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if i have apps on my phone that i downloaded from 4shared and did not pay for
and i bring it into sprint
will they still fix my phone
its not rooted anymore
not really my warranty
just the insurance
We do not discuss pirated apps. Let this be a warning.
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We do not discuss pirated apps. Let this be a warning.
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whoa police r here...
ya they will fix it unless the problem is related to or may be caused by those apps.
If you like the apps why not buy them? Support the devs
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If you like the apps why not buy them? Support the devs
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agreed. just like to say my comment ^^ wasnt meant to support piracy just pass on information.
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If you like the apps why not buy them? Support the devs
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My feelings also. Not trying to be a Richard Cranium, but if you can afford an Evo, you can afford a 99 cent app.
will downloading paid apps for free voide my warranty
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no but it will hurt your karma
I dont have a credit card
and my dad wont let me use his
if they had a thing to charge them to the phone bill like farmville
i would buy more apps
I understand you.that was me last year. Google needs to invent "Google Checkout Points," redeemable in the market.
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shoofly said:
if i have apps on my phone that i downloaded from 4shared and did not pay for
and i bring it into sprint
will they still fix my phone
its not rooted anymore
not really my warranty
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Odds are your problem is caused by you downloading those apps, since that's the number one way people get trojans on their phones.
Look, you paid at least $250 for your phone, and at least $70/month for service. I think you can afford a $0.99 app.
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Look, you paid at least $250 for your phone, and at least $70/month for service. I think you can afford a $0.99 app.
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It was stated a few posts up that the person doesn't have a credit card. I agree that it would be nice for Google to enable buying apps by having them charged to your phone bill. Not everyone has access to a credit/debit card.
Just a note: you can use visa gift cards on the market with Google Checkout - I have. You have to register the card with the website so the name & address will be registered to the card, just like a debit card. The website is in the info that comes with the card. If you really wanted to buy an app, you could.
Every paid app should have a license check, in my opinion.
Open a free checking account and get a debit card? Pay for your apps please, it keeps android moving forward. I used to do the same thing as the OP, until I felt convicted by God not to so I deleted everything I had acquired and bought it all.
my dad paid for the phone and the bill
its not that i cant afford the 99 cent app
he just wont let me buy it with his credit card
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my dad paid for the phone and the bill
its not that i cant afford the 99 cent app
he just wont let me buy it with his credit card
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As others mentioned, go to walmart and buy a prepaid credit card. Load it with like $25, and attach it to your google account. You can use it to buy apps. Alot of apps are going to be installable as they start using googles market verification to make sure you purchased it.
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no, apps won't void your warranty, there is no way for sprint to check quickly and they wouldn't take the time to either, if the apps are to blame then sprint well say it was an app after they reset your phone to stock. then start over installing them and do it slowly so you can catch the one that gave you problems.
if your just worried that they are checking over the wireless and not in store then have no fear, they don't check for that
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my dad paid for the phone and the bill
its not that i cant afford the 99 cent app
he just wont let me buy it with his credit card
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Yes, again, that doesnt matter. Get a prepaid credit card from walmart, or grow some balls and get your own bank account. STOP stealing apps for free, the dev's work very hard on these apps, and deserve to get paid for their work. Your excuse is just that, an excuse, because you are too lazy to tell your dad to screw off and get your own credit card, or pay for your OWN bill for pete's sake...
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Yes, again, that doesnt matter. Get a prepaid credit card from walmart, or grow some balls and get your own bank account. STOP stealing apps for free, the dev's work very hard on these apps, and deserve to get paid for their work. Your excuse is just that, an excuse, because you are too lazy to tell your dad to screw off and get your own credit card, or pay for your OWN bill for pete's sake...
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Harsh but true
+1
I surprised no one has stated the obvious lol. 99% of these apps have a free or 'light' counterpart; most of which usually are fully functional with ads.
Most kids(dkdude36 excluded for obvious reasons lol) don't NEED and ad free app, you saw free and went for it. Is what it is.
I will +1000 on the Google market needed to up their accessibility with pre-paid cards. I gave my 10yr old my Vibrant when I moved over to sprint and I wouldn't give her my account either. She's pretty smart but she would still buy random stuff not realizing it adds up. She is pretty happy about all her free apps though.
If you're under 18, kinda hard to open a bank account. But immensely simple to get a prepaid Visa or American Express gift card, next time you're at the mall or walmart (and if you're under 18, this will certainly be sooner rather than later ), just get one of those and exercise your freedom from your parents
So ****in tired of t mobile bull****.. looking for other options.
has anyone here used their galaxy s2 on simple mobiles network?
how is speed of your 4 g?
is it straight up 60 plus tax or are there any other hidden fess...
I'm glad you asked! You're in the right place! I've been with Simple for almost two years. Absolutely wonderful Service. The speeds are really good for 3g and 4g. I used to be on the 3g plan and switched to 4g to check it out. It's really good but when I had the S2 on T Mobile it just seemed a little quicker. Probably because Simple hasn't leased the higher or faster speed towers? Nonetheless i've converted many of my friends and family to it and never experienced a drop call. I've been all the way to Ohio and new York city with it and works amazing. There are no taxes with the program. You can even pay online and they will never charge you any "Service fee" or whatever nonsense. You'll love it. Trust me. No need to let your phone unlocked either. Let me know if you have any other questions! Sorry if I sound a little excited, I'm just glad someone has seen the proverbial light and is thinking of switching.
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Oh and i've had nearly every Service under the sun including Boost, Page Plus, H2o, Virgin Mobile, and of course Simple. I'm not talking out of my ass. I've always seemed to come back to Simple when testing out other services. It's always my back up plan
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i personnaly have att and tmobile and like att more
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Hey nexicon, are you able to take an existing number and port it to simple?
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thanks for all replys..att is out..my girl has them with her skyrocket and its way overpriced for service...
@nexicon im with tj bunch on can you port over to simple mobile? i looked over thier website cant find it though...
im so sick of the bull that happens with tmobile...ive been charged 10 extra a month for something ive never signed up for past 3 months..just got credited..
returned a black sammy s 2 ...they sent me a white one. with no back. and not even notifing me of the color change.so now i have a black back with white phone...its like me sending the check this month with no dollars and just the cents ...****tards i swear
Yes you can port a number to simple mobile. However, they have the worst customer service ever. I used to have 2 phones with simple mobile and they charged to $40 to recharge my account but the pin number that was sent to me via email was invalid for both of the accounts and they won't believe me. They could check that I have used ZERO msgs, minutes, data in 20 days because my phone doesn't work but they failed to help me out. They would hang up on my when I would ask for a supervisor and when I finally got hold of supervisor, she emailed me another pin numbers for both of the lines and they didn't work AGAIN. I ended up paying more to simple mobile then I saved.
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So ****in tired of t mobile bull****.. looking for other options.
has anyone here used their galaxy s2 on simple mobiles network?
how is speed of your 4 g?
is it straight up 60 plus tax or are there any other hidden fess...
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Could have worded that a lot nicer. No need for that.
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Yeah customer service sucks, but not bad it's 60 flat out No fees, that's 2gig and united talk and text I left and got T-Mobile 30$ 5 gig plan using my Google voice number and groove ip for my calls winning, and I get a callertune
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Had simple mobile for about 2 months and there speed on the gs2 is nowhere near the same. T-Mobile customers have a higher priority on the towers, I now use the $70 monthly 4g plan for 5gig of data
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Sorry for the late reply. Customer Service DID suck in the beginning. I had a nightmare porting my Number the first time only to find out it was a bad SIM. But now they have improved a lot and could use some improvement but I always tell people, it's a prepaid company so never expect them to bend over completely backwards for ya. They have limited resources to help out their customers compared to postpaid companies that have boatloads of capital behind them. I'm saying all this because i've worked at many of these local Cell phone stores and my friends own many.
And like I said earlier, t mobiles 4g speed was faster than simples but it's so worth it considering no surprise charges and headaches. They will port your Number when you call them. Make sure you have your previous account number and passwords and it should be ported asap. I've never had to contact customer Service after I ported my Number so take that from me. Best of luck.
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Oh and worst customer service now goes to H2O. I hope they burn. Never lasted so short with any company..
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had tmobile for over 6 months on my vibrant, with no problems, i was enjoying the 40 dollars a month plan, i switched back to tmo for the sgs2 but im considering going back to simple mobile plan.
Any of you been throttled yet on simple? I'm positive their 2gig plan is the same as T-Mobile's $60 2gig plan. Why would T-Mobile give simple customer (a tmobile reseller) a better deal than they give their own customers?
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The worst customer service has to be AT&T. I ended up paying over $1000 thru a year for a phone which I had returned and service I never used. They would tell me to fax them a copy of return and when I would fax it to them, they would tell me they couldn't find my fax due to thousands of faxes they get everyday.
I could care less about the money but the special team they had handling my case was also very rude to me. Then I created a Facebook page complaining about how bad their service is, and very next day I received an email from one of their customer relations manager. All the sudden she was able to find my faxes and reimbursed the money. By that time I was so upset by the fact that they treated me like a thieve. After getting all my money back, I called T-Mobile so I could switch. BEST THING-> T-Mobile even paid for my ETF for 3 phone lines that I brought to T-Mobile, in addition to free phones.
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Yeah customer service sucks, but not bad it's 60 flat out No fees, that's 2gig and united talk and text I left and got T-Mobile 30$ 5 gig plan using my Google voice number and groove ip for my calls winning, and I get a callertune
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So what plan do have by the way? What is your monthly total?
U dont pay for minutes? thanks in advanced.
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I have the walmart 5gig 100 min but i use google voice for my calls so i pay 30 bucks not bad if u get the system down i usw groove ip with my google voice works prwtty good
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Oh wow, nice!! Too bad im locked in for 2 years...im guessing thats a month to month plan right? Where could i see those? At the walmart website?
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Yeah walmart website and it's month to month I don't like contracts
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Any of you been throttled yet on simple? I'm positive their 2gig plan is the same as T-Mobile's $60 2gig plan. Why would T-Mobile give simple customer (a tmobile reseller) a better deal than they give their own customers?
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Why? Simple, look at Boost Mobile. When they first came out and initiated the unlimited trend many people we're skeptical and people who had Sprint used to ask what was the catch? I told them there was none. People don't realize you are not on a contract and pay for your phone up front and taxes are usually included in the monthly bill. With a contract they tend to give you more privileges and tend to make sure your problems are dealt with them instead of the manufacturer, like give you a replacement phone instead of sending it to Samsung. But with no contract you have to usually send it in yourself. Sprint and other postpaid companies make lots of extra money selling you all sorts of erroneous services and stuff. There are many people blind to the way of prepaid and foolishly think it's better to stick paying an outrageous bill instead of saving money on the same thing without contract. It's the stigma really. And many people are stubborn too. That's why.
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Anyone else randomly get charged for att navigation? I got a text the other day saying that I was charged 9.99 and every month I will now be charged that. I haven't used att navigation app nor do I even have it downloaded. I have to call up att so they'd refund me and cancel the subscription.
"AT&T Free Msg: Your subscription purchase was successful. AT&T Navigator for $9.99 will auto-renew on 01/10/13. Need help? Visit att.com/mobilepurchases"
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Have you ever opened it up when you first got the phone? Att apps are installed by default.
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Nope, deleted all the bloatware ASAP
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Yeah, AT&T (and others) like to do that. They load up the device with tons of bloatware. Some are free, some require a subscription. When you first launch the App, you get a Terms of Services notification and most of us simply hit OKAY to continue without reading the part (this is true) that says something like "Upon launching this app, you have 7 days before you can cancel this service. If you wish to continue using this app, do nothing and you will be charged $X.XX per month thereafter." This happened to me before and it wasn't until 2-3 months later when I found out. They were nice enough to refund most of the fees.
Call up and find out what other subscription-based apps you (inadvertently) signed up for. There's a section in the bill that says so.
I used to work for at&t as a Call Center CSR. I remember getting at least 15 calls a day regarding subscription charges. Most of those harges were due to kids using the phone or people just dont read before using the app. However, they have this rule of thump policy that accidental subscription charges will be waived the first time.
I really doubt they will charge someone if they never used/opened the application.
ruinkhan said:
I used to work for at&t as a Call Center CSR. I remember getting at least 15 calls a day regarding subscription charges. Most of those harges were due to kids using the phone or people just dont read before using the app. However, they have this rule of thump policy that accidental subscription charges will be waived the first time.
I really doubt they will charge someone if they never used/opened the application.
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Hahaha. Me too.
"What is this busty babes video i didn't download that"
It was downloaded on ###-###-####
"That's my son's phone"
Go check his phone.
"Oh my God, you are buying porn on your phone your grounded, sir I'm sorry thanks for your help"
P.s. somebody wanted to fax me cash for their go phone payment once. Rofl
Hehehe loved those calls
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In October 2012, the Librarian of Congress, who determines exemptions to a strict anti-hacking law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), decided that unlocking mobile phones would no longer be allowed. But the librarian provided a 90-day window during which people could still buy a phone and unlock it. That window closes on January 26.
Unlocking a phone frees it from restrictions that keep the device from working on more than one carrier's network, allowing it run on other networks that use the same wireless standard. This can be useful to international travellers who need their phones to work on different networks. Other people just like the freedom of being able to switch carriers as they please.
http://www.livescience.com/26541-unlocking-cellphones-becomes-illegal.html
Maybe this might wake some people up since it is tyranny that directly effects you .
Glad I already unlocked my note 2
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A lot of things are illegal but still get done. It is always a risk. I am sure this will not be enforced highly
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I agree
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Nolenm04 said:
Glad I already unlocked my note 2
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Can our device be unlocked without another carriers sim card?
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Can our device be unlocked without another carriers sim card?
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Yes there is multiple threads on how to do it
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Thanks,
Looks like it is only illegal if you are still on contract and no worries if you paid full retail.
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In October 2012, the Librarian of Congress, who determines exemptions to a strict anti-hacking law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), decided that unlocking mobile phones would no longer be allowed. But the librarian provided a 90-day window during which people could still buy a phone and unlock it. That window closes on January 26.
Unlocking a phone frees it from restrictions that keep the device from working on more than one carrier's network, allowing it run on other networks that use the same wireless standard. This can be useful to international travellers who need their phones to work on different networks. Other people just like the freedom of being able to switch carriers as they please.
http://www.livescience.com/26541-unlocking-cellphones-becomes-illegal.html
Maybe this might wake some people up since it is tyranny that directly effects you .
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Your joking right? Jesus Christ, what has this country become. I have the right to choose what carrier to use my phone on and if it requires unlocking IDGAF
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Your joking right? Jesus Christ, what has this country become. I have the right to choose what carrier to use my phone on and if it requires unlocking IDGAF
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a country where a company can sue any other company that has rounded edges on their products... 'merica
one big question I have is whether or not the government will track websites such as xda and arrest people that tell other how to unlock their phones... you do know that "hackers" get more jail time than child rapists
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a country where a company can sue any other company that has rounded edges on their products... 'merica
one big question I have is whether or not the government will track websites such as xda and arrest people that tell other how to unlock their phones... you do know that "hackers" get more jail time than child rapists
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Haha thats true. Whats next? Using cases is gonna be illegal cause it has the same shape as the phone? Or better yet, using a different charger. & Yea they probably might start monitoring XDA Forums for "Illegal Activity".
Well, that settles it for me...I'm going to buy only unlocked
phones directly from China...way more cheaper and these
gready *****s (it all comes to money for them) can kiss my
hard earned money good buy...
And so it begins - we are all going to be bound by the testicles by carriers, just as we are by the gas pump. Once an accessory becomes a necessity in our society, somebody wants to control it, for monetary purposes. Whether it be by law (lobbyists), or policy (in a way, law)...
Umm, well all I have to say is I saw this coming. Here is an interesting thread/article I wrote almost exactly a year ago.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475122
Furthermore, I'll say that this new "law" sounds like somebody being upset over T-Mobile taking iPhone contracts away from them... and doing it with half the cost to the consumer. It appears they are the ones being targeted by this.
This country is sad.
If I paid for it I'll do as I like .... This is bs ...
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If I paid for it I'll do as I like .... This is bs ...
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We'll see how far this law goes to enforce... but this is the beginning of an era of technological slavery
It is actually still very legal to have your phone unlocked by the carrier, please read the actual ruling details.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...l-under-dmca-for-smartphones-but-not-tablets/
In other words, phones you already have, as well as those purchased between now and next January, can be unlocked. But phones purchased after January 2013 can only be unlocked with the carrier's permission
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I hate the spread of misinformation, just about as much as people freaking the f&#@ out about things they didn't even take the time to confirm to be true, don't you all ever ask yourself "is this for real?"?
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It is actually still very legal to have your phone unlocked by the carrier, please read the actual ruling details.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...l-under-dmca-for-smartphones-but-not-tablets/
I hate the spread of misinformation, just about as much as people freaking the f&#@ out about things they didn't even take the time to confirm to be true, don't you all ever ask yourself "is this for real?"?
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"... can only be unlocked with carrier's permission..."
Seems pretty black and white to me. Well that appears to read that regardless of anything, you need to have carrier's permission. Regardless of its status. This reads very black and white... T-Mobile purchased = you ask their permission to unlock it.
Did I miss something?
I was just told by my DM that We are actually going to start charging a $3.99 fee for Unlocking Devices effective 01/31/13. Are DM also said this is going to apply to all stores and CS is going to charge the fee as well. Seems like a Monopoly to me.
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Last phone I unlocked was my mytouch 4g. Just happened to be in the store and they did it for me. And if jose is right about the $4 they ate going to charge. I dont care, if I go back home again for a vacation. It will still be cheaper to unlock and buy a sim then to roam.
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If I paid for it I'll do as I like .... This is bs ...
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IKR
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"You can also pay full price for a phone, not the discounted price that comes with a two-year service contract, to receive the device unlocked from the get-go."
I paid full retail. As T-Mobile is no longer subsidizing phones, they should all be unlocked when you buy them after 1/26/13.
So as the title says, it seems Tmobile has caught on to very few peoples tethering finally including mine and my brothers phone twice. Anybody else get caught and anybody find a fix please feel free to comment in here and let's help each other with whatever we find
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and what were you doing that you got caught by T-Mobile......which tether method etc.....
Running one of these aosp ROMs that has the built in tethering hack in it. Then one day, it just stopped
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How much data were you using a month?
I reached 113gb
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I'm using hotspot shield on my pc and working perfectly fine.
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VPN slows down the speeds a lot. But from what I've been able to find out, I can tether just fine for laptops and cell phones but whenever I try with my ps4 it won't let me log in
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I reached 113gb
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Dude, just pay up for a real internet connection at home. Don't abuse a good thing from T mobile.
Androidnewuser1 said:
Dude, just pay up for a real internet connection at home. Don't abuse a good thing from T mobile.
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Thanks pastor. We really needed to hear your sermon -_-
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Dude, just pay up for a real internet connection at home. Don't abuse a good thing from T mobile.
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I agree with the Pastor. 113 GB's? Users like you slow it down for the rest of us and are the reason the carriers restrict tethering in the first place IMHO. Just sayin'.
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I agree with the Pastor. 113 GB's? Users like you slow it down for the rest of us and are the reason the carriers restrict tethering in the first place IMHO. Just sayin'.
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You are quite daft if you believe that 113gb a month slows down tmobiles network. You have absolutely zero idea all that's taken into account to slow down a network but please take your preaching elsewhere. The OP stated a place to talk about tethering not about self righteous people like you to spew inaccurate opinions. Go create your own thread.
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I agree with the Pastor. 113 GB's? Users like you slow it down for the rest of us and are the reason the carriers restrict tethering in the first place IMHO. Just sayin'.
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Uuuuuh no. I used to work for Tmobile and this might be hard for you to comprehend in all your self righteousness but there are actually people who use 1 terabyte or more a month and that's who tmobiles worried about. Don't believe me, that's fine, go do some reading for yourself. Tmobiles not a backyard company who's multi billion dollar network can't handle a measly 113gb. Besides I rack up about 47gb a month just on my phone alone with no tethering. Yes I have a life and job, no I don't live in my moms basement, so keep the childish comments to yourself.
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nighthawk626 said:
So as the title says, it seems Tmobile has caught on to very few peoples tethering finally including mine and my brothers phone twice. Anybody else get caught and anybody find a fix please feel free to comment in here and let's help each other with whatever we find
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Yes I ran into this issue with the Note 3 and Note 4, but I started using FoxFi and it's been working fine on my Note 4 for the past week.
I just made my tethering mod for this new lollipop for my wife's Note 3, and yesterday I wound up using her 3gb tethering and then I got blocked by the Tmobile message, and tried it again just a few moments ago, and to my surprise it was working again,
She doesn't like me messing with her phone, so I have to wait till she is asleep to play with it.
So it is working with lollipop with FoxFi. I will keep playing with it and see what happens. It is in testing stages.
I wasn't able to make my rom work with @dsixda kitchen, so i was using @mastergrillo stock rom and edited a few files and its working with @jovy23 turorial, that's how I've been able to make things work. I need permission from @mastergrillo to use his rom before I can post the Tethering Mod Rom.
I tried it last night and the only thing that wont tether is signing into the ps4 network but Netflix and YouTube works just fine, also tethering to a laptop. So it does look like they're finding a way to block it. But the thing is I never got a message from Tmobile saying that I used up my 5gb of data. Very weird
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I'm willing to try tether mod it you're wife do not let u use her phone
Using a built-in hot-spot to tether is not a big deal as long as you use it accordingly and for the purpose it was meant.
2.5 G of data is plenty for the average user powering a tablet, laptop or media player on the go or outdoors away from a wifi signal.
It comes in handy while on long road trips and the misses wants to watch some Netflix or Amazon prime.
But trying to run your entire household off of T-Mobile's network is kind of lame, I guess that this over tethering abuse is OK with XDA and when you least expect it T-mobile is going to make a case of it and drag somebody into court and the lawyers will have a field day with it.
If you're allowed 2.5gb and you want to use 200+gb, technically it can be called "theft of services" , give yourself peace of mind and buy some Internet service from a provider, 30 or 40 dollars a month isn't such a hardship.
I personally use it sparingly but really appreciate having it to use and not abuse.
In and out before the lock. :thumbup: :thumbdown:
Pp.
PanchoPlanet said:
Using a built-in hot-spot to tether is not a big deal as long as you use it accordingly and for the purpose it was meant.
2.5 G of data is plenty for the average user powering a tablet, laptop or media player on the go or outdoors away from a wifi signal.
It comes in handy while on long road trips and the misses wants to watch some Netflix or Amazon prime.
But trying to run your entire household off of T-Mobile's network is kind of lame, I guess that this over tethering abuse is OK with XDA and when you least expect it T-mobile is going to make a case of it and drag somebody into court and the lawyers will have a field day with it.
If you're allowed 2.5gb and you want to use 200+gb, technically it can be called "theft of services" , give yourself peace of mind and buy some Internet service from a provider, 30 or 40 dollars a month isn't such a hardship.
I personally use it sparingly but really appreciate having it to use and not abuse.
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The problem is that for the 2.5GB data users paid for, there is only 500MB allowed for tethering.
Users want to use their paid 2.5gb data, either on the phone or using tethering, because they already pay for the 2.5gb data and they should be able use their paid data the way they want.
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According to the plan comparison chart on t mobile site you can tether all of your data quota except for the unlimited plan where you are capped at 5G, which makes some sense.
I would very much like to have the freedom to learn how to bypass tether restrictions but at the same time running an entire household worth of data off t mobile network isn't right. Just imagine what AT&T would do to you if you used 100G on their LTE plan.
Please don't get me wrong, I'm not giving a moral lecture. I am making a practical point. We all switched from AT&T or Verizon because we like what T Mobile is doing. If we abuse the system T Mobile will fail and we will have to go back to AT&T. I make a living designing telecom electronics for a company you all know so I can tell you with 100 percent confidence that if we all run our entire home Internet on t mobile network it will break and they will have to reduce the data rate for every one. It's a simple application of the available bandwidth, Shannon's theorem, and the number of users in a given cell.
So as a practical issue, let's figure out how to by pass tethering and then use it responsibly.
Pretty much. I'm not saying hey let's just use up tmobiles data and run it as much as we can. Just because some might be OK with using less than 5 GB a month doesn't mean everyone uses it the same amount. And yes its very possible to run up 5gb of data in just a few hours of watching Netflix in one night. I work from 6am -9pm every day. When I get home, I just wanna watch some Netflix, youtube and sleep. Netflix just happens to have the HD feature which runs up data like crazy. I can't justify paying Comcast or others another data fee just to watch TV a few hours of the night. Having said that, I'll make sure to use an extra 5gb next month for each of you in here that want to preach to me.
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Pretty much. I'm not saying hey let's just use up tmobiles data and run it as much as we can. Just because some might be OK with using less than 5 GB a month doesn't mean everyone uses it the same amount. And yes its very possible to run up 5gb of data in just a few hours of watching Netflix in one night. I work from 6am -9pm every day. When I get home, I just wanna watch some Netflix, youtube and sleep. Netflix just happens to have the HD feature which runs up data like crazy. I can't justify paying Comcast or others another data fee just to watch TV a few hours of the night. Having said that, I'll make sure to use an extra 5gb next month for each of you in here that want to preach to me.
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Get a $30 month flip phone and spend the money your saving on some Internet for your home.
I don't subscribe to cable, I just have a middle plan from Cablevision thats $50 month with Netflix, Prime with a smart Tv , a Roku in the bedroom and an antenna, and get board watching TV.
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