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Got medianet unlimited mon smart phones. how do i keep it? what is good setup? I been doing some homework. I figure wouldnt hurt to ask in here. Thanks
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Hmm..don't think you'll be able to. As soon as at&t picks up the i777 you'll be told you need the correct data plan. Idk...i may be wrong.
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I think that might work with 3G phones ... I know it worked on my HTC 8525 WinMo phone. I don't think it will work on a "4G" phone. The data plans aren't the same, and when I first got a Faux G phone it wouldn't get any data until att changed the plan that worked fine with my Captivate.
Its also possible that att has finally wised up to that, and its not possible anymore.
I want to say I have heard it works if the phone is not att branded, such as a TMo phone (but you only get edge in most markets) or an international phone like the i9100. But, I am not sure about that.
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I don't think it will work anymore. I was using the dumb-phone data plan for the past 3-4 months, every two weeks or so, i would get my data plan changed to the smartphone data plan. I would use the wap apn.
I would put my sim card back into my nokia which registered as a dumb phone and would change back to the dumb phone data plan online. During the last time my sgs2 data plan was changed, i wasn't able to change it back. It just kept showing the $30 plan. I talked with someone on chat and they changed it back to dumb phone data plan, but an hour after i put the sim card back on, the data plan was changed to a smartphone plan.
I don't go over 200mb a month, have access to wifi almost everywhere, so I talked with a guy on chat and had him put me on the $15 smartphone plan.
ill post back
i am hopping it works and i have sutup on media net will see nothing to loose.
I had the medianet plan until I upgraded to the GS2. AT&T changed my data plan to the 2G data plan when I renewed my contract with the upgrade. I fought it and they refused to let me go back to what I had. I was told the Medianet plan does not exist anymore and could not be used on current smartphones.
Thanks AT&T
Yup i got message today. Didnt last long
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Yup i got message today. Didnt last long
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lol... a while back I ended up getting "smartphone exclusion" attachment to my account. Its a pain for upgrading but works fine for me. I have a media max 200 plan.
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lol... a while back I ended up getting "smartphone exclusion" attachment to my account. Its a pain for upgrading but works fine for me. I have a media max 200 plan.
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That is the plan I had. How were you able to get that exclusion?
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That is the plan I had. How were you able to get that exclusion?
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tbh I don't remember. I think it was a while back when I had an issue with an upgrade and had lost the plan. I got into contact with the office of the president and they were the only ones that could resolve it.
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shoman94 said:
tbh I don't remember. I think it was a while back when I had an issue with an upgrade and had lost the plan. I got into contact with the office of the president and they were the only ones that could resolve it.
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How long ago did you do this. I haven't been able to get a working number for the president of att
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How long ago did you do this. I haven't been able to get a working number for the president of att
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You don't.... You email the president then they contact you.
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You don't.... You email the president then they contact you.
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can you please provide me with the email. Thank you
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Anyone know of a way to get a data only plan through AT&T? It's ridiculous that they can't offer this. I want to pay for their service, let me pay! lol..sorry I'm pissed at this point..Anyone?
I'm assuming you mean a data plan without phone service? As far as I know they only offer "data only" plans with things like the ipad. After thinking about it, I'm curious - what type of sim does an ipad use (if any)? If an ipad had a data sim card could it be taken from that and put into a phone?
they use the microsims...and they need to be activated with an ipad..they have other 3g tablets that use regular sim cards though.
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Anyone know of a way to get a data only plan through AT&T? It's ridiculous that they can't offer this. I want to pay for their service, let me pay! lol..sorry I'm pissed at this point..Anyone?
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No.
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I don't see how that is in any way ridiculous. They primarily sell mobile phone service and you can add mobile date to your phone line. Not ridiculous in my opinion.
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They will sell data only to a device that is less than 3" bigger? How is it not ridiculous?
I guess I'll be trolling craigslist for frigging 3G tablet that does bluetooth well.. It'd be easier if the hotspot they sell had a 3gb option like the tablet plans.
/rants.
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They will sell data only to a device that is less than 3" bigger? How is it not ridiculous?
I guess I'll be trolling craigslist for frigging 3G tablet that does bluetooth well.. It'd be easier if the hotspot they sell had a 3gb option like the tablet plans.
/rants.
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Doesn't a tablet with data-only have to be linked to a phone plan though? You can't just buy a tablet and pay for a data plan, can you?
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Sure seemed that way to me...they offer 30/month for no commitment 3gb tablet plans..don't say anything about having to be a voice subscriber.
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Sure seemed that way to me...they offer 30/month for no commitment 3gb tablet plans..don't say anything about having to be a voice subscriber.
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Wow, shows how much I know
Sadly today I got rid of my beloved Note. before my trial period expired I made the decision to cut ties with it. not because it was a bad phone but because of 2 issues. 1) the high price of AT&T phone service and the lack of unlimited data plan. I came from sprint 13 days ago and could not stand looking at my data usage and my first bill scare me. so I returned back to Sprint with my new S3. Love the service on AT&T. I think is the best so far. but not at a cost AT&T want it. so,,, good bye Note!!! :crying::crying:. one more thing,,,,, THANK YOU ALL AT THE NOTE FORUM FOR YOUR SUPPORT AT ROOTING,UNROOTING AND ROM FLASHING YOU ARE THE BEST AT THIS COMMUNITY XDA-DEVELOPERS ROCK!!!!!!
understandable...hate to see you leave but it is pricey. I, too, pay about 45 dollars more a month for att but I couldnt stand sprints service in my area. the trade off for me is worth it for now. plus, i love my note. it IS the main reason I came to att. be cool man. youll be missed...
Me too men. The Note was the reason I switch to AT&T. But I'll be watching for the Note2!!!!
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Thank god I have grandfather unlimited plan. Even though they cap the speed, at least I don't have to worry about overage. Sprint Sucks where I live.
I am sure you will be happy with S3.
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So far AT&T is the best network. I tryed Cingular,Sprint,AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. Here the best in order in my opinion are AT&T and Sprint. I tried Verizon but lost Data connection at home!!! So after 2 days I canceled my contact.
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mutantblack said:
Thank god I have grandfather unlimited plan. Even though they cap the speed, at least I don't have to worry about overage. Sprint Sucks where I live.
I am sure you will be happy with S3.
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+1. They'll have to pry my unlimited data from my cold dead hands before I leave and switch to another carrier.
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I love in NYC and I must say T-Mobile is the way to go here. Good prices and signal and one seriously doesn't need more than 2gb because one can find free wifi anywhere here.
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I love in NYC and I must say T-Mobile is the way to go here. Good prices and signal and one seriously doesn't need more than 2gb because one can find free wifi anywhere here.
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I was told in NYC they are turning all the old payphones into wifi hotspots. I was wondering if there is any truth to that or if that already happened? If that is the case you would never need to have a data plan.
Certainly understand. I spent years w/Sprint (not always enjoyable) BUT switched to AT&T when I got the iPhone3g when it came out.
I'd love to try Sprint again...maybe they will get a Note.
HAVE FUN with the S3 (even though it is tiny).
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I was told in NYC they are turning all the old payphones into wifi hotspots. I was wondering if there is any truth to that or if that already happened? If that is the case you would never need to have a data plan.
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I never heard of such thing but that would be awesome. Now if they intend to that I'm sure there would be some type of paying plan that would be needed from whatever company that plans to carry this out
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Should had kept the note and get the t mobile plan I pay 70 bucks unlimited everything well 5gbs of 4g
Yes if I didn't have my old cheap unlimited data plan I don't know what I would do as long as I have it, it would be hard to switch
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I pay $80 Unlimited everything on AT$T
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I pay $67.76 every month for my Note.
3 gb of data I only use half of
450 minutes I only use about 300 of
no texting plan since I use Google voice and text messages use data that way
And I get 20% off my minutes with a discount through my employer (Red Lobster).
Not a bad deal.
Straight Talk's $45 Unlimited Plan works well for us and it uses AT&T towers here. I use it on my Note. We use them for hot spots and haven't had any problems there either.
nice note 2
39 for my bill but I'm sure the sprint sgs3 group will be great ' not as good as us though
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Damn!!!!, and now you tell me!!!!
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Straight Talk's $45 Unlimited Plan works well for us and it uses AT&T towers here. I use it on my Note. We use them for hot spots and haven't had any problems there either.
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Damn!!!!, and now you tell me!!!!
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Sounds like OP issues isn't anything with the note as much as ATT which I can understand. I like it for my family as I have been with the big 3 and they each have their hidden features to get your money. Good luck!
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At&t has me buying a mandatory data plan(3gb) when I use about 300mb a month and that is because I purposely shut off wifi so I dont feel like a jackass for paying for something I do not use...
I have no need at all for data,I am always near a wifi spot,is there a way to make it seem like my smartphone is a dumbphone?
I have a bunch of att branded flip-phones laying around,is there a way to take the imei from of these and put it on the Note i717?
I'm sure if it is possible,it is complicated.Just wondering.
Thanks.
Buy a sim card for a dumbphone and put it in your smartphone
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I tried to do something similar.
I called At&t and told them that I wanted to use a flip phone and gave them the IMEI and everything,I used it for a few days and after I put it in an Atrix 2 I have.After 3 days I got a text saying they added a data plan for $20 to my account lol.
They can read the IMEI of the phone,if you call customer service,they can even tell you what sim is in what phone at that very moment.
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Buy a sim card for a dumbphone and put it in your smartphone
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I don't think that will work. I had that argument with at&t about not needing the data add-on for my sister-in-law's phone. She wanted the large screen for SMS and doesn't know the internet exists. I put an old 64k sim in the phone, and within the day the phone was cut off. After a call to at&t, they told me I need a data plan with the phone. They detect the type of phone.
Don't bring up the topic of phone cloning - its illegal and banned on xda, as it should be.
So it is "phone cloning"?
didnt know,thanks for the heads up.
I can understand making data mandatory on a subsidized phone but on one bought off contract,it is unfair.
PassingThruLife said:
At&t has me buying a mandatory data plan(3gb) when I use about 300mb a month and that is because I purposely shut off wifi so I dont feel like a jackass for paying for something I do not use...
I have no need at all for data,I am always near a wifi spot,is there a way to make it seem like my smartphone is a dumbphone?
I have a bunch of att branded flip-phones laying around,is there a way to take the imei from of these and put it on the Note i717?
I'm sure if it is possible,it is complicated.Just wondering.
Thanks.
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Illegal, and will get caught by the carrier...
Activate a flip phone if you don't want a smart phone ...IMHO ....g
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I can understand making data mandatory on a subsidized phone but on one bought off contract,it is unfair.
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Believe me, brother, I'm in 100% agreement with you, but it's at&t's tune we dance to.
I think i am just going to sell this Note i717 and get a Nexus 7 for my tablet needs and pick up a tmobile branded galaxy s or something else cheap.
Pick up a Roger's I717R Note if you want to stay with this phone. ATT can't recognize the phone and won't put you on a data plan.
What kind of plan were you trying? Im using at&t prepaid and i havent been cut off
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Prepaid what? OP doesn't want data.
At&t no data just text,mms and calling
Using a sprint phone i gsm unlocked
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At&t no data just text,mms and calling
Using a sprint phone i gsm unlocked
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That doesn't make sense. Sprint phones are CDMA not GSM. Sprint network doesn't use a sim card to register. In other words, no sprint phone on at&t network.
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That doesn't make sense. Sprint phones are CDMA not GSM. Sprint network doesn't use a sim card to register. In other words, no sprint phone on at&t network.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664212
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It says MOTOROLA PHOTON. NOT I717..... Not sure where you trying to go with pasting a thread that has no relation to us....
I am pretty sure no one has successfully been able to do this unless the phone has hardware for both radios GSM & CDMA
Yes it has ability for both thread i posted allow for domestic gsm
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A Motorola photon from sprint with a Japanese radio. . .glad it works for you. But its off topic and not helpful for the OP.
I've been using AT&T prepaid plan for a few years now, the GNote is my third phone with prepaid plan ($50/mo: unlimited calling, text, data{only for non-smart phones}) but I'm cool with that. So I don't see why you can't do the same.
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I've been using AT&T prepaid plan for a few years now, the GNote is my third phone with prepaid plan ($50/mo: unlimited calling, text, data{only for non-smart phones}) but I'm cool with that. So I don't see why you can't do the same.
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Exactly what i did
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I don't think that will work. I had that argument with at&t about not needing the data add-on for my sister-in-law's phone. She wanted the large screen for SMS and doesn't know the internet exists. I put an old 64k sim in the phone, and within the day the phone was cut off. After a call to at&t, they told me I need a data plan with the phone. They detect the type of phone.
Don't bring up the topic of phone cloning - its illegal and banned on xda, as it should be.
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To add to this comment. At&t will also know if you are using any smartphone from any network or assume its a smart phone I guess. My wife uses a galaxy s 4g exclusive to t-mobile for about 4 months now. Last week she was hit with the 3 gig addition as well. They dont even know what type of phone it is. All she did was turn on the data to download an sms and bam a day later she got the the email.
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Looking for a new phone and I can't switch from AT&T at the moment, so I want to know if I can use this on AT&T without being charged for data. Like is it non detectable as a smartphone for them.
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Looking for a new phone and I can't switch from AT&T at the moment, so I want to know if I can use this on AT&T without being charged for data. Like is it non detectable as a smartphone for them.
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Yes this phone is unlocked... If you use data you will get charged
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Looking for a new phone and I can't switch from AT&T at the moment, so I want to know if I can use this on AT&T without being charged for data. Like is it non detectable as a smartphone for them.
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If ATT works like they used to, you should be able to get away with using the DNA on their dumb phone data plan. Back in the unlimited days they had a $10/mo. plan that you could stick any unlocked phone onto and they wouldn't figure it out by the IMEI alone.
Are you looking to get a cheap data plan from ATT, or no data plan at all?
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If ATT works like they used to, you should be able to get away with using the DNA on their dumb phone data plan. Back in the unlimited days they had a $10/mo. plan that you could stick any unlocked phone onto and they wouldn't figure it out by the IMEI alone.
Are you looking to get a cheap data plan from ATT, or no data plan at all?
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Looking for no data charge
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Looking for no data charge
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No.
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CaptainNexus said:
Looking for no data charge
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Lol? Aren't we all.
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Lol? Aren't we all.
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exactly.... +11111111111
Good luck finding a free data plan. I've been paying for data since 2005. Back when T-mobile's unlimited data was 5.99. Ah the good old days lol
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Good luck finding a free data plan. I've been paying for data since 2005. Back when T-mobile's unlimited data was 5.99. Ah the good old days lol
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I'm not trying to find a free data plan, I want to use a smartphone on AT&T without being charged for data. They auto charge you if you use a smartphone. I just want to use one and not have data at all.
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I'm not trying to find a free data plan, I want to use a smartphone on AT&T without being charged for data. They auto charge you if you use a smartphone. I just want to use one and not have data at all.
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I wondered if this was what you were asking. You should be able to do it, call ATT to change the IMEI you're using and tell them it's an unlocked flip phone. Ask them to block data on the line so you won't get a per-MB charge, and you should be good to go. This is definitely the way it used to work; they may have changed things since then but I doubt it. You'll still be able to use Wi-Fi, of course.
Good luck, let us know how it goes.
thats weird...i was sure that all carriers had the all phones that were compatible with the service in the system. if it doesn't add it, thats pretty nice.... although, whats the point of walking around with a 5 inch phone that cant use the internet outside of wifi? hmm....
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thats weird...i was sure that all carriers had the all phones that were compatible with the service in the system. if it doesn't add it, thats pretty nice.... although, whats the point of walking around with a 5 inch phone that cant use the internet outside of wifi? hmm....
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People used to think that years ago, but it certainly wasn't the case then. I used a number of different unlocked smartphones on ATT s dumbphone data plan.
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People used to think that years ago, but it certainly wasn't the case then. I used a number of different unlocked smartphones on ATT s dumbphone data plan.
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in that case, gl to the op with that!
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I'm not trying to find a free data plan, I want to use a smartphone on AT&T without being charged for data. They auto charge you if you use a smartphone. I just want to use one and not have data at all.
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My apologies, I guess I misinterpreted your question. As far as I remember from the old days, I was able to select a dumb phone on the website and then change my plan there. Although I did not take off data, I simply used it to get the dumbphone data. There was an option to take data off completely. Now I must say that this was done on T-Mobile's website back in the day (2007ish). I'm not sure if you can select a dumbphone on AT&T's website as your current phone and whether or not it will stick once your actual phone connects to their network. Something to try. It did work for me on T-Mobile back then.
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I had a friend who got a blackberry and as soon as they put the sim in, they got charged the smartphone rate for their plan
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Means not being charged.. Right?
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Yea he doesn't want data at all. But having a smartphone you have to pay for data even if you don't use it. So basically why pay if you don't use it.
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Yea he doesn't want data at all. But having a smartphone you have to pay for data even if you don't use it. So basically why pay if you don't use it.
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Oooo ok I c now lol
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It comes GSM unlocked just change your apn settings.
You can Google the settings or use the app tweaker to change your settings. AT&T's 4G LTE is compatible with the droid DNA
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Yea he doesn't want data at all. But having a smartphone you have to pay for data even if you don't use it. So basically why pay if you don't use it.
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It's not that I don't, or won't use data, because I'd use it all the time, it's just AT&T's prices are too high for the small amounts of data.