Samsung A157 prepaid AT&T Go Phone for $10 + free shipping at Best Buy

n00ber said:   Can I take the SIM card from my current AT&T phone and drop it into this phone for immediate use or will I need to do more to activate this?
Yes, the swap normally works with nothing further to do.

Yes I'm pretty sure all gophones allow to take your current at&t sim (prepaid or postpaid), put it in this phone, and use it immediately.

chipmonger said:   This will be great for transferring my folk's home line from Verizon to Google Voice. I'll just have to port from Verizon to AT&T, then from AT&T to GV.

GV would charge you $20 for porting. Just a heads-up.

still the best phone I ever used on TMobile Prepaid is the similar T139

I highly recommend the T-Mo T139 for someone that just needs a reliable bullet proof phone for just calling people

I have an unlock procedure from a while back that works with many of the Samsung axxx model phones. If anyone tries it let us know if it works. I will pick one up later today and give it a try.
http://thejmart.com/samunlock.pdf

jimates said:   I have an unlock procedure from a while back that works with many of the Samsung axxx model phones. If anyone tries it let us know if it works. I will pick one up later today and give it a try.
http://thejmart.com/samunlock.pdf
Could you pls share if the unlock code is working?
I plan to get one a a spare/emergency phone (keep in my car).
TIA.

germanpope said:   still the best phone I ever used on TMobile Prepaid is the similar T139

I highly recommend the T-Mo T139 for someone that just needs a reliable bullet proof phone for just calling people
I have a T139 also. Great phone, but only dual band. If you want bluetooth and you're okay with dual-band, find a T139 cheap.

mail2genious said:   chipmonger said:   This will be great for transferring my folk's home line from Verizon to Google Voice. I'll just have to port from Verizon to AT&T, then from AT&T to GV.

GV would charge you $20 for porting. Just a heads-up.

Thanks, I'm aware though. Still cheaper in one month than what they spend on Verizon. Cut $80/month off their phone/internet/cable tv by moving bundling their cable tv/internet and moving to GV. I increased their internet speed from 1.5 mbps to over 20 mbps as well. Total cost was $100 - $60 for Motorola DOCIS 3.0 cable modem/$40 for the VOIP adapter; gave them a spare router/cables/odds and ends I had.

n00ber said:   Can I take the SIM card from my current AT&T phone and drop it into this phone for immediate use or will I need to do more to activate this?

I'm not up-to-date on current cellphone tech although this is hardly state-of-the-art. I just don't know if it's still true that you can move over to a new phone simply by putting your current SIM card in.

The short answer is yes, as I have been doing this for years. However, I bought this very same phone on black Friday at Radio Shack at the same price and when I dropped my 3 year old post-paid ATT sim in, the phone said SIM error. I called ATT, they tried to reset and then told me I would have to go to a store to get a new SIM card. Went over, the store employee dropped the new SIM card and it worked fine.

Just don't do what I did and gleefully throw away the old SIM in the store underneath someones turkey and mashed potato leftover sandwich, only to realize hours later that you stored your contact/address book on the SIM card and are a complete idiot.

jimates said:   neeedcoupon said:   Can i have the phone unlocked from att? is this quad band or dual band?At&t will unlock a GoPhone 6 months after activation, also the sim card is locked to the phone for 6 months. So you can't swap the sim to another phone.

I want to be able to use the phone overseas GSM network..I would like to get it unlocked.. Please let me know if anyone was able to get it unlocked with the unlocked procedure provided on the form.

So am I.

Thanks OP!

For those who do not know, all you have to do is insert your current sim card in this phone to use it.
Since this is an AT&T phone the sim card insertion is referring to an AT&T sim card

Thanks. In for 2.

alamo11 said:   yesidonoitall said:   For those who do not know, all you have to do is insert your current sim card in this phone to use it.

Not always. Only if you are a at&t customer. Sometimes they lock the sim to the phone for six months. Not sure about this particular model.

RE:
Sometimes they lock the sim to the phone for six months

I sell about 30 a week, as a replacement for AT&T, just insert your current full size sim card, and never a buyer who said it did not work.

Does this include any airtime?

In for 2, was able to use my $20 off code from Best Buy.

fixfox69 said:   Is it possible to not activate the phone (take SIM out)and use say, Skype, for calls over WiFi?

WM (dot com only) has the LG528g touchscreen smart telly for $29.88
It has wifi and will work without activation, maybe Skype will work on it, maybe not.

yesidonoitall said:   fixfox69 said:   Is it possible to not activate the phone (take SIM out)and use say, Skype, for calls over WiFi?

 

WM (dot com only) has the LG528g touchscreen smart telly for $29.88
It has wifi and will work without activation, maybe Skype will work on it, maybe not.
OOS right now, they will get more, but better beat me to them.