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Old 03-20-2011, 10:45 AM
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Exclamation anyway to swtcih between my iphone4 and my unlocked 9780 WITHOUT calling att?

i know with tmobile, i was able to switch between both phones with no prob, att tells me i will have to call every time i switch back and forth to change my IMEI number

is there anyway around that so i dont have to call every time??
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shouldn't have to call. You should be able to do it online. You just need to drop the iphone data plan and add the BB data plan.

Is this a one time switch or is this switching back and forth on a regular basis?
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Just swap sim cards it should work.

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You should be able to just swap sim cards, however if your data plan does not have BIS on it, you will most likely experience issues with the 9780...

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Also if you do not have BIS, ATT will add it when the Blackberry registers with the network.
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That's good to know GTWalling, thx. I swap between my torch and my iPhome 3gs. I have had any issues because my plan/contract is for the BB, so I have BIS. I have had no issues going to the iphone, and back.

OP - get them to add bis, or just have a blackberry plan, and then swap to your iphone I guess

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oh so that will work? att told me i have to call every time...i know that is how it worked with tmobile. i could switch back and forth no probs..
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I had to call ATT one time to switch to BB data plan. Otherwise the BB doesn't work right. When I put the SIM back in the iPhone I could no longer use Internet because I didn't have a data plan. I Googled and found I had to install a custom profile to get Internet on the iphone. There is a website called unlockit that does this. Now both phones work fine with the same SIM

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I had to call ATT one time to switch to BB data plan. Otherwise the BB doesn't work right. When I put the SIM back in the iPhone I could no longer use Internet because I didn't have a data plan. I Googled and found I had to install a custom profile to get Internet on the iphone. There is a website called unlockit that does this. Now both phones work fine with the same SIM

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i will try that tonight..where do i get the iphone app? cydia? appstore?
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Does the iphone4 not have a smaller simcard?

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Does the iphone4 not have a smaller simcard?

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Yep, but i made and adapter for it...works great
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Just switch the SIM cards.
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Moved to ATT Forum
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Hello, everybody above this line is wrong.

The only way to get BIS + Apple service is if you already have an unlimited smartphone data feature. Then you can swap all the live-long day with no worries, provided you know about the BIS+Apple data feature. Otherwise, no dice.

Oops, I neglected to cover the fact that the iPhone 4 in the US uses a chopped-up SIM that won't work in other phones straight away.

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Old 03-27-2011, 07:54 PM
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Best way is just make AT&T keep the unlimited BIS plan active on you account then you can switch to any phone you like, thats what I did. Since you have the SIM mod fixed you would be good to just SIM switch.
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