Thread: i need a little at&t help
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08-25-2008, 10:05 AM #1
i need a little at&t help
so my cousins bought my uncle a preowned unlocked 1.1.4 iphone for his birthday and he passed it onto me to get it working with his sim. he currently has at&t but no data plan. he only uses his phone for phone calls. i plan on updating to 2.0.x but i read that w/ winpwn, i shouldnt activate the phone because it's with at&t. is there a way to use the phone without a data plan?
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08-25-2008, 07:34 PM #2My iPhone is a Part of Me
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yes but you should have him get the data plan for it because people have racked up huge bills since the iPhone is a data monster. they will know it's an iPhone too because of your imei and they will force you to get one.
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08-25-2008, 09:51 PM #3
thanks for your reply.
I sorta suspected that at&t would do something like force him to get a data plan so I just told him that he's better off getting another phone if he's not going to use the iphone for what it's for.
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08-26-2008, 11:05 AM #4My iPhone is a Part of Me
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yeah it is possible to use without the data plan but it is constantly using data and itll rack up a huge amount of dollars worth. he can probably sell it and get a phone better suited to his needs. sell it on ebay you can get good money off it. =] hope it helped
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If he thinks he will just use wifi, he can turn off Edge to be safe.

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08-26-2008, 11:58 AM #6My iPhone is a Part of Me
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i thought of that but i know that sometimes when you reboot it the edge block resets as well and that could cost a lot since you might forget about it being reseted and what not. it creates a big headache to have to keep checking it especially since her uncle plans on using it just as a phone
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