I just bought a Verizon 4g LTE 2FF sim from eBay and put in my MZ602 Xoom. I was able to activate from the Xoom's Mobile Network settings page. Cheapest plan was $20 per month for 1gb data with no activation charge so I signed up. Rebooted and seems to work fine. Is this the cheapest plan Verizon has? I don't have any other Verizon devices other than the Xoom. I will rarely used the 4g, mostly WiFi so looking for cheapest plan.
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I am a AT&T prepaid user. Can I use the Atrix 4G in it without data plan? I only use Wi-Fi which is much faster.
The AT&T shop assistant man told me that I will not be able to use it if I do not open any date plan. If I am a prepaid user I can not use the phone; If I am a postpaid user I will be notified to add a data plan after I insert the SIM card into the Atrix 4G which is a smartphone.
Currently I also use a smartphone in AT&T network and does not commit any data plan. The phone works great. The shop assistant said the reason is that Atrix 4G is a AT&T phone and will be recognized by AT&T and force to open a data plan.
I do not know whether I should believe him for may be he is just trying to sell me more expensive plans. Is it technically possible to ban prepaid users? Is there any way to avoid this restriction? Since the Atrix 4G smartphone is bought in full price and unlocked, I do not owe AT&T anything. It works in T-Mobile, but does not works in AT&T prepaid, which seems very rediculous.
You may use any phone smartphone that its not ATT branded.
But if the phone is a ATT branded they do detect it using the imei and force you to add the expensive data plan. You may run a few months without been detected, but sooner or later they find out and force you to change plan.
I know this for fact because a used to use a Xperia X1 that came unlock from other carrier on ATT, and they never force me to change plan, but as soon as I started using an Iphone on the network a few weeks later I got a txt msg telling me they detected a smartphone without data plan, and automatically added the data plan.
You can modify in Setting-->Wireless&network-->mobile network-->Access point name. After that, you can set user name, add, pass follow your mobile's network service. Good luck.
have beeen using a atrix since march and have had a iphone since 2g on att using my sim with no data plan. just put the sim in and off you go almost 5 yrs now, and no forced data plan.
Hi,
I will be moving onto a houseboat on saturday and am looking for an internet solution.
I am hoping to find the cheapest plan that offers me good speeds and unlimited data (if not at least a lot of GBs, MIN 10)
I will be living in marina del rey, in los angeles.
I am currently using a samsung galaxy S 1 (GT-i9000m) with straighttalk as my carrier. I pay 45$ a month for unlimited talk text and web (though the reviews say that if you go over 2GB you will likely get disconnected), the fineprints say that i am not allowed to do mobile hotspot on this plan (and they dont have an option to add that feature) but I use it everyday on the bus for webbrowsing and have not yet received any notifications (2 months in)
I would like to buy a seperate mobile hotspot device (be it a cheap used phone, or a dedicated device) and use it as my internet router on the boat. I also refuse to sign a contract, so am only considering monthly plans.
I am a heavy data consumer who sometimes uses over 100GB a month, but if need be, i will curb my habits when on the boat.
I have already done a somewhat rudimentary comparison of my options which i will list below.
T-Mobile has a cheap hotspot device for 40$ here http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones/cell-phone-detail.aspx?class=prepaid&cell-phone=T-Mobile-4G-Mobile-HotSpot-No-Annual-Contract-Refurbished
and they have a plan that has unlimited 4G speeds for the first 5GBs for only 30$ a month. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
I do not think I would be allowed to hotspot on this plan, and i do not know if they have an option to add that feature for xx$
also, that hotspot device is not LTE compatible (i think), but could I get LTE speeds on that plan if i bought an LTE hotspot phone/device?
Virgin Mobile has a plan for 35$ that claims unlimited 4G (though the fineprints say that only the first 10GB are 4g speeds), this plan is made for hotspots, so theres no problems there. http://www.virginmobileusa.com/mobile-broadband-plans/broadband-2-go/overview/
and they have hotspots for 80$ here http://www.virginmobileusa.com/shop...-2-go/sierra-overdrive-pro/features/#features
MetroPCS has a reasonable offer as well
they have a 55$ plan that has true unlimited LTE service http://www.metropcs.com/metro/detail/per+month+4GLTE/4G4ME55
but i have been told by one of their reps that I cannot hotspot with this plan and cannot pay to add that feature.
Would they know if i put their SIM in a hotspot device and used it as such?
Which hotspot device would work well with MetroPCS LTE?
I think those are the only options i have found.
do you guys know of any other ones?
did i miss anything?
how does the carrier know if i am tethering?
thanks!
Hi everybody!
Currently I am on Page Plus, because I don't talk or text very much, I currently use WiFi as much as possible with a Droid X2, 3g only.
I have a HTC Thunderbolt that uses full size 4g Sims. It is not activated.
I know that it is possible to activate a tablet on Verizon data only prepaid plan, then put the SIM in a phone, Verizon can't do anything about it because of an agreement they made with the FCC when the were granted permission to the LTE spectrum.
I would love to use the Thunderbolt on the 2gb a month data only play from Verizon for $30 a month.
The only problem is, from what I've read on the forums, the only way to do this is purchase a tablet, activate it, swap SIMs, then sell the tablet if you do not want it. I already have a Galaxy Tab 2, and do not want another tablet.
So I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to obtain the SIM and activate it without having a tablet.
Thanks.
For awhile, I was using my T-Mobile SIM on and off in my Shield Tablet on the $30 5GB plan. It is a phone plan, but T-Mobile had these tablets incorrectly classified as phones, so it was working great.
However, this recent time I put my SIM in, and it is asking me to sign up. My guess is that T-Mobile finally reclassified these devices as tablets, but I wanted to see if anyone was still able to use the $30 5GB plan on their Shield, or if they had to switch to a tablet plan. I'm annoyed because it looks like I might have wasted $30 on a refill.
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For awhile, I was using my T-Mobile SIM on and off in my Shield Tablet on the $30 5GB plan. It is a phone plan, but T-Mobile had these tablets incorrectly classified as phones, so it was working great.
However, this recent time I put my SIM in, and it is asking me to sign up. My guess is that T-Mobile finally reclassified these devices as tablets, but I wanted to see if anyone was still able to use the $30 5GB plan on their Shield, or if they had to switch to a tablet plan. I'm annoyed because it looks like I might have wasted $30 on a refill.
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It would be a lot better to get on Harbor Mobile's $15 5GB LTE Plan. Unlike your plan, it includes unlimited domestic (and even international) data roaming. Also includes unlimited music streaming and unlimited throttled data. Note that Harbor Mobile isn't an MVNO but a business reseller, so you'd still be using a T-Mobile SIM and can still access my.t-mobile.com (You'll need to buy a data SIM tho).
That looks like a pretty good price and plan. I am going to look further into it.
In the meantime, I do use my T-Mobile SIM in a phone most of the time. I liked the flexibility of putting it into my tablet every once in awhile. Does anyone else have any experience using the $30 T-Mobile plan in the Shield Tablet? Did they take away that ability from us?
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That looks like a pretty good price and plan. I am going to look further into it.
In the meantime, I do use my T-Mobile SIM in a phone most of the time. I liked the flexibility of putting it into my tablet every once in awhile. Does anyone else have any experience using the $30 T-Mobile plan in the Shield Tablet? Did they take away that ability from us?
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If you do do decide to sign up with them, use that referral link! If you don't need that much data, another alternative is to get Red Pocket Mobile. You don't get roaming, but it's $5 for .5GB and $10 for 1GB pay as you go. But otherwise the Harbor Mobile plan is unbeatable.
I doesn't work with a regular plan either. I have a 4 line family plan that increases your data to 2.5GB from 1GB and an extra sim card lying around that's not being used in a phone. I tried to put it into the Shield Tablet and it requested me to sign up to a plan even though when I plug it into a phone, it works just fine. Simply ended up with a regular 200mb for life instead for emergencies on a spare t-mobile simcard I had lying around.
T-Mobile has definitely reclassified the NST as a tablet. Phone SIMs will no longer work, unfortunately. I originally had a phone sim in it and I had to swap it out. If you already have a post-paid service with a hotspot, T-Mobile will match your hotspot GBs with data for your tablet for $10.
Mind you .. the NST and T-Mobile don't work perfectly together. My phone gets way better reception than the tablet in certain areas. This is supposedly because the NST doesn't support all the LTE bands that T-Mobile uses. However, when you cross-reference T-Mobiles LTE bands with the NSTs (supposedly) supported bands ... they match. T-Mobile primarily uses band 4 for LTE.
More info here:
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4988
and here:
http://shield.nvidia.com/tablet-faq/
If anybody has more information on this, please do share. It's frustrating to often have full LTE on my phone and nothing on my tablet!
Cheers.
Apparently, the North America LTE Model NST supports band 4 but not the 2100 MHZ part of band 4 ... which is what a large part of T-Mobile uses. I wonder if this can be enabled somehow ...
Hello I'm considering getting this phone. I researched and found that this phone model 1917 is the right one for Verizon it has all its LTE bands and I could give a **** about Wi-Fi calling or visual voicemail or video calling I have apps for that. My big question is about the hot spot for people using this phone on Verizon.
Do you have to do anything to get your hotspot to work properly the reason I don't buy phones from Verizon is I'm on the grandfathered unlimited data plan meaning I don't get throttled after using a certain amount of data it's only $10 more a month than their so-called unlimited plan offered now.
If I switch to a Verizon brand phone they will make me sign up with dere new data plan which only offers 30 gigabytes a month and I would burn through that inside of a couple days.
This is the reason I've been sticking with my HTC u12 plus. The native hotspot on this international phone works right out of the box since it's not Verizon limited software. I just wondered does the hotspot work flawlessly?
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Hello I'm considering getting this phone. I researched and found that this phone model 1917 is the right one for Verizon it has all its LTE bands and I could give a **** about Wi-Fi calling or visual voicemail or video calling I have apps for that. My big question is about the hot spot for people using this phone on Verizon.
Do you have to do anything to get your hotspot to work properly the reason I don't buy phones from Verizon is I'm on the grandfathered unlimited data plan meaning I don't get throttled after using a certain amount of data it's only $10 more a month than their so-called unlimited plan offered now.
If I switch to a Verizon brand phone they will make me sign up with dere new data plan which only offers 30 gigabytes a month and I would burn through that inside of a couple days.
This is the reason I've been sticking with my HTC u12 plus. The native hotspot on this international phone works right out of the box since it's not Verizon limited software. I just wondered does the hotspot work flawlessly?
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HI,
I have a 7 Pro but I am on the newest plans; Get More Unlimited.
I got rid of my grandfathered plan because there was no benefit for me and the new ones are cheaper.
There is a provisioning check on some phones. If you root you can bypass the check.
I have the original unlimited plan, like you, and hotspot worked just fine. It worked fine with T-Mobile firmware and global, so no worries at all.
No issues with Verizon hotspot here. Just got CDMA-less enabled on my line and haven't had any service issues whatsoever