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@urkel and all:
Okay - I visited the Apple store and got two true Sprint SIM cards.
Only difference: mine are part number SIM"G"LW436C where urkel mentioned SMI"O" - perhaps a typo?
Got them installed in the 2 iPads and will give it a try 7PM PST (10pm here).
EDIT: And the Sprint SIM shows a 20-digit ICID as R+ needs for the iPad Mini registration.
qb
Okay - I visited the Apple store and got two true Sprint SIM cards.
Only difference: mine are part number SIM"G"LW436C where urkel mentioned SMI"O" - perhaps a typo?
Got them installed in the 2 iPads and will give it a try 7PM PST (10pm here).
EDIT: And the Sprint SIM shows a 20-digit ICID as R+ needs for the iPad Mini registration.
qb
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History: I have a brand new iPad Pro and an older iPad Mini gen3 (it had been on T-Mobile's Free For Life).
Thanks to suggestions here (you rock urkel!) I visited the Apple store Saturday and got two true Sprint SIM cards.
During Saturday night's R+ BLT2 program I succeed in getting accounts for each and got the iPad Mini working. With WiFi off I can use Safari, etc and in the Dashboard I see about 10MB of the monthly plan used.
Problem:
I cannot get the iPad Pro to "provision" or "activate" or whatever so the Cellular Data will work!
It acts the same as the Mini: when I go to Settings>Cellular Data>Manage Spring Account... it comes back with the same message as the Mini
"Because of the type of account you have, we'll need to help you with your task" and info about contacting customer care.
This is different from what would show before "activation" - that showed a list of carriers (when the Apple SIM was installed) or Sprint (with the true Sprint SIM in place).
I've setup LinPhone on both iPads. On both I provided their sip.ringplus.net info (from the Dashboard / FluidCall info) and the Mini will call fine when the WiFi is off.
The iPad Pro will call only when WiFi is ON. And as expected my Dashboard does log the calls in Call History. Again this is not working on Cellular only.
In fact the one difference I can find is the iPad Mini in Settings>Cellular Data>Use Cellular Data For shows the Linphone app while the Pro does not. Seems Linphone knows that Cellular Data is not available to use for calling...???
On the iPad Pro if I turn off WiFi LinPhone, Safari, App Store all give the message "Could not activate cellular data network."
The iPad Pro shows two service dots and "Sprint LTE" in the upper left so I have cellular connection, just can't get the data to work.
I've tried:
Powering off and restarting the iPad
Did a full Reset through Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content and Settings
Ejected and reinserted the Sprint SIM
Ejected the Sprint and reinstalled the Apple SIM. Then when I go to Cellular Data I get the offer to pick a provider. Which I don't do. Then I reinsert the Sprint SIM and again get the above about "Because of the account type" message
Both iPads have the current iOS version 9.3.5
Do I have a defective Sprint SIM?
Should I try swapping the Spring SIM between the two iPads (won't I have to do a swap in the Dashboard?)?
Any suggestions would be great!
thanks
qb
Thanks to suggestions here (you rock urkel!) I visited the Apple store Saturday and got two true Sprint SIM cards.
During Saturday night's R+ BLT2 program I succeed in getting accounts for each and got the iPad Mini working. With WiFi off I can use Safari, etc and in the Dashboard I see about 10MB of the monthly plan used.
Problem:
I cannot get the iPad Pro to "provision" or "activate" or whatever so the Cellular Data will work!
It acts the same as the Mini: when I go to Settings>Cellular Data>Manage Spring Account... it comes back with the same message as the Mini
"Because of the type of account you have, we'll need to help you with your task" and info about contacting customer care.
This is different from what would show before "activation" - that showed a list of carriers (when the Apple SIM was installed) or Sprint (with the true Sprint SIM in place).
I've setup LinPhone on both iPads. On both I provided their sip.ringplus.net info (from the Dashboard / FluidCall info) and the Mini will call fine when the WiFi is off.
The iPad Pro will call only when WiFi is ON. And as expected my Dashboard does log the calls in Call History. Again this is not working on Cellular only.
In fact the one difference I can find is the iPad Mini in Settings>Cellular Data>Use Cellular Data For shows the Linphone app while the Pro does not. Seems Linphone knows that Cellular Data is not available to use for calling...???
On the iPad Pro if I turn off WiFi LinPhone, Safari, App Store all give the message "Could not activate cellular data network."
The iPad Pro shows two service dots and "Sprint LTE" in the upper left so I have cellular connection, just can't get the data to work.
I've tried:
Powering off and restarting the iPad
Did a full Reset through Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content and Settings
Ejected and reinserted the Sprint SIM
Ejected the Sprint and reinstalled the Apple SIM. Then when I go to Cellular Data I get the offer to pick a provider. Which I don't do. Then I reinsert the Sprint SIM and again get the above about "Because of the account type" message
Both iPads have the current iOS version 9.3.5
Do I have a defective Sprint SIM?
Should I try swapping the Spring SIM between the two iPads (won't I have to do a swap in the Dashboard?)?
Any suggestions would be great!
thanks
qb
7000 minutes, SMS, MMS, and MB plan available all weekend. I can't be bothered typing all the details anymore, so here's a link to that for anyone who's interested.
https://social.ringplus.net/discussion/7997
https://social.ringplus.net/discussion/7997
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Thanks Channan <3 🙂
As awesome as this 7000 Pastrami plan is that's being offered... I think I'll end up sticking with my two 6000 BLT plans, one on my 6s and one on my Mini 2, since they have slightly cheaper tethering rates ($3.99 vs $1.99/mo).
Verizon or Sprint models will work. AT&T and T-Mobile models will not.
Not just the cheaper tethering, but there's an upgrade fee. At some point you just have to be happy with what you have. I'm definitely going to stick with my BLT plan.