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Data Limit ?

How much data will i be able to use without getting booted from sprint ?
Since my internet will be down for like another 2 weeks ...
I have already used 2GB ... i normally never touch 1Gig ...
... and i kinda been using my phone to play some black ops ...
want to know if i should stop or if it's safe to keep using it ...

Theoretically Sprint has unlimited data but if you abuse it enough they may care.
Probably hold off on torrents and similar and you should be ok. There are plenty of people who use 20GB of data with out trouble.

sk63 said:
Theoretically Sprint has unlimited data but if you abuse it enough they may care.
Probably hold off on torrents and similar and you should be ok. There are plenty of people who use 20GB of data with out trouble.
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Thanks ... anyone got anymore stats . ... just to be sure ...

if u use more than 2gb on roaming its an auto boot i beleve but other than that idk

iSaint said:
How much data will i be able to use without getting booted from sprint ?
Since my internet will be down for like another 2 weeks ...
I have already used 2GB ... i normally never touch 1Gig ...
... and i kinda been using my phone to play some black ops ...
want to know if i should stop or if it's safe to keep using it ...
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If you are using 4g then they don't care. If you are using 3g they may notice after around 5gb

As long as you're not excessively roaming on data and you're not doing anything illegal you're fine.
We've had users post usages far exceeding 5GB / month for multiple months in a row with no problems.
Just be smart and responsible.
There's no need to torrent on your mobile connection.
And really, to be honest, there's not much of an excuse to go over 20GB in a month for any reason.
Abuse leads to locking down and limiting for all.

I use 7-8GB a month every month for the past 2+ years. Never heard a complaint or anything from sprint. You will be fine...

I done from 2-4gb for the last 3 months with no problems. As mattykinsx said just be smart about it

mattykinsx said:
Abuse leads to locking down and limiting for all.
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Thanks for noting this mattykinxs.... I think folks tend to forget, in their quest to max out their mobile data, that they run the risk of "achieving" limited data for all. (Not suggesting this is the OP's goal, just something to remember.)

We pay a $10 monthly premium for truely unlimited data from Sprint. This is why I didn't go with Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. Verizon has a better network but I'm not going to pay $100 a month to be throttled after 2GB.
However I agree, just don't abuse it and ruin it for everyone by downloading 100GB of data in a month via bittorrent or streaming HD porn 24/7

I'm at about 25gb of data this month. Never had issues with sprint wanting to boot me
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I thought true unlimited data is why we are all on sprint, and I hit between 8 and 20 gb with no issues
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How can someone use 25gb of data on such a slow network? I'm glad I have wifi at home. Lol
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simosezj said:
I thought true unlimited data is why we are all on sprint, and I hit between 8 and 20 gb with no issues
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We have the right to free speech, doesn't make it right to yell the n word in a public place.
Like all things that are "free", "unlimited", "open" they all come with responsibility, with the understanding that abuse will force restriction.
Unlimited data is intended to allow you to use what you need and not have to sit there and say "what's my usage, do I have any left for this month?"
NOT so a person can download 500GB in torrents.
Think like this. Sprint is the third largest carrier. [Verizon has double the customers]
Yet the largest internet home provider has only a third of the users. [Comcast]
Simply put, with excessive abuse Sprint won't be able to continue to afford giving us unlimited data.

Data Throttled Back...Is there a temp solution???

So I just bought my SGS2 last night (coming from a rooted Sensation), and just my luck I hit 5GB after I installed one friggin app! I go back to 4G in 4 days, but I really would rather get my data fast back. Has anyone been able to get their data back by either calling T-Mobile or doing any mod to the phone? Does the "swithcing to 2G in settings and then back to 4G" work for anyone? SO far for me it did not work.

how is i t possible to hit 5gb data with installing 1 app
edit: mayb u had the plan before sgs ii (but it came out 15 days ago so idk how your month would be resetting allready)

SoFaKiNgStOkeD said:
So I just bought my SGS2 last night (coming from a rooted Sensation), and just my luck I hit 5GB after I installed one friggin app! I go back to 4G in 4 days, but I really would rather get my data fast back. Has anyone been able to get their data back by either calling T-Mobile or doing any mod to the phone? Does the "swithcing to 2G in settings and then back to 4G" work for anyone? SO far for me it did not work.
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did you teather the phone to a laptop/PC ?

camf3xu said:
how is i t possible to hit 5gb data with installing 1 app
edit: mayb u had the plan before sgs ii (but it came out 15 days ago so idk how your month would be resetting allready)
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I am at the end of my billing cycle, and I had a rooted Sensation that I used the crap out of this month prior to buying the SGS2 yesterday. The one app just happened to be the last little bit of data I had left (bad luck).
Now that we have that mystery behind us is there any solutions?

No sorry man, there is no fix. Tmo won't do anything, supposedly they can't. But none of the old workarounds work anymore. It sucks.
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Ive done this once, when my vibrant was in repair, i switched to my blackberry 9780 and had them change me to the blackberry plan. It was the same cost internet package wise so i paid nothing, but the blackberry web plan was different so it reset my data, and i was at 6gb and throttled, two days later i got vibrant back and switched back, but my new reset data stayed the same.
Hope this helps
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LpSk8r said:
Ive done this once, when my vibrant was in repair, i switched to my blackberry 9780 and had them change me to the blackberry plan. It was the same cost internet package wise so i paid nothing, but the blackberry web plan was different so it reset my data, and i was at 6gb and throttled, two days later i got vibrant back and switched back, but my new reset data stayed the same.
Hope this helps
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I will see if there is a work-around using your advice, thanks! I have a feeling it's back to worse than Edge and WiFi for a few days. It's like having a naked and willing chick on your bed, but you can't touch her!!!

is there one? yea upgrade to 10GB stop being cheap

Dude ride it out. Nothing you can do. Next time use wifi as much as possible.
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G1_enthusiast said:
is there one? yea upgrade to 10GB stop being cheap
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I tried this and they told me 10 GB was only available for tablets. Do you have 10?
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just a wise crack...
it's called wifi.

SoFaKiNgStOkeD said:
I tried this and they told me 10 GB was only available for tablets. Do you have 10?
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I was able to upgrade to 10 on my phone no problem. It's just so damn expensive.
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So the way T-Mobile phrases it on their plans page, they say something like this:
Unlimited data for social networking and navigating (up to 2 GB of high-speed data included)
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Does this mean if I disable 3G/4G early in the month and use 2G only for let's say 2GB, if I later turn on 3G/4G that I'll still have 2GB of high-speed data?
Or after 2GB are you screwed whether it was on 2G or 3G/4G?

You should be "screwed" after 2gb, whether fast or slow.
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manekineko said:
So the way T-Mobile phrases it on their plans page, they say something like this:
Does this mean if I disable 3G/4G early in the month and use 2G only for let's say 2GB, if I later turn on 3G/4G that I'll still have 2GB of high-speed data?
Or after 2GB are you screwed whether it was on 2G or 3G/4G?
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Tmo is actually pretty legit, they do "pro rated" charges where if you are throttled, you can upgrade to the 5gb plan, just till the end of the month, and only pay the percentage of the month you used that plan for.
my cable went out the day that this show "bored to death" was coming out, and so i just called Tmo upgrade to a 5gb for the last 3 days of my billing cycle and was able to torrent it via tether.
Then i called them to downgrade when my new billing cycle started, i think i only paid 2 or 3 bucks for the extra data.

SoFaKiNgStOkeD said:
I tried this and they told me 10 GB was only available for tablets. Do you have 10?
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10 GB data is available for anyone with a data device, tablet or smart phone. Now it is a $60 per month charge...

Originally Posted by SoFaKiNgStOkeD
I tried this and they told me 10 GB was only available for tablets. Do you have 10?
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10 GB data is available for anyone with a data device, tablet or smart phone. Now it is a $60 per month charge...
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Only if your plan allows it. I can't get the 10gb on my plan.
Deebo took your bike too?

Is 8gb on 4g and 1gb on 3g a lot of usage?

I'm just wondering since I was just on Sprint's site checking my account. I never thought I used that much but then again I do a lot of netflix, facebook, pandora, plus many others. I also started tethering recently so I don't want to go crazy and get flagged by Sprint.

Netflix will rack up the bytes pretty quick. Pandora doesn't use as much data as say shoutcast would.
My low side average is a littler over 2GB on 3g. I don't know what the high side would be. Also, I haven't tracked 4g yet.

I would say yes, thats 9 GB of DATA on a phone. How much time left in the billing period, that number may go to 18 GB, lol.

What's the point of having Netflix or Pandora or YouTube in our smartphones if our data usage gets flagged by using them in the first place? And why would Sprint mind if supposedly our data is "unlimited" or so they say.

I'm sure u be ok. I used 34gb in one month and i was ok. Didn't get any text or notice from sprint and this was 3 months ago. Loved Verizon because i used 60gb a month for 8 months and they never said anything lol
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Nope I use 16gb every month
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cordell12 said:
I would say yes, thats 9 GB of DATA on a phone. How much time left in the billing period, that number may go to 18 GB, lol.
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I have 14 more days left in my cycle. Its just I never looked at my usage b4 and it freaked me out cuz I remember someone getting booted off the network but I think they were abusing the roaming data which is something I don't do.
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Everybody else that responded thanks for your response. I feel a lot better knowing some of you rack up 16 - 32GB with no issue. Now I can worry less. I just didn't want to make it suspicious now that I'm using the hotspot. I was scared so I disconnected 4g and dropped down to 3g to be on the safe side lol.. 3g sucks I'm glad I get good 4g coverage in CT!
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[Q] No fix for the data counter? (4.2.1)

Since ardatdat's kernel there has been no fix for the data counter on this phone. I've given up asking on the dev forums as I'm just ignored. Now I'm seeing the built in data counter option even removed from Jelly Bean. I use data a lot, and I need to be able to monitor my data, but Rogers' app isn't very reliable (constant crashes, needs to be connected to cell network only, doesn't work from 2am to who knows when). If anyone knows a fix for the data counter so I can use a data monitoring app (eg 3gWatchdog), please do tell.

Watchdog works for me.
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antharr said:
Watchdog works for me.
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well, I'll give Watchdog another try then. Up till now though, I've seen the same wonky data readings as when I first got the phone.

Devian50 said:
well, I'll give Watchdog another try then. Up till now though, I've seen the same wonky data readings as when I first got the phone.
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just curious how much data have you got on your package from Rogers. Only reason I ask is because I had 500megs addon for 25$ and they told me there was 6GB addon for 30$ no brainer I took the 6GB. I never look at Data anymore and use up to a max of 2GB a month.
JB

dudejb said:
just curious how much data have you got on your package from Rogers. Only reason I ask is because I had 500megs addon for 25$ and they told me there was 6GB addon for 30$ no brainer I took the 6GB. I never look at Data anymore and use up to a max of 2GB a month.
JB
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I don't mind you asking, I've got the 500mb plan, however my bill is already 80$/month because my phone is the original on the plan (family plan of 3 phones, 2 smart, one not smart). Rogers has been raping my family for a while now, since they locked us into a contract for internet they've been cheating us on a lot of stuff. If I were paying my own bill, you bet I would up it, however my mother is currently paying the bill until I take over so upgrading is out of the question.

Free upgrade to 3GB data per line. Anyone try it lately?

A while back (like 2 years ago) someone discovered that if you call into T-Mobile and simply ask to have your 1GB of data upgraded to 3GB of data at no extra charge, they would do it on the spot. Sure enough, after word got out on XDA about it, many of us called in and successfully had them upgrade us to 3GB per line at no additional charge (would normally be another $10/month per line).
Last year we changed our plan to become contract free. However, I was unaware that this initiated the $10/month per line for the 3GB of data so I got rid of the extra data after a couple of months passed with neither of us using more than about .5GB each. Unfortunately, my fiance and I are now using more of our data and keep hitting our cap with about 2-3 days left in the month. So I was thinking about calling and trying to get the 3GB free again.
Before I do this I wanted to see if anyone else had any recent experience with this or discovered another secret or promotion that help to get more data without paying more. Yes, I know I'm being cheap but I don't want to pay another $20/month when we both barely use over 1GB each as it is and they don't offer a 1.5GB or 2GB option.

How many lines are in your account?
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I too would like to know if this is possible. I have 2 lines my wife has the unlimited data with 5gb of mobile hotspot for $30 and I have the 1gb data for $0. I just went over
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If you have 4 lines or more you can get 2.5 gb of days for free till 2016. It's the new 10 gigs if data for $100.
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Sorry for the delayed response to the posts. I have 2 lines on the account. So that 4 line option won't work for us, unfortunately.