At&t 3g on a Samsung Vibrant works!

[Elite GunnerX]

Looks Like 3g Works fine in the central Texas area for now at least....

Just got my phone unlocked im soooo happy!!!

 

[SamsungVibrant]

yup, this was confirmed a while ago, there has been a thread about it on xda developers.

 

[Robinelli]

Explain? Your Tmob phone picks up AT&Ts 3G?

 

[SamsungVibrant]

Explain? Your Tmob phone picks up AT&Ts 3G?

OMG, don't tell me you didnt know this, yes you get AT&T 3G for free, you don't even have to pay T-mobiles data plan! The Vibrant picks up AT&T 3G compeltely free, cancel your t-mobile data! J.K...couldn't resist.


Hey robinelli, when you put AT&T sim into a t-mobile unlocked phone, the phones voice will function, but 3G won't.

However, with the Vibrant, when putting in AT&T's sim card, the 3G works.

 

[VegasTouch]

Why wouldnt you just get a Captivate?

 

[Elite GunnerX]

unlimited internet for $10 or 15 for 200 mb with the captivate

Easy decision lol

 

[SamsungVibrant]

unlimited internet for $10 or 15 for 200 mb with the captivate


Easy decision lol

You are gettin unlimited internet on the vibrant for 10 bucks? How? The imei codes on the vibrant are blacklisted, and only work with the android data plan, not the cheaper data plans. How did you manage to get 10 dollar internet to work on the vibrant?

 

[Elite GunnerX]

They are not black listed because its working fo me!

Guess I got lucky!

 

[SamsungVibrant]

They are not black listed because its working fo me!

Guess I got lucky!

I'm sorry I'm totally confused. You said you put At&t sim card into your vibrant, and the reason you didn't get the captivate is because the T-mobiles data plans are cheaper and unlimited. So how are you getting T-mobile service with a At&t sim. I lost you, i'm not following, i'm confused.

So let me get this straight, you have an At&t sim card in your phone, but you are paying T-mobile for 10 dollar unlimited internet? How is that possible? And yes, the Vibrant imei is blacklisted, it won't work with T-mobiles web-2-go plan.

 

[Elite GunnerX]

I'm not on a t mobile plan. I have at&t plan and I use there service. I'm using at&t's
$10 plan (at least for the data part)

 

[SamsungVibrant]

I'm not on a t mobile plan. I have at&t plan and I use there service. I'm using at&t's
$10 plan (at least for the data part)

Okay, but you implied above that the reason you didn't get the captivate was because At&t's data prices are expensive. I'm utterly confused.

So you are getting unlimited data from At&t for 10 bucks a month? Since when did At&t offer 10 dollar unlimited internet?

Also, you said "at least the for the data part." Confused me even more, so you are using At&t for data, and voice T-mobile? how?

I'm totally confused, I think you are too.

 

[noonehereyet]

Okay, but you implied above that the reason you didn't get the captivate was because At&t's data prices are expensive. I'm utterly confused.

So you are getting unlimited data from At&t for 10 bucks a month? Since when did At&t offer 10 dollar unlimited internet?

Also, you said "at least the for the data part." Confused me even more, so you are using At&t for data, and voice T-mobile? how?

I'm totally confused, I think you are too.

If you buy a phone off contract or an unlocked/open phone and swap the sim card you are not obligated to tell them you have replaced your phone... If you do not tell the carrier you have a different phone the pricing from your old contract will remain the same... for example people who are on tmobile and have a sidekick could essentially replace the old sidekick with an off contract/open phone that was purchased and use it without changing their plan... not saying I agree with it but yes it can be done...

 

[SamsungVibrant]

If you buy a phone off contract or an unlocked/open phone and swap the sim card you are not obligated to tell them you have replaced your phone... If you do not tell the carrier you have a different phone the pricing from your old contract will remain the same... for example people who are on tmobile and have a sidekick could essentially replace the old sidekick with an off contract/open phone that was purchased and use it without changing their plan... not saying I agree with it but yes it can be done...

Okay mod, thats not where my confusion is. Also why don't you agree with getting a new phone off contract and staying month to month. I've had T-mobile tell me more than once, I can purchase a new phone, off contract, at full retail, and stay on my grandfathered plan without signing a new contract. Nothing wrong with that.

That wasn't my confusion. Here is my confusion. The poster was excited and said he put his at&t sim into the vibrant and 3g worked. Okay great.

Then another user asked him/her why he/she didn't just purchase the captivate, which is a logical question.

Then the poster replied "unlimited internet for $10 or 15 for 200 mb with the captivate
Easy decision lol"

So this lead me to believe the poster meant he was getting T-mobiles web-2-go for 10 bucks and running this on the vibrant unlimited, versus 15 bucks for 200mb with at&t which would suck.

Get it? The poster isn't making sense, if the poster infact is using a $10 data plan from at&t, then why not get the captivate like the other person asked.

Read the thread over again, I think confusion will set in for you also. Unless I'm a total goof, and I'm missing some logic here.

Did the poster get a free vibrant, or maybe found one and unlocked it? If thats the case, then this makes sense, otherwise why wouldn't the poster just purchase an unlocked captivate or captivate off contract. Other than that, I'm still confused.

Also he/she used wording that gave the impression that data was coming from at&t while voice was coming from t-mobile.

One last thing, if the poster was getting 10 buck internet from at&t, the poster would be grandfathered in. It wouldn't matter if he upgraded to captivate, at&t wouldn't force him to get the more expensive plan, thats if the 10 dollar plan is compatible with smarphones.

 

[Elite GunnerX]

As soon as I put my sim card into a captivate I am automatically "upgraded" to a smart phone plan. Right now I am using the cheap dumb phone plan. I use a vibrant because at&t does not have a list of the IEMI's and can't charge me for it

 

[vuvision]

Very interesting!

 

[Robinelli]

Nice! Wish I'd thought of that LOL.

 

[SamsungVibrant]

As soon as I put my sim card into a captivate I am automatically "upgraded" to a smart phone plan. Right now I am using the cheap dumb phone plan. I use a vibrant because at&t does not have a list of the IEMI's and can't charge me for it

ahhhh it all makes sense now. you figured out a way to kinda trick at&t.

you know, if cell phone companies weren't such dicks, people wouldn't have to go through all these loops.

for heavens sake, why do cell phone companies charge $30+ for internet. My home internet doesn't even cost that much, and you can download junk all day without a data cap. Cell phone data is way too overpriced if you ask me.

 

[VegasTouch]

ahhhh it all makes sense now. you figured out a way to kinda trick at&t.

you know, if cell phone companies weren't such dicks, people wouldn't have to go through all these loops.

for heavens sake, why do cell phone companies charge $30+ for internet. My home internet doesn't even cost that much, and you can download junk all day without a data cap. Cell phone data is way too overpriced if you ask me.

Im paying $20 for unlimited w/ T-Mobile.

My home internet is ridiculous. $55 with Cox. I really wish i could cut that in half and tried but Clear was too damn slow for me to switch as i didnt get a very good signal.

 

[PlowRox]

kinda off topic...but how do you get the speed test app? and also every time I go to that site theres a error says "missing license key" contact webmaster....

I have tried 3 different browsers so not sure why I get that error message...

 

[PlowRox]

Doh I just found it in the "market"..... why not have a link from their site...they have one for the itards...

 

[robo21]

Im paying $20 for unlimited w/ T-Mobile.

My home internet is ridiculous. $55 with Cox. I really wish i could cut that in half and tried but Clear was too damn slow for me to switch as i didnt get a very good signal.

How are you getting unlimited data for $20? They negotiate on the price? I'm paying $25/mo.

 

[SamsungVibrant]

How are you getting unlimited data for $20? They negotiate on the price? I'm paying $25/mo.

20 bucks is a grandfathered price for unlimited data. You can't negotiate unless your contract is up. I remember you said loyalty gave you a free vibrant, so chances are they wont give you both. They keep track of how many loyalty offers you get. You can always try if you are still in your remorse period.

 

[SamsungVibrant]

kinda off topic...but how do you get the speed test app? and also every time I go to that site theres a error says "missing license key" contact webmaster....

I have tried 3 different browsers so not sure why I get that error message...

go to market, search for speedtest, two pop up, make sure you get the more popular one.

good luck

 

[VegasTouch]

I wasnt grandfathered in. It was $30 and i went to the loyalty depot and asked for a better deal. Ive been with T-Mo for almost 7 years. I didnt get my phones for free though. It was $149 for both mine and my Daughters.

I am about to call again and ask for a battery too. Mine imo sucks and the one i goy on ebay isnt that good either. It died last night with 40% left while sitting on my nightstand doping nothing. However, i never let it die before charging it til today. It came w/ 64% charged and i charged it up from there. We'll see how that goes today.

 

[SamsungVibrant]

I wasnt grandfathered in. It was $30 and i went to the loyalty depot and asked for a better deal. Ive been with T-Mo for almost 7 years. I didnt get my phones for free though. It was $149 for both mine and my Daughters.

I am about to call again and ask for a battery too. Mine imo sucks and the one i goy on ebay isnt that good either. It died last night with 40% left while sitting on my nightstand doping nothing. However, i never let it die before charging it til today. It came w/ 64% charged and i charged it up from there. We'll see how that goes today.

You may not have been gradfathered in, but the 20 bucks is a grandfathered option, that they offered you. PS...there is also an unlimited 5 dollar data plan.

PS...I kinda laughed about the battery thing, if t-mobile gives out free batteries to everyone they will go out of business. Let us know if it works though.