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new update spys on you??

i did the update att sent me the other day and the first time i tethered after doing it was last night then this morning i get a msg from att to call them. so i did and they informed me they knew i was tethering but could not tell me how they new i was doing it. so now i am thinking about a new rom. i will reroot first and see if it replaced the tethering apk. if anyone has any information on this update please let me know. i was going to copy the msg they sent to me for the update but it conveniently del'd itself on reboot.

beastakaur2 said:
i did the update att sent me the other day and the first time i tethered after doing it was last night then this morning i get a msg from att to call them. so i did and they informed me they knew i was tethering but could not tell me how they new i was doing it. so now i am thinking about a new rom. i will reroot first and see if it replaced the tethering apk. if anyone has any information on this update please let me know. i was going to copy the msg they sent to me for the update but it conveniently del'd itself on reboot.
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People have been getting nailed right and left, seemingly regardless of ROM. I don't think the update has anything to do with it, they're likely doing some packet inspection to determine what OS the packets are originating from.

when i called in regarding the nasty gram. she emphasized to update my phone. so im guess that is where it is coming from. id agree with you.

Yeah, looks like it was the update. It's weird that all of you got caught those,
I tethered a decent amount a few days ago(don't care if anyone knows, even you AT&T spies!) while my home internet was out, not a thing.
Guess we know not to use any new updates from AT&T until we find out how they detect us without tetheringmanager.apk..
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It's because you're using a stock ROM. I believe there's a service (though I can't for the life of me remember what it's called) that can detect if you're tethering or not. Custom ROMs remove the service so they can't tell.

Im on infused 2.2.3 and I tethered a little bit today and have not gotten anything yet, seems to working fine.

indigox3 said:
Im on infused 2.2.3 and I tethered a little bit today and have not gotten anything yet, seems to working fine.
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I think the majority of people who are getting nailed are using LARGE amounts of data i know one guy posted he has used 8 gig of data just on tethering
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the most ive done is 11gb a month...

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the most ive done is 11gb a month...
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yea but the guy above that i mentioned is on track for using 32 + gigs .. in tethering

CheesyNutz said:
I think the majority of people who are getting nailed are using LARGE amounts of data i know one guy posted he has used 8 gig of data just on tethering
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Yeah, I used that much the other week... I've been running CM7 so I'm pretty sure that AT&T is doing some packet sniffing to see the useragent of the packets coming through. I don't think it has to do with the OS you're running.
I got a nastygram saying to stop by September 30th or they'll charge me. So far this month I've use 18gb so I'm sucking as much as I can before they cut me off!!

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the most ive done is 11gb a month...
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yea but the guy above that i mentioned is on track for using 32 + gigs .. in tethering
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Whammy!!! Double whammy!! Triple whammy!!! I thought I used net a lot cos I use close to 1.5 GB a month at peak times.. with my avg around 1 GB, and no tethering whatsoever. No wonder AT&T is tracking on tethering users.

diablo009 said:
Whammy!!! Double whammy!! Triple whammy!!! I thought I used net a lot cos I use close to 1.5 GB a month at peak times.. with my avg around 1 GB, and no tethering whatsoever. No wonder AT&T is tracking on tethering users.
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This month is the most data I've ever used, and that's 4.2GB right now.... I don't get how you suck up so much data.... maybe lots of videos..... you know..... lol.
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Bloat Freeze to block the tethering.apk It won't phone home then ;-)
Works for me and I just updated using the recent 14MB (I think) file the other day. and tethered for a few hours....so far so good anyway.

My wife who has a Streak just got her nasty gram yesterday, now she does tether ALOT, but her phone does not even show a disclaimer for the mobile hotspot like ours does. So, i dont think it has anything to do with the update.
I dont tether alot but I do tether and most months stay around 8-10gigs. (most of that is actually on my phone, I like Netflix)
She is pissed because out where we live we do not have any high speed internet options but we have AWESOME data speeds with ATT but none of the other carriers have anything close. we thought about getting one of those mifi hotspots but ATT only has a 5gig one and that is just a joke to to think 3 teens and 2 adults are going to make that work.
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Longcat14 said:
This month is the most data I've ever used, and that's 4.2GB right now.... I don't get how you suck up so much data.... maybe lots of videos..... you know..... lol.
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Online gaming is another way. While tethering. i used to Play WoW through my cell while tethering with my old Cappy.

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actually i would be paying the same price i am not for an UNLIMITED data plan to go down to a 4gb plan that allows me to tether. But when I got my Unlimited Plan there was nothing said about not being alowed to tether my phone. to my PC actually the rep in the store showed me how to do it with my old tilt.

Lucky bastards... I'm stuck on 2GB, so tethering really isn't a viable replacement option for me.
That being said, I find it absolutely bullsh*t that you have to pay for a certain way to use your data. Why should AT&T give a damn how you use your data? I pay for 2GB, I should be able to use it, however the hell I want.

Got a letter in the mail today dying they're going to add tethering and I haven't done it in 4 months. The hell??????
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EricNagel said:
Lucky bastards... I'm stuck on 2GB, so tethering really isn't a viable replacement option for me.
That being said, I find it absolutely bullsh*t that you have to pay for a certain way to use your data. Why should AT&T give a damn how you use your data? I pay for 2GB, I should be able to use it, however the hell I want.
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Nothing to do with amount of data.. I get the letter after tethering for 5 mind last week. Actually never got the connection to work.
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EricNagel said:
Lucky bastards... I'm stuck on 2GB, so tethering really isn't a viable replacement option for me.
That being said, I find it absolutely bullsh*t that you have to pay for a certain way to use your data. Why should AT&T give a damn how you use your data? I pay for 2GB, I should be able to use it, however the hell I want.
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You haven't gotten yourself unlimited? I had someone do it for me(don't know their XDA user), and I love it.
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So what happened to our 25GB free Drop Box?

I heard how HOX were all supposed to get 25GB free space from Dropbox but I don't see the app preinstalled. If you download it from the google play store, i don't think you get it either....
Using TI backup, I noticed there is something installed on our phones that relates to Dropbox (see screenshot)...anyone know if this is something we can use?

I installed it from Google Play Store and logged in. Shortly after got an email from DropBox saying I got the extra storage.
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I got the upgrade from dropbox after downloading and signing in to their app. I got an email almost instantly after signing in.
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Yup just download Dropbox from the playstore and install. You will get free 2GB then an email with instruction on how to get your extra 23GB.
..Gromet

my experience is the same as the last 2 replies. integrated rather well into the photo gallery as well. I wish BOX was integrated as well with my free 50GB for life...

I just downloaded it and logged in. No email or anything.
Actually, it took 2 days for it to show up on my dropbox. I use it everyday for work so I can see how much storage I got
It just magically changed with no email lol.
Maybe it was because I got mine early? Who knows.

Thanks guys, signed up and then got the email a few mins later. I don't like doing the steps though lol.

Guys,
I know I've got the Rogers OneX and not the AT&T one, so maybe this doesn't apply.
I didn't need to manually install the DropBox app. I don't recall if it showed up when I first booted my phone, but when I was adding my accounts (GMail, Exchange, Facebook, etc,) I added my existing DropBox account. Then I got the 25GB free and the app was present.
Dunno if this helps in the slightest... just my experience on Rogers.

Att version did not have drop box pre installed

Same as above Download and log in . Get email and Walla . Extra storage
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I still haven't gotten it =/
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DropBox
I downloaded the app, logged into my free 2 gig account and within minutes got an email that I was eligible for 23 more gigs.

Thanks guys! I was wondering about this!
Confirm att doesn't want us to have ....I mean att FORGOT to give us the app.
Sweet, one less reason to return now.
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Confirm it is working here too by signing into it from Settings - Accounts and Sync. I now have 80 gb...
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I didn't get for my already at 38gb account (yes, I do take lots of photos)

Finally!!!!!!
After 2 weeks and a nasty gram to DB, I get an email today. DB apologized gave me my 23 gigs and stated their system was bogged down, they Sorry

Maybe I spoke too soon cuz it seems to have worked now. I signed in again for the 4-5 time and got an email. I did have to go and do 5 of the 7 steps to get it though.

Have anyone tried after getting these 25gb login to a different account or register a new one? Do they give another 25gb to that account too?
I've tried that, but didn't receive any additional 25gb on different accounts..

I believe it's tracked by IMEI maybe? But then again, I've read a lot of people went into the store and logged into their dropbox on the demos and got the bonus lol...
My preordered One X had a bad screen so I had it replaced. So for my second one, I used my work dropbox and got the bonus 25gb too

Downloaded dropbox to my phone and logged in with my free account thats tied to my gmail account, and i got the free 23gb within seconds.

Bonus 23GB Dropbox storage promo lives for AT&T?

I just flashed the Nocturnal stock 1.88 Asia-based software release, and set up my accounts like normal, including Dropbox. To my surprise, I got the confirmation email that I received my 23gb bonus space from the HTC Sense 4.0 promotion, even though I'm on AT&T! I verified that the extra storage does show up in my account. Just letting folks know, hopefully it doesn't get taken away

trace1er said:
I just flashed the Nocturnal stock 1.88 Asia-based software release, and set up my accounts like normal, including Dropbox. To my surprise, I got the confirmation email that I received my 23gb bonus space from the HTC Sense 4.0 promotion, even though I'm on AT&T! I verified that the extra storage does show up in my account. Just letting folks know, hopefully it doesn't get taken away
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its doesnt matter which kind of phone you have,
i have had the Desire HD, flashed the One V's port to it, and got the 23gb bonus.
its ROM related.

Doesn't the space get taken away in 2 years?
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trant01 said:
Doesn't the space get taken away in 2 years?
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Yes, but I was just posting this because AT&T chose to opt out of this dropbox promotion, so if you were were on the stock AT&T rom it was not possible to get this bonus storage. Looks like this method is more like a loophole to get around that limitation, for us AT&T customers at least.

trace1er said:
Yes, but I was just posting this because AT&T chose to opt out of this dropbox promotion, so if you were were on the stock AT&T rom it was not possible to get this bonus storage. Looks like this method is more like a loophole to get around that limitation, for us AT&T customers at least.
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When did they opt out? I got the storage when I first got the phone.
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Didn't Dropbox say they will do something about the accounts that cheat the system? What are the chances they'll just delete your excess data?

Itaintrite said:
Didn't Dropbox say they will do something about the accounts that cheat the system? What are the chances they'll just delete your excess data?
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When the phone first came out AT&T was offering the extra storage.
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SkizzMcNizz said:
When did they opt out? I got the storage when I first got the phone.
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AT&T and Verizon opted out of the HTC/Dropbox promotion around the end of May I think. So really it was the early adopters of the One X on AT&T that were able to take advantage of the extra free 23GB. I didnt get my phone until June so I never qualified.... Until I did this

Itaintrite said:
Didn't Dropbox say they will do something about the accounts that cheat the system? What are the chances they'll just delete your excess data?
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This is also what I'm wondering about. If I flash back to a 1.85 based rom, like Cleanrom, I hope that doesn't raise any red flags on their end.

trant01 said:
Doesn't the space get taken away in 2 years?
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Yep and basically makes the offer pointless unless you plan on paying the monthly fee afterwards.
I received 50GB free from Box for life, that's how a promotion should work.

Same deal happened to me flashing a Rogers rom to my att SGSIII. No bonus on stock rom, 48gb free once I opened dropbox in the Rogers rom, I have since flashed back to an att rom and still have the storage..
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Installed dropboxon my hox last week and for the email and 23gb storage added.

Now that AT&T isn't offering the bonus 23GB of Dropbox space [won't work for me], is there any reason to keep Dropbox over Google Drive?

S8B said:
Now that AT&T isn't offering the bonus 23GB of Dropbox space [won't work for me], is there any reason to keep Dropbox over Google Drive?
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Not really. Dropbox makes you jump through hoops to get more free storage, while Google gives you 5gb right off the bat.

trace1er said:
Not really. Dropbox makes you jump through hoops to get more free storage, while Google gives you 5gb right off the bat.
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And Google Drive offers 25GB storage for $2.49 a month. So in terms of ease of use and functionality... I'm assuming they're both about the same?
Disappointed in the false advertisement by AT&T & Dropbox.

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Not really. Dropbox makes you jump through hoops to get more free storage, while Google gives you 5gb right off the bat.
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Plus the 10GB in Gmail and 1GB in Picasa

Has anyone still been able to get this to work with different ROM's? Specifically with CleanROM 4.5 RC1? I figured this would work being based off of 2.23 which isn't AT&T am I correct? But tried flashing again and signing in upon initial setup, and still haven't been able to get the 23GB.
Any help is greatly appreciated!

When I setup my phone I got the 23 gb's extra. Had to jump through some hoops to get it.

varsityhacker said:
When I setup my phone I got the 23 gb's extra. Had to jump through some hoops to get it.
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How? They canceled it
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atticusmas said:
How? They canceled it
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It seems if you are running a ROM that is not AT&T based like the Stock Nocturnal 1.88 Asia ROM that the OP mentioned, Dropbox thinks you don't have an AT&T device and gives you the promotion.
Haven't been able to get it to work myself yet, though I might be doing something wrong, or missing something.Tried with the Stock Nocturnal 1.88 and so far nothing.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

Just purchased this beast of a tablet and so far, I LOVE it. It compliments my SGS3 PERFECTLY. I read somewhere that we are supposed to get 50gb of dropbox storage out of the box, however, that's not the case for me. Is there some special code we have to put in somewhere???
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All I did was start the drop box app and I had got my space

One of the first things that popped up on mine was the dropbox offer.
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You'd probably be more likely to get helpful responses if you had a more helpful thread title.
The dropbox offer popped up when I first powered on the device. I skipped it as I wasn't interested. Not sure how to get it back, but I assume there must be a way.

When I sighed into my already existing drop box account on my note with the app already imstalled it showed me a upgrade message. Now it shows I have 55gb storage with 3.4 used.

dmarco said:
Just purchased this beast of a tablet and so far, I LOVE it. It compliments my SGS3 PERFECTLY. I read somewhere that we are supposed to get 50gb of dropbox storage out of the box, however, that's not the case for me. Is there some special code we have to put in somewhere???
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There are steps that much be completed within Dropbox after you register on you GNote. Once you complete all the steps they upgrade you for two years. A quick search would have revealed this info.
BTW Not a pertinent or effective title since this is already the GNote forum..

toenail_flicker said:
There are steps that much be completed within Dropbox after you register on you GNote. Once you complete all the steps they upgrade you for two years. A quick search would have revealed this info.
BTW Not a pertinent or effective title since this is already the GNote forum..
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I did not receive the dropbox space either. I currently have 82 GB or dropbox space due to trying some other devices and returning them.

dxwilliams40 said:
I did not receive the dropbox space either. I currently have 82 GB or dropbox space due to trying some other devices and returning them.
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Go to Dropbox and finish your steps. There's 7 of them, I think.
https://www.dropbox.com/gs

I had to do all the steps on dropbox to get 50gb.... but its only for 2 yrs.

MercuryStar said:
You'd probably be more likely to get helpful responses if you had a more helpful thread title.
The dropbox offer popped up when I first powered on the device. I skipped it as I wasn't interested. Not sure how to get it back, but I assume there must be a way.
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Clear data on the Google setup wizard?
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GT-N8013--Daily Driver

dmarco said:
Just purchased this beast of a tablet and so far, I LOVE it. It compliments my SGS3 PERFECTLY. I read somewhere that we are supposed to get 50gb of dropbox storage out of the box, however, that's not the case for me. Is there some special code we have to put in somewhere???
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As i noticed you have s3 , i think you will not the 50 gb if you registered it in your s3 first , i have got both and registered twice but only got 50 instead of 100
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Verizon isn't giving 50gb of Dropbox space

I guess this isn't new, but i can't even find the Samsung Apps on here anywhere so that we can go in and claim our "Galaxy Gifts."
50 gigs of dropbox space for 2 years was among them, and they're screwing us yet again. anyone else figure it out yeT?

jayochs said:
I guess this isn't new, but i can't even find the Samsung Apps on here anywhere so that we can go in and claim our "Galaxy Gifts."
50 gigs of dropbox space for 2 years was among them, and they're screwing us yet again. anyone else figure it out yeT?
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WAs dropbox pre-installed? If not, then there is no 50GB bonus.

initial_k said:
WAs dropbox pre-installed? If not, then there is no 50GB bonus.
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nope. not pre-installed. oh well. once we get root, i'm sure there will be a hack lol

jayochs said:
I guess this isn't new, but i can't even find the Samsung Apps on here anywhere so that we can go in and claim our "Galaxy Gifts."
50 gigs of dropbox space for 2 years was among them, and they're screwing us yet again. anyone else figure it out yeT?
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Besides the Dropbox space, what was the other gifts? And it's pretty sad that Verizon did that. The "gifts" don't hurt Verizon in any way do they?
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jagrave said:
Besides the Dropbox space, what was the other gifts? And it's pretty sad that Verizon did that. The "gifts" don't hurt Verizon in any way do they?
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nope, but verizon sucks ass.
there's 50 gigs of box space for life, too. that would give me 100 gigs of box lol, as long as it works right...now i'm gonnat ry to figure out how to sign up for that one.

50 for life? Is that of Samsung deal or something different? If you figure it out, please share. lol
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i didn't get any space from Box either. seems as if these galaxy gifts aren't valid on verizon.
what a damn shame.

jayochs said:
i didn't get any space from Box either. seems as if these galaxy gifts aren't valid on verizon.
what a damn shame.
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t-mobile has always been the best for not hacking the crap out of a phone. I would stay with t-mobile but had to switch to verizon for work.

Have you tried this link http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys5/galaxygifts.html

RaptorMD said:
Have you tried this link http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys5/galaxygifts.html
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So it's just two years, not for life.
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jova33 said:
So it's just two years, not for life.
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Correct, just two years, still not bad. The only issue I have is I purchased a Samsung tablet in 2012 and got the 50GB for 2 years then purhcased a new phone in 2013 which came with the 2 years and got SQUAT from DropBox, they should have extended it from 2014 to 2016 but nope. So now when I get a new phone again they likely still won't do it, but I bet they are getting paid by Samsung none the less.

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Have you tried this link http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys5/galaxygifts.html
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Awesome.. Here i see just galaxy gift item. I am very happy if i get this gift.. How will i got it ?

Going into galaxy gifts I don't see anything about dropbox
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