[Q] AT&T Throttling My Data? - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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.

cybafro said:
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

hyelton said:
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?

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$15 unlimited data????

Has anyone else seen this or have any idea about it? I'm going to call them but jw if anyone has gotten this sorta thingy.
Thanks!
ps i'll post updates after i talk to tehm
Hmm. Never seen it before. Keep us posted.
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I have seen the $10 unlimited EDGE data plan in the email I got from AT&T after upgrading my phone.
I'm pretty sure it's for non smartphones.
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hiltun said:
I have seen the $10 unlimited EDGE data plan in the email I got from AT&T after upgrading my phone.
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Wha? What's this.
I've seen the $15 for 200mb data plan.. I use average of 3gb a month so that's a no go for me..
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The $15/month unlimited data feature is supposed to only be for QMP's (Quick Messaging Phones), since it's basically just a MediaNet perk.
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You can try enabling the $15/mo plan by doing the following:
Find yourself a really old phone that has medianet capabilities. Put your sim card in it and wait a couple hours for ATT's network to recognize the IMEI. Go online and manage your account's features and change your data plan to $15/mo unlimited MediaNet plan. Take SIM card out, put in android phone and celebrate. I've done this trick before on other phones a while back and I'm not sure if ATT has fixed this bug or not but it always worked without a hitch and they never caught it.
akira02rex said:
You can try enabling the $15/mo plan by doing the following:
Find yourself a really old phone that has medianet capabilities. Put your sim card in it and wait a couple hours for ATT's network to recognize the IMEI. Go online and manage your account's features and change your data plan to $15/mo unlimited MediaNet plan. Take SIM card out, put in android phone and celebrate. I've done this trick before on other phones a while back and I'm not sure if ATT has fixed this bug or not but it always worked without a hitch and they never caught it.
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Sounds good
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magnumforce2006 said:
Wha? What's this.
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Here is a quote from the email:
Get connected to the Mobile Web with unlimited access to search, email, apps, games, music and more. Data Unlimited plans start at $15 per month
Pay just $10 per month per line for unlimited data access to the Mobile Web when combined with a Family Messaging Unlimited plan.
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Yes I have. It works with the non smartphones this is what I used to have. But my similar Sid not work in this phone wig it..I've tried
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rtbluver said:
Yes I have. It works with the non smartphones this is what I used to have. But my similar Sid not work in this phone wig it..I've tried
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Huh?
akira02rex said:
You can try enabling the $15/mo plan by doing the following:
Find yourself a really old phone that has medianet capabilities. Put your sim card in it and wait a couple hours for ATT's network to recognize the IMEI. Go online and manage your account's features and change your data plan to $15/mo unlimited MediaNet plan. Take SIM card out, put in android phone and celebrate. I've done this trick before on other phones a while back and I'm not sure if ATT has fixed this bug or not but it always worked without a hitch and they never caught it.
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same for me im runing 15$ data plan from way back when...upgrade to LG VU with 15$ unlimitedd data bcuz its a (multimedia pnone and not a smart phone) then in high baught a blackberry off of friend data worked, found an iphone 3gs 16 in venice tried to return to owner but it was locked, jailbroke it had it for a year, i had to change the APN with unlockit.co.nz. now i upgraded to Inspire with my sisters contract told them to switch numbers so i kept my old sim, still 15$ unlimited data but i had to search and manually change the APN on the inspire to get 3g to work. If anyone has that problem and needs help ill be glad to help you out
ive gotten the $15 unlimited data too, havent been caught yet
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Huh?
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I had the 15 unlimited data on my non smartphone. Then I got this phone and the sim did not work in it. So I got a 4g sim. But I forgot that you could if you changed the APN.
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I had the $10 unlimited data plan with my fuse and tilt2 up until I upgraded to this phone last month. I'm confused as to why the letter says Congrats on your new inspire and offers me a dumb phone data plan and I'm secretly hoping it might be a loyalty or secret data plan haha. I still haven't called them yet but I will definitely update you guys once I do.
And you don't even have to wait a few hours to do the sim trick. Last time I did it, I just popped it in my old phone and called them and gave them the imei for that phone. Worked like a charm for 2 years until I had to upgrade and change my data plan to get this phone (which ultimately I got for free lol).
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C'mon nhshah7, you had all dang day and you still haven't called about this? Where's the update?
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C'mon nhshah7, you had all dang day and you still haven't called about this? Where's the update?
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hahahah i'm sorry i'll do it first thing in the morning tomorrow, it's been a busy day. Tomorrow morning, I promise!
I have had this since 1997. The down side is that I had to do it with a WinMo phone for too long.
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The long awaited update...but it won't satisfy.
So I called ATT a little while back (ironically I had an issue where I couldn't dial numbers for half an hour, even after pulling the sim, so I couldn't even dial ATT's number!). After I got that sorted out, I asked about the letter. I mentioned that it specifically says my name and phone (Inspire 4g) on it so it was directly mentioning my phone and not sent for another line in my family...all of us have smartphones anyways. she put me on hold for some time and came back and basically reviewed all the data plans with me (something i was already aware of......) and said they don't offer that plan. After a little more of bugging her that it was sent to ME with MY PHONE and said $15 unlimited data, she said that I can fax in a copy of it to customer service and that they would research it and get back to me within 3-7 business days.
Basically it's getting sent to someone else to review and research. I'llkeep you guys posted and see if i can wiggle my way into a custom data plan

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!
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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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maxjivi05 said:
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 $30 unlimited data.
Phoneguy589 said:
You'll probably be hit with a fee. They charged me an upgrade fee when i gave my daughter my iPhone. I didn't go to the store and upgrade just swapped sim cards.
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SolsticeZero said:
But it works with the skyrocket.... Which this forum is pretty much expressly about....
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It doesn't work for all skyrockets
The going theory is that if you are on the lte unlimited plan and in an lte area...it won't work
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Well the IMEI swap does create pro-rated charges but if you are charged more then 30$ 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.
maxjivi05 said:
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
opencipher said:
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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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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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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maxjivi05 said:
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?

Possible work around to Data throttling (AT&T)

This is what I did and was able to get LTE back. Can someone else try to confirm.
Do a speed test
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Chose device information
Change radio from LTE/GSM auto to GSM only
Back out to home screen
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Chose device information
Change radio from GSM only back to LTE/GSM
Back out to home screen
Do another speed test
This worked but didn't seem to stick if I reboot, had to redo process over to get unthrottled again.
works; i had tried this a hundred times before, but now it works! thanks!
Will try next time I get throttled. I used over 6.5 GB this month and still have full LTE speeds for some reason.
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Hmm.. I get consistant 30mbit-40mbit speeds on SpeedTest on AT&T LTE here in Waterbury, CT area. New towers just in last 3mo got LTE. Dont have to do the trick.
http://androidforums.com/transform-ultra-all-things-root/525425-disable-data-throttle-carrier.html
This method worked for me on both my HTC One and One XL. Although please be careful when messing with files in the system folder.
getbuzzin said:
This is what I did and was able to get LTE back. Can someone else try to confirm.
Do a speed test
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Chose device information
Change radio from LTE/GSM auto to GSM only
Back out to home screen
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Chose device information
Change radio from GSM only back to LTE/GSM
Back out to home screen
Do another speed test
This worked but didn't seem to stick if I reboot, had to redo process over to get unthrottled again.
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Today is the first of the month. Is this an old trick or did you just try it today? Because if you just tried it today.... well, you know.
it resets after i turn the screen off (also cuts data connectivity as per my custom settings with root apps), but it works every time if i do it, download something, and shut the screen off.
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Today is the first of the month. Is this an old trick or did you just try it today? Because if you just tried it today.... well, you know.
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In not sure what you meant. I'm 6 days into my cycle, got throttled because my 3 year old blew through 5 Gb watching YouTube. It's working for me and I was just wondering if it would work for others.
Lol. It worked on the first try.
This and the wifi hack have made my weekend!
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CZ Eddie said:
Today is the first of the month. Is this an old trick or did you just try it today? Because if you just tried it today.... well, you know.
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My billing does not cycle on the 1st. I believe it differs for everyone.
It worked, and stayed on my phone even after reboot.
After I turn back on lte/GSM auto it says LTE for a few seconds then the radio restarts and when it comes back it only says 4G and not LTE. I ran speed test then and its no better then I cycle airplane mode to get LTE back and still no difference what kind of speeds do you guys get once your throttled? I do only get 4 bars of LTE but once I'm throttled I can only hit .54 down and 1 up. That's just ridiculously slow, anything internet based is unusable at those speeds.
Also the worst part is I did a speed test before trying this and I hit 6Mbps now I can't get it back
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Sub'd!
Thanks, OP!
I think it has something to do with them not throttling you on HSDPA just lte..
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Does anyone know of something like this for galaxy note GT N7000???
Because I'm tired of getting throttled every month 10 days into my billing cycle!!
Worked here. Had to change in my network settings though *# code didnt work for me
bhp090808 said:
Worked here. Had to change in my network settings though *# code didnt work for me
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That code didnt work for me either maybe it's cause im on tmobile wicked rom
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esimon311 said:
Does anyone know of something like this for galaxy note GT N7000???
Because I'm tired of getting throttled every month 10 days into my billing cycle!!
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I have a way of getting past throttling but you won't be able to use visual voicemail. Basically what you do is switch between the unlimited data plan and unlimited data plan with visual voicemail. They're the same plan except one has visual voicemail and one doesn't. When you're throttled, call att and ask to be switched to the unlimited data plan with visual voicemail(or data plan without visual voicemail if you already have it). They'll switch you over and your data resets. It's a pain in the ass calling in every time you're throttled but it's better than being throttled. I've been using this forever and mentioned it a few times on these forums but i think it's too tedious for some.
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cmjkxa said:
I have a way of getting past throttling but you won't be able to use visual voicemail. Basically what you do is switch between the unlimited data plan and unlimited data plan with visual voicemail. They're the same plan except one has visual voicemail and one doesn't. When you're throttled, call att and ask to be switched to the unlimited data plan with visual voicemail(or data plan without visual voicemail if you already have it). They'll switch you over and your data resets. It's a pain in the ass calling in every time you're throttled but it's better than being throttled. I've been using this forever and mentioned it a few times on these forums but i think it's too tedious for some.
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I'll give it a try thanks!
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I'm at 8.3GB with still a week to go and no throttling yet. I'll give this a try If I get throttled at all. so far, I'm getting full LTE speeds.

[Q] Question regarding AT&T and Straight Talk..

So today I went in and set up a plan with AT&T on their mobile 2GB share plan(not prepaid). Got a sim and now awaiting my n5. I have been reading on here that Straight talk has a plan for $45 a month which includes LTE. So my question is, Will I get the same coverage, Same speeds on Straight talk that I would get from AT&T? If this is the case, I feel like its a no brainer to get straight talk instead. I am usually on wifi at work and at home, so I only need 2gbs.
Also, How would I go about setting up service on straight talk?
J.Guido85 said:
So today I went in and set up a plan with AT&T on their mobile 2GB share plan(not prepaid). Got a sim and now awaiting my n5. I have been reading on here that Straight talk has a plan for $45 a month which includes LTE. So my question is, Will I get the same coverage, Same speeds on Straight talk that I would get from AT&T? If this is the case, I feel like its a no brainer to get straight talk instead. I am usually on wifi at work and at home, so I only need 2gbs.
Also, How would I go about setting up service on straight talk?
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I went from ATT to ST. I get identical cell coverage (in fact, it even says AT&T as the carrier)
I notice the internet is slower - it looks like they throttle it by default. . Also once you hit 2.5gb of internet they will significantly throttle it.
However I am overall happy... Paying less than 50% and like you I am usually on WiFi.
You just order the sim from their website and put it in the phone.
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AndroidSlave said:
I went from ATT to ST. I get identical cell coverage (in fact, it even says AT&T as the carrier)
I notice the internet is slower - it looks like they throttle it by default. . Also once you hit 2.5gb of internet they will significantly throttle it.
However I am overall happy... Paying less than 50% and like you I am usually on WiFi.
You just order the sim from their website and put it in the phone.
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What are your speeds?
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What are your speeds?
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when I was on ST with LTE I averaged 20mbs download. but I am now back with go phone 60 a month plan
daddioj said:
when I was on ST with LTE I averaged 20mbs download. but I am now back with go phone 60 a month plan
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How come if you don't mind me asking...
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well there was a whole thread on how none of peoples mms messages were not sending. mine didn't either. even though it clearly showed sent on my phone. even text sometimes failed. could it have been teething issues because of LTE just launching maybe. could have been my note 3 when I had it maybe. plus I don't want to be throttled and I want to use my data however I want to use it. plus when you send via text or mms your basically going through a middle man first when on a MVNO and sometimes things can get lost in transition. maybe it was AT&T? I I will never know. but I rather pay the extra 13 bucks its worth it to me rather then be aggravated.
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well there was a whole thread on how none of peoples mms messages were not sending. mine didn't either. even though it clearly showed sent on my phone. even text sometimes failed. could it have been teething issues because of LTE just launching maybe. could have been my note 3 when I had it maybe. plus I don't want to be throttled and I want to use my data however I want to use it. plus when you send via text or mms your basically going through a middle man first when on a MVNO and sometimes things can get lost in transition. maybe it was AT&T? I I will never know. but I rather pay the extra 13 bucks its worth it to me rather then be aggravated.
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What do you have now with Gophone?
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2gb of data unlimted talk and text. and texting to 60 + countries.
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or theres AIO which AT&T owns. but are throttled to 8-12 mb down on LTE.
Would I be better off doing Aio pro plan for $70/month or stick with AT&T mobile share w/2gb for $105 after taxes... Forget price, I'm more concerned about speeds and coverage for LTE.
AT&T has excellent coverage in my area and I don't travel much. Aio pro comes with 7Gb as we'll.....
Hmmmmm
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No H+, LTE or MMS on AT&T

So I can't get LTE or hspa+ to work on my n5 using at&t. MMS doesn't work either.
Hspa works fine. 6mb down and 1mb up. Which is fine for me. But still strange. This is a new at&t Sim. So its not a simcard issue. I just recently got data on my account. Because before it was just a minutes only plan and I kinda cheated the system and got a unlocked phone, simply poped my Sim in and thats it.
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russian392 said:
So I can't get LTE or hspa+ to work on my n5 using at&t. MMS doesn't work either.
Hspa works fine. 6mb down and 1mb up. Which is fine for me. But still strange. This is a new at&t Sim. So its not a simcard issue. I just recently got data on my account. Because before it was just a minutes only plan and I kinda cheated the system and got a unlocked phone, simply poped my Sim in and thats it.
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Change your APN to ATT LTE.
theesotericone said:
Change your APN to ATT LTE.
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I tired. :/ nothing. Maybe I got the settings wrong? Idk. All I know is nothing has worked so far hence why I'm posting this.
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I tired. :/ nothing. Maybe I got the settings wrong? Idk. All I know is nothing has worked so far hence why I'm posting this.
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What ROM are you on? You should be able to go to settings/more/cellular networks/access point names then choose either ATT LTE or ATT Phone. No editing required.
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What ROM are you on? You should be able to go to settings/more/cellular networks/access point names then choose either ATT LTE or ATT Phone. No editing required.
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Tried att phone. I found some kind of APN just now, it finds hspa but its spoty at my house so can't check for sure if I get hspa+ or LTE. But i m using cataclysm ROM. Elemental x kernel.
One thing I noticed is the only APN that works is .Cingular. Anything .att doesn't work.
Just checked. My house is covered with 4g LTE
russian392 said:
Tried att phone. I found some kind of APN just now, it finds hspa but its spoty at my house so can't check for sure if I get hspa+ or LTE. But i m using cataclysm ROM. Elemental x kernel.
One thing I noticed is the only APN that works is .Cingular. Anything .att doesn't work.
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Your might have to call ATT and have them provision the phone. They'll just need the imei.
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Your might have to call ATT and have them provision the phone. They'll just need the imei.
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Alright. That won't effect the plan I have? Trying to keep costs low and don't want to be charged extra for using a smart phone, they don't know I have one although online it recognizes the nexus 5 model number and imei
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Alright. That won't effect the plan I have? Trying to keep costs low and don't want to be charged extra for using a smart phone, they don't know I have one although online it recognizes the nexus 5 model number and imei
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Last thing to check would be to make sure you have Preferred Network Type set to LTE under Cellular network settings. Other than that you might have to live with HSPA. Trust me though ATT knows damn well it's a smartphone. They may consider your plan grandfathered they may not. If they don't expect a bill from them sometime in the future.
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Last thing to check would be to make sure you have Preferred Network Type set to LTE under Cellular network settings. Other than that you might have to live with HSPA. Trust me though ATT knows damn well it's a smartphone. They may consider your plan grandfathered they may not. If they don't expect a bill from them sometime in the future.
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The plan I used to be on was discontinued. And then I bough an att HTC first. Went to the store and they gave me a new Sim to fit in it and warned me I may be charged for data in the future during data sweeps. Then I had many phones after that, no data. And now this plan I can have data :/ its the mobileshare plan. And oh they know its a smartphone. They knew I had an atrix HD so....that's kinda odd.
I'm just wondering if it costs extra to have LTE vs the 3G.
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Tried att phone
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I'm on AT&T, and my APN is "ATT Phone". I get LTE no problem.
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I'm just wondering if it costs extra to have LTE vs the 3G.
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No, LTE doesn't cost more than 3G. It's all part of the same data plan.
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I'm on AT&T, and my APN is "ATT Phone". I get LTE no problem.
No, LTE doesn't cost more than 3G. It's all part of the same data plan.
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Alright thanks

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