Hey guys so this is what is going on. I'm currently on an AT&T family plan with separate data plans. My sister just upgraded to the GS3 with a new sim card and everything but she doesn't really like it so she's going back to her 4S and offered to sell the phone to me. I'm currently using an iPhone 4S with the 15$/200mb data plan. My question is can I use my current sim card and data plan with the GS3 or do I have to upgrade it the 4G LTE plan and get a new sim card as well?
You should just be able to pop your card in and enjoy the S3 goodness. However, you may want to get att to switch your plan from in iphone plan to the general smart phone plan, because some weird things can happen with your voice mail if you don't. Happened to me when I switched from iphone to android.
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Thanks for the quick reply . I was wondering because I was told that AT&T forces you to use a 4G LTE plan for this phone. I'm usually around a wifi connection so I'm looking for the cheapest data plan that is available at the moment
The problem you're probably going to run into is the S3 uses a micro SIM....so you may, at the very least, have to cut your SIM down. Just fyi.
I came from a galaxy S2, and had to get a new SIM.
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The 4S already has a micro SIM, though, doesn't it? I had to get the micro SIM since I switched from the captivate, and I still have my $15/200MB plan and get LTE on it when I'm not using Wi-Fi.
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Yes the 4S has the micro sim also. I was able to use call features and text with it in the SG3 but no network access except for wifi. Ended up calling AT&T and turns out I'll have to upgrade to the 20$/300mb 4G LTE data plan.
Most likely you need a new SIM that's 4G LTE capable, since I just remembered the 4S isn't. I'm getting 4G LTE on the $15 plan - it's not the plan.
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napkun said:
Yes the 4S has the micro sim also. I was able to use call features and text with it in the SG3 but no network access except for wifi. Ended up calling AT&T and turns out I'll have to upgrade to the 20$/300mb 4G LTE data plan.
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That's interesting. I recently moved from an iPhone 3GS (it was a free hand-me-down, don't give me that look) to a One X which I returned (battery life) and got a SGS3 within 30 days. I still have a $15/200MB data plan and both phones worked fine on 4G LTE data. You may wish to confront them about this, because it sounds like they're gonna get you for $120 on that new plan otherwise.
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Most likely you need a new SIM that's 4G LTE capable, since I just remembered the 4S isn't. I'm getting 4G LTE on the $15 plan - it's not the plan.
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I should note that I got a new SIM with the One X (and then it migrated to my SGS3) as the 3GS had some fat old huge SIM card. I have no idea if there's 4G LTE incompatible SIMs or not, but I thought I'd add that after seeing MeVirtually's post.
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That's interesting. I recently moved from an iPhone 3GS (it was a free hand-me-down, don't give me that look) to a One X which I returned (battery life) and got a SGS3 within 30 days. I still have a $15/200MB data plan and both phones worked fine on 4G LTE data. You may wish to confront them about this, because it sounds like they're gonna get you for $120 on that new plan otherwise.
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I should note that I got a new SIM with the One X (and then it migrated to my SGS3) as the 3GS had some fat old huge SIM card. I have no idea if there's 4G LTE incompatible SIMs or not, but I thought I'd add that after seeing MeVirtually's post.
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I'm still waiting for my sister to come home so we can make the switch with AT&T over the phone, I'll ask them about preserving my 15$/200mb plan
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I have a TBolt, but thinking bout switching when my upgrade eligibility comes soon. I want to know if you can swap SIMs back and forth like you can with a GSM phone. Reason is if I were changing ROMs or some other stuff and I don't want to miss calls.
No galaxy nexus uses the tiny micro sim. Unless of course the tbolt also uses the micro similar card. The is a absolute maybe...?
K. But if I upgrade can I still keep my unlimited data even when switching to the microsim ( Imean the galaxy nexus)?
Thunderbolt uses a full size SIM.
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K. But if I upgrade can I still keep my unlimited data even when switching to the microsim?
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you can switch phones all you want & even renew your contract all you want also... and yes, you will keep your unlimited. the only time you'll lose it is if you terminate service.
For grandfathered unlimited data verizon customers, does verizon cap/throttle? If so what is the cap set at?
Verizon only throttles 3G data.
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For grandfathered unlimited data verizon customers, does verizon cap/throttle? If so what is the cap set at?
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yeah, as the fellow above stated, they only care if you use too much 3g.
i personally average 50gb/month and have gone as high as 100gb before and never got throttled or received any sort of warning.
So I recently upgraded to s3 from my captivate and the internet is significantly slower than when I was on my captivate . I tried flashing all the available modems and the VPN settings I can find on here and my down was 1.4mbs and .160mbs up (was 3-5mb down and 1.1 up on my captivate) I tried dialing *#2263# but it doesn't let me open up the menu to check the bands to see if hsupa is enabled .
BTW I don't have the lte sim I cut my old sim down. They said if I upgrade my sim they will remove my unlimited data . But I don't see why it would matter since this is just a hspa + issue and I don't have lte here yet anyways. And I'm on lh1 modem currently .
So any one have any either ideas to fix this issue?
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So I recently upgraded to s3 from my captivate and the internet is significantly slower than when I was on my captivate . I tried flashing all the available modems and the VPN settings I can find on here and my down was 1.4mbs and .160mbs up (was 3-5mb down and 1.1 up on my captivate) I tried dialing *#2263# but it doesn't let me open up the menu to check the bands to see if hsupa is enabled .
BTW I don't have the lte sim I cut my old sim down. They said if I upgrade my sim they will remove my unlimited data . But I don't see why it would matter since this is just a hspa + issue and I don't have lte here yet anyways. And I'm on lh1 modem currently .
So any one have any either ideas to fix this issue?
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I upgraded from S to S3 with AT&T in late June, got new SIM and my data plan remains unlimited. Did you get phone from corporate store or franchise?
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I upgraded from S to S3 with AT&T in late June, got new SIM and my data plan remains unlimited. Did you get phone from corporate store or franchise?
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Yup corporate. My rep told me they don't know how I'm still on this plan because they got rid of unlimited for awhile now. The account shows that my captivate was using dumb phone internet lol. So he said if I change the sim card number they wouldn't be able to select the same plan through his portal. I don't wanna pay an extra 20$ for only 4gb on Lte when I can keep the unlimited for less with hspa. So I'm trying to work my way around it.
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Yup corporate. My rep told me they don't know how I'm still on this plan because they got rid of unlimited for awhile now. The account shows that my captivate was using dumb phone internet lol. So he said if I change the sim card number they wouldn't be able to select the same plan through his portal. I don't wanna pay an extra 20$ for only 4gb on Lte when I can keep the unlimited for less with hspa. So I'm trying to work my way around it.
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Well, I know Verizon stopped grandfathering unlimited data plans for existing customers last spring if they upgraded their phone to LTE model, but I had no problem keeping mine with AT&T, who I've been with for more than a dozen years.
Well I just don't get why the speed is slower than my captivate . And I can't get into ussd settings to verify the bands for hsupa and such.
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Hello!
Cuttingly sporting a unlocked Play Store Gnex about back in July. My employer will be issuing an IPhone 4S free of charge as long as we foot the monthly att which is no problem. Now I currently have a "Data Plan for Smarthphones" for my Gnex and if I switch it to an IPhone plan, will i still be able to use data on my Gnex when Sim card swapping and MMS?
Thanks!
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AT&T is pretty bad about needing specific plans and provisioning to get Android phones, iPhones and LTE phones to work properly. You'll probably have to call them to get 'em to switch you around to the right plan unfortunately.
Lots of people have posted here saying that they can't get full speeds or certain features to work when SIM swapping between devices.
So I have a ATT GS3, and got an ATT iPhone 5.
Then I bought a Nano SIM Adapter to switch between the tow, but for some reason with the Nano SIM in the GS3 calls text all work but NO Data.
I've read on the ATT Forums people having the same issues.
Any fix for this?
I did notice my Data plan now says iPhone 4G LTE Data, when it used to say Smartphone LTE data, and I was able to switch from an iPhone 4S to the GS3.
Anyone also using a Micro SIM from the GS3 converted to a Nano SIM?
Are you getting LTE on both devices this way??
I could always fall back to the GS3 being the primary phone and Data package if the Smartphone LTE Data worked on the IP5.
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You may have to switch back to the smartphone data LTE plan to use the GS3.
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You may have to switch back to the smartphone data LTE plan to use the GS3.
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You have too switch it now. I had to do the same when I went from iPhone 4 to the SGS3
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That's because the people at ATT agree that the iPhone 5 isn't really that smart (Feed the troll!)
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So I have a ATT GS3, and got an ATT iPhone 5.
Then I bought a Nano SIM Adapter to switch between the tow, but for some reason with the Nano SIM in the GS3 calls text all work but NO Data.
I've read on the ATT Forums people having the same issues.
Any fix for this?
I did notice my Data plan now says iPhone 4G LTE Data, when it used to say Smartphone LTE data, and I was able to switch from an iPhone 4S to the GS3.
Anyone also using a Micro SIM from the GS3 converted to a Nano SIM?
Are you getting LTE on both devices this way??
I could always fall back to the GS3 being the primary phone and Data package if the Smartphone LTE Data worked on the IP5.
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Yeah I'm in the same boat. I've come to find that you do have to switch the data plans. Kind of like with the blackberry, the iPhone has its own type of data plan for some reason with att. Hope this helps!
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before you switch check APN settings.
I looked at the APN settings on the GS3, and they are the same as they were when they worked with the Micro SIM.
It has to do with the iPhone data.
What I want to know is will the SmartPhone LTE Data work on the iPhone 5?
It won't work, like what others have said they both have different data plans. If you want to use your GS3 you have to call AT&T to have the LTE Smartphone data plan activated. If you want to use your iPhone you have to call them again to switch back to the iPhone data plan.
Yep, as the others said you will need to switch to an LTE plan to enable data. I manually changed my APN to get data working when I switched from a temp iPhone to my GS3. I got a text from AT&T telling me I needed to change to a 4G LTE Data plan the next day.
I do the same thing with my GS3 using a micro sim adapter. Since I don't live in a LTE area, i just switch my APN settings from PTA to Phone. I also switch back to iphone for a day just to verify the sim is still working on it. Been doing this for about two weeks, haven't received any text from AT&T, my account still says I'm on the LTE unlimited data plan.. so all is well.
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I do the same thing with my GS3 using a micro sim adapter. Since I don't live in a LTE area, i just switch my APN settings from PTA to Phone. I also switch back to iphone for a day just to verify the sim is still working on it. Been doing this for about two weeks, haven't received any text from AT&T, my account still says I'm on the LTE unlimited data plan.. so all is well.
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OK, so I do live in Dallas which has awesome LTE coverage. I just joined ATT and got an iPhone 5. I plan on purchasing a Samsung Note or Galaxy S III. I already purchased the Noosy Nano-Sim adapter and want to be able to use my nano-sim in the Samsung.
So, I've read multiple posts and I'm still not sure what is the solution.
Do I make the Samsung the primary phone and data package? Will the iPhone 5 work now?
I would like to be able to make this change without having to switch my data package from Smartphone LTE to iPhone LTE.
Can anyone help me??
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OK, so I do live in Dallas which has awesome LTE coverage. I just joined ATT and got an iPhone 5. I plan on purchasing a Samsung Note or Galaxy S III. I already purchased the Noosy Nano-Sim adapter and want to be able to use my nano-sim in the Samsung.
So, I've read multiple posts and I'm still not sure what is the solution.
Do I make the Samsung the primary phone and data package? Will the iPhone 5 work now?
I would like to be able to make this change without having to switch my data package from Smartphone LTE to iPhone LTE.
Can anyone help me??
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I am on the iPhone LTE Unlimited data plan with ATT, and switch back and forth with various other phones (htc one x+, LG optimus G, and S3) using the same iPhone 5 Nano SIM card with no problems. I'm not sure of the answer if my data package was a smartphone LTE instead of the iphone LTE package.
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I am on the iPhone LTE Unlimited data plan with ATT, and switch back and forth with various other phones (htc one x+, LG optimus G, and S3) using the same iPhone 5 Nano SIM card with no problems. I'm not sure of the answer if my data package was a smartphone LTE instead of the iphone LTE package.
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Thanks for the info shockandawe. I'm a new customer on the mobile share with my primary geing an iphone, so I would think ours would work the same. I'll try it out. Need to find me an LTE phone on craigslist or ebay.
I dealt with that exact thing. I had to call AT&T each time I switched the sim to get the data working properly. Just like others said, if I take my sim and put it in my GS3 all will work except data. AT&T never gave me a hard time about calling and switching plans. But I didn't want to keep going through that.
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has anyone gone from lte to hspa+speeds and regret it?
the reason i asked is because i want international version of galaxy note 2 for faster updates.
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I thought lte was 4G? I'm thinking of holding out for the lte version but then again the plans (here in Aus) will be dearer and most of the time I'm on WIFI so I may just get an international 32/64gb version when released rather than wait 2 years for it to come out on a carrier! lol
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I'm getting my SGN2 tomorrow and I'll be downgrading from LTE to HSPA+ here in Toronto Canada... its gonna take some getting used to but I would gladly take mode battery life at this moment.
I've had a SGSIII with LTE (i747) and LTE was great but the support for the unlock international version was far more available.
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so i have a GS3 on ATT LTE i have unlimited data grandfather from iphone... do i have to set up my account to HSAP+ on att or just slap my 4G sim card on the unlocked note 2? also i will still get throttle 5GB running HSAP+? i got throttled on LTE and was not fun.. i think i can re call you can do it over the phone or something that you can change the LTE ATT GS3 to only use HSAP+ or its best to keep my LTE setting so i can still get my 5GB till trottle.. will att know im on a HSAP+ and downgrade my unlimited throttling to 3GB instead of 5GB?
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so i have a GS3 on ATT LTE i have unlimited data grandfather from iphone... do i have to set up my account to HSAP+ on att or just slap my 4G sim card on the unlocked note 2? also i will still get throttle 5GB running HSAP+? i got throttled on LTE and was not fun.. i think i can re call you can do it over the phone or something that you can change the LTE ATT GS3 to only use HSAP+
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No need to change any plans, take advantage of that 5gb throttle cap. Just put the sim card in note 2 and it should work and yes you will get throttled after using 5gb cap even if it's hsap+. Only change is simcard size I think? Not sure note 2 uses microsim? If not than you might need a sim adapter(not recommend, gets stuck often) or new sim from att.
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No need to change any plans, take advantage of that 5gb throttle cap. Just put the sim card in note 2 and it should work and yes you will get throttled after using 5gb cap even if it's hsap+. Only change is simcard size I think? Not sure note 2 uses microsim? If not than you might need a sim adapter(not recommend, gets stuck often) or new sim from att.
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great thanks..yeah i think its micro sim for sure..now only if theres a 32GB note 2 as of now...i miss the note.. im itching to get it but mostly in a 32gb..
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great thanks..yeah i think its micro sim for sure..now only if theres a 32GB note 2 as of now...i miss the note.. im itching to get it but mostly in a 32gb..
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Yeah me too, I had note 1 but was having too much problems with screen so I returned it. Now I'm deciding if I want US LTE or international hspa+. Att coverage is horrible where I'm and I can barely get 1~2mbps on hspa+. I might even switch to tmobile since they now have true unlimited plan.
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Also me, But the N7105 is 4G.