60Seconds Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 I'm on Att for a year now and I want to upgrade to an I-Phone 3gs from a lg shine but am not willing to pay the 200 buck early upgrade fee. so i came up with an idea of getting an iphone through my dads account. Can i swap the sim cards if i bought an iphone through his account. Like put my shine's sim card in the 3gs and have my dad still be able to keep his 3g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 unfortunately, the iphone has no back cover to take off, so no but when i did the early upgrade with ATT it only cost me $75 so you might want to check that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 ALSO dont forget you need the data plan with the IPhone Otherwise you'll contract HUGE data bills, because when the phone is on, it is using data Stupid, ino but thats just the way they made it =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingless Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Google says "yeah, probably" [YOUTUBE]Kf9oHGzLF_M[/YOUTUBE] But yeah, make sure you have a proper data plan or you're going to get raped by AT&T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60Seconds Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 ya but i don't currently have an iphone and the sim cards are different i heard. element did you upgrade to an iphone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beast702 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 no the sim cards are all the same if you have the 3g sim card cuz they wouldnt want to spend extra more money jus for a sim card especially for the iphone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K!wi Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I have the 3gs. You cannot because the upgrade is for your parent and it will need to be registered under your dad's sim... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aLLeN^ Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 All you do is go up to att with your dad and use his account and get the 3gs. Ask the person working there to take off the data plan for your dad and add a data plan on your sim card and put your sim card in it.. and it'll work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotblunt Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I farking love my iphone.. my 3gS comes next week! excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingless Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 On a SIM based network, any SIM based phone (with proper branding on the firmware) will work with any SIM card, provided your plan has the proper items (data, etc.) on it. For this to be any different specifically for the iPhone would be a level of ignorance that I don't believe even Apple is capable of achieving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60Seconds Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 Kk thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aLLeN^ Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Remember to tell them to take the data plan off your dads sim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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