Bought my phone, do I have to tell Cingular?

I decided to just go and buy my own phone and not go through Cingular...
It's working fine now... The only thing is that the person whom I bought
the phone from told me I had to call Cingular and give them a number on the
box (also inside the phone), some type of serial number... Do I need to do
this if my phone is working fine or will it stop working in the future if I
don't call them?

Thanks,
Babs

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Absolutely not. I do this all the time.

"BubblyBabs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I decided to just go and buy my own phone and not go through Cingular...
> It's working fine now... The only thing is that the person whom I bought
> the phone from told me I had to call Cingular and give them a number on
> the
> box (also inside the phone), some type of serial number... Do I need to
> do
> this if my phone is working fine or will it stop working in the future if
> I
> don't call them?
>
> Thanks,
> Babs
>
>

In the previous message Karen [email protected] wrote:

> Absolutely not. I do this all the time.
>
> "BubblyBabs" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]...
>> I decided to just go and buy my own phone and not go through
>> Cingular... It's working fine now... The only thing is that the
>> person whom I bought the phone from told me I had to call Cingular
>> and give them a number on the
>> box (also inside the phone), some type of serial number... Do I
>> need to do
>> this if my phone is working fine or will it stop working in the
>> future if I
>> don't call them?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Babs

Thanks Karen, I appreciate knowing this!
Babs

Technically, if you bought the Nokia 6340i or Sony Ericsson T62U (a GAIT
phone) and want to use the GAIT capabilities (TDMA & Analog), you would have
to call Cingular to give them the IMEI number. If you don't call it in,
then you can only use the GSM signal.

If you bought a GSM phone, then no, you would not have to call in to
Cingular.

"Joseph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:22:40 -0500, "BubblyBabs"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I decided to just go and buy my own phone and not go through Cingular...
>>It's working fine now... The only thing is that the person whom I bought
>>the phone from told me I had to call Cingular and give them a number on
>>the
>>box (also inside the phone), some type of serial number... Do I need to
>>do
>>this if my phone is working fine or will it stop working in the future if
>>I
>>don't call them?
>
> cingular or any other operator does not need to know which handset you
> are using. If they really want to they can tell which handset you are
> using from the handset's broadcasting the IMEI when you make calls,
> but that's it. You can switch handsets 20 times a day and it won't
> make one wit of difference to cingular.
>
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>

In the previous message Joseph [email protected] wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 09:59:52 -0400, "Scott Mc"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Technically, if you bought the Nokia 6340i or Sony Ericsson T62U (a
>> GAIT phone) and want to use the GAIT capabilities (TDMA & Analog),
>> you would have to call Cingular to give them the IMEI number. If
>> you don't call it in, then you can only use the GSM signal.
>>
>> If you bought a GSM phone, then no, you would not have to call in to
>> Cingular.
>
> Well, they didn't say they were going to use a GAIT phone now did
> they?
>

Poor me, I don't even know what that is!
Babs

> Poor me, I don't even know what that is!
> Babs
>
>
GAIT = GSM + more coverage - camera - flip - color -pda ect , next time you
see someone using their phone and your's says no service ask them what they
are using.

"BubblyBabs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In the previous message Stanley Reynolds [email protected]
> wrote:
>
> >> Poor me, I don't even know what that is!
> >> Babs
> >>
> >>
> > GAIT = GSM + more coverage - camera - flip - color -pda ect , next
- means no camera and no pda
GAIT phones are very basic
> > time you see someone using their phone and your's says no service ask
> > them what they are using.
>
> Ah, yes, I saw reference to a PDA and phone combo on a website... I'll
have
> to check into it... Are these GAIT phones worth it though?
Only if you see the no service message on your phone and then maybe the GAIT
phone will work.

I have a bag of phones most of the time they all work, a few times none
work. The GAIT Cingular phone and the Verizon with amps backup work the best
off road.

In the previous message Stanley Reynolds [email protected]
wrote:

>> Poor me, I don't even know what that is!
>> Babs
>>
>>
> GAIT = GSM + more coverage - camera - flip - color -pda ect , next
> time you see someone using their phone and your's says no service ask
> them what they are using.

Ah, yes, I saw reference to a PDA and phone combo on a website... I'll have
to check into it... Are these GAIT phones worth it though? I've had my
m515 for a few years now, will the PDA phone combo last as long do you
think?

Babs