I tried to insert my ATT nano sim with unlimited data into my Verizon Ipad mini but I cant get any signal or service. The ATT 4G signal will show for a few seconds then it will disappear and will show No service. My t-mobile nano sim works fine with Edge signal. Maybe Att is now blocking ipad minis from verizon. Anyone has same experience?
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iPad AT&T iPad sim with Unlimited data to Verizon iPad Mini No Signal
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Could it be a weak signal issue? I did the exact same thing and it worked fine. I selected the AT&T HSPA+ apn profile, which one did you select?
Yeah hspa+ apn profile. I hope my mini is not defective.I have full bars of Att in my area so signal shouldnt be a problem.
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That's great news. How is your speed? Unfortunately AT&T isn't that fast for me, about 1-2 Mbps. That's good for most things though.
Curious as to how you got yours working. I had the same issue and even after updating the APN it would not connect.
What's weird is that I stopped messing with it and then a day later is started working. The only thing I know for sure that happened in that period is that my son ran the battery completely down and when I plugged it in, it restarted
Why wouldn't you guys want an AT&T iPad to take advantage of the speed? I understand its no available everywhere but in 1 year AT&T should have most the US major cities covered.
I wanted the ability to Tether and with Verizons Data Plans they include mobile hotspot. AT&T only includes it if you are on the $50 plan. I also wanted to try the Tmobile prepaid plans, they have a $35 / 3.5GB / 60 Day plan that looks like it would be great once their 1900 rollout is done. Testing tmobile where they do have 1900 coverage is very fast.
So basically with Verizon I get to choose between multiple carriers; Verizon if I need Fast LTE with tethering, AT&T if I want to use my own iPad sim or iPhone sim (if I'm being really cheap about it
or TMobile.Also, since I already have an AT&T iPhone and iPad sim, I thought it would be good to get Verizon for some additional coverage.
I'm only asking because the OP has AT&T Unlimited data plan which works on LTE as well for unlimited usage - read much?
Thread Title:
AT&T iPad sim with Unlimited data to Verizon iPad Mini No Signal
If you have Unlimited through AT&T shouldn't you be using an AT&T iPad - That's what I'm asking
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I wanted the ability to Tether and with Verizons Data Plans they include mobile hotspot. AT&T only includes it if you are on the $50 plan. I also wanted to try the Tmobile prepaid plans, they have a $35 / 3.5GB / 60 Day plan that looks like it would be great once their 1900 rollout is done. Testing tmobile where they do have 1900 coverage is very fast.
So basically with Verizon I get to choose between multiple carriers; Verizon if I need Fast LTE with tethering, AT&T if I want to use my own iPad sim or iPhone sim (if I'm being really cheap about it
Also, since I already have an AT&T iPhone and iPad sim, I thought it would be good to get Verizon for some additional coverage.
I agree with you on having mismatching carriers for max coverage but I was referring to the OP who wants to use his AT&T Sim card on a Verizon iPad - which makes no sense as AT&T and verizon uses different frequencies so he'll be missing out on LTE (whenever available).
I have both LTE Verizon iPhone 5 and LTE AT&T iPad - max coverage ftw
I have a AT&T iPhone 5 grandfathered unlimited data. I just got my mini ipad yesterday AT&T and I tried to put the sim of my iphone but would not work. Please help.
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I was wondering if I need to activate the ipad mini sim that came with the unit then do the swap?
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I was wondering if I need to activate the ipad mini sim that came with the unit then do the swap?
Here in San Francisco (and most of the Bay Area) seeing 20-40 mbps... even faster than my cable modem. LOVE having the iPad on my Mobile Share plan, for ten bucks a month it blows away tethering. I have native GPS, don't have to worry about draining the iPhone 5 battery nor dealing with tethering on and off, and it costs me the price of two cups of coffee (at SBUX) per month.
I'm only asking because the OP has AT&T Unlimited data plan which works on LTE as well for unlimited usage - read much?
Thread Title:
AT&T iPad sim with Unlimited data to Verizon iPad Mini No Signal
If you have Unlimited through AT&T shouldn't you be using an AT&T iPad - That's what I'm asking
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I agree with you on having mismatching carriers for max coverage but I was referring to the OP who wants to use his AT&T Sim card on a Verizon iPad - which makes no sense as AT&T and verizon uses different frequencies so he'll be missing out on LTE (whenever available).
I have both LTE Verizon iPhone 5 and LTE AT&T iPad - max coverage ftw
Im just testing my att sim and will only use it occasionally on my vzw ipad mini.
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On your safari ipad mini, go to unlockit.co.nz and install at&t hspa+ profile. Thats it. You will get att 4g signal after that.
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My iPhone 5 SIM card now works with my ipad mini. However, when LTE is turned on in the settings of the ipad mini, the data connection is lost overall. When LTE is turned off, it re-connects to 4G only. I am guessing that the APN setting choice on the unlockit.co.nz for AT&T-hspa+ is not yet updated to read LTE signal. Btw, i was on an LTE spot when i did this. What do you guys think?
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But I'm using an AT&T iPhone sim that goes to my AT&T ipad mini. Having said that, the sim shows lte on the iPhone but when moved to AT&T ipad mini Lte would not show, only 4G. In other words, both my iphone & ipad mini are AT&T. I do not have verizon equipment. That is why I am thinkng that the APN choice on unlockit.co.nz for AT&T +hspa is not updated to include LTE. What do you guys think?
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