rault18

Soooooo... here's the deal. I decided for ****s and giggles to insert my cell phone sim in my audi and it worked! Then I inserted the ipad one in my phone and it worked just for data of course...however, when putting the ipad one back into the audi, it didnt work!

So What i did was cancel the ipad plan, going to re put it tomorrow and see if maybe that will help reset. If not, and because of the type of plan I have, it only cost me 10 bucks to get an additional phone line with 2.5 gb of fast internet a mnth. I doubt ill need anything more than that. I

Anyone experienced this?

rault18

Update: Went to Tmo, cancelled my ipad plan. Started a brand new one and reused the sim card.....it did the trick! 3g all day baby! haha. Seems that there's some kind of glitch, so for posterity I'm leaving these note here

BarryT

Has anyone purchased this $0.99 TMobile SIM card kit and used the free data for life plan? Bring your own device to T-Mobile and insert this ready-to-use SIM card for easy use. This prepaid SIM card kit allows you to start using the T-Mobile 4G LTE network on your device

Redd

The fine print does say it is only for phones that support LTE bands II and IV, and requires a service plan.

But for 99c....you can't lose too much for trying.

GRT89521

I'm using a h2o Wireless prepaid sim card; it uses the AT&T network and is $10 for 3 months or 100mb of data. I don't use hotspot feature in my car, so I don't use a lot of data. So far, I'm 28 days in and have used $0.11 worth of data.

snagitseven

Also avoid the Google Earth overlay - it will suck down that 100MB pretty quickly. Especially if you use it outside a 20 mile radius.

Peter VIP

2013 A6 3G+ MMI here.

I popped in my existing T-Mobile SIM card, but:
- Unable to access Google services
- Not enough data? error, takes me to a T-Mobile web2go web page which displays an error and "call T-Mo"
- Tried various T-Mobile APNs
- Connection Info shows as properly connected and in service

I called Audi Connect and they are saying that I MUST use a special T-Mobile SIM card from them / the dealer.

What the diddly? I noticed many are using US Cellular, PTel. I appreciate your suggestions.

snagitseven

When you say you inserted your "exisiitng" T-Mobile sim, where did you get it from? If it was from a phone or tablet, it likely won't work in the car as it's provisioned tied by IMEI to the carrier as a phone or tablet. I know, I've tried unsuccessfully to make a T-Mobile sim work if from another device.

You do not have to get a sim from the dealer. You can simply order a data only sim card from US Mobile or TruPhone and when it arrives, register the sim on their websites. Audi Connect will always tell you that one of their sim cards is required but it's simply not true - they have no clue what works beyond their offered services.

Clemson73

+1 My sim is from TruPhone.

Peter VIP

"Existing" T-Mobile SIM card is one that is active and was previously used in a phone.

Is there basically any way to do use T-Mobile but not through Audi Connect's offer? I already have a spare line. For example would getting a new SIM card from T-Mo but not using it in a phone at all prior to the experiment, potentially work?