I am planning to buy new android table - this will be my first tablet and I am new in market and don't know many things. I have few dumb questions and need expert advise.
- I don't need to use 3G/4G network but occasionally when I travel outside the county I would like to use sim card with data plan. Do I need to buy 3g/4g expensive version of tablet? or is there any tweak to enable it and use it?
- If I buy 3g/4g tablet, do I have to buy plan from provider or can I just use wifi and use sim card when needed?
- Would gps/navigation work without internet if I use wifi only tablet?
Your answers will give me some start point.
Thanks for looking into it.
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Does any one know of a dual sim adapter that works on the X10??
I'm stuck on the Orange network for another 9 months and have really had enough of their poor data service.
I'm getting 36kbps download / 23kbps upload on 2G at the expensive of missing voice calls while using data and getting a terrible 69kbps download and 143kbps upload on 3G (which rarely works anyway).
I have tried to lower my tariff as low as possible to justify me signing up to Giff Gaff and using that full time instead but the lowest tariff Orange will take me to cost £25.
Would be great if I could use my Orange for voice calls (no problem there) and use a second sim card for data.
As always, any help and advice is appreciated
Hey,
I did a quick google search for "Xperiax10 dual sim adapter" and found a website called simore.eu. they sell an adapter thats compatiable with the X10.
I have no experience with these so I can't offer anymore info or advice unfortunately.
Co.
I'll be taking a trip to Western Europe shortly and am looking for options to continue to use data in a few countries. Not concerned with phone calls. My phone is CDMA so that is out. Also have access to a T-Mobile Galaxy S II, but it is not unlocked. Also I don't think the T-mobile version works well for Europe. I was looking into getting a portable hotspot MiFi for the trip and found Xcom Global, but $15 a day seems a bit much.
What's the best option to stay connected? Is there any company that offers temporary android phones with data for travelers? Or a cheaper company for a MiFi? Need data in London, Amsterdam, and Paris.
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Well I did find my old Touch Pro 2 which does run on the Europe frequencies. Now I need to figure out the SIM cards. Any suggestions from anyone else who has used SIM cards in Europe? I will be traveling between London, Paris, and Amsterdam. Could use some coverage on the Eurostar between Paris and London as well since they don't seem to have wifi yet. Thank you for any help.
I guess I'll need to unlock it for SIM and then disable sense, etc. so that only wifi tether is running to save battery as much as possible.
I cannot see a forum for this phone so I hope this is the correct place.
I've never used a smartphone before & googling this question gets me lots of Americans talking about being hunted down by Verizon for not using their data package. As I'm in the UK most of what they are talking about is irrelevant to my situation.
I would be buying a SimFree phone to use with my trusty old virgin PAYG sim card. It has no data plan. I want to use my sim card for calls but use my router via the Desire X's WiFi at home for the internet like I do with my Nexus 7.
Is this possible? How? Thanks.
PS. Mention US 'carriers' especially Verizon & I will chop you up & feed you to the badgers!
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Rock-&-Roll-Hedgehog said:
I cannot see a forum for this phone so I hope this is the correct place.
I've never used a smartphone before & googling this question gets me lots of Americans talking about being hunted down by Verizon for not using their data package. As I'm in the UK most of what they are talking about is irrelevant to my situation.
I would be buying a SimFree phone to use with my trusty old virgin PAYG sim card. It has no data plan. I want to use my sim card for calls but use my router via the Desire X's WiFi at home for the internet like I do with my Nexus 7.
Is this possible? How? Thanks.
PS. Mention US 'carriers' especially Verizon & I will chop you up & feed you to the badgers!
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Yes it is entirely possible. Just buy the phone, put your SIM-card in it and disable "Mobile Data". When you first turn the phone on though, make sure that you are at home so you can connect to the wireless network for the Google set-up stuff. Beyond that you can use the phone as a phone when you are out-and-about and as a smart-phone when you are within range of a wireless network.
SimonTS said:
Yes it is entirely possible. Just buy the phone, put your SIM-card in it and disable "Mobile Data". When you first turn the phone on though, make sure that you are at home so you can connect to the wireless network for the Google set-up stuff. Beyond that you can use the phone as a phone when you are out-and-about and as a smart-phone when you are within range of a wireless network.
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Firstly apologies for not getting back to this straight away I've been offline.
Secondly thank you very much for that. That is exactly the information I needed. I was really worried it wasn't possible. Thanks for taking the time to respond. :good:
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Has anyone tried using a T-Mobile SIM in a smartphone as either a strictly data only device or in a device with two SIM trays for supplementary data? I am very interested in doing this with the 5x if it is possible. Thanks in advance.
There is a selection for which sim you want to use for Mobile Data in the SIM Management however since the device is a Dual Sim Passive device you will have to manually change to the Data only SIM once you run out of data on your primary phone SIM.
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There is a selection for which sim you want to use for Mobile Data in the SIM Management however since the device is a Dual Sim Passive device you will have to manually change to the Data only SIM once you run out of data on your primary phone SIM.
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Perhaps I did not phrase my original question properly, I am wondering whether or not I can use the T-Mobile tablet specific sim in a phone. I know that I can use two sims and switch between them however, I do not know if T-Mobile will allow me to use a tablet sim in a phone.
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Perhaps I did not phrase my original question properly, I am wondering whether or not I can use the T-Mobile tablet specific sim in a phone. I know that I can use two sims and switch between them however, I do not know if T-Mobile will allow me to use a tablet sim in a phone.
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Yes. I have done so.
Yes per T-Mobile support. I asked them directly when I tried to do this. And what crpalmer said.
I went ahead and got a tablet sim, 2gb for $20. I can confirm that it is working in the 5x. Thank you all for the help.
Difference between tablet and phone plan
What is the technical difference between the tablet and phone plans? I have a tablet Sim in my second slot and I am able to receive and send text messages. When I go on the website it lists my plan as having unlimited text and calls. Could I use this as my primary phone plan?
So I recently found out that I needed to get a sim card and connect to mobile data in order to unlock my pad 4 plus and so I thought I could use Tmo's 4g/3g network, went to the store in order to get a nano sim card because my old tablet used a micro sim, then I found out later that there's not even a 3g band for tmo that can connect to the tablet. I could just be dumb to buy the tablet from China but in reality I was going to use to on WIFI only and 4g would be a plus. But since Xiaomi doesn't allow for Mi Unlock Tool to be used on WIFI, I can't even unlock the bootloader, I have a useless sim card and mobile line, and am looking for another way just to unlock this device.
It's disappointing to know that I can't even unlock the device on WIFI.
Please, I would greatly appreciate it if someone can find a solution to unlock the device via Wifi
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So I recently found out that I needed to get a sim card and connect to mobile data in order to unlock my pad 4 plus and so I thought I could use Tmo's 4g/3g network, went to the store in order to get a nano sim card because my old tablet used a micro sim, then I found out later that there's not even a 3g band for tmo that can connect to the tablet. I could just be dumb to buy the tablet from China but in reality I was going to use to on WIFI only and 4g would be a plus. But since Xiaomi doesn't allow for Mi Unlock Tool to be used on WIFI, I can't even unlock the bootloader, I have a useless sim card and mobile line, and am looking for another way just to unlock this device.
It's disappointing to know that I can't even unlock the device on WIFI.
Please, I would greatly appreciate it if someone can find a solution to unlock the device via Wifi
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I'd like to know too. I figured lte meant it could take tmobile, but I'm a bit disappointed. Any work around to get it working for tmobile?
a quick check here: https://www.kimovil.com/en/frequency-checker/US/xiaomi-mi-pad-4-wi-fi shows that it should support at least B5 on the T-Mobile network. But we don't know the band coverage over the country, so you might simply be living in an area without any usable bands.
Looking at this list, we can see that Sprint apparently has 2 supported bands (B5 and B41) so maybe you can try a Sprint SIM? Maybe someone you know has sprint and can borrow you their card? Or maybe Sprint offers a cheap prepaid plan you can use temporarily?