AT&T can charge me for using jailbroken iPhone?

cmcgarry7 said:
I need allof youre help, its now 2011, so AT&t has raised their bar in finding out whos using an iphone who doesnt have a data plan.

My problem- I have AT&T, NO data plan (as i dont plan on having one) but i recently got my hands on an iphone 3gs for only 85$!! I couldnt pass this up, but what i need to know is HOW can i effectively use my SIM card in the Iphone without getting charged by AT&T with a huge unnecessary data package.


IM WILLING:

-to jailbreak it
- change the APN code using http://unlockit.co.nz
- download Boss Prefs (via cydia)
- change sbsettings

I AM NOT WILLING:

-go pay as you go
-buy a data package.. obviously..



And i know it is possible- so for all of you who say "just buy the data", or "theres no way AT&T will find you" i know someone can beat the system.:apple:
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Then sell the iPhone, this time you can't beat the system. People on this very forum have tried everything and eventually end up being caught. The only method that has worked so far is SIM switching daily between the iPhone and the PAYG phone. That worked for the user for a while until he broke the SIM card tray on the iPhone...
 
If you have an iPhone on AT&T's network you have to pay for a data plan. They could care less it's its jailbroken or housebroken or just plain broken. They want their money.

The only way AT&T wouldn't find out that you have an iPhone is to use Airplane mode 100% of the time, but then this defeats the purpose of owning an iPhone. You might as well just buy an ipod Touch.
 
dccorona said:
Not sure if it works this way once your contract is up or not
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Doesn't matter if you're under a fixed term commitment, or if you're going month-to-month. If you're on a post-paid plan, those are the terms you have to live by.

On the other hand, if you go for prepaid service ("GoPhone"), you are covered by a different service agreement, with different tiered data plan offerings -- none of which are designated as mandatory smartphone plans -- so you will not have to subscribe to a data plan.

Of course, the GoPhone terms and conditions can change at any time too, and someday AT&T may introduce a designated smartphone data plan for GoPhone as well - at which time they may start automatically debiting your account balance by the amount designated for the data plan. In that case, the only protection you could have, would be to always top up your account in small enough increments that your balance is never large enough to allow the data plan to be debited.
 
I must be ignorant. Here I thought if you wanted a smart phone then you were also willing to pay the price. Even if you somehow got the 2G plan pricing, you were still paying for some kind of data plan. Unfortunately I must be in the minority here.

I say grow up and sell the phone or get a data plan. I really don't see why anyone would want the phone without a data plan. It tells me you feel some sort of status having the phone but you're unwilling and likely fully incapable of paying for it.
 
Perhaps I'm being ignorant, but here's my take...

I'm guessing not everyone wants to use the iPhone as a smartphone - seems to me some want to use the hardware (the iPhone) as a regular phone to call & text. I don't think it's unreasonable of them to not want to pay for a service (data plan) they have no intention on using. Makes sense to me, especially if that iPhone is a dinosaur (i.e., iPhone 2G). [Do you have any idea how slow Edge is? I do... I use it still!] Conversely, I think it IS unreasonable of a provider to charge consumers for a data plan just because they're using a particular piece of hardware.

Now, if there are those who want to cheat the system and use data without wanting to pay, well... you're just not being good little Boy Scouts, are ya?
 
Apple 26.2 said:
I don't think it's unreasonable of them to not want to pay for a service (data plan) they have no intention on using. Conversely, I think it IS unreasonable of a provider to charge consumers for a data plan just because they're using a particular piece of hardware.
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While your points are not necessarily untrue, they are irrelevant. The only thing that is relevant here is the contract we all signed and by which we all agreed to exactly the terms you think are unreasonable.
 
thelatinist said:
While your points are not necessarily untrue, they are irrelevant. The only thing that is relevant here is the contract we all signed and by which we all agreed to exactly the terms you think are unreasonable.
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I'm with you... I don't disagree. But you're referring to devices that are under contract. What about iPhones that are not under contract and owned outright?
 
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Apple 26.2 said:
I'm with you... I don't disagree. But you're referring to devices that are under contract. What about iPhones that are not under contract and owned outright?
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Remember, it's not the DEVICE that's under contract. It's YOU and AT&T that are under contract. Specifically, AT&T has agreed to sell you cellular service, and you have agreed to abide by AT&T's requirements for making use of that service.

If you're using AT&T's post-paid service, then you've agreed to the same contract as every other customer on post-paid service.

The only difference is that some of those customers have committed to remain on the contract for a fixed duration, and others are free to terminate their contract outright at any time without penalty. After the contract is terminated, AT&T no longer has any obligation to provide you with any services.

So even though you're not committed to a fixed term, you're still under contract and you have to abide by that contract. But if you no longer agree with some of the contract's terms regarding data plans, jailbreaking, tethering, etc, then the remedy available to you is to terminate your service.
 
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Apple 26.2 said:
Perhaps I'm being ignorant, but here's my take...

I'm guessing not everyone wants to use the iPhone as a smartphone - seems to me some want to use the hardware (the iPhone) as a regular phone to call & text. I don't think it's unreasonable of them to not want to pay for a service (data plan) they have no intention on using. Makes sense to me, especially if that iPhone is a dinosaur (i.e., iPhone 2G). [Do you have any idea how slow Edge is? I do... I use it still!] Conversely, I think it IS unreasonable of a provider to charge consumers for a data plan just because they're using a particular piece of hardware.

Now, if there are those who want to cheat the system and use data without wanting to pay, well... you're just not being good little Boy Scouts, are ya?
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but what the point of having a smartphone if you're not using it as a such? Get a dumbphone and an iPod Touch; you'll save a hell of a lot of money. Cable companies make you rent a cable box and modem if you're using a particular device with their services, how is this different?
 
At first, I thought this person was just asking, but now this person is just trolling. Every carriers now ask users to have data plan on their smart phones. What is your point?
 
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