AT$T SIM card compatability question I'm an AT&T customer; I have this phone and I love it. I'm thinking of buying it for my sister who is also with AT&T but doesn't have a smart phone and doesn't want to upgrade to a data plan right now. My question is..... Will her current SIM card work in this phone and allow her to connect via Wifi? I know its not ideal but still, I think she would enjoy it if she can at least connect via Wifi. I don't want to buy it for her if it won't work at all. I appreciate any knowledgeable input! AT$T SIM card compatability question I'm an AT&T customer; I have this phone and I love it. I'm thinking of buying it for my sister who is also with AT&T but doesn't have a... » Read More AT$T SIM card compatability question I'm an AT&T customer; I have this phone and I love it. I'm thinking of buying it for my sister who is also with AT&T but doesn't have a smart phone and doesn't want to upgrade to a data plan right now. My question is..... Will her current SIM card work in this phone and allow her to connect via Wifi? I know its not ideal but still, I think she would enjoy it if she can at least connect via Wifi. I don't want to buy it for her if it won't work at all. I appreciate any knowledgeable input! « Show Less
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Thanks for the input Cinder Ella Good to know the wifi operated without a sim card.On another forum someone posted that when they bought this phone -not directly from their phone service company- and they put their old sim card in it, the phone company recognized the new phone and immediately upgraded their service to include a data plan. Maybe they were actually using the data plan, which I didn't think could be done without a sim card that includes data service.
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If you buy it for her and she has AT&T;, it will automatically upgrade her to a data package because it will recognize that it is a smartphone and all smartphones through AT&T; with a contract have to have a data package. Learned that the hard way. :o(
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You can use the wifi, like an ipod, without a sim card. I'm waiting on getting the straightalk sim card to put into it and see how that works. But from home, I connected to my home network, looked at the app market, and played with the apps that were on the phone, without the sim. Of course, you can't make calls with it. I'm not sure how it will work with her ATT sim card. You can put hers in your phone and try it out!
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Hello, if you question is if this Sim Card work in a unlock cellphone from at&t;, answer is yes. You can use T-mobile Simcard in At&t; unlock phones, just if is an model which is not locked by the complete network as new iphones and Galaxy 4, if those phones change of network and they are not clean or clear, some time can't be used in another network, if not you can us the simcard with no problem. wait this help to you, Thanks
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from my experience when I first got the unit I tried using an AT&T; sim card. The unit did not work as it was supposed. I wasn't able to control it remotely from my cell phone. I called the seller and they advised me to use a t-mobile sim card. I then went to t-mobile and activated a prepaid SIM card and then the unit worked as it was supposed. from my understanding AT&T; no longer has 2g capability but T-mobile does. Hope this helps. The seller's customer service is also pretty good.
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I used AT&T; SIM card and it worked fine.To my knowledge version does not have SIM cards. However if they do have SIM cards they should work because it is an unlocked phone.
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Hi Tori,I used a T-mobile SIM card with the phone and it worked fine. I have a month to month plan on T-mobile. I think it will work on AT&T;, if you have a sim card because the phone is unlocked. Hope this helps :)
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I have not used this sim card for that exact phone, but I have used these sim cards on numerous AT&T; phones. Just make sure the sim card is the same size because they do vary. Once you have that all sorted out just activate the card with your new number and you will be good to go! As far as additional charges... NONE unless you choose add on features like Data (for downloads outside of wifi) etc.. Hope this helps:)
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I checked it out. And yes you can, because the cards are for UNLOCKED phones. This phone is a quad band so it has both a CDMA and a GSM card slot. AT&T; is GSM so it should work with any unlocked GSM phone, same for T-MOBILE. I am not certian about Verision phones, because I have never worked with them before.
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My wifi can not be accessed through the phone. I only have a talk and text plan and wifi does not connect like a smart phone would. It defaults to AT&T network which says connection error. Don't know if it's the same for a different plan with wifi however.
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Well when I got mine I wanted it to be a straight talk phone and I think I should have got it as a at&t; go phone but I didn't and it has a bunch of weird stuff that went along with it but mine won't comment to regular data usage and as for WiFi no I am pretty for sure it won't because I have WiFi at home and it won't connect... sorry I know it sucks
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If AT&T is your provider, just insert you SIM card and all AT&T network functions will immediately work as they should. You won't even have to visit the local AT&T store for activation. The phones that are advertised as "compatible" or "unlocked" will not. They must specifically state that the phone is programmed for the AT&T network as this one does. I bought two phones from this seller in the past year and both are still working fine and have been totally problem free. Even my elderly mother hasn't been able to mess her's up as she did with it's three predecessors (ha! ha!).
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The rep from the at&t; store told me that as long as the phone is at&t; or unlocked the sim card is no problem. I brought the phone as a Christmas gift for my husband so I do not have conformation at this time.
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This is exactly what I have been wondering, do you not receive data charges because it's an unlocked phone? My sister was given an iPhone as a gift and didn't use any data, she only ever went online when she was connected to wifi, and a data charge was added to the bill because it was a smartphone. Because this is an unlocked phone, will AT&T; just... not know? I don't know much about unlocked phones :(
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It's a T-Mobile phone with a T-Mobile SIM card. You would have to at least request from T-Mobile that they enable your phone to take on other carriers. I would first tell ATT you have a pre-paid phone with a SIM card and see if they think they could accomodate you.
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If AT&T; is your provider, just insert you SIM card and all AT&T; network functions will immediately work as they should. You won't even have to visit the local AT&T; store for activation. The phones that are advertised as "compatible" or "unlocked" will not. They must specifically state that the phone is programmed for the AT&T; network as this one does. I bought two phones from this seller in the past year and both are still working fine and have been totally problem free. Even my elderly mother hasn't been able to mess her's up as she did with it's three predecessors (ha! ha!). If AT&T; is your provider, just insert you SIM card and all AT&T; network functions will immediately work as they should. You won't even have to visit the local AT&T; store for activation. The phones that are advertised as "compatible" or "unlocked" will not. They must specifically state that the phone is programmed for the AT&T; network as this one does. I bought two phones from this seller in the past year and both are still working fine and have been totally problem free. Even my elderly mother hasn't been able to mess her's up as she did with it's three predecessors (ha!... » Read More If AT&T; is your provider, just insert you SIM card and all AT&T; network functions will immediately work as they should. You won't even have to visit the local AT&T; store for activation. The phones that are advertised as "compatible" or "unlocked" will not. They must specifically state that the phone is programmed for the AT&T; network as this one does. I bought two phones from this seller in the past year and both are still working fine and have been totally problem free. Even my elderly mother hasn't been able to mess her's up as she did with it's three predecessors (ha! ha!). « Show Less
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My parents had AT&T; and we switched the SIM card with no issues. It's lightweight very basic good for my senior parents. They have been happy with it. I called their provider to see if it was compatible before we bought, I had to give them the phone info to check. You could probably call your phone company to verify. Hope that helps :)
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hi if its a sim card then you can just put it in the phone and start using it, because the phone is unlocked but if it doesn't work then i think it will be more advisable to take it to the AT&T; store. but i think it should. hope my answer was helpful.
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My wifi can not be accessed through the phone. I only have a talk and text plan and wifi does not connect like a smart phone would. It defaults to AT&T; network which says connection error. Don't know if it's the same for a different plan with wifi however.