Help using ipad+mifi abroad

ferritt · Oct 1, 2010, 11:04 AM

Hi,

I'm travelling to the states in the new year and i'm planning on bringing my ipad (wifi only) with me. I have an unlocked mifi device and am also planning to bring that with me. I know i can use the current sim card thats in there already (3UK) but the roaming charges will be very high so can I pop into a AT&T or T-Mobile store once I've arrived and pick up a data sim to use in the mifi? Do AT&T/T-mobile even do such a thing.

Any help/advice would be great

cheers

nixiemaiden · Oct 1, 2010, 01:24 PM

I don't think they support it. I know they don't sell mifi devices and from what I have read it looks like people take their sim cards out of other devices and put them in their mifi to get them to work. I think you would have to have an already activated sim card to get it to work.

ferritt · Oct 1, 2010, 02:45 PM

Is there not like a pre pay voice and data sim. Obviously I will only be using the data. I'm surprised nothing like this exists?

Cheers

ferritt · Oct 2, 2010, 06:28 AM

Ok so after abit of googling I found out it's possible to get a ipad AT&T microsim and use the normal sim adapter and place in the mifi. I then enter https://dcp2.att.com/OEPClient/openPage?IMEI=X&ICCID=Y (changing x for 0 and y for the sim card number) into my iPad. This will appear as it's the AT&T data sign up page like on the iPad 3G. Sign up to the required plan as normal. Then I have to add the correct apn setting to the mifi so it will connect to AT&T.

This method seems to work on iPhones so I would assume it should work with a mifi

Obviously I can't check if this works until I'm actually in the states.

Cheers

Oct 1, 2010, 11:04 AM	#1
ferritt macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	Help using ipad+mifi abroad Hi, I'm travelling to the states in the new year and i'm planning on bringing my ipad (wifi only) with me. I have an unlocked mifi device and am also planning to bring that with me. I know i can use the current sim card thats in there already (3UK) but the roaming charges will be very high so can I pop into a AT&T or T-Mobile store once I've arrived and pick up a data sim to use in the mifi? Do AT&T/T-mobile even do such a thing. Any help/advice would be great cheers
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Oct 1, 2010, 01:24 PM	#2
nixiemaiden macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Daytona Beach	I don't think they support it. I know they don't sell mifi devices and from what I have read it looks like people take their sim cards out of other devices and put them in their mifi to get them to work. I think you would have to have an already activated sim card to get it to work.
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Oct 1, 2010, 02:45 PM	#3
ferritt Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	Is there not like a pre pay voice and data sim. Obviously I will only be using the data. I'm surprised nothing like this exists? Cheers
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Oct 2, 2010, 06:28 AM	#4
ferritt Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	Ok so after abit of googling I found out it's possible to get a ipad AT&T microsim and use the normal sim adapter and place in the mifi. I then enter https://dcp2.att.com/OEPClient/openPage?IMEI=X&ICCID=Y (changing x for 0 and y for the sim card number) into my iPad. This will appear as it's the AT&T data sign up page like on the iPad 3G. Sign up to the required plan as normal. Then I have to add the correct apn setting to the mifi so it will connect to AT&T. This method seems to work on iPhones so I would assume it should work with a mifi Obviously I can't check if this works until I'm actually in the states. Cheers
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