Hi I have a new iPad+4G (Verizon edition). If I go to settings and turn on cellular data, but don't subscribe to a plan, I still get the "3G" indicator and cell tower strength indicator in the upper left corner for the cell data being turned on even without a data plan being activated. Of course, I don' have actual data service and it keeps prompting me to sign up for a plan.
However, according to the Verizon website, my area is strongly in their standard Verizon 4G LTE coverage area. So I would expect that the display should show 4G and the LTE indicator. But maybe it does not actually try LTE unless the data plan is activated as the 3G coverage is sufficient for it to make the connection to sign up for the plan. I don't normally have a data plan on the iPad to avoid the cost on an ongoing basis. But I want the capability so that if I have an emergency need I can activate it at the time of need. For example, I am out and about and have a server emergency that cannot wait for me to drive home. Since I work from home most of the time and am in WiFi range, and also have an iPhone (ATT) for normal outside the house use, and have some WiFi places around town I can access as needed, there is no need for me to normally pay for the data plan since it gets little use. After one year of paying for data on my AT&T original iPad, I got smart and turned it off as well except for the emergency case. However, if the Verizon LTE is not really working in my area, I would rather go get an iPad SIM card from AT&T [1] and use that as they have their quite fast pseudo-4G HSPA+ or whatever it is called service in my area and I'd rather use that than slow Verizon 3G. Hence, my question, on whether the new iPad cell service display is accurate when the data plan is not activated. Thanks Chad [1] Yes, it seems you can use a Verizon new iPad on AT&T but only on their 3G (non LTE) service when using an AT&T SIM card instead of the Verizon one in the iPad. The AT&T pseudo 4G service works really well in my area much of the time. _______________________________________________ iPhone-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
