On Thursday 08 October 2009 11:33:30 Steeler wrote: > 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?
My T-Mobile account is month to month. Pay for one month, they give you a SIM card, don't pay for any more months. It is pretty simple, really. > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
