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Are there any ways to work around the data cap/throttle?

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.

crx4xharder said:
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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crx4xharder said:
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!

crx4xharder said:
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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Goose0121 said:
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

zero86ea said:
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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T-Mobile us 5gb plan includes tethering

As title states, I saw a post some were asking if the 5 gig data plan includes tethering. I just got of the phone with t mobile and it dose. Just for anyone who was wandering.
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are you rooted
i tried it with a rooted one s and didn't work
will try my Tether App

No i have stock phone. To be clear though. I do not own a laptop so I can't test it. I'm just relaying what the T-Mobile dude told me. But when I connect my usb to the desktop and select USB tether I don't get any blocks or messages so I would conclude that the USB tethering is permitted.
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maybe because i am rooted
my tether app works though

Okay, I think I know...first install the HTC sync driver.... Then make sure that works. And I bet the tether well work then. It did for me I tested on the desktop. Good luck.
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Already installed but not recognizing phone. It did recognize phone when first installed. Has given me some some adb issues. Will probaly uninstall it.

Well at least you can get it to work with another tether app. And plus since tethering is included in the 5 gigs plan they shouldn't bother you about tethering. I don't think they care what app you use anyway.
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They did with my nexus one.
Hopefully they won't bother me with this phone.

The guy at Tmobile said I needed to pay 5 dollars a month for the data plan that included tethering. He said it was needed for the phone... I always root my devices so I tether either way but I said okay and got the phone. Since I was paying for it I decided to try it out and it's actually not bad. You activate it through the wifi hotspots in the app drawer. I'm on a EU rom now so I'm not sure what it's called on Tmobile US rom... Anyways it works perfectly and is able to tether up to 8 devices but I would assume you're data couldn't handle that much lol. Goes to show how good Tmobile thinks their HSPA is.... It is pretty nice having the option tethering multiple devices. I'm happy paying 5 bucks for that feature
Oh I almost forgot it works perfectly rooted or unrooted... I tried it before rooting and it works just the same now.
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I know when I get a laptop ill tether the poo out of this phone. And I dare them to say anything to me...lol
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rugmankc said:
maybe because i am rooted
my tether app works though
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Hey rugmankc, what tether app are you using?
Didn't have to worry about this with CM7 on the N1.
Thanks

6370 said:
As title states, I saw a post some were asking if the 5 gig data plan includes tethering. I just got of the phone with t mobile and it dose. Just for anyone who was wandering.
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The 5 gig plan includes tethering. I am not rooted and upgraded to that plan for the purpose of tethering and it includes it. At first it did not work, I called and said, I was told this plan included tethering, the lady was very nice and enabled it. Told me to turn the phone off and reboot and then it would work. It did. I haven't done anything else and the native app works great.

I have the 5gig plan didn't know this was included thanks
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ickedmel said:
I have the 5gig plan didn't know this was included thanks
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Me either... Is it the same for 10gb? I just changed my plan when got the one s
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glacierguy said:
Me either... Is it the same for 10gb? I just changed my plan when got the one s
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I think if the 5 does, so should the 10 gb, I think at one point it was advertised as having tethering, just call and act like you were told this was the case. I thought I was going to have to threaten things but they did it without argument.
I just looked at their webpage and all their new plans seem to include it. It doesn't hurt to call.

baseballfanz said:
Hey rugmankc, what tether app are you using?
Didn't have to worry about this with CM7 on the N1.
Thanks
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It is a paid app. But cheaper than 10.00 twice a year on vacation. No pc available atm and in 2g only area and spent last nite in ER. So, didn't read anything on the tmo free tether with 5gb plan which I have.
http://tether.com/android/windows

Wireless tethering

I have an HTC one x att, I was wondering since I am on vacation I would like to use tethering I have unlimited data. I was wondering is there anyway I could mask the data usage and tethering from art so they cannot see I am using it.
I am rooted, and I have tetherguard installed. Is there anyway to add apn so att doesn't find out I'm tethering or throttle my 4g data.
Thank you
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jessgerb said:
Is there anyway to add apn so att doesn't find out I'm tethering or throttle my 4g data.
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If you ask 10 people this (or do 10 Google searches), you're going to get 10 different answers. The bottom line is that no one quite seems to know how AT&T tracks/detects tethering or how they decide whom to go after.
I've been tethering shamelessly for years, first on my jailbroken iPhones and now on my HOX, and I've never gotten a single warning about it.
In my experience, the main thing is to keep your data usage down. Don't use it to move large files or stream video. In general, from what I've seen, it's the bandwidth hogs who get caught.
Various people/devs will tell you there are various ways of "hiding" your tethering, but I have doubts these people really know what they're talking about. Nothing is going to hide the fact that your Android phone has put in an http request to visit Microsoft update because your laptop wants to update itself.

Thank you and I was wondering since I have unlimited data do you know how much data you can use until att will send the throttling message.
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jessgerb said:
Thank you and I was wondering since I have unlimited data do you know how much data you can use until att will send the throttling message.
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It varies but 5GB is usually the threshold. I've gotten up to 4.8 without getting throttled.

Also one thing, if they do throttle is it for rest of life or for just till rest of billing cycle.
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I use foxfi and have not gotten a warning. Then again I keep the usage down.
If you plan on using 20 gb in movies expect to get caught.
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No I'm not planning on a lot its just I'm already on 1.5 gbs and still have 19 days
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jessgerb said:
Also one thing, if they do throttle is it for rest of life or for just till rest of billing cycle.
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I believe it's through the end of your current billing cycle.

Truly unlimited data T-Mobile.

Anyone have it? They told me that I can't tether the phone once I switch. But I'm rooted and was wondering if they can see if I'm tethering.
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rvdangel630 said:
Anyone have it? They told me that I can't tether the phone once I switch. But I'm rooted and was wondering if they can see if I'm tethering.
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I would like them to offer unlimited data for the rest of my life. Please don’t exploit it with a workaround. Oh, and I have a rooted HTC One S and was able to tether for about 20 minutes, then was redirected to a t-mobile page explaining how to purchase. Don't be that sliver of the market that causes the engineers to drop the unlimited plan. They are taking a risk offering it in the first place.
Respectfully,
Josh-

How does the limit on roami.g data work with this plan.
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Should be able to use the tmobile apn settings to get around the tethering restriction. Search the threads, the settings are around here somewhere. I think one (or more) of the rom threads in the development section show the settings, maybe Axiom or Trickdroid if I'm not mistaken...

Yeah I tried that with mine the APN changes.
Got it to work at first where before it didn't.
It transfered about 100 MB worth of data then I got the redirect trying to sell me the service and stopped working.

WiFi tether for root users works wonders, I haven't had problems with it on my 5Gb plan.
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I Actually Work For T-Mobile Myself & The APN Has Worked Fine, & Actually Tethering Is Already Included Within The 5GB Data Plan Without Root Lol

xxquicksh0txx said:
WiFi tether for root users works wonders, I haven't had problems with it on my 5Gb plan.
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He's asking about the new, truly unlimited plans, not the capped ones.
T_O_N_Y_ said:
I Actually Work For T-Mobile Myself & The APN Has Worked Fine, & Actually Tethering Is Already Included Within The 5GB Data Plan Without Root Lol
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I have the unlimited 4G data plan with Tmobile. I used almost 1gb of data in about 10 days already. In my account, it says it has 9999 gb total for me; Guessing 9999 gb equates to unlimited. It's worth it IMO for 30 bucks a month.

verizon unlimited users

How much data is to much? I don't want to send any red flags about my account which already may be to late because I'm at 12gb lol.

None I use 30GB and don't have a problem.
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nicotheandroidguy said:
None I use 30GB and don't have a problem.
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Thats alot of mobile porn.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g...flew-over-the-cuckoo.gif#jack off gif 350x200

No I use phone as Wi-Fi hotspot to power whole house which is my iPad Mac Netflix on my tv and app and software updates and app updates. Also I update my nexus to the latest nightly builds at about half a GB done every 2 days it calculates correctly with no porn
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I use 250gb per month...
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Jeez, that's awesome. Take full advantage while you can.
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I have unlimited too, and I use around 5 GB without tethering and haven't heard anything from Verizon.
I also read somewhere that it's unlimited users on 3G phones that get throttled and have issues. Phones with 4G data don't get throttled or taken notice by Verizon. A quick Google search can show some talk supporting the statement, so that's something to think about!

JCBiznatch said:
I use 250gb per month...
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Holy crap! And I thought my record of 113gb was insane! What do you do?
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I generally go through about 12-50gb a month...just depends on how much 4g time I can get my hands on lol.

a close friend of mine uses 60-80 per month streaming HD video (netflix, nhl gamecenter, nfl games, etc) and has never heard anything. Just another point of data for context

Oh yeah lol. I'm thinking about canceling my cable internet because I don't get the speeds advertised. Sad my phone has a better and more consistent connection than my cable internet.

We top 5% 4G users might be "flagged" in the future and be placed on "verizon network optimization."

Hyper_Warp said:
We top 5% 4G users might be "flagged" in the future and be placed on "verizon network optimization."
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I've been hearing that forever. Its not going to happen. Due to situations outside of my control I needed to ditch my unlimited. And I miss it ever day
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Why would we get flagged? We have unlimited data. We chose not to buy a phone subsidized by Verizon so that we can keep unlimited data.
I am the IT guy for a church and school and I've upgraded 10 users to 4G phones through eBay and Craigslist. One of our staff members uses 40GB a month, I use about 15 GB. All of us go well over 2 GB, but what does it matter? We have unlimited data!
It would stand to reason that AT&T users with grandfathered unlimited plans are more abundant than us since they can still upgrade through AT&T and keep unlimited data.
I don't see why anyone would get flagged. The number of unlimited data VZW users will only decrease over time. Verizon makes more money than anyone. They add towers practically every week.
I say, sit back, and soak up the data!

I run my entire house off my wifi tether. No cable, no internet only my galaxy s3....I'm a flashaholic... so i switch between roms almost daily. Running three cpu's and two phones off the connection. Grandfathered contact like a mug lol
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JCBiznatch said:
I run my entire house off my wifi tether. No cable, no internet only my galaxy s3....I'm a flashaholic... so i switch between roms almost daily. Running three cpu's and two phones off the connection. Grandfathered contact like a mug lol
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Those running there home internet off their Galaxy (or any phone via Wi-Fi tether), how does your family use the internet when you're not around? I often considered this, but doesn't seem practical.

lol you got me beat
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I use 250gb per month...
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Lol you got me beat on that one, i surprised myself had messed around and used 170GB ...still trying to figure that one out though:good:
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I leave the unlimited rooted phone at home. Works great runs my entire server network thanks to root
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