Just put any T-Mobile sim in it, no service plan needed, then google the instructions for activating over wi-fi. My ebay g1 is running fine on wi-fi, with no service plan at all.
On Dec 4, 3:16 pm, Steeler <[email protected]> wrote: > When I said $150 I was talking about eBay, not T-Mobile. But if you > just buy one plain off eBay, it says "no SIM in phone" and you can't > run any apps. I want to know how to activate it in such a way that I > can eventually test apps on it without paying at that time for any > sort of service (even month-to-month). > $175 is pretty high for a contract quit. If that's the only option the > ADP1 is starting to look better. > > On Dec 4, 10:53 am, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you want a phone, you have a couple of choices: > > > 1. Buy a dev phone for $399 plus the developer fee of $25. > > 2. Sign up for one of those expensive plans and get a phone for $199 > > or whatever. > > 3. Buy one off eBay and hope you get one that works for a reasonable > > price. > > 4. Is there another option? > > > The phones sold by the telco's are subsidized by the contract. You'll > > pay less up front but that $199 phone will end up costing you $2500. > > You could also get a phone from a telco, sign up for the plan, keep > > the thing a month and break the contract. That will run you $175 for T- > > Mobile or $375 for Verizon. It's questionable if the Droid from > > Verizon will work at all without a plan. Haven't heard absolutely that > > it will, so I would be careful about doing that. > > > -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
