Help activation prepaid card

[ebaronov]

Hi guys,

Can I use a T-mobile G1 with a prepaid T-mobile card with no data plan. I just bought it from Amazon and when I turn it on it tries to connect to the google servers and it fails. Can I do the initial setup with some friend's card. I'll be in US for a couple of months and it doesn't make sense to get a plan with gprs/edge.

Any help will be really appreciated.
Thanks.

 

[balazer]

Yes, the G1 works fine on prepaid with no data plan.

To activate your phone with your google account, you can either put in someone else's SIM with a G1 data plan, or follow these instructions:

http://androidforums.com/support/6564-activate-stock-g1-over-wifi.html

Also, if you can get JesusFreke's ROM or CyanogenMod on your phone, it will let you bypass the activation. But installing a custom ROM would likely still require you to bypass activation first, if for no other reason than to install the radio update before the ROM.