iPhone and Tilt Data Plans

snake92646 · ‎06-14-2007

Are iPhone and Tilt data plans interchangeable? I want to use the iPhone while at home but would like to use the Tilt when I am travelling (I have a GPS program on the Tilt). If I move the SIM from the iPhone to the Tilt, will the iPhone data plan cover whatever data usage that the Tilt will incur?

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Message Edited by Caretaker on 07-01-2009 10:50:59 AM

sbriand · ‎07-20-2007

It should work. I've moved my wife's iPhone SIM to my Tilt and had no problem accessing internet. However, because of the current iPhone restriction on MMS, when the iPhone SIM is inserted in any other phone, the MMS restriction in retained.

hidden_dragon · ‎04-05-2004

Doesn't the iPhoney have a GPS?

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snake92646 · ‎06-14-2007

sbriand wrote:
It should work. I've moved my wife's iPhone SIM to my Tilt and had no problem accessing internet. However, because of the current iPhone restriction on MMS, when the iPhone SIM is inserted in any other phone, the MMS restriction in retained.

I understand that it will work. Question is: will the iPhone data plan 'absorb' the data usage that the Tilt will incur while it is using the iPhone SIM? Or will I get hit with additional (and potentially huge) data charges because I do not have the appropriate MediaNet data plan on the Tilt?

snake92646 · ‎06-14-2007

hidden_dragon wrote:
Doesn't the iPhoney have a GPS?

It has a GPS chip but there are no real GPS applications that you could find on Windows phones like Garmin and Tomtom. I am using iGuidance on my Tilt and have been using that app on various Windows phones since 2005. So the iPhoney is at least 5 years behind Windows when it comes to real GPS apps. Heck, it finally got basic features like cut-and-paste and MMS only this month, 2 years after it first hit the market. It is also amazing how iPhoney fanatics are getting into a frenzy over the possibilty of having tethering later this year, something Windows phones had 5 years ago.

OK, OK, I got the iPhoney as a birthday gift from my daughter and I did not want to break her heart. So I am using it while I am at home and pretending to like it. But once I travel out of town, I plan to switch back to my old reliable Tilt.

Message Edited by snake92646 on 07-01-2009 02:31:13 PM

Planet-Ed · ‎07-09-2005

I have an iPhone and a Tilt and have swapped the SIM between them at time. Data will work on the Tilt. So far I have not had any extra data charges to my account but I never did any excessive usage either.

hidden_dragon · ‎04-05-2004

Planet-Ed wrote:
I have an iPhone and a Tilt and have swapped the SIM between them at time. Data will work on the Tilt. So far I have not had any extra data charges to my account but I never did any excessive usage either.

And since the pricing is the same, one can argue that there has been no harm, no foul...IMO.

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snake92646 · ‎06-14-2007

Planet-Ed wrote:
I have an iPhone and a Tilt and have swapped the SIM between them at time. Data will work on the Tilt. So far I have not had any extra data charges to my account but I never did any excessive usage either.

Thanks. I also called Customer Service and she said the same thing. Apparently, the sales agent at the AT&T store (who told me I would need a different data plan if I were to switch SIM back and forth) did not know what he was talking about.

Planet-Ed · ‎07-09-2005

If your having problem connecting be sure your using the wap.cingular APN and that you have run the Disable Proxy cab file.

BrianfromNO · ‎03-16-2006

Technically, this is NOT supposed to work. Although I agree that it's silly, you do run the risk of being charged PPU Internet if you swap your SIM from one phone to the other and don't change to the appropriate data plan. Just thought I should throw that caveat out there.

Planet-Ed wrote:
I have an iPhone and a Tilt and have swapped the SIM between them at time. Data will work on the Tilt. So far I have not had any extra data charges to my account but I never did any excessive usage either.

snake92646 · ‎06-14-2007

BrianfromNO wrote:
Technically, this is NOT supposed to work. Although I agree that it's silly, you do run the risk of being charged PPU Internet if you swap your SIM from one phone to the other and don't change to the appropriate data plan. Just thought I should throw that caveat out there.

Planet-Ed wrote:
I have an iPhone and a Tilt and have swapped the SIM between them at time. Data will work on the Tilt. So far I have not had any extra data charges to my account but I never did any excessive usage either.

If i understand it correctly, so if I want to do it 'by the book' and avoid the possibility of PPU Internet charges, I should: