cingular prepaid

ok I was wondering this. could I buy a cingular prepaid phone from like walmart or something and put my sim card from my contract phone in it. You know essentially just buying a new phone cheap. I had a little tiny bit of a mishap with my phone and I dont want to have to pay super outrageous costs from cingular to get it replaced. are the prepaid phones like locked or something from being used as a contract phone. I'm not that phone savy but I know some. thanks ahead of time everyone

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I believe you could, I was going to activate a prepaid verizon phone on my post paid plan so Yeah I think you could.

Yeah I don't see why not....unless there is something with the phone with like the activation....like would I need to flash it or anything...because then I have to buy cables and stuff like that and it gets pricey lol

ok I did some more research on the internet. Apparently you can do this, but usually if you have a data plan it wont work for some reason. Also you have to make sure that they scan the phone into the system when you buy it....otherwise cingular will detect the phone as being 'Stolen' or something like that and it wont work....just what I found out

it works me and my friends switch phones all the time. i'm prepaid and she is on contract and it works just fine. i fact she put her sim card in my phone and bought me some ringtones. (i love her for that)

awesome dude...thanks...thats all i needed to know...now to go and buy a cheapy phone hehe

Originally Posted by IHSAlumni04

it works me and my friends switch phones all the time. i'm prepaid and she is on contract and it works just fine. i fact she put her sim card in my phone and bought me some ringtones. (i love her for that)

don't the ringtones go to the sim and not the phone?