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If I upgrade at Best Buy, do I lose grandfathered unlimited data?

I'm on a Family line, and I'm not the primary number. We all have grandfathered unlimited data, and the last couple times I upgraded my phone at the ATT store it was all fine and dandy. But I noticed Best Buy, today only, has a $100 deal for the SGSIII which I want, but I'm wondering if I upgrade through BB (online or in store, whatever), will I be unable to maintain the unlimited data I've had? Is it possible to do it in a way that I DO keep it?

I upgraded at Best Buy 2 weeks ago and I kept unlimited data and now I went over 8 gbs data and I wasn't throttled...(I had to test it)...
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PeteSeiler2010 said:
I upgraded at Best Buy 2 weeks ago and I kept unlimited data and now I went over 8 gbs data and I wasn't throttled...(I had to test it)...
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Anyway to hide usage?

I don't think there's any way to hide usage. It's your carrier. The data goes through them one way or another.

Not that I'm aware of, I rarely go over 3gbs...but I was told that when you switch to an LTE phone they raise it from being throttled at 3gbs to 5 gbs...but I had to test it and I was over 8gbs when last I checked.
Still not throttled.
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PeteSeiler2010 said:
I upgraded at Best Buy 2 weeks ago and I kept unlimited data and now I went over 8 gbs data and I wasn't throttled...(I had to test it)...
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So what exactly is the upgrade process like if you go through a third party like BB? Did you do it online or in store?

I did it in-store. Took about 30 minutes, the associate told me before-hand that I would keep my unlimited plan.
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PeteSeiler2010 said:
I did it in-store. Took about 30 minutes, the associate told me before-hand that I would keep my unlimited plan.
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I was gonna order it online, but maybe it would be easier to do it in store then to make sure I can confirm it with the associate before-hand as well. If I'm not the primary number, I can't upgrade in store by myself though can I?

I just went to my neighborhood best buy and a person assisted me, I doubt you can do it yourself in-store.
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You will keep your data plan as is.
Also consider getting their insurance.. $1 more then att but they replace no questions asked with accidental damage covered.. No deductible!!
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waiters said:
You will keep your data plan as is.
Also consider getting their insurance.. $1 more then att but they replace no questions asked with accidental damage covered.. No deductible!!
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I disagree. Att insurance covers lost and stolen phones. Best buys geek squad does not. I have had many problems in the past with best buys geek squad and them giving me a hard time.

Jonnyredcorn said:
I disagree. Att insurance covers lost and stolen phones. Best buys geek squad does not. I have had many problems in the past with best buys geek squad and them giving me a hard time.
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Never knew that. I'm more afraid of breaking my phone. Haven't lost one on years and if I did renters insurance covers it
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Jonnyredcorn said:
I disagree. Att insurance covers lost and stolen phones. Best buys geek squad does not. I have had many problems in the past with best buys geek squad and them giving me a hard time.
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Geek squad is good as long as you can bring the phone in. Daughter dropped her Atrix 2 in the toilet the day after she got it. Best buy replaced it, no questions asked. Only thing it doesn't cover is lost.

Don't need for insurance if you get something like an Otterbox Defender, and install security software.

10gb in a day

I been thathering 10gb a day and sprint hasn't canceled my contract yet.
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Thanks for letting us know

I believe their limit is 100gb a month. Read a few post ppl getting nice letter from sprint once they reach that limit
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try force roaming and tethering that much.

Why don't you pay what you owe?

Hopefully they do.

You know abusing the network to get out of your contract is not ethical, right? You're also making the network slower for others, aswel.

Lamest thread ever.
Pay your ETF or pay your bill. Quit being a shyster (which has become a common word in my lexicon after reading some posts on xda lately).

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derrickmd18 said:
I been thathering 10gb a day and sprint hasn't canceled my contract yet.
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Hopefully they will notice you have been tethering without purchasing the tethering plan and bill you at $.25/MB.

lynyrd65 said:
I've thathered more than 40 gigs in a day on AT&T and still could just for the lulz. Before my sister, (whose line has true unlimited unthrottled, and un-monitored data), leaves for T-Mobile I'm going to go for a new record and post it on this site.
I have a perfect system in place to royally screw AT&T every month out of spite. AT&T is a whore of a company and I do that stuff as a sort of protest.
Why would you do this to Sprint though? They did nothing to deserve this.
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Exactly. If you can get 10gb/day on Sprint, you should really consider sticking with them.

Smh.... why are you canceling?
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Because they lied to me about my discount. No service at home. And they won't let me out of my contract. And yes I pay my bill.
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derrickmd18 said:
Because they lied to me about my discount. No service at home. And they won't let me out of my contract. And yes I pay my bill.
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What do you mean discount? I think you can even grab an employee discount for your service. Also - try to get an Airave from retentions, it'll help the service at home.

derrickmd18 said:
Because they lied to me about my discount. No service at home. And they won't let me out of my contract. And yes I pay my bill.
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Who lied? Have you gone back and disputed this? If it was done at the store Customer service can't do much as there's no proof to what you're claiming is true so the best option is to go back to store and vice versa. Airave does help if you qualify for one. Check www.sprint.com/airavecoverage. For your discount you have to apply through www.sprint.com/verify but nothing anyone can do in regards to the % the company you're claiming offers.
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lynyrd65 said:
I've thathered more than 40 gigs in a day on AT&T and still could just for the lulz. Before my sister, (whose line has true unlimited unthrottled, and un-monitored data), leaves for T-Mobile I'm going to go for a new record and post it on this site.
I have a perfect system in place to royally screw AT&T every month out of spite. AT&T is a whore of a company and I do that stuff as a sort of protest.
Why would you do this to Sprint though? They did nothing to deserve this.
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...And yet you expect people to help you "support autism awareness" ?

this......

Discount for ups. Store said I would get it then they said no because I'm on the second line. And wouldn't let me return the phones. It was at best buy. Supposed to get 22% off. Called sprint and they said it on best buy side. Went to best buy and they saying nothing they can do. So stuck.
I had a regular landline at home. And had boost. Got rid of it because i got sprint.
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I remember a time when people didn't have cell phones. There were a lot less idiots in the world...and better drivers.

oespinoza83 said:
I remember a time when people didn't have cell phones. There were a lot less idiots in the world...and better drivers.
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Love this post, best I've read today. :beer:
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[Q) buying through best buy?

Saw this phone on best buy for 150 and I'm eligible for a 2 year agreement just wanted to know if any of you guys have bought through best buy before?
If so Does your plan changed in any way whether it would be data?
Reason why I ask is because T-Mobile is always making it impossible for their customers. I see it as a smart investment worse comes to worse down the line I can always opt out and pay that 200 penalty to get out, I would still have my s3.
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I hate Best Buy but couldn't resist their low prices so last year I bought 3 phones online. It work out good for me. Not only I end up paying for the phone much less than any other place, but also somehow I didn't have to buy a data plan with those purchases. I have a family plan and that did not change also.
Last week I tried to add fifth line to my plan and I had to add minimum $20 data to new phone so I'm not sure how it is now...
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How long you were with T-Mobile before buying phone online?
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daxecutioner24 said:
How long you were with T-Mobile before buying phone online?
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Long time - since there were Voicestream - probably 10 years.

I bought this phone from bestbuy in october since I was eligible for an upgrade and bestbuy had it for way cheaper than tmobile ever did. Only part of my plan that was suppose to change was my data plan but it never did actually change. I still have the same plan I had before purchasing the phone. No complaints

Thanks guys. Yeah its way cheaper than what Tmobile has it right now about 340 with the upgrade. You guys did it through the phone or in person. One rep I was speaking with told me that I can't get the phone in store because T-Mobile doesn't allow it? Is this true or just BS. I was going to get the blaze through T-Mobile but it was going to come out around 184 basically around same price I'm getting the s3 for through best buy.. Not a big Fan of the 4'7 screen but oh well.
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Also any idea how much these guys will try to sell me their warranty for? Or do I get at least a 1 year warranty.
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daxecutioner24 said:
Also any idea how much these guys will try to sell me their warranty for? Or do I get at least a 1 year warranty.
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I actually did mine online and I had no problems. Bestbuy also gives you the option to add a warranty I think but I'm not to sure since I didn't get one

the issue to consider is that BB will sell you the 2 year plan, which continues the "subsidy" (we all know it's baked into the monthly price, RIGHT?) even after you pay of the phone. Consider a tmobile store - and a value plan, where there is more of an up front cost (possibly), but the value plan is a purchase of the phone as a transparent process, and when it's paid for (20 months?) you keep the phone, and the monthly price drops.
If you can do a "small buisiness" plan - go for that! $40 per month to 1000min and unlimited (5GB at 4G speed). $50 for unlimited/unlimited. Add $20 for phone, and stll cheapest way to go...
Merry Christmas

sbaeder said:
the issue to consider is that BB will sell you the 2 year plan, which continues the "subsidy" (we all know it's baked into the monthly price, RIGHT?) even after you pay of the phone. Consider a tmobile store - and a value plan, where there is more of an up front cost (possibly), but the value plan is a purchase of the phone as a transparent process, and when it's paid for (20 months?) you keep the phone, and the monthly price drops.
If you can do a "small buisiness" plan - go for that! $40 per month to 1000min and unlimited (5GB at 4G speed). $50 for unlimited/unlimited. Add $20 for phone, and stll cheapest way to go...
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Yea I went with the s3 with best buy pretty cheap..I did have to upgrade my data plan but only 10 more than I was paying for 200mb now I get about 5g.
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Thanks guys for all your help appreciated merry christmas
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I have bought all my phones from BB. I love it and service is great! (Not just saying it Because I work there)
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DroidModder said:
I have bought all my phones from BB. I love it and service is great! (Not just saying it Because I work there)
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Yeah I notice customer reps actually are not bots too.. I spoke to a few they seem to be well acknowledge and actually have a soul lol.
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Plus you get a free 1 year warranty for the stuff that's suppose to come for free, Like a defective unit .buying with T-Mobile you have to pay a monthly fee for that same coverage
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S3 ex gf

Hello. My ex girlfriend cut my phone off when I broke up with her. I went to tmobile corporate office Store and switched the phone to a prepaid. 2 months later she is calling me saying I have to pay her 400 to cancel her plan or she is reporting the phone stolen when I paid for the phone. Can she do this? Since I had it switched from her plan on mine which is prepaid.
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Wait...the line is under her name? You're screwed lol, her account, her phone. She can have the imei blacklisted and you have yourself a nice android version of a iPod touch.
If she does report it, you can keep the it or sell it for parts, don't expect to get too much for it though.
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How did you pay for the phone ? Did you pay through T-Mobile or to her or what ?
If you paid through her she can do this and you'd have to take her to small claims court or something and hope you have enough proof to win the case. This is pretty much the same way that people on CL scam people into buying a phone and then stopping paying for it / reporting it stolen - and there's plenty of evidence of people getting burned that way.
Otherwise, this is why it's a bad idea to have things in a significant other's name when you're just dating. At least with marriage there's automatic legal recourse if you divorce (even if it's still an expensive and drawn-out process). This is just way too much ridiculous drama, I'd suggest that you talk to a T-Mobile rep but they're going to have to sift through all this he-said she-said crap and I can't blame them if they can't figure it out or just don't care, sorry dude.

if you have the receipt and it was paid for by your bank card, then that changes the game to in your favor not hers. (this happened to my step dad)

That 400 is probably the early cancellation fee PLUS the contract price of the phone.
You're best bet is to convince her to spin the phone off from her contract to your own contract. T-Mobile won't care as long as the contract isnt broken. In this case it's not, she has her contract and you have yours.
Good Luck

Damn what a hateful chick lol
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Exactly. I paid 235 with my bank card at the store to get the phone. And I paid 100 for her cell phone bill. Her bill was 95 a month when I got the phone with my employee discount added it dropped the bill to 145 a month. I was paying 80 a month for my half of the bill.
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But what is werid is that I went into the corporate tmobile store and talking to them and they took the phone off her account and put it on mine with a prepaid sim card.
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derrickmd18 said:
But what is werid is that I went into the corporate tmobile store and talking to them and they took the phone off her account and put it on mine with a prepaid sim card.
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If you have a receipt from this ^^^ transaction, then you are in the clear. Sounds to me like she is trying to scam you for the ETF and $400 is in that range (probably with a little extra tagged on for her "pain and suffering")
daxecutioner24 said:
Damn what a hateful chick lol
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Hell hath no fury like a scorned woman, or something like that. Let's see what this person looks like. Got any pictures to upload? Since you are broken up and she is coming at you like this, would it really matter?
I kid, I kid (or do I?)

Lol
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Doing that with just a girlfriend isn't a good idea unless you're 100% sure you're gonna be with her forever. also I thought the etf was 200? Hopefully everything works out in your favor
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Yeah same here. It's 200 on the paper.
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derrickmd18 said:
Yeah same here. It's 200 on the paper.
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Thanks for helping us unintentionally lol don't get a plan with a gf
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Flash phone because can't pay bill

Hello, I was wondering if it's possible to flash to a different carrier such as virgin mobile, straight talk, boost mobile, cricket, etc. Prepaid, something cheaper than $80-90 a month for unlimited everything. Also, will they blacklist or give my phone a bad ESN if I don't pay my bill? I just started my contract. Thank you.
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fox2mccloud said:
Hello, I was wondering if it's possible to flash to a different carrier such as virgin mobile, straight talk, boost mobile, cricket, etc. Prepaid, something cheaper than $80-90 a month for unlimited everything. Also, will they blacklist or give my phone a bad ESN if I don't pay my bill? I just started my contract. Thank you.
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If they did not get their end of the bargain, you won't get yours too, so pay your bills or just pay the ETF and sell off your phone.
You can flash it to other CDMA carriers, search for it around here.

So they WILL blacklist/bad ESN?
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fox2mccloud said:
So they WILL blacklist/bad ESN?
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Of course they will.
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So they WILL blacklist/bad ESN?
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Blacklist only works per carrier. Verizon blocks Verizon, sprint blocks sprint etc. Cricket wont block a Verizon phone.
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danrodz said:
Blacklist only works per carrier. Verizon blocks Verizon, sprint blocks sprint etc. Cricket wont block a Verizon phone.
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For the time being, this is half true. Nationally, a carrier independent database is currently in works. Per CTIA's last report to the FCC on the subject, the GSM database was complete Oct 2012 and the LTE database will be up and running this November. Additionally, both VZW and Sprint are currently participating in multi-carrier databases that are a bit more limited than the one that will roll out later this year. Coupled with this, the FCC is championing legislation that will criminalize modifying a device's IMEI to circumvent blacklisting.

So, my bill is due today. I want to flash it to cricket and Really want to keep my number. Will it work?
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No. Don't sign a contract you don't intend to fulfill.

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So, my bill is due today. I want to flash it to cricket and Really want to keep my number. Will it work?
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More than likely Verizon wont release your number if you owe money. Cricket will gladly give you a new number if your old one cant be ported.
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So, my bill is due today. I want to flash it to cricket and Really want to keep my number. Will it work?
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No. They will not release a number when you still owe them a considerable amount of money. Furthermore, this isn't something that will just go away. You will get hounded for the money you owe. First by Verizon, and then by a third party debt collector. It will negatively affect your credit and there exists a possibility that a court judgment could be sought against you. On the off chance it comes to that, you'd be looking at owing more than the past due amount and ETF.
Have you tried calling Verizon and working with them to adjust your level of service to something you can afford at this time? Another option would be to sell the phone on Craigslist and use that to pay down the ETF. You could then get a prepaid phone which will assist in keeping your usage manageable until you're in a better situation financially.

Just a small example of how and why our economy is so f'd up.
good day.

Unless you don't care for the carrier, call them and see if you can work something out, like splitting your bill over two months and changing the plan.

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Just a small example of how and why our economy is so f'd up.
good day.
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You don't know me. I am ex army combat medic. I have a baby and just started a new job. Shove it.. And to update, I paid half my bill and will pay the other next week.
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fox2mccloud said:
You don't know me. I am ex army combat medic. I have a baby and just started a new job. Shove it.. And to update, I paid half my bill and will pay the other next week.
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his point still stands.
you bit off more than you can chew because you dont know how to balance expenses vs income, like most of america.

Zepius said:
his point still stands.
you bit off more than you can chew because you dont know how to balance expenses vs income, like most of america.
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Why would you assume that without knowing what I'm going through? Okay , am I supposed to explain to you my whole situation, an emergency happened but NAH keep talking like you know everything. Bye
EDIT: you know, I hate being negative in anyway to people. I just want to spread positive energy as much as I can. Hope you all a good life.
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fox2mccloud said:
You don't know me. I am ex army combat medic. I have a baby and just started a new job. Shove it.. And to update, I paid half my bill and will pay the other next week.
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I'm pretty sure that when I was in the military, I learned how to manage my damn finances.
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I think there are 2 points here:
1. Berating strangers on the internet is just as unwise and unjust as doing so in person. We can't judge someone else's hardships and we have no right to try. Savings and planning can only go so far in the face of emergencies.
2. Solving financial problems by planning to violate your phone contract is also unwise and unjust. Contracts are binding (and if one person breaks them the cost gets passed on to everyone else), and emergencies are what savings and planning are for.
I, personally at least, think this thread is best resolved by saying: OP, I'm glad you worked it out with your provider without breaking your contract. Congratulations on your baby. Without knowing what emergency you are facing, I hope your next few months go better for you. Thank you for your service.