Been using the hotspot from sprint a custom rom and it works great better than wireless tether for me. I was wondering if i can get charged by sprint for using their app or is it included in sprints $69.99 unlimited plan?
If you are using a rom that has cracked the sprint tethering program, you wont get charged. However, its still against sprint's policy to do that, and they could charge you for that at any time.
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If you are using a rom that has cracked the sprint tethering program, you wont get charged. However, its still against sprint's policy to do that, and they could charge you for that at any time.
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Signing up for tethering is a contractual agreement. If you have not signed up to use wireless tethering they could hardly charge you.
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bobzoz said:
Been using the hotspot from sprint a custom rom and it works great better than wireless tether for me. I was wondering if i can get charged by sprint for using their app or is it included in sprints $69.99 unlimited plan?
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Nah. They wont charge you. How would they even know that you are using the sprint wireless tether for free. As long as the Tom you are using has the cracked sprint hotspot app you should be alright.
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they cant charge you there is no way they could find out dont worry you never signed up for tethering so no worries
This seems to be one of those things where as long as you keep your data use reasonable I don't think Sprint will pay much attention. I remember reading a few stories about people tethering exorbitant amounts of data however and getting thousand dollar cellular bills thrown at them with the reason being basically you signed a contract saying you wouldn't tether.
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As long as you keep downloading of any large files or streaming of video to when you are on Wifi, your usage should stay pretty low.
I use my phone A LOT to stream radio talk shows and surf the web away from home and my monthly usage isn't even 1GB.
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This seems to be one of those things where as long as you keep your data use reasonable I don't think Sprint will pay much attention. I remember reading a few stories about people tethering exorbitant amounts of data however and getting thousand dollar cellular bills thrown at them with the reason being basically you signed a contract saying you wouldn't tether.
Are you feeling lucky?
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But how would they even know you are tethering. There are ton of tethering apps in the market and there is one on code.Google.com so who's to say you are even using the sprint tether.all they know is that you are using lots of data. And well as an evo owner sprints says we pay an extra 10 bucks for unlimited data anyway. So technically they Fu*ked themselves.
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Hey guys,
First off I'd like to just recognize the XDA forums and its members for all of your help over the past few years as I've been rooting, unlocking, and troubleshooting my android devices. I started with the T-Mobile Dash (HTC Excalibur), T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, Sprint HTC Hero, Sprint Galaxy Tab (Original 7-inch), and now happily using my unlocked and rooted Verizon Galaxy Nexus running AOKP M5.
Anyway, i recently was on the phone with Verizon to bump up my data plan to the 10GB / month deal for $50. We ended up bullshitting a bit about how old unlimited plans are going away with upgrades, and how people want true, unthrottled, unlimited data. Now I don't know how much truth there is in this, or if she was maybe just trying to get my hopes up, but she mentioned that in the near future verizon is going to launch a truly unlimited family data plan.
Has anyone else heard of this? Now this was only a tier 1 customer service representative, and I know I've heard a lot of people mention how the tier one people are not given any information about upcoming promotions like this. But it makes me think that maybe if there is any truth to this, other customer service members must know of it too, and possibly have told other curstomers.
So i was wondering if anyone other than me has heard anything? And if Verizon was to release an "Unlimited" data plan (family or per device), do you think it would end up being throttled?
If they were going to release an unlimited plan why would they bother removing the current ones?
I think its full of crap... Verizon is trying to get ppl to leave the Unlimited plans just like AT&T... recently Verizon said announced that ppl on unlimited were going to be forced out of it. But with so many petitions going around Verizon decided "fine u can keep your unlimited data plans but when it comes to upgrades, you'd be forced to pay the phone at retail price" ..... I personally never get upgrades from carriers... I'm on AT&T and I haven't upgraded my line in about 4 years. Bought the Nexus One .. went for the Nexus S ... and Now The Galaxy Nexus... but if what the lady says is true then my guess is that Verizon doesn't have enough ppl on the 4G network soooo perhaps this Works to there advantage. And of course there will always be a Throttle. =P
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If they were going to release an unlimited plan why would they bother removing the current ones?
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Because it's a grandfathered plan that CDMA customers got for a relatively inexpensive monthly fee. And I don't believe they are doing away with the plan for CDMA-only customers, as that "problem" should automaticaly take care of itself in just a few generations of phones. I've always thought that it was just a matter of time before they stoped offering their loyal long-time customers unlimited LTE service for the same low monthly rate they've always paid. Othewise tens of thousands of people would be using it for their home internet service as the LTE network grows. I'm sure many folks already are.
I'm only speculating, but the "Unlimitied Family Data" concept does sound feasible. But I'll bet it will cost more than twice what the grandfathered customers are now paying for it. Perhaps significantly more.
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If they were going to release an unlimited plan why would they bother removing the current ones?
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Well, i know that currently i believe there are only per device unlimited plans. What I've heard is that those plans will be switched to a tiered data plan if you are still on 3G and upgrade to a 4G LTE device.
What the Verizon lady was saying is that they will bring back unlimited as a Family Plan add-on, so that you can pay, say $100 (total guess), and get truely unlimited data on every device on your plan.
For me, this would be great, because everyone on my plan uses at the very least 4GB of data a month. This adds up to be about $150 in data plans across all the devices. If we could consolidate our data plans to one family plan wide "plan" then we could save alot of money, and use as much data!
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I think its full of crap... Verizon is trying to get ppl to leave the Unlimited plans just like AT&T... recently Verizon said announced that ppl on unlimited were going to be forced out of it. But with so many petitions going around Verizon decided "fine u can keep your unlimited data plans but when it comes to upgrades, you'd be forced to pay the phone at retail price" ..... I personally never get upgrades from carriers... I'm on AT&T and I haven't upgraded my line in about 4 years. Bought the Nexus One .. went for the Nexus S ... and Now The Galaxy Nexus... but if what the lady says is true then my guess is that Verizon doesn't have enough ppl on the 4G network soooo perhaps this Works to there advantage. And of course there will always be a Throttle. =P
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I know it probably wont happen due to the proprietary 4G LTE technology, but it would be great to see Google offer unlocked 4G LTE nexus devices directly (on the play market). I would LOVE to pay google directly for their device at a slightly higher price, and not have to worry about voiding warranty or contract by modding my phone. Plus id love to get the actual google back cover for my GNEX, instead of that ugly Verizon stamped one...
How many years must i wait for truely unlimited data so i can use my device and the internet the way it was meant to be used!?!?
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Othewise tens of thousands of people would be using it for their home internet service as the LTE network grows.
I'm only speculating, but the "Unlimitied Family Data" concept does sound feasible. But I'll bet it will cost more than twice what the grandfathered customers are now paying for it. Maybe significantly more.
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That is what i currently do, I use my GNEX as a Wifi access point to get my laptop online. I ditched comcast when i switched to verizon and got 4G LTE a month ago. I am no longer attached to my wall
The current unlimited 3g customers only pay like $15, correct??
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Well, i know that currently i believe there are only per device unlimited plans. What I've heard is that those plans will be switched to a tiered data plan if you are still on 3G and upgrade to a 4G LTE device.
What the Verizon lady was saying is that they will bring back unlimited as a Family Plan add-on, so that you can pay, say $100 (total guess), and get truely unlimited data on every device on your plan.
For me, this would be great, because everyone on my plan uses at the very least 4GB of data a month. This adds up to be about $150 in data plans across all the devices. If we could consolidate our data plans to one family plan wide "plan" then we could save alot of money, and use as much data!
I know it probably wont happen due to the proprietary 4G LTE technology, but it would be great to see Google offer unlocked 4G LTE nexus devices directly (on the play market). I would LOVE to pay google directly for their device at a slightly higher price, and not have to worry about voiding warranty or contract by modding my phone. Plus id love to get the actual google back cover for my GNEX, instead of that ugly Verizon stamped one...
How many years must i wait for truely unlimited data so i can use my device and the internet the way it was meant to be used!?!?
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I think they favor GSM devices only... soooo yeah they won't offer it in the play store
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I am 3g unlimited and pay $29.99.
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Tomyk89 said:
That is what i currently do, I use my GNEX as a Wifi access point to get my laptop online. I ditched comcast when i switched to verizon and got 4G LTE a month ago. I am no longer attached to my wall
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And this is why they're getting rid of unlimited data. We all have people like you to thank for losing unlimited data. People like you give a whole new meaning to gluttony.
It's amazing how entitled we've become as a society; this world really is going to hell.
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And this is why they're getting rid of unlimited data. We all have people like you to thank for losing unlimited data. People like you give a whole new meaning to gluttony.
It's amazing how entitled we've become as a society; this world really is going to hell.
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So you're saying that if you have unlimited data it's bad to use said unlimited data? Okay.
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I don't see why they'd be bringing back unlimited data when they haven't offered it to new subscribers for quite a long time now. They've clearly expressed that they want to launch family data plans, but I doubt they'd be unlimited. It goes against the direction they've (and other carriers) been pushing.
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That is what i currently do, I use my GNEX as a Wifi access point to get my laptop online. I ditched comcast when i switched to verizon and got 4G LTE a month ago. I am no longer attached to my wall
The current unlimited 3g customers only pay like $15, correct??
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Your phone isn't a replacement for a home internet connection. Quit being a cheap asshole and get an actual home connection. You're the reason why data plans are trending the way they are.
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So you're saying that if you have unlimited data it's bad to use said unlimited data? Okay.
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You must have not read your contract, which clearly states unlimited data on your phone, not unlimited data on every device you choose to connect to your phone.
I suggest taking the time to read your entire contract so you can find out everything you are doing that is clearly not covered by the agreement you signed with Verizon.
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That is what i currently do, I use my GNEX as a Wifi access point to get my laptop online. I ditched comcast when i switched to verizon and got 4G LTE a month ago. I am no longer attached to my wall
The current unlimited 3g customers only pay like $15, correct??
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Greedy idiot.
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So you're saying that if you have unlimited data it's bad to use said unlimited data? Okay.
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You have to remember that even thought you have "unlimited data", you're still sharing the same network tower as others and hogging up all the bandwidth isn't right.
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So you're saying that if you have unlimited data it's bad to use said unlimited data? Okay.
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It's not a replacement for home internet, it is supposed to be phone internet.
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and this is why they're getting rid of unlimited data. We all have people like you to thank for losing unlimited data. People like you give a whole new meaning to gluttony.
It's amazing how entitled we've become as a society; this world really is going to hell.
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oh god so mad. Go home you arse.
Boom.
Hypocrites, hypocrites everywhere.
Boom.
ZeroBarrier said:
And this is why they're getting rid of unlimited data. We all have people like you to thank for losing unlimited data. People like you give a whole new meaning to gluttony.
It's amazing how entitled we've become as a society; this world really is going to hell.
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Funny, I don't recall anyone asking for your opinion on this... i thought this thread was on the possibility of unlimited data coming our way.
OMG the world will end because people like me share internet to their computer! Do you guys realize that your on a website that specializes in stuff like, hmmmmm, wifi tethers? I understand their is a whole mess of more complicated things here, but honestly.... quit being so old fashioned. times are changing more and more each day. soon only big businesses will have data from the wall and everything will be wireless.
Also, why would they give us the ability to wifi tether if they didn't want us to use our data for it?
Inb4 "that's why they charge extra for tehtering", maybe the people who do that actually paid for the official service?
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I'm an unlimited 3g user. I use wifi and Bluetooth tether, but only when I am in a place that doesn't have its own wifi or if my home wifi is acting up. Not all unlimited tetherers are bad. Besides, I pull in FAR more data streaming my music with Google Play Music.
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dpwhitty11 said:
Also, why would they give us the ability to wifi tether if they didn't want us to use our data for it?
Inb4 "that's why they charge extra for tehtering", maybe the people who do that actually paid for the official service?
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I'm an unlimited 3g user. I use wifi and Bluetooth tether, but only when I am in a place that doesn't have its own wifi or if my home wifi is acting up. Not all unlimited tetherers are bad. Besides, I pull in FAR more data streaming my music with Google Play Music.
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The extra charge just for the ability to tether is BS! Just because i dont throw $40 a month to verizon to pay for a tether, doesnt mean im stealing data. I pay for the data no matter what. So what i use that data for and what device i use that data on should be totally up to me.
So of course like many people with a GS2 on here I decided I wanted to tether but these last of couple of days have been very odd.
My tethering is no longer blocked for some strange reason and I am free to use tethering as I please this was not the case before.
How is this possible that the stock tethering on CM9.1 has failed all this time yet now it magically works I installed many steam updates and did about 20 speedtests to cause it to fail or disconnect me. It did neither. So I would like to know if this is an isolated incident or not,
Change data plans? I called and asked why the unlimited plan with no throttling costs 5$ less than the 5gb cap plan. Lady told me the throttled plan comes with tethering while truly unlimited plan does not.
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It shouldn't work.
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Change data plans? I called and asked why the unlimited plan with no throttling costs 5$ less than the 5gb cap plan. Lady told me the throttled plan comes with tethering while truly unlimited plan does not.
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I have truly unlimited data the plan that tethering should not be allowed in.
Hello all,
I recently changed over my OGP from AT&T postpaid to prepaid with the new $60 plan. The only issue I seem to be having is tethering. Does anyone know if Smartphone tethering is supported on the prepaid side? I would think data is data, and there would not be a restriction. Then again my wife reminds me that I get what I pay for.
Steve
Yes, according to ATT you should pay if you want tethering. .. but ,look around the forum and you will find the way to enable it on your phone... also, I doubt they'll notice unless you start passing your data limits...but you might not want to do that cause it costs an arm and a leg per Mb.
I used to have an old Unlimited for a NotSmart phone plan for $10/month and used tethering with no issues in my unlocked SGSII lol... Unfortunately, they discontinued that plan and after my contract was up I had to get a different plan...
Here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2283615
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This is not really the phone issue but it seems to be the plan issue. If anybody knows why this is happening, plz tell me why
So the situation is that I've been using the wifi hotspot feature on the Jedi Jelly for a while and had no issue! I have 4g Unlimited plan and should have no worries with data usage whatsoever. I've used 1.94Gb so far and whenever I use the internet/browser, it takes me to a page saying that I've exceeded my included service allotment which makes no sense to me. It wants me to upgrade from a Value Unlimated Data plan to a 4.5Gb of High Speed Data with Smartphone Mobile Hotspot plan, which makes no sense. I should really be posting this on the T-mobile Forum,but I want to ask you guys first and see if you guys know anything about it. Plz help!! I want to use data agaain T.T
Jedi must not be fooling tmo. The unlimited plan only includes 500mb of tethering.
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This is not really the phone issue but it seems to be the plan issue. If anybody knows why this is happening, plz tell me why
So the situation is that I've been using the wifi hotspot feature on the Jedi Jelly for a while and had no issue! I have 4g Unlimited plan and should have no worries with data usage whatsoever. I've used 1.94Gb so far and whenever I use the internet/browser, it takes me to a page saying that I've exceeded my included service allotment which makes no sense to me. It wants me to upgrade from a Value Unlimated Data plan to a 4.5Gb of High Speed Data with Smartphone Mobile Hotspot plan, which makes no sense. I should really be posting this on the T-mobile Forum,but I want to ask you guys first and see if you guys know anything about it. Plz help!! I want to use data agaain T.T
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I'm a 3rd party Tmobile vender, are you on the 90$ classic plan, 50$ value plan, a prepaid plan or which plan?
I think that the other user got it right, that the hotspot from Jedi Jelly is not fooling Tmobile. They can see that it is hotspotting. You probably drew attention to yourself using almost 2 gbs.
I had a thought. If I VPN into my home from my phone and use that tethered connection for internet, wouldn't that guarantee that tmo couldn't see what's up?
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joyj112 said:
This is not really the phone issue but it seems to be the plan issue. If anybody knows why this is happening, plz tell me why
So the situation is that I've been using the wifi hotspot feature on the Jedi Jelly for a while and had no issue! I have 4g Unlimited plan and should have no worries with data usage whatsoever. I've used 1.94Gb so far and whenever I use the internet/browser, it takes me to a page saying that I've exceeded my included service allotment which makes no sense to me. It wants me to upgrade from a Value Unlimated Data plan to a 4.5Gb of High Speed Data with Smartphone Mobile Hotspot plan, which makes no sense. I should really be posting this on the T-mobile Forum,but I want to ask you guys first and see if you guys know anything about it. Plz help!! I want to use data agaain T.T
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Try changing your browser's user profile. you'll have to do a google search on how to do that. I had that your problem once and thats how I was able to get around it.