I am new to the Android Forum,,,have searched existing threads as best I can,,with no luck, so here is my question.
I just bought an essentially new unlocked mytouch 3G and wanted to use it on the ATT network (my contract does not expire for 4 months) but do not want to use the ATT 3G data service network (for data). My plan was to simply have an "app" phone that had wifi access and to use the wifi access for app connections. When I got the unit from it's previous owner, I was able to get the phone to work rather easily...but could not get access to the Android Market, or Google apps because access was tied to the previous owner's gmail account and login.
After trying many different paths, I reset the mytouch back to it's factory settings with the intention of starting all over....bigger problem...the initial setup procedure on the myTouch 3G "assumes" you are a T-Mobile customer and will not connect via the ATT network or allow you to set up wifi connections first.
Is there any hope for me in this situation...my goal is to have a basic phone service (voice & text) device that also has wifi access to apps...
Any guidance appreciated....jwrxml
I just bought an essentially new unlocked mytouch 3G and wanted to use it on the ATT network (my contract does not expire for 4 months) but do not want to use the ATT 3G data service network (for data). My plan was to simply have an "app" phone that had wifi access and to use the wifi access for app connections. When I got the unit from it's previous owner, I was able to get the phone to work rather easily...but could not get access to the Android Market, or Google apps because access was tied to the previous owner's gmail account and login.
After trying many different paths, I reset the mytouch back to it's factory settings with the intention of starting all over....bigger problem...the initial setup procedure on the myTouch 3G "assumes" you are a T-Mobile customer and will not connect via the ATT network or allow you to set up wifi connections first.
Is there any hope for me in this situation...my goal is to have a basic phone service (voice & text) device that also has wifi access to apps...
Any guidance appreciated....jwrxml