Smartphones on new $50 unlimited everything plan including data. Which ones work?

[lejudicieux]

The Motorola Q9C is a CDMA phone. You would have to use te GSM version as a GoPhone.

I'm aware. I'm simply commenting on the pleasant experience I had with the almost identical phone.

[Pfam2053]

Okay, I tried on a unlocked AT&T branded Dell Streak and no data. I was met by a message saying I must purchase a data plan every time I tried going to a website. These are the APN settings I used.

APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: none
Port: none
Username: wap@cingulargprs.com
Password: CINGULAR1
Server: none
Mmsc: http://mmsc.cingular.com
Mms proxy: wireless.cingular.com
Mms port: 80
Mcc: 310
Mnc: 410
Authentication type: none
APN type: default

[fonezfonz]

Okay, I tried on a unlocked AT&T branded Dell Streak and no data. I was met by a message saying I must purchase a data plan every time I tried going to a website. These are the APN settings I used.

APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: none
Port: none
Username: wap@cingulargprs.com
Password: CINGULAR1
Server: none
Mmsc: http://mmsc.cingular.com
Mms proxy: wireless.cingular.com
Mms port: 80
Mcc: 310
Mnc: 410
Authentication type: none
APN type: default

Did you activate on the Smartphone or activate on a feature phone then transfer the sim ?

Androids have been able to work so far including one Motoblur/Android for Att as well as non Att branded and foreign/unbranded types.

Please clarify.

Could it be possible Att has a double standard for Androids. The Backflip was their first Android device (discontinued) while the Streak is a bit newer (but not latest). Wonder what's up?

Keep listing please smart devices that do and don't get data on the feature phone plan without adding on the feature package/data.

[Sinsowell82]

I activated a SIM card with the $50 plan. The phone I used to activate is an unlocked (Orange branded) Motorola Flipout. It activated fine. I put the SIM in and it works just no data. Do I need to change any settings? I put the SIM card in an LG Vu to see if that would work and data worked find on that phone. Just wondering if I need to change any settings since the Flipout isn't an AT&T branded phone. Thanks!

[Pfam2053]

I activated the Samsung A107 feature phone then transferred my sim to my Dell Streak afterwards. Talk and text works fine, but no data. When I put the sim into the phone I did notice something weird, the sim didn't take to AT&T network when the phone booted. I had to turn airplane mode on then off for it to register. Also it did the same in my wife's streak and her phone is unlocked too.

[efparri]

If GoPhone subscribers keep trying to sneak smartphones under the radar, AT&T will cut out the unlimited data and make everyone pay for limited data.

[fonezfonz]

Maybe, maybe not. Some smartphones do work, that's a fact. This net is not 100% and Att probably can't control imeis outside their data base.

We'll see.

Till then, keep testing and letting us know.

[jet1000]

and Att probably can't control imeis outside their data base.

This is not true. AT&T has access to every IMEI number from a third party in charge of the database:

http://www.gsmworld.com/our-work/pro...i_database.htm

Whether they choose to block a phone or not is up to them. But they know what is being used.

[fonezfonz]

Everybody loves to be right and nitpick. I said PROBABLY. So whatever.


Windows Mobile and Palm OS look to be good on most devices. Android so far has been okay mostly but some miss too. We could use a greater variety of devices to make further confirmations, especially on Att branded Androids as the two reported devices have had mixed results. Motorola Backflip: OK. Dell Streak: No go.

Bottomline, keep posting smartphones that work and don't work with the unlimited data portion of the new $50 unlimited feature phone plan.

If you're a gadfly, get lost and rain on someone else's parade. You know who you are.

[cmstlist]

If anyone on this plan has access to an Inspire 4G, that'd be a good test case.

Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

[efparri]

I feel that it is a misuse of these forums to serve as a clearinghouse for cheating the carrier out of its charges for data service. If you discover that your phone gets past the restrictions, so be it. Are people going to try to use the phone they have or rush out to buy a phone on the list?

[Pabster]

I feel that it is a misuse of these forums to serve as a clearinghoouse for cheating the carrier out of its charges for data service. If you discover that your phone gets past the restrictions, so be it. Are people going to try to use the phone they have or rush out to buy a phone on the list?

Seriously?!

I'm sorry but I don't have any sympathy for the carriers who have screwed the customer at every turn and nickel and dimed us all to death for years. Perhaps AT&T should more clearly advertise "$50 Unlimited Talk/Text/Web DUMBPHONES ONLY" otherwise they should expect folks to try.

Forums are for discussion. No one is being forced to implement anything which might arise out of that discussion.

[efparri]

An operator of a forum is responsible for what its members write, regardless of any disclaimers. What is hard to understand about this statement from AT&T Mobility?

Choose a prepaid plan that works best for you – monthly, daily, or by the minute:
- $50/Monthly Unlimited plan includes unlimited talk, text, and access to Internet, email, social networks, and more! (Smartphone users must purchase a separate data package.)
- $2/Daily Unlimited plan includes text, IM, picture, sound, and video messages nationwide. Pay only on days used. Data packages can be added for Web access. Plus, Unlimited Plans include text & IM to Mexico, Canada, and over 100 countries.
- 10¢/Minute plan offers your choice of additional text and data packages.

[fonezfonz]

Less kvetching and more posting of smartphones that work. That's the whole point of this thread.

[XFF]

If GoPhone subscribers keep trying to sneak smartphones under the radar, AT&T will cut out the unlimited data and make everyone pay for limited data.

As they should!