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I'm in San Francisco right now and am clearly in AT&T's 4g territory. Well I'm only pulling 3mb down on a speed test. And my buddy who is sitting right next to me with his iPhone 4 is pulling 4.5 down. I thought the iPhone 4 was only hspa and not even plus?
Is it possible ATT is throttling me because I dont have a "4G" specific plan?
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Try switching radios
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A data plan is of course, always going to be a data plan. There is no difference from one plan to another AFAIK besides 2GB and 4GB or if you're grandfathered for unlimited.
Just obviously with software updates etc. to enable "4G".
I'm up here in MT and I barely touch 1.5Mbps if I'm lucky. My friend has the same issue, and AT&T keeps telling me it's because MT is a "new acquisition". BS I've had the service for almost 3 months now. Learn to put up more towers!
Anyways, that's my $0.02.
-Cyanide

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Wells there's not much I can do about it now. I'm in the back seat of a car going 80 miles an hour towards a non '4G' area.
I was certain I flashed the right radio. I have the H emblem next to my service indicator.
Can anyone that has experience with san Francisco confirm my speeds are unusually low? Also does anyone know if the iPhone is hspa+?
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Cyanideskittle2010 said:
A data plan is of course, always going to be a data plan. There is no difference from one plan to another AFAIK besides 2GB and 4GB or if you're grandfathered for unlimited.
Just obviously with software updates etc. to enable "4G".
I'm up here in MT and I barely touch 1.5Mbps if I'm lucky. My friend has the same issue, and AT&T keeps telling me it's because MT is a "new acquisition". BS I've had the service for almost 3 months now. Learn to put up more towers!
Anyways, that's my $0.02.
-Cyanide
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3 months is not a long time when you think about it. It takes 3 years and about 2.9 million dollars to put up one single tower.
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Cyanideskittle2010 said:
A data plan is of course, always going to be a data plan. There is no difference from one plan to another AFAIK besides 2GB and 4GB or if you're grandfathered for unlimited.
Just obviously with software updates etc. to enable "4G".
I'm up here in MT and I barely touch 1.5Mbps if I'm lucky. My friend has the same issue, and AT&T keeps telling me it's because MT is a "new acquisition". BS I've had the service for almost 3 months now. Learn to put up more towers!
Anyways, that's my $0.02.
-Cyanide
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I'm getting 1.5 in my hometown of Sacramento, but that's clearly not in 4g territory so I assumed its just 3g there (even though I have the h emblem). 3 is definitely than 1.5 but it still doesn't explain why my buddies iPhone is pulling more down when its apparently not capable of hspa+
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What rom are you on? Try different radios and make sure to flash the matching ril. And verify that you are you their 4g network by going to settings>about phone>network
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trell959 said:
What rom are you on? Try different radios and make sure to flash the matching ril. And verify that you are you their 4g network by going to settings>about phone>network
It says hsdpa, is that right?
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I have read in a number of posts that the data plan does matter. The 4G plan offer access to another APN, with is required for authentication on the 4G network. In the Dev forum, there is a thread about APNs that discusses this.

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I have read in a number of posts that the data plan does matter. The 4G plan offer access to another APN, with is required for authentication on the 4G network. In the Dev forum, there is a thread about APNs that discusses this.
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I'm going to go check that out immediately.
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I really wish this hadn't been moved to QA because no one looks in here. I am really trying to find a solution to this issue. I have been searching and can't come up with a definite answer. I need people who live in the bay to post what speeds they have been getting. I think I may need to call att.

seh6183 said:
I really wish this hadn't been moved to QA because no one looks in here. I am really trying to find a solution to this issue. I have been searching and can't come up with a definite answer. I need people who live in the bay to post what speeds they have been getting. I think I may need to call att.
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Did you check the thread in dev section and edit the build prop? Might call att And see if there are certain apns needed for the 4G network authentication.

zelendel said:
Did you check the thread in dev section and edit the build prop? Might call att And see if there are certain apns needed for the 4G network authentication.
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I saw the the thread about editing the build prop yes. I just checked att coverage maps for 4g and Sacramento is now in the coverage zone. Should now be seeing hspa+ speeds here. I'll do a test when I get home but I'm willing bet my roommates iPhone will still pull faster speeds than me. I will also get on the phone with att and find out if i need a different plan. Will report back.

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I saw the the thread about editing the build prop yes. I just checked att coverage maps for 4g and Sacramento is now in the coverage zone. Should now be seeing hspa+ speeds here. I'll do a test when I get home but I'm willing bet my roommates iPhone will still pull faster speeds than me. I will also get on the phone with att and find out if i need a different plan. Will report back.
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Comparing the iphone to the inspire is not really fair as the iphone doesnt use the same apn settings, and they also have a reserved amount of bandwith set aside for iphones only. Not to mention they seem to go faster due to alot of things being cached on Apples servers which the iphone connects to first so it seems like they can pull data faster but it is not what it seems.

Ah, I'm not the only one pulling down slower speeds than other devices. My GF's Infuse consistently pulls down 6-7 mbps while my Inspire, at the same time and location, will pull down 3-4. My build prop is edited, and I've tried other radios (and rils) with not much luck. Is this a device capability issue?
The only thing I haven't done is mess with APNs much. I feel as though it won't change anything, but eventually I'll try that as well.

Simba501 said:
Ah, I'm not the only one pulling down slower speeds than other devices. My GF's Infuse consistently pulls down 6-7 mbps while my Inspire, at the same time and location, will pull down 3-4. My build prop is edited, and I've tried other radios (and rils) with not much luck. Is this a device capability issue?
The only thing I haven't done is mess with APNs much. I feel as though it won't change anything, but eventually I'll try that as well.
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I would try that, As it can have a great impact on your connection. I could set you up with the old apn settings and you would pull edge speeds. So it only goes to reason that the APN settings might have a large thing to do with it.

zelendel said:
I would try that, As it can have a great impact on your connection. I could set you up with the old apn settings and you would pull edge speeds. So it only goes to reason that the APN settings might have a large thing to do with it.
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Yeah. Most users speeds double
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zelendel said:
I would try that, As it can have a great impact on your connection. I could set you up with the old apn settings and you would pull edge speeds. So it only goes to reason that the APN settings might have a large thing to do with it.
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Yeah. Most users speeds double
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I'm going to look around at the speeds others are getting. I just can't seem to get more than 3-5 mbps. I know my area is capable of it because my GF's Infuse gets 5-8 mbps consistently, and at the same time I test mine. Weird.
I'll wait for compelling results before I change mine, because I've been modding heavily the last few days and I'm exactly not in the testing mood.

seh6183 said:
I really wish this hadn't been moved to QA because no one looks in here. I am really trying to find a solution to this issue. I have been searching and can't come up with a definite answer. I need people who live in the bay to post what speeds they have been getting. I think I may need to call att.
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The day after I got my Inspire, I went to an A's game. The best I got on that trip was 1.5/0.35. A week later in Sac, in the parking lot of the Kaiser on Morse Avenue, I was able to pull 5.0/0.35. The best I got at home in Woodland was 3.0/0.35. I am now rooted, running ClearDroid, and get 4-5 down with upload better than 1. I'm still on my unlimited plan.
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how to bypass throttling on AT&T

Last month and this month again I have been throttled. I have been reading the countless number of posts on the subject on this and other forums and have decided to post in this thread everything I have found out from research and personal testing.
these answers can be found (except for good instructions on the calling trick) but are buried in other posts... thats why i decided to make this because it sucks reading over 50 posts on 10 pages in a thread for one simple set of instructions.
TOP 5%: AT&T doesn’t disclose any information about the top 5% but I have no reason to believe personally that they are lying about it. The reason for this is last month I pushed 20gb when I was throttled, this month I was throttled again as well but I was throttled after using about 1GB more then I used last month.
I urge everybody to use as much data as they can ONCE THROTTLED. However, as being throttled sucks, don’t abuse it till after you are throttled!
How to UN throttle:
The easiest way (and one which I cannot confirm as I am 100% stock), is to install a custom ROM that supports network modes (force HSPA / LTE) – and then – once changed to HSPA – THEN change your APN.
Changing your APN alone will NOT un throttle you!
For us that are stock this becomes a bit more difficult. AT&T has designed its network to FORCE you onto LTE when available – however, with so many iPhones and other 3g devices, the signal is still there!
A trick I learned and have done successfully for the last few days is this:
1) Add the PHONE apn
2) Select the PHONE apn
3) Enable FLIGHT MODE
4) DISABLE FLIGHT MODE – BUT – BEFORE AT&T CONNECTS TO DATA YOU MUST TERMINATE A CALL!!! Just make a call and make sure it connects before the 5 seconds or so you have when the data reconnects.
Once I did this, it seems to stick. I have even forced myself back on LTE and tried this over and over again and it seems to be working. The key is to make sure your phone has connected to another person BEFORE AT&T’s data reconnects (about 5 seconds like I said).
EVEN AFTER YOU POWER OFF/ON THE DEVICE (i swap batteries 2/3 times a day) the 3G still sticks!!
To get back on LTE after my billing cycle restarts, i just go back to the PTA APN and all is well. back on LTE!
To make this easier on myself, I call my office (goes straight to vm), then I go through steps 2 and 3 – then when im ready for 4 – I turn it on real quick then goto call logs, it’s the top most option, press it. And im on 3g !
MYTHS:
1) yes there is a folder called /data/system/throttle – this doesn’t appear to have any effect on throttling. However, don’t remove the folder – or you will crash every few seconds and will need to recreate the folder with adb before you can use your phone again! My files before and after throttling are the exact same.
2) visual voicemail has NOTHING to do with throttling, I read someplace about a theory that if you froze visual vm that AT&T couldn’t throttle you (for whatever reason) – I had my VMM frozen for this entire billing cycle and still was throttled
3) Netflix ETC: this is a funny one because the day after I used Netflix for the first time in my life, I got the 5% warning, the second time I used it I was throttled.. However this billing cycle I didn’t use Netflix or any streaming service (other than youtube) and was still throttled…. I was however throttled at 1GB more data useage then last month…
im still looking at the possibility of AT&T throttling people and putting them on a different subnet then normal users..

another note: I believe this will ONLY work if you are provisioned for LTE. Meaning if you are throttled on the 3G network - you will stay throttled... but if you are provisioned on the LTE network - thats the only place they throttle you (till they figure out a lot of us are doing this...)

Rather than doing the whole phone call trick...have you tried just deleting the PTA apn?
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another note: I believe this will ONLY work if you are provisioned for LTE. Meaning if you are throttled on the 3G network - you will stay throttled... but if you are provisioned on the LTE network - thats the only place they throttle you (till they figure out a lot of us are doing this...)
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thats a great idea and I'll test it. But I think I like the phone trick better either way since it works, and sticks.
and if I get a mms message I swap apn back to pta , download the mms, swap back then phone trick again
also since I'm throttled with like 8 days left would have to just add it again in a few days
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I went up north for a couple weeks and LTE is awesome...but I got the warning about reaching the 5% thing. I never got a warning before but then I never got close to 4gigs either. I don't live in an LTE area either so it's funny I got a warning when I was in an LTE area and never when I was home.

Att Throttle Samsung Skyrocket
Which custom rom should i use for bypass data throttle on att skyrocket.

Its funny you mention that.. while on our trip we were rarely in lte coverage (a few days). Within 2 days of being home I got my warning and then was throttled within 24 hrs back in November. This month I got the warning but no throttle yet (been home on wifi all week)
Phoneguy589 said:
I went up north for a couple weeks and LTE is awesome...but I got the warning about reaching the 5% thing. I never got a warning before but then I never got close to 4gigs either. I don't live in an LTE area either so it's funny I got a warning when I was in an LTE area and never when I was home.
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i love this method has workrd every time.
thought wish my phone had the option to force hspa+ without roming

Call and complain...worked for me!
via Sky-Ice Speed "SkyRocket"

This did not work for me. I used the Phone APN and was able to connect to the HSPA+ network but the speeds are still throttled.

sorry should have updated.. as of the first of March it stopped working. (when they came out with new 3gb/5gb throttle rules)
now there is absolutely no way to bypass it
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OK Thanks.

Throttle
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sorry should have updated.. as of the first of March it stopped working. (when they came out with new 3gb/5gb throttle rules)
now there is absolutely no way to bypass it
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Come on theres always a way, let the game of cat and mouse continue.
So I guess this is because of the change. I had been using this bypass method on my galaxy 2 skyrocket for months with no problems, it was more than fast enough for me, then last week I decided to go back to lte speeds for a while until I got 'the text' like had worked in the past. Except this time I cant get back to HSPA+ by switching apn and going into airplane mode and terminating a call, it just keeps going back to throttled lte now.

so no others ways :?

None of these methods work. AT&T change their throttle rates after being sued by a customer.
If you're on 3G or 4G you're throttled after using 3 gigs of data.
If you're on LTE you're throttled after using 5 gigs of data.
http://www.att.com/esupport/datausage.jsp?source=IZDUel11600000000U
Visit that link and click on what you need to know.
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I hate att. I read an article that data is as valuable as money now. Its crazy I have to watch my data so tight...
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Look at it now, before you were able to have a smart without having a data plan. They saw it as hey everyone wants a smart phone and not getting data. So lets come out with 3 crappy phone and force a mandatory data on all smart phones.
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I'm still throttled every month.. With on average 5 days left in my plan..
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I'm still throttled every month.. With on average 5 days left in my plan..
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I found my self getting throttled about 2 weeks in.
I spoke so highly of att when I switched from sprint. Now That Sprint is rolling out LTE I find myself using my Sprint work phone so much more than the Att phone.
Can't wait for more LTE sites to go live
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00mred00 said:
I found my self getting throttled about 2 weeks in.
I spoke so highly of att when I switched from sprint. Now That Sprint is rolling out LTE I find myself using my Sprint work phone so much more than the Att phone.
Can't wait for more LTE sites to go live
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tch, i'd just like for AT&T to update this POS EDGE tower to HSPA(+) >.>
At least I don't have to worry about this throttle thing since with EDGE speeds I don't even think its possible to use enough data >.>
They won't acknowledge my complaint, since they say there is a 3G tower in my area, which is true, once in a while I get HSPA+, but its the exception rather than the rule.

[Q] Inspire 4G on H2O MMS Problem -SOLVED

I have an Inspire 4G on H2O Wireless' $60 "Unlimited" (hahaha, Right) Plan and everything was working fine running virtuous affinity, then I flashed coredroid 9 and lost MMS functionality. Error returned is always Unable to send message after multiple attempts - service denied. I have my APNs set exactly as before, even restored a nandroid backup I made before flashing Coredroid but still get same error. SMS works fine just no Picture messages will send or receive. Have spoken to no less than 7 H2O CSRs to no avail. Are the APNs stored on the SIM? Should I replace the SIM? I Just Dunno. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Anyone else have their Inspire on H2O? Thanks

Is your network mode in mobile network settings set to auto? If google sync backed up a different setting it would keep getting set regardless of what Rom you restore.

I have h20 and my mms works just fine. Ill jump on the comp and get the link to the settings I ALWAYS use. They've worked great on any rom I've used.
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Here's what I use. Leave everything after MNC set at whatever its set to when you make new APN:

joe3681 said:
Here's what I use. Leave everything after MNC set at whatever its set to when you make new APN:
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Yeah, those are what I had set. Thanks for posting that up though, turns out it was something on their end. went through another three calls to India before getting a CSR that I could understand and would listen and do what I told them to do to get it back. The solution was to "Refresh the Account" as they have had to do 6 times in the last two months to bring back Data which drops out at least every week or so.. Thanks again, and btw, how is your data speed?

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Yeah, those are what I had set. Thanks for posting that up though, turns out it was something on their end. went through another three calls to India before getting a CSR that I could understand and would listen and do what I told them to do to get it back. The solution was to "Refresh the Account" as they have had to do 6 times in the last two months to bring back Data which drops out at least every week or so.. Thanks again, and btw, how is your data speed?
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Yep! That's happened to me about that much too! My speed's not terrible. I usually get pretty close to 3mbps. Never any over that...
Did you see they cut the data limit down for the $60 plan? It was 2gb, now its 1GB!! That's bull****!

That's about what I'm getting in Dallas/Fort Worth too. I saw that it said 1GB+ but I've been using about 2GB per mo. guess I'll see this month as I just recharged on the fourth. One of the reps I spoke with said they are coming out with a new $65 plan that would be "Truly unlimited" for whatever that's worth..lol more Bait and switch probably. It is some major bull**** though, if the inspire supported the 1700Mhz band, my ass would be on Simple Mobile by now. Worst Customer service of ANY company I've ever dealt with.

I've always had good luck with the people I reach. Granted its a minimum 20 minute hold but I guess that's the price you pay. I was using Straight Talk service but their customer service was full of idiotic foreigners but the $45/mo was nice!
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Throttle Fix 100% Works with all phones

Okay this requires you to have another IMEI number so if you have a Infuse you will need either a iPhone a BlackBerry or a LTE phone's IMEI number
Call AT&T tell them you need to update your IMEI # and update the Unlimited Data plan to the Unlimited Data plan for that phone. I used a Skyrocket IMEI for NY Infuse they took a few minutes updating it and once I got off the phone I went into Airplane mode and out of Airplane mode and had full speeds again.
Everytime you are throttled call back give them the old IMEI # and have them update the Data Plan again for full speeds!
No need to change your APN!
Hit Thanks if this helps you!
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maxjivi05 said:
Okay this requires you to have another IMEI number so if you have a Infuse you will need either a iPhone a BlackBerry or a LTE phone's IMEI number
Call AT&T tell them you need to update your IMEI # and update the Unlimited Data plan to the Unlimited Data plan for that phone. I used a Skyrocket IMEI for NY Infuse they took a few minutes updating it and once I got off the phone I went into Airplane mode and out of Airplane mode and had full speeds again.
Everytime you are throttled call back give them the old IMEI # and have them update the Data Plan again for full speeds!
No need to change your APN!
Hit Thanks if this helps you!
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Isn't just changing your APN quicker?

It don't work with all phones
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It don't work with all phones
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But it works with the skyrocket.... Which this forum is pretty much expressly about....

You'll probably be hit with a fee. They charged me an upgrade fee when i gave my daughter my iPhone. I didn't go to the store and upgrade just swapped sim cards.
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Phoneguy589 said:
You'll probably be hit with a fee. They charged me an upgrade fee when i gave my daughter my iPhone. I didn't go to the store and upgrade just swapped sim cards.
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Not true, AT&T does not charge a fee to change devices only when Upgrading and signing a two year contract or activating a new line of service.
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I was tempted to try an imie swap as well..bit wasn't hindered by the worry of not an upgrade fee but double charges
I noticed on our bills from our upgrades in Jan that when they terminated our data for 1 plan, they charged us $20 some odd ...then $30 for the newly activated data plan. The first charge was obviously prorated, the second was not. So for any month they have done what is described above, we have been charged $50 for our $30 unlimited data.
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You'll probably be hit with a fee. They charged me an upgrade fee when i gave my daughter my iPhone. I didn't go to the store and upgrade just swapped sim cards.
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But it works with the skyrocket.... Which this forum is pretty much expressly about....
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It doesn't work for all skyrockets
The going theory is that if you are on the lte unlimited plan and in an lte area...it won't work
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Well the IMEI swap does create pro-rated charges but if you are charged more then 30$ after the pro-rated charges AT&T is required to credit you the amount in error. You pay 1 month in advance so when you change a that feature mid-cycle you should see 15$ here and 15$ there.
Newly activated phones get the pro-rated charge plus one month in advance.
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It doesn't work for all skyrockets
The going theory is that if you are on the lte unlimited plan and in an lte area...it won't work
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I'm on LTE unlimited and in an LTE area...and it works for me.

OK that makes more sense. Thanks for clarifying. I started combing through my wife's bills looking for overages haha.
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Well the IMEI swap does create pro-rated charges but if you are charged more then 30$ after the pro-rated charges AT&T is required to credit you the amount in error. You pay 1 month in advance so when you change a that feature mid-cycle you should see 15$ here and 15$ there.
Newly activated phones get the pro-rated charge plus one month in advance.
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I thought you were...but that it was no longer working. Its very difficult keeping up lol.
I need a spreadsheet
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I'm on LTE unlimited and in an LTE area...and it works for me.
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It's a simple fix for the unlimited LTE and LTE area problem.
Flash the T-Mo radio, and that forces the phone into HSPA+, and the phone APN works again.

Longcat14 said:
It's a simple fix for the unlimited LTE and LTE area problem.
Flash the T-Mo radio, and that forces the phone into HSPA+, and the phone APN works again.
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Didn't know we could flash the T-Mo radio. Thanks man.

I could swear i tried that but will try again
Side note...flash back to matching radio before you flash stock with Odin.. it trips the counter
Learned that last week
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00mred00 said:
I could swear i tried that but will try again
Side note...flash back to matching radio before you flash stock with Odin.. it trips the counter
Learned that last week
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I thought there was a cwm version? I've been looking but haven't seen anyone running a tmo radio on att.
My flash counter is at 6 cuz I had a bad stock tar.
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It's a simple fix for the unlimited LTE and LTE area problem.
Flash the T-Mo radio, and that forces the phone into HSPA+, and the phone APN works again.
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Just to clarify because I"m been driving myself crazy using different APNs trying to bypass the throttle; (it used to work last month, now none of the APNs work this month when trying to bypass, and I'm on LTE unlimited in an LTE area/San Francisco) once I get throttled, I just flash the T-mo radio, then I'll have HSPA+, and then when my billing cycle starts over I reflash my stock radio? Is this method definitely going to work if the APNs no longer work? Also, can someone point me in the right direction of the absolutely correct T-Mo radio to flash, as well as the correct "stock" radio to reflash when the cycle starts over? I don't want to flash the wrong one and fck up my phone... I've flashed several ROMS so in that sense I'm not new to flashing, but I've never flashed radios before.
Thanks for the help!

Just call in change phones call in change back and it's unthrottled.
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Same here...flash counter is at 3 and my phone quit communicating with the towers. Att is sending a replacement but i am a a little concerned about that counter
Phoneguy589 said:
I thought there was a cwm version? I've been looking but haven't seen anyone running a tmo radio on att.
My flash counter is at 6 cuz I had a bad stock tar.
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Just call in change phones call in change back and it's unthrottled.
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2 different phone calls to get it unthrottled?
EDIT: I think I understand what you mean now:
I actually make two calls right after each other... first call with my old Inspire 4G/IMEI and switch plans, then hang up, then call back right after, give them the Skyrocket IMEI and switch back to the LTE unlimited plan again, and then I'm unthrottled? Will I not get throttled again until the next billing cycle and can abuse and download as much data as I want after making the 2 phone calls and getting unthrottled? And again, I don't need to switch any APNs or anything, I can just stay on the ATT pta APN and continue using LTE? Or is this a HSPA workaround? Thanks!

maxjivi05 said:
Okay this requires you to have another phone of another kind such as a iPhone or BlackBerry IMEI number so if you have a Infuse you will need either a iPhone a BlackBerry or a LTE phone's IMEI number
Call AT&T tell them you need to update your IMEI # and update the Unlimited Data plan to the Unlimited Data plan for that phone. I used a Skyrocket my dad has with with his IMEI # for my Infuse they took a few minutes updating it and once I got off the phone I went into Airplane mode and out of Airplane mode and had full speeds again.
( you can always call right back swap IMEI #'s and use your original one and it'll still be unthrottled. )
Everytime you are throttled call back give them the IMEI # and have them update the Data Plan again for full speeds!
No need to change your APN!
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I can confirm that this IMEI method works, for me at least!
Original IMEI method thread here
A little about me, and what exactly I did. 2 months ago, I was throttled, so I used the APNs listed in the first post of this Throttled solved thread, and the HSPA+ bypass worked perfectly. I used the **** out of some data that month, bypassing at very nice speeds. I'll also mention that I'm on the LTE unlimited plan in an LTE area (San Francisco). As soon as my billing cycle ended, I switched back to the ATT apn and went back to unthrottled LTE speeds. I went a little crazy because a day later I was throttled again, but to my horror, this time the APNs that worked the previous month no longer worked. I tried everything, even traveling out of the LTE coverage area and switching APNs but still the HSPA+ bypass APNS no longer worked when they did the previous month. I'm been pretty devastated, but then saw this new IMEI method this morning and tried it out.
Here's what I did.
#1. Call ATT, told them I was troubleshooting my new Skyrocket and wanted to switch back to my old Inspire 4g and corresponding data plan.
#2 I gave them my IMEI # of the Inspire 4G, and over the phone they switched my data plans from the 4G LTE unlimited data plan back to my previous 3G unlimited data plan while also notating my new IMEI # for the Inspire 4G. They went over all the details of how my old data and new data plans would be prorated bla bla bla.
#3 Ended the call.
#4 Put the Skyrocket in Airplane mode, powered off, and took the sim card out of the Skyrocket and put it in the Inspire 4G (not sure if this was necessary, probably could have skipped this step and just called them back/step #5 from the Skyrocket)
#5 Immediately called ATT back, told them I was done "troubleshooting my Skyrocket" and that I wanted to switch back to that phone, gave them the Skyrocket IMEI and made sure they switched the data plan back to the LTE unlimited one . Went through the same long scripted conversation about the old/new data plans being prorated bla bla
#6 Ended call
#7 Put the sim card back in the Skyrocket, powered it on, turned airplane mode off
#8 Speedtest. Unthrottled LTE speeds!!!
I'm wondering if I should just switch over to the HSPA+ bypass APNs now BEFORE the next billing cycle and just never switch back to the LTE att apn, and maybe the bypass APNs will start working again?

[Q] AT&T Throttling My Data?

I have had my Nexus 5 since the beginning. I am on AT&T of course. I pulled the sim from my HTC One XL and put it into the 5. No problems. Up until this week I think. Speedtest will not go above 0.56Mbps. I am in Houston with plenty of LTE service. I check my At&T account and they have changed the logo above my phone number. It used to show Android HTC. So, I figure that Att has figured out that i am not using "their" phone. I call them up and they say that the IMEI's do not match. The tech guy was cool. He said he was trying to help me. That nothing was going to change. He did a few things but no dice. I wasnt sure if i was supposed to tell Att anything as they might ruin my chances at having good service with an unlocked phone. Anyway, i have restored my phone, changed APNs, and now I dont know what to do.

I don't know but just curious does your accrual signal say LTE?
I didn't tell att when I switched from an iPhone. LTE was still fine
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Download tellinfo app. Then switch to edge. Once you'll see E sign switch back to LTE/GSM. Should help
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I just gave them my IMEI number and it all worked fine. I have a grand fathered unlimited plan too that was unaffected. I think Google made sure their phone would work with at&t.
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I tried the Tellinfo app. What am I looking for? My signal strength is -106. It used to be around -85. I have tried the ATT PHONE APN and the ATT LTE PTA APN. Both are working the same. ATT is supposed to call back today. He said after resetting the phone, the last two efforts would be to send a new sim, and if that doesnt work, then its my phone. Now, I'm pretty sure it's not the phone. I also didnt have an option for Edge. THere was EvDo.

HOXnoo8 said:
I have had my Nexus 5 since the beginning. I am on AT&T of course. I pulled the sim from my HTC One XL and put it into the 5. No problems. Up until this week I think. Speedtest will not go above 0.56Mbps. I am in Houston with plenty of LTE service. I check my At&T account and they have changed the logo above my phone number. It used to show Android HTC. So, I figure that Att has figured out that i am not using "their" phone. I call them up and they say that the IMEI's do not match. The tech guy was cool. He said he was trying to help me. That nothing was going to change. He did a few things but no dice. I wasnt sure if i was supposed to tell Att anything as they might ruin my chances at having good service with an unlocked phone. Anyway, i have restored my phone, changed APNs, and now I dont know what to do.
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Endoran said:
I just gave them my IMEI number and it all worked fine. I have a grand fathered unlimited plan too that was unaffected. I think Google made sure their phone would work with at&t.
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Well you do know if your on the Unlimited Data Plan on AT&T you get throttled down to about that speed after hitting 5GB .... .

Its probably data cap 5GB throttle city. It happened to me. I called ATT and they confirmed I was at 8GB for the month and had to wait till cycle flipped. After flip flying at "super fast" ATT speeds again.
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cybafro said:
Its probably data cap 5GB throttle city. It happened to me. I called ATT and they confirmed I was at 8GB for the month and had to wait till cycle flipped. After flip flying at "super fast" ATT speeds again.
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You can always use the wap.cingular APN. Wont get LTE just 3G but you will be unthrottled Thats what I do! Which in my small town I get 10-11mbps down on 3G

hyelton said:
You can always use the wap.cingular APN. Wont get LTE just 3G but you will be unthrottled Thats what I do! Which in my small town I get 10-11mbps down on 3G
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I am on the Unlimited data plan. I didnt realize they would throttle me after 5mbs. I havent done any downloading of custom roms yet. I used to use data like crazy with my One XL and I never noticed any loss of data. I will try the cingular APN just for shiz. Thanks.
EDIT: I checked with ATT and yeah, my cycle ends either on the 7th or 8th and I have used about 6mb. So, fingers crossed for next week.

hyelton said:
You can always use the wap.cingular APN. Wont get LTE just 3G but you will be unthrottled Thats what I do! Which in my small town I get 10-11mbps down on 3G
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Thanks Dude! Just tried it out. Its no LTE but its way faster than the "throttler" :laugh:

Endoran said:
I just gave them my IMEI number and it all worked fine. I have a grand fathered unlimited plan too that was unaffected. I think Google made sure their phone would work with at&t.
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You're lucky. I'm using my N5 on T-Mobile and I lost my grandfathered unlimited plan. I had no data (but emails and SMS worked ... strange). After a week of communications and testing tech support claimed that the N5 was not compatible with the grandfathered plan (it did show up in my account on the website as Unknown with unlimited data). After upgrading to a metered plan my service is excellent.

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Thanks Dude! Just tried it out. Its no LTE but its way faster than the "throttler" :laugh:
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Can you confirm what plan and rom you're on? I'm on unlimited lte plan and I USED to be able to do this but since switching to the Nexus 5 they won't even let me connect via wap.cingular on the nexus 5 (even on 3g). I have no problem doing this on my nexus 4 or my i9100 gsII, but either the nexus 5 or att has been blocking me since

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Well you do know if your on the Unlimited Data Plan on AT&T you get throttled down to about that speed after hitting 5GB .... .
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That's what T-Mobile does on its grandfathered plans after 4.5 GB and on its new metered plans after you exceed your plan limit. Great, huh?