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SideKick Pre-Paid
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Posted by: DaSpiGuine

OK Guys i just got a SK II pre-paid and i was wondering if i run out of min. can i still use the internet and AIM and email without buying new min.??????? You help would be great

Posted by: jgeorge

No. The SK2 prepaid plan works out to a dollar amount (as opposed to a bucket of minutes, like other prepaid systems do). The device deducts $1/day for network access, and whatever dollar (or cents, natch) amount you use for airtime. So when you "run out of minutes" you actually "run out of money" and as such your device won't work until you recharge it.

Posted by: Polo_KA

you can still text but you cant you cant use everything else

Posted by: #1tech

so you can have a 0 balance and still use text? doe that apply to just recieving or sending also? and is there now a 30 dollar refill card?

Posted by: jgeorge

I just tried it (with a zero-balance predpaid device). You can send and receive text messages without having a balance.

Joe

Posted by: #1tech

nice but i think this should be erased b-4 tmobile gets wind of it and blocks it out

Posted by: mat_1583

my thoughts would be like let say you had 1.30 left and the first thing in the morning you check email.they take that dollar away. now you use up the 30 cents on a two minute call, so you have no balance. since you have the whole day to use that data usage, you would still be able to text,surf and im since you already paid for that. that make sense?

Posted by: jgeorge

Mat, the way I understand it, yes. The device only debits $1 a day at a specific time (overnight probably) so once you've "paid" for that day the device will work until it goes to deduct another dollar and cant. I just let my prepaid device expire to test out a few things, and that's how it appeared to work for me.

Joe

Posted by: Data1025

The specific time depends on when you first loaded $ onto your sidekick from a ZERO balance. Mine was always 7PM (I bought the sidekick around that time and loaded $ then) until I ran out of $ one time, and added $ around 2PM. Now, its 2PM everyday when $1 is deducted.

Posted by: Chaoss

Say my phone is off for one day, will they still charge the $1 even though I didn't use it?

My contract ends the 10th of this month, and I want to use this as prepaid, not $30 monthly.

Posted by: glitchDESIGNS

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Originally Posted by #1tech

so you can have a 0 balance and still use text? doe that apply to just recieving or sending also? and is there now a 30 dollar refill card?

At my store, we sale them in amounts of $10, $20, $50, and $100. From time to time, I get people comming in freaking out because they can't get refill cards in amounts of $30 or $60. Well, get one $10 and one $20.

That should do the trick.

Posted by: Ender1490

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Originally Posted by Chaoss

Say my phone is off for one day, will they still charge the $1 even though I didn't use it?

Yes, they $1 gets deducted everyday unless your account has been reduced to 0.

Posted by: Chaoss

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Originally Posted by Ender1490

Yes, they $1 gets deducted everyday unless your account has been reduced to 0.

how many days can it be a $0 balance until they close the prepaid account?

Posted by: sezzy

I think they hold your account for 45 days. Call customer care to find out for sure.