I was unable to do it. The sim worked for making calls and receiving texts, but no go for GPRS and web browsing services.
The text messaging was still unlimited, and calls were still 15 cents a minute (prepaid) -Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: wsardone To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 10:49 PM Subject: RE: Fw: [T-Mobile-US] Prepaid Question Wow.you were able to get your sidekick 3 sim to work with a treo 650? I have a 650 and tried and it did not work. How did you do that.? Thanks Bill _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel K Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Fw: [T-Mobile-US] Prepaid Question There's an issue with proxies and the way that the tmo dollar a day internet works. I was unable to do it with a sidekick sim and my treo 650 On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 6:47 pm, Donna Becker wrote: > Hey Glen, > I'm a bit confused and I appreciate you responding to my question. I > called T-Mo prepaid and they said I cannot use my Samsung T509 tethered > to a laptop with a prepaid card for data. They said the prepaid cards > can be switched over to that $1 a day using a Sidekick. I really don't > want to buy a Sidekick. I simply want to be able to use my prepaid > minutes with a data plan - (actually for my husband) using my Samsung > T509 as a modem. Is anyone out there using a prepaid card and their > phone as a modem to get online for a dollar a day? DonnaB > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Glen Bogle > To: T-Mobile-US@ <mailto:T-Mobile-US%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: [T-Mobile-US] Prepaid Question > > --- Donna Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dbecker5%40cinci.rr.com> rr.com> wrote: > >> Question 1 - If you have a T-Mo phone with modem capabilities is >> there anyway to use your prepaid minutes to get online with it >> tethered to your laptop? or Question 2 - If you have prepaid T-Mo >> minutes and buy a used T-Mo Sidekick can you use those sims with lots >> of minutes left to get online? DonnaB > > I've heard mixed results with people using a proxy to access the web > other than the basic T-Zones, but from what I've heard it works for > some but not all. > > If you have prepaid you can use Sidekick but you need to have customer > care make changes to your account. With prepaid sidekick you can do > unlimited email, web surf and unlimited domestic IM. It is $1 per day > even on days when you may not use the service. Voice calls are > 15ยข/minute for all denominations of PINs/card values. AFAIK you cannot > "tether" a laptop to a Sidekick. > > __________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo. <http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs> com/r/hs > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ______________________ Daniel Koehler Technician Hopping Mad Audio and NYPD PAL aol/iChat: wacintoshinux [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] - - T-Mobile-US on Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/T-Mobile-US _ _ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
