Yes, you'll need to put a dumbphone on the dummy line, not leave it hanging as a true dummy line. Fortunately, they're cheap to get or you could even dig up the old Razr and use that.
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Starting Dummy Line on AT&T
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Yes, you'll need to put a dumbphone on the dummy line, not leave it hanging as a true dummy line. Fortunately, they're cheap to get or you could even dig up the old Razr and use that.
Yes the iPhone 5 ordered as an upgrade will come with a Nano-SIM.
Special note about using a pre-paid phone to add a line. You are in violation of the TOS for the prepaid phone, a minor issue. The biggest issue is that often when the rep adds the line to your FamilyTalk plan they don't always correctly account for the fact that your are bringing your own device.
Double and Tripple check when doing this.
Note: I would suggest that you just add the line as part of your Apple pre-order of the iPhone 5 and then get the dumb phone. Yes, this will work for existing FamilyTalk Customers. If you don't already have a FamilyTalk plan then just order a new line of service, picking the lowest voice plan and the lowest available iPhone data plan. Then you can merge that new line and your existing line into a FamilyTalk plan.
Dave
Interesting. I have done it twice. Once with a rep in a store and once over the phone. In fact, the phone rep even suggested it to me.
Not saying that you're wrong, but it is just another example of an inconsistent answer.
Just to confirm - can keep unlimited data because that is per line?
So -
*pre-order iPhone 5 with new line
*Move existing iPhone 4S line to iPhone 5 with new nano-sim
*Put new line sim into a dumb phone and drop down to voice only for 9.99
Anybody think that AT&T will have extra nano sims on launch day?
So -
*pre-order iPhone 5 with new line
*Move existing iPhone 4S line to iPhone 5 with new nano-sim
*Put new line sim into a dumb phone and drop down to voice only for 9.99
Anybody think that AT&T will have extra nano sims on launch day?
Why is everyone asking about this?? When you pre-order with the new line, it should come with a nano sim.
Based on previous experience ordering from Apple. The SIM in the phone is tied to the phone number you ordered it with. If you want to swap lines, they have to give you a new SIM to do that. I've had to do it with the 4 and the 4S. Apple's instructions for an upgrade swap even state this (at least they used to). The wording was something like "activate the phone on the account used to order, then contact carrier..." something like that. SIMS (at least 3G SIMS) couldn't be reprogrammed. Once it had a number associated with it, that was it. So it was "burned" and couldn't be swapped. You had to go get a new one.
The nano-sim will be active on the "new" line, but the goal is to have it active on the "old" line. Therefore you will need a new regular (or micro) SIM for the "new" line which will cancel the nano-sim, then another nano-sim for the "old" line.
If previous launches are any indication, they will have boatloads of them. You will be able to keep your unlimited as well.
If you activate the iPhone 5 on a line that is eligible and want that phone to be used on a different phone number, you will need a new SIM - at least that's how it has been in the past.
Example - my son's phone is eligible for a full discounted upgrade, but I am not. I will upgrade his phone, then swap SIMs, therefore keeping my number on the iPhone 5 and unlimited data on my phone number, while he gets my old phone.
Leaning towards starting a dummy line since they wont budge on my upgrade. My question is, could I start a dummy line, use the new 5, and if they decide to make my original line eligible for upgrade within the next month, could I return the dummy line and take it off my account?
It won't work. If you decide to kill your dummy line, within 30 days you will have the option to return the phone. After that, you've to pay the early termination fee.
Correct. I decided I'd rather pay a $120 per year to keep the line open over $250 a year for early upgrade. Plus I'll be able to upgrade each year and I got $180 credit for unlimited messaging.