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Hey guys,
Is anyone else having serious problems with data usage? Mine is getting used frivolously fast, and I don't have unlimited? Is there any way that I can upgrade to unlimited, or workaround data reports? I'm screwed if I can't fix this... Any tips would be great.
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Please guys... its getting ridiculous. I turned off data network, used the number to check my data usage, and it went up. I tried it again later, and it went up again. Are they intentionally faking data usage to force me over the 2gb? Anyone else having problems like this at all?

Unfortunately there is no work around for data plan, my suggestion is use WiFi and turn off cell data network when you're not needing it. I have Verizon Unlimited 4G, but I have a grandfathered AT&T 4G plan as well and my data usage is approaching 20GB this month and I don't even tether!! I just watch a lot of movies and stream things like radio constantly. I don't have WiFi anywhere I go except home.
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If you have sync with facebook and things like that and email runnin youll.have that. I dont have unlimited data but I dont watch mine either so I dunno. Id also turn background data off
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Today, I turned off sync, deactivated data network, and only used wifi. it went up by at least 120mb. Does the iphone 2g thing work or no?

Did you ever think that 120mb data you went up while not on data was just lagging behind in the logs on the system? I mean, i how real time is the data usage logs? Figure that out first

I've been measuring usage for a while. The data use came out of nowhere. Does anyone have an iphone 2g for sale/rent/loan because I cannot survive on the 2 gb plan
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btpd21 said:
I've been measuring usage for a while. The data use came out of nowhere. Does anyone have an iphone 2g for sale/rent/loan because I cannot survive on the 2 gb plan
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I don't have unlimited... I have the 2GB plan... and I guess I just don't use data at all... I mean I have WiFi turned on most of the day so I think it pops onto WiFi when I am at home or at work. I just tried *3282# and it said I had 364MB out of 2048MB used and I've had the phone for over two weeks now lol... you think it's server lagged?
I sync my gmail accounts, use facebook (a lot) and I stream Pandora everywhere I go... so I don't know...

get my data manager to see which program is using so much data and then either uninstall it or get droidwall and block it.
droidwall lets you set a list of apps that can access data only over wifi.
both are free in the market

Im an at&t rep and yes the iphone 2g works...if your in miami i can help.
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It's odd that youve got so much phantom data use. I have an unlimited plan and probably use 10-20gb a month because I stream radio and video all day at work. Our other phone has a 2gb plan and I think she has used maybe 200mb of the 2gb in 2 weeks just checking emails/facebook/etc.

Switch to Sprint the true no caps unlimited data. Other than that there is no more tricks to get unlimited.
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Now with Audiogalaxy, Amazon Cloud Player and Google Music I imagine data consumption will jump up. I'm consistently over 2Gb for the last two months.
Right now I don't have any music on my phone, I stream it all.

Anyone have an iphone 2g that they would be willing to loan or rent. I want to be able to monitor my support thread and PM's, but I can't without wifi or data :/
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Will this work with a 3g or 3gs iPhone?

i just realized why you are asking for a iphone 2g. didn't know you can trick the system like that....i'm interested in borrowing on as well. =D

If I get one, I would gladly pass it around the community
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There is a pending lawsuit against at&t for false data usage. I believe i saw this on phonescoop.Com
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come to think of it, i was told by someone that there is an app that can reset the data usage and fool the data counter on at&t's side....i wonder if that is true? does anyone know?

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come to think of it, i was told by someone that there is an app that can reset the data usage and fool the data counter on at&t's side....i wonder if that is true? does anyone know?
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That's not true, I work for AT&T and there is no such app. As far as getting unlimited, if you been a customer for a while and call retentions and tell them you will cancel to go to another carrier, they will transfer you and try to get unlimited data. I've called many times for customers and have a 60% success rate, if one says no, call back, someone will appreciate your business and ask for supervisor to please add unlimited data for you.

[Q] A way to tether without the carrier seeing data usage

I heard that if you are running a custom ROM, that if you go into the ROM files and go to systems,app,and find device manager and remove the device manager app, the carrier can't see how much data or how it's being used on your phone. Does anyone know anything about whether or not this is real? If it were that simple I would think some of you Senior Member guys would have figured that out. Hopefully someone knows if it is B.S. or not. Thanks as always.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1237

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Froggys go ribbet

Good luck if you try it. Many people have said they got caught.
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i got caught a few days ago att send me email and text messages saying they were going to change me to the $50 tethering plan automatically if i didnt stop tethering
edit: dont have unlimited data im on the 2gb plan with tethermanager deleted using zeus rom i have used 3gb for the past 2 months maybe thats why they caught me
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I've been tethering for almost a year on Unlimited, I stream Netflix to my PS3. I have CM7 and nothing extra except OC and Voodoo Video but I don't get any messages saying I'm tethering I have got the Data top 5% message but I've used over 6 GB that month. (Was my only source of internet since I was moving)
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its easy to get them not to see if you are tethering, just delete tethermanager from /system/app. as for data usage, they provide your data, they can see how much you use whether or not you want to. download the myatt app if you want to monitor to see what they have you down for used data. if you are on an unlimited plan you dont really have to worry about this, only if you want to know when youll be throttled, but thats easy to get around.

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its easy to get them not to see if you are tethering, just delete tethermanager from /system/app. as for data usage, they provide your data, they can see how much you use whether or not you want to. download the myatt app if you want to monitor to see what they have you down for used data. if you are on an unlimited plan you dont really have to worry about this, only if you want to know when youll be throttled, but thats easy to get around.
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And how do you get around throttling?
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And how do you get around throttling?
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disabling 2g (gprs).

The Jack of Clubs said:
its easy to get them not to see if you are tethering, just delete tethermanager from /system/app. as for data usage, they provide your data, they can see how much you use whether or not you want to. download the myatt app if you want to monitor to see what they have you down for used data. if you are on an unlimited plan you dont really have to worry about this, only if you want to know when youll be throttled, but thats easy to get around.
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Yeah, I see people state being caught even without tethermanager. I don't know how they detect it.
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just got my notice and I only have the 2 GB plan. this is such utter BS. its my 2 GB I should be able to use that data however I wish.
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disabling 2g (gprs).
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And how do you do this? Seriously curious.. not trying to be a million-question-jerk... My guess is with an apn change?

http://m.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/att-tethering/
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Erik_T said:
And how do you do this? Seriously curious.. not trying to be a million-question-jerk... My guess is with an apn change?
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Well, if you have a support ROM (I know CM7 supports it, stock doesn't however.) Go to Settings->Wireless and networks->Mobile Networks and look for a section called network mode I think, and you should have the options of WCDMA, GSM, and WCDMA/GSM. You want to click WCDMA. also, you could try setting your APN as wap.cingular and seeing if that works to get rid of throttling. Hope this helps!

Eddie Bombay said:
just got my notice and I only have the 2 GB plan. this is such utter BS. its my 2 GB I should be able to use that data however I wish.
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wait your complaining about a 2 gig cap but you signed the contract ?

I've gotten the AT&T dreaded text/email twice in total. The first time I was definitely tethering. The second I hadn't tethered since the first time (over a month), so I gave them an earfull about it. I'm still on unlimited and I'm still tethering...
What I do to [hopefully] avoid the hammer coming down is a little more involved than most, but it seems to have worked thus far.
I've created a VPN to my home network (using OpenVPN). I have configured the phone to send all internet traffic over the VPN when connected. Using compression, it's actually pretty quick. I don't really notice any difference in speed, and every packet leaving my device and destined for the internet is encrypted. Let 'em try to sniff that!
This is a little further than most are willing to go, and arguably more than is necessary, but I really like my unlimited data. I'm going to do whatever I can to make sure I get to keep it (short of not stopping my tethering practices - I mean, let's not be stupid!)

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And how do you get around throttling?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474482 there you go.

They r not playing, somehow they know with the tethering manager deleted
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Use foxfi. I had to use it for a couple weeks. Tethered over 6gb total and they never said ****
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Use foxfi. I had to use it for a couple weeks. Tethered over 6gb total and they never said ****
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Foxfi works great and you don't need to be rooted to use your device as a mobile hotspot. works great on the Maxx.

Tethering message from T-Mobile

I got this message today from T-mobile. First time I've ever got it, especially on a custom Rom. It's still working though. Im using Wireless Tether App to tether to my Kindle Fire.
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I got this message today from T-mobile. First time I've ever got it, especially on a custom Rom. It's still working though. Im using Wireless Tether App to tether to my Kindle Fire.
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That's stupid. How are they going to have our tethering cut into our data consumption, and have us have to activate and pay for it?

Not sure how they think they blocked it, because I'm still using it and it works just fine...lol
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That's an odd one, but it sounds like it thinks you're using a tmobile hotspot. You can make the phone broadcast wifi with out an extra app. I would recommend you do that instead. Extra tethering apps are usually for carriers who force people to pay more for tethering.
Edit: I missed the word "to" there. But same idea. And this is a semi-off topic question, but why would you tether TO your kindle?

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That's an odd one, but it sounds like it thinks you're using a tmobile hotspot. You can make the phone broadcast wifi with out an extra app. I would recommend you do that instead. Extra tethering apps are usually for carriers who force people to pay more for tethering.
Edit: I missed the word "to" there. But same idea. And this is a semi-off topic question, but why would you tether TO your kindle?
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I'm using the app (Wireless Tether) because wifi tethering is not working on AOKP and I need it because my internet is off so I don't have wifi at home to get internet on the Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire is Wifi only. I also need wifi at work.
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Got it. Thanks for clearing it up. Just keep an eye on your bill, carriers *love* to secretly bill you for stuff because they think you're doing something you're not.

Keep us informed. I tether my Galaxy Tab Plus all day, every day that I am at work. I use the native CM7 over bluetooth tethering app. Works great and I would really be unhappy if I were to not be able to use this function.

I'll let you know if anything happens in my bill. I hope not. If so, then works about to get real boring..lol

Well, I'm an idiot! I went to tether again today and pulled up the browser and it went to a page saying tethering was blocked. I then remembered I had Dolphin Browser HD user agent set to "Ipad"." I changed it back to "Android" and its all good now. I feel stupid now...lol
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I just got a text message the other day that I hit the 2GB cap and now I'm being throttled down. Crazy thing was that I wasn't even tethering, just using Google Navigation on a 4 hour drive. Apparently that uses a lot of data. Pisses me off.

I used GPS all the time no problem.
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I just got a text message the other day that I hit the 2GB cap and now I'm being throttled down. Crazy thing was that I wasn't even tethering, just using Google Navigation on a 4 hour drive. Apparently that uses a lot of data. Pisses me off.
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It does haha, you reached your actual data cap.
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I used GPS all the time no problem.
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? How does this help?

glad i got that bundled with my new phone and plan for free, i shouldnt get that message at all...i hope

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I used GPS all the time no problem.
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I do too, and this was the first time I hit the cap.

does that mean that those of us that tether need to worry about it getting shut off, it looks like they think it is shut off but its not, right? so as long as we are running a custom rom we will be OK?

You should be careful, they can add the tethering plan without your permission, just for using that function alot, amlnd that is an extra charge on your phone bill.
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If you read my previous posts...the only reason they knew i was tethering was because i had the user agent set as Ipad on Dolphin Browser HD. Just leave it set as Android and you'll be fine.

I've gotten that before nothing happened though
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dw9906 said:
If you read my previous posts...the only reason they knew i was tethering was because i had the user agent set as Ipad on Dolphin Browser HD. Just leave it set as Android and you'll be fine.
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Ah gotcha. wasn't sure what you meant by that at first.

I've gotten that many times too, never really did anything or charged me.
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[Q] Your carrier?

What is your carrier?

Why would you want to know this and why would you care?
It says on our little info box next to each post anyways, no need to make a thread...
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Best Carrier
I've had quite a few but i love sprint since i first got it and will probably always stick with it.

Sprint, but have not been super impressed with service or data...
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well....
I have happymovil. It must be something really nice for british natives

Vodafone, but thinking of moving to giffgaff

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Vodafone, but thinking of moving to giffgaff
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If you're a heavy user, don't switch to giffgaff. If you use data moderately then they are best.
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T mobile. I'd love to go to Verizon.
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If you're a heavy user, don't switch to giffgaff. If you use data moderately then they are best.
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How come, their 15 quid package includes unlimited data

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How come, their 15 quid package includes unlimited data
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It's not actually unlimited.
I used to be on GG myself and everything was going great. Then I started getting my internet cut off because I was using too much internet. How can one use too much of unlimited? I literally ended up getting cut of twice in one week for using too much and all I was doing was streaming through Netflix.
Here's a screenshot of the message I sent to one of their agents about the situation.
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I am currently on 500mb data, having to cut myself short as I'm averaging 3x that in a month. I think the most I'll use is about 3 gig, mainly Rom downloads. Won't be using Netflix or streaming media, but still like access to my files at home whilst I'm out, which is why I was looking at giffgaff.

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I am currently on 500mb data, having to cut myself short as I'm averaging 3x that in a month. I think the most I'll use is about 3 gig, mainly Rom downloads. Won't be using Netflix or streaming media, but still like access to my files at home whilst I'm out, which is why I was looking at giffgaff.
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With that usage, you should be fine with giffgaff then. I was clocking about a gig a day and they said that was too much lol.
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Giffgaff offer very good options in the UK, just need to be careful to make sure you always have a goodybag including data otherwise your credit disappears rapidly. Even better now the goodybags can auto renew.

Straight Talk (AT&T)

gagdude said:
Why would you want to know this and why would you care?
It says on our little info box next to each post anyways, no need to make a thread...
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Why not? We can discuss about the service of each carrier. Which is the best in specific situations or regions.
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dbutun said:
Giffgaff offer very good options in the UK, just need to be careful to make sure you always have a goodybag including data otherwise your credit disappears rapidly. Even better now the goodybags can auto renew.
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I say I'll change, but it does depend on what vodafone offer me for my next twenty pound a month 18 month contract which I can upgrade in January.hopefully this handset will last that long, emmc and ghosting issues that it has

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Why not? We can discuss about the service of each carrier. Which is the best in specific situations or regions.
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Look at OP. He just asked about our carrier and hasn't posted since. He never wanted to discuss about our carriers either, he simply wanted to know WHAT carrier we were on. The replies started the conversation on what carriers were good.
Since I posted second, all I knew about this thread was that some weirdo with barely any posts just wanted to know what carrier other people were using. He never posted his carrier either, usually you would at least say "to start, I am on AT&T" or other carrier.
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Nar mobile. Cheapest that possible

The best plan ”carrier"

I was wondering what's the best deal out their. I want unlimited data and tethering.
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I was wondering what's the best deal out their. I want unlimited data and tethering.
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It would help significantly to say what region you are in.

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I was wondering what's the best deal out their. I want unlimited data and tethering.
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There is no "best" deal, but a popular one I know of and use is with T-Mobile, a non-contract $30 a month plan with unlimited data(first 5gb at 4g speed) unlimited texting and 100 talking minutes. I rooted my phone and can now tether without the fee and I use an app to make free phone calls. 5gb of data is a lot for phone usage, even if you tether it should last you a month. If you're looking for a home internet service though you should still order wifi because 4g speed isn't great on laptops.

i have sprint.. been with them almost 4 years.. i love them.. well service sucked for a while but now i get great 4g lte in my state so im happy.. i get unlimited talk.. text.. data.. and use wifi tether all the time with no issues.. i would hate to have a limit on data..

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i have sprint.. been with them almost 4 years.. i love them.. well service sucked for a while but now i get great 4g lte in my state so im happy.. i get unlimited talk.. text.. data.. and use wifi tether all the time with no issues.. i would hate to have a limit on data..
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Show me a speedtest with your Sprint N5 I wanna compare with T-Mo

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Show me a speedtest with your Sprint N5 I wanna compare with T-Mo
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thats in my house.. If I go outside its better
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Very nice to see Sprint chugging along
Unfortunately we wont see LTE in Hawaii from Sprint until 2015-2016

I'm in central va , Richmond
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mblacki said:
There is no "best" deal, but a popular one I know of and use is with T-Mobile, a non-contract $30 a month plan with unlimited data(first 5gb at 4g speed) unlimited texting and 100 talking minutes. I rooted my phone and can now tether without the fee and I use an app to make free phone calls. 5gb of data is a lot for phone usage, even if you tether it should last you a month. If you're looking for a home internet service though you should still order wifi because 4g speed isn't great on laptops.
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I'm with T-mob and pay much more than you for pretty much the same thing. What apps are you using?
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