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Can Carrier Identify What Type of Device I Have After I Unlock it?

The question is the title... can T-Mobile identify that I have a T-Mobile branded Touch Pro II after I unlock it with the OliNex unlocker? Do they verify the type of phone off of the IMEI or is it something different? I'm on a grandfathered $5.99 T-Zones plan that works fantastically, but I don't want to have to pay $25 bucks a month for a data plan if I buy my wife a TP2 from T-Mobile. Anyone know how to get the TP2 to work on T-Mobile on the new $10/month plan?

thesecondsfade said:
The question is the title... can T-Mobile identify that I have a T-Mobile branded Touch Pro II after I unlock it with the OliNex unlocker? Do they verify the type of phone off of the IMEI or is it something different? I'm on a grandfathered $5.99 T-Zones plan that works fantastically, but I don't want to have to pay $25 bucks a month for a data plan if I buy my wife a TP2 from T-Mobile. Anyone know how to get the TP2 to work on T-Mobile on the new $10/month plan?
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I know the only way to avoid this on ATT is to get a non ATT version, The carriers scan for imei and if it is in their data base then they can tell, if it is not then they cant tell what device it is

No matter WHAT phone you have, whether it is from China or not, phone companies can see your IMEI and it usually tells them what phone you have.
I have the $5.99 T-zones since April 2009 and I purchased my TP2 in December. So far, I have seen my account online show that I am using a TP2 about 6 times.
What I do is just change it to show it is a Motorola V3, but it will change by itself again.
It doesn't seem like it matters at this point, so you should be safe. This is coming from a guy that uses quite a lot of data per day

wildfxp said:
No matter WHAT phone you have, whether it is from China or not, phone companies can see your IMEI and it usually tells them what phone you have.
I have the $5.99 T-zones since April 2009 and I purchased my TP2 in December. So far, I have seen my account online show that I am using a TP2 about 6 times.
What I do is just change it to show it is a Motorola V3, but it will change by itself again.
It doesn't seem like it matters at this point, so you should be safe. This is coming from a guy that uses quite a lot of data per day
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I am currently using my TMO branded TP2 on an old T-zones plan and it works perfectly. When I put my wife's SIM in the TP2, it gives me the error, "This device is not compatible with your data plan." She has the $10 data plan for her AT&T branded Tilt (which their system cannot identify). So my question is, is there a way around paying $25.00/month for data with a T-Mobile branded phone?
Maybe I could modify my IMEI somehow to one of my old phones that I don't use any more, or to the IMEI of my wife's Kaisers since we won't be using it any more. Is there any way to do that?
Please don't refer to Vijay's post. It's been done 1000 times and he actually makes a point in his post that it is obviously something the developers here would consider because it was done for the Wizard already. It's not because I have a stolen phone so don't even suggest it.
Does anybody know a solution?

AT&T Non-Smartphone Data plan with Touch Pro 2?

Ok, so i got my girlfriends US Cellular HTC Touch Pro 2 phone to work on AT&T, but she has a AT&T non-smartphone data plan, is it possible to make this data plan work with this phone?

it depends
att will switch on a smart phone data plan automatically if the contract for that line started before September and they can identify the IMEI as a smartphone. even if you didnt buy it form them. that being said i signed up before september and enjoy using my old media net plan with my touch pro 2.

I do not believe that is correct. The smartphone must be AT&T branded to allow them to force a smartphone data plan. I use an HTC HD2 on AT&T's network and they do not force smartphone data. Similarly, the Nokia E71x (AT&T branded) will require the smartphone data where the E71 will not.

hey polo735,
That actually happened to me. I had a nonsmart phone, but I recently purchased a used htc tilt 2. I put the sim card thinking that they would repect the plan, but they didn't!! Now I have to pay $218 of internet usage =( ! so I was wondering if I could still use my tilt 2 and somehow block the data plan using an application such as Monaco NoData or the one that dynamic the guy from here created????
2) so according to your posting above, you said that the HTC HD2 doesn't force smartphone data? so could I use my simple plan on that phone??
please advice!!! I need to solve this problem or else I'll be on the streets begging for cash lol!!
Thank you!!

I'm on ATT and have an HTC Tilt 2.
On my account it shows that i'm using an HTC Tilt 2. It's the one FROM ATT also.
But I'm on the $10 data plan.
Before this I was on an EPIX then before that a BlackJack II, both smartphones and never had a problem.
ATT only cares about the iphone and people who try to do that with the iphone.

See idk, because I had a nonsmart phone (lg vu) then I got the tilt 2 (at&t) off of ebay and they switched my plan automatically!! I have seen that there are apps that can block the data plan, but Idk if it would really work! I love the phone but I can't afford the data plan you know??
Do you guys know how I can solve this issue? what apps or methods can I use to keep my tilt 2 and avoid the data plan?? is it even 100% possible??
please help!!!
Thank you!!!

I agree
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I do not believe that is correct. The smartphone must be AT&T branded to allow them to force a smartphone data plan. I use an HTC HD2 on AT&T's network and they do not force smartphone data. Similarly, the Nokia E71x (AT&T branded) will require the smartphone data where the E71 will not.
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I also use an HD2 (have used other non-AT&T PPCs) and am on the old data plan. According to friends that work there, the company can only 'see' the IMEI of phones that THEY sell. If they can't 'see' your IMEI you are ok.

Tilt2 is an AT&T phone
Kris88 said:
See idk, because I had a nonsmart phone (lg vu) then I got the tilt 2 (at&t) off of ebay and they switched my plan automatically!! I have seen that there are apps that can block the data plan, but Idk if it would really work! I love the phone but I can't afford the data plan you know??
Do you guys know how I can solve this issue? what apps or methods can I use to keep my tilt 2 and avoid the data plan?? is it even 100% possible??
please help!!!
Thank you!!!
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If you had run an HTC Touch Pro2 (as long as it had the 850 band) you woulda been fine. But you are using a phone that AT&T sells . . . the Tilt2, AT&T's version of the Touch Pro2.

No extra charge for tethering with the Nokia Lumia 900???

Looking at the Nokia Lumia 900's at the At&t stores, I looked to see if they had internet sharing on them, they do. I asked the reps more then once at different stores about it and was told it comes with it activated. I did not ask if it cost more, but they didn't tell me there was an extra charge. Has at&t's tethering policies changed? Is there a chance At&t's tethering policies loosened up for the Nokia debut or should I expect an email or text to upgrade to tethering plan after first use? I currently have $30 Unlimited plan.
Any Nokia or At&t insiders out there? Please chime in.

Expect a text

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Looking at the Nokia Lumia 900's at the At&t stores, I looked to see if they had internet sharing on them, they do. I asked the reps more then once at different stores about it and was told it comes with it activated. I did not ask if it cost more, but they didn't tell me there was an extra charge. Has at&t's tethering policies changed? Is there a chance At&t's tethering policies loosened up for the Nokia debut or should I expect an email or text to upgrade to tethering plan after first use? I currently have $30 Unlimited plan.
Any Nokia or At&t insiders out there? Please chime in.
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$50/month for 5GB of shared data for phone or tethering use.... Company IRU discounts apply if applicable on your account.

I'm curious about this.. I have the Titan unlocked and I use it here in Toronto on Telus. When I turn it Internet Sharing it still tells me to contact AT&T to use the feature which makes no sense not being on AT&T.
So I'm wondering if this will be an issue with the 900...

is it a att branded titan? if so then you may want to take it to a microsoft store and see what they can do about it.

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is it a att branded titan? if so then you may want to take it to a microsoft store and see what they can do about it.
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just don't expect much. The message about at&t is simply a hard coded message on the phone. Microsoft won't help violate any security of any sort...so don't expect that. To use tethering or sharing on the at&t network requires the 5gig plan. Microsoft won't bypass that for you.

Well either way.. I already know MS and ATT won't do anything for me since I'm not in the US on a US carrier. We don't have MS stores in Toronto either...

So do we know if it will alert AT&T if used? I know they can find out other ways but I used it several times with my Focus without any notices from them. I'm wondering if I can do the same now with my 900?

The rep(s) told you wrong. The "Internet Sharing" rocker is there, but it tells you to contact ATT and exits. I found out the hard way that even tho tethering worked on Samsung Focus, there is no way, out of the box, to enable tethering on the 900. The only way to get it from ATT would be to give up my grandfathered unlimited data plan and opt for the 5GB plan. Hopefully there will be a work around soon.

Yeah I just tried it and you are correct. No way in hell I'm paying for the 5 GB plan considering the most data I've every used was 1 GB in a month.
I tether maybe once or twice a month for a total of about 10 minutes. I'll get a sim adapter and use my Focus when I need to tether until there's a hack to enable it.

Ren13B said:
Yeah I just tried it and you are correct. No way in hell I'm paying for the 5 GB plan considering the most data I've every used was 1 GB in a month.
I tether maybe once or twice a month for a total of about 10 minutes. I'll get a sim adapter and use my Focus when I need to tether until there's a hack to enable it.
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If you don't mind, please post where you find the sim adapter

hvbelton said:
If you don't mind, please post where you find the sim adapter
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Do a search on amazon for "sim adapter" and you will find a bunch of them.

Could someone in Canada that has access to the Lumia 900 confirm if Rogers is locking the internet sharing down as well?

There's no "tethering" plan specifically, it's more that tethering is disabled in the 3GB plan and will only work in the 5GB one.
As a side note, employer discounts will not work on the 3GB plan, only 5GB. For me it worked out because the 5GB plan costed only a few bucks more than the 3GB one so if you work for a big company be sure to check.

disolitude said:
Could someone in Canada that has access to the Lumia 900 confirm if Rogers is locking the internet sharing down as well?
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Or carriers do not lock down tethering if it is there you should be able to use it, though i think only rogers my not allow it on their 500mb plans ...

Buy Nokia... they are so key
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disolitude said:
Could someone in Canada that has access to the Lumia 900 confirm if Rogers is locking the internet sharing down as well?
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I'm on a Rogers student plan with the Lumia 900. (~500MB I think...) While I haven't connected anything to Internet Sharing yet, I was able to enable it and mess with the settings.

Hi,
I have a 6GB data plan on Rogers and I confirm that you can tether without any extra charge as long as you have a 1GB plan and over. I was able to tether without any issue with my Samsung Focus.
Yesterday, I got the Lumia 900, and as of right now, I'm trying to use tethering and it doesn't work. My laptop connects fine, it gets an IP address from the Lumia, but it's unable to browse the internet (unable to resolve any IP). So i'm stuck with a local IP. At least, I'm able to ping the Lumia!
I've tried setting an APN (internet.com/wapuser1/wap and ltemobile.apn) and both doesn't help. I've also tried setting the speed of the connection to 3G instead of 4G in case it might change something.
If anyone has a idea, it would be appreciated!
M

Nokia Lumia 900 internet sharing
I just got my Nokia 900 today and was sure hoping that I could find a way to get internet sharing to work on At&t without having to pay for their tethering plan. Does anyone know if there is anyone about to get this to work? I have my phone developer unlocked already.

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Could someone in Canada that has access to the Lumia 900 confirm if Rogers is locking the internet sharing down as well?
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I am on Rogers LTE 500 MB Data Plan and i can tether with no problem . no issues or no txt related to tethering

Nokia Lumia 900 Hack from ATT network

Hello All: I am sorry for making new thread but I was unable to find what I am looking for.
Is there any way that I can hack my Lomia 900 so that ATT does not know what I am using smart phone. I love Windows Phone OS but I hate paying ATT $30 for a data plan that I don't use.

Nothing you said made any sense, you sound 12. The $30 data was part of your contract with at&t, have fun with it for the two years. Even if you could 'mask' your phones identity, at&t would still charge you.
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Only way that would happen is if you had a sim card that somehow was hacked to send a IMEI number that doesn't match your smartphone
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chrisz5z said:
Only way that would happen is if you had a sim card that somehow was hacked to send a IMEI number that doesn't match your smartphone
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There are ways to change your phone's IMEI, not sure if its possible on WP7 though. It is also highly, HIGHLY, illegal.
If you didn't want to pay the $30 a month, buy the phone off-contract from like Amazon, Best Buy, or even AT&T and then get a pre-paid plan.

gangsta.mostwanted said:
Hello All: I am sorry for making new thread but I was unable to find what I am looking for.
Is there any way that I can hack my Lomia 900 so that ATT does not know what I am using smart phone. I love Windows Phone OS but I hate paying ATT $30 for a data plan that I don't use.
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If you are not using data over the cellular network, can't you just cancel the 'data' portion of your plan with AT&T? Or does the 'plan' come with the type of phone you bought?
Even if you could 'mask' the phone so that AT&T thought you were using a feature phone instead of a smart phone, you would still be charged the $30/mo, cuz that's what's attached to your account. It isn't the phone that ttells the network what to charge, it's what the account says the services attached to it are.
One legit way to play the game would be to turn in your AT&T Lumia and tell them you want to downgrade to a feature phone. Once that is complete and you have your replacement phone (make sure it has a micro-SIM card), buy an AT&T Lumia off eBay, then install the SIM into the bought phone. It should work just fine, except that because the SIM has been registered to a no-data account, you won't be able to get any data services.

drtolson said:
One legit way to play the game would be to turn in your AT&T Lumia and tell them you want to downgrade to a feature phone. Once that is complete and you have your replacement phone (make sure it has a micro-SIM card), buy an AT&T Lumia off eBay, then install the SIM into the bought phone. It should work just fine, except that because the SIM has been registered to a no-data account, you won't be able to get any data services.
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Actually that won't work, the phone registers on the network everytime it is used. So within a couple of days AT&T will know it is one of their smartphones and tag on a Smartphone data plan.
About the only way around paying for Smartphone data but still use one is to get an unbranded phone that is not recognized by the system. It will show up in the system as "Unknown Device"
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drtolson said:
If you are not using data over the cellular network, can't you just cancel the 'data' portion of your plan with AT&T? Or does the 'plan' come with the type of phone you bought?
Even if you could 'mask' the phone so that AT&T thought you were using a feature phone instead of a smart phone, you would still be charged the $30/mo, cuz that's what's attached to your account. It isn't the phone that ttells the network what to charge, it's what the account says the services attached to it are.
One legit way to play the game would be to turn in your AT&T Lumia and tell them you want to downgrade to a feature phone. Once that is complete and you have your replacement phone (make sure it has a micro-SIM card), buy an AT&T Lumia off eBay, then install the SIM into the bought phone. It should work just fine, except that because the SIM has been registered to a no-data account, you won't be able to get any data services.
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Actually that won't work at all since AT&T actively polices their network and will detect smartphone IMEI regardless of what IMEI was associated with that SIM previously. The only "legal" way to have a branded smartphone without data plan on AT&T is to have a pre-paid account. AT&T does not require smartphone data plans for PAYGo customers.

gangsta.mostwanted said:
Hello All: I am sorry for making new thread but I was unable to find what I am looking for.
Is there any way that I can hack my Lomia 900 so that ATT does not know what I am using smart phone. I love Windows Phone OS but I hate paying ATT $30 for a data plan that I don't use.
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at&t are not idiots. They know what they sold you. Changing the IMEI might work but it's not guaranteed. And I believe changing the IMEI is against the law. I doubt the forum owners will let anyone openly discuss that.
Why don't you get the $20 300mb plan if you don't use data? That is where I would start. In the future find out which smartphones are not detected by at&t and purchase one of them at full price if you want to avoid data charges or want to use the $10 unlimited plan. There are plenty of threads about that.

paid 399 for a new lumia 900 at at&t and threw it on net 10 50 unlimited everything plan. Nokia network setup app from marketplace to set apns and it's great. Getting 3-7 megs. for everyday phone usability and efficiency winmo is far superior than android. I did have to get a nexus 7 to retain android tho..

halfevildruid said:
paid 399 for a new lumia 900 at at&t and threw it on net 10 50 unlimited everything plan. Nokia network setup app from marketplace to set apns and it's great. Getting 3-7 megs. for everyday phone usability and efficiency winmo is far superior than android. I did have to get a nexus 7 to retain android tho..
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How did you get the Network Setup app to work? Mine just says "please wait while we find your network settings" but never finds anything.

halfevildruid said:
paid 399 for a new lumia 900 at at&t and threw it on net 10 50 unlimited everything plan. Nokia network setup app from marketplace to set apns and it's great. Getting 3-7 megs. for everyday phone usability and efficiency winmo is far superior than android. I did have to get a nexus 7 to retain android tho..
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So the L900 does work on other networks (that AT&T allows). Thanks for that.
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jimski said:
So the L900 does work on other networks (that AT&T allows). Thanks for that.
Sent from my Lumia 900 using Board Express Pro
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That is because NET10 is a MVNO and uses AT&T network. So techinically your phone is still on AT&T network (but LTE probably won't work) but billed to a different provider. There are also couple other MVNOs use the same AT&T network. Lumia 900 from AT&T can work on all of them with the need to unlock.

You have to pay $30.00 a month like the rest of us, because the At&t system will detect, via your imei, that your using a smartphone device.
I believe it is possible to buy a Galaxy Nexus GSM version from Google and add it to an already active $15 feature phone data plan, and continue to pay for the feature phone service, even after placing the sim into your unlocked Galaxy Nexus. That is because at the time I purchased my nexus, it's imei was not registered as a smartphone device within AT&T's database, although it may have been updated since the last time I checked.
But in the end do you think anyone likes to pay for the data package?.... Of course not, so why would an exception be made for your situation? The argument will always win with a simple "don't use a smartphone then" and there's really nothing you can say to that.
FWIW, that's just my 2 cents. I hope I didn't offend anyone with my opinions.
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Well said, that type of "trick" is what forces the carrier to lock boot loaders throttle data and stuff like that because some abused the system.
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You CAN use a Smartphone on AT&T without paying the $30 fee; I've been doing it for years. It just cant be a model that AT&T sells and registers in their system. If there's a particular model you like on T-Mo or any other GSM carrier(Make sure it has AT&T Freq.) that AT&T does not use, their system may recognize the brand and model #, but it won't populate the automatic Data Plan like all AT&T Smart phones do.
Case in point, I now use a Nokia N8(Great phone for me). AT&T does not know what an N8 is(The best camera on any phone to date) and therefore can't charge me a data plan automatically. Since most of the Factory Direct Unbranded Nokia smarthones have their own GPS antenna, I can have all the maps, turn by turn directions, and POI's I need for free because it hits the GPS satellite directly, if it cant use the Cell sites. The trick is to make sure your DATA IS TURNED OFF on your phone. On my N8 you can set it to stay off in the settings menu. One slip up, and they'll charge you out the ying yang. However, I have always been able to call in and have it reversed. You can have them block ALL data, but then MMS won't work.
Now if your a Data kind of user, put up the $30 and use it. I myself, being an "Old School" Cellular guy in the Industry 19yrs, cant fathom paying for it when I don't need it. The WiFi on my N8 is really strong and there are plenty of places with free WiFi. In between them, I could care less; my GPS still works and I can wait. If you need to get your email right away, or know what Paris Hilton said today, pay the $30.

I work for AT&T, just so you guys know.
It doesnt matter where the phone came from. Let me give you an example of how it goes down. If you upgrade and get a Nokia Lumia 900, we'll go into the Equipment section of your account and change the SIM card number from your old to your new (basic phones and smartphones have two different types of SIM cards). When we do that, right next to the box to enter a new SIM card number is the box to enter a new IMEI number, to tell what kind of phone is on your account. When we do that and the phone is a smartphone, the next screen to pop up in our system is the Features screen and we can't bypass that screen without adding some sort of data package. The only way you can get around that is by simply NOT changing the IMEI in the account. If you bought that Lumia 900 at the discounted price, there's nothing you can do, really. You have to get a data plan.
The only way to get around the system is to get a smartphone (ANY smartphone) and ask your AT&T rep to just give you a new SIM card for it, but NOT to change the IMEI in your account from a basic phone. This way, the network will still find your phone, but the system wont recognize that you have a smartphone. Now you have a smartphone on your account without a data plan.
Another thing to consider is that AT&T offers a $50/month GoPhone plan with unlimited EVERYTHING and you can text other countries. Do the same process as above with that GoPhone plan and you'll save a **** ton of money in the long run. Hope this helps.

pluginxbabyy said:
Another thing to consider is that AT&T offers a $50/month GoPhone plan with unlimited EVERYTHING and you can text other countries. Do the same process as above with that GoPhone plan and you'll save a **** ton of money in the long run. Hope this helps.
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If you work for AT&T you should know that the GoPhone servive doesn't offer a data plan for smartphones such as the Lumia 900...
However, from what it sounds like this guy is trying to do what I have done. I have a GoPhone account and I am using a Lumia 900 on it and I didn't have to pay for any sort of data plan. I tried to, but I got a call later that day explaining that they couldn't process it so they just credited the money I paid for data to my account.
If you're stuck in contract, can't you just get a POS phone and switch SIM cards? You say that AT&T uses special SIM cards for smart phones, but they look the same to me, other than the fact that the plastic portion of the sim card has been basically cut in half to create something called "Micro Sims" --- Well, as it turns out, with a pair of scissors and a steady hand, anyone can turn their basic sim card into a micro sim card that will work inside the Lumia 900. The plastic portion of the sim is perfectly safe to cut all you want, just use the sim that came with the lumia 900 as a template... It's really easy, I did it with my T-Mobile SIM card after I unlocked my Lumia 900.

Even buying a basic phone with no data services, when you pop that sim card into a smartphone it automatically adds the cheapest data plan to that number.
I got around this a few years ago.
Using a basic phone call and say you want to have data services blocked. Back then it was free but now I think they want to add parental controls and charge you an extra 5 bucks a month. But call and have data services blocked on that number then when all goes through put your sim into the smartphone.
It worked for me. Normally when you do that you get a text from AT&T telling you that they upgraded your data plan blah blah. If you don't get the text I'd assume all is well.

jimski said:
So the L900 does work on other networks (that AT&T allows). Thanks for that.
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what is your apn settings I got an ATT lumia 900 and cant figure out the right apn settings

Model with LTE Band 4 (AWS: 1700/2100)

Hi! I want to buy an HTC Desire Eye but I need a version with LTE Band 4 (AWS: 1700/2100) without contract.
Can anybody tell me a safe link from amazon to buy it?
Thanks!

matiasuy said:
Hi! I want to buy an HTC Desire Eye but I need a version with LTE Band 4 (AWS: 1700/2100) without contract.
Can anybody tell me a safe link from amazon to buy it?
Thanks!
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The AT&T version supports LTE band 4 and I just bought one for my wife. At first I thought I'd get it at the AT&T store, but they won't unlock it until you've been using their service for 60 days, so I bought it off of the HTC website (without contract), but it turned out that it was still locked to AT&T and I would still need the 60 days of service for them (AT&T) to unlock it. Instead, I purchased an unlock code online for $6.95 and had it working on T-Mobile's network in no time. If I had it to do over again, I'd buy it from the AT&T store with a pre-pay plan and then just use the online unlock code since the phone is about $100 cheaper at the AT&T store than on the HTC site (and it's the exact same phone).

naytheet said:
The AT&T version supports LTE band 4 and I just bought one for my wife. At first I thought I'd get it at the AT&T store, but they won't unlock it until you've been using their service for 60 days, so I bought it off of the HTC website (without contract), but it turned out that it was still locked to AT&T and I would still need the 60 days of service for them (AT&T) to unlock it. Instead, I purchased an unlock code online for $6.95 and had it working on T-Mobile's network in no time. If I had it to do over again, I'd buy it from the AT&T store with a pre-pay plan and then just use the online unlock code since the phone is about $100 cheaper at the AT&T store than on the HTC site (and it's the exact same phone).
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Thanks for the answer! Can you buy it with a pre-pay plan through AT&T website insted of from a store? I've researched AT&T site and it seems to be mandatory buy the phone with contract but perhaps Im doing something wrong since Im uruguaian and do not understand precisely how AT&T operates.

matiasuy said:
Thanks for the answer! Can you buy it with a pre-pay plan through AT&T website insted of from a store? I've researched AT&T site and it seems to be mandatory buy the phone with contract but perhaps Im doing something wrong since Im uruguaian and do not understand precisely how AT&T operates.
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I don't think you can get it with a pre-pay plan online. I think I tried that but didn't get very far. I'm not an AT&T customer either, so I'm not very familiar with their plans.

Just buy a used one from amazon at&t version and get an unlock code on ebay for under $5, that's what I did