AT&T iPad Sim card in iPhone

reclusive46 · Apr 5, 2012, 08:33 AM

Hi guys,
I'll be in the US and I was wondering can I just activate an AT&T iPad sim card in an iPad with data and then just use it in my iPhone? (My phone is unlocked)

reclusive46 · Apr 6, 2012, 05:10 AM

Anyone???

antman2295 · Apr 6, 2012, 11:30 AM

You can use an iPad sim card in an iPhone, but you cannot just have data on the phone. At&t will scan the information and will either notify you that you need a voice plan, or will automatically add a plan.

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Oh, check out this thread, I could be misinformed.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1261808

bwrairen · Apr 6, 2012, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by antman2295

You can use an iPad sim card in an iPhone, but you cannot just have data on the phone. At&t will scan the information and will either notify you that you need a voice plan, or will automatically add a plan.

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Oh, check out this thread, I could be misinformed.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1261808

Yep....you're wrong. I had an iPhone 4 with an iPad sim in it for almost a year. No problems at all.

reclusive46 · Apr 6, 2012, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwrairen

Yep....you're wrong. I had an iPhone 4 with an iPad sim in it for almost a year. No problems at all.

Ah thats cool. Much cheaper option that paying 69 usd with calling that I won't use.

Applejuiced · Apr 6, 2012, 03:11 PM

I heard about people getting caught by AT&T doing that and having their account shut off.
Its doable but it comes with a risk.

aneftp · Apr 6, 2012, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Applejuiced

I heard about people getting caught by AT&T doing that and having their account shut off.
Its doable but it comes with a risk.

Wyou are getting confused. And mixed up.

AT&T wil audit customers using the sim from their phone and putting it in a tablet (any tablet device including iPad for data). If they audit u AT&T will disable the data on your iPhone data plan for a month and tell u not to do it again.

But the other way around works (iPad sim to iPhone for data). You just won't get voice.

Applejuiced · Apr 6, 2012, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aneftp

Wyou are getting confused. And mixed up.

AT&T wil audit customers using the sim from their phone and putting it in a tablet (any tablet device including iPad for data). If they audit u AT&T will disable the data on your iPhone data plan for a month and tell u not to do it again.

But the other way around works (iPad sim to iPhone for data). You just won't get voice.

Oh I see.
I thought they didn't allow any kind of sim swapping.

antman2295 · Apr 7, 2012, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwrairen

Yep....you're wrong. I had an iPhone 4 with an iPad sim in it for almost a year. No problems at all.

But did it have Data only? I know you can use an iPad simcard in the 4/4S, because my mom's phone has one.

bwrairen · Apr 8, 2012, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by antman2295

But did it have Data only? I know you can use an iPad simcard in the 4/4S, because my mom's phone has one.

Of course it had data only.

tgcken · Aug 16, 2012, 11:32 PM

Would it be possible to set up a data plan for iPad without owning an iPad?

(I would like to request a replacement microSim for ipad, start a $15/m plan and use it on my iphone instead of ipad.)

Munchiemonster · Oct 28, 2012, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bwrairen

Of course it had data only.

My ipad SIM card is in a spare iPhone right now. I pay $15 for 340mb per month. And Guess what? It has voice. Only it's 75 cents per minute.
Even ipad plans have voice and the iPad has a phone number too. It sounds strange but its phone number is listed right under settings. Calls are insanely expensive and texts are charged for as well.

A1Yola · Nov 6, 2012, 08:52 PM

Just tried to put an iPad sim into a 4s, it said I needed to activate the phone, then it said the sim wasn't supported. My phone is prepaid Virgin mobile

Applejuiced · Nov 6, 2012, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A1Yola

Just tried to put an iPad sim into a 4s, it said I needed to activate the phone, then it said the sim wasn't supported. My phone is prepaid Virgin mobile

That's because your iphone is VM CDMA locked iphone.
If it was an AT&T iphone it would have worked.

andrey226 · Dec 29, 2012, 01:38 AM

Hi guys,

I'm going to be travelling to the Lake Tahoe area in about a week, and I was wondering if it's possible to pick up these iPad data sim cards if I'm not a resident of the US? I'm coming from Canada and I want data on my iPhone 5, so I was thinking of activating one of these on my iPad and then popping it into the unlocked phone. Can anyone confirm if this still works? The ATT website won't let me get to the checkout step unless I choose a device, which I don't need.

Baggio · Dec 29, 2012, 09:13 AM

I just recently tried putting my iPad 1's AT&T 3G SIM in an AT&T IMEI unlocked iPhone 4 and it didn't work. It showed signal, but data didn't work. Maybe because that iPad was on my Mobile Share plan and there is a different price for iPad($10) vs an iPhone ($30)????

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tgcken macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2011	Would it be possible to set up a data plan for iPad without owning an iPad? (I would like to request a replacement microSim for ipad, start a $15/m plan and use it on my iphone instead of ipad.) __________________ New 12.1" HP tm2t 1000CTO, C2D U9600, 4gb RAM, 120gb SSD. Used ipad1 (16gb wifi)
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antman2295 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2010	You can use an iPad sim card in an iPhone, but you cannot just have data on the phone. At&t will scan the information and will either notify you that you need a voice plan, or will automatically add a plan. ---------- Oh, check out this thread, I could be misinformed. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1261808
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Applejuiced macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: At the iPhone hacks section.	I heard about people getting caught by AT&T doing that and having their account shut off. Its doable but it comes with a risk.
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A1Yola macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2011	Just tried to put an iPad sim into a 4s, it said I needed to activate the phone, then it said the sim wasn't supported. My phone is prepaid Virgin mobile
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Dec 29, 2012, 01:38 AM	#15
andrey226 macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	Hi guys, I'm going to be travelling to the Lake Tahoe area in about a week, and I was wondering if it's possible to pick up these iPad data sim cards if I'm not a resident of the US? I'm coming from Canada and I want data on my iPhone 5, so I was thinking of activating one of these on my iPad and then popping it into the unlocked phone. Can anyone confirm if this still works? The ATT website won't let me get to the checkout step unless I choose a device, which I don't need.
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Dec 29, 2012, 09:13 AM	#16
Baggio macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2012	I just recently tried putting my iPad 1's AT&T 3G SIM in an AT&T IMEI unlocked iPhone 4 and it didn't work. It showed signal, but data didn't work. Maybe because that iPad was on my Mobile Share plan and there is a different price for iPad($10) vs an iPhone ($30)????
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