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Its my understanding that the official stock 2.2 has the ap app its hard for me to believe a company would allow us to Peggy back there internet? So can and how will they trace it... and if u don't got anything nice to say go ask ur momma what I tell her, she'll give u some pointers.
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So i used mine my tethering with the hd2 for 6 months straight and never had a problem. I often called to even check. They told me many times they do not check.
and btw the response after your question just isnt right.
I don't think they can tell if you're sucking all the bandwidth with your phone or a tethered computer, probably why they set a hard limit on the monthly bandwidth.
los0325 said:
Its my understanding that the official stock 2.2 has the ap app its hard for me to believe a company would allow us to Peggy back there internet? So can and how will they trace it... and if u don't got anything nice to say go ask ur momma what I tell her, she'll give u some pointers.
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i asked my mother and she said she has no idea who you are.... she said "hes probably just another one of those kids who plays way too much xbox live, and doesnt realize that the 'your momma' crap died out 10 years ago, and is in no way funny anymore, therefore making it the most unoriginal comeback/insult to date." ......weird....
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i asked my mother and she said she has no idea who you are.... she said "hes probably just another one of those kids who plays way too much xbox live, and doesnt realize that the 'your momma' crap died out 10 years ago, and is in no way funny anymore, therefore making it the most unoriginal comeback/insult to date." ......weird....
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TMO can tell when you exceed 5gigs........ that is all they look for. Remember now phones have the ability to download pretty fast so whether they are used for tethering or not is of no matter to TMO just the total download of data per month
5gb cap.
If you read the terms and service it says once you have past the 5gb cap you will get slower dl speeds which is nice of them as all other carriers charge you for the extra data used. That would be the only reason they would check it and I can say this after 5gb has been reached which I have noticed it does show in the dl speed after you reached your cap but hey at least they dont charge you like i said.
there is some sort of fingerprint associated to a desktop site vs a mobile site. if they wanted to be assholes, they probably could tell. but we're on tmobile, not ATT remember?
Mobile browsers can set their user agent to desktop browsers
The myth that other carriers charge you for going over the cap is false. Verizon and Sprint are truly unlimited while AT&T is the only company that will charge for overages. Now when Verizon drops LTE that might change things. Personally I have never gone over 5gb even though tried this last DEC. while on vacation. I only managed to accumulate 2.5gb.
I have known a couple of people recently who were using mobile ap or tethering on rooted devices, tmobile detected it and shut down their net until the next billing cycle. Not sure how tmo knew, but they did and the text these two recieved stated just that, tmo has detected unauthorized data usage/tethering and is shutting off services until so and so. Just a word to the wise.
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But that is bs, how are you going to have an app available for just that and then shut you down for using it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872570
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But that is bs, how are you going to have an app available for just that and then shut you down for using it?
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They won't shut you down if you pay for the service, however if you don't pay for it and are using the service on a rooted device, technically they could cancel your account entirely for breaking their tos. Think about it before you call bs next time.
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I have an AT&T Galaxy S II "grandfathered in", meaning I get Unlimited Data for $30 per month.
I'm looking for a way to tether the HSPA+ connection to my iPad and MacBook. I use to do this on my iPhone 4 via PDANet. I can recall PDANet having an option which "stealth's" the connection, making it seem as traffic is going through the phone instead of another device instead. This way, you can get past AT&T's stupid restrictions and use your devices data plan to tether to other devices. I use to use about 30GB-50GB of 3G Data per month tethering and never had any problems!
I downloaded PDANet through the Market, but cannot find any "stealth" setting, neither can I find a way to tether wirelesses.
To sum this up: I'm looking for a way to tether my Galaxy S II's wireless connection wirelessly (making a wireless hotspot and having other devices connect to it). I want to do this while bypassing AT&T extra overpriced tethering fees; using my unlimited data plan instead.
Note: I can easily root my device. Actually, I'm about to now! (Booting Windows 8 rig)
Thank you for the help! XDA FTW!
Search is your friend. There have been million threads about this.
AT&T analyses the data patterns of what's being transmitted to determine whether someone's tethering. I have no idea how accurate it is but my guess is if you're a high data user you'll probably get flagged.
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AT&T analyses the data patterns of what's being transmitted to determine whether someone's tethering. I have no idea how accurate it is but my guess is if you're a high data user you'll probably get flagged.
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That's probably one contributing factor - their detection methods probably consume enough resources that they're not enabled in most cases until something flags you for investigation.
However I do know of at least one light tetherer (approx. 1GB usage) that apparently got nailed.
Just an update: I found out about Barnacle Wifi Tether, which seems to be my best bet. Two problems:
1. I'm not rooted (SuperOneClick is hanging while trying to root, but I do have a new kernel running). SuperOneClick hangs on "waiting for device". USB Debugging is checked in my settings and I have tried unplugging the device, turning off USB debugging, turning USB Debugging back on, then plugging the device back in. NO GO. Does anybody happen to know what my problem could be? I'm running the program as Admin on Windows 8 x64; running on a good rig.
2. "This item is not available on your carrier." SMD, AT&T. I'm sure there is a way around this - by downloading the APK elsewhere, perhaps? Any two cents on this?
Google has a Tether app. Does everything for you.
No, I don't have the link. No, I won't search for it. Why? Because people like you that use 30-50GB a month are the reason AT&T started cracking down on tethering. It's thanks to you that tethering plans are so expensive and why they keep trying to nail people that tether. I rarely tether but I use my phone pretty heavily and I still very rarely break 3GB a month. 30-50GB is stupidly excessive. Hope they backcharge you.
+1 on this ^^^
I never tether and use 6-8 GB a month using Pandora 5+ hours a day.
In the captivate forum someone claimed it was tracked down to the browser user agent. If you use IE they look for that browser agent. There was also someone that used the IE user agent data in the android browser to force desktop view and got a warning to stop tethering even though they never had. That might explain why you never got noticed with your iPhone, if you used safari on your Mac.
I don't think we'll ever know for sure how att sniffs it out, I bet they keep it under tight wraps.
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+1 on this ^^^
I never tether and use 6-8 GB a month using Pandora 5+ hours a day.
In the captivate forum someone claimed it was tracked down to the browser user agent. If you use IE they look for that browser agent. There was also someone that used the IE user agent data in the android browser to force desktop view and got a warning to stop tethering even though they never had. That might explain why you never got noticed with your iPhone, if you used safari on your Mac.
I don't think we'll ever know for sure how att sniffs it out, I bet they keep it under tight wraps.
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The User Agent on iPhone's Safari and Mac's Safari are different; but AT&T may just be stupid enough to get them mixed up
Not to mention, I use a desktop user agent on my Galaxy S II sometimes. Hmm. Makes you think.
User agents can EASILY be changed, though I can't find an option for Dolphin HD to change it...Weird.
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Google has a Tether app. Does everything for you.
No, I don't have the link. No, I won't search for it. Why? Because people like you that use 30-50GB a month are the reason AT&T started cracking down on tethering. It's thanks to you that tethering plans are so expensive and why they keep trying to nail people that tether. I rarely tether but I use my phone pretty heavily and I still very rarely break 3GB a month. 30-50GB is stupidly excessive. Hope they backcharge you.
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Google's tethering App automatically activates AT&T's tethering data plan as far as I know. I went to activate it once and it said "Waiting for Activation" or something of that sort. I canceled it, though.
I don't use 30-50GB per month; that was only once and was due to my cousins watching porn and torrenting 24/7. It was actually accidental, I never knew they were using so much data until I checked my data usage one day at school to see how much I had used.
I use 4GB per month; max. Not to mention, I mainly tether to my iPad only most of the time. MacBook just isn't *that* portable.
Google Tethering in this forum instead !
Answers and solutions are already there. No, you don't need another app. Yes, you have to root your phone.
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I have an AT&T Galaxy S II "grandfathered in", meaning I get Unlimited Data for $30 per month.
I'm looking for a way to tether the HSPA+ connection to my iPad and MacBook. I use to do this on my iPhone 4 via PDANet. I can recall PDANet having an option which "stealth's" the connection, making it seem as traffic is going through the phone instead of another device instead. This way, you can get past AT&T's stupid restrictions and use your devices data plan to tether to other devices. I use to use about 30GB-50GB of 3G Data per month tethering and never had any problems!
I downloaded PDANet through the Market, but cannot find any "stealth" setting, neither can I find a way to tether wirelesses.
To sum this up: I'm looking for a way to tether my Galaxy S II's wireless connection wirelessly (making a wireless hotspot and having other devices connect to it). I want to do this while bypassing AT&T extra overpriced tethering fees; using my unlimited data plan instead.
Note: I can easily root my device. Actually, I'm about to now! (Booting Windows 8 rig)
Thank you for the help! XDA FTW!
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Honestly, what a dbag. Get out of here with your 30-50gb/mth, thanks for making the rest of us suffer because you can't afford a land line.
Finally got my device rooted. It was a driver issue, damn Samsung. Somehow the PDANet installer automatically installed working drivers for me.
I installed Barncale Wifi tether from their website and hooked up my MacBook and iPad. Pretty decent speeds, but since I live out in the country (around trees and such), I won't get above 3G speeds. In my town I get about 6mbit, though.
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Honestly, what a dbag. Get out of here with your 30-50gb/mth, thanks for making the rest of us suffer because you can't afford a land line.
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The time I hit 30GB+ of usage was a LONG time ago. If I were to hit that again, then I'd be throttled at about 10GB. You aren't suffering much.
Oh, and I do have a land line. It just sucks (4mbit). That's the highest I can get where I live.
Not to mention, I can't take a land line with me.
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Finally got my device rooted. It was a driver issue, damn Samsung. Somehow the PDANet installer automatically installed working drivers for me.
I installed Barncale Wifi tether from their website and hooked up my MacBook and iPad. Pretty decent speeds, but since I live out in the country (around trees and such), I won't get above 3G speeds. In my town I get about 6mbit, though.
The time I hit 30GB+ of usage was a LONG time ago. If I were to hit that again, then I'd be throttled at about 10GB. You aren't suffering much.
Oh, and I do have a land line. It just sucks (4mbit). That's the highest I can get where I live.
Not to mention, I can't take a land line with me.
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Dude just ignore them they are clearly the kind of people who think you should use the amount of data ATT thinks you should!
I on the other hand pay for unlimted so i use as much as i can and don't care what others think.
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un·lim·it·ed [ un límmitəd ]
not restricted: without limits, restrictions, or controls
infinite: lacking or appearing to lack a boundary or end
complete or total: not subject to qualification or exception
Synonyms: limitless, infinite, unrestricted, unrestrained, boundless, unconstrained, on tap, indefinite, ad nauseam, bottomless
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Dude just ignore them they are clearly the kind of people who think you should use the amount of data ATT thinks you should!
I on the other hand pay for unlimted so i use as much as i can and don't care what others think.
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not restricted: without limits, restrictions, or controls
infinite: lacking or appearing to lack a boundary or end
complete or total: not subject to qualification or exception
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+1 and I have never tethered. I was FORCED to a unlimited plan many many hears ago with a Motorola Q9h I think it was called, upgraded to a cappy grandfathered in, and now on the SGS2. So like it says I have UNLIMITED and that is exactly how it should be, directly taken from your example from a dictionary. I have ALWAYS used dolphin HD with it set to desktop and so far I have never received a warning text from them. Maybe lucky, maybe will in time, nut I WILL argue my point with them about it if/when it does come up. I understand that those who use a lot of bandwidth slow it for others but we shouldn't be able to gripe about it since most HAD TO be forced onto the unlimited plan at some point when att made us. So don't worry about others that cry about it, they GET what they pay for as do us with the UNLIMITED plan. It is just their tough luck they didn't get it when they could have.
Brought to you by my KICKASS CM7 AT&T SGS2
Flashing a custom rom and using the mobile tether ive never had a problem. Well.last september i used about 5gb tethering my touchpad and i thought that was a lot lol~ havnt flashed a custom rom on my sgs2 so cant test lol
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Dude just ignore them they are clearly the kind of people who think you should use the amount of data ATT thinks you should!
I on the other hand pay for unlimted so i use as much as i can and don't care what others think.
Definitions of unlimited (adj)
un·lim·it·ed [ un límmitəd ]
not restricted: without limits, restrictions, or controls
infinite: lacking or appearing to lack a boundary or end
complete or total: not subject to qualification or exception
Synonyms: limitless, infinite, unrestricted, unrestrained, boundless, unconstrained, on tap, indefinite, ad nauseam, bottomless
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You paid for unlimited WITHOUT tethering.
Tether abusers caused AT&T to kill the unlimited plans for those who actually use our devices in a reasonable fashion, and caused AT&T to institute the advanced tethering detection mechanisms they have in place now.
As a result, those who do tether responsibly are still at risk of getting nailed because of those that didn't.
Running cognition rom I can use the native tether and no probs here
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Entropy512 said:
You paid for unlimited WITHOUT tethering.
Tether abusers caused AT&T to kill the unlimited plans for those who actually use our devices in a reasonable fashion, and caused AT&T to institute the advanced tethering detection mechanisms they have in place now.
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What killed the unlimited data plan is not directly connected to tethering. It's the fact that AT&T was unable to handle the iPhone on their network alone.
Anyways, the new plans are making them MUCH more money. For one, people can now afford a smartphone as it's only $15/month more instead of $30/month more. This has caused many of my friends to get a smartphone, upgrading from their dumbphones.
Second, users who want a lot of data will have to pay more and more.
Third, most users didn't even go over 2GB of usage.
Verzion did the exact same thing, and I do believe Sprint is too follow. Sprint's network is slow enough already.
Don't go blaming people who tethered the reason behind no unlimited plan. Blame AT&T, the greedy bastards who just wanted to make more $$$. It's not our fault, sir.
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So, I've had AT&T for quite some time and enjoyed the 'unlimited' plan for equally as long. I had a Nokia N900 and I was able to tether/share and pretty much what-ever I want. Only problem was I never got 3G speeds on it.
About a year ago I was messing with a friends Android. I slapped my SIM in the phone, rebooted, played around some and then took my SIM out and gave it back to him. About an hour later on my phone I get this text message 'You've been switched to the 2GB Smart phone plan'. WTF?!?! So I call up AT&T support and they explain why it was switched and give me back my unlimited account (once I promised them that my friends phone wouldn't show up with my SIM in it again)
This brings me to last week. I see the S2 and decide that its the new phone I want. I call up and find out under no uncertain terms that my 'unlimited' plan will be taken from me the second I upgrade to any sort of smart phone. My only option is to leave AT&T and they are fine with that.
So then I think, I'll just buy another phone and be sneaky. Just to test I drop my SIM into my blackjack II I have laying around. Check my AT&T account about an hour later and find that sure enough, I've now been switched to the Smartphone plan again. No text message, no notification, nothing. No back out options, zip, nada, zilch.
In the end I gave up. It seems almost pointless to try and play games since I'm on their network which they run and control. Sure I'm quite sad about losing my unlimited plan and would do just about anything to get it back. I even considered leaving but everyone else's 'unlimited' plans aren't unlimited once you read the small print. I'm not a huge data user, but I do tend to go a little beyond the 4GB limit since I like to stream pandora and there are times when I'll need to download an iso image for someone's computer that I'm working on remotely somewhere and can't get online. Those options are now all gone for me.
If anyone has any suggestions I've only had my phone for a few days. If I knew I could call up AT&T and get my unlimited plan back with my S2 I'd do it. But each rep I talked to on the phone said that the 'unlimited' code that I had was no longer in the system and there was nothing they could do for me (of course). How everyone else is getting away with this or holding on to their unlimited plans I've no idea.
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You paid for unlimited WITHOUT tethering.
Tether abusers caused AT&T to kill the unlimited plans for those who actually use our devices in a reasonable fashion, and caused AT&T to institute the advanced tethering detection mechanisms they have in place now.
As a result, those who do tether responsibly are still at risk of getting nailed because of those that didn't.
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Blah that's BS. We all know why they got rid of unlimited plans and created tethering plans... MONEY. Cash is king and we are pawns for them to make money off of. They could care less how much data we use. What they care about is a way to score some cash for what we use the data for. Give it time, unlimited will be back to compete for dominance over a traditional land line.
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Ok here's my scenario...I have the grandfathered unlimited data plan from At&t and I made a point of them making a note in my account before I purchased the SGS2. I rooted my phone and installed Cognition soon after. I attempted to tether before I rooted etc because the option was present while on stock, but of course a pop up appeared saying that I need to change my plan blah blah blah. Once rooted, I didn't tether because I really haven't had the need to yet...because I have wifi in my home. I will admit that I do consume a lot of data...particularly streaming and downloading content (such as roms etc directly to my device)...but that's the point of 4G unlimited data, correct? And even then a lot of the time I'm connected to wifi at home. The only thing I did differently was tried some APN settings that I seen on Android Central which were supposedly giving other SGSII users better download and upload speeds by connecting to the "backhaul". It was actually worse. So I receive an email saying that if they catch me tethering again, they will change my data plan on their own. So my question is, since I haven't actually tethered, could my actual data usage triggered the message...or since I attempted to tether...or or the APN changing...and how could I prevent them from changing it?
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Ill tell you what, if you edit this into at least 3 readable paragraphs, I promise to give you a decent response.
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I think a phone call to att should solve your issue. If they did put you on a tethering plan, they can undo it. But, you may need to get a supervisor if the unlimited plan has been removed.
From what I understand you get warned at least once before they make any changes.
Also, story perfectly understandable to me as is.
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quarlow said:
I think a phone call to att should solve your issue. If they did put you on a tethering plan, they can undo it. But, you may need to get a supervisor if the unlimited plan has been removed.
From what I understand you get warned at least once before they make any changes.
Also, story perfectly understandable to me as is.
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See how your post had 3 easily readable paragraphs and sentences? That's what I was referring to. His wall of text hurts my brain. Maybe its because I'm reading from the app.
But then again I wouldn't expect you to understand much of anything judging by the majority of your posts on this site.
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seh6183 said:
See how your post had 3 easily readable paragraphs and sentences? That's what I was referring to. His wall of text hurts my brain. Maybe its because I'm reading from the app.
But then again I wouldn't expect you to understand much of anything judging by the majority of your posts on this site.
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Wow ... you really are living up to the nickname you had in the Atrix forum. What was it again, "third rate troll"?
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quarlow said:
Wow ... you really are living up to the nickname you had in the Atrix forum. What was it again, "third rate troll"?
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I'm not hijacking this guys thread anymore than we already have. If you want to argue with me (and be destroyed in every imaginable way) then go ahead and shoot me a pm.
To answer the original posters questions. Att can only send you warnings about tethering if they catch on. You can do things that wont raise any flags on their end such as using less data for less lengths of time.
A better alternanative would be to mask your device id. I'm not aware of any apps that can do it on Android but PDA net can do it for Apple. Maybe someone else can Chime in on an app.
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If you do tether, it was claimed in the Captivate forum that att sniff out the browser agent for Internet Explorer, so to avoid detection to use Google Chrome, or another browser.
But, if you haven't actually tethered I would start with a call to att customer service. If they flagged your account, you should be able to sort it out over the phone.
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If tethering, either by device or plan feature, was specifically included in the plan you were grandfathered from you should be fine. If it wasn't specifically called out as included they'll charge you for the add-on. You can't grandfather something that didn't exist. In other words, if "unlimited data" didn't specifically apply to tethering and tethering as a feature was introduced afterward you'll have to pay for it.
OP, are you using the stock GSII browser? If not, that could be the culprit. As stated above, they're basing it off the browser agent. Call and say you're using a market browser with Mozilla as browser agent. That should help your case later if they end up jerking you around.
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As stated above, they're basing it off the browser agent.
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They use heuristics to sniff packet data for suspect traffic. While it's not 100%accurate, they hold the cards and it's up to you to prove your innocence.
No one knows what the new heuristics are - but something in your post-root non-tethering data usage probably set off a false positive.
Apparently a few others have had false positives and no one knows the true triggers. Good chance that mangling your browser useragent is one of them.
Call them and complain that you received a nastygram despite not attempting to tether after the app blocked it.
I have been using unlimited data for a few years. I tethered with my iphone. Used MyWi, and then PDAnet. I was contacted by them concerning my 'illegal' use of tethering.
A few weeks ago, I switched from the Iphone to the GSII. Rooted it, and almost IMMEDIATELY got a text message saying that tethering has been added to my contract and that I lost my unlimited data.
Am I screwed here? I don't think tethering existed when I signed my original contract with unlimited data.... Can I get this back?
I do apologize if anyone felt my OP was lengthy, but I was at work and I just wanted to cover all sides of the situation just in case I couldn't respond at the time.
I use the stock browser on Cognition to surf and stream to my video player, and Opera Mobile when downloading from Filesonic, etc.
I was mainly trying to get and idea of what might becausing the flag so I would know which route to go when I do call into ATT. I don't want to receive a bill in a month or so and have to battle them then. The tethering plan wasn't included in the grandfathered Unlimited data plan, but I actually did "abuse" it for a while with my Captivate before I got my DSL installed in my new apartment.
I was just thinking that this could have possibly been some sort of scare tactic on behalf of AT&T because of my current data usage, and it was a preemptive action to contain the abuse of their already spotty 4G network.
Also, I wanted myself and any others who have had this experience to control and prevent future occurrences.
I have a friend that works for Verizon wireless and he told me that he received information from a tech that when you call into the tech support, they can get some of the details of your current rom...and conclude whether or not you are rooted, etc...how true this is idk...
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Dear xxx xxx,
We've noticed your service plan may need updating.
Many AT&T customers use their smartphones as a broadband connection for other devices, like laptops, netbooks or other smartphones– a practice commonly known as tethering. Tethering can be an efficient way for our customers to enjoy the benefits of AT&T's mobile broadband network and use more than one device to stay in touch with important people and information. To take advantage of this feature, we require that in addition to a data plan, you also have a tethering plan.
Our records show that you use this capability, but are not subscribed to our tethering plan. If you would like to continue tethering, please log into your account online at www.wireless.att.com , or call us at 866-975-0005, Monday -Friday, 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. CT, or Saturday, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. CT, to sign up for the DataPro 4GB for Smartphone Tethering plan or the DataPro Enterprise 4GB for Smartphone Tethering plan.
If we don't hear from you, we'll plan to automatically enroll you into one of the above DataPro 4GB plans in an upcoming bill cycle. The specific plan selected for you will depend on your current smartphone data plan; if you are currently subscribed to another Enterprise data plan, you will automatically be enrolled in the DataPro Enterprise 4GB for Smartphone Tethering Plan so that you can continue to access corporate email and applications. Your new DataPro 4GB plan – whether you sign up on your own or we automatically enroll you – will replace your current smartphone data plan, including if you are on an unlimited data plan.
If you discontinue tethering by the end of this month, no changes to your current plan will be required.
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Wow. Is tethering only available as part of a specific DataPro package? If it's not available as a stand-alone option this is a really nasty and back-handed way to get people off grandfathered unlimited packages. That or to greatly reduce the network burden of tethering.
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Wow. Is tethering only available as part of a specific DataPro package? If it's not available as a stand-alone option this is a really nasty and back-handed way to get people off grandfathered unlimited packages. That or to greatly reduce the network burden of tethering.
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I would say: both.
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BarryH_GEG said:
Wow. Is tethering only available as part of a specific DataPro package? If it's not available as a stand-alone option this is a really nasty and back-handed way to get people off grandfathered unlimited packages. That or to greatly reduce the network burden of tethering.
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Exactly my point...the phone only came on the 2nd...there's no way I could've hit a data cap like that on my own to raise a flag in a mere 2 weeks...I don't have that kind of porn habit lol...not sure if it was something in the software...quite possible that it is something in the useragent of the browser...
But it feels like I'm getting bullied here...just want something concrete to fire back with.
EDIT: Came home from work and loaded up my laptop...remembered that in a drunken stupor I was up debating between a Slingbox adapter or a Logictech Revue...and I remember that I said eff it so I downloaded the Gmote and Unified Remote apps to connect to the server in my house via wifi and use my phone to control my media and browser through my TV. Could that have triggered the email? That was at approx 12-1am last night and I recieved the email on my way to work at 9:20 this morn
I just got that same email from them this morning.
I'm a little confused as to what their plan of action is. Do they plan to add a tethering plan at the end of the month w/out our consent if we don't contact them, or will everything stay the same if we stop tethering?
"If we don't hear from you, we'll plan to automatically enroll you into one of the above DataPro 4GB plans in an upcoming bill cycle."
but then towards the end of the email, they state:
"If you discontinue tethering by the end of this month, no changes to your current plan will be required."
Should i contact them or will i be fine if i stop tethering?
Sounds to me if you don't contact them you going to get enrolled
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I've seen a lot of these threads around different forums with plenty of people stating that they got the email, but not many of them following up whether or not their plans actually got changed or not.
Wondering how many people actually got their data plans changed or if the email is more of a warning/scare tactic.
Does anyone have a work around to get tethering working again. $14.99 is to much to pay for data I'm already paying for. Is at&t next?
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I found a good work around by changing my user agent on my computer browser. Tmobile uses the user agent as a check. Just change it to a different one, it should work. I used Ipad and had no issues.
soccerdad said:
Does anyone have a work around to get tethering working again. $14.99 is to much to pay for data I'm already paying for. Is at&t next?
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Boy have you been living under a rock for the past 6 months? This has been a huge deal for a long time. ITs simple if you want to tether then get a tethering plan. If you think that is unfair then you may want to read your TOS again (if you ever read it at all) it states that the data set for the line in question is only to be used on that device.
Thanks for the reply. Did not work for me.
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Boy have you been living under a rock for the past 6 months? This has been a huge deal for a long time. ITs simple if you want to tether then get a tethering plan. If you think that is unfair then you may want to read your TOS again (if you ever read it at all) it states that the data set for the line in question is only to be used on that device.
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No rock, just been fortunate I guess. They just started blocking me.
If paying $14.99 is fair or unfair or just unreasonably than this would not be such a big deal.
No I didn't read my contract, I already knew about the tethering. Are they going to start charging us to stream over bluetooth next. Your radio is another device.
Got it working. I thought I was changing user agent but I wasn't. I'm using a chromebook and changed user agent with a extension called Chrome UA Spoofer. Changed user agent to Safari. Tethering without gilt again.
They just started blocking me as of yesterday too, Im going to try the Agent switch method, but theoretically , it is possible for them to eventually block all the common ones right?...
I dont really abuse the tether option much at all, I have a 5gb plan and I barely use 400mb monthly. but yesterday I downloaded a 300mb rom and forgot I was tethered, within 50 MB, I get redirected to the pay screen.
Im guessing once I change the agent, I should just lay low and do any heavy usage while tethered.. right? (includes youtube, webcam, music etc) and just stick to surfing and email.
Hey guys i have a question. With a custom rom i know tethering is usually unlocked, but my question is, can att see me tethering from those roms?. Pr is there maybe a app to hide tether. I ask because att caught me tethering with stock tethering under settings
Please help me. Thanks.
ATT is going to know you are tethering no matter what you do. This question has been asked and answered many times. Whether they catch you with a custom ROM depends if they look to see if you are tethering. The solution is if you want to tether then pay for a plan that supports tethering.
What ever happened to that guy who said he found a deeply hidden APN the phone automatically uses when tethering? He was going to delete this APN and see if att could no longer see the tether?
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ATT is going to know you are tethering no matter what you do. This question has been asked and answered many times. Whether they catch you with a custom ROM depends if they look to see if you are tethering. The solution is if you want to tether then pay for a plan that supports tethering.
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You see I would BUT, att will NOT let me add tethering unless I change my internet plan. How that makes sense is beyond Me. I'm going to switch my unlimited to only use 2gb for a feature that REQUIRES internet. And also, this is besides the fact that I think its unfair people would have to pay twice to use your own internet the way you want to. I already pay for internet, what I do with it is my business.
I've been tethering with cm10 for months and haven't been hit. I don't do any heavy downloading tho.
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As stated your carrier will find out, why hide...why not just pay the fees and be legit. This way you are being honest and in turn if you have issues you can have your carrier resolve them, instead of looking over your should {so to speak}, hoping you do not get pop'd for the charges. Read your policy you agreed on with your carrier on fees and avoid the penalties if found guilty of working the system.
Bottom-line, IMHO just pay for your required services, and if you have not be id, stand by it is coming.
We don't want to pay for tethering because they are charging me to use data I already pay for and the only reason they can get away with it is because of the explosive growth of telecom. The government simply doesn't know how to reign these companies in yet. Maybe another ten years and a Microsoft monopoly scale federal lawsuit and this crap will be over. The point is, what does it matter what device uses the data I pay for? Im sorry but I just simply refuse to be taken advantage of.
If I sold you a glass of milk and you pulled some cookies from your pocket should I be able to pull your milk away until you pay more to be able to dunk your own cookies in the milk you've already purchased?
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We don't want to pay for tethering because they are charging me to use data I already pay for and the only reason they can get away with it is because of the explosive growth of telecom. The government simply doesn't know how to reign these companies in yet. Maybe another ten years and a Microsoft monopoly scale federal lawsuit and this crap will be over. The point is, what does it matter what device uses the data I pay for? Im sorry but I just simply refuse to be taken advantage of.
If I sold you a glass of milk and you pulled some cookies from your pocket should I be able to pull your milk away until you pay more to be able to dunk your own cookies in the milk you've already purchased?
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