One thing I like about the note 4 is that its easy to get the sim card out. Could I just use that sim card an put it into the gear s when I needed to?
I know some of you all already have the watch. Would you all be able to try this out?
I'm unaware what Sim works with the Gear S. It could be micro or nano sim.
It's nano
In the UK I am using my own contract sim and it is working well
ah well i cant do that then. note 4 has a micro sim.
edit. Just read that the Gear S has a micro sim so maybe it will work.
edit 2 - Bisto321, what phone do you have now?
Gear S has a NANO sim, I also can insert any SIM I like and it works here in Switzerland.
ah well then. i can use the one in my note 4 then. unless i cut mine down to a micro an then used and adapter to make it work in the note 4...
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ah well then. i can use the one in my note 4 then. unless i cut mine down to a micro an then used and adapter to make it work in the note 4...
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What company do you have
I have att. I think I may ask att to give me a nano sim card. It only cost like 10 bucks.
Then I can use this to make the same sim card work for both the gear s and note 4
http://www.amazon.com/Sadapter-Thre...dp/B00EOABX5S?tag=androidcentralb-20&m1k=d_ac
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Bisto321, what phone do you have now?
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Xperia Z Ultra at the moment - gear manager finds it but gets stuck in a connecting loop. Got a note 3 coming in the post though. I love the Z, but just thought it would be easier to have matched devices.
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I have att. I think I may ask att to give me a nano sim card. It only cost like 10 bucks.
Then I can use this to make the same sim card work for both the gear s and note 4
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I see
I may just get it with service for a month or two but I may look into getting my note 4 sim as a nano sim and then test everything out.
I just ordered the sim card adapter off amazon.
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I may just get it with service for a month or two but I may look into getting my note 4 sim as a nano sim and then test everything out.
I just ordered the sim card adapter off amazon.
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Do you have to add it to a family plan or something
I am on the 30gig family share plan right now. I will be adding the gear s to that plan. but I dont need the cell hook up all the time on it. Was just going to use it as a BT watch and then when I need to just take the sim card out of my phone but for only 10 bucks a month I may just leave it.
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I am on the 30gig family share plan right now. I will be adding the gear s to that plan. but I dont need the cell hook up all the time on it. Was just going to use it as a BT watch and then when I need to just take the sim card out of my phone but for only 10 bucks a month I may just leave it.
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oh ok so that would be good to use the Phone for "Emergency's only" per say. So that would be a good deal for you to buy on contract and if you decide to pay it off sooner is cool you have options
Well just left att. I bought the watch off contract and added service on it. Might as well try it out the way samsung made it. They had the gear circle there also but was sold out. Both the phone and circle are much nicer in person. Price on the circle was 100. I may get on off Amazon though.
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Well just left att. I bought the watch off contract and added service on it. Might as well try it out the way samsung made it. They had the gear circle there also but was sold out. Both the phone and circle are much nicer in person. Price on the circle was 100. I may get on off Amazon though.
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which plan did you get? I forgot your on Verizon cool.
You know the drill pictures or it didn't happen
Uniquebarbee said:
which plan did you get? the 35$ one?
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It was $10 bucks to add it to my plan. After taxes I think it will be 14 bucks.
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It was $10 bucks to add it to my plan. After taxes I think it will be 14 bucks.
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the share your data plan right?
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the share your data plan right?
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Yep thats it.
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My wife (iphone) and I (Nexus) both have unlimited on Verizon. She is eligble for an upgrade. I planned on upgrading her line to the note2 and going home and swapping them around to give me the Note2 and reactiving her iPhone on her account..thus techincally giving me the phone I want while keeping my unlmited...
i have read elsewhere that it needs to be on the upgraded line untouch for 6 months....?
Will this not work. . . . .. ?
Seems odd....can't find any documentation around that. . .
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My wife (iphone) and I (Nexus) both have unlimited on Verizon. She is eligble for an upgrade. I planned on upgrading her line to the note2 and going home and swapping them around to give me the Note2 and reactiving her iPhone on her account..thus techincally giving me the phone I want while keeping my unlmited...
i have read elsewhere that it needs to be on the upgraded line untouch for 6 months....?
Will this not work. . . . .. ?
Seems odd....can't find any documentation around that. . .
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I replied at your other post man.
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I replied at your other post man.
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Sorry..figured I'd start a new one b/c it was a little different top..and seen a number of people asking this question...
You're reply from other post:
This is wrong info bro. Do exactly what you said, get a new sim, and you can have the phone activated in less than an hr. It may cost you $5, but it'll work. I've heard sometimes VZW won't let you switch an unactivated upgrade to a new line because the sim is attached to the #, so I activated my phone on one of my other lines that I used the upgrade on, got a new sim and was good to go.
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Thing that is funny is that I was told and.."oh, they can charge you the full retail price".
you can do it after 24hrs, That's how I got my Note 2, just swapped with the wife.
Only if you buy the phone from somewhere other then a corporate store. You HAVE to keep the keep the phone on the urgraded line for 181 days. So just stay away from best buy, wally world, etc. And it will be fine.
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I've been doing it in the store. The reps handled everything. They actually have a name for. No penalties and shouldn't cost you anything
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Only if you buy the phone from somewhere other then a corporate store. You HAVE to keep the keep the phone on the urgraded line for 181 days. So just stay away from best buy, wally world, etc. And it will be fine.
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I was actually told that from a non-corporate store (http://cellular-only.com)
I asked if it was a Verizon 'rule' or theirs and he said Verizon...
So, do the secondary retailers have their own user agreements. . .. . ?
Yes. Same rules as online mobile sellers. Look at the terms on wire fly.com
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place like wirefly or amazon wireless will have such rule (including walmart / bestbuy etc).
but if you directly buy from verizon, you can swap it even immediately after.
which was what I did for some lines. no penalty and unlimited plan stays.
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place like wirefly or amazon wireless will have such rule (including walmart / bestbuy etc).
but if you directly buy from verizon, you can swap it even immediately after.
which was what I did for some lines. no penalty and unlimited plan stays.
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Right. I think "Premium Retailers" are the same as Walmart/Amazon/WireFly. I have read elsewhere that Best Buy doesn't have the 181 Day thing. Just throwing that out there...
What a Crap-shoot! :/
Its all in the fine print
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I did exactly what you want to do.
I used an upgrade on my daughter's line (she has a feature phone) and put the Note 2 on it.
I've done this whole thing before with other phones/numbers on my account and it's never been an issue. The guys said sure, we can use your daughter's upgrade and put the phone on your acct... so he started doing it.
I said wait a minute.. just to verify, you are NOT messing with my data plan right? He said, of course you'll lose unlimited.
UNACCEPTABLE!
He said.. the only way to do it is to put the Note 2 on her line.. and walk out of the store with it.. what you do after that is your business. In other words, they would not switch the SIM for me.
So, I let them activate her line with the Note 2.. left the store and swapped the SIM as I took my 2nd or 3rd step out of the store. lol No 60 mos, or 24 hours.
I was lazy and didn't re-activate my daughter's phone for a day or 2, so she had my Nexus. I then went online and switched her line back to her feature phone.
SO, yeah, it worked just fine. I now have an AMAZING phone and kept my unlimited data!
What happens if this is your pirst phone with a sim? Like I have a DROID x2 and the upgrade line has a flip phone so I can't just swap the sim.
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I think it depends on where you go. When I used my wife's upgrade the guy at the store did the upgrade and swap right then and there.
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What happens if this is your pirst phone with a sim? Like I have a DROID x2 and the upgrade line has a flip phone so I can't just swap the sim.
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it was my first phone w/ a 4g sim. like i said, get the phone... activate it... and buy a new sim unless you want to wait 24 hrs. I didn't have any luck with VZW helping me with this, so i just bought another sim and activated it on that line. they told me the line i used to upgrade HAS to activate the phone first. so i activated/sim was locked in with that # for 24 hrs. i said can i just buy a new sim? they said sure, bought a new sim and set it up there.
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it was my first phone w/ a 4g sim. like i said, get the phone... activate it... and buy a new sim unless you want to wait 24 hrs. I didn't have any luck with VZW helping me with this, so i just bought another sim and activated it on that line. they told me the line i used to upgrade HAS to activate the phone first. so i activated/sim was locked in with that # for 24 hrs. i said can i just buy a new sim? they said sure, bought a new sim and set it up there.
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So whats the significance of this 24 hours then?
Is it possible to wait out the 24 hours and use the same SIM card to swap numbers?
Also, why do you keep discussing buying SIM cards? They're 100% free. You can walk into a store and get one, and a much easier way imho is to get one online. Just do everything yourself.
But please explain to me the above topics as I am doing EXACTLY what you did pretty much. I added 2 lines to my account, both have tiered 2 GB data plans, me and my wife have unlimited on our primary lines, we bought the Note 2's on the new lines and they arrive tomorrow.
My plan is to activate them on my primary lines with unlimited data and place 2 dummy phones on the new lines so I can remove the data plans.
Hows this process going to go then? Can I just activate the Note 2's using the provided SIM's for my primary lines? Or do I HAVE to activate them on the new lines first?
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So whats the significance of this 24 hours then?
Is it possible to wait out the 24 hours and use the same SIM card to swap numbers?
Also, why do you keep discussing buying SIM cards? They're 100% free. You can walk into a store and get one, and a much easier way imho is to get one online. Just do everything yourself.
But please explain to me the above topics as I am doing EXACTLY what you did pretty much. I added 2 lines to my account, both have tiered 2 GB data plans, me and my wife have unlimited on our primary lines, we bought the Note 2's on the new lines and they arrive tomorrow.
My plan is to activate them on my primary lines with unlimited data and place 2 dummy phones on the new lines so I can remove the data plans.
Hows this process going to go then? Can I just activate the Note 2's using the provided SIM's for my primary lines? Or do I HAVE to activate them on the new lines first?
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I wanted 24hrs just to be on the safe side so the system could update before I switched the phone to my number.
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I wanted 24hrs just to be on the safe side so the system could update before I switched the phone to my number.
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So you're saying you bought a Note 2 on a different line than your own, activated it on the other line, waited 24 hours and while using the same SIM all along you were able to activate that SIM for your number, just fine?
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Only if you buy the phone from somewhere other then a corporate store. You HAVE to keep the keep the phone on the urgraded line for 181 days. So just stay away from best buy, wally world, etc. And it will be fine.
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Not really, bought my rezound on an added line, activated it on new line, then swapped Sims between the phones. Got rezound for penny on Amazon. Verizon only contracts third party if line is cancelled because they lose commission.
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So you're saying you bought a Note 2 on a different line than your own, activated it on the other line, waited 24 hours and while using the same SIM all along you were able to activate that SIM for your number, just fine?
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Sims are tied to phone numbers. Activate it on new line, then go to store and st you want to try it on your other line and need a SIM for it. They can swap them. Did this between iPhone and thunderbolt for the wife
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DaRkL3AD3R said:
So whats the significance of this 24 hours then?
Is it possible to wait out the 24 hours and use the same SIM card to swap numbers?
Also, why do you keep discussing buying SIM cards? They're 100% free. You can walk into a store and get one, and a much easier way imho is to get one online. Just do everything yourself.
But please explain to me the above topics as I am doing EXACTLY what you did pretty much. I added 2 lines to my account, both have tiered 2 GB data plans, me and my wife have unlimited on our primary lines, we bought the Note 2's on the new lines and they arrive tomorrow.
My plan is to activate them on my primary lines with unlimited data and place 2 dummy phones on the new lines so I can remove the data plans.
Hows this process going to go then? Can I just activate the Note 2's using the provided SIM's for my primary lines? Or do I HAVE to activate them on the new lines first?
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if you only have one sim they aren't able to switch the phone # attached to the sim instantly. it takes some time to be able to do it. the fix for this is go buy an sim card. obviously if you have one attached to your other phone already, do not have to worry about buying a new sim.
pretty much do this, turn them on, let them activate ( i tried to let vzw switch the imei # to my line before activating, and they said the phone HAS to be activated on the other line first ), then went to the store and bought a new sim/switched out the sim cards and i was able to use my phone.
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?
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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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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?
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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)
They had one but I would have to change to everything plan. Is it really worth it to lose my unimited data and off contract on two devices just for this watch???
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They had one but I would have to change to everything plan. Is it really worth it to lose my unimited data and off contract on two devices just for this watch???
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I dont think so. just wait to buy it outright.
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I dont think so. just wait to buy it outright.
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They will not let me do that as it changes my unlimited data plan. I would pay retail price to do so if I were allowed.
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They will not let me do that as it changes my unlimited data plan. I would pay retail price to do so if I were allowed.
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Hell NO don't give up your unlimited data for that damn watch what is wrong with you unless you are not a data hog and you don't mind paying overages for your devices
I am looking for opinions before making a rash decision. I appreciate the previous comments and am looking for others.
Edit: a store rep did some research. I can keep the unlimited for my phone if I buy the gear s as a separate device paying $25/month with no 2 year contract.
I am wondering if this would work. I have a at&t galaxy s5 and want to buy a nano sim adapter. http://microsim-shop.com/
i would buy the watch off contract. When I want to take just my watch I pop in the nano sim and go, when I want my phone, I put the nano sim in the adapter for the s5.
This way I won't lose my unlimited data, wonder if it will work?
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I am wondering if this would work. I have a at&t galaxy s5 and want to buy a nano sim adapter. http://microsim-shop.com/
i would buy the watch off contract. When I want to take just my watch I pop in the nano sim and go, when I want my phone, I put the nano sim in the adapter for the s5.
This way I won't lose my unlimited data, wonder if it will work?
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Good question. Anyone know? I have a couple of weeks to decide.
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I am looking for opinions before making a rash decision. I appreciate the previous comments and am looking for others.
Edit: a store rep did some research. I can keep the unlimited for my phone if I buy the gear s as a separate device paying $25/month with no 2 year contract.
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So with 25$ a month no contract would you just pay 25$ what ever month you needed it? or ,,,
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So with 25$ a month no contract would you just pay 25$ what ever month you needed it? or ,,,
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Yes as far as I was told by the store sales rep. I do not want to be locked into a two year contract with smartphones/watches evolving so quickly. For all I know I will use the gear s for a while and find it is not worth having or paying $25/month. I still should be able to connect via Bluetooth at no Verizon cost.
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Yes as far as I was told by the store sales rep. I do not want to be locked into a two year contract with smartphones/watches evolving so quickly. For all I know I will use the gear s for a while and find it is not worth having or paying $25/month. I still should be able to connect via Bluetooth at no Verizon cost.
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I agree I just bought from AT&T outright I have Sprint I'm just going to bluetooth for free and put my google voice number on the watch I think I can do that we will see. If not I will see if a pre-paid sim straighttalk net1o something with At&T If I feel the need to talk w/o phone
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I agree I just bought from AT&T outright I have Sprint I'm just going to bluetooth for free and put my google voice number on the watch I think I can do that we will see. If not I will see if a pre-paid sim straighttalk net1o something with At&T If I feel the need to talk w/o phone
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I really want a standalone device at least to see if it is viable as such. I can always go the Bluetooth route but it might be harder the other way as Verizon plans change.
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I really want a standalone device at least to see if it is viable as such. I can always go the Bluetooth route but it might be harder the other way as Verizon plans change.
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I see what your saying
I am waiting to see a full review of the watch and the gear manager to appear in the Play store for my Note 4. I also cannot afford it plus the time in the store until later this month.
Gear Manager wont be in the play store its on Galaxy App store.
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I'm told you can add the gear s to a grandfathered family plan with the old data lines 9.99 + 20/300mb 30/3gb 50/5gb. Im waiting to buy one off contract and put one of my unlimited line's sim card in it. There's no reason it shouldn't work unless they have the gear imei's flagged (like a tablet in an unlim phone plan). I haven't found anyone saying they've done it yet though.
No sim card in Verizon's version. I will see what I can get out of the sales rep when I buy it for retail price.
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No sim card in Verizon's version. I will see what I can get out of the sales rep when I buy it for retail price.
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cool let us know
I gave up my unlimited plan. I save 100 bucks a. On the for 4 lines. ATT throttles you after 3gb of data use to 2G speed.
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I gave up my unlimited plan. I save 100 bucks a. On the for 4 lines. ATT throttles you after 3gb of data use to 2G speed.
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I decided that unlimited data was more important. If i cannot keep it, , no Gear S.
If I am reading correctly, those cards expire after 30 days even if you don't use all of the minutes/data....correct? Is there a card I can buy that does not expires, gives my watch a phone number that I can use simply when my phone is out of BT range? There should not be many times when they aren't together, and buying a card that would expire even if I don't use it seems like a waste.
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If I am reading correctly, those cards expire after 30 days even if you don't use all of the minutes/data....correct? Is there a card I can buy that does not expires, gives my watch a phone number that I can use simply when my phone is out of BT range? There should not be many times when they aren't together, and buying a card that would expire even if I don't use it seems like a waste.
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That is correct the card shuts down after the expire 30 or 90 days unless you "reboost." So that you can keep your number.
They do "auto boost"....you just need to sign up on the www.
I have the $100 or$90 (auto boost) expires in 1 yr, which is comes out to about $8.33 or $7.50 a month. I too am pretty much 99.5% on bt so I looked it this way....instead of reboosting on the expiring 30/90 days cards.......I don't have to worry about it till next yr. Believe me I will not be using up the data/min before 1yr. The att gear s is for when I am out of sprint coverage, I will have att coverage for emergencies on their network.
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If I am reading correctly, those cards expire after 30 days even if you don't use all of the minutes/data....correct? Is there a card I can buy that does not expires, gives my watch a phone number that I can use simply when my phone is out of BT range? There should not be many times when they aren't together, and buying a card that would expire even if I don't use it seems like a waste.
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I use the $10/90 day plan. It's their most economical. I don't stream music, I don't constantly browse with Opera or anything. I just use the watch at the gym 3-4x a week, and get my notifications and calls forwarded to the watch- I've used 70 cents of the $10 so far in 2 weeks.
H2O is certainly a better network (at&t) than T-mobile and for $40 a year, it's your best bet IMO. recharging every 30 days would be cumbersome I guess, but 90 days at a time, is that really a big deal? If you wanted, you could buy a few PINs at a time, when the 90 days are up, just recharge with em directly from the watch by texting H2O with them.
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I use the $10/90 day plan. It's their most economical. I don't stream music, I don't constantly browse with Opera or anything. I just use the watch at the gym 3-4x a week, and get my notifications and calls forwarded to the watch- I've used 70 cents of the $10 so far in 2 weeks.
H2O is certainly a better network (at&t) than T-mobile and for $40 a year, it's your best bet IMO. recharging every 30 days would be cumbersome I guess, but 90 days at a time, is that really a big deal? If you wanted, you could buy a few PINs at a time, when the 90 days are up, just recharge with em directly from the watch by texting H2O with them.
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Excellent....Thanks!! I just ordered the $10/90. I wasn't given an option to choose an area code or sim card size. How do they determine those things?
EVOme said:
Excellent....Thanks!! I just ordered the $10/90. I wasn't given an option to choose an area code or sim card size. How do they determine those things?
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oh I should have mentioned- you can get the Sim card for 1 penny- with free shipping- from amazon. you need a nano sim. unless you're in a big hurry to get it, that's the cheapest way. Once you receive the sim card you'll activate it and get your phone number and stuff. You should buy a recharge pin from a place like pinzoo.com and use that to activate the pay-as-you-go $10/90 plan. It's not the most straightfoward thing at first, but I promise it's easy and saves a bunch of money.
Depending on where you're located, you can find a cellphone store that will carry these sims as well, but they'll probably charge you $10 for it.
I just ordered like 10 sim cards for 10 cents- half micro and half nano- for people who visit from overseas or need an extra line for a little while.
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oh I should have mentioned- you can get the Sim card for 1 penny- with free shipping- from amazon. you need a nano sim. unless you're in a big hurry to get it, that's the cheapest way. Once you receive the sim card you'll activate it and get your phone number and stuff. You should buy a recharge pin from a place like pinzoo.com and use that to activate the pay-as-you-go $10/90 plan. It's not the most straightfoward thing at first, but I promise it's easy and saves a bunch of money.
Depending on where you're located, you can find a cellphone store that will carry these sims as well, but they'll probably charge you $10 for it.
I just ordered like 10 sim cards for 10 cents- half micro and half nano- for people who visit from overseas or need an extra line for a little while.
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No problem...I just bought 3 cards from Amazon. What exactly do I need Pinzoo for? At this point I bought the $10/90 from H20, sim from Amazon.
Are you suggesting I buy refill minutes from pinzoo instead of directly from H20, after my card that's on the way expires?
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No problem...I just bought 3 cards from Amazon. What exactly do I need Pinzoo for? At this point I bought the $10/90 from H20, sim from Amazon.
Are you suggesting I buy refill minutes from pinzoo instead of directly from H20, after my card that's on the way expires?
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yea pinzoo and h2o are the same way to buy the plans and cost the same. i guess i like pinzoo cause it uses paypal and they can keep your info on file for a quick refill. I think for whatever reason the first time i bought a plan, I couldn't figure out how to get pay-as-you-go without ordering the sim card from h2o for $10.
your sim card won't expire unless you stop refilling it. it's not like you dispose of the SIM card after the 90 days- it will work indefinitely like any other sim card as long as you keep paying it. you don't really need more than 1 sim card unless you're planning on using h2o for your other devices. I just mentioned buying a bunch so I'd have some on hand in case anyone needed one (since they're practically free anyway)
Ok... I'm in great shape then. Thanks for your help. This sure beats a monthly plan from a carrier.
Like the title says, I've looked in every T-Mobile store and they're not selling any since it's a "year old", just the S2. Went to Best Buy...they just sell Sprint and Verizon versions but you can't get them unless you get a contract with them. I've looked online, and I'm scared to purchase one because most just say "750" without the model at the end (for example 750T for T-Mobile). I've found a AT&T watch and was thinking of ordering it since most of you guys on here have said it's compatible with a T-Mobile sim, but you only get 2G speeds, or I can get prepaid such as Straight Talk or H20 as well. Any suggestions as to where I can purchase a T-Mobile Gear S? Can't find anything on Ebay or Amazon
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Like the title says, I've looked in every T-Mobile store and they're not selling any since it's a "year old", just the S2. Went to Best Buy...they just sell Sprint and Verizon versions but you can't get them unless you get a contract with them. I've looked online, and I'm scared to purchase one because most just say "750" without the model at the end (for example 750T for T-Mobile). I've found a AT&T watch and was thinking of ordering it since most of you guys on here have said it's compatible with a T-Mobile sim, but you only get 2G speeds, or I can get prepaid such as Straight Talk or H20 as well. Any suggestions as to where I can purchase a T-Mobile Gear S? Can't find anything on Ebay or Amazon
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where are you located? I'm asking because i can't find a sprint version anywhere around me (philadelphia) and i'm going crazy trying to figure out how to get the at&t one i've purchased to work standalone when i have sprint! It could be so much easier if i could just find a sprint version!
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Like the title says, I've looked in every T-Mobile store and they're not selling any since it's a "year old", just the S2. Went to Best Buy...they just sell Sprint and Verizon versions but you can't get them unless you get a contract with them. I've looked online, and I'm scared to purchase one because most just say "750" without the model at the end (for example 750T for T-Mobile). I've found a AT&T watch and was thinking of ordering it since most of you guys on here have said it's compatible with a T-Mobile sim, but you only get 2G speeds, or I can get prepaid such as Straight Talk or H20 as well. Any suggestions as to where I can purchase a T-Mobile Gear S? Can't find anything on Ebay or Amazon
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There is a guy under this subforum selling a T-Mobile Gear S. Contact him?
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where are you located? I'm asking because i can't find a sprint version anywhere around me (philadelphia) and i'm going crazy trying to figure out how to get the at&t one i've purchased to work standalone when i have sprint! It could be so much easier if i could just find a sprint version!
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Purchase a prepaid sim for you att device and turn on call forwarding or use the prepaid number.
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where are you located? I'm asking because i can't find a sprint version anywhere around me (philadelphia) and i'm going crazy trying to figure out how to get the at&t one i've purchased to work standalone when i have sprint! It could be so much easier if i could just find a sprint version!
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I'm located in the bottom of Texas lol. There's Sprint versions at my Best Buy but no T-Mobile Lol. I'm thinking of just getting it from AT&T and opening up a contract with them for 10 bucks a month. :/ I saw some on E-Bay but I rather not risk it from there.
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There is a guy under this subforum selling a T-Mobile Gear S. Contact him?
Purchase a prepaid sim for you att device and turn on call forwarding or use the prepaid number.
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I did, but he never replied. As for the prepaid sim, I can't find none of what they were talking about in this forum. I've looked for H20 and StraightTalk at my Wal-Mart, but there's no H20, and with StraightTalk, I don't know what card to get. They spoke of one expiring after 90 days (maybe that was the H20?) but every card there expires after 30 days, even if you don't use all the texting and calling minutes.
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I'm thinking of just getting it from AT&T and opening up a contract with them for 10 bucks a month. :/ I saw some on E-Bay but I rather not risk it from there.
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The AT&T $10 device plan only works if you already have a family shared plan with them. You also can't use it on T-Mobile's Wearable plan because T-Mo locks this plan to IMEIs of T-Mo version Gear S or Gear S2 only.
The Gear S is already over a year old. Most places already cleared them out for Gear S2. eBay is probably your only bet for any device of this age.
Swappa website has some good deals on Smartwatches..
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The AT&T $10 device plan only works if you already have a family shared plan with them. You also can't use it on T-Mobile's Wearable plan because T-Mo locks this plan to IMEIs of T-Mo version Gear S or Gear S2 only.
The Gear S is already over a year old. Most places already cleared them out for Gear S2. eBay is probably your only bet for any device of this age.
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Damn...but if I use the AT&T watch with the AT&T plan, I can still forward calls to my T-Mobile phone right?
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Swappa website has some good deals on Smartwatches..
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Thanks man, I'll check it out
(Offer up) great app
Can you buy an AT&T and then buy an unlock code? It's only $20-$25 online for one.
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Can you buy an AT&T and then buy an unlock code? It's only $20-$25 online for one.
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Yes you can. I read that many people did that. AT&T is supposed to supply an unlock code if you call, but I've seen that many people had different outcomes. Some were able to get it, some had to keep on calling nad persisting, and others had no luck. Although beware that in unlocking the device, when you go to another carrier (such as T-Mobile) that it will have 2g or HSPA+ speeds instead of 3G or even 4G since the bands are different or something like that.
I sold my unlocked ATT gear S last month, because I managed to grab an LG watch Urbane 2nd edition LTE before they took them off the market. For what it's worth, I bought mine from ATT, had it unlocked by ATT, and used it on Tmobile with the wearables plan for a year. (As soon as I put the sim card in my LG watch, it did something to my wearables plan and i could never get it reinstated. In general, unlocked ATT Gear s devices no longer work with the $5 Tmo wearables plan, but with any other regular Tmo sim card.)
Anyhow, in New England, I was getting 3G speeds sometimes, if I recall correctly.
To get the ATT Gear S unlocked, you need to have been an ATT postpaid cell customer at some point, and provide that respective phone number to them. If you have a friend who is a customer, they could submit the unlock request for you as well.
Otherwise, ATT forces you to "wait 90 days" during which time you have to pay for a plan with them.
There was also an Ebay seller who was selling unlock codes for around $10 if memory serves me well.
By the way, the regular retail price for the ATT version is cheaper by $50 than Tmo's, so definitely worth going that route.
It would be unbelievably helpful if you'd let us know how much you love it =), on a side note I does anybody have a bricked Gear S? I'll buy it =)
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Otherwise, ATT forces you to "wait 90 days" during which time you have to pay for a plan with them.
There was also an Ebay seller who was selling unlock codes for around $10 if memory serves me well.
By the way, the regular retail price for the ATT version is cheaper by $50 than Tmo's, so definitely worth going that route.
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Yeah, AT&T's stupid 90 days plan. Way too much. I don't wanna be paying 50 dollars a month for a watch. I found a friend who has a watch that is 1 month old and was selling it so I brought it, and it's from T-Mobile too so it's a win, win. It's only 5 dollars a month (plus an addition 10 for insurance). AT&T is selling the watch right now for $199 outright. T-Mobile isn't selling it at all, but before they took it down it was going for $250. I went with T-Mobile because $199 plus tax comes out to $220. Then I got to put 30% down for AT&T's stupid plan plus an additional $20 or $30 dollars extra (forgot for what) which comes out to $76 dollars total. So add that to the $220. Then the following month I'm going to have to pay a one-time activation fee of $15 dollars, PLUS the service which is $50 dollars (but if you're already a customer with them it's $10 a month), PLUS if you haven't already finished paying off the watch, you're going to have to put down money for that before the 3 months is over. Too costly in my opinion. I just payed my friend $120 (cause he has $80 left due in his account so I'm paying off that) and then just the $15 bucks a month so I'm good.
I think my friend has a bricked Gear S, but he has to send that back since they gave him the one that I have right now lol.
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It would be unbelievably helpful if you'd let us know how much you love it =)
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If you mean the Urbane, it's mindblowingly awesome, with a battery life that's out of this world. My Gear S was great for the year I had it, but the Urbane is so much better; I've been using it daily for almost 3 months now.
The only updates Google needs to make is allow voice calls over BT and a way to manually update APN settings, both possible with the Gear S.
Don't buy an att gear s if you plan to use the android rom on it. Att locked the bootloader on their gear s and so far there is no way to unlock it so no rom for us.
I have a T-Mobile version and I shopped for it on my local Craigslist. You just have to be careful yet persistent. Ask for better photos and definitely take a copy of the ad with you when you go to check it out for hopefully your purchase. My seller had a warranty replacement and it is in near pristine condition. I have replaced his original watch band, thanks to eBay. And I do have a broke clip on the charger cradle that I will eventually replace as well.
Also, Swappa is an excellent place to purchase items. There's 2 sides, there's the Swappa.com and then there's Boneyard where you purchase stuff not able to be sold on regular Swappa like broken glass, missing parts and devices for parts. Google both. Hope this helps!! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Now, I did in fact have an AT&T branded Gear S that I tried, unsuccessfully, to get to operate on T-Mobile. I wanted the wearables sim card and I put T-mobile's in it. It would NOT work for me as I was told by many support levels (twitter, email, and phone) that the T-Mobile wearables sim card was not provisioned for the AT&T branded Gear S. I gave up and sent that version Gear S back, getting a full refund and purchased what I described in my opening of this post.
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I have a T-Mobile version and I shopped for it on my local Craigslist. You just have to be careful yet persistent. Ask for better photos and definitely take a copy of the ad with you when you go to check it out for hopefully your purchase. My seller had a warranty replacement and it is in near pristine condition. I have replaced his original watch band, thanks to eBay. And I do have a broke clip on the charger cradle that I will eventually replace as well.
Also, Swappa is an excellent place to purchase items. There's 2 sides, there's the Swappa.com and then there's Boneyard where you purchase stuff not able to be sold on regular Swappa like broken glass, missing parts and devices for parts. Google both. Hope this helps!! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Now, I did in fact have an AT&T branded Gear S that I tried, unsuccessfully, to get to operate on T-Mobile. I wanted the wearables sim card and I put T-mobile's in it. It would NOT work for me as I was told by many support levels (twitter, email, and phone) that the T-Mobile wearables sim card was not provisioned for the AT&T branded Gear S. I gave up and sent that version Gear S back, getting a full refund and purchased what I described in my opening of this post.
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I bought an AT&T branded gear S from swappable a couple of months ago and I am using it with my wearable sim card without a problem. I already had the plan though with a tablet and cut down the sim put it in the gear and called tmobile and they turned it into a data and phone line for me as it was only a data line.
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I bought an AT&T branded gear S from swappable a couple of months ago and I am using it with my wearable sim card without a problem. I already had the plan though with a tablet and cut down the sim put it in the gear and called tmobile and they turned it into a data and phone line for me as it was only a data line.
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NIce. I found a really good deal on a AT&T Gear S but not sure I want to get it because my luck isn't that good. lol So your AT&T Gear S works exactly the same on T-Mobile then? I don't have a tablet plan so not sure what I would have to do to go the route you did.
sweets55 said:
NIce. I found a really good deal on a AT&T Gear S but not sure I want to get it because my luck isn't that good. lol So your AT&T Gear S works exactly the same on T-Mobile then? I don't have a tablet plan so not sure what I would have to do to go the route you did.
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So far it's been working great. But I already had the plan so I don't know if it would work. Call tmobile and see if it could work. I mean they turned my data only plan into a phone line
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So far it's been working great. But I already had the plan so I don't know if it would work. Call tmobile and see if it could work. I mean they turned my data only plan into a phone line
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I know a T-Mobile manager. I called him today but he was off. He's worked his magic before. So let me get this straight your watch has it's own number and you get 4G speeds?