Hi!
First of all I hope this is the right forum for my question.
At the moment my brother is in NYC and he has his Galaxy S III with him, but with his German SIM-card.
He will stay there until christmas and would like to have an American data-plan. Can you recommend a plan and a carrier? He doesn't need to phone and messaging isn't important, but he needs internet, Whatsapp etc. And he shouldn't have to pay for it after leaving the US.
Thanks in advance!
T-Mobile has a $30 month plan with 5GB 4G data then throttled after that, and 100 mins + unlimited texting (which youldnt matter)
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Thanks for that answer, sounds interesting. Can you cancel that plan after that 2 months?
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Thanks for that answer, sounds interesting. Can you cancel that plan after that 2 months?
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Yes. It is prepaid
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gagdude said:
T-Mobile has a $30 month plan with 5GB 4G data then throttled after that, and 100 mins + unlimited texting (which youldnt matter)
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T-Mobile is a good deal if you do not talk much. There are few alternatives: androidandme.com/2012/10/news/top-5-pre-paid-wireless-plans-for-android-phones/
Thank you for that answers!
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I have been with my new at&t account for about 14ish days, i really want unlimited data and was looking into going with verizon. But i love at&t anyone have and suggestions for getting at&t to give me unlimited data?
Try the iphone 2g trick
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Try the iphone 2g trick
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Could you explain please? I have never had an iPhone.
Put your sim in an iphone 2g.
That gives you the option of unlimited data for feature phone. get it and then you can grandfather in to smartphone unlimited
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There is a nice thread on it if you look in general I think...
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Oh, will this work with any pre iPhone 4.
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Verizon is about to have tiered data, too. Just fyi.
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But right now they offer unlimited.
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shadow65781 said:
Put your sim in an iphone 2g.
That gives you the option of unlimited data for feature phone. get it and then you can grandfather in to smartphone unlimited
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Watch out, working for AT&T some customers reported that it extends their contract for another year, just fyi before you try and do that trick.
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Watch out, working for AT&T some customers reported that it extends their contract for another year, just fyi before you try and do that trick.
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ive done the trick twice for my personal lines and another three times for friends its simple
1. reset all the settings so u have to activate it
2.insert your sim card and activate enabling the unlimited data
3. be patient and wait until the phone says activated
4. WAIT UNTIL ITS ACTIVATED
5. once activated call att customer service
6. say ur upgrading from the iPhone 2g to the new phone and request to be grandfathered into the new unlimited plan
7. if they say they can ask for a supervisor and go higher
Will this work on a 3g or 3gs?
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Will this work on a 3g or 3gs?
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no, has to be an iphone 2g, since that is the only one that gets you the 2g unlimited data plan for $20/mo
Majes me wish I still worked at bestbuy one if my excoworkers had an iphone 2g
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Watch out, working for AT&T some customers reported that it extends their contract for another year, just fyi before you try and do that trick.
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I'm a rep and this is not true.
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If your in my area I can help
..I have a dummy iphone 2g to do this.
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I have unlimited now with an IP4 and also have my original IP2.
Should I follow the same process when I get the Samsung?
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I have unlimited now with an IP4 and also have my original IP2.
Should I follow the same process when I get the Samsung?
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No, you can continue to use unlimited data. That's the "official" way of having unlimited data. This is for people who never had it, like myself. I wish the iphones that are on ebay didn't cost $100+... It's a lot for something I'll use once.
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No, you can continue to use unlimited data. That's the "official" way of having unlimited data. This is for people who never had it, like myself. I wish the iphones that are on ebay didn't cost $100+... It's a lot for something I'll use once.
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i dont suppose resale value would drop considerably after a few moments of use?
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i dont suppose resale value would drop considerably after a few moments of use?
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I suppose not.
none of these hokey pokey is necessary. Just go to an ATT store and have them change your data plan to 4g unlimited for $30. It is not an available option on the web.
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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Goose0121 said:
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. $87.08 a month for me. But I got a 15% discount cause I'm a firefighter or it would be 102.98
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Just sending a shout out to anybody on Rogers until august 8th they are offering a 6Gig data/voice plan for 60$ a month just Google rogers 6gig super plan for details
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Just changed my plan. It was kinda funny cause I kept asking if there were any catches like it only being a 3 month promotional period or something but they reassured that it was permanent
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Wow.. thats good for you guys!?
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Wow.. thats good for you guys!?
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ya but we pay anoth 2.13 for a special surcharge rogers tacks on plus another 13% for taxes so it comes out to $70.21 add another $12.79 + taxes if u want voicemail
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Wow.. thats good for you guys!?
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$60 for voice, text, and 6 GB of data is pretty good...
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Oh.. lol. I misunderstood. Thought it was just data.. thanks for the clarification
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$60 for voice, text, and 6 GB of data is pretty good...
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, it only has 200 min. My 10, and data not LTE.
this plan no good
No it's LTE look at the last thing on the add "all on Canada's first lte network" I also had to get a new lte sim back in march when I got my I727R and if on 16th when my plan changes over (billing cycle) I loose lte and only get H or um bands I'm going to go postal on them.
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I'm on Tbaytel/Rogers and I have a $50 plan that includes 300min talk, Call display, unlim texting, voicemail, Hi-10 (Like My10, but it automatically zeros out the top 10 local #s I call), and 5gb of data. It also roams for free on the Rogers network.
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, it only has 200 min. My 10, and data not LTE.
this plan no good
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I got that plan for almost 2 weeks now. It's 6GB data/200min/my 10 across Canada / free call from 6pm to 6 am/unlimited text.
And yes its LTE
I think it's a pretty good plan...
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I got that plan for almost 2 weeks now. It's 6GB data/200min/my 10 across Canada / free call from 6pm to 6 am/unlimited text.
And yes its LTE
I think it's a pretty good plan...
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I guess, still to much for no voice almost., and you can call Canada but you can travel roaming free in Canada.
Compare to this: this is my skyrocket plan:
Unlimited Voice anywhere in Canada - free long distance to USA/Canada
Unlimited International/North America SMS/MMS
10G of Data (also share it whit tablet + $12)
Visual Voice, Call Display + the usual
TOTAL with TAX = $85
Also know a great way to get a deal on rogers cable: Hi-Speed Express, 300G limit $60.
PM me if you have Q's.
I got the plan myself. My old plan i paid the same however i didn't have my 10 or lte. Now I have lte with 6 gigs without paying more which I am happy about.
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I have to say few months ago I would say its crazy cheap, but lately we had some kind of cellular revolution and now you can get unlimited calls,texts and data for around 30$ a month after 3gigs you may get throttled and we don't have 4th gen but still.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...limited-data-plan-will-actually-be-unlimited/
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So if I have a contact and I have the 2gb of high speed data will I have to update my plan in order to get true unlimited 4G data
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I'm on a family plan, 5 lines, 3 with data. 2,000 minutes and unlimited texting. Will those lines with the $20 data plan be upgraded to the truly unlimited plan for free?
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I'm on a family plan, 5 lines, 3 with data. 2,000 minutes and unlimited texting. Will those lines with the $20 data plan be upgraded to the truly unlimited plan for free?
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Great question. I have a nearly identical plan. I guess a phone call and some hold time are in my future.:fingers-crossed:
FatalityBoyZahy said:
I'm on a family plan, 5 lines, 3 with data. 2,000 minutes and unlimited texting. Will those lines with the $20 data plan be upgraded to the truly unlimited plan for free?
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Im wondering the same thing. I'm not sure if wed have to renew our contract to get unlimited as with T-Mobile every time you add something or change it it Renews. Hopefully I'm wrong and they just lift the throttling without need to call.
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I was thinking of switching to Sprint when my contract was up, but now there isn't much of a point. I think I still will to try out the service and see how data speeds compareto T-Mobile in my area.
They give me a deal on 2 GSIII and I add a line. And I will.
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And I just dropped TMobile for straight talk. Still running on the same network. Maybe they will match data usage policy because straight talk's spring based phones have unlimited data.
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I wonder how strict they will be. I'd love to get rid of my Millenicom 3G account, which I use for about 15 - 25GB a month (mostly during night). Wouldn't mind going into a 2-year contract just for that
I know tethering is off-limits in their ToS. I guess I should be asking how safe and undetectable using tethering in cyanogenmod 7/9 is
I'm on a family plan for 3 phones, I am wondering if anyone can help me figure out a new plan that can use data usage with out worrying. Here is my current plan:
1000 Talk - $59.99
Unlimited Messaging - $20
3 Phones with 200mb - $10/each ($30)
3rd phone added to line - $10
Total = $120
Do you guys know of a better plan or way to get data on the phone that is unlimited but throttles it if needed?
Well when my wife had T-Mobile the only thing they would offer her when she needed to upgrade was a 2GB/5GB/10GB options. Since they wouldn't let her keep her unlimited, that's the only options I'm seeing via their website still. Either or would be better than 2/300MB.
You could've got unlimited talk, text 4gb 4g a couple months ago. About 70 total.
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Well when my wife had T-Mobile the only thing they would offer her when she needed to upgrade was a 2GB/5GB/10GB options. Since they wouldn't let her keep her unlimited, that's the only options I'm seeing via their website still. Either or would be better than 2/300MB.
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Hmmm we're gonna gonna talk to the loyalty department and see what they can do. We might threaten to cancel lol
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You could've got unlimited talk, text 4gb 4g a couple months ago. About 70 total.
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Well thats no help lol
Are you dead set for T mobile? Otherwise I have suggestions for other carriers, especially prepaid.
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Are you dead set for T mobile? Otherwise I have suggestions for other carriers, especially prepaid.
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Well yeah, kinda on contact with them till 2013- 2014.
I have this too. "Value plan"
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I have this too. "Value plan"
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Oh yeah I saw those and if we decided to go to that plan we have to pay a migration fee of like $400 per each device or something.
They remove your upgrade and you lose money overall
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They remove your upgrade and you lose money overall
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Yeaah I know, its kinda dumb especially its all T-Mobile plans they want to charge a migration fee just so you can lower your bill. Smh, so I might just transfer to my brothers account and just split the bill. I'll get add a line - $5, android web - $20, and insurance, $8 or $4. One of those. And once split between me and him it will be about $70 exact a month
Ugh, I'm paying $180 for 2 phones with data plans on Verizon..... I wish I could get 3 phones for that cheap lol.
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Ugh, I'm paying $180 for 2 phones with data plans on Verizon..... I wish I could get 3 phones for that cheap lol.
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Yeah T-Mobile is great when it comes to prices but getting a good plan is hard, you really have to capitalize on offers and stuff.