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rubined

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Sep 24, 2012
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I have an iPhone 5. Can I take out the sim and put it in my ipad mini (AT&T) and maintain unlimited Internet on the mini? If so, what do I do with my iPhone 5 to get service back? Thanks.
 

fsamara

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Dec 31, 2012
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Why not? They are both from the same provider, and use the same data plan. Can someone explain why this is not possible?
 

kevroc

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Oct 15, 2011
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Why not? They are both from the same provider, and use the same data plan. Can someone explain why this is not possible?

FWIW, my AT&T iPhone unlimited sim works in my Verizon iPad. It's only 3G speeds, but it works.
 

Blorzoga

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May 21, 2010
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If AT&T detects that you're using an iPhone sim card in you iPad (which they can do), they will cancel your unlimited data.
 

PDE

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Nov 16, 2005
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I'm in UK and using my Three nano sim from my iPhone 5 in the mini. Even tho everyone told me it wouldn't work.

We're lucky in the UK with Three - excellent pricing and virtually no restrictions imposed. I spend 8.90 pounds/month (=14 USD) for 200 mins, 3000 texts and 500mb data - and I can also use the hotspot function for my laptop without issue even though it formally is not allowed. At least they don't block it.


Update: ha ha, just after I wrote the above I got a tethering warning from three telling me that I should contact them if I want to tether. I never got that with pay as you go, so I assume they enforce only on monthly plans?
 
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