Captivate WITHOUT Data Plan?

[NeoXer0]

Hey everyone! Hopefully I will go to the at&t store to pick up my Captivate tomorrow. However, I have a problem.

You see, my family has 5 members who have phone line, 2 of which have data plans. My father has a data plan and is content with his iphone 3gs and is eligible for an upgrade. So, he plans to pay $250 for a new Samsung Captivate that will SUPPOSEDLY be for him and his line. However, he is going to give it to me instead, and I don't have a data plan.

Is there any way I could unlock my phone in the sense that I can use it without a data plan? Like can I have 3g turned off 24/7? I plan to get my phone rooted, does rooting automatically do this/allow me to do this?

Thanks in advance.

 

[jhernand1102]

No as soon as you put an AT&T Sim in it it will register on their network and a data plan will be added...

 

[terrigan]

Sadly AT&T requires smartphones to have Data plans. You're not going to have any choice. Hopefully your old man won't notice, eh?

$250?!? How long has he had the contract with them? I picked mine up for $99.

 

[NeoXer0]

Sadly AT&T requires smartphones to have Data plans. You're not going to have any choice. Hopefully your old man won't notice, eh?

$250?!? How long has he had the contract with them? I picked mine up for $99.

For a little less than a year, he didn't wait out his whole 2 years lol.

 

[labbu63]

well thats not possible if you have att but if you pay like 250 more and buy a vibrant off contract and unlock then you only pay 10 dollars for unlimited data

 

[Gaidheil]

You can have AT&T put a data block on your phone, but that blocks mms also. Then the system wont put you on a data plan. btw data block is free to do, we know how they like to charge for most of there features.

 

[alphadog00]

You can have AT&T put a data block on your phone, but that blocks mms also. Then the system wont put you on a data plan.

You better research this - AT&T won't put a datablock on a smarthphone that requires data. Phones transmit their IMEI numbers when on the network - AT&T will see it is a Captivate and force a data plan on the customer.

If you bought it off contract, you may have a chance, but if you buy it via the subsidized contract price you need to play by their rules.

 

[labbu63]

no even if u buy the captivate off contract you still have to pay for data but if you buy a vibrant off contract unlock it then its up to you whether or not you want a data plan

 

[Hydrocharged]

If you have a GoPhone sim card in it, they won't charge you for data. I have a GoPhone sim in mine and I've never been required to purchase data for it. I'm not sure about monthly bills though...they may require data on those.

 

[iamamp3pimp]

Hey everyone! Hopefully I will go to the at&t store to pick up my Captivate tomorrow. However, I have a problem.

You see, my family has 5 members who have phone line, 2 of which have data plans. My father has a data plan and is content with his iphone 3gs and is eligible for an upgrade. So, he plans to pay $250 for a new Samsung Captivate that will SUPPOSEDLY be for him and his line. However, he is going to give it to me instead, and I don't have a data plan.

Is there any way I could unlock my phone in the sense that I can use it without a data plan? Like can I have 3g turned off 24/7? I plan to get my phone rooted, does rooting automatically do this/allow me to do this?

Thanks in advance.

yeah i dont understand why people even want to try this.

if he is getting it for that price just unlock it and try to go to another provider....

 

[iamamp3pimp]

You better research this - AT&T won't put a datablock on a smarthphone that requires data. Phones transmit their IMEI numbers when on the network - AT&T will see it is a Captivate and force a data plan on the customer.

If you bought it off contract, you may have a chance, but if you buy it via the subsidized contract price you need to play by their rules.

i spoke with them about this yesterday, as i wanted to open a 3rd line w my old blackjack, and they told me that it would HAVE to have the min 15$ data plan on the phone, no way around it.

smartphone = smartphone plan. thats just how it is now.

 

[pokedoke]

It's odd, I've had mine for about a week now, and I still don't have a data plan. Hasn't been added, I've checked data usage, it says "information not available"...

I have a text and data block on it... but I'm not completely sure on that. Prick of a sister did that.

 

[xtremekilla09]

It's odd, I've had mine for about a week now, and I still don't have a data plan. Hasn't been added, I've checked data usage, it says "information not available"...

I have a text and data block on it... but I'm not completely sure on that. Prick of a sister did that.

LOL! dude! I am also in the same boat. I had a data block put on my line about a year ago. I bought my captivate one week ago and no data plan yet. Its not on my bill and I can't connect.

I really have no need of a data plan. Everywhere I go, there is WiFi available.

I am loving it so far, lets hope they dont get wise to it.

 

[pokedoke]

LOL! dude! I am also in the same boat. I had a data block put on my line about a year ago. I bought my captivate one week ago and no data plan yet. Its not on my bill and I can't connect.

I really have no need of a data plan. Everywhere I go, there is WiFi available.

I am loving it so far, lets hope they dont get wise to it.

Indeed...but I was kinda looking forward to a data plan... living in the city = real time traffic updates are pure bliss. But I suppose the areas with traffic are areas with wifi anyway...haha.

What differs from yours is that my block started when I got the phone. You'd think somebody would catch on...

 

[tysj]

For some reason they allowed me to use the unlimited family data plan (non-smartphone) for my Tilt2 in the beginning of the year even though it clearly showed in my account that I was using a Tilt2 (bought off eBay). I did have a data block on my phone prior to the Tilt2. Picked up the Captivate off contract and still enjoying unlimited data since launch.

 

[mrsneakerhead09]

hey guys. i work at att as a sales rep and there is a way to get it without data...
lmk if interested.

 

[diversificationied]

People who have blocks on data plans are being grandfathered in.

You can no longer block data on smartphones.

 

[mrsneakerhead09]

again. im telling you i know how to do it

 

[diversificationied]

I didn't see your post, but I can already tell it's not available to just anyone.

 

[mrsneakerhead09]

lol ive been working with att for over a year. im tellinmg you i can do it. for Blackberry, iphone, any smart phone