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Unlocked phone that does not require a data plan
Hi,
I'm thinkin got buy a unlocked phone, but I do not want to be charged for a data plan. I heard that there was a list of the list of unlocked phones that do not require a data plan. Do you know where I can find it?
Thanks.
buglebug
Mentor
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26 Messages
10 years ago
I recently put my SIM in a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 only to find that AT&T detected it and tried to add a data plan.
That was very much to my surprise, considering the phone is definitely not originally an AT&T device and the phone has a custom ROM, so it's not some software that is reporting itself to AT&T.
I assumed they are detecting phones based on their IMEI from a database, but I'm starting to suspect they use a different method. I can't imagine what that would be. Perhaps Samsung just handed over their entire smartphone IMEI list to AT&T.
I heard somewhere that you can actually have AT&T block data entirely and then use a smartphone with only wireless ethernet. Seems a little silly to get 16 hours of battery life on a smartphone when you could get 4-5 days on a dumb phone, though.
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wingrider01
Expert
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12.2K Messages
10 years ago
That is in the terms, as far as blocking data they will not do that on a smartphone, if you want a smartphone with no data plan use it with a gophone plan
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loganic
Former Employee
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636 Messages
10 years ago
That's changed. On the new Mobileshare value plans, data block has been enabled. Temporary blocking is available to customer via the website or the app, but indefinite blocking is available to agents.
You still get billed for smartphone charges.
Smart limits has also been fixed, supposedly anyways to limit smartphones now too
-Alex
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Blue4Life
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788 Messages
10 years ago
user agent id that will let them know what operating system your device is using. If you don't use data on their network or use a different browser, the only way they would be able to identify the phone would be the IMEI.
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loganic
Former Employee
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636 Messages
10 years ago
I'm not sure why you discounting that, the imei easily able to be backtracked to the phone model, and smartphone/basic phone distinction.
-Alex
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Blue4Life
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788 Messages
10 years ago
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