If I use a family member's upgrade in the family plan, will they lose their unlimited data?
Hi there. So since my birthday is next week, and I'm on a family plan with my parents and 2 brothers, they're letting me use someone's upgrade to get the iPhone 5 since my upgrade isn't due until November. The upgrade that's available now is my older brother's. He is so paranoid that if I use his upgrade, he'll lose his unlimited data. Is this true? I know that I'll lose mine, which is fine, but he does a lot of stuff with his iPhone and doesn't want to lose it yet. So if I use his upgrade, will we both lose the unlimited data or just me?
scarletknights928 wrote:
Hi there. So since my birthday is next week, and I'm on a family plan with my parents and 2 brothers, they're letting me use someone's upgrade to get the iPhone 5 since my upgrade isn't due until November. The upgrade that's available now is my older brother's. He is so paranoid that if I use his upgrade, he'll lose his unlimited data. Is this true? I know that I'll lose mine, which is fine, but he does a lot of stuff with his iPhone and doesn't want to lose it yet. So if I use his upgrade, will we both lose the unlimited data or just me?
Actually the way I understand it, your brother will lose his unlimited data but you will retain yours.
Because the upgrade is coming from his line, that line of service must select a tiered data plan.
Your line is, in effect not changing (you will just be activating a different phone) so the data plan is not affected.
Hope this clears it up for you.
Good luck & Happy Birthday
Similar Messages
-
If I upgrade to new iphone, will I lose my unlimited data plan?
If I upgrade my iphone 4 to the iphone 5, will I lose my "grandfathered" status with an unlimited data plan? It requires a new 2 year contract with AT&T, but I have been told by others that they were booted out of the unlimited plan.???
My sister did that, and they told her no... but then she discovered on her first bill it was "unlimited up to 4G" (fine print) - she would have never done that if they were honest about it
-
Will I lose my unlimited data if I upgrade from an Android to an iphone?
I am due for an upgrade in a few months and I am really leaning towards the new iphone. My question is...I have an unlimited family data plan, if I switch to an iphone will I be forced to change data plans? I work in litigation and I use a lot of data. My bill is already outrageous and I don't want to have to pay their ridiculous data charges on top of the $30 "smartphone data plan" charges for both phones.
paige2114 wrote:
I am due for an upgrade in a few months and I am really leaning towards the new iphone. My question is...I have an unlimited family data plan, if I switch to an iphone will I be forced to change data plans? I work in litigation and I use a lot of data. My bill is already outrageous and I don't want to have to pay their ridiculous data charges on top of the $30 "smartphone data plan" charges for both phones.
If you have an old calling plan, you may not have much of a choice but to change plans. If your plan is relatively new, as mentioned above, you can keep your unlimited data by paying full retail price for your phone, getting the phone from somewhere like ebay (Best Buy and the like will also result in the loss of your unlimited data), or try swapping/adding lines. Also, if you aren't aware, as of this spring there is a $30 upgrade fee. -
I don't really mind either way, but will I have to buy my music all over again, or will I get the new product with my music already on it? To make this a bit simpler, my itunes account never correctly synced with the music I bought on my ipod. I had a 5th gen, was completely satisfied with it, but I ended putting it through a swim session in a nearby lake. With my new ipod, also a 5th gen, will my music already be on the ipod? Any insight to this would be appreciated.
You can redownload most iTunes purchases at no additions cost by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store -
Will I lose my unlimited data plan if I upgrade to new iPad
I am grandfathered in to the unlimited data plan on AT&T. Will that carry over to the new iPad? When I sent from iPad to iPad 2 all I had to do was swap my SIM into the new iPad, but wouldn't I need a new SIM for 4G?
You'll need to call AT&T and ask them.
Regards. -
Taking a Family Member's Upgrade
What is the process for switching with a family member's upgrade date? Can you get the phone immediately after switching?
ThanksHi AJF07,
Great news! You are ale to complete an alternate upgrade online, without having to first activate the phone on a different line. Please note that the contract will still be under the line that the upgrade was completed for, but the device can be activated on the alternate line right away.
As a registered "My Verizon" subscriber, you have the ability to upgrade a wireless phone online using the upgrade eligibility for your line or any qualifying line on your account. Please keep in mind the wireless number that uses its upgrade eligibility will be the line that renews its Customer Agreement. To process an alternate upgrade online, please sign-in using your Account Owner Number and password via the following link and follow the instructions below:
www.verizonwireless.com/signin
1. Click on "Upgrade” icon located under “Device” in the “I Want To” section at the bottom of your home page.
2. Once you are at the "Upgrade My Phone" screen, please follow the steps below:
3. Choose the wireless telephone number(s) to upgrade. If you would like to upgrade your wireless phone using the eligibility of another wireless number on your account, click on “Transfer upgrade from another line” link.
4. Select the line from which you would like the upgrade transferred and click “Continue.”
5. Browse through the different phone options, and once you have decided, left-click on the device of choice.
6. Next, click on the icon that reads “Add to Cart”.
7. Follow the prompts to choose any Accessories and continue until your order is complete.
I hope this information is helpful, have a good day! -
AT&T family plan - 4 iPhones in use by family members (4s, 4g, and two 3g's). Weird things happen when we text message:
1. Sometimes, received messages look like they are sent messages - and no alert is sounded. The conversation looks like you are talking to yourself. Sometimes it happens to both parties in a text conversation, sometimes it only happens to one party. Deleting the message entirely and starting over from scratch sometimes fixes the problems and sometimes doesn't fix the problem. Once this phenomenon starts in a conversation it is almost impossible to get it to stop.
2. Sometimes text messages to a specific family member get replicated to other family members as if in a group conversation - but group is turned off. This happens sporadically but it happens. Quite embarassing when husband and wife are sending private messages then suddenly the kids see the message on their iPhones! Can't figure out why this happens or what makes it happen, but happens a lot!!!
Has anyone had these problems or knows how to fix them?Be specific.
Everyone? or Every Device?
If every device, does that mean you can no longer share apps?
KiltedTim wrote:
You have configured multiple devices to use the same AppleID for iMessage.
Don't do that. iMessage is designed to sync messages between all devices configured with the same Apple ID.
Everyone should have their own Apple ID. They were never designed to be shared. -
To add secondary infotype to Family Member/Dependents for all the countries
Hi,
I have a requirement to add secondary infotype IT 0106 to the infotype Family Member/Dependents for all the countries. I have used table T582V. But still it is not appearing. Please help.
ThanksHi,
You need to do following steps .
~ Maintain Feature "IVWID " for your country grouping
~ Maintain table "V_T582V"
"Country grouping as per "IVWID " 0021 V106 MP010600 0100 Family Member/Dependents
~Maintain table "V_T582W"
~Maintain table T591S -
I recently upgraded from an iPhone 4s to an iPhone 5. I have a Motorola HX550 Bluetooth Headset which worked flawlessly with the iPhone 4s. However, since upgrading to the iPhone 5, I frequently lose audio when in the middle of a call. I am not certain whether it is a full disconnect or just an audio loss. The person on the other end reports still being able to hear me, however, I suppose they could hear me speaking over another source even if bluetooth disconnected. The loss of audio is always preceded by a quick shrill noise, so I can easily tell when it happens. All I have to do to fix the problem is to select Audio Source on the call screen, temporarily switch audio back to the iPhone, and then switch back to the headset, and then it starts working again.
Is is important to note that I am not the only one experiencing this issue:
This is a link to someone using the Motorola H19txt headset experiencing the same issue
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/94ac15ad7c
If you go to the Plantronics website and look at the "Ratings and Reviews" on the Voyager Legend you will see the same issue reported:
http://www.plantronics.com/us/product/voyager-legend (next paragraph is taken from the review since there is no direct link to the review.
Really nice Headset unless you own an Iphone 5. I own several Plantronics headsets and have always loved the quality/ performance. This headset seems not to be compatible with the new Iphone 5. In the middle of a conversation it will lose all incoming audio. This leaves you trying to switch audio sources really fast in order not to lose your phone call. Ive tried 3 legend headsets and they all do the same thing. Hopefully this gets fixed soon because the headset is really nice
Since this issue appears to affect multiple headsets from multiple vendors, I think it is fair to conclude that it is an issue with the iPhone5 bluetooth itself.
I am posting this as a new discussion as I don't see any other posts specific to this iPhone 5 Bluetooth issue. I would have reported this as a problem to Apple, but don't seem to be able to find a way to do this on the web. Hopefully they are already aware, but if not, maybe they will see i here.here is an interesting thing: take the iphone and set lock screen to never. Now make an email with siri--be sure to activate her with call button. get to the body and get some text in there. then just stop talking. LOCK SCREEN APPEARS!!!!!! and of course you draft is gone.
There does seem to be a work around for some--maybe all these issues. Don't use the call button--use the buttons on the phone.
Siri seems to behave properly with scenerio above---sans call button. She does not go to lock. -
Will i lose my unlimted data if i switch to a non-simcard smartphone to a phone that uses a sim card
i am currently using a 3G only Droid X2 and plan on switching to a Droid Razr Maxx 4GLTE, the droid X2 does not use a sim card but the Razr Maxx does, the Razr Maxx will be my first 4G phone and sim card phone, i was just curious if my unlimited data will be in tact when i make this switch from a non-sim card 3G smartphone to a sim card 4GLTE smartphone.?
Depends on how you get the Razr Maxx. You will lose your unlimited data if you sign a new two-year contract and thus get a subsidized phone If you want to keep your unlimited data, you can pay full retail price for the new phone, get it from someplace like ebay (anywhere that doesn't require you to sign a new two-year contract), or upgrade another line on your account (if one is available) and move that phone to your line.
-
I am using my brothers itunes account and syncing my Iphone with it. Now i have created my own itunes account. If i sync my phone to the new account will i lose all my apps? Any way i can keep the existing apps and sync my phone as well?
Best way to move to the new account
Thanks in advancNo, all content that you download from the store is tied to the account that downloaded it, it can't be transferred to another account
-
Our family has 1 Apple id with 2 itouches, 1 ipad and 1 iphone. My sons received several itunes gift cards. Can I set up sub-accounts under my id and deposit their gift cards into them (like a bank account)? If I can't, it seems that I will have to keep track of each of their purchases until they reach the limit of their gift cards, before they go over. This makes no sense. If I have to create new ids, will they lose access to all the content purchased under my id?
- You can't create subaccounts.
- You can create new account(s). The media on the iPod is still usable. It does create more work when updating apps since yo have to sign into the account that purchased them to update them. If you have apps purchased from more than one account that need update you have to update them one at a time until the remaining apps were purchased with one account.
- To change accounts for purchasing go to Settings> Store (or Settings.iTunes and App store depending upon the iOS) and sign out and sign in with different account. -
hey, I want to install windows on my mac, I have mac osx lion and I'm soon going to get mountain lion. If I use Boot camp to install windows do I need a windows disc, will i lose all my data, etc. If so how to I save them. Can I switch back to osx after I install windows. ( can I switch between Windows and OS X as many times as I want.) thanks for answering.
Sebastianhey, I want to install windows on my mac, I have mac osx lion and I'm soon going to get mountain lion. If I use Boot camp to install windows do I need a windows disc, will i lose all my data, etc. If so how to I save them. Can I switch back to osx after I install windows. ( can I switch between Windows and OS X as many times as I want.) thanks for answering.
Sebastian -
My iPhone 4 has never backed up to anything, the account I started it with I never used so I was never able to verify it or anything. I now have a new icloud account and I want to backup my phone before I get a new one in a couple of days. If I delete the old account will I lose my photos or will they still be on my phone (remember they've never been backed up)? Thanks!
You cannot delete an Apple ID, you can just stop using it. If your photos are still on your phone now, then I suggest you do back them up. Transfer them from the phone into your iPhoto Library. iCloud only backs up your Camera Roll automatically. But the Camera Roll only contains new photos that were taken but not yet transferred using iTunes.
-
When using Time Machine, if I delete items from my computer, will they still be backed up to access later on my external hard drive?
In other words, when time machine backs up again, will it delete the files from the back up that I have deleted from my computer?No, I do not believe so. Time Machine would keep all those now-deleted files in previous backups, and as time goes by those backups might be deleted if you needed room, but it would still keep one backup from each day in last month, as well as one from each week forever, as long as you don't start running out of room, then just the oldest would be deleted to make room if needed.
I use a backup drive about double the size of my drive to be backed up, so I would guess it will never get to the point where deleted files being replaced by new ones being backed fill up that drive to the point where backups actually have to get deleted.
Maybe you are looking for
-
I have bought a new laptop how do I transfer my itunes library to it?
I have recently bought a new lap top and I tunes is asking me to authorise it before it will allow me to play my previously purchased tunes. The instructions are to open I tunes, go to the store, open the menu and click on "authorise this computer" .
-
It used to "open" but somehow must have flipped over to "save as"
-
Just purchased Documents (paid version) for my iPad. I can create files and save them in Dropbox but cannot read them on my Mac. How do you open these files. I am also supposed to be able to edit them as well.
-
Hello, I will make a new pc for video editing. I work all suite adobe CS6, sometimes with resolve. I want to be fluent in After Effects working whit 3D and realtime playback, less time render, open at the same time AE, PR, AI, PS, firefox whit out pr
-
Scheduled ECO on Routing causes JO creation problems.
Discrete job order creation picks up BOM changes but not Routing changes of Scheduled ECO. This is when revised item eff. date is prior to JO start date, but only if ECO is not implemented yet. Four TARs later, wondering if anyone else creates job or