Jon rogers
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Anyone know where the SIM card is for the factory att WiFi? I want to change it to t-mobile. Much cheaper
Change WiFi carrier on 2021 yukon
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It’s a built in Esim, or at least it was in my 2020 truck. You’re married to AT&T for life. GM and ATT have an exclusive contract is what I was told.
I was paying $25 for an unlimited plan on my own ATT account (not through OnStar).
I was paying $25 for an unlimited plan on my own ATT account (not through OnStar).
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I have Google Project FI (basically TMobile sold through Google) so I put a router with one of my data only sim cards in the glove box. You could probably do the same.
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eyebereej
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Not sure how much T-Mobile's connected car service costs, but you find that AT&T ends up being your only option, you could potentially negotiate the monthly price down if you're an AT&T subscriber of any of their services. I'm already an AT&T subscriber for my personal and work phones, and TV streaming service, so I used that to negotiate a lower monthly for in-car wifi service (unlimited data plan, 25% discount).
mickeyfickymix
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We went with the AT&T option. was cheap enough doing the longer prepay vs some of the others... but you could find one of the older "free" tmobile hotspots on ebay for $20 last time i checked. and as someone else mentioned put it in the console or something
shewstring
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Also, if you are an AT&T mobile customer you can add your vehicle for $10.00/mo as another shared device on your plan. I have a chevy, jeep, and ram on my plan. You can do the vehicle adds either through AT&T or OnStar in the GM vehicle case. They will coordinate with each other. You need to know your AT&T pin code.
I use a hotpsot in my truck with tmobile, it's powered by usb you can get a hardwired 12v to 5v usb adapter and hide it anywhere, some hook & loop fastener and it can be hidden under the dash and take no space at all. out of sight out of mind. If you have a tmobile data plan already you can just put the sim in and go there like $40 on ebay
the linkzone has pretty good reviews I have had mine running 24/7 for over 2 years I think I had to reboot it maybe twice, from the center console the signal will reach about 40 feet or so.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/T-Mobile-A...753015&hash=item4dbb7a1b1e:g:FVgAAOSwoexgANwF
the linkzone has pretty good reviews I have had mine running 24/7 for over 2 years I think I had to reboot it maybe twice, from the center console the signal will reach about 40 feet or so.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/T-Mobile-A...753015&hash=item4dbb7a1b1e:g:FVgAAOSwoexgANwF
I saw a post on a Bolt forum where they soldered a SIM socket to the communication box, and also change some micro resistances to different positions
https://www.chevybolt.org/threads/internet-without-onstar-with-any-4g-lte-sim-card.34865/
The diagram on the Tahoe would be different no doubt so the resistors position won't be the same, but its a start!
https://www.chevybolt.org/threads/internet-without-onstar-with-any-4g-lte-sim-card.34865/
The diagram on the Tahoe would be different no doubt so the resistors position won't be the same, but its a start!
