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This trick has been around for a while. I have been using it since the G2x days and haven't abandoned it yet. It works on my GS2 and it has been working on my Galaxy Nexus as well. Create a new APN with the exact same settings as I post here. I am still working to find out what (if anything) needs to be changed on the MMS end but thought I'd go ahead and share this. Enjoy!
*Disclaimer* This will not work for everyone! You could possibly still get throttled. In my personal experience, it stops my data counter altogether. For other people, they just go beyond the throttle threshold. Find out where you stand. **HINT** I'd recommend only changing to this once you're nearing the end of your cycle and before you are throttled.
Has anyone given this a try yet? I'd like to know how you guys are fairing on speed tests? I have been seeing better speeds with this apn at my apartment which is kinda like a big bunker. Lol.
It works on my gs2
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rambo8987 said:
It works on my gs2
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That's good to hear. I am in the same boat as you but with the addition of my Galaxy Nexus as well.
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Works on my rooted gs2 also, much faster speeds in El Paso, Tx.
ggfb20 said:
Works on my rooted gs2 also, much faster speeds in El Paso, Tx.
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Lol, I don't want to broadcast faster speeds on the new apn but as far as my apartment goes - they are faster. (Then again, I don't really ever use my cellular data at home anyway.) I just like to put a much larger emphasis on avoiding being throttled!
This is bull****.
Last night I burned through my 5GBs. Now the internet feels slower than a 56K modem.
Today, I tried this "trick", same speeds....
juancferrer said:
This is bull****.
Last night I burned through my 5GBs. Now the internet feels slower than a 56K modem.
Today, I tried this "trick", same speeds....
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You do it before being throttled. Not after. Don't call it bull**** because you didn't follow directions. It's funny how I and other people have plenty of success with this but you, the person who fails to follow directions, comes in here to act like it doesn't work. One of the most important things to do when doing most anything on xda is read and follow directions.
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Works here.. just got 6mbps down after going over my cap at some point this weekend.
Well, it says 2GB used so I'll assume I'm over my cap haha
joshnichols189 said:
Works here.. just got 6mbps down after going over my cap at some point this weekend.
Well, it says 2GB used so I'll assume I'm over my cap haha
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Ha-ha. Good to hear it worked for you!!!
At least some people pay attention.
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I take it back.. being slammed with those 50kbps speeds now D:
I'm at 6.2gb of 5gb right now and still at full speeds. Dunno if its the APN or T-Mobile just not caring.
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I take it back.. being slammed with those 50kbps speeds now D:
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Well, some people fly under the radar. Some people get throttled eventually. Lastly, some people get throttled like normal. Trying it out isn't for the feint of heart because you never know which one you'll be until you try.
This is why I recommend trying it near the end of your cycle so you don't have much to lose. Sometimes sim swapping helps too.
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I'm at 6.2gb of 5gb right now and still at full speeds. Dunno if its the APN or T-Mobile just not caring.
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It's great to hear it's helped you out thus far. Were you purposely trying to get that high at first? Lol. I know the whole trial and error thing sucks but sometimes it pays off. Depending on how far you're in, you might be completely clear and can go data crazy.
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It's great to hear it's helped you out thus far. Were you purposely trying to get that high at first? Lol. I know the whole trial and error thing sucks but sometimes it pays off. Depending on how far you're in, you might be completely clear and can go data crazy.
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Well I was at about 4.9gb of 5gb at 2 weeks into my billing period (had lots of tethering). So I just switched the APN and started using data again rather than hunting for WiFi all the time. Still working just fine.
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Well I was at about 4.9gb of 5gb at 2 weeks into my billing period (had lots of tethering). So I just switched the APN and started using data again rather than hunting for WiFi all the time. Still working just fine.
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Then it sounds to me like you won't have to worry. It would have kicked in by now.
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Just wanna say thanks, it WORKS!
Coming from a GSII I can confirm that this no longer works (for most ). It worked wonderfully for a few months but once everyone jumped on board T-Mobile patched it. Head over to the tmo sgsii forums and search the thread for confirmation.
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Just wanna say thanks, it WORKS!
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Data is not updated real time on the website so go easy on the data until you truly know it works. Many ate up their data on the GSII just to find themselves throttled the next day
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Data is not updated real time on the website so go easy on the data until you truly know it works. Many ate up their data on the GSII just to find themselves throttled the next day
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Yeah this no longer works even with the deleted /data/system/throttle/ files deleted. Can anybody confirm it "works" by any chance? I really wanna get "TRULY" unlimited data. Anybody willing to try the at&t gophone pre paid plan? I hear this works.
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I switched my plan from 5gig to unlimited... they told me u can't hotspot/teather with this plan... last night I tested teathering out by 8 gigs of download ... no throttle... all used by WiFi hotspot...
It's AWESOME.. I don't plan on abusing it.. I just like TO NOT BE THROTTLED...
Thank u tmo... for true unlimited!!!
And with the HI2 modem I'm getting 19Mb down
And 3 up... I love this shat..
EDIT: ur right kulzboy.... I edited my op....
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Good stuff spodie! Btw...are you using wifi tether for root users? What rom and what radio?
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Good stuff spodie! Btw...are you using wifi tether for root users? What rom and what radio?
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I'm using WiFi teather for root...
Rom: R6 H1
Kernel: faux 13u
Radio: H2
(In settings I set it to ics 0)and generic)
Althow I haven't tested on H2.H3.I2.I3.
Don't c y it wouldn't work thow....
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Im on jb uvdli3 with li2 radio and wifi tether for root doesnt work. I believe its only supported in ics.
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Im on jb uvdli3 with li2 radio and wifi tether for root doesnt work. I believe its only supported in ics.
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correct tethering so far doesnt work as of yet with jb and rooted users. ive tried for that soul purpose i went back to h2 roms until an app is released that can support jb
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I switched my plan from 5gig to unlimited... they told me u can't hotspot/teather with this plan... they switched my plan... and I then said now connect to my devices WiFi ...
4 employes jaws droped after they connected...(now half of the tmo store wants me to root and hook up there phone like mine!!!(Rom*g.wallet.overclock) Hahaha!!! last night I tested teathering out by 8 gigs of download ... no throttle... all used by WiFi hotspot...
It's AWESOME.. I don't plan on abusing it.. I just like TO NOT BE THROTTLED...
Thank u tmo... for true unlimited!!!
And with the HI2 modem I'm getting 19Mb down
And 3 up... I love this shat..
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word, good lookin out, been on tmo website the past few days bout to pull the trigger but the 2 year reup kept me from it, the positive input makes me think i can possibly kill the home wifi thru clear aka sprint and their lil 6mb up more like 2 at best 4g wifi hotspot unit. the only thing ill give the clear hotspot cred on, ive used that thing to some insane #s on classes up at the local juco and had other kids on to max out all 8 hookups and never been throttled...not that theres much wiggle room for them to throttle, and im talkin some sick monthly usage GBs lol not that i care about the students but ive been known to cloud transfer my entire harddrive from one of my laptops in KC to my vegas locale, and lets just say the ol tmo 10gb/mo plan has been throttled on me b4 with oh 3 and a half weeks b4 my billing cycle was up lol thanks for the heads up
I wouldn't expose this right in front of them. It's like bragging you have root to a warranty rep
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I wouldn't expose this right in front of them. It's like bragging you have root to a warranty rep
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Ur right bro... I changed my op... It was stupid of me to admit I got a insider....
+1
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I'll ask the app dev. If he can make it for JB..
DON'T know if it's too early cuz we're still on JB leaks... without source... but I'll ask him...
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just wait they will take it away,happened to me last night,but i know a trick around it.
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just wait they will take it away,happened to me last night,but i know a trick around it.
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I read a huge thread explaining all the fine print about tethering. But even worse, Verizon and att MUST allow free tethering as said by the FCC. I'm honestly thinking about researching everything getting all the details sorted out and bringing it forth to the FCC. Cause apparently the way they tell if you're tethering is by packet sniffing. And from what I understand, that's illegal period. Even if it's included in the TOS. That's my private data they are sniffing.
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I read a huge thread explaining all the fine print about tethering. But even worse, Verizon and att MUST allow free tethering as said by the FCC. I'm honestly thinking about researching everything getting all the details sorted out and bringing it forth to the FCC. Cause apparently the way they tell if you're tethering is by packet sniffing. And from what I understand, that's illegal period. Even if it's included in the TOS. That's my private data they are sniffing.
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Is this true? I'm not being a jerk, just if that is that isn't acceptable to me.
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Is this true? I'm not being a jerk, just if that is that isn't acceptable to me.
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Which part are you asking is true? The data packet sniffing? Yes that's true. It's the only way they can see what data is being passed through. It's an invasion of privacy if you ask me
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Which part are you asking is true? The data packet sniffing? Yes that's true. It's the only way they can see what data is being passed through. It's an invasion of privacy if you ask me
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Yea, the packet sniffing. I agree with you... complete invasion. Should be illegal if its not. No companies or the public seem to give a crap about privacy anymore.
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Yea, the packet sniffing. I agree with you... complete invasion. Should be illegal if its not. No companies or the public seem to give a crap about privacy anymore.
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From what I thought, it is. But apparently T-Mobile has it included in the "fine print" that when you agreed to terms of service you give them permission.. still don't see how that's "legal".
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I read a huge thread explaining all the fine print about tethering. But even worse, Verizon and att MUST allow free tethering as said by the FCC. I'm honestly thinking about researching everything getting all the details sorted out and bringing it forth to the FCC. Cause apparently the way they tell if you're tethering is by packet sniffing. And from what I understand, that's illegal period. Even if it's included in the TOS. That's my private data they are sniffing.
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I'll put my signature on that
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From what I thought, it is. But apparently T-Mobile has it included in the "fine print" that when you agreed to terms of service you give them permission.. still don't see how that's "legal".
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That should not matter. How can people change something like this? Who would you get ahold of?
Options
elesbb said:
From what I thought, it is. But apparently T-Mobile has it included in the "fine print" that when you agreed to terms of service you give them permission.. still don't see how that's "legal".
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Well, one still can resource to connect via VPN..
I am thinking to just upgrade from SGSII to the newest II; i like the fact the screen is more crispy; at least what i saw in store. With my SII in 11 month I never had problems with thetering but I only have used it to connect to internet my laptop at work to read email or to the company web portal for ticketing closing and management, only few minutes at the time..
I really don't know if the jump is worthy...I got old Juggernaut v3.7 on my SGSII...had it for 11 months now..if i upgrade, will pay full price for the III.
I have been downloading ROMS all evening. At 3 gigs so far and no cut off yet. rooted stock
So about mud day yesterday, I was watching YouTube, all of a sudden everything started buffering no matter what video I watched. Downloaded a couple files and speeds were only 30kB/s. Didn't think anything of it. Thought it was the host. Didn't do much else but use tapatalk and noticed things were a but slow. Did a speed test and it shot up to like 300kB/s then hovered around 30-50kB/s felt that awfully strange.. as that's what would happen on my old throttle plan.
So I went to bed not thinking of it.
Got up this morning and speeds were the same. Stayed the same for the entire day til I got fed up and called T-Mobile. They "said" I wasn't being throttled. And after I *****ed they "reset" my phone on their network and things were back to normal.
Has anyone else experienced like symptoms? I'd hate to think they went this low to throttle us..
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Are you sure you have the truly unlimited 4G plan... Or the unlimited data with let's say 2gb, 5gb or 10gb of 4G data.
If you have the truly unlimited data then you shouldn't be throttled. But if you have one of the other three plans where they cap the 4G data then they throttle you after that certain point.
Or maybe t mobile was having issues with your tower and had to reset the connection?
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It wasn't just my area though, both s2 and s3 showed same speeds. And yes I have the truly unlimited.
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How much data have you used this period?
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This had to be all of tmobile last light because me and 3 buddies at work were all stuck on edge till 8 am
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Why is this posted in general? Not to sound an a$$ but yeah..
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You weren't being throttled. I'm in southern cali and had horrible speeds this morning.
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agtitan said:
How much data have you used this period?
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17gigs but that doesn't matter.
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This had to be all of tmobile last light because me and 3 buddies at work were all stuck on edge till 8 am
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well that reassures me that they weren't throttling me.
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Why is this posted in general? Not to sound an a$$ but yeah..
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And because I had general open in tapatalk and didn't realize it. Lol sorry I'm human.
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Lol no worries i just hate cluterred forums :/
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17 gigs? I really don't see how most people can go over 5 without tethering. I use my phone constantly and I've never gone over 2. Even with what I use on wifi, which might be another 2gb, is still not even 5gb's. So, I can only ASSUME you have been tethering, and they figured it out. That would explain the throttle.
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17 gigs? I really don't see how most people can go over 5 without tethering. I use my phone constantly and I've never gone over 2. Even with what I use on wifi, which might be another 2gb, is still not even 5gb's. So, I can only ASSUME you have been tethering, and they figured it out. That would explain the throttle.
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Get Netflix.....
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17 gigs? I really don't see how most people can go over 5 without tethering. I use my phone constantly and I've never gone over 2. Even with what I use on wifi, which might be another 2gb, is still not even 5gb's. So, I can only ASSUME you have been tethering, and they figured it out. That would explain the throttle.
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You get 100 uses of tethering anyhow. Then they block you. But as psykhotic said get Netflix and watch HD movies and then tell me how much data you use. Not to mention you can download torrents via your phone. And I never use WiFi except for when transferring files to my phone.
But irregardless, it's unlimited, there shouldn't be a throttle period.
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Get Netflix.....
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Yes. This and gogoanime plus a movie streaming website.
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elesbb said:
You get 100 uses of tethering anyhow. Then they block you. But as psykhotic said get Netflix and watch HD movies and then tell me how much data you use. Not to mention you can download torrents via your phone. And I never use WiFi except for when transferring files to my phone.
But irregardless, it's unlimited, there shouldn't be a throttle period.
Yes. This and gogoanime plus a movie streaming website.
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What do you mean you get 100 uses of tethering?
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.....irregardless
I could certainly reach well above twenty gig with Tune in radio, Hulu, Jetflicks, and Netflix.
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I just streamed music to and from work and I used up 5gb in 2 weeks... now if you don't have a full time job and don't commute in traffic m-f then you won't understand
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No not 100 uses of tethering.
You can use 100 MB before the block you if you already used the work around on the software they have on the phone.
The program by default on the phone though will actually block you right away.
Unless you use a custom APN then you get blocked after 100 MB.
If you change your User Agent on your browser the the User agent of the phone and you won't get blocked.
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17 gigs? I really don't see how most people can go over 5 without tethering. I use my phone constantly and I've never gone over 2. Even with what I use on wifi, which might be another 2gb, is still not even 5gb's. So, I can only ASSUME you have been tethering, and they figured it out. That would explain the throttle.
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Just syncing my phone after a factory reset uses over 5.
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Just syncing my phone after a factory reset uses over 5.
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Soooo.... why not factory reset while on wifi? I don't understand why people treat the network as a substitute for a home network?
And streaming music doesn't use that much data, you'd have to watch 8 or 10 movies on Netflix to hit a gig. Don't tell me you watch 10 movies a week on your phone. I feel sorry for your eyes.
It is the abuse of the system that will do nothing but raise data rates for all of us. Thanks alot people, enjoy your rerun's of Charles in Charge.
Netflix even on the phone does use more then that. A 2 hour movie would be about 600 mb for that one move.
I use around 25gigs lol
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My family is moving to the value plan and said I couldnt get the Nexus 4 because in the end the phone costs $500. I have an upgrade and do to todays TMO sale I can get the S3 for free. Should I get it and then sell it to get the N4? Or keep it and use it..
Get the nexus. I have the 7 and its amazing. You won't regret it.
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Raphael17 said:
My family is moving to the value plan and said I couldnt get the Nexus 4 because in the end the phone costs $500. I have an upgrade and do to todays TMO sale I can get the S3 for free. Should I get it and then sell it to get the N4? Or keep it and use it..
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Go to the store. Use both phones. And decide which you like better.
How does the nexus 4 cost 500$ in the end? Google is selling it for 299 or 349.
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Crisisx1 said:
Go to the store. Use both phones. And decide which you like better.
How does the nexus 4 cost 500$ in the end? Google is selling it for 299 or 349.
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The Value plan makes me spend a $200 down-payment and $15 for 20 months
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Get the nexus. I have the 7 and its amazing. You won't regret it.
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unless you are like me and have 12 GB of movies and music on your device.....
ummm...here's the question you need to ask yourself (speaking to OP)....
are you a big media, music person? if not, then absolutely get it.
if you are, don't waste your time. there is not external storage (no micro sd) support on the nexus 4... huge fail IMO. i would have been all over that. just really didn't feel like using up all my storage by simply transferring all of my ***t to my new device. what is this an android/iPhone? i was confused by that feature being absent. i guess they can't give you EVERYTHING... but that is a big thing to exclude IMO.
fail.
Right but with all tthe cloud storage I dont see the need for the SD card
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Right but with all tthe cloud storage I dont see the need for the SD card
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yeah sure... cloud storage is great if you have a 42 MBs connection everywhere you go. you can't depend on your data connection 100% of the time. and how many people have unlimited data? if you don't have unlimited data plans, forget it. you gonna throw your entire hard drive of movies on your cloud? no thanks.
i see your point..But I can just do one movie delete then another and then delete why keep a bunch of movies on your device (unless you are going on a long trip or something)
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i see your point..But I can just do one movie delete then another and then delete why keep a bunch of movies on your device (unless you are going on a long trip or something)
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nice to have the option.
and it becomes more of a real issue if you are somebody who has a vast music collection.... i would rather not pick and choose on a weekly basis what music and movies i have to keep or delete on my device. that's what micro SD cards are for.... they remove the requirement to even have to think about it. it's just there. all the time. at your fingertips. right when you want it.
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The Value plan makes me spend a $200 down-payment and $15 for 20 months
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So be smart and buy it directly from Google unlocked for way less. Simple solution lol.
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My family is moving to the value plan and said I couldnt get the Nexus 4 because in the end the phone costs $500. I have an upgrade and do to todays TMO sale I can get the S3 for free. Should I get it and then sell it to get the N4? Or keep it and use it..
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yeah sure... cloud storage is great if you have a 42 MBs connection everywhere you go. you can't depend on your data connection 100% of the time. and how many people have unlimited data? if you don't have unlimited data plans, forget it. you gonna throw your entire hard drive of movies on your cloud? no thanks.
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nice to have the option and it becomes more of a real issue if you are somebody who has a vast music collection.... i would rather not pick and choose on a weekly basis what music and movies i have to keep or delete on my device. that's what micro SD cards are for.... they remove the requirement to even have to think about it. it's just there. all the time. at your fingertips. right when you want it.
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When all that's said and then, get the (Far superior and arguably THE BEST PHONE TO DATE) SG3 and then sell it like a crack junkie for the weaker Nexus 4 !!!
You should get the nexus 4 because you can't even appreciate how truly great the SGS3 is!!!
By the way the "S" stands for superior
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P.S. This thread is ridiculous not only can't I believe it's creation but also that the mods haven't shut it down yet or moved it!!!
I love my SGS3, but the Nexus 4 is tempting. The lack of SD card storage may be the deal breaker.
OK my opinion is this. I first got the g2x and went through about 5 of them because of screen issues and random reboots. Samsung Galaxy Galaxy S3, 0 returns. Solid phone works perfect, I can't complain. I remember my brother told me that LG makes awesome televisions and my response to him was then they should stick to that. Again this is my opinion it's all up to you. But after my experience with LG, I would not purchase another phone from them again. Good luck.
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If you're talking about getting a s3 thru tmobile's deal with the mail in rebates, you might want to make sure that they don't require you keep the device until the mail in rebate is cleared and received.
Here is a screenshot of how much data I have used so far and still got 7 more days to go... Do you think att is going to do something or say something? :/
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Here is a screenshot of how much data I have used so far and still got 7 more days to go... Do you think att is going to do something or say something? :/
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hope your on a unlimited plan if not your about to pay alot in overages.
Holly crap!
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I used that much a few months ago, didn't have unlimited data and ended up paying over $500.
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If you are tethering: they may threaten to kick you off unlimited.
If you aren't: they probably won't say/do anything, at least based on how they've handled things so far.
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Apparently you get throttled on speed after 5 gBs on LTE soooo but they won't say anything.. Have you noticed a speed hit in the last 46 GB?? (lol )
GOOD GRAVY !!
No wonder my LTE speed sucks so bad...it's your phone sucking all the bandwidth......LOL...g
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I used that much a few months ago, didn't have unlimited data and ended up paying over $500.
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Ouch.....that bites...g
Whatever it is, they're definitely going to do something.. Either throttle you if you're grandfathered on unlimited or $4-500 in overage on a tiered plan.
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Well if they have not throttled him and he only has 7 days left in his cycle, he may get throttled for 7 days.. but it resets when his cycle does so i think hes good to go... (as long as hes Grandfather'd on an unlimited plan that is lol)
Good lord. I'm grandfathered into an unlimited plan and I still get leery when I approach 5GB. Guess I can lighten up a bit and see what the actual limit is.
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And people wonder why providers are tight with data usage?
I think I've approached 5 gb maybe twice.
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On Verizon, and on average, I use about 40gb a month. Been this way for awhile and never had any trouble.
I'm not sure about this guy but I have no choice. My phone is my internet for my whole family. It's this or dial up. Luckily I have great 4g and unlimited data.
I usually keep my data usage hush hush because people react so negativity to it. I pay my bills. I buy all my devices full price. I'm gonna use my data.
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In light of recent events of tech companies giving away my data, I have zero qualms about using the hell out of their data.
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Wow are you running a server from your phone lol
Hahah yea I'm on the grandfathered unlimited. I have been switching my APNs around and found that I got my lte speeds back but recently they throttled me to around 400-500kbs. not a big deal really since I use my phone like a laptop anyways and I still get to do everything I want with those speeds. Just takes some patience for Netflix or videos to load though.
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jaepoori said:
Hahah yea I'm on the grandfathered unlimited. I have been switching my APNs around and found that I got my lte speeds back but recently they throttled me to around 400-500kbs. not a big deal really since I use my phone like a laptop anyways and I still get to do everything I want with those speeds. Just takes some patience for Netflix or videos to load though.
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Perhaps this is silly to ask but I'm not going to assume anything - have you gone through that much data without tethering? If so, that is quite a feat!
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Perhaps this is silly to ask but I'm not going to assume anything - have you gone through that much data without tethering? If so, that is quite a feat!
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Ya that would be impressive. I never tether and my record is 16 GB.
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Definitely tethering. We don't have internet at our apartment so I tether. Mostly streaming. Heh heh
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I've hit 150~GB without tethering. Constant pirating and/or having something (music, Facebook, Google+ picture uploads, DropBox, Box, etc.) use my data 24/7. My passive aggressive way of telling AT&T that I will not be denied my data usage even when throttled at 5GB.
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I've hit 150~GB without tethering. Constant pirating and/or having something (music, Facebook, Google+ picture uploads, DropBox, Box, etc.) use my data 24/7. My passive aggressive way of telling AT&T that I will not be denied my data usage even when throttled at 5GB.
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Wow. If I were AT&T I wouldn't even be mad. That's amazing.
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