Live in the USA....
I will start by saying that I bought the G1 phone for my teen from someone that was selling theirs. I dont know the person. Before I bought it I put my SIM card in it to test it and make sure that it would at least be able to make calls and texts My plan is strictly a basic phone plan. I entered my gmail acct and the phone was good to go and I bought it.
On the way home, & to my surprise, I was able to go online and watch you tube videos. About an hour or more later, it suddenly said that I could not use the 3g network (or something like that).
Well I browsed the phone settings and I was able to connect using the wifi at my home network. Anyways, I took my SIM card out and then gave the phone to my teen the next day. She put her SIM card in and was able to use the 3G for a bit, then it stopped. But was able to use the wifi as I had. Still, she was content that at least she could use the wifi on the phone. 2 weeks passed and all was well just using the wifi and basic phone features..
**However, here is the problem. She ended up restoring the phone to the factory settings. I think all she was trying to do was switch the existing gmail acct to one of hers. I guess my google acct was still on there when I did the initial testing weeks ago.
So now, the phone does not even let her do anything. She tries to sign in but can not go anywhere after that. No phone calls, texts nor nothing. It says that she needs to purchase a data plan or something like that.
>>How can we bypass this feature? It is ok with her if she can not access the 3G network. She would like to access the internet using the wifi feature if possible. But if nothing else, would simply like to use this as a regular phone for text, calls, etc.
We tried putting her sisters sim card in it that has a data plan on it but it would not work (says the tmobile rep) because her sister has the mytouch plan & not the G1 plan.
Could we insert a SIM card from someone else that uses the G1 phone & uses one of the G1 plans in order to get that phone to boot up and be able to use it like before?? Then they take their SIM out and she puts in hers so that she can use the phone as before???
Need any advise and things to try please. I heard that this can be done.
I dont want the additional expense of another data plan on my family plan because its too hard as it is for yet another phone expense.
I thank you all kindly in advance......................
I will start by saying that I bought the G1 phone for my teen from someone that was selling theirs. I dont know the person. Before I bought it I put my SIM card in it to test it and make sure that it would at least be able to make calls and texts My plan is strictly a basic phone plan. I entered my gmail acct and the phone was good to go and I bought it.
On the way home, & to my surprise, I was able to go online and watch you tube videos. About an hour or more later, it suddenly said that I could not use the 3g network (or something like that).
Well I browsed the phone settings and I was able to connect using the wifi at my home network. Anyways, I took my SIM card out and then gave the phone to my teen the next day. She put her SIM card in and was able to use the 3G for a bit, then it stopped. But was able to use the wifi as I had. Still, she was content that at least she could use the wifi on the phone. 2 weeks passed and all was well just using the wifi and basic phone features..
**However, here is the problem. She ended up restoring the phone to the factory settings. I think all she was trying to do was switch the existing gmail acct to one of hers. I guess my google acct was still on there when I did the initial testing weeks ago.
So now, the phone does not even let her do anything. She tries to sign in but can not go anywhere after that. No phone calls, texts nor nothing. It says that she needs to purchase a data plan or something like that.
>>How can we bypass this feature? It is ok with her if she can not access the 3G network. She would like to access the internet using the wifi feature if possible. But if nothing else, would simply like to use this as a regular phone for text, calls, etc.
We tried putting her sisters sim card in it that has a data plan on it but it would not work (says the tmobile rep) because her sister has the mytouch plan & not the G1 plan.
Could we insert a SIM card from someone else that uses the G1 phone & uses one of the G1 plans in order to get that phone to boot up and be able to use it like before?? Then they take their SIM out and she puts in hers so that she can use the phone as before???
Need any advise and things to try please. I heard that this can be done.
I dont want the additional expense of another data plan on my family plan because its too hard as it is for yet another phone expense.
I thank you all kindly in advance......................
