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iPhone 2G unlimited data loophole...is it still working?

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Kev001

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Just wanna know if anyone has tried the iPhone 2g trick to get unlimited data lately...I just want an honest yes or no answer and the date you got it to work. Please DO NOT discuss how it can be done as some users might consider this as "fraud". If any Mods feel that this is against forum rules, please delete immediately. Thanks
 
Kev001 said:
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Just wanna know if anyone has tried the iPhone 2g trick to get unlimited data lately...I just want an honest yes or no answer and the date you got it to work. Please DO NOT discuss how it can be done as some users might consider this as "fraud". If any Mods feel that this is against forum rules, please delete immediately. Thanks
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you could have easily searched the forum for an easy answer...instead of making a new thread..

but yes it still works.
 
Hey, I know this isn't what you asked, but i was wondering if we got the iphone 2 to do the trick, how are we supposed to get the new iphone? If we are new to at&t do we pay for it wothout the contract? How can we get them to not activate the new phone but still pay the 199 price?
 
ilovebane said:
Hey, I know this isn't what you asked, but i was wondering if we got the iphone 2 to do the trick, how are we supposed to get the new iphone? If we are new to at&t do we pay for it wothout the contract? How can we get them to not activate the new phone but still pay the 199 price?
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You'll most likely need to buy the phone outright. Usually when you buy a phone subsidized they activate it in store.
 
ilovebane said:
Hey, I know this isn't what you asked, but i was wondering if we got the iphone 2 to do the trick, how are we supposed to get the new iphone? If we are new to at&t do we pay for it wothout the contract? How can we get them to not activate the new phone but still pay the 199 price?
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You can activate the original iPhone on a new contract which will then allow this contract to instantly be upgrade eligible now. This will make the new iPhone price $199/$299 if the prices remain the same this year.
 
hexonxonx said:
You can activate the original iPhone on a new contract which will then allow this contract to instantly be upgrade eligible now. This will make the new iPhone price $199/$299 if the prices remain the same this year.
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This works too! :D

I wish we had unlimited data in Canada. :(
 
I have been researching and just wondering if anyone has actually tried it recently. I might go pick up a 2G from craigslist and try this.

I have an iphone 4, purchased on a new line just about a month ago, with 2GB plan. Looking to get unlimited.

Just wanted a confirmation that itll work before i buy an old 2G iphone. Thanks!
 
surfologist87 said:
I have been researching and just wondering if anyone has actually tried it recently. I might go pick up a 2G from craigslist and try this.

I have an iphone 4, purchased on a new line just about a month ago, with 2GB plan. Looking to get unlimited.

Just wanted a confirmation that itll work before i buy an old 2G iphone. Thanks!
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It still works. Last week I switched from unlimited to 200MB with no SMS on one of my lines. Kept that for a few days and went back to unlimited yesterday.
 
Ok so I just got my iphone 2 and now I am waiting to go get a sim card for it. I thought I was supposed to make up some story to get a completly blank sim card and take it home and activate it through itunes, but my friend is trying to tell me that I go to at&t and get the sim card and they will give me a new number put things on the sim card ( I don't know what type of things) then I go home to activate it through itunes. Which is correct, and if I am correct, how do I go about getting a phone number if I don't even have an at&t account at the moment?
 
ilovebane said:
Ok so I just got my iphone 2 and now I am waiting to go get a sim card for it. I thought I was supposed to make up some story to get a completly blank sim card and take it home and activate it through itunes, but my friend is trying to tell me that I go to at&t and get the sim card and they will give me a new number put things on the sim card ( I don't know what type of things) then I go home to activate it through itunes. Which is correct, and if I am correct, how do I go about getting a phone number if I don't even have an at&t account at the moment?
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All you need to do is tell them that you are going to activate an original iPhone. Thats all I used to do and once, even got two sims.

Now I just but sims on eBay so I always have some.
 
You already have an active iPhone contract don't you? If so that is the phone number you use when iTunes asks you for one.

If you don't have one yet, activating an original iPhone in iTunes will set one up for you.
 
hexonxonx said:
Yes it works, plus you get unlimited data which is then grandfathered into the upgraded plan.
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He said, I wish we had unlimited data plans in Canada. In Canada, we don't really have good data plans... The best plans we ever get in my opinion, are the $30 6GB data plan promos the carriers have every so often (when a new iPhone comes out)...

It's impossible to be grandfathered in to something that is not offered in Canada, eh...
 
Tech Elementz said:
He said, I wish we had unlimited data plans in Canada. In Canada, we don't really have good data plans... The best plans we ever get in my opinion, are the $30 6GB data plan promos the carriers have every so often (when a new iPhone comes out)...

It's impossible to be grandfathered in to something that is not offered in Canada, eh...
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I know this but since the thread is about getting unlimited data back on AT&T, I was staying on topic.
 
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The loophole should be working...I got unlimited data last month with this trick. I originally had the iPhone 4 with the 2GB data packaged but this is what I did:

1.) bought an iPhone 2G
2.) called AT&T and told them I'm going back to a regular flip phone and I gave them the imei for the flip phone.
3.) signed on my AT&T account to see if the system has detected te new phone.
4.) went to an AT&T store to get a regular sim (free).
5.) put sim into the iPhone 2G and restore as new in iTunes-> follow the activation steps..
6.) you should have the unlimited data package with the 200 text.
7.) remove the sim and cut it to fit the iPhone 4 (not necessary if your using a smartphone with a regular sim card)
8.) signed onto my AT&T account and wait till you see the option for unlimited 3G (although the current data plan will still work any 3G phone)
9.) if you see the option for unlimited 3G, call in and tell them you want to update your data plan to the $30 unlimited data. If they say it's not available...tell them you see the option on you AT&T account. They might put you on hold while they talk to a "supervisor" but you should be able to get it. just be patient

I did all of this in 1 day and now I'm on the unlimited plan and loving it.
 
about to try this tomorrow few quick questions

I plan to try this tomorrow but have a few questions
1 If I do this to my dads iPhone will it effect any of the other phones we have on our family plan? we have an unlimited texts plan and I know this old iphone plan came with 200 texts so I was wondering that

2 Do I need a new sim card or can i use the old one from my old 3gs?

Thanks in advance
 
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Kev001 said:
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The loophole should be working...I got unlimited data last month with this trick. I originally had the iPhone 4 with the 2GB data packaged but this is what I did:

1.) bought an iPhone 2G
2.) called AT&T and told them I'm going back to a regular flip phone and I gave them the imei for the flip phone.
3.) signed on my AT&T account to see if the system has detected te new phone.
4.) went to an AT&T store to get a regular sim (free).
5.) put sim into the iPhone 2G and restore as new in iTunes-> follow the activation steps..
6.) you should have the unlimited data package with the 200 text.
7.) remove the sim and cut it to fit the iPhone 4 (not necessary if your using a smartphone with a regular sim card)
8.) signed onto my AT&T account and wait till you see the option for unlimited 3G (although the current data plan will still work any 3G phone)
9.) if you see the option for unlimited 3G, call in and tell them you want to update your data plan to the $30 unlimited data. If they say it's not available...tell them you see the option on you AT&T account. They might put you on hold while they talk to a "supervisor" but you should be able to get it. just be patient

I did all of this in 1 day and now I'm on the unlimited plan and loving it.
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Should # 9 be: if you DONT see the option for unlimited 3G, call in and tell them you want to ...

thanks
 
How do you go about this if you do not have an at&t account? When you open up itunes with the phone, does at&t charge you an activation fee for the iphone 2g? Then once I go to at&t to "upgrade" to the iphone 4 can I change my plan to have unlimited text as well or will it always be 200 text and unlimited data?
 
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