I just got data flagged - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727

I'm not in an lte market right now, I'm on hspa/umts only. No 3.5g. 3g only. I have used 2.7gb of UNLIMITED DATA and I got flagged. Wtf is that?
HTC = Hate The Consumer

they throttle the top 5% on unlimited plans. spoke to a rep yesterday. although your usage to me does not look like a 5%'er

My average usage is 2.5 to 3.8 according to the rep I spoke to. He is also curious why I got flagged. He said he will look into it and call me back.
HTC = Hate The Consumer

there are two threads here about this... one is titled throttled and the other is something along the same lines.. check them out for tips and gripes
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Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
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The sad part is that even though sprint does not throttle their speeds Max at at about what we are throttled to lol. I left them in august and have not looked back.
Dboy352 said:
Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
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00mred00 said:
The sad part is that even though sprint does not throttle their speeds Max at at about what we are throttled to lol. I left them in august and have not looked back.
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Really??? I get a good 1-1.5 mbps continuous on 3g on my phone and computer when I use the hotspot. I font have 4g in my area to test that though. But when sprint launches their 4g lte in 2013 I will have it hopefully still unlimited too.
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Yeah I was super dissapointed they did wimax and not lte.
Realize our 3g speeds are typically 1.5-5 , I have hit 12
When one gets throttled and can accomplish the apn trick...they are hitting 1.5-5 ...throttled
In my case here in Dallas i would get about 400kbps dload in most areas, which is why I left Sprint. Its different from area to area tho.
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Really??? I get a good 1-1.5 mbps continuous on 3g on my phone and computer when I use the hotspot. I font have 4g in my area to test that though. But when sprint launches their 4g lte in 2013 I will have it hopefully still unlimited too.
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And you can still use voice and data at the same time even when throttled!

Haha yeah ....sadly we can't use lte and calls tho
Yet.....
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And you can still use voice and data at the same time even when throttled!
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But we can use wimax and calls and will be able to use lte and calls too supposedly.
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Haha yeah ....sadly we can't use lte and calls tho
Yet.....
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Indeed. I asked about the whole call on lte thing and supposedly it will be fixed in an update
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But we can use wimax and calls and will be able to use lte and calls too supposedly.
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Dboy352 said:
Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
Yep had sprint for a few years and recently switched to At&t, the switch was night and day. I Showed my phone to a friend that still has sprint and he was amazed at how fast thing were loading especially YouTube videos and I wasn't even on At&t lte. I don't have an unlimited plan so I don't get throttled and average 1.3gbs per month so I'm good.
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Cyber guy i just went through the same thing with a friend haha
He now has a brand new epic touch for sale ..he bought the entire family new att phones.
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Anyone managed to get unlimited data?

I have been with my new at&t account for about 14ish days, i really want unlimited data and was looking into going with verizon. But i love at&t anyone have and suggestions for getting at&t to give me unlimited data?
Try the iphone 2g trick
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Try the iphone 2g trick
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Could you explain please? I have never had an iPhone.
Put your sim in an iphone 2g.
That gives you the option of unlimited data for feature phone. get it and then you can grandfather in to smartphone unlimited
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There is a nice thread on it if you look in general I think...
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Oh, will this work with any pre iPhone 4.
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Verizon is about to have tiered data, too. Just fyi.
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But right now they offer unlimited.
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shadow65781 said:
Put your sim in an iphone 2g.
That gives you the option of unlimited data for feature phone. get it and then you can grandfather in to smartphone unlimited
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Watch out, working for AT&T some customers reported that it extends their contract for another year, just fyi before you try and do that trick.
How to get unlimited data with iPhone 2g
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Watch out, working for AT&T some customers reported that it extends their contract for another year, just fyi before you try and do that trick.
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ive done the trick twice for my personal lines and another three times for friends its simple
1. reset all the settings so u have to activate it
2.insert your sim card and activate enabling the unlimited data
3. be patient and wait until the phone says activated
4. WAIT UNTIL ITS ACTIVATED
5. once activated call att customer service
6. say ur upgrading from the iPhone 2g to the new phone and request to be grandfathered into the new unlimited plan
7. if they say they can ask for a supervisor and go higher
Will this work on a 3g or 3gs?
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Will this work on a 3g or 3gs?
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no, has to be an iphone 2g, since that is the only one that gets you the 2g unlimited data plan for $20/mo
Majes me wish I still worked at bestbuy one if my excoworkers had an iphone 2g
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Watch out, working for AT&T some customers reported that it extends their contract for another year, just fyi before you try and do that trick.
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I'm a rep and this is not true.
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If your in my area I can help
..I have a dummy iphone 2g to do this.
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I have unlimited now with an IP4 and also have my original IP2.
Should I follow the same process when I get the Samsung?
aleicgrant said:
I have unlimited now with an IP4 and also have my original IP2.
Should I follow the same process when I get the Samsung?
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No, you can continue to use unlimited data. That's the "official" way of having unlimited data. This is for people who never had it, like myself. I wish the iphones that are on ebay didn't cost $100+... It's a lot for something I'll use once.
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MikeyMike01 said:
No, you can continue to use unlimited data. That's the "official" way of having unlimited data. This is for people who never had it, like myself. I wish the iphones that are on ebay didn't cost $100+... It's a lot for something I'll use once.
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i dont suppose resale value would drop considerably after a few moments of use?
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i dont suppose resale value would drop considerably after a few moments of use?
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I suppose not.
none of these hokey pokey is necessary. Just go to an ATT store and have them change your data plan to 4g unlimited for $30. It is not an available option on the web.

lte hot dam

Hit let area first time ever 25mbs download
omg why isn't lte EVERYWHERE?!! is there way to make your phone hit lte more?
Nope, it's limited by coverage area, but I know what you mean. Speedy speedy!
Verizon's Lte is everywhere.
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Verizon's Lte is everywhere.
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When it works
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When it works
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Yea, I hate to champion one corrupt corporation over another, but I'd much rather be on at&t's network since the fall-back network is still leaps and bounds faster than Verizon's fall-back network (and they have had a number of outages on their LTE network this year so far). Fortunately I live in San Antonio so I have access to 3 major carriers' LTE networks.
That said, at&t can piss off with their restrictive policies. I only hate Verizon slightly more.
But my God 25mbs is amazing if could offer that every where I pay tom more I just wish my wifi that fast
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I get LTE for AT&T in weird places here. I live in Oklahoma and get LTE of course in the bigger areas but sometimes LTE 4g in like small towns kind of cool but kind of weird.
You think 25Mbps is fast, check my sig...
Lol yeah. I just came back from Anaheim. Hot damn. 16 Mbps. But speed test used up 30 MB of data... I'm now being charged $30 for using 204.6 MB of data. >_>
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Done in Plano TX (Dallas Suburb)
One of these days I'm gonna take a vacation to somewhere with LTE just to see what I'm missing out on here in the mid-south.
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Htc One S on Simple Mobile $40

How does simple mobile's $40 unlimited plan work with the One S?Is any body in here on that plan? If so what is the data speed? I am planning on using the One S on TMO's $30 5gb data plan but the 100 mins is too short. If the SM plan has 3g unlimitted I'd rather sacrifice 4g speed for unlimitted mins and 3g. Thanks.
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I wouldn't go simple mobile because I had the $40 plan back on my amaze and the 3G speeds are a joke. Also if you want to use the internet you must program the APN settings which is annoying and sometimes doesnt work anyways along with MMS.
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But it is on simple mobile's approved phone list,it even states that it will work on SM's 4g.
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Does Simple use T-Mobile's 3G bands? If not, the best you'll get is EDGE.
True, but they cap you at around 1GB of data use on 4G and 3G speeds are the same as EDGE speeds. I never had a problem with simple mobile till last month when they completely cut off my data for going over 1.5 GB on my Nexus Prime. I was on their $60 plan. There are also videos on YouTube that show simple mobiles 3G speeds and why you shouldn't go with them.
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I was thinking about switching to simple mobile I know the 3g speeds are terrible but I'm on wifi 90% of the day so it really would affect me there is wifi at my college wifi at my work and wifi at my house lol so I'm ok with edge speeds
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jriv said:
I was thinking about switching to simple mobile I know the 3g speeds are terrible but I'm on wifi 90% of the day so it really would affect me there is wifi at my college wifi at my work and wifi at my house lol so I'm ok with edge speeds
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If ur going pre pay you can always do straight talk for 45 unlimited I don't know there cap but I heard if u don't abuse it ur fine
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funziebear said:
If ur going pre pay you can always do straight talk for 45 unlimited I don't know there cap but I heard if u don't abuse it ur fine
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Can I still use my one s with that
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jriv said:
Can I still use my one s with that
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Yeah they use T-Mobile towers also u get the option to choose what sim u wanna use
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Funzie , are you on straight talk?
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Also what is speed cap?
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Also what is speed cap?
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I don't think they have a cap as long as u use it in moderation . My sister is on straight talk and using my galaxy s2 it gets around 6-9 download and 1-2 upload witch isnt bad for what we use our phones for I have one more week on tmobiles prepay but will be switching to straight talk I already ordered my sum card
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6-9 mb on the $45 Plan?
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I would much rather stay on tmo with the $30 5gb if all I use is internet and less that 100 mins a month..

Simple Mobile on One S S4

I bought my one s on frida y. And i want to use it sinple mobile 4g (50$) and i wanted to know if some one with the same plan could tell me how the speeds are.
Thanks
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im on the 50 plan...
that doesnt include 4g... its up to 3g speeds.. but im locked at 230kbps.... in tampa fl... 40 for talk and text and internet, 10 dollars for internation text...
if you want faster speeds, u want the 60 plan...
In minnesota there is no 60$ plan they lowered it to 50..
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arnold1997 said:
In minnesota there is no 60$ plan they lowered it to 50..
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if thats the case... i heard 4g is from 3000kbps to about 10000kbps... its supposed to be pretty fast... i would say probably better than sprints.. haha..
my sister 4g and 3g speeds sucks.. that why i left sprint... was not good for me...
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if thats the case... i heard 4g is from 3000kbps to about 10000kbps... its supposed to be pretty fast... i would say probably better than sprints.. haha..
my sister 4g and 3g speeds sucks.. that why i left sprint... was not good for me...
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Oh ok haha well thanks for the info though
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I live here in Dallas Texas and my speeds have always been comparable to T-Mobiles service. I get 7-9 Mbps usually. I love it
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arnold1997 said:
I bought my one s on frida y. And i want to use it sinple mobile 4g (50$) and i wanted to know if some one with the same plan could tell me how the speeds are.
Thanks
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I'm on simple mobile 50 dollar plan! As u may know ,simple mobile runs on T-Mobile network, so you would get the same speed and reception as T-Mobile. I'm in new York and an getting up to 15mbps on simple mobile...YEAH that's right..
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I'm on simple mobile 50 dollar plan! As u may know ,simple mobile runs on T-Mobile network, so you would get the same speed and reception as T-Mobile. I'm in new York and an getting up to 15mbps on simple mobile...YEAH that's right..
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I would go to simple mobile but im scared of the throttle and account shut downs
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arnold1997 said:
I would go to simple mobile but im scared of the throttle and account shut downs
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After 2 gigs it they do throttle unfortunately... but I've never heard of the account shut downs. If you use Wi-Fi ad much as I do send make sure you check the 848484 info via text messages you should be fine. This is coming from a heavy data user. Minor adjustments made and its well worth it
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In Atlanta my average speeds are 13mb/s from Tmobile and 8mb/s from Simple Mobile.

[Q]Evade Data Cap/Throttle

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
xWolf13 said:
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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NoobNick_24 said:
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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Off topic, sorry OP
tzvblsm said:
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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