Hello, I just wanted to make a poll regarding the usage of the wifi hotspot with disabled entitlement check. I know people got threatened from AT&T for using this service with out their permission, and that they were going to lose the unlimited data plan privilege and be charged for the hotspot service. I don't have an unlimited data plan but I still want to know who got the "letter", whether you have unlimited data plan or not.
If you used this method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328588) to enable the hotspot service, I will appreciate if you participate in this poll.
Thanks!
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Hello, I just wanted to make a poll regarding the usage of the wifi hotspot with disabled entitlement check. I know people got threatened from AT&T for using this service with out their permission, and that they were going to lose the unlimited data plan privilege and be charged for the hotspot service. I don't have an unlimited data plan but I still want to know who got the "letter", whether you have unlimited data plan or not.
If you used this method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328588) to enable the hotspot service, I will appreciate if you participate in this poll.
Thanks!
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I have a 2gb plan and use my phone for tethering ALL the time while I'm at school. Never been threatened.
farshad525hou said:
I have a 2gb plan and use my phone for tethering ALL the time while I'm at school. Never been threatened.
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Thank you! Could you cast your vote on the poll above?
Edit: Sorry, never mind! I'm new to this poll system.
I cast my vote.. I have an unlimited plan, I tether, and I have never been threatened.
I have the unlimited plan and tether all the time. I have got txt msgs sayin something about being in the top 5 % of data users and they were going to slow my data plan
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I have the unlimited plan and tether all the time. I have got txt msgs sayin something about being in the top 5 % of data users and they were going to slow my data plan
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No I think he is wondering if anyone has got the dreaded "Stop Tethering or we will charge you and remove your unlimited plan" letter from AT&T.
I have a 2 GB data plan, I tether occasionaly and I've never been threatened. Yesterday I googled if AT&T can tell if I tether illegally... then something scary happened around like 1 am today:
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I have no idea what happened but everything is good now and my data is back on.
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I have a 2 GB data plan, I tether occasionaly and I've never been threatened. Yesterday I googled if AT&T can tell if I tether illegally... then something scary happened around like 1 am today:
I have no idea what happened but everything is good now and my data is back on.
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I've had that happen a couple times to me. I have no idea what causes it, but it happened before I ever used tethering.
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It's never happened to me... I hope it doesn't happen again.
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No I think he is wondering if anyone has got the dreaded "Stop Tethering or we will charge you and remove your unlimited plan" letter from AT&T.
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Oh sorry about that then. Havent got that one yet lol
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My wife got the email in June. She tethers a little. She had a spike in data usage and maybe threw up a red flag. Guy at at&t store agreed like he had no clue about it. We have both received the throttling email and text. She hasn't used tethering since, scared to lose unlimited but throttled data.
No letters sent to me, but I have a rebuttal prepared for the slim chance that they do. It's got plenty of colorful adjectives to describe my feelings toward them, should they be so inclined to 'threaten' me...
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No letters sent to me, but I have a rebuttal prepared for the slim chance that they do. It's got plenty of colorful adjectives to describe my feelings toward them, should they be so inclined to 'threaten' me...
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"Are you threatening me?", good ole Bevis, there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoPVC4YxDlI
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"Are you threatening me?", good ole Bevis, there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoPVC4YxDlI
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That's about how "professional" I plan on being if they try that crap with me. I've already left Verizon, leaving them a $1,700 dollar bill that I kindly gave my ex- wife in the divorce, and I'm certain I can come up with something equally painfully-in-the-ass for AT&T...
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nahuelarg86 said:
Thank you! Could you cast your vote on the poll above?
Edit: Sorry, never mind! I'm new to this poll system.
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I'm glad you didn't phrase that as, "I'm new to this whole poll system". That, my friend, would've caused quite a stir with my childish humor...
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I'm glad you didn't phrase that as, "I'm new to this whole poll system". That, my friend, would've caused quite a stir with my childish humor...
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Thanks to everyone who cast their votes! I hope more votes keep coming. Although, so far I'm realizing that not many people got the "letter", just one person with unlimited data.
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That's about how "professional" I plan on being if they try that crap with me. I've already left Verizon, leaving them a $1,700 dollar bill that I kindly gave my ex- wife in the divorce, and I'm certain I can come up with something equally painfully-in-the-ass for AT&T...
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Verizon legally can't stop any users from tethering on their 4G LTE plans (it was included in their LTE spectrum acquisition), which is why they just had to pay off the FCC. AT&T however is allowed to do so.
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Verizon legally can't stop any users from tethering on their 4G LTE plans (it was included in their LTE spectrum acquisition), which is why they just had to pay off the FCC. AT&T however is allowed to do so.
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Tethering had nothing to do with why I left them, that was all decided when my now ex-wife decided in two months that she'd rack up phone bills of over $700 bucks each. I gladly let her have that. But, so far AT&T has been rather good to me. I don't suspect they'll bust my goobers since I've been with them so long...
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I was forced on a limited plan, last summer when I was on an iphone...
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I live in Portland, Oregon. I am surprised I am not in a 4G area. I was told that the network is ready to go, they just need to flip the switch.
Pinesal said:
I live in Portland, Oregon. I am surprised I am not in a 4G area. I was told that the network is ready to go, they just need to flip the switch.
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CS and Store personal will tell you anything to sell you a phone, I wouldn't hold my breath. It will come in time though. Hopefully the hype of "4g" wasn't the only reason you bought the phone. If it was, you should return now.
i do live in a 4G area but spend most of the week out-of-town on work, sadly in non-4G areas. i'm struggling to decide if i really want the tbolt given that i will only have true LTE access on the weekends. sometimes i feel it would be better to wait until where i am working has 4G as well or i get assigned to 4G area projects. hmm....
You still get to take advantage of the simultaneous data + voice if that sort of thing interests you, I think..
Look at the bright side, you'll be grandfather in if they decide to change to tiered data, when it does finally come to your city.
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Look at the bright side, you'll be grandfather in if they decide to change to tiered data, when it does finally come to your city.
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I thought that too, but the "grandfathering" is only good for your contract term. Please read it when you have a chance. Two VZW managers confirmed this. Will they do it (cut off unlimited-who knows?), but they can if they want to.
I live in Seattle and travel a LOT... most of my locations for routine travel are on the 4G map... Guess I'll get to compare Seattle speeds to Cincinnati next week.
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I thought that too, but the "grandfathering" is only good for your contract term. Please read it when you have a chance. Two VZW managers confirmed this. Will they do it (cut off unlimited-who knows?), but they can if they want to.
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Bunch of bull dude. Do you think or do you know? Don't believe everything you read. I been grandfathered on my unlimited talk $45 dollar plan for 8 years. My contract runs out, but nothing changes. When I grab a new phone the reb just starts up a new contract with my grandfathered one.
Also when you're contract runs out, and you don't do anything or upgrade you're phone your plan will continue the same way also. Here old screen shot of my plan I still have.
I have another friend that has a 10 unlimited data plan, and he's had it for 6 years.
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Bunch of bull dude. Do you think or do you know? Don't believe everything you read. I been grandfathered on my unlimited talk $45 dollar plan for 8 years. My contract runs out, but nothing changes. When I grab a new phone the reb just starts up a new contract with my grandfathered one.
Also when you're contract runs out, and you don't do anything or upgrade you're phone your plan will continue the same way also. Here old screen shot of my plan I still have.
I have another friend that has a 10 unlimited data plan, and he's had it for 6 years.
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Thats not unlimited! That is only 99,999 minutes!
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The only time you lose a grandfathered plan is when you switch to something that is not the same ability in VZW system. IE: going to "Iphone data" stay on an android and you will have same plan as long as you don't change it.
Tbolt is more than just 4g
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My wife said that last night the phone indicated that it was connected to 4G for about an hour last night.
Weird huh? I guess they are testing it out? Maybe getting ready to turn it on?
I bought mine knowing I wasn't in a 4G area but this phone is awesome. I haven't even got it Activated yet and I'm loving it!
Weselers said:
The only time you lose a grandfathered plan is when you switch to something that is not the same ability in VZW system. IE: going to "Iphone data" stay on an android and you will have same plan as long as you don't change it.
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I asked about the grandfathered in today.. yes it Is true.. but once ur contract runs out .. and u get a different phone .. its done.... only way to keep it is to have the tb on the account .. sorry for the bad news but its true
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As a former Alltel/Verizon manager, I'd like to throw my two cents in. Per the letter of the contract, Verizon does have the ability to remove your unlimited data after the contract ends. With that being said, in my 6 years in the industry I have never seen it happen. We had customers on $20/mo unlimited minute plans who had originally signed on with GTE. As long as you don't initiate the change, you're fine.
The only exception (which I think was mentioned earlier), is moving to a different class of device. For example, a data plan for a feature phone won't map over to a new smartphon, etc...
Hope this helps!
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Pinesal said:
I live in Portland, Oregon. I am surprised I am not in a 4G area. I was told that the network is ready to go, they just need to flip the switch.
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where did you buy it from? I told all my customers in portland that 4g is only near the airport and is slowly expanding/being turned on. The vzw account/data manager I spoke with said you can get it 3 miles outside PDX and it is being turned on in other areas.
4g isnt even a buying point for me, I am not in an area and most likely wont get it for another 1-2 years, I will have had at least 4 new phones by then. I bought this bad boy for the potential in it. Its all great hardware and by far the best support from xda over any other company. If the G2 is putting down 100 mflops I cant wait to see what this can do once its all tuned up.
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I asked about the grandfathered in today.. yes it Is true.. but once ur contract runs out .. and u get a different phone .. its done.... only way to keep it is to have the tb on the account .. sorry for the bad news but its true
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Untrue. I have been on 5 different devices in my 8 years. All were smart-phones. Never had to change my plan. Now that being said, what you wrote would probably true if I would have upgraded to something other then a smart-phone device.
HolyGrail said:
Untrue. I have been on 5 different devices in my 8 years. Never had to change my plan.
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Things change bro.. it never changed for me either. But they will.. wait til ur contract runs out. And they do away with unlimited. U will have to change .. only way u won't is if u keep the tb in ur line.. u will see lol
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It's Official the TB has been flashed to cricket by me proof down below
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A thunderbolt doesn't belong on such a crappy network lol.
My friends EVO on Cricket running Jiminy Rom sucks balls
Why buy a 4G phone to backtrack to a 3G network?
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Why buy a 4G phone to backtrack to a 3G network?
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And only have 1x on top of that
Why waste your time? You could be doing something productive like curing cancer instead? Cricket of all carriers!
LMFAO guy guys guys i got ppl that want the phone flashed so i found a solution ppl want nicer phones on cricket im workin on 3g solution but for now we have 1x so please i dont have VZW money so i have cricket and cricket right now is doin it big
Yeah I used to have cricket too.....then I got a job.....what a waste of a good phone.....smh
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I think its kinda cool....its a good thing for the people that don't have money
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If you're on cricket cause you can't afford Verizon maybe you should just get a flip phone.... Save the food stamps for food, not thunderbolts....
In all honesty though, I don't even know what cricket is. Lol.
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I'll stick to vzw, but good job none the less.
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Here is a description in a nutshell: bit.ly/3QllHi
It's a way for anybody with bad credit to get a phone. A lot of my employees have it because they can't afford a security deposit with Verizon or any other large carrier.
Do they ride the bus? Do they call *every* Android device the "Google Phone" or "Droid"? Are they familiar with government assistance? Well sir you have yourself a Cricket customer.
Flashing a Thunderbolt over to Cricket is like parking your Maserati at a swap meet. What a waste.
That's like putting unleaded fuel in a Dodge Viper. She it looks at fancy but its gonna run like crap. Flash a US Cell phone or something. Not a 4G device! Waste!
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dexter35803 said:
LMFAO guy guys guys i got ppl that want the phone flashed so i found a solution ppl want nicer phones on cricket im workin on 3g solution but for now we have 1x so please i dont have VZW money so i have cricket and cricket right now is doin it big
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I appreciate doing this just to do them, and this is cool and all, but if you don't have "Verizon money" then honestly you don't have thunderbolt money either.
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Well all u haters love this if im not mistaken can you talk and surf the web at the same time i dont think so i have flashed this fone to cricket as of this morning with 3g and the ability to use DATA while in an active CDMA fone call
I don't understand the outrage here, but everyone is entitled to their opinion, I suppose. I, for one, think it's a nice development for the select few who may want it--or even if only to say it has been accomplished. Good work, dexter.
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dexter35803 said:
Well all u haters love this if im not mistaken can you talk and surf the web at the same time i dont think so i have flashed this fone to cricket as of this morning with 3g and the ability to use DATA while in an active CDMA fone call
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Ummm... Yes... We can talk and use data on LTE.
Edit: and its spelled phone. Not fone.
But hey, cool that it can be flashed over onto cricket.
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Fadingintofall said:
Ummm... Yes... We can talk and use data on LTE.
Edit: and its spelled phone. Not fone.
But hey, cool that it can be flashed over onto cricket.
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im sry i type short hand if u can read fone then dont try to lol
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im sry i type short hand if u can read fone then dont try to lol
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Seriously if someone buys a Bolt retail without contract you're paying north of $600 on retail outlets like Amazon. So you get a Bolt from VZW for $150 (maybe even $99 when they run sales) plus you pay for a month of service + data and cancel ($175) and you're still around $400. That's a lot of wasted money to get a Bolt that's not going to be using LTE. This kind of kills the affordability of Cricket.
Have you seen Cricket's data coverage map? I think I can step in and out of it no matter where I am. One step to the left...coverage. One step to the right...no data.
Android plan on cricket is $55/mo too so you're not saving a ton of money per month for Crapit I mean Cricket.
Alright I'm off my Cricket soapbox but seriously nice work getting it working on their network.
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Seriously if someone buys a Bolt retail without contract you're paying north of $600 on retail outlets like Amazon. So you get a Bolt from VZW for $150 (maybe even $99 when they run sales) plus you pay for a month of service + data and cancel ($175) and you're still around $400. That's a lot of wasted money to get a Bolt that's not going to be using LTE. This kind of kills the affordability of Cricket.
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VZW Cancellation fees are $350 for a phone, plus $150 for the phone, another $100 for a month of service. Making the total price 600+. Either way he was paying 600+.
But if you can pay $600+ for a phone, but can't afford a monthly plan from verizon, you are doing something wrong.
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im sry i type short hand if u can read fone then dont try to lol
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Typing in short hand is akin to only speaking monosyllabic words... People can understand you without issue, you just look like an idiot more often than not. Especially doing so while making an untrue claim.
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all:
a few days ago I received the infamous 5% email. I am currently sitting at 4.9GB of data usage on the unlimited LTE grandfathered plan. when all of a sudden my up/down is now at 100k/100k almost symmetrical.
wanted to check with a panel of my peers. have any of you experienced this?
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Wrong section for this post. I'm sure plenty of other people are going to tell you momentarily.
only issue is that this is the only forum for the lte device and figured you guys would be the proud few who would use data similarly.
lol I'm only 10days in to the Billing period.
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c0ns0le said:
only issue is that this is the only forum for the lte device and figured you guys would be the proud few who would use data similarly.
lol I'm only 10days in to the Billing period.
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No this is the Dev section of the Skyrocket, you want Q+A or General
yup my mistake, got used to reading the forums from favorites.
mod please move
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Moved to general
Be glad you even have 5GB! I got moved from unlimited to 2GB
know any mods who can close / delete this
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thnx
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This is completely and utterly wrong! They can't compare LTE customers to HSPA in terms of data usage. Verizon has had LTE network for a year with 180 million americans blanketed, tons of LTE devices, and they've never bothered their LTE with crap like that. I've used 80GB at one point, no issues. They actually prefer their customers getting on LTE and offloading their EvDO network.
I'm at about 3.5Gb on my Skyrocket, so far so good, but then again, I only have HSPA+...
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Be glad you even have 5GB! I got moved from unlimited to 2GB
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A phone call is all it takes to get unlimited back.
I found a work around that you can test to see if it works on your device. I too was throttled down to 100k after receiving the texts. I now am getting HPSA speeds...better than 100k...so I'm getting around 2-7 mbps..which will be sufficient til the end of my billing cycle.
Got the message from AT&T as well. The problem that I have I can't check how much data I've used so far. I moved from my Infuse to the Skyrocket, login to the AT&T website and I am sitting @ 2 GB. This is just ridiculous. When I had the Infuse, I was burning anywhere from 12 to 14 GB per month and AT&T never sent me any messages.
2745.65 of 10238976 used
This is what it shows in the AT&T website. I don't think I will ever be close to that number, but come on, 2 GB. This is a joke.
PS. I am still using their LTE network though, I am just wanna see if they really will throttle my speed.
LTE Rules!!!
shansmi said:
A phone call is all it takes to get unlimited back.
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How does that work?
DANIEL133337 said:
How does that work?
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You are not supposed to loose it over a device swap. That is / was a mistake and can be corrected. call 611 and get data support.
Hey opencipher, what is the work around for anyone that has been throttled?. I am afraid that I am getting close to the 5GB limit and don't want to have 100kb connections. In my area HSPA+ connections are pretty good so I wouldn't mind if I can switch back while throttled.
Thanks!!
haven't seen many of you experiencing the issue.
att has an app that will auto connect you to am att wifi hotspot if one its avail. I use it to also check my usage.
this is more of an annoyance than anything, luckily I have a vzw charge a well, with unlimited data and unlimited tether/hotspot. glad I jumped on that!
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jbecerril said:
Hey opencipher, what is the work around for anyone that has been throttled?. I am afraid that I am getting close to the 5GB limit and don't want to have 100kb connections. In my area HSPA+ connections are pretty good so I wouldn't mind if I can switch back while throttled.
Thanks!!
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Change the APN. Go to Settings. Wireless Networks. Mobile Settings. Access Point Names
Click on the Settings button and add a New APN.
Name it whatever. I used the settings from another thread and named it ATT HSPA+
APN: Phone
APN Type: Internet.
Left everything else blank. You won't get MMS but you have to create another APN for that, but even doing that I still can't send/receive MMS. But, I'm willing to sacrifice that for the speeds until the end of my cycle when I switch back to the normal ATT APN.
Now, here is the weird part and it takes some trial and error. When I switch to the new APN, reboot, I have to call the phone and let it sit there for a few minutes. Also disable Juice Defender. Not sure if it has anything with Juice Defender cutting the radio on and off. After a few minutes it switches to the other APN and will not access the LTE APN at all. And for some reason I get normal HSPA speeds. You can mess around with it and see what happens.
Some times it would take about 15 minutes to see the speed change..sometimes it happens right away. Not sure why..but its working for me.
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You are not supposed to loose it over a device swap. That is / was a mistake and can be corrected. call 611 and get data support.
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You're assuming that's why Da_G got moved from Unlimited to 2GB. That's not why he lost his unlimited plan...
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Kadin said:
You're assuming that's why Da_G got moved from Unlimited to 2GB. That's not why he lost his unlimited plan...
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What happened?
In case you haven't seem the news, Verizon is up to douchbagery again.
http://www.4029tv.com/mostpopular/31073483/detail.html
"nickel and dime, bleed you dry." That should be the new slogan.
emtee_skull said:
In case you haven't seem the news, Verizon is up to douchbagery again.
http://www.4029tv.com/mostpopular/31073483/detail.html
"nickel and dime, bleed you dry." That should be the new slogan.
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I read that too... They started hitting everyone with $30 "upgrade fees" anytime you upgrade now too. Awful.
mmm guess im moving on when i upgrade
Would it be smart to buy a gnex now, save my upgrade on November to keep the unlimited plan?
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Well, this will probably be my last year on verizon .... Unless I figure out a way to keep my unlimited plan. I wonder if I buy a new phone off ebay and do not upgrade through vz if they would drop my plan anyway?
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I may have spoken too soon. We still need more details of the shared data plan. Being on as shared plan, there might not be a way around it.
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Right now its only if your still on 3g unlimited and you upgrade
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This means I will be on the Charge forever! :what:
Also means we will definitely never going to see an official ics on our phone.
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cujo6801 said:
Right now its only if your still on 3g unlimited and you upgrade
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By the end of the year they will charge $30 per mb of data! Jst kidding ppl, or am I?
The solution is to use wifi at all times, and here is how to do it when you are not at home:
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If they drop unlimited due to changing phones not using an upgrade then I am out.
Greedy fuxtix
khalilcr said:
By the end of the year they will charge $30 per mb of data! Jst kidding ppl, or am I?
The solution is to use wifi at all times, and here is how to do it when you are not at home:
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Lmfao...
SENT FROM THE DOG POUND
khalilcr said:
By the end of the year they will charge $30 per mb of data! Jst kidding ppl, or am I?
The solution is to use wifi at all times, and here is how to do it when you are not at home:
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That's exactly what they want you to do! They're making sure that they have the bandwidth to support the 4G iPhone when it hits the street.
khalilcr said:
Well, this will probably be my last year on verizon .... Unless I figure out a way to keep my unlimited plan. I wonder if I buy a new phone off ebay and do not upgrade through vz if they would drop my plan anyway?
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I have acquired my last half dozen or so phones from Craigslist (even though I am eligible for an upgrade). I have not (yet) been charged for changing phones. I was able to get away from being 'throttled' this way when I got my Charge off CL for $125. Vzw even gave me a SIM card. I plan to continue this until they force me into some ridiculous fee/plan structure; at which time I will go to Sprint.
I hope ATT will get their LTE network up to par by the time my vzw's contract expires. Then it'll become an apple-to-apple comparison between the two of them, so, with no unlimited plan advantage, who cares anymore. I'll be jumping ship if I have to to get the coolest phone from whomever carries them.
Shammo? Jeez, even the guys name is "sham".
Money grubbing whores...
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Looks like you can keep your unlimited plan so long as you do not use an upgrade.
That unlimited metro pcs 4glte plan for $70 total per month is looking awfully tasty...
bwheelies said:
Looks like you can keep your unlimited plan so long as you do not use an upgrade.
That unlimited metro pcs 4glte plan for $70 total per month is looking awfully tasty...
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The problem with these guys though is that they have craptastic phones with like no dev community... otherwise I would jump right at them
Hmm i think the real reason they are doing the whole data share thing is because ICS can stop data usage once you hit a certain amount so it foolproofs overage charges... until when you don't have a personal data limit anymore but a shared data limit
My theory is that they are getting ready for the influx of new LTE users that the rumored LTE iPhone is going to bring, because that is going to bring a ton of new LTE traffic in a very short period of time.
Upgrade now or wait?
I have 3 upgrades coming in the next 2 months. I want to use one for galaxy S3. I got a smokin deal right now for Galaxy Nexus. Don't know if I should wait or take nexus?
The reason why Im asking is it is my understanding they are planning to force us to shared data at upgrade... right. Should I upgrade all 3 or take just the nexus or sit and wait? What do you guys think
Well tmo has decided to go back to unlimited plans at 30$ a month been out for almost a week just letting you guys know. Only catch is they don't allow you to tether but lets be honest who keeps their phone stock... Still get to tether with my custom rom!!!
skater4690 said:
Well tmo has decided to go back to unlimited plans at 30$ a month been out for almost a week just letting you guys know. Only catch is they don't allow you to tether but lets be honest who keeps their phone stock... Still get to tether with my custom rom!!!
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Finally
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I know right... Got a personal call from a tmo rep. Wasn't happy about that but was happy that it was true and costs the same as what I was already paying
Was launched September 5th.
Do you think Simple Mobile will work the same? Without caps?
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Was launched September 5th.
Do you think Simple Mobile will work the same? Without caps?
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I doubt it since they are a spin off of tmo... Tmo still offers regular plans along with this one. Plus simple mobile is already cheap like cricket or h2o so the only way they could make money is off data which IMO is completely fair...
How do you guys use more than 2GB a month? Just...how
Euler MD said:
How do you guys use more than 2GB a month? Just...how
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The question you should be asking is why do I have a smartphone and not use it to its full extent.... With my phone I can do everything that I can do on a computer its just that its mobile and easier to do stuff on the fly. Tons of internet use and downloading sensations horribly huge roms.... Other phones rooms are usually Max 200mb with gapps not complaining but lots of internet use...
Yeah, maybe its since I use my home Wifi.
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Yeah, maybe its since I use my home Wifi.
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Yeah most likely why. I stay off wifi even though I have access to it most of the time just cause tmo data is usually faster lol, plus Pandora uses data and I listen to that a bit. Lots of emails and other little apps that soak up data lol 1.87 gb used and bill cycle restarts 10/05/2012
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How do you guys use more than 2GB a month? Just...how
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You join the military and stay in the woods causing you to tether and stream movies almost nonstop since TV is unavailable... not to mention ROM downloads, updates, & the nightly skype calls to your gf..... needless to say I use about 3-3.3 GB a day..
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Euler MD said:
How do you guys use more than 2GB a month? Just...how
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I can use 2GB in a few hours.. Unlimited ftw!
MasterGGM said:
I can use 2GB in a few hours.. Unlimited ftw!
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Just wondering I'm in Houston and get 4g most everywhere. What do you get when you run speedtest app? Didn't check before switching plans but now I get constant 5mb... My vibrant could do that on 3g I think this unlimited plan is capped to like 5mb/s but yet still unlimited
are you talking about the 5gb monthly prepaid plan? or is this a paid plan...
thephoenicians said:
are you talking about the 5gb monthly prepaid plan? or is this a paid plan...
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Its completely unlimited like sprint but with better data cause we all know sprint sucks lol I used to have the 5gb but when they cane out with unlimited I switched and its the same price
skater4690 said:
Just wondering I'm in Houston and get 4g most everywhere. What do you get when you run speedtest app? Didn't check before switching plans but now I get constant 5mb... My vibrant could do that on 3g I think this unlimited plan is capped to like 5mb/s but yet still unlimited
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Mine is around 5-6mb with good servers and up to 3 upload..
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MasterGGM said:
Mine is around 5-6mb with good servers and up to 3 upload..
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OK there's no cap lol just hit 9mb/s which is great so we get no throttled unlimited!
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Personally, I think this awesome. I have slower seeds than most of you, but I still manage 1.5gb a week.
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5gb
skater4690 said:
Its completely unlimited like sprint but with better data cause we all know sprint sucks lol I used to have the 5gb
but when they cane out with unlimited I switched and its the same price
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IM on tmobile grandfather plan and have unlimited data plan but they do cap me at 5gb is that plan still available?
That should be available for a good while. Just to warn everyone on the new unlimited plan,: I did read some where a while back, that if the network does ever get clogged, priority will go to those on the 5gb and 10gb plans
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