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Question about the $30 no contract plan

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phenom01

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the $30 plan (100 minutes + unlimit data and text) is only for the phones that tmobile list or can i use my existing phone? If i could use my existing phone how?
 
As I understand it, you can use any T-Mobile compatible phone BUT it's only for new customers so you can't move a phone already on T-Mobile to the new plan.

That's not to say there aren't ways around this, but you'd need to find someone who's successfully navigated the process (which I haven't, since I wasn't a T-Mobile customer to start with.
 
You might be able to, it pops up on my account settings to change plans. I use more than 100 minutes a month so it wouldn't be useful to me.
 
I'm doing the same thing but ith a used Tmobile phone (I am a curent ATT customer). Since I am a new Tmobile customer they told me I not only need a SIM card but also an activation code which the stores charge you $20 for. Walmart people are clueless so not sure what they would but may try it that way first to see if they can activate it somehow right there.
 
Guru0006 said:
I'm doing the same thing but ith a used Tmobile phone (I am a curent ATT customer). Since I am a new Tmobile customer they told me I not only need a SIM card but also an activation code which the stores charge you $20 for. Walmart people are clueless so not sure what they would but may try it that way first to see if they can activate it somehow right there.
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There are two ways to unlock a phone.

1) You can use a program (runs only on Windows) that you can download from the net. You connect the USB cable from the phone to the computer and the program unlocks the phone. The software is free, but you need the unlock code, which you can get only from the carrier.

2) You can get an unlock code for a couple of bucks on eBay. To use this unlock code you need a "foreign" SIM card. For example, when I unlocked my AT&T phone to use it on T-Mobile I signed up at T-Mobile and they gave me a SIM card, no phone because I was going to use my AT&T phone. I put the T-Mobile SIM card in my AT&T phone and turned it on. Instead of booting a screen came up and asked for the code. I entered the code that I had previously bought on eBay, and voil
 
Guru0006 said:
Just order the activation kit from tmobile. Comes with sim card and activation code for $5.
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+1. This is what I did. I think I paid $13 total with tax and shipping. Alas, not keeping the service since I only get 2G speed at work and that's where I need to have 3G data. At home, I get 5Mbps on HSPA+, but my home internet is fast enough to render my wi-fi router as the bottleneck.
 
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