I gave my jailbroken iPhone to my parents to use. They don't need the data plan however AT&T keeps adding on the data plan since they detect it being a smartphone. Is there any way to avoid the plan, with this being a jailbroken iPhone?
IPhone – Avoid data plan being added onto AT&T iPhone 3GS
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Best Answer
You'll have to change the IMEI to avoid the charge. There is simply no other way. As soon a phone connects to a network, the IMEI is registered and that's what carriers like AT&T use to determine if your device is a smartphone.
You can use ziphone to change the number but there's a lot of hurdles and provisos. As far as I know, that's the only JB program capable of doing it. Instructions are outline here: http://m.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=657
The Motorolla RAZR's IMEI: 358472042445412
Another alternative is to go to T-Mobile which don't have the Draconian charge.