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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.
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)
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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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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.
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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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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.
f.
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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.
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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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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?
Hi,
Yesterday I switched to Verizon and rented a RAZR. Today I have noticed that I have used 300MB in less than 24hrs.
I haven't done any streaming or anything like that, just playing around with the beautiful Verizon's LTE (a lot of speed-tests ).
I'm afraid with faster speed I may use more data than what I have normally used on T-Mobile (2-3GB).
Now my question is;
How much data do you guys normally use?
And what plan you have or plan to get? 4GB, 10GB..
Thanks for your feedback.
i average 500Mb a month in data usage. i use wifi when ever possible.
Device: HTC Incredible
Plan: Unlimited Data
i'd imagine a spike in usage switching to a LTE device but i'm not sure how anyone can use over 10GB a month un-tethered.
according to my most recent usage, it shows i'm currently at 48.490GB
although my new cycle starts tomorrow so....
It may be from the initial setup of the device. A lot of information is exchanged to and from Google including backing up and restoring apps etc.
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voxigenboy said:
according to my most recent usage, it shows i'm currently at 48.490GB
although my new cycle starts tomorrow so....
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im assuming you are tethering? has your speed been throttled at all? also, how has verizon not been like 'you dude, wtf are you doing?" haha.
sjgarbz said:
im assuming you are tethering? has your speed been throttled at all? also, how has verizon not been like 'you dude, wtf are you doing?" haha.
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tether yes, as well as i download torrents directly onto my phone via aDownloader.
apparently, Verizon doesn't care how much 4G usage people put their phones through as there's plenty of '4G' to go around. they only care about 3G users using too much data.
Even without streaming Netflix and barely going on youtube, I hit 3-5GB a month just from web browsing and streaming music from Pandora and Google Music on my Thunderbolt. If you watch a lot of videos, I doubt the 4GB plan will cut it.
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tether yes, as well as i download torrents directly onto my phone via aDownloader.
apparently, Verizon doesn't care how much 4G usage people put their phones through as there's plenty of '4G' to go around. they only care about 3G users using too much data.
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I've read on Droid-life of Verizon customers getting throttled and given warning letters for using 50-100 GB a month.
Buddy Revell said:
I've read on Droid-life of Verizon customers getting throttled and given warning letters for using 50-100 GB a month.
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well, ever since i got the thunderbolt last march, i've regularly used tons of data & have gone over 50GB many times(although haven't gone over 100GB yet...)
i never got any letters & have never been 'throttled' either.
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well, ever since i got the thunderbolt last march, i've regularly used tons of data & have gone over 50GB many times(although haven't gone over 100GB yet...)
i never got any letters & have never been 'throttled' either.
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what's your monthly bill like?
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voxigenboy said:
tether yes, as well as i download torrents directly onto my phone via aDownloader.
apparently, Verizon doesn't care how much 4G usage people put their phones through as there's plenty of '4G' to go around. they only care about 3G users using too much data.
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You download torrents.... on your phone? Maybe I am just a wuss, but I would be wayyy too afraid to do that lol. After reading this though, I will be much more liberal with my unlimited data plan.
spovat said:
what's your monthly bill like?
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i have unlimited data for $29 & 200 minutes for $24. with my work discount & taxes & such it comes to around $53 something/month.
i just have the cheapest minutes as the only time i actually make calls i just use my skype account.
I have an unlimited plan, but still with my OG Droid. I typically see 500-700MB a month. I'm also on wi-fi a lot.
Crossing my fingers for a release on Thursday, I need a new phone...
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well, ever since i got the thunderbolt last march, i've regularly used tons of data & have gone over 50GB many times(although haven't gone over 100GB yet...)
i never got any letters & have never been 'throttled' either.
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I hope that stays true. I would hate Verizon to start throttling unlimited data customers like all these other carriers are starting to do.
Buddy Revell said:
I hope that stays true. I would hate Verizon to start throttling unlimited data customers like all these other carriers are starting to do.
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i forgot to mention, the bit about Verizon only caring about 3G users using too much data... i had heard that from an actual Verizon employee. i know there can be mis-communication within the company, but considering that so far i've had no troubles i'm going to take his word.
Thanks guys for all your replies.
I plan on geting the 10 gig plan Thursday
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spencer88 said:
I plan on geting the 10 gig plan Thursday
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I'm telling ya dude, you have to try the unlimited data trick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370720
i got unlimited data
I'm on 3G, and I regularly use between 3GB and 5GB/month on my Droid X. I don't do nearly as much as I used to, and I hardly have my phone connecting to wifi (even at home). I have an unlimited data plan, but I don't abuse it at all. Even if/when I upgrade to the Galaxy Nexus, I probably won't abuse it. Why should I? People abusing it just makes it that much worse for those of us that don't.
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I'm on 3G, and I regularly use between 3GB and 5GB/month on my Droid X. I don't do nearly as much as I used to, and I hardly have my phone connecting to wifi (even at home). I have an unlimited data plan, but I don't abuse it at all. Even if/when I upgrade to the Galaxy Nexus, I probably won't abuse it. Why should I? People abusing it just makes it that much worse for those of us that don't.
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there's no such thing as abuse when "unlimited" is involved. say i have an annual pass at Disneyland or a Season Ticket for the Chargers & I go frequently.. is that abuse?
anyway, this whole 'unlimited/abuse' debate's been brought up many times & I've already argued my side before & realize there's no point in getting into it. just like politics... each side's going to be set in their own beliefs.
so as the hippies say 'peace & love!"
Decided to post this here since this is currently the only phone with 4.0 right now.
I'm using a nexus one with 4.0.3 at the moment and I got a text message from at&t telling me that tethering requires a plan after using the native tethering on the phone. I've used tethering on 2.2 and 2.3 for years without issue, and it just seems strange that this happened after upgrading (but it could be unrelated as well) My understanding was that carriers were not able to distinguish data usage through the stock tethering in previous versions (at least in the same way iOS and WP7 handle tethering), or at least at&t wasn't doing so.
Any at&t users have similar experiences with their galaxy nexuses? I'm using an $30 3G iPhone unlimited data plan on my account at the moment
hi
Already have this message for with orange in France...
:-(
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I think the way they have been determining it with the iPhone in the past was with the TTL on the packets being sent. Computers generally have a different TTL than the iPhone. Maybe they started to do the same with Android phones?
Wasn't Koush's ClockworkMod Tether supposed to do the tethering via a method that was supposedly not traceable by carriers?
OJ in Compton said:
Decided to post this here since this is currently the only phone with 4.0 right now.
I'm using a nexus one with 4.0.3 at the moment and I got a text message from at&t telling me that tethering requires a plan after using the native tethering on the phone. I've used tethering on 2.2 and 2.3 for years without issue, and it just seems strange that this happened after upgrading (but it could be unrelated as well) My understanding was that carriers were not able to distinguish data usage through the stock tethering in previous versions (at least in the same way iOS and WP7 handle tethering), or at least at&t wasn't doing so.
Any at&t users have similar experiences with their galaxy nexuses? I'm using an $30 3G iPhone unlimited data plan on my account at the moment
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You should respond back and be like, I don't remember tethering - where's your proof that I did?
ATT has been heavily monitoring for tethering in the last 6 months or so.
adrynalyne said:
ATT has been heavily monitoring for tethering in the last 6 months or so.
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ATT busted me for tethering and removed my unlimited plan. I ended up going with verizon becuase of it and have never looked back. The unlimited was nice, but verizon speeds with GNexus is far better.
I have never really abused it, but my wife and I have been tethering on Verizon well over a year. We have used Wifi Tether for Root on my OG Droid, PDAnet on her Incredible and me currently using native tethering on my GN under Bugless Beast. Never received a single text, email or bill. Granted we only use it combined for about 200MB a month so we might be flying under their radar.
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frogskins said:
Never received a single text, email or bill. Granted we only use it combined for about 200MB a month so we might be flying under their radar.
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Holy ****. How are you only using 200MB combined when you're tethering??
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Holy ****. How are you only using 200MB combined when you're tethering??
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My wife played words with friends on her iPad for 3 hours while tethered on a road trip, used about 25mb of data.
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My wife played words with friends on her iPad for 3 hours while tethered on a road trip, used about 25mb of data.
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Understood, but only 200mb for a whole month for 2 people, including tethering? Can't even believe that lol.
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My wife played words with friends on her iPad for 3 hours while tethered on a road trip, used about 25mb of data.
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Thank you for that info. I usually use 3G tether for when I'm off wifi on my own tablet but I don't use even 200mb so I (hopefully) will be safe on 4G as well.
careful, with 4G it's tempting to use the full power (700KB/s+) to get some serious DL'ing done
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Holy ****. How are you only using 200MB combined when you're tethering??
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Funny you say that. I see people and want they use and always wonder how they use that much. It is not like we try to use it as a replacement to our regular cable internet at home.
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frogskins said:
Funny you say that. I see people and want they use and always wonder how they use that much. It is not like we try to use it as a replacement to our regular cable internet at home.
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Well neither do I. I have cable at home that's plenty fast. but I have no problem at all running up 4gb or more a month on my mobile. I mean syncing Gmail and social network accounts for a month is over 200mb lol.
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Funny you say that. I see people and want they use and always wonder how they use that much. It is not like we try to use it as a replacement to our regular cable internet at home.
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WAAAT
How on earth do you get away using only 200MB?
my lowest month was 800MB and half that time I was out of the country!
martonikaj said:
Well neither do I. I have cable at home that's plenty fast. but I have no problem at all running up 4gb or more a month on my mobile. I mean syncing Gmail and social network accounts for a month is over 200mb lol.
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Yeah seriously! Last month I hit 7.6GB...month before that was 8GB.... Most months I'm around 3-4GB but I've been streaming movies lately.... but when using 2-4GB Its mainly just emails, picture sync, etc....maybe I'm that 1% every mobile carrier hates?
blackbanjo said:
ATT busted me for tethering and removed my unlimited plan. I ended up going with verizon becuase of it and have never looked back. The unlimited was nice, but verizon speeds with GNexus is far better.
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Wow, exactly the same.
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I guess it came across wrong. We tether for about 200MB a month. We actually use much more data than that using the phones as intended. I use Wifi every chance I get and still rack up about 1.5GB total per month. My wife forgets to use Wifi and will rack about 3GB normally. We are both grandfathered unlimited data on Verizon.
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I guess it came across wrong. We tether for about 200MB a month. We actually use much more data than that using the phones as intended. I use Wifi every chance I get and still rack up about 1.5GB total per month. My wife forgets to use Wifi and will rack about 3GB normally. We are both grandfathered unlimited data on Verizon.
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Well that makes more sense. First post was worded horribly
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Well that makes more sense. First post was worded horribly
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Going back and looking, it was
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can i use the unlocked gnexus without having a data plan on att?
Don't let them know.
let it be.
Why?
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Why?
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my dad wants a smartphone but does not want to pay for data (useless for him gets wifi at work and then uses wifi at home).
Also would the nexus s be ok too?
If you already have sims it should work. Do not let at&t know. They might try twisting your arm into getting nut you are not required to if you are not under contract.
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If you already have sims it should work. Do not let at&t know. They might try twisting your arm into getting nut you are not required to if you are not under contract.
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Lmao is truth tho you can make it happen my wife's dad hates paying extra money and he made att take data off his blackberry a few years ago when he got it lol but yeah he can use it without att knowing
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my dad wants a smartphone but does not want to pay for data (useless for him gets wifi at work and then uses wifi at home).
Also would the nexus s be ok too?
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I mean it just defeats the purpose to jump through the hoops and use AT&T w/ no data when you can put him on a prepaid plan with data for less (even if you go with a ripoff GoPhone plan its still makes more sense).
As the others have said if you really want to do this then I'm sure you could get away with it, but AT&T doesn't want you to do it and will add a data plan if they can.
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I mean it just defeats the purpose to jump through the hoops and use AT&T w/ no data when you can put him on a prepaid plan with data for less (even if you go with a ripoff GoPhone plan its still makes more sense).
As the others have said if you really want to do this then I'm sure you could get away with it, but AT&T doesn't want you to do it and will add a data plan if they can.
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They can't force him if he doesn't have any phones subsidized for his line. I was saying not to let them know because they will solicit the hell out of you if they know that you do have a smartphone. Heck they keep soliciting me to save money by adding an unlimited text plan which costs more than the plan I am on. Doesn't sound like I'm saving money. And man if I had wifi at work all day long I would drop data or got to the $15 plan.
let it be.
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my dad wants a smartphone but does not want to pay for data (useless for him gets wifi at work and then uses wifi at home).
Also would the nexus s be ok too?
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If that's the case then he can just use certain apps for WiFi calling and text. Fully working device running straight off WiFi. I do it right now with all my devices with a portable WiFi device. I was actually looking into getting a galaxy nexus.
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Well we have a family plan so he can't go prepaid. He is the primary account holder.