Does T-mobile $10 dumbphone internet plan work on S7?

[foxyz]

Hi,
I currently have a Nokia Nuron on 2-year contract with T-mobile (in U.S.). I got the phone in Sept, 2010. At that time, the T-mobile rep added $10 unlimited internet.

I can surf the net unlimited on Nuron including youtube.

2 weeks ago, I moved my sim card to a Huawei T-Mobile Comet (IDEOS). The internet worked only for a few hours. Then it was shut down & redirected a T-mobile page asking to upgrade to a smartphone internet plan.

I moved the sim back to Nuron, the Internet worked again. Still paying $10 per month for the Internet.

I was wondering if I purchase a Huawei S7 from Best Buy & move the sim card to S7. Will I still have unlimited internet for $10? Does it help if I change the APN to internet2.voicestream.com?

Thanks!!!

 

[lemmyslender]

I use my N900 with the $10 dumbphone plan. If I use epc.tmobile.com, I get prompted to upgrade, if I use internet2.voicestream.com, it works no problem.

I briefly tested my sim in the S7, data worked using epc.tmobile.com (default) apn. I only had it in a couple of minutes though.

The Comet appears to be a T-Mobile phone, and in their system as a phone that require a data plan, hence the prompt to upgrade. My N900 isn't a T-Mobile phone, so it kind of slips through the system.

I don't know for sure how long the S7 will work, or if internet2 apn will work. I may try this weekend just to see.

 

[lemmyslender]

OK, I decided to swap the sim card for the afternoon.

In the S7 with either apn, after a bit of fiddling, I get re-directed to the my.t-mobile.com login page. Putting the sim back in my N900 and internet access is still there.

So, I wouldn't count on it working in the S7 with the $10 dumbphone plan.

 

[foxyz]

Thanks, lemmyslender !

I guess T-mobile Comet & Huawei S7 could share similar IMEI numbers identifying them as smart Android devices.

Foxy_Z

 

[419guy]

I have the Nokia Nuron and the $10 data plan. I bought the S7 around Thanksgiving. I had to upgrade my data plan, then of course they made it so you could no longer have voice and data at the same time. I was able to go back to my $10 data plan on my Nuron. I wish I knew a way to tether the S7 to my Nuron, for it is very easy to tether with my laptop. I have not been able to find any info on how to do this. I ended up giving the S7 to a relative.

 

[pa49]

If you want to share internet connection with your Nokia phone and the S7 then joikuspot will do this for an S60 onwards OS.

 

[419guy]

If you want to share internet connection with your Nokia phone and the S7 then joikuspot will do this for an S60 onwards OS.

Unfortunately the Nokia Nuron does not work with this application.

 

[pa49]

Wow, I didn't realise it was wifiless!