[AllenA07]

This past Friday I finally got my 8900 order placed. My question now is when should I activate the Data plan. On the phone the reps told me that I should do so after I get the phone and then it'll take an additional 48 hours to begin working. So does this mean that even after I get my phone I've got to wait another two days before I can really use it? I was wondering if I could just follow it on UPS and activate the Blackberry plan two days before I get the phone, that way out of the box it's fully operational. Any advice would be great!

[s0ysauce45]

yeah i'd like to know the answer to this question too. i'm currently on a data plan but not a blackberry plan, phone should be coming sometime this week.

[hypermint]

I ordered my bb online from sprint. When I activated over the phone my data plan just started to work. I took about 30min to 1 hours for all the data apps to start working but 48hrs, that's just brutal. I would just activate it now so when you do get you bb you are ready to go.

[Artemis68]

I activated the data plan about a day before I got the BB. After registering the new BB, everything worked fine.

[aristile]

If you know the PIN then you can probably add the service and activate it at any time. But I think you can just add the BIS at any time and then put in your PIN on the BIS website once the phone comes in.

[username0001]

You can add the data plan from your my tmo account online. It took about 4 hours for everything to get up and running when I did it this way.

[BT3]

I'm with Tmo and they always say 48 hours but it takes hours. Just order it at the end of the day and by the morning u will have access to all the features.

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[AllenA07]

Reading everything here I think the morning of the day I'm set to get my phone (or maybe the night before) I'll go ahead and switch the blackberry plan on.

[andyr2007]

Every time i have taken off or put on the BB plan, it is active within a couple hours, if not right away....this is on US T-Mobile. If you call, its faster, as they will register your pin on your sim card...

[KingofHeart4711]

They tell you up to 48 hrs but it never really takes that long. Just add it the day you get the phone or now if you want

[aNbA]

You can add the data plan from your my tmo account online. It took about 4 hours for everything to get up and running when I did it this way.

I did this too and it was ready in a few hours.

[911 Dispatcher]

Mine was up and running in about 7-10 minutes after I added the plan.

[mcgoo25]

It literally works within 20 minutes. They have to inform customers that there may be a provisioning time.

[AllenA07]

Very glad to hear this, I hated the idea of getting a new toy and then finding out I'd have to wait 48 hours before getting to play with it.