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E4GT vs Skyrocket

Sooo I wanted to check back with my 4G touch friends and let you guys know that you're really not missing much with the Skyrocket. I avidly benched, and did battery tests with the E4GT with multiple roms, and same With the Skyrocket, and it pales in comparison.
Caulks rom at 1.4 Ghz I was benching damn near 5k in Quadrant. With the Skyrocket, even at 1.8ghz, I cant get past 4600. Which I agree to some extent benching is irrelevant, but it does work for comparison. So yeah.
Also, the battery life, even on 3rd party roms blows compared to the E4GT. It's hard going from 25 hours total charge with 4:30 screen on time to 13 hours charge and 2 hours screen time :/
Other then that, the phones are pretty similar. The E4GT roms are way batter though. If it wasn't for Sprint 4G being nowhere and 3G being slow as **** no matter where I am, I'd return this phone and go back to the E4GT in a heartbeat. This LTE and getting 60 megs down made me fall in <3. I just wish the phone itself was up to par.
I decided to post this because other people I saw were debating on the swap. Having owned both, if you can deal with, or have decent Sprint data speeds, it's definitely not worth it.
I might buy another E4GT just to use and mod cause it's so epic

Did you say 60 megs down on LTE or was that LTE and 60 megs down on wifi? I am liking these unbiased comparisons. Thanks
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Did you say 60 megs down on LTE or was that LTE and 60 megs down on wifi? I am liking these unbiased comparisons. Thanks
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pay no attention to the wifi symbol at the top, I was at home when I snapped the pic, the network says LTE, it's truly beast.

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Thanks for that. I am sticking with my e4gt. Awesome phone. Appreciate your time.

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Did you say 60 megs down on LTE or was that LTE and 60 megs down on wifi? I am liking these unbiased comparisons. Thanks
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One of my co-workers here has a skyrocket the LTE in the Nashville area is about 50mb down. My only gripe with ATT here is their signal is very iffy alot of the time, that and their largest data package is 4gb/mo for $45, I can chew through 4gb of data very easily, went to the Sprint site and viewed my data usage, its the 19th, and I have already used 3gb of data on 3g, and another 6 on 4G. That on top of 59.99 for a 900 minute plan. My personal opinion is while the speeds may be drastically better, I am not willing to pay over $100 for less than what I get with Sprint currently. I view the speeds that we are seeing with ATT, and Verizon's LTE services something we can look forward to when Sprint rolls out their LTE network.

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One of my co-workers here has a skyrocket the LTE in the Nashville area is about 50mb down. My only gripe with ATT here is their signal is very iffy alot of the time, that and their largest data package is 4gb/mo for $45, I can chew through 4gb of data very easily, went to the Sprint site and viewed my data usage, its the 19th, and I have already used 3gb of data on 3g, and another 6 on 4G. That on top of 59.99 for a 900 minute plan. My personal opinion is while the speeds may be drastically better, I am not willing to pay over $100 for less than what I get with Sprint currently. I view the speeds that we are seeing with ATT, and Verizon's LTE services something we can look forward to when Sprint rolls out their LTE network.
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yes but its very easy to get a grandfathered in unlimited data plan from att, all you need is an OG iPhone. I just got my att account a week ago and I already have unlimited data. And who needs a 900 minute plan? The unlimited texting plan comes with unlimited mobile to mobile, then you just get the 400 minute plan. Who calls land lines for more then 400 minutes a month that doesn't have a business plan already?

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yes but its very easy to get a grandfathered in unlimited data plan from att, all you need is an OG iPhone. I just got my att account a week ago and I already have unlimited data. And who needs a 900 minute plan? The unlimited texting plan comes with unlimited mobile to mobile, then you just get the 400 minute plan. Who calls land lines for more then 400 minutes a month that doesn't have a business plan already?
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When 95% of your calls are to businesses You too will need a minimum of a 900 minute plan, and Why buy a business plan when I am the only user of my phone. Their low end business plan is $60 for only 700 minutes, and still doesn't include the additional charge for the data cap, Just saying If you only have 1-2 people who need a phone for work purposes, a business plan is not always the best value.

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When 95% of your calls are to businesses You too will need a minimum of a 900 minute plan.
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My whole work phone bill is expensed *shrug* I dont even see a bill. Hence why I mentioned business plan. Your situation is speaking for only a few.

The one thing I like about Sprint is the plans. I go over 4gb of data in a week, easily. I pay $115 a month(20% discount) for unlimited everything on two lines with 1500 anytime, and it works out great.

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Just saying If you only have 1-2 people who need a phone for work purposes, a business plan is not always the best value.
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Agreed. And I was just saying that that's not the case for the majority.

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The one thing I like about Sprint is the plans. I go over 4gb of data in a week, easily. I pay $115 a month(20% discount) for unlimited everything on two lines with 1500 anytime, and it works out great.
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If you need it, thats works perfectly. I pay $73 a month for unlimited data, texting and mobile to mobile, I just only get 400 anytime minutes, but I also have 450 rollover, so I dont even think it makes a difference. I feel like it's all unlimited. I too get a 23% discount though.

have been thinking about switching for the simple reason of 50k means i cant do anything with this phone unless im at home and then i have my galaxy tab 7+

i think i would like to switch
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yes but its very easy to get a grandfathered in unlimited data plan from att, all you need is an OG iPhone. I just got my att account a week ago and I already have unlimited data. And who needs a 900 minute plan? The unlimited texting plan comes with unlimited mobile to mobile, then you just get the 400 minute plan. Who calls land lines for more then 400 minutes a month that doesn't have a business plan already?
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hi how is the data signal / speed inside buildings? i would be interested in switching to att, if i can get unlimited data, as i see that gsm phones have wider support group

asteetva said:
hi how is the data signal / speed inside buildings? i would be interested in switching to att, if i can get unlimited data, as i see that gsm phones have wider support group
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About half the time I lose LTE in buildings, but HSPA+ is still like usually 4megs down. I lose connection occasionally depending on the building, but it's not as bad as Sprint service, thats for sure. I'd lose service everywhere.

Epic touch is exynos and skyrocket is qualcomm 1.5 ghz so there is no comparison. Even qualcomm runs at 2.0ghz it will still be slower than exynos.
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Epic touch is exynos and skyrocket is qualcomm 1.5 ghz so there is no comparison. Even qualcomm runs at 2.0ghz it will still be slower than exynos.
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True story based on my benches.

jermzz said:
yes but its very easy to get a grandfathered in unlimited data plan from att, all you need is an OG iPhone. I just got my att account a week ago and I already have unlimited data. And who needs a 900 minute plan? The unlimited texting plan comes with unlimited mobile to mobile, then you just get the 400 minute plan. Who calls land lines for more then 400 minutes a month that doesn't have a business plan already?
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Sigh, I had the old ATT plan with unlimited data but cancelled and switched to sprint a year ago for the Evo, now on the E4GT, love the phone, hate the service, just can't switch back to my ATT unlimted plan now

neilkarunatilaka said:
Sigh, I had the old ATT plan with unlimited data but cancelled and switched to sprint a year ago for the Evo, now on the E4GT, love the phone, hate the service, just can't switch back to my ATT unlimted plan now
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I'd be mad if i were you. When I switched, I moved from t-mobile, and now to ATT. Although I'm swapping service a lot, I feel like I'm upgrading. Well, as far as service goes anyway... Sprint seems to get all the better phones, so if their service improves and they have good LTE, I'd be willing to switch back. The good thing about keeping up on phones is that it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to switch phones / providers, even with an ETS. My ETS at Sprint was 180, and I paid 224 out the door at ATT for my plan and Skyrocket. Sold my 4G touch for $350, so I only spent like 50 bucks. all said and done.

until then?
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I'd be mad if i were you. When I switched, I moved from t-mobile, and now to ATT. Although I'm swapping service a lot, I feel like I'm upgrading. Well, as far as service goes anyway... Sprint seems to get all the better phones, so if their service improves and they have good LTE, I'd be willing to switch back.
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So until 2023 you will keep switching between ATT,VERIZON AND T-MOBILE?...

wtf i only get 30mbs down on a WIRED fios connection at home
fml

[Q] Anyone running Simple Mobile? Did you need to unlock for it to work?

Just curious if anyone was able to use Simple Mobile without unlocking your GS3. Simple mobile customer service told me no, then I spoke with a tecnical assistance person and they said that since it is a tmobile phone it is rare that you will need to unlock it.
The reason I am not taking their word on this issue just yet is
1) I have gotten two different answers from them for this question, and
2) When I hooked up my LG G2X with them it, the Simple Mobile APN kept switching back to Tmobile APN when I would try to set it up. They then tried to delete the Tmobile APN but it was ghosted and could not be deleted so it needed to be unlocked to do so.
So, again, has anyone hooked up with Simple Mobile without unlocking and data and calls functioning properly? Thanks.

I have simple mobile with the sg3. there's no need to unlock. The t-mobile apn with remain but it hasn't caused me any issues.
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Just curious if anyone was able to use Simple Mobile without unlocking your GS3. Simple mobile customer service told me no, then I spoke with a tecnical assistance person and they said that since it is a tmobile phone it is rare that you will need to unlock it.
The reason I am not taking their word on this issue just yet is
1) I have gotten two different answers from them for this question, and
2) When I hooked up my LG G2X with them it, the Simple Mobile APN kept switching back to Tmobile APN when I would try to set it up. They then tried to delete the Tmobile APN but it was ghosted and could not be deleted so it needed to be unlocked to do so.
So, again, has anyone hooked up with Simple Mobile without unlocking and data and calls functioning properly? Thanks.
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Just an fyi. Simple Mobile will throttle you at about 3gb of data. You won't be able to exceed 240kbs. Ask me how I know. You are better off doing prepaid direct via tmobile atleast you know for sure when you will be throttled.
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Just an fyi. Simple Mobile will throttle you at about 3gb of data. You won't be able to exceed 240kbs. Ask me how I know. You are better off doing prepaid direct via tmobile atleast you know for sure when you will be throttled.
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Im not sure you know what you are talking about? Where are you located? Im in eastern long island which is not a 4g area but I just speed tested and im getting 661.157kbps. I have not tried speed test in a 4g area but this still exceeds what you have stated.
You are correct about the 3gb of data allowance, but they did not throttle me after I have hit the 3gb margin, rather they shut my data off completely.
What prepaid plan does tmobile have to offer? Right now I pay $50 a month for supposed "unlimited" 3g/4g data, unlimited talk/text.

All T-Mobile phones work with Simple Mobile. I've been with them for a year and I got no complaints. I just bought a T-Mobile branded S3 and had no problems cutting my SIM card and using it on the phone. They do sell Micro SIM cards on eBay for pennies if you'd like to buy one.

I get 17mbs down on tmobile near my home in central NJ, I have gotten 7mbs down in NYC and most places average about 7-10mbs down. Tmobile speeds are good. You will get the same speeds on simple mobile until you use about 3gb worth of data, then they will throttle your connection (meaning slow it down considerably).. I know because I tried simple mobile for a little bit, and that's what I experienced.... Tmobile prepaid offers a plan with unlimited everything aswell for 70 bucks, however you don't get throttled until you exceed 5gb worth of data use, they are upfront, plain and clear about it... Simple Mobile will not be upfront about there data limits and at what point they start to throttle your speeds down to 240kbs... I have only been on tmo prepaid for about 3 weeks now and so far I am satisfied with there coverage, and data speeds. Tmo now offers an 70 dollar plan with unlimited everything and unthrottled data. But you have to sign a contract to get on that plan.... But if I can work within the constraints of 5gb then I'm okay..... I may give straight talk tmobile sim a try to see if they start throttling at any point.. I have heard conflicting stories about them, some say they do some say they don't.. No I do not tether.
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Im not sure you know what you are talking about? Where are you located? Im in eastern long island which is not a 4g area but I just speed tested and im getting 661.157kbps. I have not tried speed test in a 4g area but this still exceeds what you have stated.
You are correct about the 3gb of data allowance, but they did not throttle me after I have hit the 3gb margin, rather they shut my data off completely.
What prepaid plan does tmobile have to offer? Right now I pay $50 a month for supposed "unlimited" 3g/4g data, unlimited talk/text.
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Check your apn settings the apn settings provided on the simple mobile site will give you crappy speeds. Long Island is listed as a 4G area on tmo website. There is a coverage map in this forum in the modems download thread. When I first installed the sim I got from simple my speeds were crap, but my wife on tmo was getting great speeds in the same house with the same phone. So I googled "best apn setting for simple mobile" made the change and the difference was dramatic. Change the top half to look like this and leave the rest alone.
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I get 17mbs down on tmobile near my home in central NJ, I have gotten 7mbs down in NYC and most places average about 7-10mbs down. Tmobile speeds are good. You will get the same speeds on simple mobile until you use about 3gb worth of data, then they will throttle your connection (meaning slow it down considerably).. I know because I tried simple mobile for a little bit, and that's what I experienced.... Tmobile prepaid offers a plan with unlimited everything aswell for 70 bucks, however you don't get throttled until you exceed 5gb worth of data use, they are upfront, plain and clear about it... Simple Mobile will not be upfront about there data limits and at what point they start to throttle your speeds down to 240kbs... I have only been on tmo prepaid for about 3 weeks now and so far I am satisfied with there coverage, and data speeds. Tmo now offers an 70 dollar plan with unlimited everything and unthrottled data. But you have to sign a contract to get on that plan.... But if I can work within the constraints of 5gb then I'm okay..... I may give straight talk tmobile sim a try to see if they start throttling at any point.. I have heard conflicting stories about them, some say they do some say they don't.. No I do not tether.
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Is that $70 with tax and all the othe bs fees included or no?
Can someone explain to me what the best speed test site would be and how to read it? I went to mobilespeedtest.com and I get different kbps everytime? Which mb should I be testing at, they have 100kb 200kb 500mb, 800mb, etc options. Which kbps is reasonable? When I did it the first time I got 661.157kbps at the 100kb testing option, then I did it again and got 800kbps, then again and got amost 900kbps. It keeps changing wtf?

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Ok, so they are not truly unlimited, but what is the alternative? Here we have tmobile gs3's, what are the other options? The OP stated you can get an unlimited plan with T Mobile at 70 dollars a month but he hasn't stated whether that was with tax or not. He also stated that you have to sign a contract with them. As of right now simple mobile for me isn't that bad. The speeds are decent and I haven't had any other problems besides for them cutting my data completely off after I have reached 3 gigabytes of data but that was because I was playing ps3 call of duty using my data service so I guess I deserve that 1 but other than that I have never reached 3 gigabytes of data under normal use. so if anyone has any other suggestions for unlimited plan please let me know.

sprint to tmobile or prepaid

I have sprint right now and basically it sucks at work. At home I get 4g some times and at work I get 3g or just no data. I'm thinking ing about switching to tmobile or a prepaid carrier. I use about 100 mins a month in talk but I use like 5-7 gb in data a month because i'm on netflix and pandora all day at work. I have a job where i'm at a desk so i'm just sitting 6am to 7pm monday through wednesday. anyone know if any carriers?
I heard simple mobile is ok but I also heard they throttle or just cancel people
Heard straight talk cancels after 2gb.
I'm in the Baltimore MD area.

Well I have simple mobile and I have not had any problems with them at all. But based in your number of minutes, ill suggest t mobile unlimited 4g text and 100 minutes for 30 bucks a month. Check that plan out. And I believe you will have the Wi-Fi calling benefit at well. Having simple mobile, Wi-Fi calling and descent support is what I don't have, oh and insurance, but I'm not complaining for 50 bucks a month
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The plan mentioned above sounds great for you but be aware T-Mobile coverage (more or less the deepness that it can go into buildings) T-Mobile has an online only 30 dollars a month for unlimited data (5gigs of 4g service then the rest 2g) with 100 minutes and unlimited text.
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Ok. but what is athe 2g speed? because if I go over the 5gig its capped. so how would it be if I get 2 chips for the phone.
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The plan mentioned above sounds great for you but be aware T-Mobile coverage (more or less the deepness that it can go into buildings) T-Mobile has an online only 30 dollars a month for unlimited data (5gigs of 4g service then the rest 2g) with 100 minutes and unlimited text.
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The plan mentioned above sounds great for you but be aware T-Mobile coverage (more or less the deepness that it can go into buildings) T-Mobile has an online only 30 dollars a month for unlimited data (5gigs of 4g service then the rest 2g) with 100 minutes and unlimited text.
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its not just online its at walmart too
if you go over 5gig a month there is something wrong

Net flix and crunchyroll uses a lot, lol
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its not just online its at walmart too
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its not just online its at walmart too
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Yes but you cant buy JUST a SIM card at walmart. So that doesnt help the OP since they already have a phone.
But OP, if you go over 5gigs. 2g is okay for streaming pandora just gotta give it a good while before it starts playing. Also, browsing the xda app or tapatalk is possible as well as mobile facebook website (not sure about the facebook app) it was alright for what i used it for but once i got my s2 i started using a lot more data with netflix and youtube and streaming anime on xScope pro browser. And going over 5gigs is really easy pltctytc.

yeah thats where i'm at. i'm thinking about trying different carriers to see which one won't just block me or cut me off when I use there service. I have a S3 from sprint trying to get out of the contract now. but was going to sell it to get a used S3 on tmobile but might have to flash it to boost if I can't find a carrier prepaid that will do 5-9 gb of data.

You are not gonna get a prepaid that will give you 5-9 gb a month.
Don't know why you would go to Boost. They are the prepaid network of Sprint.
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because its will give me the 5-9gb. and I atleast get 3g which sucks.
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You are not gonna get a prepaid that will give you 5-9 gb a month.
Don't know why you would go to Boost. They are the prepaid network of Sprint.
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You said that Sprint sucks but yet you want to go to Boost, when Boost uses the same Sprint network?
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It's unlimited and from what I'm seeing won't cut me if I go over 5gig a month.
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Boost explicitly "reserves the right" to throttle you past 2.5 Gb and has in their terms that they can cancel you if they deem you to be in violation of reasonable use.
T-Mobile states that they will throttle you to 50kb/s >5Gb.
At work, can you possibly use wifi instead of mobile data ? Instead of streaming movies/music, put them on an external SD card ? I guess it comes down to how badly you need to stream over mobile networks and how much you're willing to pay.
You can get 10Gb from Verizon for $140/month total. I mean, it exists even if you probably have no interest in signing up for it. It would cost $70/month to hook a compatible tablet up with 10Gb/month - so I guess if they get much better coverage in your area, you could switch to them and use a cheap pre-paid phone for voice calling if calling over data work-arounds are not reliable enough for you - since it's not like you'd be paying any more.
Just ideas. I don't think you're going to find what you're looking for when it comes to a pre-paid that will let you go over 5Gb/mo so you'll either have to deal with Sprint's limitations or make some kind of compromise (paying more, data-only tablet, using an SD card instead of streaming, et cetera), or perhaps look at other post-paid.

I had boost before I signed up for sprint. And i had a flashed epic 4g on it and was doing Netflix all day and was never canceled. Went to sprint to get the s3 and they said 4g lte was in my area which it wasn't.
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Get tmobile you're not going to regret it. Especially if you live in a +42 area. 23.5GB and still going strong!
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I say go to Tmobile, I was with Sprint for 12 yrs and had all of their top smartphones for the most part. This recent LTE fail in an LTE city (DFW) made me switch to Tmobile which is saving me $40 per month now after Sprint went up $13 per month for each 4G line and I get up to 25Mbps down compared to the horrible 3G I was getting in the summer while in the DFW and DC area. You can get on their unlimited 4G plan with no throttle or the 5GB with hotspot and throttle. Get a GS3 on Tmobile for a low contract price and then sell the Sprint one for $300+ on ebay to pay the ETF. I sold my EvoLTE, and 2 Evos to pay what was left on my ETFs. I have great coverage on the East Coast and DFW.
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I'm in Clarksville md, Lutherville md, and Baltimore md everyday. And only place I get good service is Clarksville and no 4G. Near bwi i don't even get Internet on my phone.
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I just moved from sprint to t mobile and am super happy with the move.
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AB33 said:
I say go to Tmobile, I was with Sprint for 12 yrs and had all of their top smartphones for the most part. This recent LTE fail in an LTE city (DFW) made me switch to Tmobile which is saving me $40 per month now after Sprint went up $13 per month for each 4G line and I get up to 25Mbps down compared to the horrible 3G I was getting in the summer while in the DFW and DC area. You can get on their unlimited 4G plan with no throttle or the 5GB with hotspot and throttle. Get a GS3 on Tmobile for a low contract price and then sell the Sprint one for $300+ on ebay to pay the ETF. I sold my EvoLTE, and 2 Evos to pay what was left on my ETFs. I have great coverage on the East Coast and DFW.
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I used to be on Boost but switched to T-Mobile because not only has Sprint not rolled out LTE yet in my city (Birmingham), they never even rolled out WiMax here.
The unlimited 4G is a great value -- Boost was cheaper, of course, but the data was sooooo slow.

derrickmd18 said:
I'm in Clarksville md, Lutherville md, and Baltimore md everyday. And only place I get good service is Clarksville and no 4G. Near bwi i don't even get Internet on my phone.
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I lived in the DC-Bmore area for 11 yrs so I am familiar with all of those places. My friends in Bowie, Upper Marlboro, and DC with their Sprint LTE devices are still waiting for the LTE to be turned on. Baltimore was supposed to have it by now from what I have read. Everytime I read stories like these, it makes me feel even better about my decision to move all of my lines to TMO.
Here are some dl speeds:
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T-Mobile 4G Unlimited Throttled

Hey, I just moved to US and bought a T-mobile Galaxy S III with Unlimited 4G.
I rooted the phone and used the APN trick (From WarlockW)
Everything went fine, and I was using the User Agent on Google Chrome (As a Android browser)
The speed was like 5-15 mbps , and now it is like 0.02-0.1 mbps. I know that I used alot of data (something around 14,5gb I guess)
The 4G signal is quite good, and still the same at it was when I got 5-15mbps
Does anybody else have this problem, and what should I do?
Thanks guys, looking forward to some feedbacks

I, too, have been getting "throttled" 4G speeds as of late.
I'm a heavy user (~20-40GB/mo), and I see my 4G get "throttled speed" where my 4G icon shows FULL 1/2 of the month.

ahijada said:
I, too, have been getting "throttled" 4G speeds as of late.
I'm a heavy user (~20-40GB/mo), and I see my 4G get "throttled speed" where my 4G icon shows FULL 1/2 of the month.
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A few hours ago signed my life away with T-Mo for two S3's, Are you saying 4G icon and your speeds are full speed for 1/2 the month?
Curious on you on a tethered plan or the new unlimited?

WeAreNotAlone said:
A few hours ago signed my life away with T-Mo for two S3's, Are you saying 4G icon and your speeds are full speed for 1/2 the month?
Curious on you on a tethered plan or the new unlimited?
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Im on TMO's new unlimited (no data cap) 4G plan. I switched over to TMO the month before they announced their new unlimited 4G. So to say, I was VERY excited.
The first month was fine (september). october, was a little sketchy. for a good week, my data dropped in speed significantly. This month, worst. I can't seem to stay on 4G speeds. Maybe its the rain in my area? Or the influx of new customers jumping into the unlimited plan overloading TMO's traffic? Who knows....
Im close to calling in and asking them why my data is so freakishly slow for the past 2 weeks now...

Definitely call them and complain. And tell them to reset it for you.
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I was having the same problem so I called Tmobile. They checked for tickets in my area and within a 10 mile radius, they informed me of the network modernization happening in my area. Go to airportal.de and see if they was any 1900mhz HSPA discovered in your area.

Add me to the list of getting "throttled" watching YouTube on my phone and ran a speed test right before, 220kB/s which is awesome for I don't get 4g here. After about an hour of YouTube it started to buffer like every minute. Ran a speed test and only got 90kB/s and it had to have been me getting throttled. It's happened before and I called and complained they fixed it but now it's starting again. I'm getting really annoyed.
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WeAreNotAlone said:
A few hours ago signed my life away with T-Mo for two S3's, Are you saying 4G icon and your speeds are full speed for 1/2 the month?
Curious on you on a tethered plan or the new unlimited?
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Correct, Tmo offers different plans the tether plan does NOT offer truly unlimited 4G speeds and vice versa if I'm not mistaken: D
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Ran a speed test last night around midnight:
Download: 0.39Mbps
Upload: 0.01Mbps
Ping: 517
Then I ran a few tests a few minutes ago this morning:
Download: 6.98Mbps
Upload:0.28
Ping:902
Im calling them. Im at FULL 4G bars here in San Francisco.

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I would say lately, I have been using my 4G less since it's getting colder outside, and I'm indoors with wifi. I haven't gotten throttled lately, but I feel that the network has been slower than my normal speeds too. I can't compare to what I had before since I didn't think to save a screenshot from before, but I wonder if having too many people using the service simultaneously also is dropping the speeds.

swiftusmax said:
I would say lately, I have been using my 4G less since it's getting colder outside, and I'm indoors with wifi. I haven't gotten throttled lately, but I feel that the network has been slower than my normal speeds too. I can't compare to what I had before since I didn't think to save a screenshot from before, but I wonder if having too many people using the service simultaneously also is dropping the speeds.
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Hey guys, thought I'd give my input. I'm at 15GB usage this month, both my gf and I are getting 15mbps (par for the course around here).
Maybe they're just temporary dips in service?

PoorCollegeGuy said:
Hey guys, thought I'd give my input. I'm at 15GB usage this month, both my gf and I are getting 15mbps (par for the course around here).
Maybe they're just temporary dips in service?
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I wish they were temporarily dips in service. But I haven't been getting anything CLOSE to 15mbps this month. Just ran a test just now and I got 0.09Mbps. This test was ran after I called customer service and them explaining why:
"Due to your location, it is best to be outside for better data service." [But I have full 4G bars inside the house. I never experienced this for the first month with you guys in my house.] "Im sorry to hear that sir, but like I said, due to the frequencies the towers are giving and the combination of your location being indoors, it is best to be outside for better service." [So to say, I should put my bed OUTSIDE while I browse my data hogging phone?] "I'll fill in a ticket for an engineer to contact you."
Total bee es.

Call and immediately ask to speak to a supervisor, tell them you have full signal but the actual speed is crap and it's not "faster and more dependable" as they claim and ask for a credit on your account for the month. This method landed me $20 off my bill. Good luck!
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Master_sk3 said:
I was having the same problem so I called Tmobile. They checked for tickets in my area and within a 10 mile radius, they informed me of the network modernization happening in my area. Go to airportal.de and see if they was any 1900mhz HSPA discovered in your area.
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This is also what happened in my area. They don't throttle the truly unlimited.

For the ones getting throttled do you guys have the true unlimited 30 buck plan?
Also keep in mind during the day and rush hour periods, data will be slow because everyone is getting off work/school

they cannot legally throttle you if they are claiming it and advertising it to be unthrottled, class action law suits up the *** ...... furthermore, it is all coincidence, all of it. if you are on the unlimited 4g, your 4g is exactly that, unlimited, and unthrottled.
i burned through 80 GB of 20 MB/s data last month..... yes, 80......
so yeah, case clossssed

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For the ones getting throttled do you guys have the true unlimited 30 buck plan?
Also keep in mind during the day and rush hour periods, data will be slow because everyone is getting off work/school
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+1, see what plans you have. I just got the cheapest family plan they had which has 2gb of full speed 4g and after that unlimited edge/gprs speed. I really dont need unlimited 4g cause i have wifi at home and at work.

cobraboy85 said:
they cannot legally throttle you if they are claiming it and advertising it to be unthrottled, class action law suits up the *** ...... furthermore, it is all coincidence, all of it. if you are on the unlimited 4g, your 4g is exactly that, unlimited, and unthrottled.
i burned through 80 GB of 20 MB/s data last month..... yes, 80......
so yeah, case clossssed
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Its not actually truly unlimited
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LOL.... well if you are approaching 10 terabytes in usage, you need to put your phone down and just... go outside or something...
awesome post, and i thanked you for it. haha

remember a lot of the apps you use will slow you down ...remember to clean your ram...ive done this i blow my brothers iphone 5 away for speed,also hes selling it for a s3.....

Data Throttling (Unlimited plan)

Well I have read and noticed that the data cap is set at 5 gig's. For some people. And after you pass those 5 gigs you get data slowed down (throttled). And in fact this did happen to me once!
But when I upgraded to my LTE phone.(skyrocket) The unlimited data cap is 10 gigs b4 they slow you down. Was just pointing that out since I haven't been slowed down at all. Full speed ahead. And now with the NOTE 2. Speeds are excellent on LTE!!. First test was out in San Diego with my girl having dinner!
So for all of you out there that have the grandfather unlimited data plan. Then sit back& enjoy you 10 gigs of full speed ahead.... Keep in mind that when I did those test I was way pass there so called 5 gig mark!!
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This is what I get at home. And this is b4 the custom Rom!! Fully stock right from the store.. Me love me LTE..
Here's the link to all the AT&T APN's. For who ever wants them!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2172110
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Is that att.? What app are u using that gives u data?
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I passed my 5 gig last month an the moment I do I was throttled to an almost unusable speed. Who said it was 10gb officially?
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I have AT&T's "unlimited" LTE plan for my Note 2. As soon as I approached 5GB in one billing period, I got a warning text, and shortly thereafter, was throttled back from 50Mb/s to 0.5Mb/s--a factor of 100 slower.

I was told by a text message on my Inspire 4G as I approached a cap that it was 3 gigs for non LTE devices and 5 gigs for LTE before they throttled. An AT&T representative confirmed this when I picked up my Note 2. However I have heard that if you have proof of them throttling (I.e. screenshots of speed test) and you call them up and complain and even site a certain court case against throttling (Google it) they will remove the throttle. Though you may have to do this multiple times before they finally give up on throttling toy indefinitely. Now this is all rumors and hearsay so don't take my word for it.
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Hey guys im pretty new ...are these stats good ??
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Is that att.? What app are u using that gives u data?
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Yes I'm on AT&T. The app is AT&T smart Wi-Fi !
flex3269 said:
I passed my 5 gig last month an the moment I do I was throttled to an almost unusable speed. Who said it was 10gb officially?
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If you go on the AT&T website sing in and go to your phone and look up data usage. At the bottom it tells you what's your max kb. And what you have used. I'll pull it up, and post 4u!
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I was told by a text message on my Inspire 4G as I approached a cap that it was 3 gigs for non LTE devices and 5 gigs for LTE before they throttled. An AT&T representative confirmed this when I picked up my Note 2. However I have heard that if you have proof of them throttling (I.e. screenshots of speed test) and you call them up and complain and even site a certain court case against throttling (Google it) they will remove the throttle. Though you may have to do this multiple times before they finally give up on throttling toy indefinitely. Now this is all rumors and hearsay so don't take my word for it.
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No I didn't have to call and complain. Maybe we've been very long time customer's, with about 6 devices on there network that are all unlimited. So don't think that they would want to slow me down.
I'm going to go on the website and take a pic of what I'm saying about your total data that they give you. Mine is called LTE basic. Something like that.
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Well my family and I will reach our 20th anniversary in January so idk if its based off that. We also have 3 $30 a month data plans, mine being the only unlimited. I doubt I will reach 5 gigs but if they should I have taken the speed test screenshots to prove it.
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Now this is what I just got, I recieved a TXT that I will be throttled bec. I reached 5 gigs, and then last nigth my wife got a TXT that she will be throttled because she reached 3 gigs. We both have unlimited and on family plan.

I too can confirm that I have been throttled at the 5GB mark using a GN2 on the AT&T network.

bkjerry82 said:
I too can confirm that I have been throttled at the 5GB mark using a GN2 on the AT&T network.
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Non LTE is 3GB
and LTE is 5GB
I have the international note 2 witch is NON LTE BUT I gave them the IMEI from a Note 1 and i dont get throttled til 5GB

hey
Im on Verizon unlimited. I never been throttled. My usage for this month is 300Gigs.

mjlewis0102 said:
Im on Verizon unlimited. I never been throttled. My usage for this month is 300Gigs.
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Wonder why carriers did way with unlimited plans????

mjlewis0102 said:
Im on Verizon unlimited. I never been throttled. My usage for this month is 300Gigs.
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287GB haha
They did away for the Money and such. T-Mobile has unlimated same for sprint and now U.S.Cellular.

They didn't have the foresight to upgrade/update their network to handle the large data load, and for a business, it's much better to make more money by charging your customer more for going over their data limit.
Also, I'm grandfathered in and I have the 5GB throttle down. I'm not sure how the OP managed to not get affected by their mandated limit. It actually should say it in the contract that they'll throttle you down. They discussed it in length with me when I was upgrading to the Note II because I questioned it.
Personally, I don't like having a limit hanging over my head before I'm throttled. The reason I chose unlimited from the very beginning is the convenience that I don't have to worry about going over some data limit and suffering consequences. And believe me, with all the things you can do with the Note II, it's not that hard to hit that limit, accidental or otherwise.

hyelton said:
287GB haha
They did away for the Money and such. T-Mobile has unlimated same for sprint and now U.S.Cellular.
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I understand that they did it for money and i also believe that unlimited means unlimited.
But you cant tell me that 300gb a month isnt crazy. I cant blame them for wanting to shut that down.
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AT&T still throttles at 5GB. Maybe the OP has just gotten LTE in his area. At home I've had LTE for about 4 months, and I get throttled. At work we just got LTE about a month ago and I don't get throttled. I'm at 8GB currently. Not sure how it happens, unless there's something that needs to be updated with the tower?
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mjlewis0102 said:
Im on Verizon unlimited. I never been throttled. My usage for this month is 300Gigs.
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Well a good advice for you would be to never upgrade your phone.
Verizon is killing unlimited data plans for upgraders.

My buddy has a OG note and uses over 20gb a month every month (no home internet). He never uses LTE though. He's under the impression that it's only LTE data that is capped, everything else is unlimited. He's never gotten a warning or anything.

JonBryant said:
My buddy has a OG note and uses over 20gb a month every month (no home internet). He never uses LTE though. He's under the impression that it's only LTE data that is capped, everything else is unlimited. He's never gotten a warning or anything.
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Would love to see a bill or picture of this. I have never heard this before.