Richard asks…
Where can I buy T-Mobile cell phones without plans?
I need a new phone! Mine is broken but I don’t want to extend my plan any longer because I want a new service. Do you know where I can buy new T-Mobile cell phones without adding a plan?
Craig answers:
You have many options because T-Mobile is GSM and you can just put your SIM card in another phone.
You can buy a prepaid phone from Wal-Mart, Target, etc. These are cheap, low-end but good phones with no contract. And you can sell the prepaid SIM and activation kit on eBay for a little bit of money back.
You can buy a T-Mobile branded phone through the likes of eBay
You can buy an unlocked GSM phone. It NEEDS to have the 1900 band, and it SHOULD have the 850 band as well (T-Mobile doesn’t use it but some of their roaming partners do).
If you’re on a MyFaves plan it’s a little more restricted. Most phones do not have the MyFaves firmware. No unlocked and unbranded phone will. Most prepaid kits won’t (but some newer ones may have phones with the MyFaves firmware on them – and they won’t be marked to let you know). Be careful even when buying a phone listed on T-Mobile’s site as MyFaves – only the latest T-Mobile branded firmware versions have MyFaves. Even older T-Mobile branded ones (and many current prepay kits) won’t have the MyFaves firmware.
It’s a simple SIM card swap to get it working.
If you bought a phone unlocked and not setup for T-Mobile, then go to tmobileusotw.wdsglobal.com to send the phone the T-Mobile data settings for multimedia messages and T-Zones (WAP)
Good luck,
Mark
Thomas asks…
How would you go about finding out the time if clocks,watches and mobile/cell phones didn’t exist?
Would you be able to just look up at the sky and know?
Craig answers:
I think it would be quite difficult actually to get the precise time but If you lived on the coast I suppose you would probably have an idea with the ebb and flo of the tide.
Mandy asks…
Does anyone know about Virgin Mobile pre-paid cell phones?
I was looking around at the prices of pre-paid cell phones and saw that Virgin mobile cell phone where the cheapest price. I am only needing one for emergencies, so I don’t need a really expensive one. Anyways…I saw the prices for the minutes and I didn’t really understand it. the cheapest was $20.00, but it didn’t say how many minutes that was or their price per minute. Does anyone know approximately how many minutes are on one of the minutes card? Any of the cards for Virgin, just so I can kind of understand it.
Craig answers:
200 minutes for 20.00 dollars on there rollover plans 400 minutes for there 30.00 r/o plan and 1000 for 50
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