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AT&T Seems to Be Extending FaceTime-Over-Cellular to All Customers

iPhone 5, AT&T, unlimited

Turned it off, turned it on, checked the settings, switch was enabled, but then disabled itself after 1 second.

Did a hard reset (home+sleep) and now it's enabled permanently!

Haven't actually tested it, but looks good to go :D

EDIT - Near central Virginia ish
 
iPhone 5, grandfathered.

No luck after resets. Although the switch under FaceTime settings is enabled after a reset but trying to use FaceTime results in the message and then when I go back into settings it's disabled.

Hopefully it's just a slow roll out!
 
rtdunham said:
That usually works for me. When i ask my brother for tech help he recommends putting my index finger on the top of my head and spinning around. Hasn't helped any yet but I think he likes the mental image. You don't suppose I'm too trusting? At least i'm generous, sharing this tip with everyone here…
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They actually had that in iOS 4 but now with 6 they blocked it. Check cydia to see if they activated it. Of course being a Cydia app it might require the index and middle finger.
 
Works for me. iPhone 4s with grandfathered unlimited plan in Boston. I just restarted my phone and Use Cellular Data was turned on when I checked.
 
Fantastic news! I hope AT&T begins to keep this trend of increasing/improving customer service.
 
Called AT&T... the rep said "we are rolling out more coverage to more customers over the next 6-8 weeks for Facetime over cellular." I then asked will this include unlimited data customers, and she said "yes it will, but for now we are referring people to the mobile share data plans"... which I had to throw in a "which is a rip off"... and to my surprise she actually agreed. :rolleyes: so i will patiently wait for my FaceTime over cellular
 
Works for me. iPhone 5 with grandfathered unlimited plan in Virginia Beach. I just restarted my phone and Use Cellular Data was turned on when I checked.
 
Thanks a lot apple and Att, sincerely iPhone 4... Oh well at least I'm jailbroken so it doesn't matter to me but the wife would have loved facetime over cellular so she can see her babies while at work.
 
It is working for me now!! However, I had to turn my WiFi on even though it connected through LTE. ????
 
joeshmo2010 said:
VoLTE which is voice over data (since LTE is a data only network) will make this happen. I think verizon is going to launch it by end of 2013 and sprint also. Not sure about ATT or tmobile.
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You don't understand.

I don't want to pay my carrier for any minutes, any long-distance crap, any bonus features like caller ID or voicebox.

I want to pay them for one thing and one thing only: data. Cheap data.

How I use that data, including making phone calls, is my business.

Case in point: an amazing voice-only plan is like $50+ a month. A 5 GB data-only plan is $35 a month.
 
Fake out!

Hey I am in Austin Texas - 4s - unlimited

The "use cellular data" in facetime settings sets to on just fine. But when i tried to make a facetime call I got an error that I wasn't connected to a network.
So I went into Settings -> General -> Celluar and guess whats still set to off? Facetime on Celluar. And guess What!? yep have to call or go online to talk to att before I can switch it on.

>.< Way to get hopes up att.

Anyone actually try to use it?
 
APlotdevice said:
Carriers don't want to become "dumb pipes" for wireless data, and so they will use whatever leverage they have with handset manufacturers, like Apple, and consumers to avoid this fate for as long as possible.
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But that's exactly what I want them to be. Cheap dumb data pipes.

I just wonder when it'll happen...

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Pakaku said:
?????

What, like a phone?
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Yep, except one that costs less than $35 a month and includes all long-distance, caller ID, a lot more minutes for your buck.

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BimmerJP said:
It's already here :) Just make a FaceTime call, and after the call is connected, just go back to home screen or turn the display off. This will pause the video. It is what I do all the time actually :D
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AWESOME! I didn't know you could do that, that's great news.

So does it start to use a lot less data for your FaceTime call after you turn off the video? As in just the audio only?

I'm getting a data-only ($25~/mo) plan to replace my current smartphone plan ($75/mo), so this is a big deal to me.
 
This would be awesome... If I actually used Facetime. I think I have used it a total of 1 time since Apple originally introduced it. But it's a nice option to have being an AT&T customer.
 
Not working yet for me. iP5 with grandfathered unlimited. I'm in MidMichigan, non LTE service area but we have the pseudo 4G. I have tried hard reset x2 still no luck.

Must be region by region.
 
Do you have to have WiFi in order to have Factime go through cellular? Cuz mine is acting that way.
 
Will stick with JB

Who knows, maybe they opened it up on UL Data just to work on the ability to detect it and switch off JB users later. If Apple ever implements Quasar type multi-tasking, YouTube (and Pandora) removes advertising, AT&T officially supports FT / Tether on GF accounts, and Apple gets their map situation fixed - then I will enjoy Siri; otherwise, will wait on the next JB of iOS. Who am I kidding, I will stick with JBs. Too much of the freedom I enjoy is because the walls are lifted.
 
iPhone 5, grandfathered

Buffalo,NY

not working, tried hard reset several times since this morning
 
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