dell streak 7 with prepaid plan question.

[antrax360]

Ok so tmobile has a nice.plan with 5gb, 100 mins and unlimited texting for $30.00. My question is would this plan work on my streak 7. Don't care about the calling or texting just the data plan. I have simple mobile with the $40 plan and ddata does work so I figure the tmobile one should work as well. Hve u guys tried this?

 

[giveen]

Its not a phone, so your minutes and texting won't work, and I am doubtful the data would work as well.

 

[hoodred]

You wont be able to use cell phone plan and insert the sim card with the Dell streak 7.
You will need a tablet data plan In order for it to work.

And with prepaid tablet data plan you wont get unlimited texting.
with postpaid tablet data plan you can add unlimited texting.

 

[antrax360]

I have simple mobile nd my voice plan with data works on the tablet. Just data. no texting no calling. I don't have a tmobile sim card with me to try it out.

 

[antrax360]

I want that 30 plan bcuz it has 5gbs.of data. I dont ccare about the calling or texting but the 5gb. I rather pay 30 than like 50 for just 2 or 3gb

 

[TheManii]

Depends on their policy more then anything else. Texting requires a phone number(?) but tablets dont get numbers since they cant call, otherwise it's just (a special type of) data.

Carriers like to charge different amounts for different device classes, so it might not apply to a tablet or something.

 

[twillet50]

I have a data only plan from t-mobile and they do give the tablet a phone number. Seems odd to me but they do.

Sent from my Dell Streak 7 using XDA App

 

[EwanG]

I have a data only plan from t-mobile and they do give the tablet a phone number. Seems odd to me but they do.

They give it a phone number so that they can SMS you messages when you get near your limit, or near the end of your 30 days. Their system was built around doing SMS for activations as well. They could rearchitect to use email, but since phone companies have numbers "lying around", it's just as easy to give you the number.

As for the 5 Gig/$30 option, I wish they would do that for us, but they have told myself and others on multiple occasions that this is a WalMart special - which suggests that WalMart may be subsidizing some or all of these plans. $50/3 Gigs isn't horrible - particularly considering the equivalent plans (and costs) at Verizon and AT&T.

My .02 worth of course.

 

[SlickClick]

I got the plan in an effort to keep my # at a lower cost... Only texting works... The 3g & 4g show but wont go out... Update: wont get SMS messages either..! Now this really sucks...

I have the tmobile branded dell streak... Tried to upgrade it to hc3.2 but some match error came up...

Anyway wifi everything works fine...

I called tmo they told me I need a broadband plan... =/ And that it only works on walmart purchased phones... Considering that its mostly a data and text plan you would think more would fly... It has 100 voice min so whatever there...

Anyone know of a loophole..?

I read somewhere that only walmart sold phones can be used as so; and if you update your streak7 the wrong file it could change ones imei # so becareful there but some pm me if they know where im going with this...

SMS started working all of a sudden...