I am currently on a legacy Alltel smartphone plan. I wanted to see if somebody knew if I would be able to buy a thunderbolt and activate it on the alltel plan (I'm well aware that I would not have 4G, but that doesn't bother me since where I live will probably not get 4G until 2013...). I didn't know if a thunderbolt requires a 4G plan or if you can just activate it on a 3G plan. I currently have a Samsung Fascinate so I know I can activate VZW phones on the plan. Thank you in advance for the information.
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I am currently on a legacy Alltel smartphone plan. I wanted to see if somebody knew if I would be able to buy a thunderbolt and activate it on the alltel plan (I'm well aware that I would not have 4G, but that doesn't bother me since where I live will probably not get 4G until 2013...). I didn't know if a thunderbolt requires a 4G plan or if you can just activate it on a 3G plan. I currently have a Samsung Fascinate so I know I can activate VZW phones on the plan. Thank you in advance for the information.
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i worked at vzw a long time ago (5yrs) so things might have changed. The 4g is a feature that is tied to the 4g phones. it is an option that will have to be added. It may or may not allow you to just add the feature to your current plan. what i honestly think will happen is it will force you to change plans.
I was imported from Alltel as well and there were no alterations or price changes to my plan as far as I know. They don't charge more for 4G service. And they won't give you a break because you aren't in an area that has it.
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I was imported from Alltel as well and there were no alterations or price changes to my plan as far as I know. They don't charge more for 4G service. And they won't give you a break because you aren't in an area that has it.
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then its just allowed to be added as a "feature" with no price adjustment to it.
I appreciate the responses, but they don't really address my core question. I just want to know if it is even possible to ACTIVATE a 4G phone on a legacy alltel plan? I really don't care about adding 4G.
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I appreciate the responses, but they don't really address my core question. I just want to know if it is even possible to ACTIVATE a 4G phone on a legacy alltel plan? I really don't care about adding 4G.
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Since we have members that have Thunderbolts in 3G only areas, I would say yes. You just wouldn't have 4G. And the way it is now, 4G is the same price as 3G so you wouldn't pay more, your plan would just say "4G Data" or something but you would only receive 3G on the phone.
I have a legacy Alltel plan too, I think its the "smart choice 500" and I was able to activate my Thunderbolt with that plan. I don't have 4g where I am, but I was told by the salesperson that it would still get 4g if I was in a 4g area. One of these days I'll get somewhere I can try it! But yes it is possible to activate a Thunderbolt on an Alltel plan.
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Since we have members that have Thunderbolts in 3G only areas, I would say yes. You just wouldn't have 4G. And the way it is now, 4G is the same price as 3G so you wouldn't pay more, your plan would just say "4G Data" or something but you would only receive 3G on the phone.
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Can anyone verify this with a method or point to the right direction? I have yet to find anyplace that lists how to, only places that say it's possible.
Im on An alltel plan still, i got the tbolt an 4g
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I have a legacy Alltel plan, always have. And I live in an LTE market. Everything works fine. If your plan doesn't have data, you may have to add it. I refuse to change plans because I have unlimited data in mine and nothing else compares, I would have to pay more. When I first bought my Thunderbolt this was not a 4G market. Price for plan hasn't changed. They turned on the 4G and bingo, now I have it.
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I have a legacy Alltel plan, always have. And I live in an LTE market. Everything works fine. If your plan doesn't have data, you may have to add it. I refuse to change plans because I have unlimited data in mine and nothing else compares, I would have to pay more. When I first bought my Thunderbolt this was not a 4G market. Price for plan hasn't changed. They turned on the 4G and bingo, now I have it.
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did you just call Alltel and switch out your phone with the Tbolt? Or did you have to have the phone unlocked since it has a SIM?
When Verizon bought Alltel everything rolled over, plan and all. Then when my upgrade came last year I purchased the Thunderbolt.
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hmm. Doesn't seem to help me. Verizon hasn't engulfed the few Alltel stores here yet, so I'm still with an Alltel plan and provider.
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Too clarify, I am still with Alltel service. I had the phone programmed once, but only the basic functions (Call and text) worked, but not the 3G. I don't care if I get the 4G or not as long as I can get 3G to work. Do I need to unlock the SIM card or anything in order to get the Tbolt up and running properly on my Alltel Smart Phone plan?
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I bought a vibrant yesterday from craigslist and unlocked it so my sister could use it on AT&T with $15 unlimited data. All was going well until this morning when she got this text message, "AT&T Free Msg: Did you know a data plan is required for your iphone? We have added an appropriate data plan for your iphone. Learn more at att.com/iphoneplans."
It upgraded her plan to the $25 2gb plan automatically and won't let me downgrade the plan. On mywireless it calls the plan a datapro iphone plan but still displays the phone as unknown.
Has anyone else had this problem? I thought this phone would be safe from imei sweeps.
Not yet, but I have a feeling that it is coming sooner than later.
I think I'm just going to call cs, tell them the problem, give them the vibrants imei and hope for the best. I really hope they aren't using some kind of deep packet analysis to find out how she's using the phone.
They probably are--money is everything to these companies, and they will do whatever they can to make more of it.
Funny! Now we know who we'll be paying our bills to
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Not yet, but I have a feeling that it is coming sooner than later.
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What did you tell att to get on your plan? did you tell them you had a vibrant (or sgh-t959) or did you use an ATT dumbphone first?
In my attempt, I took her sim out of her iPhone 3G (200mb data plan) put it in an LG Xenon (dumb phone) called customer service and had them change the plan to the $15 unlimited for dumb phones, waited 15 minutes, put the sim in the unlocked vibrant.
This worked just fine when I did it with a couple of unlocked mytouch 3g's.
Should I have waited longer before switching phones or should I have just told them I have a vibrant (or SGH-t959).
Either way you should be able to get them to take it off due to the fact that you shouldn't be pulling 3g with the vibrant. Yeah you might get it once in a while but probably not consistently.
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Good news, I got the unlimited data plan back after giving them my imei number directly.
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Either way you should be able to get them to take it off due to the fact that you shouldn't be pulling 3g with the vibrant. Yeah you might get it once in a while but probably not consistently.
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It gets 3g consistently and works really well in my area, which might be part of the problem. I backed it off to edge (at least for a few days). You probably live in an 850mhz service area. The vibrant only supports 1900mhz hspa but does support 850mhz edge. I get great 3g speeds with the vibrant 1000~2000kbps.
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What did you tell att to get on your plan? did you tell them you had a vibrant (or sgh-t959) or did you use an ATT dumbphone first?
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I used the ATT dumbphone first. It is good to hear you got it fixed.
The guy in the att store never switched my unlimited plan from a 3g unlimited to 4g unlimited. The last couple days my data has been so slow. Facebook loads and stuff but xda app sometimes takes forever to load like im on Edge or something. If i go into the browser and go to www.google.com sometimes it just wont load. Phone shows 4 bars of 3g and the lines are indicating data being sent but it never loads. 3g in my area was super fast with my iphone. Speedtest shows 1mbit at first and drops down to like. .87mbit by the time the test is done.
Any ideas?
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Uh, either go back to the store and have them switch you to the 4G unlimited, or log into your account online and switch it, or call up customer service and have them switch it. The sales rep you bought it from is stupid for not doing so when you bought it. My guess as to why you are getting such slow speeds is that you are getting throttled. How much data do you normally use/have you used this bill cycle? If you are getting throttled, then switching to the new LTE unlimited plan should reset your throttling hopefully, but as soon as you reach around 2gb of data, expect to be throttled again.
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Uh, either go back to the store and have them switch you to the 4G unlimited, or log into your account online and switch it, or call up customer service and have them switch it. The sales rep you bought it from is stupid for not doing so when you bought it. My guess as to why you are getting such slow speeds is that you are getting throttled. How much data do you normally use/have you used this bill cycle? If you are getting throttled, then switching to the new LTE unlimited plan should reset your throttling hopefully, but as soon as you reach around 2gb of data, expect to be throttled again.
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Current billing cycle only shows 1345mb. So i shouldnt be getting throttled. The data does work though most of the time. So. I still need to switch it to the 4g? I dont know much about the service side of Att. I just figured if it worked it was fine.
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Not only switch to LTE but if you don't have one already, you'll need an LTE SIM card as well.
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Not only switch to LTE but if you don't have one already, you'll need an LTE SIM card as well.
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Okay. I looked at my sim and the last two digits on the sim is 27. No markings on it at all. Just blue and white. Doesnt even say 3g or anything like my old one did. I guess i didnt really bother asking the guy cause i figured he would know, and we dont have 4g around here anyways.
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Okay. I looked at my sim and the last two digits on the sim is 27. No markings on it at all. Just blue and white. Doesnt even say 3g or anything like my old one did. I guess i didnt really bother asking the guy cause i figured he would know, and we dont have 4g around here anyways.
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It would still be good to make sure you have the LTE sim card, and that you get upgraded to the LTE unlimited plan, even if you don't have 4G yet. It will still allow you to use 3G just fine.
I have a 3G unlimited plan and they tried to get me to change to a 4G plan but says they have no unlimited, ugh, come to find out all I had to do was get a LTE sim card & the store rep added the 4G code and voila magic, 4G without needing to change my plan
There is no such thing as a LTE sim. Its the data plan on your account that makes the difference. There are 3G, 4g and 4G LTE plans. If you have any data at all your on a correct plan. I have never seen a non LTE data plan work on a LTE phone. I have a Note on an unlimited LTE plan. Don't let bad reps lie.
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I have a similar problem. My wife bought me the phone and when she brought it home, I just took the sum from my Atrix and put it in. When accessing data, I get the 4G at the top. I am on the 3G unlimited plan as well. How do I know if the sim from my Atrix is 4G or not?
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Let me help you guys out:
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Okay. I looked at my sim and the last two digits on the sim is 27. No markings on it at all. Just blue and white. Doesnt even say 3g or anything like my old one did. I guess i didnt really bother asking the guy cause i figured he would know, and we dont have 4g around here anyways.
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The blue and white SIM cards are the old ones. You need an orange / blue SIM card.
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There is no such thing as a LTE sim. Its the data plan on your account that makes the difference. There are 3G, 4g and 4G LTE plans. If you have any data at all your on a correct plan. I have never seen a non LTE data plan work on a LTE phone. I have a Note on an unlimited LTE plan. Don't let bad reps lie.
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There are. The blue / white SIM cards do not officially support LTE. They should still work for call etc, but data may not work properly.
And yes, data does need to be re provisioned under "unlimited LTE"
RavenZwei said:
I have a similar problem. My wife bought me the phone and when she brought it home, I just took the sum from my Atrix and put it in. When accessing data, I get the 4G at the top. I am on the 3G unlimited plan as well. How do I know if the sim from my Atrix is 4G or not?
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Just go into any AT&T store and ask for a new SIM card. ALL the new ones are LTE compatible.
SIM cards are free too. Just have the rep do an equipment change to your new IMEI / SIM. You'll keep your unlimited data, you get your new free SIM which will work just fine on LTE, and your data count will be reset for that billing cycle.
dial *3282# and you'll see the old deactivated HSPA+ data plan next to your fresh LTE plan. This is also one of the ways to remove throttling. More details on THAT can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517663
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Let me help you guys out:
The blue and white SIM cards are the old ones. You need an orange / blue SIM card.
There are. The blue / white SIM cards do not officially support LTE. They should still work for call etc, but data may not work properly.
And yes, data does need to be re provisioned under "unlimited LTE"
Just go into any AT&T store and ask for a new SIM card. ALL the new ones are LTE compatible.
SIM cards are free too. Just have the rep do an equipment change to your new IMEI / SIM. You'll keep your unlimited data, you get your new free SIM which will work just fine on LTE, and your data count will be reset for that billing cycle.
dial *3282# and you'll see the old deactivated HSPA+ data plan next to your fresh LTE plan. This is also one of the ways to remove throttling. More details on THAT can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517663
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A lot of good info here. I do have a question though. I dialed *3282# and this is message I received back:
Next Bill Cycle: 03/02/2012
Data (MB): 720.6 of Unlimited (Deactivated)
Data (MB): 107.8 of Unlimited
Messaging: 6373 of Unlimited
Visit us online at www.att.com/DataPlans
So, besides the fact that I apparently send an exorbitant amount of text messages, I can assume the first Data line is the previous 3G unlimited plan, so does that make the second the LTE plan?
Also, you mentioned the color of sim cards. Mine is Blue/Orange/White on the front and orange on the back. Is this the one I need or do I still need to go into the store?
Thanks for all the info you've passed along so far.
Did you do a cross upgrade?
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Did you do a cross upgrade?
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What happened was, I talked about how I couldn't wait until March 15th so I could upgrade to the Note. My wife happened to be at the mall and stopped by one of those AT&T Kiosks and somehow convinced the guy to let her get upgrade early. I tried the same thing at AT&T store and they wouldn't do it. So she paid for the phone and brought it home. I took it out of the box, put my sim card in it and voila.
Not sure if that counts as a cross upgrade or not, lol.
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What happened was, I talked about how I couldn't wait until March 15th so I could upgrade to the Note. My wife happened to be at the mall and stopped by one of those AT&T Kiosks and somehow convinced the guy to let her get upgrade early. I tried the same thing at AT&T store and they wouldn't do it. So she paid for the phone and brought it home. I took it out of the box, put my sim card in it and voila.
Not sure if that counts as a cross upgrade or not, lol.
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Yes, it is because your account didn't get properly provisioned to use LTE data, your wife's account did. Call AT&T to have your account/data plan changed to LTE unlimited. It's that simple.
This. We went through al of it when the skyrocket released trust me. We have found the sim makes no difference unless its a really really old sim...but the provisioning is key
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Yes, it is because your account didn't get properly provisioned to use LTE data, your wife's account did. Call AT&T to have your account/data plan changed to LTE unlimited. It's that simple.
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Good thing I brought this up..... ;-) I know from experience about the new SIM As well as the provisioned data plan.
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Im just really confused about my data speeds. Wifi is super fast. 3g just isnt fast at all. Crawls. Web pages take so long to load. They shouldnt be throttling me. Im only at 1200 mb.
I cant clear the thought of it being a defect with the phone.
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Hello everyone!
I'm new here, and am in the process of buying my new phone. I was in the debate of the Samsung Galaxy S3 but I have decided to go with the Almighty One HTC Evo 4G LTE. I noticed it's special because of my own personal preferences, and due to the fact that its only available for SPRINT.
So my question is: Can I unlock this Almighty smart phone to be used on the AT&T carrier? I have AT&T and can't get out the contract until July of 2013.
Would I be able to use the 4G LTE on it and every other feature on the AT&T network?
Thanks
dreammaker23 said:
Hello everyone!
I'm new here, and am in the process of buying my new phone. I was in the debate of the Samsung Galaxy S3 but I have decided to go with the Almighty One HTC Evo 4G LTE. I noticed it's special because of my own personal preferences, and due to the fact that its only available for SPRINT.
So my question is: Can I unlock this Almighty smart phone to be used on the AT&T carrier? I have AT&T and can't get out the contract until July of 2013.
Would I be able to use the 4G LTE on it and every other feature on the AT&T network?
Thanks
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You cannot use the EVO LTE on AT&T because Sprint and AT&T use 2 different cellular technologies. Sprint is CDMA and AT&T is GSM. It won't work at all
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You cannot use the EVO LTE on AT&T because Sprint and AT&T use 2 different cellular technologies. Sprint is CDMA and AT&T is GSM. It won't work at all
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Thanks for the reply, but how sure are you on this... I've come across links to UNLOCKing HTC Evo 4G LTE for AT&T. But I can't try it because I don't have the Evo on me.
Att is a gsm technology sprint uses CDMA. They don't mix, sharky is correct
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Att is a gsm technology sprint uses CDMA. They don't mix, sharky is correct
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Ahhh dammit! lol..Aight cool..Thanks Guys!
dreammaker23 said:
Thanks for the reply, but how sure are you on this... I've come across links to UNLOCKing HTC Evo 4G LTE for AT&T. But I can't try it because I don't have the Evo on me.
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Yes I am sure. Used to sell phones for all the major companies. There is always links on the internet that are lies. LOL. Sorry man.
The op may have stumbled across an old thread about the touch pro, I clearly remember it had gsm world capability and someone managed to crack it open for att/tmobile
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The op may have stumbled across an old thread about the touch pro, I clearly remember it had gsm world capability and someone managed to crack it open for att/tmobile
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Ahhh...I think the EVO Design had a GSM chip in it too, except it was the frequencies for the over seas carriers, so it probably wouldn't work either.
I believe that was the Verizon variant that didn't have the ever awesome kickstand
If you can find a place to put a SIM card in in it, I'm sure someone could get it to work.... But there's no tray.
Don't say that, op might remove the card for lte lol
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Don't say that, op might remove the card for lte lol
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Oh, right. LOL
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If you can find a place to put a SIM card in in it, I'm sure someone could get it to work.... But there's no tray.
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It's not just having a place or connection for the SIM card though. You need the right radio chip in the phone and it does not have it.
I absolutely loved my touch pro and when they finally got the sim working I bought a prepaid sim and began dualbooting android to use both numbers lol
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I absolutely loved my touch pro and when they finally got the sim working I bought a prepaid sim and began dualbooting android to use both numbers lol
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That is awesome. lol
You know, when HTC makes a world phone they tend to get better reception lol
Yea I guess I will have to make the move to Sprint.
Thanks everyone!
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Yea I guess I will have to make the move to Sprint.
Thanks everyone!
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People hate on sprint. But it's not too bad. Sure it has its low points (I've seen hellrizon 3G slower than sprints) but for the price and unlimited data... Can't beat it. Plus the LTE is boss (both phone and network) I pull 20mbs
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thronnos said:
People hate on sprint. But it's not too bad. Sure it has its low points (I've seen hellrizon 3G slower than sprints) but for the price and unlimited data... Can't beat it. Plus the LTE is boss (both phone and network) I pull 20mbs
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Nice, 20 mbs! That's music to my ears..
I have about 5 years with AT&T with 4 lines. I been with them since the iPhone 3GS (Unlimited Data).
Now they are changing customers plans without there knowledge. I notice my plan went from Unlimited Data to 5GB Tethering Data.
I called to see what or who confirmed this change, they said they did the change because they notice that I was using to much data for my Unlimited data that they have to change it to 5GB Tethering & charge me $15 dollars extra for any additional GB use.
I was like WTF, isn't unlimited data suppose to be Unlimited? They had no say bu that I was using my data plan to tether my connection.
I quickly dis-agreed and told them i will be canceling my service.
About 2 - 3 weeks later my wife received a Message on her iPhone 4s that she is using to much Data on her phone. If she passes 3GB of her "Unlimited Data Plan since 5 years" they will have to Lower her data Speed from 3G to Edge.
She couldn't believe me when I told her At&T got me for a sucker and they getting her too.
I have a friend that works for AT&T, and she tells me that Corporate is being shady with their service.
I'm about to go to Sprint today and check out the phone and see what they can do for me to get the "Almighty HTC Evo 4G LTE"
While still paying for AT&T until April 2013.. If I do get my line connected with Sprint. I will disconnect the sim from my iPhone 4 and place it onto a Motorola pre-paid "Backup" phone I have. And use that to Disconnect the Data Plan from that line in AT&T and lower my monthly Mins to minimal.
Just to go with Sprint!
Well, that's All Folks!
dreammaker23 said:
Nice, 20 mbs! That's music to my ears..
I have about 5 years with AT&T with 4 lines. I been with them since the iPhone 3GS (Unlimited Data).
Now they are changing customers plans without there knowledge. I notice my plan went from Unlimited Data to 5GB Tethering Data.
I called to see what or who confirmed this change, they said they did the change because they notice that I was using to much data for my Unlimited data that they have to change it to 5GB Tethering & charge me $15 dollars extra for any additional GB use.
I was like WTF, isn't unlimited data suppose to be Unlimited? They had no say bu that I was using my data plan to tether my connection.
I quickly dis-agreed and told them i will be canceling my service.
About 2 - 3 weeks later my wife received a Message on her iPhone 4s that she is using to much Data on her phone. If she passes 3GB of her "Unlimited Data Plan since 5 years" they will have to Lower her data Speed from 3G to Edge.
She couldn't believe me when I told her At&T got me for a sucker and they getting her too.
I have a friend that works for AT&T, and she tells me that Corporate is being shady with their service.
I'm about to go to Sprint today and check out the phone and see what they can do for me to get the "Almighty HTC Evo 4G LTE"
While still paying for AT&T until April 2013.. If I do get my line connected with Sprint. I will disconnect the sim from my iPhone 4 and place it onto a Motorola pre-paid "Backup" phone I have. And use that to Disconnect the Data Plan from that line in AT&T and lower my monthly Mins to minimal.
Just to go with Sprint!
Well, that's All Folks!
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Actually it is possible.. google your best friend
So I bought this LTE EVO 4g for lte.. I pay 10 dollars for premium data service and well all I get is 3g ..my bill for one line is roughly 100 dollars a month.. so my girl has straight talk and pays 45 unlimited a month.. well I'm ready to jump ship and I was wondering if I can one get me off the cheap way sprint contract and 2 use my LTE EVO for straight talk?
I think straight talk uses AT&T bands (gsm) so the Evo LTE wouldn't work because it uses cdma bands. It WILL work on Boost though. If you must use Straight Talk, then sell your Evo and buy a One X or One of XL.
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Here's a guide to start you off
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Do you live in an active NV deployment?
If you are tired of Sprint service just pay the ETF and move on.
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I think straight talk uses AT&T bands (gsm) so the Evo LTE wouldn't work because it uses cdma bands. It WILL work on Boost though. If you must use Straight Talk, then sell your Evo and buy a One X or One of XL.
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Straight Talk uses several carries, including SPRINT, ATT, and VERIZON. How do i know this you ask; well I sell them as part of my job. Straight Talk is working hard on making it easy to bring your own phone and activate service through them. In a few months (subject to change) The system should be in place to bring any cdma phone to straight talk. Currently at the store i work at, all of our straight talk phones go off verizon. Some stores have ones that go off ATT or Sprint, so you need to be careful in which phone you select.
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Do you live in an active NV deployment?
If you are tired of Sprint service just pay the ETF and move on.
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They haven't deployed here yet.. cost 300 dollars to Etf
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Straight Talk uses several carries, including SPRINT, ATT, and VERIZON. How do i know this you ask; well I sell them as part of my job. Straight Talk is working hard on making it easy to bring your own phone and activate service through them. In a few months (subject to change) The system should be in place to bring any cdma phone to straight talk. Currently at the store i work at, all of our straight talk phones go off verizon. Some stores have ones that go off ATT or Sprint, so you need to be careful in which phone you select.
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Never once heard of st working on sprint towers.. and Verizon and AT&T believe it or not share towers..
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I am in a same boat. Struggling with unusable speeds, while my friends with t-mobile's "wannabe" 4G are getting 14mbps down and 3 mbps up. Faster than LTE in 2 spots that I was able to get it.
I thought of using Verizon PRL and force Sprint to boot me off their network, but I called them, gave them all of my complaints, and hoping they could help me. I was with them for 11 years, so maybe they will take it into account.
The verizon prl is the best solution. Because the only thing they are gonna take into account is the fact that right now they are making a ton of money off you. If you wanna try to flash your phone to verizon or pageplus you won't be disappointed. If you need 4g and live in good tmobile coverage area then selling your device after you get kicked off sprint is a good idea.
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Never once heard of st working on sprint towers.. and Verizon and AT&T believe it or not share towers..
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physical tower yes, same panel, NO... and yes, some phone go off the sprint network
Asadullah said:
The verizon prl is the best solution. Because the only thing they are gonna take into account is the fact that right now they are making a ton of money off you. If you wanna try to flash your phone to verizon or pageplus you won't be disappointed. If you need 4g and live in good tmobile coverage area then selling your device after you get kicked off sprint is a good idea.
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How do you do that.. I remember the og evo being able to do that . How do you do that?
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I actually left straight talk with the BYOP program (Nexus 4) I had the AT&T sim, which was all fine and dandy until about the second of January. It seemed like all of my towers were either down or just working very poorly. I also got throttled after streaming ONE youtube video during my month (I'm on wifi otherwise) so trust me, you WILL get throttled on ST. I also had problems with the phone not connecting to towers for literally an entire day, and when people tried calling me it said my phone was "disconnected" even though I paid for service 3 months in advance.
My personal opinion is to avoid them, but it really is up to you what you want to deal with. My data with ST was way faster than with sprint, but all I use my phone for is streaming music, which Sprint's 3G can handle rather easily where I live. I would recommend flashing to boost, same phone, speed, and a lower price. Plus you actually know at what point you'll be throttled.
Also, before anybody says anything, I also tried a tmo sim and had the same issues. I get great tmo and AT&T reception where I live also. It seems to me they're cheaping out on their towers.
just my 2 cents.
shiftylock said:
I actually left straight talk with the BYOP program (Nexus 4) I had the AT&T sim, which was all fine and dandy until about the second of January. It seemed like all of my towers were either down or just working very poorly. I also got throttled after streaming ONE youtube video during my month (I'm on wifi otherwise) so trust me, you WILL get throttled on ST. I also had problems with the phone not connecting to towers for literally an entire day, and when people tried calling me it said my phone was "disconnected" even though I paid for service 3 months in advance.
My personal opinion is to avoid them, but it really is up to you what you want to deal with. My data with ST was way faster than with sprint, but all I use my phone for is streaming music, which Sprint's 3G can handle rather easily where I live. I would recommend flashing to boost, same phone, speed, and a lower price. Plus you actually know at what point you'll be throttled.
Also, before anybody says anything, I also tried a tmo sim and had the same issues. I get great tmo and AT&T reception where I live also. It seems to me they're cheaping out on their towers.
just my 2 cents.
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Since I'm upgrading the AT&T cell sites I can assure you they are def upgrading there sites rapidly ..
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Is there any way to actually force roaming with Verizon PRL? I flashed that, but it shows that data is going through Sprint 3G, not roaming.
Meanee said:
Is there any way to actually force roaming with Verizon PRL? I flashed that, but it shows that data is going through Sprint 3G, not roaming.
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Are you sure its a Verizon Prl that allows data roaming? If I'm not mistaken some of then do and some don't.
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thlinx said:
Since I'm upgrading the AT&T cell sites I can assure you they are def upgrading there sites rapidly ..
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I had the same issue with the tom sim. Maybe it's just that straight talk has issues in my area specifically, I'm not sure.
laie1472 said:
Are you sure its a Verizon Prl that allows data roaming? If I'm not mistaken some of then do and some don't.
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I am on that 001337 PRL. Should I be on something else?
Meanee said:
I am on that 001337 PRL. Should I be on something else?
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Try 00003... I think for 01337 you need roam control to force roam but I'm not sure. 00003 will keep you on Verizon and I'm enjoying better speeds and the possibility of getting out this horrible contract for free!
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gmfeny said:
Try 00003... I think for 01337 you need roam control to force roam but I'm not sure. 00003 will keep you on Verizon and I'm enjoying better speeds and the possibility of getting out this horrible contract for free!
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This seems hit or miss..I've read reports of people roaming multiple gigabytes and getting no warning while I went just over 300mbs twice and got the letter. Good luck getting out if that's what you so desire. Some will give you flack for this method, but I support you. Sprint advertises "normal" 3G speeds, but for a portion of us the speeds are dismal. I got a free airave out of it so I was happy as my only real issues were at home.
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mulhiny said:
This seems hit or miss..I've read reports of people roaming multiple gigabytes and getting no warning while I went just over 300mbs twice and got the letter. Good luck getting out if that's what you so desire. Some will give you flack for this method, but I support you. Sprint advertises "normal" 3G speeds, but for a portion of us the speeds are dismal. I got a free airave out of it so I was happy as my only real issues were at home.
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Lol Ive dealt with their horrible data speeds for so long it doesn't even bother me. And paying the extra $10 for data when I only picked up wimax when I was in Albany and it wasn't even that good there was annoying but I sucked it up. But after losing my discount right after I signed on for another 2 years pissed me off.
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So I've searched and searched and I can't find a clear answer. I'm planning to get a DNA today. I realized that probably only the NOS rom works with tmobile which I don't mind. I just want to make sure I can get HSPDA and 3g with MMS. I spoke to someone today who used it on t-mobile and they told me they had issues with the network jumping from edge to 3g and hspda. Can anyone help me out?! thanks in advance!
Any rom will work, even the stock one. 3g will only work if you live in an area that they have updated to the 1900 band. But they have been doing it very slowly and sometimes 1 tower may be updated but the next one isn't updated. So that's why it nay be jumping from 3g to 2g.
Mms will work if you get the apn set up correctly.
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Bigandrewgold said:
Any rom will work, even the stock one. 3g will only work if you live in an area that they have updated to the 1900 band. But they have been doing it very slowly and sometimes 1 tower may be updated but the next one isn't updated. So that's why it nay be jumping from 3g to 2g.
Mms will work if you get the apn set up correctly.
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All correct. I'm currently using my DNA on T-Mobile. Did some speed tests when I first got on it and was getting 4.5M/2.5M.
MMS is indeed a pain in the ass. Ended up using GoSMS which gives you the ability to input an APN for MMS use.
I could not get MMS working in the stock app.
I'm running UKB.
Add another T-Mobile user, works fine aside from the usual MMS as mentioned, it also works fine on the CM10.1 builds and my other rom builds, dunno about AOKP but i see non reason it wouldn't also work on T-Mobile. As mentioned its mostly if the tower refarm is done, living around phoenix I get random E through H+, its a bit unstable but until the refarm is finished I expected it.
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So how's this phone currently working out for everyone on T-Mobile? My Verizon contract just ended the other day so I can either continue with Verizon or switch without a cancellation fee. I do have grandfathered unlimited data, but have heard that now T-Mobile is offering unlimited "high speed". Is it worth switching over?
voxigenboy said:
So how's this phone currently working out for everyone on T-Mobile? My Verizon contract just ended the other day so I can either continue with Verizon or switch without a cancellation fee. I do have grandfathered unlimited data, but have heard that now T-Mobile is offering unlimited "high speed". Is it worth switching over?
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Coverage there's no contest against vzw, but for overall working and compatibility its fine. Refarmed areas will also give you h+.
pio_masaki said:
Coverage there's no contest against vzw, but for overall working and compatibility its fine. Refarmed areas will also give you h+.
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hmm.. you think if i complain to vzw about t-mobile's cheaper prices that they'll be willing to negotiate the cost of my plan?
voxigenboy said:
hmm.. you think if i complain to vzw about t-mobile's cheaper prices that they'll be willing to negotiate the cost of my plan?
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I wouldn't know, never had vzw, but my first guess is no.
voxigenboy said:
So how's this phone currently working out for everyone on T-Mobile? My Verizon contract just ended the other day so I can either continue with Verizon or switch without a cancellation fee. I do have grandfathered unlimited data, but have heard that now T-Mobile is offering unlimited "high speed". Is it worth switching over?
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I would definitely definitely definitely switch while you have the opportunity. JUMP is such a great deal coupled with T-Mobile's plans..