Data plan usage versus wifi

This is my first smart phone-rather it is my sons. Is there a way for the windows phone to use our home wifi-rather than the data from our data plan with verizon????

This link might be helpful as it explains the WiFi connection,
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/how-to/wp8/start/connect-to-a-wi-fi-network
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/how-to/wp8/basics/how-can-i-minimize-my-data-usage

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How to view iPad data plan usage history?

Is there a way to view AT&T's Data Plan usage by month?
All that I can find is what is available on the iPad Settings in Cellular plan. I don't find a web site login or any other way to see what I've used each month.
Thanks for any info.

Data Plan Usage

We currently have have share plan that allows us 1400 minutes of talk time each month. We also have a Data Plan that allows each of us 2 GB per month. When either of us accesses the internet, does that use any of our shared talk minutes? In other words, sonce we never use even half of our talk minutes, if we reduce them, will that affect our data plan?

Thanks so much!
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No they are separate from each other. You can reduce your minute plan and your data plan will be left alone.
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HT4623 Could not activate cellular data network. You are not subscribed to a cellular data service" "Cellular Data Plan Usage-There is no data remaining on your current plan. Would you like to add more data now?"what is the best thing i can do with this p

Could not activate cellular data network. You are not subscribed to a cellular data service"
"Cellular Data Plan Usage…There is no data remaining on your current plan. Would you like to add more data now?"what im going to do whit this problem??

I have done that and it is definitely on. My husband has the exact same phone and I upgraded his IOS at the same time, but this problem is not happening to his phone (we are also on the same plan, so our service should be the same). Our settings appear to be identical and my phone is showing the 3G symbol at the top, so I can't understand why it won't access the network.
I've turned it on and off twice and have reset all settings with my iTunes account, but it still isn't working.
I'm not a complete idiot with this sort of stuff - I have tried all the obvious things.

Data plan limits include WiFi browsing?

I will be picking up my first Ipad soon and feel that 4G could be helpful for me 3 or 4 months out of the year. My understanding is that you can activate and deactivate the 4G plan with Verizon or AT&T on a monthly basis.
There is a note under the the Ipad data plan listings at the Apple Store which states regarding data limits "Includes Wi-Fi browsing; refer to carrier website for terms and conditions". I have had trouble finding these terms on either Verizon or AT&T's website. What exactly does this note mean? I am assuming that using WiFi at home or at another free hotspot does not impact these data limits but find this statement confusing.
Another question would be whether it is possible to turn off 4G on the Ipad itself temporarily so as not to use a cellular signal at all.
I have never had a cellular data plan so hopefully you will excuse my question. The size and features of the Ipad leads me to think it is time to pull the trigger.

250MB per month2
$14.99
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2GB per month2
$30.00
5GB per month2
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$30.00
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5GB per month2
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Includes Wi-Fi browsing; refer to carrier website for terms and conditions.

Curve 9300, no data plan, gmail on wifi only

Hello,
I plan to buy a BB Curve 9300 but before I want to be 100% sure that I can configure it to be auto warned if
I get a mail on my gmail account but only via wifi because I have no data plan.
Thank you for your help;
Regards :-)

OK then here is your problems answer
The BB just developed for business men persons and not designed to be the way you want. It is a professional bussiness handset not like any other like Nokia, Sony Ericsion whic is perfect for kids and youngers like you. These sets support to recevie emails without any datapackage but for BB case you cannot.
You must have a dataplant inorder to get email notifications. If you dont believ me the try it by your self concern with the forum call every technical person you know and tell your problem and aks him to on the email notification services with using data plan. If any body does then please let me know.
I hope your problem is solved
Thanks and Regards

Data plan usage in negative numbers

So day 2 of owning my new Verizon enabled iPad I am out of town with it and I go to the cellular data page to check my usage. It's showing that I have a 20MB plan with -2685MB available in data. I had signed up for a 3GB plan, I had been using the iPad for logmein all day helping customers of mine so I panicked and signed up for additional bandwidth. I got the 10GB plan at that point. After adding it my usage panel now shows a 20MB plan like before and a 250MB plan showing another -9845GB in usage.
Frankly, I'm still on my trip and I'm not sure how best to sort out this mess. I have email receipts for the proper plans but I don't think I even used the 3GB now that I'm looking at the second plan being all screwed up. Who should I call?

Hi Lanec,
I am sending you a private message to address your account concerns. The usage you reported would need to be reviewed on the account to check specifics of the billing. We want to try and avoid any data plan issues from causing billing errors based on when the plans were switched related to your billing cycle.

I would like to know why we're are being charged on our data plan while using wifi?

I was told by a customer service rep that we must turn OFF data while on WiFi otherwise you are charged for data usage. What?? I thought that was the point if automatically connecting to WiFi, now my one line is almost at capacity and the service rep was no help. We've been Verizon customers for close to 10 years and were NEVER informed this tidbit of information. It's ridiculous

There are data connections being charged while at home on Wi-Fi. We have even matched date and time to text messages that are being sent from that phone, again charged to data when that phone has unlimited text messaging. So in our opinion everything is going on data – while on Wi-Fi, sending text messages, etc.
Customer service rep said that we must turn off data while on Wi-Fi – ridiculous what’s the point then?!?! Obviously frustrated and appreciate your continued assistance.
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Transfer Phone/Data Plan Between Phone Numbers

Hello,
I have a Droid X with the promotional $15/month 150MB data plan. My wife is eligible for an upgrade, and we were thinking of getting her her first smart phone. She will definitely not be a heavy data user. We are under the same Family Plan.
What I would like to do is use her upgrade to purchase a new Droid Incredible 2 with the unlimited data plan. After doing so, I would like to transfer her phone and data plan to my phone number and vice versa (transfer my phone and data plan to her number).
I'm getting conflicting info as to whether or not this can be done. I've read a post on here that suggests this is possible, but I called Verizon and was told that it isn't. The CSR told me that since my data plan is promotional and no longer available, there is no way to perform the transfer.
Is this correct? Is there no way of getting the $15/month plan onto my wife's phone number (regardless of whether we switch phones or not)?
Thanks.

mandms7 wrote:
Hello,
I have a Droid X with the promotional $15/month 150MB data plan. My wife is eligible for an upgrade, and we were thinking of getting her her first smart phone. She will definitely not be a heavy data user. We are under the same Family Plan.
What I would like to do is use her upgrade to purchase a new Droid Incredible 2 with the unlimited data plan. After doing so, I would like to transfer her phone and data plan to my phone number and vice versa (transfer my phone and data plan to her number).
I'm getting conflicting info as to whether or not this can be done. I've read a post on here that suggests this is possible, but I called Verizon and was told that it isn't. The CSR told me that since my data plan is promotional and no longer available, there is no way to perform the transfer.
Is this correct? Is there no way of getting the $15/month plan onto my wife's phone number (regardless of whether we switch phones or not)?
Thanks.
Adding to what was stated in assisting mandms7, the $15.00 data plan is no longer available and not able to be transferred if you switch phones. If you change devices, you would be asked to select from one of the available data plans to replace the data plan no longer available. Also, if you upgraded your wife's featured phone to a Smart Phone by July 6th, 2011, you would have been required to select the unlimited data plan for $29.99. If upgrading after the 7th, then you need to select from one of the available data plans. Please use this link to be taken directly to the website to see the available data plans. There is also information available to help determine which would be the best data plan available. You could always switch phones online being logged into My Verizon. However, the selecting of the data plan would be needed at the time of switching your phones.

My bill, my data plan

I currently have 3 phones on my account, 2 of which are smartphones. One has unlimited data (yay) and the other has a 2 Gb cap. The issue is this: the phone with unlimited data belongs to my wife. She usually connects to our WiFi and uses a smidgeon of that unlimited data. I, on the the other hand, spend most of my time at work and am limited by the 2Gb cap. I called Verizon to ask them to just port her number over to mine and mine to hers so that I can take advantage of the unlimited data that I am already paying for (I was told that unlimited data is associated with the number). I'm not asking for anything more or anything less. I just want to make more efficient use of my data plan. My wife has YET to reach the 2Gb in billing cycle, while I, in just 1 day, did so and pretty much had to not use data for the rest of the month. I was told that it is IMPOSSIBLE to change it over. IMPOSSIBLE? No. It's not impossible. They have the computers, they have the access, not me. How difficult is it to edit the database at a users request for something they are already paying for? Perhaps it is an oversimplification but it's a computer people. Stuff can be changed and adjusted. Like I said in the title, it's my bill, my data plan. I'm not trying to get unlimited data for both phones or bring Verizon to it's knees. I just want an appeal to reason and a SIMPLE customer request to make the most of a great network. I find it difficult to believe that there isn't one person who can help me. Is the information store with account information locked down? Did Skynet come online and not allow anyone to make changes? If so, tell me now because if that's the case, then I've got bigger problems than worrying about data plans and more to worry about in the form of Terminators and self-aware machines.
Seriously guys. There's SOMEONE who can do it. I'm not asking for the impossible. I just want to make better use of the unlimited data that I'm already paying for anyway. What do I need to do to make this happen?

demmo86rt, you have given me a more rational and believable explanation than any Verizon rep so far without patronizing me or pretending I'm some idiot. It makes sense if it does indeed matter between 3G and 4G phones. My wife is on an iPhone 4 (3G) and I'm on an HTC Rezound (4G). Still though, I imagine that since it's a billing thing, they could just move it over, OR, I could go the route of callling Big Red and say, "I would like to change the number on (mywifes-phone) to (myphone-number," and technically, I'm not changing the contract. I'm changing the number. Just seems that no one wants to do that. And I don't see how it's imossible to change numbers on phones that are already on the same network. But like I said, your post has been more informative than what any tier 1 rep or supervisor has given me thus far. I'm just disappointed that I can't make better use of unlimited data when my wife never will.

Order iPhone 5s online and do unlimited data plan swap later?

Forgive me if this question has already been asked:
I'm looking to upgrade to 5s (from Droid incredible). I have unlimited data plan. My wife has a flip phone and will stay with dumb phone. We are both eligible for an upgrade, and are planning to do the swap described elsewhere where she gets the smart phone and a data plan with her upgrade, I get the dumb phone with my upgrade, and then we trade phones and she cancels the data plan.
Question is: can this be accomplished (or more likely started) by reserving the iphone 5s online instead of going to a store? Is it as simple as ordering the phone for her number through the Verizon website (or Apple's?), and then once it arrives, heading to the Verizon store for all the swapping and purchase of new flip phone?
Thanks to anyone who an help! In the end, I don't need the iphone immediately. But would hate to haves to wait too long, and concerned about stock levels and driving all over town chasing phones.

Ann154 is correct. That will not work.
This is what I would do: Upgrade to the iPhone on your wife's line. You can order it online and activate it right through My Verizon online when it comes to your house. You must activate it on her line first to accept the contract terms and conditions.
Do NOT use your line to upgrade to a basic phone; buy your wife a basic phone off contract. You can find them reasonably priced on many retail and auction sites.
Move the iPhone to your line, which keeps its unlimited data, and activate the off-contract basic phone on your wife's line.

Something is weird going on, my data plan quantity amount used suddenly changed and i suddenly used 5 gb of data without even using it, what is going on?

My data plan usage went crazy yesterday.
Suddenly, my totals all changed on the web site from 15gb of 20gb to 4gb of 20gb .
I got three alerts saying i used 75, 90, and all of my data a half of a day.
All of my equipment that could use data was off, and our phones showed less than a couple of megabytes used that day.
SO, there is no way over 5gb of data was used yesterday, and what is going on with my data status online?????
I will be calling Support later but thought i would post and see if anyone else was experiencing this anomaly.

I find it VERY hard to believe you only have 2.5 mb of interent usage per month. I'm guessing you meant 2.5 gb. Regardless, 2.5 mb or even 10.4 mb is almost nothing. Any "casual" usage could easily meter right past 10.4mb.
If you truly only have 2.5mb of usage, I suggest you ONLY answer the phone. NO text messages, especially with graphics.

HT4157 it says that my data plan is used up. haven't used my data plan

Celluar Data Account.
status: 0.00 mb used/ 250 mn left for 13 days
When I try to connect: error is: celleular data plan usage
there is no data remaining on your current plan. would you like to add more data now? if you don't add now you can do i later is stttings.
What? i have not used the plan.

Try calling your carrirer.

I want to know if there is a way to get wi-fy without a data plan? I am grandfathered in to the unlimited plan but I do not want another data plan. Is there any hope?

This is for the I-Pad 2

If you mean WiFi, it does not need any data plan - just a WiFi connection. However, if you mean a 3G data plan, then you do need an account for the device.

Is there any way to have an ipad wifi 3G but not use the 3G (therefore avoiding the extra data plan costs) and just use the wifi?

i am looking to buy an ipad 2 or the new ipad (preferably 32gb) but dont want to buy the 3G version as i have unlimited data usage in my mobile phone plan, i know the wifi only ipad is generally cheaper, but i was wondering if there was a way to buy the ipad with 3G capabilities but not use the 3G and avoid the cost of paying the extra unnecessary data plan? (I know this is a really weird question but i have the opportunity to buy a 3G ipad and was curious of the possibility? any help would be greatly appreciated. cheers

Yes to your questions.
You can download a complete iPad User Guide here: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/ipad_user_guide.pdf
If you want an iPad 2 32GB it will have to be a refurb model. The only new iPas 2 is 16GB.
What are all the differences between the iPad 3rd Gen and the iPad 2? Is the iPad 2 worth the cost savings?
http://everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-faq/differences-between-ipad-3rd-gen -2012-ipad-2-2011.html
What are all the differences between the iPad 3rd Gen models? Which should I buy?
http://everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-faq/differences-between-ipad-3rd-gen -early-2012-models.html
Should I Buy a New iPad? Or an iPad 2?
http://www.maclife.com/article/blogs/should_i_buy_new_ipad_or_ipad_2
iPad 3 vs iPad 2 vs iPad 1- Feature comparisons with iOS 5
http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help/ipad-3-vs-ipad-2/
iPad Q&A
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-faq/differences-between-ipad-3rd -gen-early-2012-models.html
A Few Questions (and Answers) About the New iPad
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New iPad: A Polishing of the Old
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iPad 1, 2 and New Specifications
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/index-ipad-specs.html
16GB vs 32GB vs 64GB: Which new iPad storage capacity should you get?
http://www.imore.com/2012/03/08/16gb-32gb-64gb-ipad-capacity/
How much content will fit on my iPod or iPhone?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1867
If you think you may get an iPad 2:
Refurbished iPad Prices
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad
New 16GB iPad 2 Prices
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipad/family/ipad/select_ipad2
When iOS 6 comes out in the fall, the iPad 3 will get Siri, but the iPad 2 won't.
 Cheers, Tom

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