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bigfoot · 09-14-2007, 05:36 PM

i am a atnt (cingular) user and wants to buy a I Phone. but before i spend the money i have to find out if i can use my old cingular sim card to use on the new iphone. i dont really want to upgrade my phone plan or extand my service contract. sorry if this question have been ask before.

thank you.

iLoveIt · 09-14-2007, 07:12 PM

No, when you activate it with iTunes it will ask you want to use an existing account or make a new one. Choose to use your own and it will cancel your data plan and let you choose an iPhone data plan. Your voice plan and number stay the same.

bambam26 · 09-15-2007, 01:59 AM

That is not entirely correct when i activated mine last week i had to take a 2 year increase on my plan.

bigfoot · 09-15-2007, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by bambam26

That is not entirely correct when i activated mine last week i had to take a 2 year increase on my plan.

so there is no way to just pop in your own cingular sim card and have it working? i have a company phone plan and its not my option to upgrade the plan or add 2 more years to the contact. I have buy an unlocked iphone will that work?.. i read somewhere that a iphone has to be activated in order to have it unlock right?

thanks.

bambam26 · 09-15-2007, 03:09 PM

Let me test it for you I will have you a answer this afternoon I will switch sims with my girl to see. As for it being activated before use this is true button can put it on a go plane which is prepaid to activate it. Then put in your company sims. If that works you will not have visual voicemail or youtube. I think those are the only two things that will be missing.

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09-14-2007, 05:36 PM	#1
bigfoot Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2	i am a atnt (cingular) user and wants to buy a I Phone. but before i spend the money i have to find out if i can use my old cingular sim card to use on the new iphone. i dont really want to upgrade my phone plan or extand my service contract. sorry if this question have been ask before. thank you.

09-14-2007, 07:12 PM	#2
iLoveIt Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 36	No, when you activate it with iTunes it will ask you want to use an existing account or make a new one. Choose to use your own and it will cancel your data plan and let you choose an iPhone data plan. Your voice plan and number stay the same.

09-15-2007, 01:59 AM	#3
bambam26 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 8	That is not entirely correct when i activated mine last week i had to take a 2 year increase on my plan.

09-15-2007, 03:09 PM	#5
bambam26 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 8	Let me test it for you I will have you a answer this afternoon I will switch sims with my girl to see. As for it being activated before use this is true button can put it on a go plane which is prepaid to activate it. Then put in your company sims. If that works you will not have visual voicemail or youtube. I think those are the only two things that will be missing.

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