Hey all,
So I resort on my phone (4G connection) for my main source of getting online. So today i picked up one of those little portable MiFi modems; and just for sh!ts and giggles i dropped my 4G sim card from my Rezound into the device and I almost pooped my pants when i saw the green light. Since I am a lucky soul who got grandfathered into the unlimited data I thought this would be a better way instead of burning out my Rezound and battery.
Now my questions are...I have a older 4G SIM card from a previous Verizon phone...is there anyway possible that I can somehow get a "copy" of my SIM, so I don't have to keep swapping it back and fourth from my phone to the MiFi device.
Lastly, since this is working flawlessly, probably the fastest connection I've ever had ( beating out T-1 line) Can Big Red see that my SIM is in this Mifi, and either cut me off, or start charging me? (even tho it's unlimited data)?
Thanks
ps i didn't know where to put this posting so sorry if its in the wrong place.
phillybizzle said:
Hey all,
So I resort on my phone (4G connection) for my main source of getting online. So today i picked up one of those little portable MiFi modems; and just for sh!ts and giggles i dropped my 4G sim card from my Rezound into the device and I almost pooped my pants when i saw the green light. Since I am a lucky soul who got grandfathered into the unlimited data I thought this would be a better way instead of burning out my Rezound and battery.
Now my questions are...I have a older 4G SIM card from a previous Verizon phone...is there anyway possible that I can somehow get a "copy" of my SIM, so I don't have to keep swapping it back and fourth from my phone to the MiFi device.
Lastly, since this is working flawlessly, probably the fastest connection I've ever had ( beating out T-1 line) Can Big Red see that my SIM is in this Mifi, and either cut me off, or start charging me? (even tho it's unlimited data)?
Thanks
ps i didn't know where to put this posting so sorry if its in the wrong place.
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Problems as I see it. 1. Sim card copy/phone cloning is illegal.
2. Mifi units don't have truely unlimited 4G. They get capped at 5GB.
3. Yes Verizon will know you are doing this.
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nosympathy said:
Problems as I see it. 1. Sim card copy/phone cloning is illegal.
2. Mifi units don't have truely unlimited 4G. They get capped at 5GB.
3. Yes Verizon will know you are doing this.
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nosympathy said:
Problems as I see it. 1. Sim card copy/phone cloning is illegal.
2. Mifi units don't have truely unlimited 4G. They get capped at 5GB.
3. Yes Verizon will know you are doing this.
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It isn't the mifi that has the cap, its your data and if you have an unlimited plan and pop the sim in there you won't be capped
Needless to say Verizon will know your doing it and I wouldn't suggest it. They will more than likely put you on a tethered plan
Hit thanks or ill hit you
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It isn't the mifi that has the cap, its your data and if you have an unlimited plan and pop the sim in there you won't be capped
Needless to say Verizon will know your doing it and I wouldn't suggest it. They will more than likely put you on a tethered plan
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All Mifi/USB modems for 4G have a 5GB cap regardless. So even if they let him do it he will get a soft cap.
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Where did you hear of a cap of any kind at 5gb? We have plans that go up to 10gb so how exactly would we be capping it at 5?
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It isn't the mifi that has the cap, its your data and if you have an unlimited plan and pop the sim in there you won't be capped
Needless to say Verizon will know your doing it and I wouldn't suggest it. They will more than likely put you on a tethered plan
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but, that account is provisioned as a talk/text/data line, not data only. I know on t-mobile they would definitely hammer you for it. I'm guessing verizon is the same. They know what device you put your sim in.
When I bought the rezound, I added a fifth line. I swapped sims on my tbolt and rezound, and when I went online to myverizon, it showed the switch and that the rezound was my primary.
I'm guessing they will either suspend the data or let you hang yourself with overages for that month (because they will switch you to a data only plan, none of which have ever been unlimited on lte).
On a side note, that is why I keep my TWC 3g/4g hotspot. It is the only one that I've been able to find to offer unlimited 3g and 4g (even if its on sprints network...)
Hey guys. I have the mifi portable wireless hotspot with verizon 4g lte micro sim in it. I downloaded 35 gigs last month. I have unlimited data. I also have the vl600 usb stick that I plug into a cradlepoint mr900 and a galaxy nexus. I swap the micro sim from the mifi to the usb, to the phone, and have no problems. I would like to clone the sim though, so I don't have to keep swapping it.
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Where did you hear of a cap of any kind at 5gb? We have plans that go up to 10gb so how exactly would we be capping it at 5?
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Read the small print on the contracts even with unlimited data they still CAN cap you at 5. Doesn't mean they will, but if you contently go over 5GB they will soft cap you at 5GB
But to answer the question, Yes they will know you are changing devices. Everytime you power up your phone the sim card registers with their network..If its in a different devices, it will register it under that devices. So yes registering the sim card under mulitple devices several times a day will trigger an alert on their end and they would check into it
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Hey guys. I have the mifi portable wireless hotspot with verizon 4g lte micro sim in it. I downloaded 35 gigs last month. I have unlimited data. I also have the vl600 usb stick that I plug into a cradlepoint mr900 and a galaxy nexus. I swap the micro sim from the mifi to the usb, to the phone, and have no problems. I would like to clone the sim though, so I don't have to keep swapping it.
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You cant clone the sim card. as someone stated its illegal. If you can clone a sim card, then everyone would be doing it and have tons of devices under their account and verzion would be losing lots of money
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but, that account is provisioned as a talk/text/data line, not data only. I know on t-mobile they would definitely hammer you for it. I'm guessing verizon is the same. They know what device you put your sim in.
When I bought the rezound, I added a fifth line. I swapped sims on my tbolt and rezound, and when I went online to myverizon, it showed the switch and that the rezound was my primary.
I'm guessing they will either suspend the data or let you hang yourself with overages for that month (because they will switch you to a data only plan, none of which have ever been unlimited on lte).
On a side note, that is why I keep my TWC 3g/4g hotspot. It is the only one that I've been able to find to offer unlimited 3g and 4g (even if its on sprints network...)
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Funny thing is Verizon usses TWC for the data on the networks lol so who is really capping and changing the whole data plans??? Thats the question of the hour
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Okay so I have been reading about AT&T prepaid with the Note.
So basically all I need to do is buy this phone
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/packages/packages-details.jsp?q_package=sku5330250
then pop the sim in the Note and set the APN to what the sticky shows and WIN! correct? Once everything works then just call up and have my number ported over from Sprint to the prepaid?
TIA
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We have a AT&T note forum now. Please post all relevant questions there
Yeah but I'm buying the international Note not the AT&T Note.
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Okay so I have been reading about AT&T prepaid with the Note.
So basically all I need to do is buy this phone
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/packages/packages-details.jsp?q_package=sku5330250
then pop the sim in the Note and set the APN to what the sticky shows and WIN! correct? Once everything works then just call up and have my number ported over from Sprint to the prepaid?
TIA
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If you want to get unbelievably slow data speeds, then yes that is exactly what you want to do. Sorry but I would never buy a phone at full price only to cripple it with 1-3mb download speeds (if you even get that with a gophone plan) This will also render the gps practically useless.
People confuse me.
imitenotbecrazy said:
If you want to get unbelievably slow data speeds, then yes that is exactly what you want to do. Sorry but I would never buy a phone at full price only to cripple it with 1-3mb download speeds (if you even get that with a gophone plan) This will also render the gps practically useless.
People confuse me.
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People report much faster speeds then that by doing this..What is it I'm missing?
imitenotbecrazy said:
If you want to get unbelievably slow data speeds, then yes that is exactly what you want to do. Sorry but I would never buy a phone at full price only to cripple it with 1-3mb download speeds (if you even get that with a gophone plan) This will also render the gps practically useless.
People confuse me.
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1-3 mbps is quite nice if you can get that on AT&T. But I disagree with GPS useless part. I routinely use my GS2 for GPS navigation. And it has no problem when travel through some areas that are 2G only. In fact, with Google Nav, once the route is caculated, you can turn the data off and your navigation still works because the map data along the route is pre-cached.
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People report much faster speeds then that by doing this..What is it I'm missing?
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Go phone or pre-paid plans are heavily throttled by AT&T. You won't be able to get the full speed.
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1-3 mbps is quite nice if you can get that on AT&T. But I disagree with GPS useless part. I routinely use my GS2 for GPS navigation. And it has no problem when travel through some areas that are 2G only. In fact, with Google Nav, once the route is caculated, you can turn the data off and your navigation still works because the map data along the route is pre-cached.
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Go phone or pre-paid plans are heavily throttled by AT&T. You won't be able to get the full speed.
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Interesting about the GPS. I did not know that, but thats a good thing. Sorry I just think 1-3 is a joke for a smart phone. I regularly get 8-12 with my h+ on my skyrocket and have seen 50+ on LTE with the skyrocket. Some may say you don't need it but its certainly nice to have when pulling up web pages and downloading stuff. Streaming is also seamless, where I had problems with my i4 streaming pandora
Well this is what I get all the time with Sprint. So almost anything could beat that and my gps works fine...At home and work im on wifi anyway but those speeds arent hard to beat really.
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Well this is what I get all the time with Sprint. So almost anything could beat that and my gps works fine...At home and work im on wifi anyway but those speeds arent hard to beat really.
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Yikes lol
That was at my house which doesn't get the best reception in the world. I guess if you're coming from those speeds with sprint you'll be fine.
Changes things doesn't? LoL
I'm so tired of these speeds!!
Yes that certainly changes things lol I would post your question in the int note section, as most of us on this forum will be getting the ATT one and not using a prepaid plan (I assume)
I dont see why gophone is heavily throttled. You use what you pay for and if you go over, the line gets cut until you reload your account.
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Yes that certainly changes things lol I would post your question in the int note section, as most of us on this forum will be getting the ATT one and not using a prepaid plan (I assume)
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I dont see why gophone is heavily throttled. You use what you pay for and if you go over, the line gets cut until you reload your account.
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I dont think that its necesarily heavily throttled its just that the data plan you are using is one that is not capable of good speeds. The data plan for the phone the OP linked is not even 3g
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I dont see why gophone is heavily throttled. You use what you pay for and if you go over, the line gets cut until you reload your account.
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IIRC, there is unlimited data plan for GoPhone.
The throttle part is from posts here by an AT&T employee. And I believe him because for the limited bandwidth AT&T has so far, GoPhone should be on the lowest prority for bandwidth allocation
Yes you could do this. If certain conditions are met. First, the Note must be an unlocked version that can be used anywhere. 2nd, and this is the biggest one, AT&T allows the phone to be used on a pre-paid plan.
The reason for this comment is simple. AT&T knows what phones attached to which SIM Cards. I can bet you the cost of a plan that AT&T will notify you that you can not use a Smart Phone on the GoPhone SIM and Plan. AT&T has no GoPhone's that are Smart Phones. So once they see that you have a Smart Phone, especially one like the Note, attached to a GoPhone SIM, they will throw a fit. They will want their money from that Data Plan.
Not to mention, the GoPhone Plans suck. The amount of money you will spend will equal out to what it will cost you on a contract plan. Especially if you are a heavy texter/data user.
KSoD said:
Yes you could do this. If certain conditions are met. First, the Note must be an unlocked version that can be used anywhere. 2nd, and this is the biggest one, AT&T allows the phone to be used on a pre-paid plan.
The reason for this comment is simple. AT&T knows what phones attached to which SIM Cards. I can bet you the cost of a plan that AT&T will notify you that you can not use a Smart Phone on the GoPhone SIM and Plan. AT&T has no GoPhone's that are Smart Phones. So once they see that you have a Smart Phone, especially one like the Note, attached to a GoPhone SIM, they will throw a fit. They will want their money from that Data Plan.
Not to mention, the GoPhone Plans suck. The amount of money you will spend will equal out to what it will cost you on a contract plan. Especially if you are a heavy texter/data user.
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First, the international notes imei is not in ATTs system so they would have no idea what phone is on the plan. Second, all you do is activate the go phone with unlimited nonsmartphone data plan on the gophone with supplied sim, swap some into note and configure correct apn settings so that the note can get on ATTs data network. Third and unrelated, there are gophone smartphones like the thrive and new one which I forget the real name but model is the frog. All the instructions on using gophone plans with international notes are in the other forum
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Hi, new member here looking to get a GNote soon...
I found this service today straighttalksim(dot)com
It uses AT&T's network and you can use any unlocked phone you want. Just throwing it out there.
KSoD said:
Yes you could do this. If certain conditions are met. First, the Note must be an unlocked version that can be used anywhere. 2nd, and this is the biggest one, AT&T allows the phone to be used on a pre-paid plan.
The reason for this comment is simple. AT&T knows what phones attached to which SIM Cards. I can bet you the cost of a plan that AT&T will notify you that you can not use a Smart Phone on the GoPhone SIM and Plan. AT&T has no GoPhone's that are Smart Phones. So once they see that you have a Smart Phone, especially one like the Note, attached to a GoPhone SIM, they will throw a fit. They will want their money from that Data Plan.
Not to mention, the GoPhone Plans suck. The amount of money you will spend will equal out to what it will cost you on a contract plan. Especially if you are a heavy texter/data user.
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There are go phones that are smart phones, but they require seperate, and really expensive, data plans on top of the go phone minutes. Not that it really counters your main point, but it's more of an FYI.
The guy in the att store never switched my unlimited plan from a 3g unlimited to 4g unlimited. The last couple days my data has been so slow. Facebook loads and stuff but xda app sometimes takes forever to load like im on Edge or something. If i go into the browser and go to www.google.com sometimes it just wont load. Phone shows 4 bars of 3g and the lines are indicating data being sent but it never loads. 3g in my area was super fast with my iphone. Speedtest shows 1mbit at first and drops down to like. .87mbit by the time the test is done.
Any ideas?
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Uh, either go back to the store and have them switch you to the 4G unlimited, or log into your account online and switch it, or call up customer service and have them switch it. The sales rep you bought it from is stupid for not doing so when you bought it. My guess as to why you are getting such slow speeds is that you are getting throttled. How much data do you normally use/have you used this bill cycle? If you are getting throttled, then switching to the new LTE unlimited plan should reset your throttling hopefully, but as soon as you reach around 2gb of data, expect to be throttled again.
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Uh, either go back to the store and have them switch you to the 4G unlimited, or log into your account online and switch it, or call up customer service and have them switch it. The sales rep you bought it from is stupid for not doing so when you bought it. My guess as to why you are getting such slow speeds is that you are getting throttled. How much data do you normally use/have you used this bill cycle? If you are getting throttled, then switching to the new LTE unlimited plan should reset your throttling hopefully, but as soon as you reach around 2gb of data, expect to be throttled again.
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Current billing cycle only shows 1345mb. So i shouldnt be getting throttled. The data does work though most of the time. So. I still need to switch it to the 4g? I dont know much about the service side of Att. I just figured if it worked it was fine.
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Not only switch to LTE but if you don't have one already, you'll need an LTE SIM card as well.
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Not only switch to LTE but if you don't have one already, you'll need an LTE SIM card as well.
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Okay. I looked at my sim and the last two digits on the sim is 27. No markings on it at all. Just blue and white. Doesnt even say 3g or anything like my old one did. I guess i didnt really bother asking the guy cause i figured he would know, and we dont have 4g around here anyways.
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mrandyp69 said:
Okay. I looked at my sim and the last two digits on the sim is 27. No markings on it at all. Just blue and white. Doesnt even say 3g or anything like my old one did. I guess i didnt really bother asking the guy cause i figured he would know, and we dont have 4g around here anyways.
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It would still be good to make sure you have the LTE sim card, and that you get upgraded to the LTE unlimited plan, even if you don't have 4G yet. It will still allow you to use 3G just fine.
I have a 3G unlimited plan and they tried to get me to change to a 4G plan but says they have no unlimited, ugh, come to find out all I had to do was get a LTE sim card & the store rep added the 4G code and voila magic, 4G without needing to change my plan
There is no such thing as a LTE sim. Its the data plan on your account that makes the difference. There are 3G, 4g and 4G LTE plans. If you have any data at all your on a correct plan. I have never seen a non LTE data plan work on a LTE phone. I have a Note on an unlimited LTE plan. Don't let bad reps lie.
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I have a similar problem. My wife bought me the phone and when she brought it home, I just took the sum from my Atrix and put it in. When accessing data, I get the 4G at the top. I am on the 3G unlimited plan as well. How do I know if the sim from my Atrix is 4G or not?
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Let me help you guys out:
mrandyp69 said:
Okay. I looked at my sim and the last two digits on the sim is 27. No markings on it at all. Just blue and white. Doesnt even say 3g or anything like my old one did. I guess i didnt really bother asking the guy cause i figured he would know, and we dont have 4g around here anyways.
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The blue and white SIM cards are the old ones. You need an orange / blue SIM card.
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There is no such thing as a LTE sim. Its the data plan on your account that makes the difference. There are 3G, 4g and 4G LTE plans. If you have any data at all your on a correct plan. I have never seen a non LTE data plan work on a LTE phone. I have a Note on an unlimited LTE plan. Don't let bad reps lie.
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There are. The blue / white SIM cards do not officially support LTE. They should still work for call etc, but data may not work properly.
And yes, data does need to be re provisioned under "unlimited LTE"
RavenZwei said:
I have a similar problem. My wife bought me the phone and when she brought it home, I just took the sum from my Atrix and put it in. When accessing data, I get the 4G at the top. I am on the 3G unlimited plan as well. How do I know if the sim from my Atrix is 4G or not?
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Just go into any AT&T store and ask for a new SIM card. ALL the new ones are LTE compatible.
SIM cards are free too. Just have the rep do an equipment change to your new IMEI / SIM. You'll keep your unlimited data, you get your new free SIM which will work just fine on LTE, and your data count will be reset for that billing cycle.
dial *3282# and you'll see the old deactivated HSPA+ data plan next to your fresh LTE plan. This is also one of the ways to remove throttling. More details on THAT can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517663
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Let me help you guys out:
The blue and white SIM cards are the old ones. You need an orange / blue SIM card.
There are. The blue / white SIM cards do not officially support LTE. They should still work for call etc, but data may not work properly.
And yes, data does need to be re provisioned under "unlimited LTE"
Just go into any AT&T store and ask for a new SIM card. ALL the new ones are LTE compatible.
SIM cards are free too. Just have the rep do an equipment change to your new IMEI / SIM. You'll keep your unlimited data, you get your new free SIM which will work just fine on LTE, and your data count will be reset for that billing cycle.
dial *3282# and you'll see the old deactivated HSPA+ data plan next to your fresh LTE plan. This is also one of the ways to remove throttling. More details on THAT can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517663
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A lot of good info here. I do have a question though. I dialed *3282# and this is message I received back:
Next Bill Cycle: 03/02/2012
Data (MB): 720.6 of Unlimited (Deactivated)
Data (MB): 107.8 of Unlimited
Messaging: 6373 of Unlimited
Visit us online at www.att.com/DataPlans
So, besides the fact that I apparently send an exorbitant amount of text messages, I can assume the first Data line is the previous 3G unlimited plan, so does that make the second the LTE plan?
Also, you mentioned the color of sim cards. Mine is Blue/Orange/White on the front and orange on the back. Is this the one I need or do I still need to go into the store?
Thanks for all the info you've passed along so far.
Did you do a cross upgrade?
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Did you do a cross upgrade?
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What happened was, I talked about how I couldn't wait until March 15th so I could upgrade to the Note. My wife happened to be at the mall and stopped by one of those AT&T Kiosks and somehow convinced the guy to let her get upgrade early. I tried the same thing at AT&T store and they wouldn't do it. So she paid for the phone and brought it home. I took it out of the box, put my sim card in it and voila.
Not sure if that counts as a cross upgrade or not, lol.
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What happened was, I talked about how I couldn't wait until March 15th so I could upgrade to the Note. My wife happened to be at the mall and stopped by one of those AT&T Kiosks and somehow convinced the guy to let her get upgrade early. I tried the same thing at AT&T store and they wouldn't do it. So she paid for the phone and brought it home. I took it out of the box, put my sim card in it and voila.
Not sure if that counts as a cross upgrade or not, lol.
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Yes, it is because your account didn't get properly provisioned to use LTE data, your wife's account did. Call AT&T to have your account/data plan changed to LTE unlimited. It's that simple.
This. We went through al of it when the skyrocket released trust me. We have found the sim makes no difference unless its a really really old sim...but the provisioning is key
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Yes, it is because your account didn't get properly provisioned to use LTE data, your wife's account did. Call AT&T to have your account/data plan changed to LTE unlimited. It's that simple.
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Good thing I brought this up..... ;-) I know from experience about the new SIM As well as the provisioned data plan.
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Im just really confused about my data speeds. Wifi is super fast. 3g just isnt fast at all. Crawls. Web pages take so long to load. They shouldnt be throttling me. Im only at 1200 mb.
I cant clear the thought of it being a defect with the phone.
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Just want to double check...
I'm going home this weekend and then am going on spring break to the beach for the next week. I'm going to go to the ATT store this weekend and grab a note if they have it and if I like it. But there's no way in hell i'm risking losing it/breaking it/ getting sand in it the first week I have it. Is there any reason I won't be able to just switch my sim cards back and forth between my ATT focus and the note? Basically i want to be able to just take my focus if i'm leaving the hotel.
Thanks!
No reason at all.
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My LTE sim works fine in my last phone, which was HSPA+.
thanks guys. i also wasn't sure of the sim card since i hear there's regular and mini now.?
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My LTE sim works fine in my last phone, which was HSPA+.
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Does NOT work the other way around though. I put the SIM from my Galaxy S2 in the Note and I could not get a data connection. I had to call and get the IMEI changed on my account and a LTE data plan added.
I think it has less to do with the sim or data plan associated with that sim, than the IMEI. I bought my daughter a H+ phone in September and it wouldn't take my old sim even though it worked in my own H+ phone with a 3G data plan. Never tried calling to change the IMEI to get it to work, but that is the only variable that would explain the problem.
Plus there are many others around here that have transferred their unlimited 3G data plan to their Note.
yeah i have a simple 200mb data plan if it makes a difference.
I had two issues.... This was coming from a SIM originally in a 3gs, moved to an Atrix, to a Focus and into a Nite this past weekend:
1) make sure you have an LTE compatible SIM. I still had an old 3g card from my 3gs. If your SIGhs a 2 and 5 in the 9th and 10th digit, you're good.
2) If you have the grandfathered unlimited data plan, you will need to go to a corp store to set your data plan up for LTE. You won't have data if just simply swapping. 5 separate phone reps couldnt do it without possibly ruining my grandfathers data. Walked into a corp store and they got got me hooked up in 5 minutes.
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i have a number on the front of my sim, and on the back 'read' side. one has 21 as the 9/10 the back has 22 as 9 and 10.
I'm looking on the website now and I'm getting a bit confused and wondering if they changed their plans. Is the 200mb plan gone and now replaced by a $20 300mb plan? It says if I change my plan I won't be able to go back to the 200mb. I'm assuming this is the same as those grandfathered in with the unlimited? I.E. I can keep it at the same rate as long as I don't change it?
And what about 4g/lte/etc. I thought those were upcharges for the faster services. Is this not the case?
I'm thinking it sounds like I'm going to need a new sim card probably?
My 3g card had 2/1 in the 9/10 positions.
Att did change there plans recently. They upper them amount of data per month for everyone, including raising the throttle caps for those of us on the golden unlimited plan, 3GB for 3g plans and 5GB on LTE plans. Those entries you see online aren't upsells, i think you saw the checker for Visual Voicemail for Android LTE devices, which was a free addon.
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Got the phone yesterday. They gave me a new sim and there's no issues at all. Can swap back and forth between the note and focus and everything is working fine.
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Hello everyone!
I'm new here, and am in the process of buying my new phone. I was in the debate of the Samsung Galaxy S3 but I have decided to go with the Almighty One HTC Evo 4G LTE. I noticed it's special because of my own personal preferences, and due to the fact that its only available for SPRINT.
So my question is: Can I unlock this Almighty smart phone to be used on the AT&T carrier? I have AT&T and can't get out the contract until July of 2013.
Would I be able to use the 4G LTE on it and every other feature on the AT&T network?
Thanks
dreammaker23 said:
Hello everyone!
I'm new here, and am in the process of buying my new phone. I was in the debate of the Samsung Galaxy S3 but I have decided to go with the Almighty One HTC Evo 4G LTE. I noticed it's special because of my own personal preferences, and due to the fact that its only available for SPRINT.
So my question is: Can I unlock this Almighty smart phone to be used on the AT&T carrier? I have AT&T and can't get out the contract until July of 2013.
Would I be able to use the 4G LTE on it and every other feature on the AT&T network?
Thanks
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You cannot use the EVO LTE on AT&T because Sprint and AT&T use 2 different cellular technologies. Sprint is CDMA and AT&T is GSM. It won't work at all
sharky17 said:
You cannot use the EVO LTE on AT&T because Sprint and AT&T use 2 different cellular technologies. Sprint is CDMA and AT&T is GSM. It won't work at all
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Thanks for the reply, but how sure are you on this... I've come across links to UNLOCKing HTC Evo 4G LTE for AT&T. But I can't try it because I don't have the Evo on me.
Att is a gsm technology sprint uses CDMA. They don't mix, sharky is correct
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Att is a gsm technology sprint uses CDMA. They don't mix, sharky is correct
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Ahhh dammit! lol..Aight cool..Thanks Guys!
dreammaker23 said:
Thanks for the reply, but how sure are you on this... I've come across links to UNLOCKing HTC Evo 4G LTE for AT&T. But I can't try it because I don't have the Evo on me.
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Yes I am sure. Used to sell phones for all the major companies. There is always links on the internet that are lies. LOL. Sorry man.
The op may have stumbled across an old thread about the touch pro, I clearly remember it had gsm world capability and someone managed to crack it open for att/tmobile
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The op may have stumbled across an old thread about the touch pro, I clearly remember it had gsm world capability and someone managed to crack it open for att/tmobile
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Ahhh...I think the EVO Design had a GSM chip in it too, except it was the frequencies for the over seas carriers, so it probably wouldn't work either.
I believe that was the Verizon variant that didn't have the ever awesome kickstand
If you can find a place to put a SIM card in in it, I'm sure someone could get it to work.... But there's no tray.
Don't say that, op might remove the card for lte lol
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Don't say that, op might remove the card for lte lol
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Oh, right. LOL
eXplicit815 said:
If you can find a place to put a SIM card in in it, I'm sure someone could get it to work.... But there's no tray.
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It's not just having a place or connection for the SIM card though. You need the right radio chip in the phone and it does not have it.
I absolutely loved my touch pro and when they finally got the sim working I bought a prepaid sim and began dualbooting android to use both numbers lol
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I absolutely loved my touch pro and when they finally got the sim working I bought a prepaid sim and began dualbooting android to use both numbers lol
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That is awesome. lol
You know, when HTC makes a world phone they tend to get better reception lol
Yea I guess I will have to make the move to Sprint.
Thanks everyone!
dreammaker23 said:
Yea I guess I will have to make the move to Sprint.
Thanks everyone!
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People hate on sprint. But it's not too bad. Sure it has its low points (I've seen hellrizon 3G slower than sprints) but for the price and unlimited data... Can't beat it. Plus the LTE is boss (both phone and network) I pull 20mbs
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thronnos said:
People hate on sprint. But it's not too bad. Sure it has its low points (I've seen hellrizon 3G slower than sprints) but for the price and unlimited data... Can't beat it. Plus the LTE is boss (both phone and network) I pull 20mbs
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Nice, 20 mbs! That's music to my ears..
I have about 5 years with AT&T with 4 lines. I been with them since the iPhone 3GS (Unlimited Data).
Now they are changing customers plans without there knowledge. I notice my plan went from Unlimited Data to 5GB Tethering Data.
I called to see what or who confirmed this change, they said they did the change because they notice that I was using to much data for my Unlimited data that they have to change it to 5GB Tethering & charge me $15 dollars extra for any additional GB use.
I was like WTF, isn't unlimited data suppose to be Unlimited? They had no say bu that I was using my data plan to tether my connection.
I quickly dis-agreed and told them i will be canceling my service.
About 2 - 3 weeks later my wife received a Message on her iPhone 4s that she is using to much Data on her phone. If she passes 3GB of her "Unlimited Data Plan since 5 years" they will have to Lower her data Speed from 3G to Edge.
She couldn't believe me when I told her At&T got me for a sucker and they getting her too.
I have a friend that works for AT&T, and she tells me that Corporate is being shady with their service.
I'm about to go to Sprint today and check out the phone and see what they can do for me to get the "Almighty HTC Evo 4G LTE"
While still paying for AT&T until April 2013.. If I do get my line connected with Sprint. I will disconnect the sim from my iPhone 4 and place it onto a Motorola pre-paid "Backup" phone I have. And use that to Disconnect the Data Plan from that line in AT&T and lower my monthly Mins to minimal.
Just to go with Sprint!
Well, that's All Folks!
dreammaker23 said:
Nice, 20 mbs! That's music to my ears..
I have about 5 years with AT&T with 4 lines. I been with them since the iPhone 3GS (Unlimited Data).
Now they are changing customers plans without there knowledge. I notice my plan went from Unlimited Data to 5GB Tethering Data.
I called to see what or who confirmed this change, they said they did the change because they notice that I was using to much data for my Unlimited data that they have to change it to 5GB Tethering & charge me $15 dollars extra for any additional GB use.
I was like WTF, isn't unlimited data suppose to be Unlimited? They had no say bu that I was using my data plan to tether my connection.
I quickly dis-agreed and told them i will be canceling my service.
About 2 - 3 weeks later my wife received a Message on her iPhone 4s that she is using to much Data on her phone. If she passes 3GB of her "Unlimited Data Plan since 5 years" they will have to Lower her data Speed from 3G to Edge.
She couldn't believe me when I told her At&T got me for a sucker and they getting her too.
I have a friend that works for AT&T, and she tells me that Corporate is being shady with their service.
I'm about to go to Sprint today and check out the phone and see what they can do for me to get the "Almighty HTC Evo 4G LTE"
While still paying for AT&T until April 2013.. If I do get my line connected with Sprint. I will disconnect the sim from my iPhone 4 and place it onto a Motorola pre-paid "Backup" phone I have. And use that to Disconnect the Data Plan from that line in AT&T and lower my monthly Mins to minimal.
Just to go with Sprint!
Well, that's All Folks!
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Actually it is possible.. google your best friend
I just got my Omate in the mail this morning.. I thought it should work on ATT and StraightTalk but my sim is recognized anyone have any luck with getting these networks working on the US 2g/3G 1900Mhz version?
morbeious said:
I just got my Omate in the mail this morning.. I thought it should work on ATT and StraightTalk but my sim is recognized anyone have any luck with getting these networks working on the US 2g/3G 1900Mhz version?
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Yes however make sure you insert the Sim correctly. Also the cell phone signal on the watch is poor, so you might want to make sure that you are in a good reception area too. Mine works only when I am outside of buildings and house.
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pkshr said:
Yes however make sure you insert the Sim correctly. Also the cell phone signal on the watch is poor, so you might want to make sure that you are in a good reception area too. Mine works only when I am outside of buildings and house.
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It wont even recognized the sim chip, when I look in them sim menus its grayed out.. and I know the sim works I used the same sim from my nexus 5 which is straighttalk.. I think my omate might be faulty..
Page 29 of the manual shows how the SIM is to be inserted. The manual can be found in the "[INFO] Everything......" thread at the very top is this forum. This has alos been covered in multiple threads here as well as the G+ TrueSmart communities
Straight Talk APN's are not in the stock firmware. The correct apns are however in the Patch/MOD and have been for some time. I know because I'm on Straight talk on one TS and T-Mo one the other. If you have not applied the patch then I strongly suggest that you do.
High resolution images of how the SIM is to be inserted are linked below
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Lokifish Marz said:
Page 29 of the manual shows how the SIM is to be inserted. The manual can be found in the "[INFO] Everything......" thread at the very top is this forum. This has alos been covered in multiple threads here as well as the G+ TrueSmart communities
Straight Talk APN's are not in the stock firmware. The correct apns are however in the Patch/MOD and have been for some time. I know because I'm on Straight talk on one TS and T-Mo one the other. If you have not applied the patch then I strongly suggest that you do.
High resolution images of how the SIM is to be inserted are linked below
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Never-mind, it finally synic'ed up.. sim is being seen now.. thanks..
morbeious said:
Never-mind, it finally synic'ed up.. sim is being seen now.. thanks..
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T-Mobile works great too. Went there for a prepaid plan today. $10 for the micro sim, and then choose your plan. Since I plan to use it very little on cellular, both the $3/day plan for unlimited everything, or $30/month for unlimited web and text, and 100 minutes, both look good for this device. Good strong signal and even works here inside my house.
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T-Mobile works great too. Went there for a prepaid plan today. $10 for the micro sim, and then choose your plan. Since I plan to use it very little on cellular, both the $3/day plan for unlimited everything, or $30/month for unlimited web and text, and 100 minutes, both look good for this device. Good strong signal and even works here inside my house.
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So they just charge you $3 for each day you use it so if you use the watch 5 days out of a month they will only charge you $15?
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Yup. I leave it on Airplane Mode, so it isn't drawing any data. You can still turn on wifi in this mode & use that. $3/day gives unlimited minutes, data and text for that day.
The other option is $30/month for unlimited data & text & 100 minutes.
This is all on T-Mobile's prepaid service.
fyrfyter said:
Yup. I leave it on Airplane Mode, so it isn't drawing any data. You can still turn on wifi in this mode & use that. $3/day gives unlimited minutes, data and text for that day.
The other option is $30/month for unlimited data & text & 100 minutes.
This is all on T-Mobile's prepaid service.
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Wow where do you live? Tmobile in SF bay area is $50 a month prepaid for only 500MB data (limited talk/text)
eozdalga said:
Wow where do you live? Tmobile in SF bay area is $50 a month prepaid for only 500MB data (limited talk/text)
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The option is hidden. You have to buy the SIM and activate it online.
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The option is hidden. You have to buy the SIM and activate it online.
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Really!? Wow @Lokifish Marz, the number of times you've helped me in the last 24 hours is countless. Thanks for everything!
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The option is hidden. You have to buy the SIM and activate it online.
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I didn't have to. I live in Cincinnati, OH. I walked into the store and told them what I wanted to do. They were fine with it. Prepaid plans is where it's listed, and it shows up in their computer system. Paid for the card and put $50 into my prepaid account. Punched my IMEI into their system. They called customer care to make sure it was setup correctly. Done.
This $30 prepaid plan from T-Mobile is what I use in my TrueSmart. It provides 5gigs of high speed data (which includes LTE on my Nexus5, but only 3G H max on the TS), then drops to unlimited Edge I think. Hard to run through 5gigs to test.
This used to be known as the Walmart Plan, but is now available via the T-Mobile website somewhere. The $3 per day plan might be better if you need a lot of talk time. My particular TS works great as a phone - no voice quality issues either end.
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I did not need to have my TrueSmart imei recorded by T-Mobile. I took my already activated sim out of my Nexus4 and inserted it into my TS and it started working fine immediately.
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