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You guys are brutal cut the kid a break, do you know his mom personally?(I didn't mean it how it sounded
) My mom is not very fussy aboout electronic gadgets and she knows I am so I could see myself in this guy's shoes. If I had an older model of phone, xbox, whatever and my mom got a newer one whether she bought it, won it, upgraded I know she would A - offer it to me and take my lower model or B - not mind if I asked to swap. So unless you know the specifics of the situation don't judge, I think he asked a pretty standard question. She's not losing much functionality between a 3G and 3Gs, and like I said no one knows her so we don't know what she uses the phone for? is she a stay at home mom who only uses it as a phone? or is she a business woman who uses email, internet, etc? no one knows. Anyway I'll try to help the OP out with what little I know That's incorrect as long as they are from the same carrier the SIM is interchangeable, atleast that is how it is here in Canada. So if I have a Fido phone and my GF does too I can take my SIM out and pop it in hers and it will become my phone with my number. I've done it many times I even have a spare cell.
OK that being said Original Poster(OP) you need to give us more info are you both with the same carrier? ie. AT&T, etc What kind of things do your mom use the phone for? email, contacts, calendars? if you are on the same carrier the steps that BuddhistGirafe outlined sound good. The only thing you need to find out on here or if someone will answer is will the 3G restore from a 3Gs backup and vice versa?09-30-2009 07:17 AM -
IGoSlo,
Is he being "greedy"? YES!
Is he acting like a "spoiled rotten two year old"? YES!
Should he be "thankful" for what he has ? YES!
But to accuse him of doing something "illegal" or "unethical" per his OP? I just do not see it. Now he is getting close to that line and could easily cross it if he was not careful? Yes, but he is not there.....yet. As long as he ask his Mom's permission and she agrees, the "no harm, no foul". IMO
Now as far as acting like a "spoiled Rotten Teenager"? That is between he and his Mother.
09-30-2009 08:40 AM -
Ok, well this is where I was coming from. The iPhone is LOCKED into the individual account. Even in Canada. If you take a SIM from Rogers, that has say a blackberry plan or something on it, and you put it in the iPhone, it will say NO SIM or something of that nature. So, I was not sure if that would be the same, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BOTH iPHONE PLANS. And I am on Rogers, and you must use an unlock tool (yellowsnow/purplesnow) to PUT A DIFFERANT SIM IN THE PHONE.You guys are brutal cut the kid a break, do you know his mom personally?(I didn't mean it how it sounded) My mom is not very fussy aboout electronic gadgets and she knows I am so I could see myself in this guy's shoes. If I had an older model of phone, xbox, whatever and my mom got a newer one whether she bought it, won it, upgraded I know she would A - offer it to me and take my lower model or B - not mind if I asked to swap. So unless you know the specifics of the situation don't judge, I think he asked a pretty standard question. She's not losing much functionality between a 3G and 3Gs, and like I said no one knows her so we don't know what she uses the phone for? is she a stay at home mom who only uses it as a phone? or is she a business woman who uses email, internet, etc? no one knows. Anyway I'll try to help the OP out with what little I know
That's incorrect as long as they are from the same carrier the SIM is interchangeable, atleast that is how it is here in Canada. So if I have a Fido phone and my GF does too I can take my SIM out and pop it in hers and it will become my phone with my number. I've done it many times I even have a spare cell.
OK that being said Original Poster(OP) you need to give us more info are you both with the same carrier? ie. AT&T, etc What kind of things do your mom use the phone for? email, contacts, calendars? if you are on the same carrier the steps that BuddhistGirafe outlined sound good. The only thing you need to find out on here or if someone will answer is will the 3G restore from a 3Gs backup and vice versa?09-30-2009 12:57 PM
