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Use your iPhone 4 micro sim in iPad it works!

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Costsboy

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There has been a number of reports that the iPhone 4 micro sim does not work in the iPad. I have just got my O2 uk iPhone 4 micro sim to work in my iPad and this is how. On your iPhone 4 go to settings>general>network>cellular data network and make a note of the cellular data APN, username and password.

Then remove your micro sim and put in the iPad. It will appear not to work. However go to settings>cellular data>APN settings and insert the settings you noted down from the iPhone 4. It will work and you can use you iPhone 4 data account.

Hope that helps some other people
 
Costsboy said:
There has been a number of reports that the iPhone 4 micro sim does not work in the iPad. I have just got my O2 uk iPhone 4 micro sim to work in my iPad and this is how. On your iPhone 4 go to settings>general>network>cellular data network and make a note of the cellular data APN, username and password.

Then remove your micro sim and put in the iPad. It will appear not to work. However go to settings>cellular data>APN settings and insert the settings you noted down from the iPhone 4. It will work and you can use you iPhone 4 data account.

Hope that helps some other people
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Does this really work.
 
Costsboy said:
On your iPhone 4 go to Settings>general>network>cellular data network and make a note of the cellular data APN, username and password.
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On my US iPhone4 I only have the on/off toggle for cellular data and no place do I find the APN, etc.

What am I missing?
 
Can confirm it does work and both iPhone 4 sim and iPad sims are micro sims.
 
You are allowed to put your sim anywhere you want. You can't be terminated for that. And yes this works.

AT&T apn is. wap.cingular
 
The iPad is an iPhone-class device. Switching the SIM also means "one at a time" usage. I don't think AT&T will penalize anyone for this.
 
mashoutposse said:
The iPad is an iPhone-class device. Switching the SIM also means "one at a time" usage. I don't think AT&T will penalize anyone for this.
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Dunno anything about AT&T but my factory unlocked iPhone 4 works with any sim as does my iPad. But on the iPad you need a sim with activated 3G & pref. a plan for data. But my iPhone sim works seamless in my iPad.
Although it is handier to use two sims, if you only rarely use the iPad 3G I can imagine you want to switch when on holiday, traveling etc.
Then again, if you so rarely use the 3G on the iPad, why buy the 3G to start with?
 
ct2k7 said:
Not here in the UK. O2 or any carrier can terminate your service without reason.



Now, would you really want to risk inflating your data usage?
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and then free you from your 18 month contract?

sounds pretty awesome
 
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