Just wondering if anyone can help me out with any tweaks to beat this damn 60kbps throttle from tmobile. I have tried the patch that was created for the froyo roms but it didn't work for me. Any information would be greatly appreciated please PM me. Its best the information isn't posted publicly due to the brown nosing tmobile turds that troll these forums. Thanks in advance.
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pm me too! im at day 2 of my billing cycle and am already at 1.5GB/ month out of the 5GB i get capped every month! i dont believe there is a way around it though!!
Stop being cheap and buy the 10gb plan lol
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There is no way around the cap. It is done of T-Mobiles servers and linked to your SIM card. Many people have tried to get around it without any luck.
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Stop being cheap and buy the 10gb plan lol
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I can dig what you're saying but I'd like to think of it as being resourceful rather than cheap. After all it is android, several exploits and loopholes exist for other devices already. Ill keep fishing and maybe I can figure it out. Maybe IP/MAC spoofing would work to avoid the asshats at T-Mobile.
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Stop being cheap and buy the 10gb plan lol
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thats what i did lol theres your throttle fix.
It's not a work-around to the T-Mobile cap exactly. But by fine tuning when and how your installed apps use data, can keep you under the cap. For example instead of streaming podcast with Mediafly I installed DogCatcher. I set the download permissions for the application to only update when connected to WiFi and plugged in.
That alone has cut my data usage in half. Fine tuning other settings in apps like email, facebook and twitter have also cut down my data usage. I went from always bumping the data cap to moving to the next lowest data rate plan.
Something to consider!
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Stop being cheap and buy the 10gb plan lol
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im not being cheap at all!! but is it possible i can up to the 10GB/ month? i just started a 2 yr contract 2 months ago and i get capped everymonth so far to 56k speeds...i pay 100 dollars a month and i think thats alot already! thats no fun when i dont get access to wifi everywhete like most of you.
If you change your phone number & get a new SIM chip it resets yer data usage. Setup google voice, get 5GIG plan - wait 2 weeks & spend $15 to have phone number changed and get another 5Gig. Two more weeks, billing cycle starts over, another 5GIG. Wait 2 more weeks and change phone number again - 5 more gig. Repeat every month. If you use google voice then everyone will still have your phone number. I think to get the 10gig plan it's 30 bucks so this saves you 15 bucks a month. Of course its also a huge pain in the ass for 15 bucks.
Lol that's actually pretty damn clever. A huge undertaking, but still clever. Well done.
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Well I found the best solution. Screw T-Mobile and every lie they represent. I switched to sprints true unlimited with no datacap or throttle. Thanks for all of yalls feedback.
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Well I found the best solution. Screw T-Mobile and every lie they represent. I switched to sprints true unlimited with no datacap or throttle. Thanks for all of yalls feedback.
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Well those of us who like data speed don't have the option of Sprint.
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Switchbg to sprint would = same speed as capd speed for tmo that's why I swtch from sprint
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Well u guess your service area for Sprint kinda sucks, the data speeds are way faster on this phone than they ever were on my g2x
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Well u guess your service area for Sprint kinda sucks, the data speeds are way faster on this phone than they ever were on my g2x
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Sprint is unlimited and true they don't throttle - HOWEVER what they do is kick you off the network and cancel your contract if you use "too much" data. Happened to me a year or two ago.
Well regardless, I'm satisfied with the new beast. And still have the G2X on the side to play around with.
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HAHA i still have the old $25 unlimited NO throttle plan
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im not being cheap at all!! but is it possible i can up to the 10GB/ month? i just started a 2 yr contract 2 months ago and i get capped everymonth so far to 56k speeds...i pay 100 dollars a month and i think thats alot already! thats no fun when i dont get access to wifi everywhete like most of you.
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$10 more and u will have 5g. Just call the customer service and ask them. I did and I'm on 5g. $87.08 a month for me. But I got a 15% discount cause I'm a firefighter or it would be 102.98
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No one in my life cares except for my XDA family..
I just got the dreaded text from t-mo and was immediately throttled to .006mbps. Seriously, FML. I have like 20 days left in my cycle. ARRRRGGHHHH
I even was desperate enough to try the (now defunct) alternative APN internet1.voicestream.com. I even tried internets 2 and 3!!!
God forbid I run into any feral cats on my walk home, because I am going to punt something and I prefer pine cones, but homeless cats fly further.
Happened to me last month. It sucks balls bug time. Sorry dude, calling tmo wont help either trust me....
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Does anyone know if buying tmos tethering plan increases the cap?
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Does anyone know if buying tmos tethering plan increases the cap?
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It does not.
I get throttled every month. I make good use of my phones browsing. Its starting to annoy me. My cycle ends on the 21st and I been throttled for 2 weeks now.
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The way to get around data throttling is to have a friend that works at TMO and use their unused $5 employee data only plan. I now effectively have 5 more GB on a spare SIM card. Once I get throttled on my MT4G I start tethering on my MT3G.
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The way to get around data throttling is to have a friend that works at TMO and use their unused $5 employee data only plan. I now effectively have 5 more GB on a spare SIM card. Once I get throttled on my MT4G I start tethering on my MT3G.
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That's pretty nifty. Now only if I knew any tmo employees...
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That's pretty nifty. Now only if I knew any tmo employees...
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Your only 4 hours from TMO 's headquarters. Take a road trip, find a bar close to HQ, and find a group of ppl w TMO phones.
http://news.yahoo.com/judge-awards-iphone-user-850-throttling-case-195042925.html
I wonder how many will follow?
This is ****ing great I love to hear **** like this I think next time they throttle me ill march down there and file a small claims suit use this as a reference in court. If they are protected against class action I think they should get millions of small claims
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I can only imagine LOL but good find btw
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great news !!!!!!!, cant wait att change them throttling for unlimit coustom
Pretty sure they have it in your contract that they can change it at any time.. Wouldn't be surprised if they lose to many of these lawsuits that they just move everyone over to the 3gb plan(same price as unlimited) and gave you the option to walk away without ETF. Might take a few of these losses but don't be surprised if it happens.
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Very unlikely they would give the option to walk without etf. That's 17 million customers you're talking about, about half of all their customers. I have a feeling they have a plan to screw everyone.
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That many people on unlimited?
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I got throttled at only 1.2 gb this month (4 days into my billing cycle). Mad, i switched to hspa+ only and racked up 13gb in two days. On the third day I switched back to 4G LTE and what do you know, I'm no longer being throttled. I'm not sure if it's related to this or not but I'm happy!
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I got throttled at only 1.2 gb this month (4 days into my billing cycle). Mad, i switched to hspa+ only and racked up 13gb in two days. On the third day I switched back to 4G LTE and what do you know, I'm no longer being throttled. I'm not sure if it's related to this or not but I'm happy!
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I'm hoping so too! Im running hspa+ and over 12gb so far, ill be sure to test the LTE when I go up to the city
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I got flagged for 1.8gb and slowed to 128kbs both hspa+ and lte. Thats bull****... if they don't stop ill do the same.
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this is funny
So I sourced this from reddit.com
Apparently people were putting a package together with the help of a few freelance lawyers to make a kit so that the average person could get all of the documents together and have all their bases covered in order to have a good chance of winning the small claims court case. It was getting a lot of attention.
Either my search skills are rusty, or overnight the moderators deleted the thread due to AT&T pressure or some other reasons.
edit: found it
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/q4j2q/att_sued_for_throttling_unlimited_data_plan/
seems though that they removed it from and type of direct search. interesting.
I'm on a family plan for 3 phones, I am wondering if anyone can help me figure out a new plan that can use data usage with out worrying. Here is my current plan:
1000 Talk - $59.99
Unlimited Messaging - $20
3 Phones with 200mb - $10/each ($30)
3rd phone added to line - $10
Total = $120
Do you guys know of a better plan or way to get data on the phone that is unlimited but throttles it if needed?
Well when my wife had T-Mobile the only thing they would offer her when she needed to upgrade was a 2GB/5GB/10GB options. Since they wouldn't let her keep her unlimited, that's the only options I'm seeing via their website still. Either or would be better than 2/300MB.
You could've got unlimited talk, text 4gb 4g a couple months ago. About 70 total.
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Well when my wife had T-Mobile the only thing they would offer her when she needed to upgrade was a 2GB/5GB/10GB options. Since they wouldn't let her keep her unlimited, that's the only options I'm seeing via their website still. Either or would be better than 2/300MB.
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Hmmm we're gonna gonna talk to the loyalty department and see what they can do. We might threaten to cancel lol
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You could've got unlimited talk, text 4gb 4g a couple months ago. About 70 total.
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Well thats no help lol
Are you dead set for T mobile? Otherwise I have suggestions for other carriers, especially prepaid.
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Are you dead set for T mobile? Otherwise I have suggestions for other carriers, especially prepaid.
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Well yeah, kinda on contact with them till 2013- 2014.
I have this too. "Value plan"
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I have this too. "Value plan"
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Oh yeah I saw those and if we decided to go to that plan we have to pay a migration fee of like $400 per each device or something.
They remove your upgrade and you lose money overall
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They remove your upgrade and you lose money overall
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Yeaah I know, its kinda dumb especially its all T-Mobile plans they want to charge a migration fee just so you can lower your bill. Smh, so I might just transfer to my brothers account and just split the bill. I'll get add a line - $5, android web - $20, and insurance, $8 or $4. One of those. And once split between me and him it will be about $70 exact a month
Ugh, I'm paying $180 for 2 phones with data plans on Verizon..... I wish I could get 3 phones for that cheap lol.
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Ugh, I'm paying $180 for 2 phones with data plans on Verizon..... I wish I could get 3 phones for that cheap lol.
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Yeah T-Mobile is great when it comes to prices but getting a good plan is hard, you really have to capitalize on offers and stuff.
How much data is to much? I don't want to send any red flags about my account which already may be to late because I'm at 12gb lol.
None I use 30GB and don't have a problem.
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None I use 30GB and don't have a problem.
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Thats alot of mobile porn.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g...flew-over-the-cuckoo.gif#jack off gif 350x200
No I use phone as Wi-Fi hotspot to power whole house which is my iPad Mac Netflix on my tv and app and software updates and app updates. Also I update my nexus to the latest nightly builds at about half a GB done every 2 days it calculates correctly with no porn
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I use 250gb per month...
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Jeez, that's awesome. Take full advantage while you can.
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I have unlimited too, and I use around 5 GB without tethering and haven't heard anything from Verizon.
I also read somewhere that it's unlimited users on 3G phones that get throttled and have issues. Phones with 4G data don't get throttled or taken notice by Verizon. A quick Google search can show some talk supporting the statement, so that's something to think about!
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I use 250gb per month...
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Holy crap! And I thought my record of 113gb was insane! What do you do?
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I generally go through about 12-50gb a month...just depends on how much 4g time I can get my hands on lol.
a close friend of mine uses 60-80 per month streaming HD video (netflix, nhl gamecenter, nfl games, etc) and has never heard anything. Just another point of data for context
Oh yeah lol. I'm thinking about canceling my cable internet because I don't get the speeds advertised. Sad my phone has a better and more consistent connection than my cable internet.
We top 5% 4G users might be "flagged" in the future and be placed on "verizon network optimization."
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We top 5% 4G users might be "flagged" in the future and be placed on "verizon network optimization."
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I've been hearing that forever. Its not going to happen. Due to situations outside of my control I needed to ditch my unlimited. And I miss it ever day
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Why would we get flagged? We have unlimited data. We chose not to buy a phone subsidized by Verizon so that we can keep unlimited data.
I am the IT guy for a church and school and I've upgraded 10 users to 4G phones through eBay and Craigslist. One of our staff members uses 40GB a month, I use about 15 GB. All of us go well over 2 GB, but what does it matter? We have unlimited data!
It would stand to reason that AT&T users with grandfathered unlimited plans are more abundant than us since they can still upgrade through AT&T and keep unlimited data.
I don't see why anyone would get flagged. The number of unlimited data VZW users will only decrease over time. Verizon makes more money than anyone. They add towers practically every week.
I say, sit back, and soak up the data!
I run my entire house off my wifi tether. No cable, no internet only my galaxy s3....I'm a flashaholic... so i switch between roms almost daily. Running three cpu's and two phones off the connection. Grandfathered contact like a mug lol
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I run my entire house off my wifi tether. No cable, no internet only my galaxy s3....I'm a flashaholic... so i switch between roms almost daily. Running three cpu's and two phones off the connection. Grandfathered contact like a mug lol
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Those running there home internet off their Galaxy (or any phone via Wi-Fi tether), how does your family use the internet when you're not around? I often considered this, but doesn't seem practical.
lol you got me beat
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Lol you got me beat on that one, i surprised myself had messed around and used 170GB ...still trying to figure that one out though:good:
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I leave the unlimited rooted phone at home. Works great runs my entire server network thanks to root
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I've seen some methods on trying to evade the data cap on certain phones.. I have yet to see if it works with our Blaze.. I've used my 2 Gigabytes on Tmobiles supposedly unlimited plan.. Is there a way to avoid getting throttled after you've used the limit you get?
METHODS I HAVE FOUND
DTR- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435085
4G Hack- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1645521
MythBusting- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987029
APN Trick- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408812
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I've seen some methods on trying to evade the data cap on certain phones.. I have yet to see if it works with our Blaze.. I've used my 2 Gigabytes on Tmobiles supposedly unlimited plan.. Is there a way to avoid getting throttled after you've used the limit you get?
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im with you... I've tried everything imaginable... at least when verizon had unlimited, it was truly unlimited. I'll never forget a couple years ago when 3G/LTE went down in the Savanahh, GA area when I was stationed at Fort Stewart, I called Verizon and said "Im not getting data, do you throttle services?" Rep said "We shouldn't unless you're in the top 5% of subscribers, let me check your account"... clickety click click click of the keyboard "...oh my. I have to say, that is the highest useage I've ever personally seen. You're at 33 GB of LTE used.". I was only 12 days into my billing period at the time
There is a company called telcel America I used them for 4 months they had unlimited service for 45 a month no throttling whatsoever to the best of my knowledge they ran on on tmobiles network I used 5 gig a month 10 MBS down 2 up 2 weeks ago they stopped but they still have the $60 plan that you get unlimited talking to mexico I think sorry do the badly written post in a rush will update later
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The only sure-fire method I know of is using WiFi. Sorry
Although I'm sure somebody has created a workaround
It sucks that you get punished for using your phone for what it was meant to do. Listening to Pandora at work all week and I'm halfway to my limit.
By the way I still have a Verizon grandfather plan that I am looking to get rid of !!
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That's what I like about the $30 Monthly4G plan, I haven't hit the 5gb soft cap yet. And vonage mobile works great for extra free minutes.
I used to have the T-Mobile Unlimited 3G plan when I had a BlackBerry, and I would regularly break 20-30GB data on it when I was still going to school and still be able to maintain 3G speeds.
When I upgraded to the Blaze I was forced to switch to their new "Unlimited" plan, which seems to choke the speeds down around 5-6GB. Although this month I'm already around 7GB and I still pull in decent H+ speeds between 8 and 12Mbps, so maybe they only restrict the speeds during peak hours or something.
I have been doing research(ugh. feels like school lol) and I stumbled upon this. Since I've been using the UVMC Radio from the Hercules I think this should work. Note. It says to do these methods before getting throttled. I don't know if it works because I am getting throttled already..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408812
Edit: Been reading on the thread. People say its been patched. Cant say that's true yet.
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I have been doing research(ugh. feels like school lol) and I stumbled upon this. Since I've been using the UVMC Radio from the Hercules I think this should work. Note. It says to do these methods before getting throttled. I don't know if it works because I am getting throttled already..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408812
Edit: Been reading on the thread. People say its been patched. Cant say that's true yet.
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Looks ok. Think I might give it a try
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Looks ok. Think I might give it a try
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Google is now my bestest friend ever lol. Found many methods to try! Will post links in OP later..
Updated OP with my findings.
Has anyone who isn't throttled yet found any of these to work? I'm already throttled
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Has anyone who isn't throttled yet found any of these to work? I'm already throttled
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I will try these today & see which one seems to work. I'll give you guys an update later
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I tried the 4G hack but I can't confirm it works yet since I just got my data count refreshed on the 27th on the start of the new cycle.
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Any CONFIRMED solutions yet?
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By the way I still have a Verizon grandfather plan that I am looking to get rid of !!
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Fer realz? I'd take it off your hands for you
Pm me will try to work it out
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I can confirm the 4G hack doesn't work...well at least not for me it didn't.
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Any proven results? looks interesting since I have the 5GB plan and some times I go over my limit.
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