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Originally Posted by JustAnotherNewbie
Now, long story short, I was grossly misinformed about what this BB can do without a data plan. (I was promised I could use my Home WiFi without a Data plan [I am -NOT- interested in a data plan], for example. At two stores. And by Customer Service.)
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I'd suggest reading up a bit more here first. I'm pretty sure there are people using WiFi w/o a BB data plan. However I don't own a BB with WiFi so I can't speak from first hand experience.
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Originally Posted by JustAnotherNewbie
First off, I'm curious about unlocking the phone. The only reason this is of interest is that I'd like to be able to use my home WiFi. Does anyone know if unlocking the phone would enable this?
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No. The only thing that removing a subsidy lock does is allow you to use other carrier's SIM's. That's it. It's the same as any other GSM device.
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Originally Posted by JustAnotherNewbie
Secondly, on my old Verizon phone (Razr3cm), I could simply receive text (SMS) messages from AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), they'd simply be forwarded to my phone. It seems that my Blackberry doesn't allow this. The frustrating thing here is that I'm paying 30 a month for unlimited texting. I've been told that "Because the 8320 is a 'data centric' phone, you must buy a data plan for this service." Is there a way around this?
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Confirm that you can receive SMS. I don't know how SMS from AIM works but if you can send and receive SMS on the BB then that's all there is to do on the BB to get it working. If you can't SMS then call at&t and have them check your provisioning. You don't need data to SMS. SMS isn't data.