Upgrade to iPhone with no new plan?
Can I just buy my own iPhone and activate it without getting it thru Verizon? I don't want to get kicked off my current Nationwide Shared Data Text 1400 plan as I get unlimited data and text for each of my 5 phones for my family. I don't want to be on the Share Everything plan as it looks like it will cost me an extra $100/month.
Yes, however if you buy it new and receive a subsidy for it, at say Amazon, that subsidy is coming from Verizon in exchange for signing a new 2yr contract and you will still lose your unlimited data.
If you purchase from eBay, some other similar site, or from a private party, you will not have this problem.
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I just "upgraded" my iPhone with the new software. As a low vision person, your phone was always previously helpful. I now discover that I cannot use the phone easily. The font has been changed to a very narrow typeface and the greyscale has been altered to reduce contrast. The background is now grey as well rather than white. The accessibility options permit only three choices. First, increase type size. With the the low greyscale, thin typeface, increasing type size makes it HARDER to read. There is no option for contrast enhancement. Third, the background switch options suffers from the same deficit as the white background. The third choice is to enhance brightness but without the option to change contrast, this is useless. Am I missing something? Can this be fixed? How? When? Are you planning a similar negative "update"/change to other devices?
I am having the same problem. I have gone through every setting, set the bold font, contrast, larger font....everything I could find in any post to try and help - and between the new color scheme that makes it virtually impossible to use the pictures of my grandchildren as background (the picture colors now become the theme colors - which now match the colors of many of the "flat" icons...) I am finding the phone very difficult to use--espeically things like the calendar which has now become very hard to "see" and use. If I can't revert this thing to iOS6, I may have to get a different phone.
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Using iPhone with family ATT plan
Hello all.
So I think I'm going to buy an iPhone today, but is there any way to use it with my family ATT plan? Can I just like put the SIM card in or do I have to have a specific plan just for me and the iPhone?
Thanks a lotI have my Iphone on a a family plan but as with all cell planes the individual phones have thier own 2yr contracts. I actually got the Iphone after I got the other phone and then swithched to family plan. so the first phone will run out before the iphone. Also, Just some FYI. Im thinking about switching the numbers between phones which you can do with the Iphone and reactivate the Iphone with the new sim card and it will not effect you plan with the Iphone but if you put a new sim card in the other phone which is a ATT phone I will need to start a neew plan. So basically Im saying that the Iphone contracts have some diffences that you might want to make yourself aware of that very from the ATT phone plan. Also keep in mind that the Iphone has a nuilt in battery and that has a life limmit depending on charges so cell phones really only last for a couple of years under normal use. Depnding on how much you charge.
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How do you sync an iPhone with a new computer?
I know this question has been posted on this forum countless times, but none of the responses seemed to help me. I need a simple and clear answer on how to sync my iPhone to a new computer. I used to sync my iPhone with a Mac, but I got a new laptop running Windows 8 and I want to sync my iPhone with this new laptop. All the responses on this site tell me to download some sort of software to extract the data from my iPhone, but none of them seem to be free. My old Mac is still intact, so I can still use it if I need to. All of this is really confusing. Sorry if I'm being really ignorant about all of this, I just really need some help.
Welcome to the discussions,
a manual backup should help to transfer your data and apps.
Disable autosync in itunes, connect your phone, right click on it in the device list and choose backup. iTunes will backup your phone without syncing and save data, pictures taken with the phone and settings to the new itunes library.
See what's included in this backup here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
After that, transfer your purchases the same way by choosing "transfer purchases", to copy all apps and bought media from the Store to your computer.
Set up at least one contact and event on your computer to be able the merge your calendars and contacts after your phone got wiped during the first sync.
The rest of the data can be restored again from the manual backup you made before.
Music is one way only, from the computer to your device, unless you bought the songs in itunes and transferred your purchases.
There is 3rd party software out there, but not supported by Apple, see this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2013615&tstart=0
Restoring: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
Apps can be downloaded again for free, in case you missed some: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519 -
Since I live in three diffirent countries and I have 3 Apple ID accounts on my iPhone 4S. Recently I bought a MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion installed.
I am not sure that when I connect my iPhone with a new MacBook all my data (apps, music, podcasts, etc.) will be transferred from the iPhone to MacBook iTunes.
So what should I do to transfer all my data to the new MacBook and to sync the data with iPhone as usual?Follow the steps here, but when you come to the part about "authorizing" this computer, you will have to do so for each account/Apple Id:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141 -
i have my iphone set up with itunes on one computer, but i recently bought my own computer. How do I set up my iphone with the new itunes account? It says my phone can only be set up woth one itunes account. How do I remove the previous account?
ThisGal_Drea wrote:
i have my iphone set up with itunes on one computer, but i recently bought my own computer. How do I set up my iphone with the new itunes account?
Do you mean iTunes library?
iTunes account is what you use to make iTunes purcahses.
iTunes library is what is on your computer.
It says my phone can only be set up woth one itunes account. How do I remove the previous account?
No, it tells you it can only be sync'd with one iTunes library.
Simplest way is to copy the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder (thisis the iTunes library) from old computer to new computer. -
How can I sync an old iphone with a new number to itunes as I am already running a new iphone with an old number??
Thanks it just wont work needs a passcode but that code is for the new phone. Will go to Apple shop tomorrow.
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I replaced my old iphone with a new one and i lost it i want the s/n of the new one
i replaced my old iphone with a new one and i got it without the box today my new iphone is stolen and i need the serial number of the new one
thanksRead here for the various ways to locate the SN:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4061 -
How can I sync my iPhone with the new iTunes without erasing my iPhone?
My iTunes computer crashed and I needed to format it. How can I sync my iPhone with the new iTunes without erasing my iPhone?
See this user tip ...
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive -
Hello everyone. I downoaded PES 2012 for my iPhone (3GS) the I unlocked it by paying EUR 4.99. Yesterday I upgraded my iPhone with OS5 and restored all apps purchased from iTunes. It works everything except for PES 2012 because was restored the application locked. Now If I wish play the game I need to unlock again the application and consequently I have to spent again 4.99 EURO!! How can I do to unlock the application without paying again money?
Thank you in advance for your help.ATtempt to power off your device and power it back on, if that doesn't work reset all settings should resolve it for you
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I updated my iPhone with the new update..and then it turned off...instead of turning back on it tells me to plug it into iTunes..and when I do iTunes tells me that my phone is in recovery mode and needs to be restored..is there anything I can do without restoring it?
Same thing happened here ~ tech guy at a local authorized Apple repair store said it had something to do with improper backup from which the restore would be made. Still have a phone that asks to be connected to Itunes but won't do anything else . . . frustrated.
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my computer was restarted and now i want to connect and update my iphone with a new itunes. how do i do this without losing all my stuff on my iphone?
i didnt get a chance to back my phone up before the comp crashed
will i lose any of my stuff?When you open iTunes and plug in iPhone (iPod) to computer, it appear in the left bar. Then just simply right click on you iPhone (iPod) and choose Transfer Purchases, this should copy your purchased items to your computer.
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I lost my Visual Voicemail when upgrading to iphone 5. New phone was set up from itunes backup of iphone4 but my Mac tells me there is an iCloud back up of my phone prior to this date. Will my Vis Voicemail be on this and can I get it on my new phone?
I see. Apple's documentation on what is included in the iCloud backup doesn't explicitly say that it contains voicemails, but that doesn't mean it does not. You would just have to try restoring the backup to find out.
To restore to your iCoud backup you have to start by erasing the phone. Go to Settings>General>Reset and tap Erase All Content and Settings. Then go through the setup screens on the phone and when given the option, choose Restore from iCloud backup. You will then sign into your iCloud account, accept the terms and conditions, then choose the backup you wish to restore from. To see an older backup, you may need to tap "Show older backups" (see image below). Be sure your phone is connected to wifi and your charger as this may take some time to finish.
If this does not recover your voicemails, you can check to see if you have an older iTunes backup that may contain them. Available backups are shown in iTunes Preferences>Devices on the Backups list.
If all else fails, you could try contacting your carrier. Voicemail is a carrier feature and they may have an archive you could access. -
How do I Sync my iPhone with my new computer without losing all of my songs already on the iPhone?
I recently got a new MacBook Pro and I want to be able to sync my iPhone with my new iTunes library without running the risk of losing all the music that I already have on my iPhone.
See wjosten's post here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/13356770#13356770.
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How do i sync the iphone with a new computer without losing pictures?
my laptop was stolen and i've recently replaced it. now when i try to sync my iphone with the new laptop, it gives me messages saying that it will replace what's on the iphone by whatever it currently has on the itunes library. i can't have this happen because i have several photos that were uploaded to my iphone via the old laptop. i'd like to find a way to download the pictures and then place them back in my itunes library for sync in the future. at the very least, just be able to download them off my iphone to back them up. please help!
There is no way to get pictures off the phone or to move them from folders to the camera roll. The format on the phone is proprietary, so even if you could get them off you couldn't use them. Having said that, search the Internet; there are some apps that can access some files on the iPhone without hacking it. There may be one that can get the photos off. The only other option is to email them to yourself. This will reduce the resolution, however.
I'm afraid you have pointed out the importance of frequent computer backups.
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