Long story short, I need to cut back on expenses. Can I disable BIS and tethering to save money and just keep the Curve as a basic phone text messaging device? Reason I ask is because I was granfathered in to Verizon from Alltel and currently my account still shows my old Alltel plan and with Alltel, they wouldn't let me keep the BlackBerry activated unless I kept the Data plan. Basically I just want to be able to make/receive calls and send/receive text messages without having to get another phone. I know that I can delete all my email accounts and the browser to keep from using data. Thanks for your help.
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As of now, it seems that even on T-Mobile(which used to not care), but enough of that, if you have a blackberry on VZW (I'm guessing Alltell as well) that it is mandatory that you have either BIS or BES...
You should check with your carrier. I agree with PMurray - it is becoming more and more unlikely that you can maintain a BlackBerry account without a data plan, but the definitive word will come from your carrier.
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1) VZW will NOT allow a BlackBerry that does not have a data plan.
2) No CDMA carrier will let you bring a device from another carrier onto their
network, so switching carriers is not a solution.
Your only real option is to ditch the BlackBerry and choose a phone that does
not require a data plan, a non "smartphone".
I'm not sure about vzw, but I was able to use my Bold with a go phone sim card. I could talk and text and with the google gmail app still get my email pretty easily.
I'm not sure about vzw, but I was able to use my Bold with a go phone sim card. I could talk and text and with the google gmail app still get my email pretty easily.
Most likely he doesn't have a slot for SIM card. CDMA phones don't use them. If he had a Tour or Storm those are dual CDMA/GSM but not VZW Curve.
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