i may or may not have found a way around the throttle (data cap) for tmobile. some people say it works for them, some say it doesnt.
i know some of you may say "its straight from tmobile. they throttle it when you hit 2GB (or whatever you purchased)" so that is why im TESTing.
only need 2-3 people to test. if it works, ill just let you all in on it. ive used it for about 8 months now and only been throttled this month (i dont even know why) so yea. let me know comment below.
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As a former T-Mobile employee, I can tell you there is no way around them throtteling you. Unfortunately its controlled from there end. When I worked there I saw Accts of people with 50 and 60 GB being used and not having been throtteled yet.
The system does sweeps every so often and catches people. It's very inconsistent
There's been threads about this, infortunatly is usually ends with people flaming each other.
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I can test
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I can too, won't take me but a day to kill of the rest of my 2gb if I try.
i didnt notify you guys yet because im waiting to see if it adds anything to the bill. once my bill comes out clean with no extra charges, ill let the 2 people above know.
used 17gb/2gb before i got throttled.
yes ive been using this for the past year, but making sure 1 last time so i dont get blamed .
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You should've get billed as if I remember T-Mobile just throttles does not bill extra, like at&t... do you have a screenshot of you using 17GB of data?
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I'll test if you need someone who is currently throttled.
No you won't inquire any extra charges. But try not to use too much bandwidth lol.
He's just using the internet2 apn, works for some and doesn't for others. *shrugs*
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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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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.
So I've been having some speed issues lately and decided to call AT&T because, as a grandfathered Unlimited Data user, when they got rid of the plan, I, like any other users, got put on a 5gig data program, with unlimited, yet throttles data, above 5G.
Well, long story short, I just got disconnected with AT&T and during a reboot, they called back and left message stating they throttle at 3gig.
This is news to me. Is this how it is, as I was under the impression it was after 5gigs that we get throttled.
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Few additional points.
1. The title should've been less "matter-of-fact" and perhaps, asked in the form of a question by now I'm in the General forum. Don't know if a mod can love this.
2. Back on the line with AT&T and this rep is stating what I thought - 5GB, then throttle above 5GB.
3. Website states the same.
4. Now the lady on the phone is also agreeing, they throttle at 3GB and is stating they haven't updated the website to reflect the new policy. I have immediately asked for the next level of support. I will try to keep everyone up to date.
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Got second tier support who verified it's a 5GB cap with throttling afterwards. Which means either there's a network issues in my area or once again, iphone has broken AT&T in Philadelphia like they did when they first came out. Lol.
But just as a note, if you have speed issues and call in, be prepared for to be told something different from what is on their website and be prepared to challenge them on it.
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We already have threads about this topic.
If you're on LTE they throttle at 5 gigs.
If you're on 3G they throttle at 3 gigs.
MOD please lock.
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Got second tier support who verified it's a 5GB cap with throttling afterwards. Which means either there's a network issues in my area or once again, iphone has broken AT&T in Philadelphia like they did when they first came out. Lol.
But just as a note, if you have speed issues and call in, be prepared for to be told something different from what is on their website and be prepared to challenge them on it.
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My connection is ok for Center City LTE. Speed test show 6 up / 2 down
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We already have threads about this topic.
If you're on LTE they throttle at 5 gigs.
If you're on 3G they throttle at 3 gigs.
MOD please lock.
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Just report it and move on.
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Just report it and move on.
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I wish we still had the report button on the app....
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I wish we still had the report button on the app....
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This phone does come with a browser. You don't have to blurt out "OMG REPORT" on every post.
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I hope that I'm not out of line posting this in the "general" forum. But I am getting ready to leave verizon so i can get the nexus 4 (and save a little cash on the monthly bills) and I really hate to see these two unlimited data plans i worked so hard to take advantage of and keep for so long just go to waste. Ive still got a little over a year left on the current plan and it has two lines on it, both have the unlimited 29.99 4g data added to them. I would feel silly just letting them go to waste if someone would be interested in assuming the remainder of the contract term. PM me if you happen to be interested. If i'm out of line in posting this then feel free to delete it with my apologies in mind. Also, I havent looked into separating the Lines yet in you only want one but I can investigate the possiblilty if you only need one...
Also go to androidcentral and androidforums. Plenty of people looking for unlimited data
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Pm sent
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I love me some unlimited data. Halfway through the month and over 7 gigs used. But for the right offer...
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Ebay
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I love me some unlimited data. Halfway through the month and over 7 gigs used. But for the right offer...
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Ya partner you can't be trying to sell it here. I would guess giving it away... Assuming that's what the op is doing is still against the rules, but selling definitely is.
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Cto
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Cto
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I assumed the OP was selling. After re reading it perhaps not, but i was only making a joke. I suppose I should have followed my statement with the "lol" that I see used in every other post. To clarify, I am not selling my phone lines.
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I want & need unlimited data yo!!
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Is this still available?
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I miss having unlimited data (sigh)... I'm just 1/3 the way in the billing cycle and I already reached 1.9gb.
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sooo glad I've kept my unlimited data...
Didn't even occur to me that you could transfer the account/plan to another...
me too, I started off with unlimited data then verizon changed midstream and if one wanted to upgrade the Ph , welp,, i was crap ooutta luck.. wife has a simple cell that allows her to call and reciave calls and thats all she wants,, i fell like verizon got the Gold Mine and i got the SHAFT.. i dont have any data share with her. how dumb does verizon think all of are.. Promise us 1 thing and then change.. of course VZW told me if i had a device already Pd for i could use the unlimited plan. i wonder what they do if i buy out my contract.. would i have to turn my GS3 in or keep it.. maybe it would be considered bought n paid for ? just blowin off some frustration men, so cut me some slack,,
I agree
I upgraded my phone right before Verizon forced people over the Share Everything plan, and I know they must hate me...lol
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me too, I started off with unlimited data then verizon changed midstream and if one wanted to upgrade the Ph , welp,, i was crap ooutta luck.. wife has a simple cell that allows her to call and reciave calls and thats all she wants,, i fell like verizon got the Gold Mine and i got the SHAFT.. i dont have any data share with her. how dumb does verizon think all of are.. Promise us 1 thing and then change.. of course VZW told me if i had a device already Pd for i could use the unlimited plan. i wonder what they do if i buy out my contract.. would i have to turn my GS3 in or keep it.. maybe it would be considered bought n paid for ? just blowin off some frustration men, so cut me some slack,,
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If you pay the ETF, you keep your phone...
Only time I ever knew this to be different from anyone was with ATT back in the day when they were exclusive with the iPhone they used to pull some crap trying to take the iPhone back even if you paid the ETF if you cancelled in the first...3 months maybe? Been a while so I don't remember for sure.
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I'm not sure how it happened, but when I upgraded through Verizon to my S3 from my DX back in August someone didn't switch me off of my unlimited data. Had it ever since. Think I just got extremely lucky.
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Unlimited data guy here. I just upgrade on my other lines to keep it. Really getting sick of getting bent over by Verizon though, so may switch to T-Mobile soon. So, you may see one of these from me here soon....
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Unlimited data guy here. I just upgrade on my other lines to keep it. Really getting sick of getting bent over by Verizon though, so may switch to T-Mobile soon. So, you may see one of these from me here soon....
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Hey wolf not sure it's true but heard T-Mobile might have a plan where you get a new phone and just pay monthly on it with your bill/2 year plan of course I think $20a month extra, have you heard if this?
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Hey wolf not sure it's true but heard T-Mobile might have a plan where you get a new phone and just pay monthly on it with your bill/2 year plan of course I think $20a month extra, have you heard if this?
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Didn't hear that exactly, but I know T-Mo is making some moves.
I just want the ability to rock any phone that is announced at CES. You can't do that on CDMA proprietary technology....
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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
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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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
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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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