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So I'm off to Costa Rica for spring break and I was wonder what would be the best thing to do with my phone. I want to take it with me but I also don't want to get international charges. From what I know, I'm fairly certain there is no possible way to get the E4GT on an international plan for "free".
I was considering calling Sprint to have them deactivate my phone for that time but if there's a way to spare the trouble of deactivating and reactivating I'd love to hear it.
I had an idea that it could be possible to develop a modem that completely disabled all signals other than GPS wifi and Bluetooth.
What is my best option? Just looking for a surefire way to avoid international charges, preferably without calling Sprint.
Thanks in advance everyone!
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Majin101 said:
Airplane mode
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And if that accidentally gets turned off?
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It's entirely possible there is not a cdma carrier in Costa Rica , so you may not get coverage anyways you can always go into settings and turn off international roaming also
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If by some little chance you do get some kind of service there, wouldn't just turning off 3G data and not making phone calls be the same thing...?
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You could just esn swap and old phone you have laying around, if it is a feature phone you can even save by removing the premium data option.
Btw if you are driving around CR the best maps are made by a local company for garmin gps units, both mobile and standalone. Don't expect something like google maps to be useful
navsatcr.com
These guys provide the maps for the gps units you get from the car rental companies in CR.
if you think you will be near a wi fi connection, install GrooveIp on the phone and use that to make free phone calls; it should work there as well, since the calls go through the internet,,
I don't plan on using my phone for calls, just wifi, games, and probably flashing roms lol. Gotta get my fix some how!
Anyway, turning off international roam should work, thanks everyone!
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I don't mean to hijack this thread but I was just going to make a question about this very same topic myself until I found this in search.
Going to Bermuda later this year, but wanted to take my E4GT with me just for music/alarms. There are some places that offer free wifi around Bermuda I read, so I was hoping to use it while I'm there.
I called up Sprint & they gave me an International rate (expensive, $1.96 a minute!), that would be safe then to assume, that there would be no Sprint signal down there and if I unchecked everything in the Roaming section under "Wireless and Networks," I should be good?
I don't want to act like a worried nellie but just want to keep my chances of coming home to a "surprise" from Sprint at a minimum as it's the first time I'll be going abroad with a smartphone.
Also, are there any other alternatives to Groove IP that are free?
ETA: Just downloaded Groove IP Lite, any one ever tried it?
Thanks.
Just got back from Costa Rica and I kept airplane mode on the whole time. No surprises yet so I believe that Airplane mode worked. On top of the fact that I don't believe they have any radios out there that Sprint phones are even capable of roaming on. Ill report back if anything changes!
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Just sharin' my experiences - I've taken Sprint devices to Europe (which only work in Wi-Fi only) but I'll focus mainly on my trips to Japan as CDMA does work there. When I get there I usually turn the airplane mode on and wi-fi on (it will allow this if you didn't know.) When I know I need to make calls I turn data off and sync off just to be safe. Haven't had any surprise roaming charges yet in several years and often is cheaper than renting a phone - if you don't use it much.
This worked so good that I even had visitors from Japan use the same process and use wi-fi only. They were glad they did... especially now that we all use apps like Skype and Heytell.
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if you think you will be near a wi fi connection, install GrooveIp on the phone and use that to make free phone calls; it should work there as well, since the calls go through the internet,,
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Groove Ip works great for me.
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lol once i temporarily deactivated my phone and was able to use groove ip with my google voice and make calls thru wifi while my phone was deactivated and i still used my sprint number
Can't you tell Sprint to put your phone on a type of hold? My mom does something like that to discipline the younger bro
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radrian92 said:
Can't you tell Sprint to put your phone on a type of hold? My mom does something like that to discipline the younger bro
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You can do that and still use google voice with your sprint number so if your bro gets disciplined and has a google voice he can keep on texting like it was never on hold he just has to be on a computer all the time or on wifi
FYI, my wife just went to El Salvador... I just hopped on Ebay and bought her a cheap ($20) GSM phone and she bought a $10 prepaid SIM when she got there from Claro. I didn't want her to take her E4GT there since it'd be so expensive to replace if she got 'jacked.
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You can do that and still use google voice with your sprint number so if your bro gets disciplined and has a google voice he can keep on texting like it was never on hold he just has to be on a computer all the time or on wifi
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I have a rooted GN (Sprint) and have the wifi hotspot app from google. Works perfect but for ****s and giggles I just tried to enable the built in Hotspot on my phone...and it worked?? I called sprint and they said I did not have the add on and it should not be working. My question is when I unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone, did I unblock the hotspot and allow it to be used with no penalty from Sprint?
If someone would get back to me I would appreciate it greatly and pass out some thanks.
I don't see how the built in tethering could be blocked by you having it on your plan or not. The most I could see happening would be redirecting web requests to a page asking you to add it, or you getting a phone call from Sprint after using it. Your phone doesn't know what your plan is, so why would it not allow you to turn on the built in tethering feature?
well on my E4GT SII, When I tried to use my hotspot it would just not allow me to connect anything to it. With this one on the GNex, it allows me to connect my devices to it and use data, but without redirection or anything else. So paranoia is setting in and I dont want to see rediculous charges, but since I never received any warning so I guess they cannot charge me for anything.
Thanks for the info.
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well on my E4GT SII, When I tried to use my hotspot it would just not allow me to connect anything to it. With this one on the GNex, it allows me to connect my devices to it and use data, but without redirection or anything else. So paranoia is setting in and I dont want to see rediculous charges, but since I never received any warning so I guess they cannot charge me for anything.
Thanks for the info.
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If you want to play it safe why don't you just use the app..?
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If you want to play it safe why don't you just use the app..?
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Envy you!!!
Lucky you. Since your rooted I guess it ignores your limitations on your plans. How bout you test something else that your not allowed to use due to plan limitations if there are any others.
If so.... I hate you!!! I wanna bypass the limitations!!!!! DX
BUT NICE!!!
P.S. I JUST TRIED ACTIVATING MY HOTSPOT ON MY VERIZON GALAXY NEXUS AND IT WORKED!!!! And it is not on the the plan. Also depending on ur Rom, some roms bypass the restrictions, allowing you free access to this wonderful and magical feature!!! Use freely with no worries but overages, but you got sprint, so ur worry free!!!
So to conclude. Use it and don't tell your carrier with out fear of being billed.
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Lucky you. Since your rooted I guess it ignores your limitations on your plans. How bout you test something else that your not allowed to use due to plan limitations if there are any others.
If so.... I hate you!!! I wanna bypass the limitations!!!!! DX
BUT NICE!!!
P.S. I JUST TRIED ACTIVATING MY HOTSPOT ON MY VERIZON GALAXY NEXUS AND IT WORKED!!!! And it is not on the the plan. Also depending on ur Rom, some roms bypass the restrictions, allowing you free access to this wonderful and magical feature!!! Use freely with no worries but overages, but you got sprint, so ur worry free!!!
So to conclude. Use it and don't tell your carrier with out fear of being billed.
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They can tell when it is being used..
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They can tell when it is being used..
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Really?!?!?!
Did they tell you that??? Cuz I know ur not getting billed unless u said ur doing or asking to check if you are using it.
On my Carrier they never told me once I was using it or billed me. And I've been using an app that just breaks the restrictions as long as it's open. So Verizon should see me using it unauthorize.
I know they can tell you. But the real question is, will you get billed if you never mention you are using???
Cuz I've done my research on this a few months back and they never bill you unless u ask em about and actually dig in and see that specific thing.
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I noticed my phone has an amazing amount of bloatware on it. I was wondering since I have the Canadian version if I'm able to flash any other roms? I see a lot are Europe/Asia and I imagine are not compatible. I had the galaxy ace before this and remember losing the ability to connect to Koodo (my provider) without the Canadian version of their baseband.
Also with unlocking bootloader/rooting/flashing CWM, are there any repercussions since I have the canadian HTC phone? (t320a)
Thanks all.
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Firmware : 1.66.661.3
Baseband: 20.67.30.0831U_3831.15.00.28_M
I noticed my phone has an amazing amount of bloatware on it. I was wondering since I have the Canadian version if I'm able to flash any other roms? I see a lot are Europe/Asia and I imagine are not compatible. I had the galaxy ace before this and remember losing the ability to connect to Koodo (my provider) without the Canadian version of their baseband.
Also with unlocking bootloader/rooting/flashing CWM, are there any repercussions since I have the canadian HTC phone? (t320a)
Thanks all.
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as far as i know it must have no problems
dont just say thanks hit thanks if i helped
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I have the Koodo phone, exact same firmware as you. I haven't had any problems with CWM, rooting, unlocking, flashing, etc.
You should be fine.
Alright, awesome! So most of these roms, even though the ruu is from eur/asia it won't change my baseband or anything? Gonna love getting rid of all this bloatware.
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Firmware : 1.66.661.3
Baseband: 20.67.30.0831U_3831.15.00.28_M
I noticed my phone has an amazing amount of bloatware on it. I was wondering since I have the Canadian version if I'm able to flash any other roms? I see a lot are Europe/Asia and I imagine are not compatible. I had the galaxy ace before this and remember losing the ability to connect to Koodo (my provider) without the Canadian version of their baseband.
Also with unlocking bootloader/rooting/flashing CWM, are there any repercussions since I have the canadian HTC phone? (t320a)
Thanks all.
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What bloatware if you don't mind me asking?
Thanks man
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What bloatware if you don't mind me asking?
Thanks man
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After rooting you can use titanium backup to uninstall "system" apps that are operator bloatware, or even manufacturer bloatware.
Edit 2: Arrgghhh stupid tapatalk, I meant this as an edit to my previous post, my apologies for the unintentional double post.
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Edit:
After rooting you can use titanium backup to uninstall "system" apps that are operator bloatware, or even manufacturer bloatware.
Edit 2: Arrgghhh stupid tapatalk, I meant this as an edit to my previous post, my apologies for the unintentional double post.
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This is most likely the solution to my problem then. It just has stuff like Dropbox, Twitter and a bunch of other apps I'll never use and don't want on my phone. Lol. Plus I'd like to run Adfree and a few other root worthy programs
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This is most likely the solution to my problem then. It just has stuff like Dropbox, Twitter and a bunch of other apps I'll never use and don't want on my phone. Lol. Plus I'd like to run Adfree and a few other root worthy programs
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Ah cool, I use dropbox, twitter etc.
Totally agree with root, TB, adfree to name a few are pretty much necessary!
I was hoping by bloatware you didn't mean at&t or verizon style bloat, in Canada most provides are not that bad with carrier bloat. Bell is the worst and their phones are stock compared to their American counterparts! Never had a Koodo phone, and I'm planning on unlocking it and using it on Telus, so I was curious about any carrier bloat (dropbox and twitter are HTC added programs).
One more thing, with the free 25gb of storage you get with the purchase of the One V, why don't you give dropbox a try? That's a sweet amount of free cloud storage to add to google drive.
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Ah cool, I use dropbox, twitter etc.
Totally agree with root, TB, adfree to name a few are pretty much necessary!
I was hoping by bloatware you didn't mean at&t or verizon style bloat, in Canada most provides are not that bad with carrier bloat. Bell is the worst and their phones are stock compared to their American counterparts! Never had a Koodo phone, and I'm planning on unlocking it and using it on Telus, so I was curious about any carrier bloat (dropbox and twitter are HTC added programs).
One more thing, with the free 25gb of storage you get with the purchase of the One V, why don't you give dropbox a try? That's a sweet amount of free cloud storage to add to google drive.
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Just to help you out and potentially save you some money (if you unlock it through Koodo), but a locked Koodo phone will still be able to use a Telus SIM without any issues; at least, they used to last summer. I have no clue if the reverse is true, but I'd assume it would be.
I would never use that much space on my phone, I also have 4 tb of space on my home pc's. I'm not hurting.
Also to the prior post, I believe that's correct. Koodo is a subsidiary of telus so I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Does anyone have the RUU for the Koodo/Telus version or know where to get it?
Thanks in advance
Well if it's easy to do, I'm up for helping.
chevymeister said:
I would never use that much space on my phone, I also have 4 tb of space on my home pc's. I'm not hurting.
Also to the prior post, I believe that's correct. Koodo is a subsidiary of telus so I don't see why it wouldn't work.
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No probs,
To TelusHTCHero as well, already knew telus / koodo were compatable as Koodo is a sub-brand of Telus running on the same network. The fact that it takes a full size sim unlike the rest of the One series is a cool selling point too, after unlocking ($14.99 btw) I can just drop the sim card in from my desire and away I go.
Telus wants to charge $289.99 no term / $189.99 2 year / $229.99 1 year. $175 Koodo no term plus $14.99 unlocking is a no brainer. I got my desire by pre-order August 2010, for the standard 3 year contract, so unless I wait another 8-12 months I will have to pay a penalty to cancel my current contract.
After buying a top of the line phone (Desire) and watching it become obsolete for all intents I will never again sign a three year term, technology moves too fast and I want my new toys sooner! The One V has a newer (though similar clocked) processor, better screen (I compared the two side by side), better camera, no storage issues like the desire, etc etc and cheaper than a Galaxy SIII on a 3 year term off contract? Sold, while waiting to see what the HTC "Two" series brings!
Cheers guys, hopefully I can join you soon as a One V owner.
You can't really compare it to an s3 though. It's only arm7 and the adreno 205.
I'm sure the s3 has a way better gpu and is an a9 cpu. That would explain the price difference. Realistically I only go with cost/performance phones and I only pay 30/month at koodo. The phone cost me 25 bucks for a great phone that has ICS. Surely a great replacement for my galaxy ace.
Hey quick question. If a ruu is uploaded here, do we need to use the WWE ones if we are from Canada? I noticed my software version is a little past the posted WWE versions.
I have no clue about compatibility or which ruu's to use so I'm a little scared attempting to tinker with my phone with no backup. Lol.
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Hey quick question. If a ruu is uploaded here, do we need to use the WWE ones if we are from Canada? I noticed my software version is a little past the posted WWE versions.
I have no clue about compatibility or which ruu's to use so I'm a little scared attempting to tinker with my phone with no backup. Lol.
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The WWE will be compatible, once you root use clockwork to do a full ROM backup and your good to go.
The only thing RUUs are good for are " warranty backups" as flashing them will lose root and s-off etc. For this, a carrier RUU is best.
If you can return it for exchange at a store, a rooted backup works, most mobile store employees wouldn't know a rooted phone If it slapped them in the face!
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So I need to unlock bootloader, then cwm, backup.. and I'll still have stock with OTA updates? I guess that's all I need.
I beleive that as soon as you unlock, you loose the OTA updates. At least that's how it is with my transformer Prime. As far as getting the phone from Koodo to get on Telus network, I don't know why you would do that as they are physically the same network, just different as virtual networks. I'm on Koodo, periodically I look the other providers and still can't get a better deal for phone + data. There is always 6 gigs a month with Fido but you need to get 3 years contract with penalty, so ---
Anyway. Coming from the optimus one this is quite a good phone. I put the mocado rom + titanium kernel, excellent combination ! You just have to manually add your APN for Koodo and here you go.
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I beleive that as soon as you unlock, you loose the OTA updates. At least that's how it is with my transformer Prime. As far as getting the phone from Koodo to get on Telus network, I don't know why you would do that as they are physically the same network, just different as virtual networks. I'm on Koodo, periodically I look the other providers and still can't get a better deal for phone + data. There is always 6 gigs a month with Fido but you need to get 3 years contract with penalty, so ---
Anyway. Coming from the optimus one this is quite a good phone. I put the mocado rom + titanium kernel, excellent combination ! You just have to manually add your APN for Koodo and here you go.
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Nope, unlocking or rooting does not stop ota updates. Loading a custom ROM would, but then again flashing custom ROMs would negate the need for ota updates anyways.
As far as using a koodo phone on Telus. I have a great plan with them, 6gb data, north American calling, voicemail to text, lots of other extras. Lastly, I signed a three year contract for my Desire September 2010, still some time left. That's the attraction of the koodo One V, $175 plus hst = $196 plus $14.95 to unlock and use my current Telus sim.
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AFAIK Koodo won't sell you a phone at that price of 175 unless you are currently in a plan with them, unfortunately.
Also I've read you shouldn't flash OTA if you root/unlock bootloader for the chance you can brick your phone
Seeing as we in Canada are stuck with version 1.66 and the rest of the world is on 2.08 I think maybe I will switch to custom roms lol. I hope development really sparks here though.
i was wandering if i lost my s3, and the person that uses his own sim card. Can wind or any service provider see who put their sim card in and activated the s3?
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i was wandering if i lost my s3, and the person that uses his own sim card. Can wind or any service provider see who put their sim card in and activated the s3?
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Don't know, but, if the person has not deleted your account from the phone you could send an email to yourself and either offer a reward for the return and tell him you are about to lock it and make it unusable.
You can also play store on your computer and install Wheres My Droid and hope he puts your sim back in for a few minutes!
Then on someone other mobile phone send your phone a txt of
WMD GPS
it will send back the location
See the website for other comands you can send to it.
Can't hurt to try and hope he puts the sim back in.
Definitely install it on your phone if you get it back, or your next phone.
It can send you the new number if they change the sim!
Good luck! Hope it works out!
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Don't know, but, if the person has not deleted your account from the phone you could send an email to yourself and either offer a reward for the return and tell him you are about to lock it and make it unusable.
You can also play store on your computer and install Wheres My Droid and hope he puts your sim back in for a few minutes!
Then on someone other mobile phone send your phone a txt of
WMD GPS
it will send back the location
See the website for other comands you can send to it.
Can't hurt to try and hope he puts the sim back in.
Definitely install it on your phone if you get it back, or your next phone.
It can send you the new number if they change the sim!
Good luck! Hope it works out!
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Pretty sure the person has restore the phone and put in his own sim. Can carrier track the phone and who is using it now?
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I'm 99.9% sure the answer us no.
They will mark it as stolen in the system.
Your only hope is stated above.
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Yes they can but they won't. Have you tried android lost app ? It allows you to find your phone even if you never installed the app before it allows you install the app using your gmail account to your phone and send info to your phone using the web or a different phone.
Anyways go and take a look on androidlost.com for more info.
Good luck
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I lost it for 4 week now. They probably already restore it along time ago and start to use it with their own sim card. Can the android lost app still work?
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No, it will not work if your account is no longer on the phone.
I would suggest you call your carrier and ask if they can locate the phone by IMEI + GPS/etc - that's about your only hope (and I don't know if they'd do it, or if they'd block the IMEI, or if they'll only do that if you have insurance, et cetera). Also, 4 weeks is getting a bit late, unfortunately.
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i was wandering if i lost my s3, and the person that uses his own sim card. Can wind or any service provider see who put their sim card in and activated the s3?
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No carriers can help you. If you have insurance then claim it. They will block it since it's stolen.
It happened to me but I didnt get stolen but more of a scam.
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That must suck. Its too late imo. But good luck anyways
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Yeah I'm pretty sure they can track it but they just can't give you an address then if something bad happens you sue them lol. Crimes may happen over a phone phone companies won't get involved in that. Also really they don't mind that you have to get another phone meaning most likely paying them.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure they can track it but they just can't give you an address then if something bad happens you sue them lol. Crimes may happen over a phone phone companies won't get involved in that. Also really they don't mind that you have to get another phone meaning most likely paying them.
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Agree. When my wife lost her phone I asked carrier about this, and their answer was a straight "Sorry, we can't do that". I wish there's an app out there that tied the IMEI to a GPS tracker that's made available for consumer use, though that in itself can probably cause a different issue altogether.
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Agree. When my wife lost her phone I asked carrier about this, and their answer was a straight "Sorry, we can't do that". I wish there's an app out there that tied the IMEI to a GPS tracker that's made available for consumer use, though that in itself can probably cause a different issue altogether.
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There was a recent story that came out where this guy and his friend from his computer tracked the guy who stole his iphone 5. Started beating him up lol, then the guy who stole it got arrested I believe. Now that's justice!
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I've recently decided that I'm going to be dropping my data plan, as it is rather expensive. I've done some research, and as far as I can tell, my current device will be rendered useless if I drop my plan. I need my phone do be able to receive texts and calls at anytime, not just over WiFi, and I don't want to get a hotspot. With all this in mind I ask two questions:
1.)
Is there away to continue using my phone the way it is, with full functionality excluding mobile data? I've heard some people say that unlocking it and switching the SIM cards with a non-smartphone works, but then others say that AT&T can check for what kind of phone you are using, and that if detects a smartphone it will automatically charge you for data. Is any of this true? If I can switch out the SIM cards, and AT&T can scan my phone, is there a way that I can get around that? Are there any other methods to do this at all?
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If I have to get rid of my phone, are there any android enable cellular devices that I can get that don't require data e.g. a prepaid android phone where I simply choose not to buy any data.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Phaildroid said:
I've recently decided that I'm going to be dropping my data plan, as it is rather expensive. I've done some research, and as far as I can tell, my current device will be rendered useless if I drop my plan. I need my phone do be able to receive texts and calls at anytime, not just over WiFi, and I don't want to get a hotspot. With all this in mind I ask two questions:
1.)
Is there away to continue using my phone the way it is, with full functionality excluding mobile data? I've heard some people say that unlocking it and switching the SIM cards with a non-smartphone works, but then others say that AT&T can check for what kind of phone you are using, and that if detects a smartphone it will automatically charge you for data. Is any of this true? If I can switch out the SIM cards, and AT&T can scan my phone, is there a way that I can get around that? Are there any other methods to do this at all?
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If I have to get rid of my phone, are there any android enable cellular devices that I can get that don't require data e.g. a prepaid android phone where I simply choose not to buy any data.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Not possible, if you change your IMEI to to a non-smartphone then remove the data plan then put that SIM back into a smartphone it will automatically charge the 3 gig data plan. The only way I know if you can get a data plan exclusion but that's rare if not impossible.
Phaildroid said:
I've recently decided that I'm going to be dropping my data plan, as it is rather expensive. I've done some research, and as far as I can tell, my current device will be rendered useless if I drop my plan. I need my phone do be able to receive texts and calls at anytime, not just over WiFi, and I don't want to get a hotspot. With all this in mind I ask two questions:
1.)
Is there away to continue using my phone the way it is, with full functionality excluding mobile data? I've heard some people say that unlocking it and switching the SIM cards with a non-smartphone works, but then others say that AT&T can check for what kind of phone you are using, and that if detects a smartphone it will automatically charge you for data. Is any of this true? If I can switch out the SIM cards, and AT&T can scan my phone, is there a way that I can get around that? Are there any other methods to do this at all?
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If I have to get rid of my phone, are there any android enable cellular devices that I can get that don't require data e.g. a prepaid android phone where I simply choose not to buy any data.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Why not switch to Straight Talk? 45 bucks a month for wireless data..
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The only way I know if you can get a data plan exclusion but that's rare if not impossible.
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Yes as stated from Simmlsengard the ONLY way is to have ATT make it so that Sim does NOT allow data to work. ATT probably will not let you do this though.
My sons phone My Old Galaxy S2 does NOT have a data plan and he can receive SMS and calls but NO MMS since that uses data to send/receive. The ONLY way I got it to work this way though was originally my older son had a dumb phone and NO data plan, though the phone could use some data built in to some apps on the phone. He accidently used data and the bill was about $60 for the data he used downloading some games. I talked to ATT and had data turned OFF and NOT ALLOWED on that line. So once my older son got a new phone I had passed down my Galaxy S1 and put the same Sim card in it that had NO DATA ALLOWED. So I have kept using that dumb phones Sim card into smart phones for my younger son (He is 10 and I don't want him to have Data yet). So these are just some THOUGHTS on what you might TRY and convince ATT to do on your account. Good luck
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If you are no longer on a service ontract, they cannot make you have data contract can they?
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Yes they can terms of service .
Call them up and ask. If they say no, tell them you'll quit and go to another carrier (provided you're not under contract). Don't know if it will work, but it's worth a shot.
Or just get the $30 plan from tmobile/Walmart, it's probably cheaper than most voice plans anyways.
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Had my wife's SGS3AT&T for months with a cut sim from her dumb phone and it worked fine.
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I know this discussion has been kicked around before. I'll just have to read their contract. If you have fulfilled your service agreement I don't see how they can make you buy a data plan contract.
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