My brother is looking to finally get rid of his blackberry and wants this phone. He plans on upgrading either through website or att store.
He still has his unlimited data plan which brings me to my question, to anyone who has recently upgraded; if he upgrades, will he still be able to keep his unlimited data plan. Does he have to do something special to keep it?
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i was able to keep my unlimited plan when i upgraded from my iphone 3gs to this...
He will get to keep his plan as Pirate has said. He is grandfathered in, just as my dad was from his iPhone 3GS.
That's good, wish I has the money for an unlimited package before they left. Thanks for your help.
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Is wifi tethering free??
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If you are rooted just download wifitether from the market.
Forgive me I wasn't specific.. is it free when you run the internet using wifi tether??
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kijp15 said:
Forgive me I wasn't specific.. is it free when you run the internet using wifi tether??
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What do you mean "free"? It depends on your data plan...
so if i have free internet on my phone it would be free to use the 3g to run the internet w/o gettin any bills added on my phone. my bad for the dumb question im just curious cuz its my first time ever using this app.
kijp15 said:
so if i have free internet on my phone it would be free to use the 3g to run the internet w/o gettin any bills added on my phone. my bad for the dumb question im just curious cuz its my first time ever using this app.
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Yes, if you have a unlimited data package, then there will be no additional charges. However, if you do not have one, you will exceed your cap quickly, and they will charge you accordingly.
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Well said. Thanks for your guys help. Take care and God Bless all.
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Even with an unlimited data package, isn't there fine print somewhere that says there is a 5gb data transfer limit?
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misfit0313 said:
Even with an unlimited data package, isn't there fine print somewhere that says there is a 5gb data transfer limit?
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Unaware of such fine print, but if you do find it... can you let us know?
I just checked the fine print. The 5gb cap applies to roaming, air cards, and tethering. (like if you added a tethering option to your plan) Using wifi tether or USB tether should show up as normal data usage.
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The only thing they can do because u signed for unlimited data is they could throttle you meaning they will slow your internet connection down but ive never herd sprint doing this however tmobile will if you go over 5g a month but they wont actually charge you extra
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Unaware of such fine print, but if you do find it... can you let us know?
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From my understanding (and no, i've never seen it in writing), most of the
carriers enforce a cap, somewhere between 5 and 10gb, depending. If you are
on an unlimited data plan, they can't charge you more, so they just throttle
your connection to limit your data for the rest of the billing cycle. I could be
wrong on this though, haven't even come close to capping.
As far as charges for tethering, if you asked your carrier, they'd be more than
happy to charge you the $30 tethering fee (or whatever it may be). My feeling
is that if you are already paying for unlimited data, and you aren't abusing the
service, it's not right for them to charge you extra for a feature your phone
should include.
The only company ive known to inforce throtlling is tmobile theyll send,out a text saying we are resticting your data conection through this billing cycle howver i hVe never had that on sprint and my brother has been fine on his dx on verizon and hes been using wireless tether for a couple of months now
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Don't worry about data caps on sprint. Sprint is the only provider that has truly unlimited data and won't charge you extra,throttle you, or drop you for using enormous amounts of data. The CEO of sprint proclaimed this about a year ago i believe
oh i forgot. Applications such as PDAnet allows you to tether your phone without letting the carrier know so they think its normal data usage. I doubt they will give you a call asking but if they do just tell them you browse the internet with your phone a lot. They can't prove it
If your ROOTED it is!!
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This month I started using my hotspot feature for all my home internet needs. Needless to say, I burned through 5 gigs in a few days. I remember that T-mobile announced that they were going to throttle anyone that passes through the 5 gigs for the reminder of the billing cycle. I got a text from T-mobile saying that i was going to be throttled but its been a week already and im still seeing the same speeds.
Does anyone know why i havent been throttled? I am using the dumbphone unlimited 10$ internet so im wondering if that has anything to do with it?
How do you burn 5 gigs with a dumb phone? I can barely go over 2 gigs and I'm using the n1 and I'm a heavy user too
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wang1404 said:
How do you burn 5 gigs with a dumb phone? I can barely go over 2 gigs and I'm using the n1 and I'm a heavy user too
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grimmjaw said:
This month I started using my hotspot feature for all my home internet needs.
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Prolly using a Laptop xP
the app for downloading torrents on an android? lol
I think it depends on what time u use it I have had my internet throttle but if I go online on non peak hours I have full speeds
Too much HD naughty movies maybe.lol j/k
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Okay so I was wondering if when my sister gets a s4 from her friend, will there be an extra charge from T-Mobile?
She is still on the old system contract, and her line plan was having 1000 minutes shared and unlimited texting but no data at all for her line. So is it possible to have a smartphone and use 100% WiFi only and not have to get charged extra?
This would be really helpful, thanks in advance.
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there shouldn't be a data charge if using wifi. unless your on an airplane and they want to charge you 50 bucks for wifi. and what, her friend is giving her an s4? you should be nicer to your sisters friend.
teerout said:
there shouldn't be a data charge if using wifi. unless your on an airplane and they want to charge you 50 bucks for wifi. and what, her friend is giving her an s4? you should be nicer to your sisters friend.
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Lol yeah, I heard at&t and detect if your using a smartphone and automatically put you on a data plan. Can T-Mobile do that to?
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darkynk said:
Lol yeah, I heard at&t and detect if your using a smartphone and automatically put you on a data plan. Can T-Mobile do that to?
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No they don't. I was on a talk and text only plan when I got my Exhibit and went about 3 months with no data. In fact you can actually go on my t-mobile and block data to make sure you don't get charged.
Hello guys,
I just want to share with you guys or at least to the people that Tether mobile data to other devices like tablet, pc, laptop and/or other mobiles there is an app that works like charm. After weeks trying to successfully tether from my data plan I was getting all negative results. I even paid for the premium app Tether from CMW and that didnt worked for me at all until finally find FoxFi app. Works so great that I bought the keys to unlock the free version to premium and is amazing. I get speed on my PC from 13mb to 16mb download and 10-12mb upload.
SVLAN said:
Hello guys,
I just want to share with you guys or at least to the people that Tether mobile data to other devices like tablet, pc, laptop and/or other mobiles there is an app that works like charm. After weeks trying to successfully tether from my data plan I was getting all negative results. I even paid for the premium app Tether from CMW and that didnt worked for me at all until finally find FoxFi app. Works so great that I bought the keys to unlock the free version to premium and is amazing. I get speed on my PC from 13mb to 16mb download and 10-12mb upload.
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I was able to get tethering to work on my current rom last weekend. It was the first time I used it, but it worked just fine from the AHD to my Nexus 10. The biggest problem was that it sucked the data like crazy. I suppose I should have turned off background data on the nexus while doing this, but I didn't think it would make a big difference.
What is the benefit of this app if your tethering already works?
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I was able to get tethering to work on my current rom last weekend. It was the first time I used it, but it worked just fine from the AHD to my Nexus 10. The biggest problem was that it sucked the data like crazy. I suppose I should have turned off background data on the nexus while doing this, but I didn't think it would make a big difference.
What is the benefit of this app if your tethering already works?
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I have unlimited lte/4g data with tmo but this plan doesn't include tethering. Is something great for me because they can't trace me sucking their data from my PC something that I have sucked over 20gigs of data from my PC. I can tether from most of the ROMs but only to phone and tablets not PC or laptops.
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