Can I update my prepaid phone to any other cingular plan or other carrier?

hi,

I have a cingular prepaid phone. Can I switch it to another non-prepaid
plan or other carrier without changing this phone?

Thanks.

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Nick wrote:
> hi,
>
> I have a cingular prepaid phone. Can I switch it to another non-prepaid
> plan or other carrier without changing this phone?

Possibly. First if you can get it unlocked then there is no issue. But
even locked, it may work on a prepaid carrier that uses the Cingular
network.

I had my mother switch from Cingular post-paid to T-Mobile prepaid on
her Nokia 3595 (IIRC). I talked her through unlocking her phone before
she went into the T-Mobile store.

Nokia phones are usually easy to unlock, see
"http://www.peters1.dk/webtools/nokia/nokiaonline.php?sprog=en"

Motorola phones are usually not so easy to unlock.

The OP asked if he could switch to a NON-PREPAID plan. YES it just
requires removing the SIM or I'm pretty sure that Cingular will now
allow you to keep the same number and flip to a POST PAID plan. Of
course you need to qualify with credit. I woudl suggest that if you do
sign up with a post paid plan and if they are giving away a FREE phone
take the free phone and move the SIM card to your existing phone that
way you will have a back up phone if you should lose or break your
existing phone. Cingular or any other carrier will not give you a FREE
or inexpensive replacement phone while you are still under a contract
even if you bring your own phone to start up service. If you want to
use your existing phone with another carrier other than Cingular then
the only other option would be to have the phone unlocked and use on
T-Mobile since they are the only national GSM carrier.

SMS wrote:
> Nick wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > I have a cingular prepaid phone. Can I switch it to another non-prepaid
> > plan or other carrier without changing this phone?
>
> Possibly. First if you can get it unlocked then there is no issue. But
> even locked, it may work on a prepaid carrier that uses the Cingular
> network.
>
> I had my mother switch from Cingular post-paid to T-Mobile prepaid on
> her Nokia 3595 (IIRC). I talked her through unlocking her phone before
> she went into the T-Mobile store.
>
> Nokia phones are usually easy to unlock, see
> "http://www.peters1.dk/webtools/nokia/nokiaonline.php?sprog=en"
>
> Motorola phones are usually not so easy to unlock.

Wirelessjuan wrote:
> The OP asked if he could switch to a NON-PREPAID plan.

Sorry, my mistake, but the answer is still the same. AFAIK, the prepaid
carriers don't lock their phone to prevent using it on a non-prepaid
plan on the same carrier. At least that's how it is for CDMA.

Nick <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi,
>
> I have a cingular prepaid phone. Can I switch it to another non-prepaid
> plan or other carrier without changing this phone?
>

The phone has nothing to do with your plan, the SIM does. You just have to
head to Cingular and change it and they will either switch the plan or switch
the SIM with a new plan on it. As far as another carrier goes, you have to
make sure that your phone is not locked to your carrier.

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Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> Nick <[email protected]> wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > I have a cingular prepaid phone. Can I switch it to another non-prepaid
> > plan or other carrier without changing this phone?
> >
>
> The phone has nothing to do with your plan, the SIM does. You just have to
> head to Cingular and change it and they will either switch the plan or switch
> the SIM with a new plan on it. As far as another carrier goes, you have to
> make sure that your phone is not locked to your carrier.
>
> --
> Thomas T. Veldhouse
> Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1

Got it. Thank you all.