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I'm thinking about buying a used htc tilt on ebay and using it with att, but can I keep my 15 dollar "dumbphone" data plan or do I need to upgrade my plan to the 30 dollar "smartphone" plan? I checked on wireless.att.com and theres not mention of the tilt needing the more expensive-r plan. Any experience from current users would be really useful though.

The Chenizzle said:
I'm thinking about buying a used htc tilt on ebay and using it with att, but can I keep my 15 dollar "dumbphone" data plan or do I need to upgrade my plan to the 30 dollar "smartphone" plan? I checked on wireless.att.com and theres not mention of the tilt needing the more expensive-r plan. Any experience from current users would be really useful though.
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If you sign up for a data plan it will have to be the 30 dollar smartphone plan. There is no way around it.

Not sure about the 8925. I got by with it with my 8525 though with no issues though. Tried the trick with the 8925 and tmobile stopped it saying my phone wasn't compatible with thier data plan. So naturally I upgrade to the $30 a month data plan and turns out Tmobile 3g is the worst in the world. Litterally. You can only use a tmobile branded phone on their 3G. So I'm going back to Atnt in a couple weeks. I'll let you know if it works. I'm gonna hook it up as a razr then switch out the sims.

maxpower097 said:
Not sure about the 8925. I got by with it with my 8525 though with no issues though. Tried the trick with the 8925 and tmobile stopped it saying my phone wasn't compatible with thier data plan. So naturally I upgrade to the $30 a month data plan and turns out Tmobile 3g is the worst in the world. Litterally. You can only use a tmobile branded phone on their 3G. So I'm going back to Atnt in a couple weeks. I'll let you know if it works. I'm gonna hook it up as a razr then switch out the sims.
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The network will recognize the phone as a Tilt and you will automatically be put on the $30 data plan

The Chenizzle said:
I'm thinking about buying a used htc tilt on ebay and using it with att, but can I keep my 15 dollar "dumbphone" data plan or do I need to upgrade my plan to the 30 dollar "smartphone" plan? I checked on wireless.att.com and theres not mention of the tilt needing the more expensive-r plan. Any experience from current users would be really useful though.
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I am still on MediaMax plan from back in the day. It is a plan they no longer offer that is unlimited data (on the wap network) and 200 Text messages.
Only $20.00 per month. I got grandfathered in before all this new Data Plan nonsense came into play.
Just don't connect to [email protected]
No one at ATT ever told me I had to change it, (I didn't really ask either) and I have spoken with them several times about other phones on my account.

Here we go on the data plan merry go round
Here comes your $15 data plan
http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...lan-prices-ends-unlimited-offer-update3-.html

Tmo Nexus one vs At&t Nexus one

Im currently thinking about switching to at&t from tmobile.
One reason is my work gets a 22% discount the at&t vrs 12% at Tmo.
Also with taxes and unlimited everything im paying about a hundred which is kind of rediculous. (Without my discount)
Has anyone switched before and have a little more insight about data and plans between the two networks. I already know tmobile has hspa+. But will i end up paying more at at&t?
I already have someone lined up to trade my tmo nexus for a att nexus. Im just skeptical. And yes im going to pay etf fee even though i dont want too.
Help me out here people.

Att generally is more money for the same service and their coverage is not much better at least where I live
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First of all, don't sign a contract because you're providing your own phone so you don't need to go on contract. Secondly, have you checked to make sure that T-Mobile has 3G in your area? What's your zip code?

How much etf do you have to pay? I dont think its a smart move to switch from tmo to att because of the extra 10% savings. Im pretty sure atts prices are inflated above the 10% difference. If you really wanted to save money then you can just switch your tmobile plan from your unlimited everything. If you switch your texting to google voice you can save $20 a month just from that. You can lower your minutes and start using sipdroid for your calls and have virtually unlimited free calls as long as you have decent data connection or wifi, and you can use your tmobile minutes as a backup.
So if you really wanted to get creative and still have a virtually unlimited plan you can sign up for the 500 minute plan on tmobile for $29.99, and get on the $10 web2go plan (this is the reason alone why i wont upgrade my phone for a long long time). $40 a month, and no contract.

smachine said:
How much etf do you have to pay? I dont think its a smart move to switch from tmo to att because of the extra 10% savings. Im pretty sure atts prices are inflated above the 10% difference. If you really wanted to save money then you can just switch your tmobile plan from your unlimited everything. If you switch your texting to google voice you can save $20 a month just from that. You can lower your minutes and start using sipdroid for your calls and have virtually unlimited free calls as long as you have decent data connection or wifi, and you can use your tmobile minutes as a backup.
So if you really wanted to get creative and still have a virtually unlimited plan you can sign up for the 500 minute plan on tmobile for $29.99, and get on the $10 web2go plan (this is the reason alone why i wont upgrade my phone for a long long time). $40 a month, and no contract.
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2 questions... how do I get on web2go plan. And how do I use gvoice for texting?

pretty sure web2go is one of the old grandfathered plans the only way you have it is if you stuck with your plan and never changed it.
T-mobile just like other carriers play dirty tricks with plans to get their money back from subsidized phones.
i for example recently went the route of buying a used N1 for more than a G2 would have cost me subsidized up front because i'm on a grandfathered G1 data plan so currently i pay 55 dollars a month for 300 min 400 texts and unlimited data. i dont talk or text enough on my phone to justify more so its the cheapest thing for me to do is stick with it. if its not enough for me at some point i can upgrade to the even more whatever base plan without contract because i'm out of contract on my G1 now and it will run me 60 a month for 500 anytime unlimited text and data. had i bought a subed G2 i would have had to pay 80 a month for the same exact plan that is 60 off contract.
from what i have seen ATT is about 20 dollars more a month for the base plan that you would want on a N1 or other similar phone and as i said before in my experience at least in the SF bay area coverage is equal between t-mobile and ATT for the most part, maybe a slight edge to ATT in some places but for the most part the same.
Sprint is the only carrier that i have seen that comes close to the cost of T-mo and even with a subed phone like a EVO 4G your only looking at 70ish a month for a comparable plan but its nice staying off contract because it gives me more options in the not so distance future

jm1999 said:
2 questions... how do I get on web2go plan. And how do I use gvoice for texting?
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I signed up just last week with tmobile and picked the $10 unlimited internet for phone option which is the same as web2go. Log into your tmobile account and go to add services, and there should be $10 unlimited mobile web for phones. Just make sure you do it before tmobile changes to the tiered plans, and set your device as being a dumbphone. Set your apn settings to internet2.voicestream.com and it will be good to go.
For google voice texting you just use the built in google voice application, or the normal contact list on your phone. It will send texts out from your google voice number. I sent one massive text out to all my contacts telling them my google voice number was my new main number. Might seem like a pain telling people a new number but after you do this it will help you out in the long run. You can setup sipdroid for free calls and all incoming and outgoing calls from your google voice number can be made without the use of any minutes if you have data/wifi. I made a step by step guide for that at this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8813244&postcount=18

I went the other way and am never going back to att!
My plan right now costs half of what att used to charge me
go tmo!
Ps: usually the discount only applies to the main line.
on both networks

[Q] Will my bill go up switching to Note?

I'm presently on a 3g (Blackberry) phone with an AT&T unlimited data plan and presently my bill breaks down as folows:
450 min - $40
1500 Txt msgs - $15
Unlimited data - $30
Total - ~$85
Question: Essentially keeping all my fetures unchanged, will my bill go up if I switch to this unlocked GT-N7000 Note?
Thanks

If it relates to the AT&T note, you are in the wrong forum. It has its own forum.

how will your bill go up if you stay on an unlimited data plan?

in my Country there is no unlimited data plan yet. But, blackberry services in more expensive compared to Normal data plan.

anjath said:
how will your bill go up if you stay on an unlimited data plan?
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Figuring that they charge for everything, I just wanted to make sure that AT&T doesn't charge more for HSPA+ over 3G

Nope... You are all set. Just make sure they DO NOT change your data plan to a tiered one if you go in and talk to them (I just did it without telling ATT anything).
There is a good post on how to set it up on XDA for use on AT&T with the APN and such if you buy one!

You guys sure pay a lot for your plans in the states. I thought that the UK was bad. I currently pay £32 for 1100 mins, unlimited texts, and 500MB data. Plus the phone was free on the contract. These prices are much higher than they were a few years ago, too.
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Anyone using the DE on Aio?

Just ordered my de x yesterday so I can leave Sprint and their awful network behind. Ordered the DE so I could sample prepaid options with Aio as my first stop. Any reviews of the service? I'm aware of the 4 and 8 speed caps, but that's more than enough for my needs.
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They're going to be pretty decent since they're using at&t's network without any priority stuff going on.
Target is doing a prepaid plan using T-Mobile starting Sunday. Its a pretty good deal and they give you a $25 target gift card every six months.
There's also straight talk which gives you 2.5 GB of high speed data on at&ts LTE for $45 a month.
Options, options. I can't wait for my Verizon contract to end.
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It's almost always financially beneficial to pay your ETF with Verizon and go prepaid. Multiply the amount of months left on your contract by the savings each month and compare to the ETf and you can see when your break even point is, probably not as long as you think. I was able to sell one of my unlimited Verizon lines via a Transfer of Liability but I'm not sure if they still allow that. My other line the break even point was about 3 months so I bought a Nexus 4 and went to Straight Talk(At&t). I have since moved to the At&t GoPhone $60/2gb plan, I buy $60 refills for just under $50. ST is shady, I never had a throttle but plenty of people do and I wasn't taking that chance. I also noticed my HSPA+ data speeds went from 3-5mbs on Straight Talk to 5-11mbs on GoPhone so ST is not getting priority service.
If you can't access WiFi during the day to keep your data use down then Aio is probably your best option or T-Mobile $30 5gb LTE/100 minute plan.
skinien said:
They're going to be pretty decent since they're using at&t's network without any priority stuff going on.
Target is doing a prepaid plan using T-Mobile starting Sunday. Its a pretty good deal and they give you a $25 target gift card every six months.
There's also straight talk which gives you 2.5 GB of high speed data on at&ts LTE for $45 a month.
Options, options. I can't wait for my Verizon contract to end.
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It's almost always financially beneficial to pay your ETF with Verizon and go prepaid. Multiply the amount of months left on your contract by the savings each month and compare to the ETf and you can see when your break even point is, probably not as long as you think. I was able to sell one of my unlimited Verizon lines via a Transfer of Liability but I'm not sure if they still allow that. My other line the break even point was about 3 months so I bought a Nexus 4 and went to Straight Talk(At&t). I have since moved to the At&t GoPhone $60/2gb plan, I buy $60 refills for just under $50. ST is shady, I never had a throttle but plenty of people do and I wasn't taking that chance. I also noticed my HSPA+ data speeds went from 3-5mbs on Straight Talk to 5-11mbs on GoPhone so ST is not getting priority service.
If you can't access WiFi during the day to keep your data use down then Aio is probably your best option or T-Mobile $30 5gb LTE/100 minute plan.
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My ETF would be $250 right now. I could probably sell my Moto X for $400 and have $150 to buy another phone. The T-Mobile $30 plan is tempting but it's subject to that priority scheme. I think I'd either try AIO or T-Mobile's $65 plan through Target that gives you 4GB and unlimited minutes. If the Nexus 5 is awesome, I may just switch early.

That's fascinating. What's AIO again?

bpschoon said:
Just ordered my de x yesterday so I can leave Sprint and their awful network behind. Ordered the DE so I could sample prepaid options with Aio as my first stop. Any reviews of the service? I'm aware of the 4 and 8 speed caps, but that's more than enough for my needs.
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I don't have the developer edition but I do have a Moto X. I actually bought it off of Motomaker as an AT&T device and bought AIO's Pro Service. I've had it for a couple weeks and haven't had a complaint yet. I picked it because of it using AT&T's coverage. So far I've had it in Kentucky, Minnesota, and Montana. Service at each location with data.
Hope this helps.

monkey082506 said:
I don't have the developer edition but I do have a Moto X. I actually bought it off of Motomaker as an AT&T device and bought AIO's Pro Service. I've had it for a couple weeks and haven't had a complaint yet. I picked it because of it using AT&T's coverage. So far I've had it in Kentucky, Minnesota, and Montana. Service at each location with data.
Hope this helps.
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It really does. I'm interested to know more. Did you have to do anything with AT&T to use an Aio sim? I'd be interested in returning my DE and getting a customized one if it's not a hassle. Is it SIM unlocked at full price?
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I bought a used att moto x off eBay and att gave me the unlock code when I called them. As long as you have one that's not locked to someone else's contract you are good. The service is really good in my opinion, join us in no contract freedom land!
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bpschoon said:
It really does. I'm interested to know more. Did you have to do anything with AT&T to use an Aio sim? I'd be interested in returning my DE and getting a customized one if it's not a hassle. Is it SIM unlocked at full price?
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I never involved AT&T as far as their concerned I don't exist. I was on Verizon and switched over.
Here's a quick rundown of how I did it:
Ordered my MotoMaker Moto X at full retail.
Upon delivery (3 days which was awesome) I went to AIO's website to order their plan.
I chose the BYOD option but AIO does not recognize the Moto X (at least not when I did it). So it then gives you an option of selecting a SIM card, Mini or Micro...the X has a nano. So I looked through the device list and found the iPhone 5 (which has a nano sim) so I used that as my device.
You then type in your IMEI number that is on the box of your Moto X, once you see the green check mark, you're golden. Choose whether to receive a new number or keep yours. I got a new one.
Check out, total is about $80 after new sim card for the 7GB plan.
My sim showed up about 2-4 days later (I was out of town at the time so I don't recall). I came home, went to myaio.com/activate, then inserted SIM and booted up. Instantly had cell service. However, I didn't have data, which was weird. I called Tech support the next day who gave me the APN settings which are:
Name: Internet
APN: NDO
MMSC: http://mmsc.aiowireless.net
MMS proxy: proxy.aiowireless.net
MMS PORT: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 150
APN type: default,mms,fota,hipri,supl
I only filled out the ones that had data in them. I think APN, MCC, & MNC were set, I don't remember.
Once that was done I had data. So the start up procedure was a little intensive which I expected but now you know and this is how it worked for me. Of course there's always the disclaimer "don't point the finger if it doesn't work the same way for you". However, as easy as it was I would be surprised if you had problems.
Monkey

FSRBIKER said:
It's almost always financially beneficial to pay your ETF with Verizon and go prepaid. Multiply the amount of months left on your contract by the savings each month and compare to the ETf and you can see when your break even point is, probably not as long as you think. I was able to sell one of my unlimited Verizon lines via a Transfer of Liability but I'm not sure if they still allow that. My other line the break even point was about 3 months so I bought a Nexus 4 and went to Straight Talk(At&t). I have since moved to the At&t GoPhone $60/2gb plan, I buy $60 refills for just under $50. ST is shady, I never had a throttle but plenty of people do and I wasn't taking that chance. I also noticed my HSPA+ data speeds went from 3-5mbs on Straight Talk to 5-11mbs on GoPhone so ST is not getting priority service.
If you can't access WiFi during the day to keep your data use down then Aio is probably your best option or T-Mobile $30 5gb LTE/100 minute plan.
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How do you get the $60 refills for less than $50? I'm a GoPhone customer and would love to know. Thanks!
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I realized with t-mobile, you can get 250 minutes, unlimited text, and 5GB of LTE data for $45. That's pretty good. It's just prepaid $30 and 10 cents a minute. I use about 200 minutes a month.

housry23 said:
How do you get the $60 refills for less than $50? I'm a GoPhone customer and would love to know. Thanks!
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I buy from Ebay or Bonanza.com, I only buy from people with lots of positive reviews. I have two GoPhone lines and the last few refills have been $65 cards for around $49.
Here is a $60 for $50 on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/AT-T-60-GoP...t=SIM_Cards&hash=item3cd6b19e7a#ht_310wt_1211

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I buy from Ebay or Bonanza.com, I only buy from people with lots of positive reviews. I have two GoPhone lines and the last few refills have been $65 cards for around $49.
Here is a $60 for $50 on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/AT-T-60-GoP...t=SIM_Cards&hash=item3cd6b19e7a#ht_310wt_1211
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Sweet! Thanks man. This could really save me a few. I will stop my autopay and start finding these.

Been using the de on Aio for about a week now. Maybe it's because I was with Sprint but I freaking love Aio. Service everywhere and plenty fast for my needs. I highly recommend them to anyone looking to use the AT&T network but with higher data limits.
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I have been on AIO for about 3 weeks now coming from Sprint and their AIO's service(ATT) is awesome. Speeds are great compared to the crappy spotty 4G sprint speeds. Have even noticed running a couple of speed tests and going over the 8Mbps speed cap a couple times. Finally I can use my phone's data when and wherever I need it. All of this and saving about $30/month from Sprint bill.

[Q] Nexus 6 - Prepaid Carriers

Now that the Nexus 6 is right around the corner, which carrier to you plan to use? Are you going prepaid or the traditional contract approach? Vote!

Cricket (att mvno) like I have for the past 9ish months.

Aspesi4 said:
Now that the Nexus 6 is right around the corner, which carrier to you plan to use? Are you going prepaid or the traditional contract approach? Vote!
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Lycobile prepaid, they have a 23 dollar unlimited talk text and data plan (100 mb LTE speeds). This is the cheapest plan I could find and they have pretty good service. Not as good as Verizon in my area but much better than att. They just recently added picture messaging and it'll be perfect if that can add some sort of Wi-Fi calling because when in my basement service is bad but not a big deal
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I have a T-mobile grandfathered plan.
4 lines
1000 shared min (minutes never get above 200)
Unlimited texting on all lines
unlimited 4g (truly unlimited with no slowdowns on 2 lines)
All for $120
Will be buying off the Play Store

Gonna be using my N6 on my prepaid $30 T-Mo 5GB/100min plan.

Same here, TMO 5GB LTE /100min Walmart plan. Last month i used 2 minutes... A lot more on hangouts though.
Its already a nano sim so i don't have to change SIM(the new kits provide 2 converters to micro and standard sim)

charesa39 said:
Gonna be using my N6 on my prepaid $30 T-Mo 5GB/100min plan.
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Davzone said:
Same here, TMO 5GB LTE /100min Walmart plan. Last month i used 2 minutes... A lot more on hangouts though.
Its already a nano sim so i don't have to change SIM(the new kits provide 2 converters to micro and standard sim)
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Wow I never knew about that plan. I might try it. For only 7 more dollars 5 GB of lte is much better than 100 megabytes lol. But is the 3g unlimited after the 5gb run out?
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abdel12345 said:
Wow I never knew about that plan. I might try it. For only 7 more dollars 5 GB of lte is much better than 100 megabytes lol. But is the 3g unlimited after the 5gb run out?
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Yes it is unlimited data/messaging with 100minutes of talk and you have 5GB of 4G data,then its slowed down to 2G speeds. Plus you can use the hotspot feature if you have an unlocked phone(now iam using an unlocked iphone 4 until my nexus 6 arrives)
Here:
http://see.walmart.com/t-mobile
The Walmart Exclusive plan for 30$

I'll be using mine on Verizon since I already have service there. But I also own a metro pcs family plan and I may put myself on there when I get tired of Verizon prices. Although I have unlimited data on Verizon.
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abdel12345 said:
Lycobile prepaid, they have a 23 dollar unlimited talk text and data plan (100 mb LTE speeds). This is the cheapest plan I could find and they have pretty good service. Not as good as Verizon in my area but much better than att. They just recently added picture messaging and it'll be perfect if that can add some sort of Wi-Fi calling because when in my basement service is bad but not a big deal
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ultra.me is $18.89

what pre paid carrier got truly unlimited data ? I've been looking around it looks looks like only T-Mobile and metro PCs got truly unlimited any other carrier got unlimited data ??

COCODRILO45 said:
what pre paid carrier got truly unlimited data ? I've been looking around it looks looks like only T-Mobile and metro PCs got truly unlimited any other carrier got unlimited data ??
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Just those 2 for real unlimited.