Hey guys I just bout my Atrix the other day off contract and I got this text.... AT&T Free Msg: Did you know an eligible data plan is required for your 4G Smartphone? Pls call 611 to select a plan and establish your 4G data connection today and I have the unlimited data plan from forever ago. Am I safe?
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I get the message once a week, as well as an email. It happens when you still have the unlimited plan. They can't make you change your plan. I would not worry.
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ProtoManV said:
I get the message once a week, as well as an email. It happens when you still have the unlimited plan. They can't make you change your plan. I would not worry.
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I never got that with my captivate I'm getting it now because this phone has higher data speeds
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I've read that they send you those messages and then they change your plan to data if you call them but if you don't they just keep sending you the message without doing actually changing your plan.
But I don't actually have AT&T so I'm just talking from word of mouth(or keyboard if you will...)
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I've read that they send you those messages and then they change your plan to data if you call them but if you don't they just keep sending you the message without doing actually changing your plan.
But I don't actually have AT&T so I'm just talking from word of mouth(or keyboard if you will...)
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So if you call that number by mistake then they change it automatically or do you have to confirm it with them?
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they probably want to switch you to the 4g plan, which has an unlimited data option for those grandfathered in.
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ujmnz said:
they probably want to switch you to the 4g plan, which has an unlimited data option for those grandfathered in.
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Is this any better then my current unlimited plan? And are you sure they wouldn't try and swindle me and get rid of my unlimited plan
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I had iPhone 3GS before and was grandfathered in. Wife was also grandfathered in. All you should have to do is tell them you do not want to lose your unlimited plan, and want to be grandfathered in and you should be set.
If you are unsure, call an AT&T store and ask them without giving your information. Also, make sure you go into a store to have the changes done. When I bought my phone they automatically put me on the 2GB plan and I spent 2 hours trying to get unlimited back, which I got after a manager authorized it.
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I had iPhone 3GS before and was grandfathered in. Wife was also grandfathered in. All you should have to do is tell them you do not want to lose your unlimited plan, and want to be grandfathered in and you should be set.
If you are unsure, call an AT&T store and ask them without giving your information. Also, make sure you go into a store to have the changes done. When I bought my phone they automatically put me on the 2GB plan and I spent 2 hours trying to get unlimited back, which I got after a manager authorized it.
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See that last part is the trouble I don't wanna have to deal with. Can you guys tell me what's the ddifferent between the 4G plan and the regular old unlimited I've had since my 3GS?
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with the 4g plan, it allows you to use the phone apn instead of just wap.cingular. using the phone apn, i get speeds of over 7mbps sometimes. using the wap one, i max out at 3.9 where i live. that's the only difference. they activate that apn for you
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ujmnz said:
with the 4g plan, it allows you to use the phone apn instead of just wap.cingular. using the phone apn, i get speeds of over 7mbps sometimes. using the wap one, i max out at 3.9 where i live. that's the only difference. they activate that apn for you
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I might see about this
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lol i got on the chat and called and they kept *****ing about LTE =p so i gave up
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S I'm giving my Eris to my gf who has a 9.99 data plan..does she need to get the $30 plan? I've read allot of different answer just want some clarification
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S I'm giving my Eris to my gf who has a 9.99 data plan..does she need to get the $30 plan? I've read allot of different answer just want some clarification
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At this point, yes - all smartphones (i.e., Android, Blackberry, WebOS, iPhone, and WP7, if they have any of those) on Verizon require the $30 unlimited plan. There is a rumor that Verizon will introduce capped plans this summer and remove the unlimited option, but that is still just a rumor.
You must get the 30 dollar plan unfortunately
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I thought you could use the phone without any data, but when you renew, they make you get the data package.
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I thought you could use the phone without any data, but when you renew, they make you get the data package.
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You cannot activate a smartphone on Verizon without the unlimited data plan. Even if you have a contract already, once you try to activate the phone you will be required to add the data plan.
I suppose you could use the phone to dial 911...
Got medianet unlimited mon smart phones. how do i keep it? what is good setup? I been doing some homework. I figure wouldnt hurt to ask in here. Thanks
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Hmm..don't think you'll be able to. As soon as at&t picks up the i777 you'll be told you need the correct data plan. Idk...i may be wrong.
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I think that might work with 3G phones ... I know it worked on my HTC 8525 WinMo phone. I don't think it will work on a "4G" phone. The data plans aren't the same, and when I first got a Faux G phone it wouldn't get any data until att changed the plan that worked fine with my Captivate.
Its also possible that att has finally wised up to that, and its not possible anymore.
I want to say I have heard it works if the phone is not att branded, such as a TMo phone (but you only get edge in most markets) or an international phone like the i9100. But, I am not sure about that.
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I don't think it will work anymore. I was using the dumb-phone data plan for the past 3-4 months, every two weeks or so, i would get my data plan changed to the smartphone data plan. I would use the wap apn.
I would put my sim card back into my nokia which registered as a dumb phone and would change back to the dumb phone data plan online. During the last time my sgs2 data plan was changed, i wasn't able to change it back. It just kept showing the $30 plan. I talked with someone on chat and they changed it back to dumb phone data plan, but an hour after i put the sim card back on, the data plan was changed to a smartphone plan.
I don't go over 200mb a month, have access to wifi almost everywhere, so I talked with a guy on chat and had him put me on the $15 smartphone plan.
ill post back
i am hopping it works and i have sutup on media net will see nothing to loose.
I had the medianet plan until I upgraded to the GS2. AT&T changed my data plan to the 2G data plan when I renewed my contract with the upgrade. I fought it and they refused to let me go back to what I had. I was told the Medianet plan does not exist anymore and could not be used on current smartphones.
Thanks AT&T
Yup i got message today. Didnt last long
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Yup i got message today. Didnt last long
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lol... a while back I ended up getting "smartphone exclusion" attachment to my account. Its a pain for upgrading but works fine for me. I have a media max 200 plan.
shoman94 said:
lol... a while back I ended up getting "smartphone exclusion" attachment to my account. Its a pain for upgrading but works fine for me. I have a media max 200 plan.
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That is the plan I had. How were you able to get that exclusion?
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That is the plan I had. How were you able to get that exclusion?
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tbh I don't remember. I think it was a while back when I had an issue with an upgrade and had lost the plan. I got into contact with the office of the president and they were the only ones that could resolve it.
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shoman94 said:
tbh I don't remember. I think it was a while back when I had an issue with an upgrade and had lost the plan. I got into contact with the office of the president and they were the only ones that could resolve it.
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How long ago did you do this. I haven't been able to get a working number for the president of att
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How long ago did you do this. I haven't been able to get a working number for the president of att
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You don't.... You email the president then they contact you.
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You don't.... You email the president then they contact you.
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can you please provide me with the email. Thank you
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So my girlfriend is going to be getting a note.
But we don't get lte in our area. We hardly get 4g.
Do we absolutely have to add a lte data plan on to our account or could we get like a 3g/4g data plan?
Basically don't want to pay for something we are never going to use.
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eyeisdasteve said:
So my girlfriend is going to be getting a note.
But we don't get lte in our area. We hardly get 4g.
Do we absolutely have to add a lte data plan on to our account or could we get like a 3g/4g data plan?
Basically don't want to pay for something we are never going to use.
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You can call ATT to verify but I'm pretty sure you can use a normal data plan. Your account needs to be provisioned for LTE for it to work (and with the SIM iirc), but you should still be able to pull hspa+ with no issues.
I wasn't charged anything extra for having LTE provisioned on my account, but I'm also grandfathered unlimited.
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Yeah, it will depend greatly on the actual AT&T person who sets you up. Bottom line is that technically, you can use the Note without being provisioned for LTE. My girlfriend and I both had our Notes set up on our old data plan for a couple of months before a store realized the error while fishing in our account for other stuff.
Ok. I actually just called them.
The guy basically said that no matter what I get for data 3g/4g/LTE its all the same price.
It just depends on how much data she wants.
Can anyone confirm this?
She had a 2gb data plan from like 2 1/2 years ago. They don't offer that so they said regardless we are going to be charged more once we upgrade the contract.
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Yeah the 2gb plan is no longer available, it's now like 500mb for 20 3gb for 30 and i dint remember how much the 5gb plan was cause i went with the 3gb
The plans and prices are all the same regardless of what smartphone u have. Currently they are $20/300mb $30/3gb $50/5gb with tethering. if u already had a smartphone on an older smartphone data plan you are grandfathered in to that for the time being.
At&t sales rep here.
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The plans and prices are all the same regardless of what smartphone u have. Currently they are $20/300mb $30/3gb $50/5gb with tethering. if u already had a smartphone on an older smartphone data plan you are grandfathered in to that for the time being.
At&t sales rep here.
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OK sweet. Thanks.
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Just keep tabs on your usage with *3282# SEND. These phone are capable of allot of data even if you do not stream audio and video. 3GB is nothing with Play updates, a little web, FB, Twitter, FourSquare, email and Maps... Youtube can easily chew up a few hundred MB in a session.
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Just keep tabs on your usage with *3282# SEND. These phone are capable of allot of data even if you do not stream audio and video. 3GB is nothing with Play updates, a little web, FB, Twitter, FourSquare, email and Maps... Youtube can easily chew up a few hundred MB in a session.
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I have sprint so I don't worry about it. But I always check for my gf. She is always so close to going over. Lol.
Then I'm like " No more internet". Haha.
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The plans and prices are all the same regardless of what smartphone u have. Currently they are $20/300mb $30/3gb $50/5gb with tethering. if u already had a smartphone on an older smartphone data plan you are grandfathered in to that for the time being.
At&t sales rep here.
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Why do you say for the time being? Are they trying to do away with the grandfathered unlimited? Honestly...that's the only reason I stuck with ATT
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No i haven't heard that they will, but they can at any time. The way things are going its bound to happen at some point.
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Has anyone used simple mobile on a 717Note I am on CM9 and not unlocked yet but curious if anyone has been able to obtain the 4g speeds they offer for 60$ unlimited everything.
Just get T-mobile's monthly 4G $30/month plan. Unlimited text and web (5gbs at 4G) and 100 mins. You can't beat that.
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That's AWESOME
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I wasn't looking for capped data though.
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I wasn't looking for capped data though.
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Simple mobile has data capped at 2GB only on their $60 unlimited plan.
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Well then whats my best option? I hate that crap I want unlimited data and not 3g crap.
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Well then whats my best option? I hate that crap I want unlimited data and not 3g crap.
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3G?.. Lol, after 2 gb you are down to dial up speeds... You can't avoid that no matter which plan you choose on prepaid. Atleast on the tmo plan you have 5gb which is pretty epic.
If you want truly unlimited, you are stuck with Sprint contract plans. And they are only unlimited because they are slow as ****.
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You misread my post. I can find unlimited non capped 3g speeds anywhere. I wanted unlimited 4g. And how do I go about getting that tmobile plan? Prepaid? Can I use my old SGS4G sim card? And is there a free unlock option available yet?
I had simple mobile and let me tell u it was worse than wen i had cricket when they first emerged so ya stick with a real provider
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I dont care about phone calls btw. I will be using Groove IP to make all my calls like I do now I just need a decent usable data connection.
How about H2O? I use it and get at least 1mb up and down. Sometimes I would get 2mb up and down. Its not as fast as everything out there but I do live in long island. Might be different in other places and you don't need to unlock your note. Just put in the similar card and download an app to configure data and SMS. And your good to go. $60 a month is better than $170 a month
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Do yourself a favor and order the straight talk sim card....straight talk is att lil brother....my speeds at lowest are around 6mb down..... 1.5 or 2 up....excellent signal.....I love it.....straight talk is the way to go....and btw its 45 unlimited everything......
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guys, i just got the phone today, i have been using Iphone 4s , i put my 4s sim card in the s3 but there was no internet conection , voice call and wifi are working fine, i got the S3 was for my for second line
Call at&t (611) and tell them to update your iPhone data plan to a LTE plan.
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i am worry if i call them i would lose my iphone unlimitted data plan, i though it will works if you have any smart phone plans
Just tell them you need the plan changed to LTE, but want to keep unlimited. I had an unlimited iPhone plan from a 3GS and have been transitioned to a normal 4g/hspa+ plan for a Titan, to an LTE plan for the GS3 and haven't lost unlimited.
^^^^ +1. This.
You will NOT lose unlimited. Just say "I need to update my data plan to unlimited LTE please".....almost everyone on XDA (or those who still have unlimited) have done this many times. No worries.
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No problem, they will keep you on the unlimited plan -
thanks you guys very much for the help, last questions if iphone 5 come out and i upgrade my line am i still have my unlimitted plan , is this why i dont have internet connection on my S3 cause i need to change it to LTE plan
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thanks you guys very much for the help, last questions if iphone 5 come out and i upgrade my line am i still have my unlimitted plan , is this why i dont have internet connection on my S3 cause i need to change it to LTE plan
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Unlimited will be yours until either you remove it or when at&t pulls a Verizon and makes you give it up when upgrading ...and yes, chances are your data isn't working because you aren't on LTE.
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