So I have a SGS II, and am currently on the iPhone unlimited data plan. In order to switch to a 4G unlimited plan, AT&T said I need an AT&T 4G phone's IMEI so I was wondering if anyone would be willing to send me their IMEI so I can get this faster data plan? Please and thank you!
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Eh... it isn't any faster? At least not from when I had mine swapped over. The label, which is all that it is, doesn't seem to affect much of anything.
And I can assure you that no one is going to fork over their IMEI for you to give to AT&T.
It's not real 4G and it's no faster than being on the iPhone unlimited plan.
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IPhone and atrix will never reach 4g speeds. We are capped at 14 or 16mbps I believe... which I assure you att will not reach for atleast 2 years or better. If at all lol
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well damn i hear mixed stories everywhere... whatever i can live with 3G until AT&T lights up that damn LTE network.
dude... no one is going to give their IMEI out. that's like giving out your car's VIN and registration for loan. their faux-G is on the exact same network you're running off for 3G.
an unlimited 4g plan doesnt exhist with att. i just got off the phone with them and they said that if i want 4g data. i have to drop my 3g unlimited plan and get the 4gb plan.
also. my unlimited data was shown in their system as an iphone unlimited olan. a customer service rep changed it to an " original smart phone data plan" and i lost my voicemail and my data didnt work for S**T!
I also agree with everyone here, no one will give you the imei off their device.
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an unlimited 4g plan doesnt exhist with att. i just got off the phone with them and they said that if i want 4g data. i have to drop my 3g unlimited plan and get the 4gb plan.
also. my unlimited data was shown in their system as an iphone unlimited olan. a customer service rep changed it to an " original smart phone data plan" and i lost my voicemail and my data didnt work for S**T!
I also agree with everyone here, no one will give you the imei off their device.
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Not true. I had the unlimited 3G iphone plan and got my atrix with my 2 year upgrade. As long as you don't change any features of the plan, you are grandfathered into said plan, and mine runs at ATT's 4G speeds.
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So I have a SGS II, and am currently on the iPhone unlimited data plan. In order to switch to a 4G unlimited plan, AT&T said I need an AT&T 4G phone's IMEI so I was wondering if anyone would be willing to send me their IMEI so I can get this faster data plan? Please and thank you!
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Not true. I had the unlimited 3G iphone plan and got my atrix with my 2 year upgrade. As long as you don't change any features of the plan, you are grandfathered into said plan, and mine runs at ATT's 4G speeds.
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From when I had to deal with this for my father, the current unlimited (3G) does let you grandfather currently at their "Current" 4G speed.. the HSPDA+ ... however, when they launch their "True" 4G network, all current Unlimited plans will not carry over and you can only have the unlimited data with the H+.. if you want to switch to the true 4G, they are going to make you drop the unlimited that you currently have and go with the 2gb or 4gb which ever it will be.. duno if the are going to have unlimited or not.. they didnt really say.. but that is what the ATT person had explained to me when tried to get my fathers unlimited grandfather back on..
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Buy an att atrix used...
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From when I had to deal with this for my father, the current unlimited (3G) does let you grandfather currently at their "Current" 4G speed.. the HSPDA+ ... however, when they launch their "True" 4G network, all current Unlimited plans will not carry over and you can only have the unlimited data with the H+.. if you want to switch to the true 4G, they are going to make you drop the unlimited that you currently have and go with the 2gb or 4gb which ever it will be.. duno if the are going to have unlimited or not.. they didnt really say.. but that is what the ATT person had explained to me when tried to get my fathers unlimited grandfather back on..
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this is what kinda what they told me but did not include the info about running 4g speeds now until they get the true 4g. however i was told if i wanted those speeds. i would have to drop unlimited. also i was informed they have no intention of having a 4g unlimited plan even if you are already grandfathered in. they have dropped unlimited data period!
and to respond to post above yours..... my xperia x10 has faster uploads and downloads then this atrix does. responds better, has brighter display. my xperia is running a custom 2.2.1 running at 998mhz high and low. while my atrix is overclocked to 1.3ghz. so i dont believe the hype that this phone is that great. almost thinking i should have stayed with the inspire and only for the larger screen size. it lacked compared to my xperia as well.
Well, lets look at what's wrong here, and whats
"Right"....
1: you have a SGS II.(RIGHT)
2: Its a "4G phone ("RIGHT")
3: Its for tmobile (right)
4:you will never get 4g speeds from at&t with a tmobile phone (RIGHT!!!!)
5: NO ONE WILL GIVE YOU THEIR IMEI NUMBER(right, I hope)
If you have two devices on the same network, both identifying them selves as the same device, one will be shut off. I had a similar issue with 2phones previously.I had a simcard in phone one. With out powering off the device, I put it into the second phone and powered it on. People were sending me texts and calling me all day. Some text Wendy to phone one and some to phone two. My phone calls would only last for 3 seconds MAX.
Now, with that being said, if you want 4g speeds on your sgs 2, go get a fancy mobile hotspot, and Cary that with you too. Until then,
GO AWAY TROLL.
I don't even have the atrix yet and want to donkey punch you through your computer/phone screen...... troll
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Just ordered up an unlocked SGS2 and can't wait for it to arrive.
I've been reading on the forums here and it seems that the SGS2 will work with an AT&T Medianet plan ($10 or $15/mo)... (Maybe without HSPA+, but that's OK... I'll just be happy to have the SGS2 )
Now that AT&T has announced the SGS2 for the US market... Will unlocked (grey market) versions of the SGS2 continue to work with Medianet data plans?
I don't think anyone here can give you a clear answer until the phone comes out.
People that bought unlocked Xperia X10s did get bumped to the smartphone plans when at&t released the X10, let's hope that isn't the case for this phone.
I'm going to guess it will be fine.. Reason is:
With the original Galaxy S, the "i9000" from bell worked fine, because AT&T's version was called the "Captivate". As far as I know the Rogers Captivate was recognized by AT&T because it was the same device. Since AT&T has a name, "Attain" I don't think that qualifies as any of the Unlocked International versions.
Correct me if I am wrong but I thought AT&T had some exclusivity with the X10 which I think is why they had all the info, like with the Dell Streak.
Again, just a semi-educated guess.
The ATT device has no name other than Galaxy SII
The model number for AT&T's variant is SGH-i927 vs. GT-i9100 for the international version. In order for AT&T to track international SGS2's Samsung would have to provide them with the IMEI numbers for every phone they've sold worldwide. I'd guess that's very unlikely to happen.
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The model number for AT&T's variant is SGH-i927 vs. GT-i9100 for the international version.
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Thanks barry, this is the more logical version of what I was trying to say but I couldn't find info on whether the model number was different.
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The model number for AT&T's variant is SGH-i927 vs. GT-i9100 for the international version. In order for AT&T to track international SGS2's Samsung would have to provide them with the IMEI numbers for every phone they've sold worldwide. I'd guess that's very unlikely to happen.
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I don't know that the model number matters. I think it is the IMEI. If the IMEI of the SGH-i927 is very similar to that of the GT-i9100, then AT&Ts system may catch it.
Stop thinking so hard about it. The answer is NO.
Its a completely different model phone.
The only 2 phones that got caught was dell streak and nexus s because they used the same unlocked model.
I've been running unlocked phones for 5-6 years with no issues.
And hspa + will work also
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Stop thinking so hard about it. The answer is NO.
Its a completely different model phone.
The only 2 phones that got caught was dell streak and nexus s because they used the same unlocked model.
I've been running unlocked phones for 5-6 years with no issues.
And hspa + will work also
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"And hspa + will work also"
Does this mean you can get hspa+ on MediaNet plan?
I thought the consensus on the forum is that you can get (fake)4G only when you are on 4G data plan with appropriate APN settings.
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"And hspa + will work also"
Does this mean you can get hspa+ on MediaNet plan?
I thought the consensus on the forum is that you can get (fake)4G only when you are on 4G data plan with appropriate APN settings.
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Everyone's on different 3G plans. I'm on the data for non-Smartphones plan and get HSPA+ speeds. I've hit 8MB down when I'm traveling.
Try setting APN to 4G configuration and remove 'standard' APN. You will lose data connection if you do not have 4G SOC on your account. I think what happens is that phone connects to the tower with HSPA+ however the actual speed is capped by the gateway. I wonder if disabling HSPA and using 3G only will decrease actual speed.
I think all 4g is fake but thats another issue.
Whatever is available in your area, you will get. I get hspa+ in my area but its only about 6-8mb download.
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"And hspa + will work also"
Does this mean you can get hspa+ on MediaNet plan?
I thought the consensus on the forum is that you can get (fake)4G only when you are on 4G data plan with appropriate APN settings.
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Everyone's on different 3G plans. I'm on the data for non-Smartphones plan and get HSPA+ speeds. I've hit 8MB down when I'm traveling.
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Ya, pretty much what BarryH_GEG said.
I am on the non-smartphone data plan too. $10 / month unlimited data. I've hit 6mb downloads, but my average is around 3.5 to 4.5mb.
Ok so the $10 unlimited data is with $20 unlimited messaging correct? Since I don't need messaging I'm on the $15 unlimited data plan. Just want to make sure I'm on the right plan
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Correct the medianet is $10/mo, but you have to have unl txt for $20/mo =$30/mo for unl data & text.
I alsk have the unl data for non-smartphones, aka medianet and I hit data downs if almost 8Mbps sometimes. You'll be fine op on the medianet plan, getting great HSPA+ speeds and saving money.
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Everyone's on different 3G plans. I'm on the data for non-Smartphones plan and get HSPA+ speeds. I've hit 8MB down when I'm traveling.
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Could you please share your APN settings?
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Could you please share your APN settings?
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I'm using the 4g apn settings with no issues on a old iphone medianet plan.
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I'm using the 4g apn settings with no issues on a old iphone medianet plan.
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Please share apn. all is working internet and mms to?
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Can someome expain how to get this MediaNet plan? I'll be 18 in two months and I really want the SGSII, so if I can save some money share the info plz
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Can someome expain how to get this MediaNet plan? I'll be 18 in two months and I really want the SGSII, so if I can save some money share the info plz
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Just get a non-smartphone and customize the plan to however you want, while asking for the Medianet plan. After that just put the sim card into your imported sgs2 and your done.
Sprint is really disappointing me. I've been through MetroPCS and Virgin Mobile which are prepaid and I was paying 40 a month unlimited everything and the speeds, and coverage are equal to Sprint and even better.. virgin mobile is running off of sprints towers and I was getting AMAZING speed, about 2 mbs all the time and peaked at 2.4 mbs.
Sprint has been in the game for a LONG time, but they must not know what they are doing or need a new CEO. Look at ATT, T-Mobile, and Verizon.. they are years ahead of Sprint..
I feel like im paying 100$ a month for just being able to use a badass phone that prepaid companies dont offer. I got better support/service using prepaid.. its sad.
today in school, my friend has his ATT Iphone 4s out and did a speedtest.. he was pulling off 5.5mbs!. I couldnt even start mine because i was on roaming with 0 bars... he had like 4/5 bars.. wtf... makes me extremely jealous
Anyone have any idea what could be behind the issues with Sprint and why things havent improved in the past 2 years?
Send them a message by canceling service and flashing your device to work on Metro.
If you don't tell Sprint (with your wallet) that there's something wrong, they will never hear your complaints.
Sprint has improved for me in the past 2 years. I'm in Chicago.
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5.5mbs!? Man, he's gonna reach his cap in like 4.2 days of use. That's the plus with using Sprint, you can use your phone the whole month without having to worry about caps because... 1. They don't cap. 2. Even if they did, you still wouldn't hit it when you're pulling 56kbs.
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5.5mbs!? Man, he's gonna reach his cap in like 4.2 days of use. That's the plus with using Sprint, you can use your phone the whole month without having to worry about caps because... 1. They don't cap. 2. Even if they did, you still wouldn't hit it when you're pulling 56kbs.
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Yes when I saw it my jaw dropped and yes your 100% right, lmao. I hope one day we will have speeds near this .. my 4G barely hit 6 mbs QQ
You need to buy a phone that meets your coverage needs. If your roaming in an area where your friends ATT has full service, and you spend a lot of time there, you need to switch.
I work in the wireless repair field, and i tell my customers to find a carrier that has coverage where they spend most of their time at, usually HOME and Work/school.
If your roaming in school you cant really complain about data speeds, as your not on Sprints Network.
I will agree that Sprint does have some 3G issues, could be over capacity, could be interference, could be a lot of things. But its intermitent for me and never prevents me from fully using my device.
The other day i got 2.3megs down at my apt.
The next morning eating breakfast near my office i had .2 megs down.
I deal with it because its a great unlimited plan, and its been reliable.
FYI, my personal phone is an EVO 3D, my work phone is an iPhone 4, Sure it gets 3-4 bars but it also drops a lot of calls. Cant say the same for my EVO 3D. Always reliable. So was the Epic Touch, Epic 4G and EVO 4G. Never had dropped call issues with them.
The 4G signal I get nearest to my home in Sacramento (Sadly it doesn't actually REACH my home) is typically about 12Mbit. Oddly enough, it's right near the Sprint store where I get these speeds. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
The sad thing is, I still can't stream any Shoutcast stations (or SiriusXM) for **** on 4G, have to turn it off, then it streams perfectly over 3G. I hate WiMax.
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You need to buy a phone that meets your coverage needs. If your roaming in an area where your friends ATT has full service, and you spend a lot of time there, you need to switch.
I work in the wireless repair field, and i tell my customers to find a carrier that has coverage where they spend most of their time at, usually HOME and Work/school.
If your roaming in school you cant really complain about data speeds, as your not on Sprints Network.
I will agree that Sprint does have some 3G issues, could be over capacity, could be interference, could be a lot of things. But its intermitent for me and never prevents me from fully using my device.
The other day i got 2.3megs down at my apt.
The next morning eating breakfast near my office i had .2 megs down.
I deal with it because its a great unlimited plan, and its been reliable.
FYI, my personal phone is an EVO 3D, my work phone is an iPhone 4, Sure it gets 3-4 bars but it also drops a lot of calls. Cant say the same for my EVO 3D. Always reliable. So was the Epic Touch, Epic 4G and EVO 4G. Never had dropped call issues with them.
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Exactly what he said. I live in long beach ca 10 years with sprint no issues, and rarely use 4 have, stream everyday while I drive. best bet get whatever works in your most visited area
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Well for me it's the opposite. At my house I get usable 4g. The 4g speeds are around 5-8 megabit. My 3g speeds is worse than 56k and I drop calls often.
I have an Airave where if I send too many text messages the recipient gets 10 copies of each text but on my phone it says it wasn't able to send the text.
The network.sprint.com site says there was 25 upgrades near my area within the last six months and another 25 in the coming six months..... But there is no signal or service quality difference.
It gets worse where I work. I used to get at least 150 kilobytes per second at work then it dropped down to 50 now I barley get 5. No 4g service but I can make and receive calls....
I have no one but to blame but me. I've dealt with Sprint for about 7 years.
You should not be complaining about your friend with that pile iphone4s that doesn't have any access to 4g....
My dad and I are on the Sero plan, 49 bucks a month for unlimited plan but with 500 minutes talk time. Who talks on the phone anymore?
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I agree that picking a network for signal quality in your area is the best bet. Luckily for me, Sprint has been great for me for a long time.
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I agree that picking a network for signal quality in your area is the best bet. Luckily for me, Sprint has been great for me for a long time.
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That's faster than my home wifi minus the ping time... Smh
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I agree that picking a network for signal quality in your area is the best bet. Luckily for me, Sprint has been great for me for a long time.
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Know what's awesome? I'm paying just as much (or more) as this guy but I'm only getting an average of 125kbs.
There should be laws against this.
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Know what's awesome? I'm paying just as much (or more) as this guy but I'm only getting an average of 125kbs.
There should be laws against this.
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Currently I can't afford home internet that is as good as his cell. I had 50mbit through Cox cable, now I have 3.
Manually install different PRL files until you get one that works good for you. Try 11115 specifically, it works great. Or if your tired of Sprint do what I did and flash to Verizon's 00001 to run off Verizon towers first before Sprint's.
On 00001 I get more than double the speed of Sprint at my apartment, and better signal. But at work I get 3x worse than Sprint speed was, although it is about the same cell signal. Its all about finding the one that works best for you.
Personally, while I've had some problems with Sprint, I enjoy the service. I put my phone the data hell, and while in some places I'll admit that I would appreciate having better coverage, the fact that I used only my phone for internet for two weeks (and did a ridiculous amount on it and still do) means that I trust Sprint. Plus, the places that I don't have service, AT&T doesn't have service, and I would have to deal with a data cap. A friend has Metro and hates it. I'll stick with Sprint. It works for me, I love my phone, and I get a great discount because of where I work.
Interesting and informative thread. My compliments to the contributors.
I'm actually surprised that none of the Sprint zealots seem to have made it into this thread to ream you for daring to speak poorly of their beloved carrier.
Great info about using the Verizon PRL's...their service data service here is consistent where as Sprint obviously couldn't care less about their customers in the NOLA area.
Thank you for your time.
I love having unlimited talk text and web for $60 a month, even tethering works, even though Im not supposed to tether I do anyways and it works. Here is my Speedtest. so far best is this. I average about 7-8 in Myrtle Beach, SC. they use tmobile's network so no need to unlock your phone any tmobile phone works. I paid $629 for my Amaze 4g from newegg but it beats paying $140 a month to verizon, yes big chunk of change for a phone but it pays back in just 6 months from the savings compared to verizon. I get faster 4g with simple/tmobile than I did with verizon's 4gLTE. I avg 5-6 with verizon LTE.
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If u plan on going to simple mobile do not get 3g plan they throttle it at 120 kbps, get 4g instead, no throttle.
Ive gotten 27.01 down and 2.73 up maximum so fat @ Edmond,OK
It's weird I two blocks from my house I get around 9.2 download on UMTS, but on HSDPA I get around 1.7 max...I near west hollywood los angeles...what gives??? I thought HSDPA was supposed to be faster? even if I walk outside my house it doesn't make a big difference, the two or three block difference is massive...is this normal?
how does tethering work? I can't get the mobile hotspot to work
Simple Mobile uses T-Mobiles HSPA+ network so its the same speeds as T-Mobile?
I'm currently on T-Mobile/Walmart's $30 unlimited 4G plan and pretty happy with it.
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It's weird I two blocks from my house I get around 9.2 download on UMTS, but on HSDPA I get around 1.7 max...I near west hollywood los angeles...what gives??? I thought HSDPA was supposed to be faster? even if I walk outside my house it doesn't make a big difference, the two or three block difference is massive...is this normal?
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UMTS > HSDPA
UMTS 21Mbps is a fiber-link internet connection to the tower.
HSDPA is just a T1 connection to the tower.
The speeds you're getting sound like par for the course....
Edit: UMTS 42Mbps is apparently some kind of tweak to the tower's antenna's. The engineering tech didn't really elaborate much beyond that but he gave me the impression that it's similar to MIMO.
I just used the built in wifi hotspot, it works fine for me but I am also on a prepaid simple mobile. I hear tmobile don't charge extra for hotspot for prepaid customers.
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I just used the built in wifi hotspot, it works fine for me but I am also on a prepaid simple mobile. I hear tmobile don't charge extra for hotspot for prepaid customers.
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This is correct. Tethering uses up your 3G/4G data allotment which varies depending on your plan. Anything above and beyond that slows down to EDGE speeds for the remainder of your cycle.
3G/4G data allotments:
$50 - 100MB
$60 - 2GB
$70 - 5GB
celltimemb said:
I love having unlimited talk text and web for $60 a month, even tethering works, even though Im not supposed to tether I do anyways and it works. Here is my Speedtest. so far best is this. I average about 7-8 in Myrtle Beach, SC. they use tmobile's network so no need to unlock your phone any tmobile phone works. I paid $629 for my Amaze 4g from newegg but it beats paying $140 a month to verizon, yes big chunk of change for a phone but it pays back in just 6 months from the savings compared to verizon. I get faster 4g with simple/tmobile than I did with verizon's 4gLTE. I avg 5-6 with verizon LTE.
If u plan on going to simple mobile do not get 3g plan they throttle it at 120 kbps, get 4g instead, no throttle.
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You got it for $629? I got it 2 weeks ago from Negri Electronics for $496
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3G/4G data allotments:
$50 - 100MB
$60 - 2GB
$70 - 5GB
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As pointed out above, I also use the Walmart/Tmobile(sim purchased online only) $30 plan that does 5gb data, unlimited text, 100 minute plan. This is T-Mobile "Monthly 4g" prepaid service, as is the above, but the $30 5gb plan is a glaring omission.
Warning to all Sprint users!
I was using my motorola Photon while roaming on CDMA domestically, which I have done before, when all of a sudden a popup appeared. This wasn't the normal, "beware of possible data charges, continue?" This popup said something like: "You are roaming domestically off of Sprint's wireless network, to continue you must agree to pay the roaming charges"
You are given the choice to agree or cancel and not be able to use data. I have gotten out of it by pressing the home button but it keeps coming back while I'm roaming.
Did sprint change their policy? If so let me know so I can cancel for free, this isn't going to fly.
Hello,
With the Simply Everything Plan, Domestic Roaming is free. The Warning is just a boilerplate warning as not everyone is on the Plan and the Photon does not know which Plan you are on. If on the Simply Everything Plan, just turn off the Warning.
Cheers,
JJ
As an ex-Sprint employee I know this, but this popup was different than the one I normally receive on the Photon and specifically said Sprint. It also said I WILL be charged.
So instead of assuming, did you call sprint to verify?
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I have called about this before and was told I can use up to 300mb of data while roaming, anything after that I would get charged.
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I was told the same thing when I signed up for Sprint Service earlier today... I spend a day or so in a fringe area that roams 3G on Verizon, and was told if I go over 300 MB data, or half of my voice minutes on another domestic network, that I could get charged, or booted off.
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Warning to all Sprint users!
I was using my motorola Photon while roaming on CDMA domestically, which I have done before, when all of a sudden a popup appeared. This wasn't the normal, "beware of possible data charges, continue?" This popup said something like: "You are roaming domestically off of Sprint's wireless network, to continue you must agree to pay the roaming charges"
You are given the choice to agree or cancel and not be able to use data. I have gotten out of it by pressing the home button but it keeps coming back while I'm roaming.
Did sprint change their policy? If so let me know so I can cancel for free, this isn't going to fly.
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As a current Sprint employee, I can say roaming is free for both voice and data. Every smartphone I carry at my location has that "generic" warning message. I've been answering that question for over 4 years now. One thing to note though, Sprint does has excessive usage where they can terminate your contract at will. I believe there was bond XDAer who accumulated something like 93GB in a 3 month time period and politely asked to leave Sprint. If you have further questions, call 1-877-775-4886 instead of *2 or 1-800-SPRINT1.
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Just called. They confirmed that anything over 300mb would incur a charge....times are a changing
Censura_Umbra said:
Just called. They confirmed that anything over 300mb would incur a charge....times are a changing
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300mb or a majority of data use. If you use 2gb in a month and you roam at or under 1gb for said month then you will not be charged. This us covered in the TOS and can be found verbatim on their website.
Just saying.
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Some people just dont really read anymore, nor have common sense, I mean really, you think any carrier would happily let you roam constantly??? If your phone gets a bad signal, call them and (politely) talk to them and see what they can do, if that doesn't solve the issue, go for an airvana, doesn't cost you a dime, if your still not happy, cancel your contract, sprint didn't force you to sign the dotted line, you made that decision....done with my rant for the night
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Yes but sense we are all used to roaming constantly, due to Sprint's limited network, and it has always been free. And as you see from a current employee above; we are still being told it is free, it is just ridiculous.
Anyway, not here to ***** about Sprint, just warning those who torrent all the time.
Censura_Umbra said:
Yes but sense we are all used to roaming constantly, due to Sprint's limited network, and it has always been free. And as you see from a current employee above; we are still being told it is free, it is just ridiculous.
Anyway, not here to ***** about Sprint, just warning those who torrent all the time.
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that statement alone.....
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Voice roaming is free, data you get 300mb before you receive any charges. The pop up is phone oriented it is just the data roaming guard i just turn it off.
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It is not the phone roaming guard, this one was different than the usually roaming guard. Plus I had the guard off.
I've never seen anything like that and as others have said, I've heard roaming is unlimited and free from Sprint reps. Maybe OP is in a test market for a new crack down on it. *shrug*
abrcrmdl23 said:
Voice roaming is free, data you get 300mb before you receive any charges.
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Once again, the spreading of more mis-information...
Since no one takes the time to read the Data roaming agreement portion of your subscriber agreement I'll quote it for you all so that you may all 'know it all' ... In case anyone cares to read it, you can find the entire agreement here
Off-network Roaming: The primary use of your Device must be for domestic purposes within the Sprint-owned network. Domestic means use in the 50 United States and U.S. Territories (except Guam). Sprint reserves the right, without notice, to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if off-network usage in a month exceeds: (1) voice: 800 min. or a majority of minutes; or (2) data: 300 megabytes or a majority of kilobytes...
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So, if you use a total of 2gigs in a month and you use 1gig or less while roaming, they won't care because you are still under the 'majority of kilobytes' clause.. therefore, no charges, no pissy letters, no phone call... nada.
In fact, I'll post up a screenshot where my wife and I consumed roaming data like you wouldn't believe and they didn't care.
On a side note.. if anyone uses their cellular data connection for downloading torrents they are an idiot... my data consumption was streaming internet radio while force roaming just to test the 'majority of kilobytes' theory.. they didn't give a ****...
proof is in the pic... now can we please stop beating this horse ?
smh
A2CKilla said:
that statement alone.....
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That's EXACTLY why that Guy with 93Gb in a month got the boot!! For the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone would use a phone to download torrents, just can't. And if you READ the contract, (I did down to the fine print), unlimited data has limitations. Torrents were not specifically mentioned, but using Photon as a Server is, and I assume this falls under that.
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That's EXACTLY why that Guy with 93Gb in a month got the boot!! For the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone would use a phone to download torrents, just can't. And if you READ the contract, (I did down to the fine print), unlimited data has limitations. Torrents were not specifically mentioned, but using Photon as a Server is, and I assume this falls under that.
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yeah, that guy is an idiot.. period.
Glad they booted him.. it's that kinda **** that makes carriers switch to capped or tiered data.. that **** only hurts us all in the long run if it continues..
I stream internet radio while at work all day. Mine is 'normal' usage.. not for torrents and crap.. anyhow.. I just wanted to point out that it's not a fixed 300mb 'cap'... it's 300mb OR a majority of data.... funny how ppl just can't read.
FFS if you are that guy torrenting/hotspotting all your ****, you're an asshole.
There was a guy on reddit a month or two ago complaining that Sprint terminated his unlimited data plan. Come to find out, his previous month's data usage exceeded 100gb because he was using his wifi hotspot (from rooting) for all his internet purposes.
Don't be that guy. Don't be the reason we can't have nice things.
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FFS if you are that guy torrenting/hotspotting all your ****, you're an asshole.
There was a guy on reddit a month or two ago complaining that Sprint terminated his unlimited data plan. Come to find out, his previous month's data usage exceeded 100gb because he was using his wifi hotspot (from rooting) for all his internet purposes.
Don't be that guy. Don't be the reason we can't have nice things.
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I ditched my home internet and I use my photon as my only ISP. It provides internet for my laptop, desktop, and any other internet connected device in my life. And I have never even come close to 100gb. The highest month I have had since I have been doing this was 12gb.
That guy must have not only been using it for all his internet traffic, but he must have had a ton of traffic too.
If so what steps would be required to make the phone compatible?
It would work. You would just need to root your device and flash a ROM that has access to the APN settings so you would be able to get data and mma
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Would LTE work with it after that?
ROM recommendations?
There are several different threads where this kind of thing is discussed. But to answer your question, no. AIO operates on atts network, the Verizon note 2 is not compatible with their lte band. Best you'd get is 3g.
What about a tmobile note 2?
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There are several different threads where this kind of thing is discussed. But to answer your question, no. AIO operates on atts network, the Verizon note 2 is not compatible with their lte band. Best you'd get is 3g.
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Are you sure? The Note 2 should be hardware compatible with any U.S. carrier.
xdadevnube said:
Are you sure? The Note 2 should be hardware compatible with any U.S. carrier.
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Technically it is hardware compatible, though not fully functional. AT&T and Verizon deliver their LTE on different parts of the spectrum. As someone pointed out above, they are different(unsupported) bands.
jcollier said:
Technically it is hardware compatible, though not fully functional. AT&T and Verizon deliver their LTE on different parts of the spectrum. As someone pointed out above, they are different(unsupported) bands.
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I believe the bands can be unlocked. The phone hardware is literally identical. It may require another carrier's radios and/or kernel. It may also be possible in the service menu.
I dont know about you but I have a verizon galaxy note 2.. I first went with t-mobile and didnt like it because all I got was 2g (ew) second I went with straight talk with there sim kit that comes with sim card or instructions for cdma. I now get 2.5gb data 3g & hspa+ (4g) and only pay $45 a month. Happy camper here.. the kit also comes with straight talk apn guide thay you copy onto your phone. The carrier name on the phone will not be straight talk.. it'll say home.
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Deejaydark said:
I dont know about you but I have a verizon galaxy note 2.. I first went with t-mobile and didnt like it because all I got was 2g (ew) second I went with straight talk with there sim kit that comes with sim card or instructions for cdma. I now get 2.5gb data 3g & hspa+ (4g) and only pay $45 a month. Happy camper here.. the kit also comes with straight talk apn guide thay you copy onto your phone. The carrier name on the phone will not be straight talk.. it'll say home.
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I tried T-Mobile as well... Worst experience ever.
So your Verizon note 2 is seeing att 4g?
Yessir indeed I am im on 4g more than hitting areas with 3g
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If that's the case there has to be a way to get the vzw note 2 running 4g on AIO
That I do not know
Verizon Galaxy Note 2
No You Verizon
Straight Talk Unlimited $45
HSPA+ is not the same as LTE(HSPA+ is like faux 4G). Though, data speeds with HSPA+ will still be much faster than 3G. You should not have any problem connecting to HSPA+ with a verizon rom and kernel. I haven't tried it with any domestic carriers yet, but have with carriers outside of the US with no problems.
Deejaydark said:
That I do not know
Verizon Galaxy Note 2
No You Verizon
Straight Talk Unlimited $45
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Straight talk throttles quite a bit from what I've read
That might be the case but from what I can tell you I haven't had any problems with mine. Im satisfied to the fullest
Verizon Galaxy Note 2
No You Verizon
Straight Talk Unlimited $45
Deejaydark said:
That might be the case but from what I can tell you I haven't had any problems with mine. Im satisfied to the fullest
Verizon Galaxy Note 2
No You Verizon
Straight Talk Unlimited $45
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What is your monthly data usage?
Hard to say because when im home I use my wifi and when im out I use the phone but since I got it... the 7th - 10th 130mb lol. I tried to put a screenshot but I dont know how to do it.
Verizon Galaxy Note 2
No You Verizon
Straight Talk Unlimited $45
I use 10-12 gigs a month on a vzw unlimited plan right now. Need answers from somebody using some real data
zeus_r6 said:
I use 10-12 gigs a month on a vzw unlimited plan right now. Need answers from somebody using some real data
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Basically, data is not throttled up to 2.5 gigs of usage, and after that you get bumped down to 2G speed.