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(Q) AT&T Alternatives?

Im in Dallas,tx so was wondering about if there were any other services that used AT&T towers. Greatly appreciated
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mattmiller said:
Im in Dallas,tx so was wondering about if there were any other services that used AT&T towers. Greatly appreciated
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H20 does pre-paid $60/month unlimited text talk web
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Well I had ATT and I left because of the lack of android phones. I went to sprint and found I had no signal at my house. So I used the prl hack do I could run on Verizon towers at sprints price and their phones. Just my 2 pennies. Plus you get real 4G.
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So that's legit? Cuz at&t pissing me off badly
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H20 does pre-paid $60/month unlimited text talk web
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I looked at the rates and data is 50 mb a month + unlimited picture messaging. Is stick with ATT despite bad customer service.
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Extremely sloow data speeds

Is anyone else having this problem. I have noticed slow data speed the last few weeks and before that I was having excellent speeds but now its 50-120kbs (3G)..which means no YouTube..and issues with anyone else
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Did you notice them after installing a custom kernel? I sure did...
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Do you mean kilobyte or kilobit? Here in south florida I'd be lucky to get 120KBs, usually its 50 and below.

Stock rom and kernal just rooted..I'm getting 0.10 mbps average download and 0.30 mbps upload (sometimes if lucky) ..I'm in sothern California ..
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If you think you're handy try updating the PRL.

I have tried but my computer won't show up in the com port in device manager
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Rooting my phone and uninstalling the virgin bloatware fixed my 3g speeds.
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cougle said:
Rooting my phone and uninstalling the virgin bloatware fixed my 3g speeds.
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So which apps did you remove and what improved your 3g speed or the 3g drop to 1x?

motorolatriumph said:
I have tried but my computer won't show up in the com port in device manager
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Try it w/ the phone turned off.

Yeah i hear you, ive been gettin low speeds as well, funny thing though, when im at a mcdonalds about a mile away from my house, the speeds are super high, like 2000kbps
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Same thing at Walmart I get 2 bars an over 1 Meg a second ..perfect for streaming Netflix..and that's in the afternoon-evening ..that's the best speed Ive ever got on 3g around that time..in the morning I used to get 1.4mbps..now like 0.2mbps if THAT ..
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Its a prepaid carrier you just have to deal with it, or do you want a $100 phone bill?
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Im actually thinking of swiching to a better company just cuz of the 3g, my gf has tmobile and pays about 80 a month but her 3g is FAST.
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Just put CM7 on your phone, it comes with the sprint prl which you have sprint speed.
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I have cm7 on mine now and it's a little better.. now I can get like 0.5mbps so half a Meg down.. so pretty decent after installation of cm7
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elflip88 said:
Im actually thinking of swiching to a better company just cuz of the 3g, my gf has tmobile and pays about 80 a month but her 3g is FAST.
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If she's with T-Mobile she might have 4g, well for that price.
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iloveandroid16 said:
If she's with T-Mobile she might have 4g, well for that price.
No its 3g, she has the mytouch3 and doesnt have 4g,
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iloveandroid16 said:
Just put CM7 on your phone, it comes with the sprint prl which you have sprint speed.
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Ok one wuestion though, i installed cm7 and under mobile network settings theres a few more things like international data roaming, national data roaming, and system select, should i check any of them, or change the select system to automatic, affiliated networks, or just leave it at home??
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elflip88 said:
Ok one wuestion though, i installed cm7 and under mobile network settings theres a few more things like international data roaming, national data roaming, and system select, should i check any of them, or change the select system to automatic, affiliated networks, or just leave it at home??
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I saw all that stuff in the menu but didnt touch it..with cm7 i get better service and speeds...now im back to stock so i can really feel the diffrence..one time i thought i was roaming when i had cm7 it sayed roaming but i didnt think thats possible and i couldent replicate it so must have been a glitch..
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is cm7 even usable as a main phone at the moment? i havnt been keeping up

G2x on simple mobile

For u simple mobile peeps, Did u have to Unlock ur g2x to use with simple?? Thanks
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I bought mine unlocked
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funziebear said:
For u simple mobile peeps, Did u have to Unlock ur g2x to use with simple?? Thanks
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Nope you don't have to unlock. Simple Mobile uses Tmobile's network.

Sweet that's what I thought thank you so it's just the apn deal and ill be set
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Yup. I believe if yu bring it to a simple mobile retailer they'll set everything up for yu...Apn mms and data. All dat good stuff.
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I just installed that apn fix on here just waiting on the sim had my sister pick one up for me
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since it uses t mobile network. does your previous account with t mobile affect it.? Like for example say you owe Tmobile and you switch to simple will there be any draw backs.?
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since it uses t mobile network. does your previous account with t mobile affect it.? Like for example say you owe Tmobile and you switch to simple will there be any draw backs.?
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Nope...once you go to SM you are free of T-Mo. However, if you use Wifi calling or other T-Mo branded items you will not be able to use them on SM.
I did have a data loss last week with Simple here in Sacramento. They had tower issues. But nothing else of consequence.
One issue that I have had. On virtually every ROM is editing the APN. YOu can usually edit it once, but when you go back in often the APN's do not show up. Food for thought.

Lol. Hmm thank God. I'm going to get sm tomorrow. Thank you very much.
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Only affects ur credit ahahaha
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funziebear said:
Only affects ur credit ahahaha
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That's funny
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funziebear said:
Only affects ur credit ahahaha
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lol you got jokes. but hey is it the same for the g2 it doesn't have to be unlocked
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I had it on simple for a month and you can't get 4gis 3g only. It was still good enough but that really bum me out
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Sure u had it setup right? If u can get tmobiles h on the mytouch 4g I don't see why u can't on the g2x ill give it a try see what happens
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aliaselchore said:
I had it on simple for a month and you can't get 4gis 3g only. It was still good enough but that really bum me out
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Do you have 40 or 60 plan?
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So far its running nicely and fast
Winning
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aliaselchore said:
I had it on simple for a month and you can't get 4gis 3g only. It was still good enough but that really bum me out
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Actually you can and do get 4g depending on where you are located. I am in Sacramento and get 4g speeds on SM.
Your plan also has to do with speeds. If yo are on the $40.00 plan yes, you are restricted to 3g. If you pay $60.00 then you get 4G.
And no you do not have to unlock for SM.

They do offer a $60/month plan that has 4G. As usual the giant word plastered all over their website and retailers is "unlimited" - which, as we all know, is a load of crap. Yes it's "unlimited internet" - however you get 1gig at 4G - then the rest of the month you're throttled to a whopping 56k (so useless you can't even stream a song with it).
As for the disappearing APN problem - if you run the CM7 ROM, and you're APN's are not in there - all you have to do is pull the battery out, restart the phone, and the APN's are back in. Also as pointed out the specialized apps for t-mobile like the wifi calling app won't work.
Anyway - all that being said - I've been on Simple with my G2X for 3 months and it works quite well for me. Only wish they offered more data in the plans - so I try to stay connected to a wifi hotspot as much as possible.

I thought there flyer says 2gigs of data hahaha on the 60 dollar
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Yes you do have to be unlocked on simple mobile. You cannot use a simple mobile sim in a locked phone. You also get 2gigs of data on the $60 plan and 4g if available in your area.
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Tmo wireless tethering....

How do I get around the Tmo tethering block without paying? Was doing it off and on until today. Just courious about it.
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butterbeam said:
How do I get around the Tmo tethering block without paying? Was doing it off and on until today. Just courious about it.
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Are you rooted?

Yes
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butterbeam said:
How do I get around the Tmo tethering block without paying? Was doing it off and on until today. Just courious about it.
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I can tether without any specian program I have the unlimited 2gb plan
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I have the unlimited 5g. Never had them tell me I can't tether until now.
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If your rooted you can wireless hotspot/tether for free.
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I am rooted...
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butterbeam said:
I am rooted...
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ok... well all custom roms have wireless hotspot baked into them which allows up to 5 devices to access your 3g/4g data connection. Best thing about the hotspot feature is that it won't use up your data plan since your rooted and it's usually a paid service you have to buy when your not rooted. However if your just tethering by a usb cable you would be throttled after your 2gb limit.
Have you enabled wireless hotspot in setting's before it will work as long as you have an active data plan.

d12unk13astard said:
ok... well all custom roms have wireless hotspot baked into them which allows up to 5 devices to access your 3g/4g data connection. Best thing about the hotspot feature is that it won't use up your data plan since your rooted and it's usually a paid service you have to buy when your not rooted. However if your just tethering by a usb cable you would be throttled after your 2gb limit.
Have you enabled wireless hotspot in setting's before it will work as long as you have an active data plan.
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Oh, the wireless hotspot won't use up my 5GB limit?? Wow I didn't know that. I thought both USB tether and wireless hotspot uses your monthly 5GB limit.
That's good to know!

mackster248 said:
Oh, the wireless hotspot won't use up my 5GB limit?? Wow I didn't know that. I thought both USB tether and wireless hotspot uses your monthly 5GB limit.
That's good to know!
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Yep, only the built-in tethering feature uses up your 2-5gb data plan, i read about the wireless hotspot not eating up any data while in use somewhere. I'm gonna try and find a link real quick for my source since i know it will come up sooner then later lol

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Yep, only the built-in tethering feature uses up your 2-5gb data plan, i read about the wireless hotspot not eating up any data while in use somewhere. I'm gonna try and find a link real quick for my source since i know it will come up sooner then later lol
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I would like that confirmed, if accurate I will be using that all the time.
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If your rooted you can wireless hotspot/tether for free.
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I am rooted, have 5g data plan, hotspot force closes, I have changed roms 6 times and still get blocked. They must have zapped the simcard. That's the only thing I can see that would have happend. I'm gonna do another simcard tomorrow. Will post results....
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Still doesn't work....
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I heard that you can find apps in the market to get the job done for free. Or maybee a one time fee or maybe pay for the app I dont know that is what I heard.

I've been tethering my phone all month and I just got a message saying i reached my 2gb. Now my data is noticeably slower. I'm rooted on EB 2.3.7
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I've been tethering my phone all month and I just got a message saying i reached my 2gb. Now my data is noticeably slower. I'm rooted on EB 2.3.7
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Same here... I reached my 5GB cap. I went from 8mb's down to 50kb's... Lmao.
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I haven't reached my 5g cap yet. It stopped me when I hit 4g of data. I'm still fast but just no tethering is being allowed.
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You could use an app called easy tether that has a one time fee of $10 if not your stuck with limited free version. This tricks the ADB interface so it doesn't show up as tethered so it will only show up as regular data from your phone not a PC.
Also if your using tmo network there is no way around their tracking and throttling of speed. A while back we could get around data throttling but i believe they caught on. If you running into hitting your cap use 3g watchdog and give yourself a daily limit and the app will alert you that you hit it
Remember when your on a pc it doesn't know your on a mobile network so keep youtube quality at its lowest. If your watching youtube at 720p you will hit your cap easily.
If your using netflix you will hit tour 5g cap in about 3movies at 720p.
Now the trick is is getting wireless tethering to work lol
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Ok, ill try the easy tether. Thanks
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G2x on family talk?

My fiance pays 45 bucks a month for family talk through her walmart employer discount. My question is since it is tmobile can I use my g2x on it? And if so can I use my 4g? Would I have to unlock it? I just don't like how my tmobile prepaid only gets 100mb of data in my price range.

I do. I have the 5g plan. My wife has the 2g plan. We got seperate plans cause I wireless tether. We use the G2x. So yeah, you can.
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??
I think I'm going with simple mobile, they use hspa, and so doesn't the g2x, but it days I can only get 2g and 3g with my phone??

The G2x does too. I'm on it now. The G2x doesn't do 3g. It has g,2g or 4g. But 4g is really 3.5
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Can you elaborate?

You can change you settings to only use hspa.
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I'm sorry, I'm so confused and lost lol

Unless you change the setting under wireless networks...mobile network...network mode... You can change it there. I always change mine to auto when I travel. That way it will chose the strongest signal.
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This is an lg g2x using either family talk or simple mobile, and able to use a 4g signal?

Yes but to use Simple mobile, you have to be network unlocked. Which you would get that from TMO customer care. They will e-mail it to you.
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If you have 4g in your area, you can get it. Go under the settings I posted and swith to only wcdma. If you have 4g near you, it will display it on status bar at top.
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The G2x will not display a 3G status signal. It will show a 4G, 2G, G.
Good luck with your droid. I'm on the $70 plan...5g data, unlimited talk and txt. So I know it will work.
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butterbeam said:
If you have 4g in your area, you can get it. Go under the settings I posted and swith to only wcdma. If you have 4g near you, it will display it on status bar at top.
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Strange thing is its displaying 4g now, but its slow as hell. But I can take it as is now on my Tmobile service and switch the box to wcdma only? And that'll work?

Yes if there is 4G. That setting will stay on that signal til you change it.
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