Also, three more things: 1. My third post in this thread was being typed while the immediately prior post was posted.
2. "Prepaid SIM...". How much would this cost? 3. Does the canceling the T-Mobile data plan idea break any agreements you have to sign with T-Mobile? On Oct 7, 9:44 pm, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > T-Mobile will tell you that a SIM with an active data plan is > required. However, the only thing that actually requires a data plan > is the initial registration when you first boot the phone. If the > phone is rooted, this can be bypassed. So if you're looking to buy off > eBay, you have a few options: > > 1) You can get any phone & borrow a friend's SIM (with a data plan) > for a few minutes so you can activate the phone. From there on out I > think the phone will work without a SIM (but I'm not entirely sure...) > > 2) Get a data plan from T-Mobile and then cancel after you register > the phone. Prepare to hassle with customer service and pay a $20 fee. > > 3) Get a rooted phone and make sure with the seller that it can bypass > the initial Google registration and the SIM lock screens. > > 4) Pay twice as much money for the official Google dev phone. Most > expensive option but by far the easiest. > > On Oct 7, 5:52 pm, Steeler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If I buy a used Android phone off eBay, will I be able to use it for > > development (no calls or anything like that, just app testing) as-is, > > or will I need to get a service plan for it to be able to use it at > > all?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
