No VZW data plan, got 4G SIM w/ 4G upgrade.

[kurttrail]

I bought my VZW Xoom day one without a data plan, and never got one, so I was expecting not to get a 4G SIM card when I got the 4G radio upgrade.

Am I just lucky or did everyone without a data plan get a 4G SIM with the 4G radio upgrade?

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[sirius b]

No data plan and I got one, I'm pretty sure they are at least some will turn it on, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted.

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[kurttrail]

Thanks for the reply. I was wondering if VZW had MOTO put the SIM card in as a temptation.

My tbolt 4G SIM worked fine in my Xoom, so at least I know the new radio works.

Some people with Xoom data plans had a harder time getting their new SIM card to work, than I did using my tbolt SIM.

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[xxspark89xx]

Thanks for the reply. I was wondering if VZW had MOTO put the SIM card in as a temptation.

My tbolt 4G SIM worked fine in my Xoom, so at least I know the new radio works.

Some people with Xoom data plans had a harder time getting their new SIM card to work, than I did using my tbolt SIM.

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I seriously have to pose this question... So your TBOLT SIM card works in your 4G XOOM, correct?

So does that mean, that there may be a possible loop-hole around these lame XOOM data caps?

I don't own a 4G phone, but say someone happened to add a line to their plan with a extra TBOLT 4G (before the new limited data plans), then technically you could experience "unlimited" 4G data on your Motorola XOOM just by switching the SIM?

Someone is bound to catch onto this eventually... and then so will Verizon... but if it works now, then why not?

EDIT: Lmao, someone beat me to it (this was the first thread I read), then I saw this thread after my post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288922

My bad.

 

[scsa20]

All Xooms getting the 4G upgrade without the data plan will get a sim card so if you decide (wink wink, at least according to motorola and version) get the data they just need your SIM# do the activation.

My roommate's xoom doesn't have the data plan and he plans on using the wifi only for now so he didn't care about the radio breaking and wanted everything back how it was so there he goes for that.

Now, as for people having an hard time getting there sim card to work (those with data plans already), I didn't had any problems, I booted it up, after about 5 minutes of poking around and about to go into the bootloader to unlock it I get a message saying there's a sim card in there and asked if I wanted to activate it, and when I did I got my 4g data working with no problem.

Also, I don't see why you can't use your 4G phone's sim card in the xoom, they all act the same way in terms of activation and use. The whole point of the sim card is for you to easily change your phones without having to really go through yet another activation process and what not.

 

[wes_s]

I seriously have to pose this question... So your TBOLT SIM card works in your 4G XOOM, correct?

So does that mean, that there may be a possible loop-hole around these lame XOOM data caps?

I don't own a 4G phone, but say someone happened to add a line to their plan with a extra TBOLT 4G (before the new limited data plans), then technically you could experience "unlimited" 4G data on your Motorola XOOM just by switching the SIM?

Someone is bound to catch onto this eventually... and then so will Verizon... but if it works now, then why not?

EDIT: Lmao, someone beat me to it (this was the first thread I read), then I saw this thread after my post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288922

My bad.

You wouldn't be able to add a new line with a tbolt and have unlimited data because a new line would be subject to the tiered data. If you were to upgrade to a 4g phone on a line that had unlimited data already this works.
I have a tbolt on an unlimited plan and am using my sim in my xoom to stream netflix as I speak.

 

[Psychokitty]

Gueeze, does Verizon even have a development team at all, or are they so cheap that they just let their consumers find all the exploits for them?
Maybe they laid them all off.
At any rate, once they are wise to this particular type of bandwidth "theft", is it a simple fix on their end, or do they have to further tighten policy, making their data plans even less attractive than they are now?

 

[wes_s]

Gueeze, does Verizon even have a development team at all, or are they so cheap that they just let their consumers find all the exploits for them?
Maybe they laid them all off.
At any rate, once they are wise to this particular type of bandwidth "theft", is it a simple fix on their end, or do they have to further tighten policy, making their data plans even less attractive than they are now?

Actually according to Verizon this is acceptable use of our 4g sim cards.
http://support.verizonwireless.com/clc/faqs/VZAccess/4g_sim_card.html?grp=1&faq=8
" Can I use my Verizon Wireless 4G SIM in more than one device?

Yes; the Verizon Wireless 4G SIM card contains all of your subscriber information, so the SIM card is portable and can be used in any Verizon Wireless-certified 4G device. All usage will be billed to the account associated with the 4G SIM card."

 

[dellenrules]

Great find.

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