was on a $50 plan with unlimited talk & text and 500MB data.
T-Mo : Same experience, this time I just bought a sim. Not even a dumb phone. You can walk into any of the T-Mo showrooms and get one. Or buy a dumb phone + plan and use it..
As a matter of fact, I have a friend in US who is using a Galaxy S with a T-Mo sim taken out of an dumb phone.
Thanks, J

hey thanks for the reply!!
Well i know abt the scenario of t-mobile... i would like to stick on to att... so i wanna know if att would be able to recognize my mobile as a smartphone and charge me a dataplan accordingly...

NP man.. Hit Thanks if i helped
I don't think so. Are you on a postpaid plan?
I just confirmed that you could get the Sim only connection from AT&T too. Prepaid connections are generally bundled with dataplans and they stop working once you cross the limit

Thanks man...
My ques is if i swap the sim does ATT automatically recognize nexus s as a smart phone ?? coz of it does it subscribes to the dataplan into my account...:|

yes they will detect your phone eventually.
if you are under contract they can enforce a data plan requirement
i was looong off contract when i switched to a crackberry
but had data blocked on my account
they never tried to force me onto a data add...
fwiw

we threw my old captivate on our sons dumbphone line, turned off data on the phone and AT&T has not said a thing. The account shows the smartphone on it, but no data plan is being forced.

Att: You're busted!

I've been using my GT-P6200 on my AT&T SIM card w unlimited data for the past 2 years.
I pick the tablet/phone up today and try to dial out. I could not at ATT blocked phone dialing ! But I had data !
So I called and they said that ATT changed my plan INTERNALLY (without warning to me) because I was using a tablet ! So I asked them to reinstate my voice. They did. But then my data was cancelled ! They said my Grandfathered unlimited plan was negated!
They asked if I have been using a tablet. I said no. But here's my question: I have my own device that is not much different than other Samsung large phones except I use 3G NOT LTE. So why is this a problem? Because its called a "tablet"?
What do I tell them? Any suggestions? Your experience is welcome...

tell them the IMEI is a PHONE IMEI, that is the only reason they gave your voice plan back.
The problem with tablets, from what I hear began with the original galaxy tab hacked to make voice calls, it uses more data because of larger webpages, they probably dont want every one doing this.
they kind of surprised me when they carried the Galaxy Mega 6.3
Im glad I have't got busted in my two years, I've never brought it into a store and the one or two times I had to answer what kind of device I had on phone support, I just said samsung galaxy.
Well, I don't have to worry much longer, already pre-ordered Note 3 LTE.
It could all have been a ploy to get rid of your unlimited plan, they will do just about anything to get us all off of that.

From what I have learned is in the IMEI number it tells att what device you are using. If they don't have any devices of that kind to reference they won't recognize it. But ATT has a lot of samsung devices now and can pretty much reference at least the classification of what you have to show it is a tablet.

[Q] Thunderbolt on Tablet prepaid plan

Hi everybody!
Currently I am on Page Plus, because I don't talk or text very much, I currently use WiFi as much as possible with a Droid X2, 3g only.
I have a HTC Thunderbolt that uses full size 4g Sims. It is not activated.
I know that it is possible to activate a tablet on Verizon data only prepaid plan, then put the SIM in a phone, Verizon can't do anything about it because of an agreement they made with the FCC when the were granted permission to the LTE spectrum.
I would love to use the Thunderbolt on the 2gb a month data only play from Verizon for $30 a month.
The only problem is, from what I've read on the forums, the only way to do this is purchase a tablet, activate it, swap SIMs, then sell the tablet if you do not want it. I already have a Galaxy Tab 2, and do not want another tablet.
So I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to obtain the SIM and activate it without having a tablet.
Thanks.

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I have the Verizon Note 10.1, but am using it with T-Mobile on the $30/month unlimited text/data throttled after 5GB plan with 100 minutes. It's much better than paying $30/month for 2GB with Verizon, but... T-Mobile does include calls and texts, and they're going to waste. Anyone know a way to enable calling and texting over the T-Mobile network? I know the international version supports this. Apparently someone on XDA succeeded in doing just this for the original Galaxy tab. Thanks!

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I too have the Verizon galaxy note 10.1 SCH-I925 ; though I use it with Verizon's network, I still want the phone and messages app on my device since I have unlimited calling and texts on my plan. Anyone know how to enable calling and texts?