1. Obtain iPhone 2G (original)
2. Factory wipe/reset.
3. Download latest iTunes from Apple.com
4. Put SIM from GSII in iPhone 2G.
5. Plug iPhone in to PC, go through entire activation process.
6. Put SIM card back in to GSII. Dial *3828# and make sure your plan reflects the newly activated Unlimited feature.
7. Wait a few hours until you receive the text from AT&T letting you know to call them @ 611 and change to a "smartphone plan".
8. Tell AT&T CSR you want to keep your unlimited iPhone plan.
9. Done.
What?
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WTF does this mean?
I think he means you buy an iPhone (original one that didn't have 3g) and get at&t to put on the $20 unlimited plan and then having them switch the service to the new phone and carry over the unlimited plan
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I think he means you buy an iPhone (original one that didn't have 3g) and get at&t to put on the $20 unlimited plan and then having them switch the service to the new phone and carry over the unlimited plan
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Yup this is how I got my unlimited data plan.
Its amazing how many people still don't know of this trick.
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steps exactly?
This worked for me like 4 or 5 months ago
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This worked for me like 4 or 5 months ago
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thats great
can you explain what you did
I have the unlimited plan already, but from what I understand its really easy.
You pop your SIM into a iPhone 2G (edge only, first Gen iPhone), plug into iTunes, iTunes says "Hey, you need unlimited data to use this phone, want me to add for you?", click yes, activate phone, enjoy. Pop the SIM back into your SGS II, call att to ask why data won't work, they provision the correct data type, but still unlimited.
I have heard that if you had a iPhone in the past on that number it won't work, but I don't know for sure. Here the iPhone 2Gs still sell for $100+ for this reason, even if they have cracked screens, as long as they power on it will work.
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I have the unlimited plan already, but from what I understand its really easy.
You pop your SIM into a iPhone 2G (edge only, first Gen iPhone), plug into iTunes, iTunes says "Hey, you need unlimited data to use this phone, want me to add for you?", click yes, activate phone, enjoy. Pop the SIM back into your SGS II, call att to ask why data won't work, they provision the correct data type, but still unlimited.
I have heard that if you had a iPhone in the past on that number it won't work, but I don't know for sure. Here the iPhone 2Gs still sell for $100+ for this reason, even if they have cracked screens, as long as they power on it will work.
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that sucks..i've been an iPhone loyalist until 2 months ago...i don't think i'm paying 100+ for something that MIGHT work
Can you do it instantly, like swap the sim within 1 hour and call AT&T? or should you leave the sim in the iPhone for like 2-5 days and then switch back to your SGSII? I have the original iPhone laying around at my house and always wanted to try this trick but scared to.
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Can you do it instantly, like swap the sim within 1 hour and call AT&T? or should you leave the sim in the iPhone for like 2-5 days and then switch back to your SGSII? I have the original iPhone laying around at my house and always wanted to try this trick but scared to.
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You should give it a shot and report back. What data plan do you have now? If you don't already have the unlimited data the worse they could do is say "no" and put you back on whatever you have now.
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that sucks..i've been an iPhone loyalist until 2 months ago...i don't think i'm paying 100+ for something that MIGHT work
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Locally here people also rent them out for $20 to activate the unlimited data, then give back.
The only time I have heard it not work is if you currently have an iPhone with the tiered plans.
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it still works. follow these steps...some users are renting their iphones 2Gs out. this is also how i got my unlimited back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008698
I called att within three hours of the sim swap.
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Can you do it instantly, like swap the sim within 1 hour and call AT&T? or should you leave the sim in the iPhone for like 2-5 days and then switch back to your SGSII? I have the original iPhone laying around at my house and always wanted to try this trick but scared to.
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When I did the iPhone 2G trick a few months ago, I called AT&T too soon to "upgrade" from my iPhone to my Inspire 4G. Immediately after activating the iPhone in iTunes I called-in and the rep said I already had the 2GB plan and no upgrade is needed. I told her I have the iPhone and would really love to keep the unlimited data. She caught on and said "oh, I see what you're trying to do..." She recommended I wait for their system to update and try back, she didn't see the recently activated iPhone w/ unlimited data yet.
I checked AT&T.com over and over and within a couple hours my account showed I had the iPhone 2G with Unlimited Data. After seeing this I called back, said I want to upgrade to my Inspire. I was "grandfathered" with unlimited 4G without any issues. I'm lucky the first rep I got was so cool and didn't try to shut me down!
Overall, it took about 2 hours to switch to the iPhone and switch back.
Ugh ... just need to find an iphone 2g now.
You can 'buy' this service on Ebay if you don't mind giving out some personal info. Just search Ebay for 'ATT unlimited'. My buddy did this for like $30 about a month ago. The Ebay dude activated unlimited on his line with an old iPhone, then my friend just went to an ATT store and said he wanted to activate his GS2 (with SIM removed) on his line, keeping his 'unlimited' of course. They gave him a new SIM and he was out the door.
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How much do you pay for unlimited data anyway?
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Quick question do we keep our unlimited grandfather internet when upgrading to this phone? ??? Currently have atrix with unlimited, would be awesome when I get my note tomorrow that I keep it
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Quick question do we keep our unlimited grandfather internet when upgrading to this phone? ??? Currently have atrix with unlimited, would be awesome when I get my note tomorrow that I keep it
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Quick answer is yes you will. Just be sure you make it clear you have unlimited and that you want it carried over. Seems some people let the phone jockeys move them to a lesser plan. They almost always try.
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Quick answer is yes you will. Just be sure you make it clear you have unlimited and that you want it carried over. Seems some people let the phone jockeys move them to a lesser plan. They almost always try.
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Make sure you go to the att store and ask them. Last month they try to switch me over to the 2gb pro plan without telling me. They try to tell me you can't get it back. I told them imma cancel my service with y'all then. Five minutes later I had it again
Make sure they make your new unlimited plan an LTE unlimited plan too... I went to the ATT store yesterday and found out I had no internet on my phone... was a simple mistake and only took a minute to fix.
Now let me say that they told me that my old data plan was note compatible with this phone when called to activate. She was waiting to hear back from her manager about me not switchin off current grandfathers plan when she enabled the sim in the note and disconnected the sim in my SGS2 so we were disconnected. I called back and talked to someone else and he said i was on a $30/month Unlmtd Lte plan. Going in store today to talk with someone seeing as there's no Lte here in MN.
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Now let me say that they told me that my old data plan was note compatible with this phone when called to activate. She was waiting to hear back from her manager about me not switchin off current grandfathers plan when she enabled the sim in the note and disconnected the sim in my SGS2 so we were disconnected. I called back and talked to someone else and he said i was on a $30/month Unlmtd Lte plan. Going in store today to talk with someone seeing as there's no Lte here in MN.
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I don't have LTE in my area either. But I had to be on an LTE data plan (granfathered unlimited or not) to get any internet access at all.
Ok so no need to get scared Verizon didn't kick me out of unlimited, here's the deal so my mother finally made the change and got an iPhone and so did my dad, my dad had at&t before, Sooo when they get home my moms like " hey guys so we got the phones and 6 gigs of data but the girl said not to watch videos then my mom said that the girl told her that me and my sis didn't use our unlimited that much...
As soon as she said that I spring into action and check out my Verizon settings and sure enough it was a 6 gb share everything data plan for 4 smartphones... Me and my sister lost our unlimited and I'm like hell no so I take my mom and dad and drive down to Verizon to get my unlimited back and obviously get an actual better deal? So I start discussing with the sales representative that sold my mom the phones and exposing why her "good deal for us" was pure Bs since we already had 1 gig out of the six and it was barely the first day and the 15 dollar charge for going over a gig= no thanks...
Aparrently I used 8.5 gigs the last month and my sis used two gigs...
So we keep on discussing she says she can hook us up with a 16 gig shared data for 350 and says we save 10 dollars, so I broke it down for her there saying if me and my sis revert to unlimited data, my parents get the 2 gb data plan for each of their phones, unl text and calling and then my two little sister unl txt and talk, and the total to that came to 330.
In the end she said that since we had already 5 lines on the family plan, and my dad was adding his line we couldn't keep the old plans since apparently there is a 5 line limit, and the shared data plan ups the limit from 5 lines to 10 is this true? And I think I read somewhere a long time ago that if u have good credit with Verizon that u could add 2 more lines into the old family plan?
Is this a lost battle and should I just settle for the 16 gb shared data? I'll hate having to limit my netflix viewing on the and just overall limiting my phone internet time.
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From what I understand once you lose unlimited, there is no way to get it back
You can change your contract back within 30 days of when you make a change to your contract but I think I'm screwed due to the old way of only 5 lines on a family plan
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croonux said:
You can change your contract back within 30 days of when you make a change to your contract but I think I'm screwed due to the old way of only 5 lines on a family plan
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am i missing something? there's only 5 phones right? (your mom, dad, you, two sisters?) so what's the problem?
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am i missing something? there's only 5 phones right? (your mom, dad, you, two sisters?) so what's the problem?
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Explain to your pops that it would save you guys money for him to open a separate contract for his phone. Explain to him that by you, and your sister going over the data cap he would have to pay more for the data than the extra contract. I have been looking into holes for awhile to see if we could do something similar. They won't get my unlimited until they pry it from my cold dead fingers...If it happens before that, then i will be moving on to greener pastures. C,mon Dish, and Google, Lte's see that data rumor come true....
This is why i hate big companies. They are so greedy...I have to get rid of my unlimited data and pay more per month for limited data? That is ridiculous. smh
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am i missing something? there's only 5 phones right? (your mom, dad, you, two sisters?) so what's the problem?
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No there's 6 lines now me my three sisters mom and dad
Funny thing is I think it seems they try to push 6 gb data to everyone because while I was discussing an Asian couple arrived and they had 6 smartphones with unl. Data and the sales associate next to me was saying how 6 gigs was enough for them like Wtf? no its not
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Usually they pull the account and check the average that's been used over a long period of time and that's where they get the formula to recommend the shared data plan. They usually will recommend on the low side since its adjustable on the fly and the lower they can get that final monthly bill total the easier it is for them to sell it. The problem with that is the typical person financially responsible for the plan isn't a phone guru and doesn't make a habit of screwing with their phone, monitoring data consumption, etc until a huge bill arrives.
To the OP, it sounds like your family is pretty well established in their decision and things probably won't work out for you to keep your unlimited, considering they already made the decision and yanked your unlimited, which will require an act of congress to Change, and they already have their phones and probably your Dad ported a number I'm guessing. Which means they're comfortable and probably that one trip back to the Verizon store already has them tired of dealing with it.
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Don't know if this can help in your family plan situation, but when I had to replace my phone (no warranty/insurance) they offered me an early upgrade and good price on a new Rez or GS3 but losing unlimited by using the upgrade. In order to keep unlimited the guy said I could get a "landline" (I think it's fios - unlimited nationwide calling) phone for $20/month.
So, if there's anyway you guys get unlimited on a couple or all lines for the $20/mo. it might be worth it.
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Don't know if this can help in your family plan situation, but when I had to replace my phone (no warranty/insurance) they offered me an early upgrade and good price on a new Rez or GS3 but losing unlimited by using the upgrade. In order to keep unlimited the guy said I could get a "landline" (I think it's fios - unlimited nationwide calling) phone for $20/month.
So, if there's anyway you guys get unlimited on a couple or all lines for the $20/mo. it might be worth it.
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I have 2 possible options for you. 1 is to make one of your sisters disappear. 2 is to take your unlimited data which is/was tied to your phone # and have it put into your own name so it would be a completely separate account. If your not old enough or have credit problems see if one of your sisters can get their own account.
Also there isn't any reason why 1 person can't have 6 individual accounts or 2 accounts with 3 shared lines.
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Don't know if this can help in your family plan situation, but when I had to replace my phone (no warranty/insurance) they offered me an early upgrade and good price on a new Rez or GS3 but losing unlimited by using the upgrade. In order to keep unlimited the guy said I could get a "landline" (I think it's fios - unlimited nationwide calling) phone for $20/month.
So, if there's anyway you guys get unlimited on a couple or all lines for the $20/mo. it might be worth it.
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Probably the home connect, I have one, it's $20 a month.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/home-phone-connect.shtml
I currently have the dreaded Iphone 4. Im looking at getting the Samsung Galaxy Note II. The problem is that I currently have unlimited data. What I was thinking about doing is transfering the upgrade to my wifes phone and getting the Note II. Then switching the phone to my number and keeping the unlimited data on my phone. My wife does not use as much data as I do. Will this work?
Thanks
If she's not on unlimited data her data plan would stay the same but I'm not too sure if Verizon lets you do that upgrade way anymore.
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If she's not on unlimited data her data plan would stay the same but I'm not too sure if Verizon lets you do that upgrade way anymore.[/QUOT
We both have unlimited data, but she does not use that much data. I listed to I heart radio at work all day. I can not get a radio signal and do not have wifi at work.
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If she's not on unlimited data her data plan would stay the same but I'm not too sure if Verizon lets you do that upgrade way anymore.
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thats how i kept mine...the rep at the store told me i couldnt do it but the people at customer service told me i could. I told the rep that and he said okay ill just put a note in the account that says they told you that you could.
My brother and I walked into a Verizon store. He bought the note 2 on his account. We walked outside, switched SIM cards and now I have a note 2 with unlimited data.
I don't bother telling them what we are doing because last year when I did the same thing they told me that if I try to switch SIM cards I would fry it. Then someone else told me that the SIM is only for data, not voice. Both lies...
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My brother and I walked into a Verizon store. He bought the note 2 on his account. We walked outside, switched SIM cards and now I have a note 2 with unlimited data.
I don't bother telling them what we are doing because last year when I did the same thing they told me that if I try to switch SIM cards I would fry it. Then someone else told me that the SIM is only for data, not voice. Both lies...
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The problem with that is that Verizon does not have removable sim cards. I think it is built into the phone some how. I wish the sim card was removable.
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The problem with that is that Verizon does not have removable sim cards. I think it is built into the phone some how. I wish the sim card was removable.
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Ummmmmmm, I am on Verizon. The SIM cards have been removable since the thunderbolt. That's how I upgraded from TB to GN to N2.
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Ummmmmmm, I am on Verizon. The SIM cards have been removable since the thunderbolt. That's how I upgraded from TB to GN to N2.
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Sorry I did not know that. I have the Iphone 4 and there is no sim card. So how will it work if I upgrade my wifes Iphone 4 to the Note II? I will not have a sim card since I have the Iphone 4. She will have the Note II and a sim card?
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Sorry I did not know that. I have the Iphone 4 and there is no sim card. So how will it work if I upgrade my wifes Iphone 4 to the Note II? I will not have a sim card since I have the Iphone 4. She will have the Note II and a sim card?
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I thought the Iphone 4 had a removable SIM card? Hmmm. This is what I did to get a new SIM card for the nexus (thunderbolt SIM was you big). I called customer support and had them order and ship me a new SIM card, the guy I talked to have me some hassle because he didn't know what he was doing but eventually he did it at no cost to me. SIM showed up two days later. Once I got the SIM I went online to register it, no account changes required.
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With both lines having unlimited, there's no way of getting around it (aside from paying full price). imo they are going to take it away from everyone once no one under contract has an unlimited plan anyways. I'd look into how much data you use. I've been fine so far with the 2GB plan but I'm also usually on wifi. You don't have to worry about forgetting to turn it on, because there's no point in ever turning it off with our battery life. Just take note that when one of you upgrades, you both should be on the capped plan.
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imo they are going to take it away from everyone once no one under contract has an unlimited plan anyways.
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I disagree. I've had "expired" plan options that I signed up for 10 years ago and they've never touched it. As long as I don't make any changes to my account they don't change it.
To address the sim card discussion: All Verizon phones with LTE have sim cards. iphone 4 didn't as it did not have LTE.
Regarding the cancelling of unlimited data, it's been rumored, but so has life on mars. It probably boils down to what Verizon thinks it can get away with. I expect some grassroots campaigns would appear against them if they pulled that kind of crap, though if they can't patch the loopholes that are letting people keep it who knows what they'll do =)
Will a factory unlock note 2 from amazon work on Verizon? If so do you just install your sim card and your up and running?
All you have to do to trick the system is buy the phone from verizon.com, when you receive it in the mail, DON"T activate the new sim card they send you, just swap the sim card from your other phone and boom!!! As soon as you activate the new sim card it updates your verizon profile and you lose unlimited.
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All you have to do to trick the system is buy the phone from verizon.com, when you receive it in the mail, DON"T activate the new sim card they send you, just swap the sim card from your other phone and boom!!! As soon as you activate the new sim card it updates your verizon profile and you lose unlimited.
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Are you talking about buying at full price?
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I currently have the dreaded Iphone 4. Im looking at getting the Samsung Galaxy Note II. The problem is that I currently have unlimited data. What I was thinking about doing is transfering the upgrade to my wifes phone and getting the Note II. Then switching the phone to my number and keeping the unlimited data on my phone. My wife does not use as much data as I do. Will this work?
Thanks
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Your way should works fine. Transfer the upgrade to your wife, buy the note2 for her and registered it. Allow at least 24 hrs, then call up Verizon and ask them to switch the number. (her number will be the iphone4 and your number will be the note2). If a sim card is requred for the note2, Verizon will send you one for FREE or you could pick one up at any Verizon store (for free). I have done this 3 times for my unlimited data plan.Just make sure that you have the 2gb data plan on your wife's number ($30) before transfer.
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Are you talking about buying at full price?
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No, subsidized. I just read the thread where people are reporting that when they upgrade in store, the My Verizon site instantly went to the new 2GB plan, but people who bought online and swapped SIM's with their current phone instead of using the new SIM still have unlimited.
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No, subsidized. I just read the thread where people are reporting that when they upgrade in store, the My Verizon site instantly went to the new 2GB plan, but people who bought online and swapped SIM's with their current phone instead of using the new SIM still have unlimited.
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Yes, swap sim will keep the plan, but you need to have 2 compatible sims. Going from iphone4 to a note2 is not the case here. In the past I did the droid charge to s3 and I need to get the 2 new sims.
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With both lines having unlimited, there's no way of getting around it (aside from paying full price). imo they are going to take it away from everyone once no one under contract has an unlimited plan anyways. I'd look into how much data you use. I've been fine so far with the 2GB plan but I'm also usually on wifi. You don't have to worry about forgetting to turn it on, because there's no point in ever turning it off with our battery life. Just take note that when one of you upgrades, you both should be on the capped plan.
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Not true. iPhone 4 was sold with unlimited data and I still have a few months on that contract.
Technically, they can bill you for the device's full price if you don't go to the plan you agreed to online. This could happen at any point for at least 6 months so be prepared in case they do...
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Not true. iPhone 4 was sold with unlimited data and I still have a few months on that contract.
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Yeah, but once no one under contract has unlimited, they probably will mail out a warning and then boot people to a contractless 2GB. They are under no obligation to keep people off-contract with the same plan, and have been pushing this move hard (telling people they will always be grandfathered in and pulling that policy within a year etc)
So I smashed my Rezound screen and am going to move on to a different phone on Verizon. I was originally holding out on upgrading so I wouldn't lose my unlimited data, and could save some dough up before buying @ full cost. Anywhoo... I'm on a family plan and two members are on capped or tiered data and I'm hoping I can just transfer my upgrade to one of them and keep my unlimited on my plan. Does anyone know if this will work?
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So I smashed my Rezound screen and am going to move on to a different phone on Verizon. I was originally holding out on upgrading so I wouldn't lose my unlimited data, and could save some dough up before buying @ full cost. Anywhoo... I'm on a family plan and two members are on capped or tiered data and I'm hoping I can just transfer my upgrade to one of them and keep my unlimited on my plan. Does anyone know if this will work?
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I'm fairly positive you can do that. What you'd do is upgrade their line, and then switch the phones back. I think that is fine to do as long as they all phones being switched are 4g phones.
Everyone in my family has iPhone 4s damn!
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Everyone in my family has iPhone 4s damn!
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Don't lose hope yet. I'm not completely positive, but I think it has something to do with going 3g to 4g and then back to 3g. Anyone wanna chime in who has done it?
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Don't lose hope yet. I'm not completely positive, but I think it has something to do with going 3g to 4g and then back to 3g. Anyone wanna chime in who has done it?
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Unfortunately, I believe the answer is "no." We have 4 phones on our account which was unlimited because my wife clings to an LG Touch that is a piece of crap which she hates, but she is also cheap (so who's complaining? but I digress). Meanwhile, my sons have iphones (which they paid for) and my daughter had an Incredible which was unusable, so we purchased an iPhone5 for her (don't ask). At the moment we updated her account, we had 2 choices, get charged $50 more/month for her phone, or migrate to a shared data plan (I chose 6g) which resulted in no real net change in the monthly bill.
To put it another way, once you upgrade ANY phone on the group account, it will be more expensive to retain unlimited data than to switch to a capped plan.
I don't think switching back and fourth from a 3g phone to a 4g phone, or vice versa, will change your plan. As long as you have a smart phone on your line with data, you'll be fine. Transferring upgrades isnt allowed though, I just tried transferring my upgrade to another line so I wouldn't lose my data, and they wouldn't let me. Verizon told me that in order to keep my unlimited, I would either have to buy a phone at full price (or a used one somewhere else); or wait till one of my other lines are eligible for an upgrade, use it, then transfer the phone over to my line.
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Pick up a used phone to hold you over, you can switch that on your line and keep unlimited..
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I don't think switching back and fourth from a 3g phone to a 4g phone, or vice versa, will change your plan. As long as you have a smart phone on your line with data, you'll be fine. Transferring upgrades isnt allowed though, I just tried transferring my upgrade to another line so I wouldn't lose my data, and they wouldn't let me. Verizon told me that in order to keep my unlimited, I would either have to buy a phone at full price (or a used one somewhere else); or wait till one of my other lines are eligible for an upgrade, use it, then transfer the phone over to my line.
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The upgrade is for another phone on my family plan... Hopefully I can switch that over and keep my unlimited. Verizon are just jerk faces.
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Hi guys so just like most of you in here, I'm waiting on the galaxy s4 for Verizon. I am currently eligible for an upgrade, but I have a question regarding a a possible loophole for keeping my unlimited data. I share the account with my father along with 3 other lines. If I were to transfer the upgrade to another one of the lines and "upgrade" that line and then deactivate/reactivate on my line, would I be able to keep my unlimited data? And how would I go about doing this online with the preorder? Thanks for your time!
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There is a thread on here about keeping unlimited data. Do a search and you should find it.
You will lose the unlimited data on the line that's ready to upgrade, if you don't transfer it. If you decide to transfer the upgrade from the line that has the unlimited data, you'll be safe & won't lose it. I hope this helps.
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You will lose the unlimited data on the line that's ready to upgrade, if you don't transfer it. If you decide to transfer the upgrade from the line that has the unlimited data, you'll be safe & won't lose it. I hope this helps.
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Do what I did. I just bit the bullet and went to shared data but sold my unlimited data plans first.
I sold my wifes and mine for $750 combined. It will take years for me to make up that difference as I WFH three days a week so I am around wifi pretty much 5 out of 7 days.
Thanks for the feedback guys. I am going to try to just upgrade one of the other lines that's on a basic connection and then just activate the phone on my line when I get it. When I go to preorder online, it asks if I will be purchasing a SIM card and if not it asks for the SIM ID that I will be using. Should I purchase another SIM card or just give them mine? Im not sure of the process so I'm iffy about giving them my SIM ID because I'm not sure what that will do. any help is much appreciated.
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markmm24 said:
Thanks for the feedback guys. I am going to try to just upgrade one of the other lines that's on a basic connection and then just activate the phone on my line when I get it. When I go to preorder online, it asks if I will be purchasing a SIM card and if not it asks for the SIM ID that I will be using. Should I purchase another SIM card or just give them mine? Im not sure of the process so I'm iffy about giving them my SIM ID because I'm not sure what that will do. any help is much appreciated.
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Well, if the S4 is unlocked & your old SIM card is a micro SIM, you'll be fine using that. You might have some issues using your old SIM if the Verizon S4 isn't the unlocked version...
P1NK13P13 said:
Well, if the S4 is unlocked & your old SIM card is a micro SIM, you'll be fine using that. You might have some issues using your old SIM if the Verizon S4 isn't the unlocked version...
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We're talking about Verizon here not the international version.
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Parafly said:
Do what I did. I just bit the bullet and went to shared data but sold my unlimited data plans first.
I sold my wifes and mine for $750 combined. It will take years for me to make up that difference as I WFH three days a week so I am around wifi pretty much 5 out of 7 days.
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How do you "sell" these plans? I have two unlimited lines and one 4GB/$30 line that I would like to sell off, as we will likely not buy the phones at full price.
If you have an upgrade available on another line you can use that, but you need to first activate it onthe line you bought it for, then transfer it to the unlimited line.
Another prospective option ive considered and decided against is starting a new line, paying $199.99 plus $30 activation, and then immediately terminating for $350. You get it for $70 plus tax cheaper than paying full retail.
That $199 ends up being just over $300 when you finally click submit. $50 MIR makes it $249.99 to start.
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I've had success in transfering the upgrade to the basic line on my account that did not have data. Once you get the phone, reactivate the basic phone on the basic line. Then activate the new phone on your original upgrade line with unlimited data.
OT: I ended up ditching unlimited. The extra $$/mon savings was worth more than keeping it. I'm on wifi for about 90% of my data anyway. My employer-provided (yes, I keep separation btwn work/personal) phone still has unlimited and I can tether to it if I need to.
Hey guys; new here, awaiting the Verizon GS4
I had luck when the iPhone 5 came out keeping my unlimited Data. We have 5 lines with two still on unlimited, 3 on the 2gb. With 5 we almost always have at least one available for an upgrade. I was on a Galaxy Nexus with unlimited and I upgraded another line that had a 2gb plan. When the phone arrived I simply did the switch online with the new imei and the nano sim on my unlimited line replacing my Nexus. Everything went smooth.
Since then I purchased a nano sim adapter and have often switched back and forth between the iPhone and the Nexus; I'm Nerdy that way. No problem switching the sim between phones. I run whichever phone I want depending on my mood. My nexus is fully rooted and running the Sourcery Custome ROM and the latest Franco Kernal.
What I did was this: My wifes ona share everything plan while I still have unlimited. We added a line to HER share everything plan, got the S4 @200$... And I will just swap devices on VZW website from the bionic I use now. My mother in law works for VZW said I should be able to just put my unlimited SIM in the S4, and it will work right away...However, may need to activate it on the line line, deactivate it, put on mine.... (We have tablets for our kids just incase they require a device on that new line, we will simply give one of those access)
Good luck...
rednoved said:
I've had success in transfering the upgrade to the basic line on my account that did not have data. Once you get the phone, reactivate the basic phone on the basic line. Then activate the new phone on your original upgrade line with unlimited data.
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what happens to the basic line after deactivating it ( since u have to put it on a data plan for it to have smartphone...) do u have to call and cancle the data or will that happen automatically after deactivating smartphone and putting old "dumb" phone back on it? will this result in a fee?
Thanks in advanced to anyone who can help...
Tfast500 said:
what happens to the basic line after deactivating it ( since u have to put it on a data plan for it to have smartphone...) do u have to call and cancle the data or will that happen automatically after deactivating smartphone and putting old "dumb" phone back on it? will this result in a fee?
Thanks in advanced to anyone who can help...
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Automatically removes the data package
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