Thread: Operator Device Identification - eg, T-Mobile US recognizing it and cutting the $10/mo data plan
View Single Post
chris_r is offline chris_r
2011-02-20 , 19:31
Posts: 20 | Thanked: 17 times | Joined on Jan 2011 @ Antarctica
#13
Originally Posted by lemmyslender View Post
Yes, they identify your phone based on IMEI, has nothing to do with PR level.

For instance, I have a Huawei S7, capable of both voice and data. I use the $10 web plan on my N900. If I put the sim card in the S7 data immediately stops, and I'm prompted to upgrade (either apn). As soon as I put the sim card back in my N900, data works just fine.
That's really weird -- tmo doesn't seem to brand the S7, and the radio lacks UMTS band IV. I wonder if that's on bestbuy (for T-Mobile having its IMEI in its 'non-dumbphone' database).

Damn bestbuy.