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Tethering root and data cap

So I know it really isn't unlimited data and its only 5gb cap but does that include wireless tethering for root users
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Don't know where you got that info but it most definitely is unlimited, there is no 5GB cap.

There is no cap, and Sprint doesn't know about your tethering provided you're using a Market app.
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Well it using the 3g data even if its a market app and I've read numerous times about the 5gb data cap they just put in place if u google it. It says 4g is unlimited but 3g is 5gb
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i went well over 20gigs this month using 3g and my bill was still the same... no throttling either. your fine.

There is NO cap for 3g/4g on Sprints network at all. There are people using 11GB+ a month with no overage fees(I am not one of them). There is how ever a roaming cap of 300MB.

And one more thing since I'm on a family plan I got a call asking how I already used 1gb and that we now have a 5gb data cap its all over google.
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Would you be so kind as to link us to where this claim is made? I googled it and everything I found says unlimited, including Sprint's website.

No Cap
I Then When Pass 5 10 20G On My Phone Tethering I Still on All Day and my bill be the same every month
The Only thing Might Happen Is The Severs Be Busy At Times N My Internet Runs Slow or my Internet dnt Be respondn

all over google? link please... im not buying it. Dont you think they would of called me since i used 27gigs this month and my bill was the same?

youngkalico said:
I Then When Pass 5 10 20G On My Phone Tethering I Still on All Day and my bill be the same every month
The Only thing Might Happen Is The Severs Be Busy At Times N My Internet Runs Slow or my Internet dnt Be respondn
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Huh?
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I passed 5g tethering to my laptop and ps3 two months in a row
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touchjon said:
Well it using the 3g data even if its a market app and I've read numerous times about the 5gb data cap they just put in place if u google it. It says 4g is unlimited but 3g is 5gb
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nope, they did have a typo on sprint's website that said that but it was changed a long time ago. If they wanted to they could easily find out if you are tethering though.

The 5gb on 3g cap is for the data cards that you plug into a computer this does not apply to sprint phones now at&t & verizon....
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as far as I can tell, its all unlimited, I had one month with almost 3gbs of roaming, no extra charge

There is no limit on 3G or WiMax data usage.
The sole limitations are as follows:
1) Your roaming data usage cannot be larger than your on-Sprint data usage, or else you will incur fees.
2) We will all smack you if you get ridiculous data usage, and Sprint then turns around and increases prices for unlimited data plans and/or eliminates unlimited data plans because of bandwidth hogs like you.

+1 There is ABSOLUTELY NO cap on phone data, only the broadband cards. I went through this last week with customer support then decided to ask our Sprint rep at Best Buy to confirm. The phone plan has absolutely no cap and if you use wifi tether they cant tell anything besides your phone is using data.
For anyone else wanting to argue this, hop on Live Chat with Sprint and verify

There may be a cap if he has a family plan. The $10 that every Evo owner used to moan about entitles us to no cap. However, Sprint has confirmed that any phone that doesn't pay this charge, including data cards, will be capped.
If his family is all on one plan, and only he has the Evo, they may be capping him somewhere.

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Hahahaha! I was wondering the same thing! Trying to read what that guy wrote was almost impossible.

i recieved a phone call from my father not sprint saying i used 1gb of the 5gb cap and me him and my bro have a 4g phone. maybe it is cards only but i dont know why he would tell me that. i pay the 10 extra too

T Mobile throttling.

When T-Mobile throttles you after 2gb of HSPA+ data usage, do they throttle you to 3G or down to EDGE?
I'm wondering because I'm giving a lot of consideration to switching to T Mobile to get the SGS3 and I was wondering this.
Also, anyone who has T Mobile now, what is your usage like? How many gigs do you use monthly?

Hey from what I can tell they throttle you down to 2g, I have the 5 gb data plan you should call customer loyalty or retention and ask for the android preferred plan its 5 gbs for 20 worst they could say is no. I've been with tmo for about 6 yrs and have been very happy with them. Had Att/Cingular before and hated their customer service, also reception with tmo is actually very good since they have wifi calling it allows me to get reception where many carriers just don't get reception.
Data usage wise it really depends what you use your phone for I use around 4 gbs monthly but I tether heavily about 6 hrs a week, streaming youtube and pandora. If I didn't tether I would prob use less then 2 gbs I would think. It really depends just what you do on your phone. (I dont use my phone to watch Youtube or anything I just tether).

I have a 2gb 4g plan and on occasion I go over my limit, however, I have not noticed a big difference in speed. I'm sure if I ran a speed test I would be able to see drastic change in speeds but for steaming music and video I never have to wait for it to buffer or anything.
The only times I really go over my limit is if I am on the road and I am tethering my laptop or tablet.

iCaptivate said:
When T-Mobile throttles you after 2gb of HSPA+ data usage, do they throttle you to 3G or down to EDGE?
I'm wondering because I'm giving a lot of consideration to switching to T Mobile to get the SGS3 and I was wondering this.
Also, anyone who has T Mobile now, what is your usage like? How many gigs do you use monthly?
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When you go over your limit, you get throttled down to EDGE until you come up on a new month, and yes, it is very drastic going from 4G to edge :-/.
You can stream music *google music/pandora* on edge.
Everyone's answer is going to vary wildly on data usage.. I had 5 GB, streamed music everytime I was in the car, surfed a lot while away from wifi .. but when I was around wifi I kept it on.
I averaged a little over 2 GB .. only hit anywhere close to 5 GB a month that I didn't have wifi at home.

I had T Mobile before. but the throttle was from when I got into over 5gb. Since this is 2gb I figured they'd put me on 3G.

I think technically they throttle you to EDGE speeds, but your phone still uses WCDMA (3G).

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I think technically they throttle you to EDGE speeds, but your phone still uses WCDMA (3G).
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Isn't T Mobile a GSM carrier? What would they have to do with WCDMA?

WCDMA (UMTS) is the 3rd generation standard in the GSM family. If you have 3G or HSPA+ labeled as 4G, and you are on a GSM carrier, you are using WCDMA. Confusingly, CDMA carriers like Verizon, Sprint, and US Cellular, do not use WCDMA at all.

Just wanted to say I called retentions regarding this issue today and there was nothing they could do for me save telling me my etf and how to port my number to srpint. should I call back and try to get a diff. answer from another agent?
I also offered to upgrade my data to the 10gb if they could change my plan in another way (less mins) and keep it the same price. no dice.

Gopena said:
Just wanted to say I called retentions regarding this issue today and there was nothing they could do for me save telling me my etf and how to port my number to srpint. should I call back and try to get a diff. answer from another agent?
I also offered to upgrade my data to the 10gb if they could change my plan in another way (less mins) and keep it the same price. no dice.
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Keep trying. Someone will work with you. or threaten to cancel and go to sprint.

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threaten to cancel and go to sprint.
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I actually did this but it didn't seem to make much difference. I will try again tomorrow!

fyi, when you're throttled, you keep normal icons/connections but are throttled to 100kbps. NOT 2g, not 3g but max of 100 kbps regardless your connection type (can still say 4g, it's just throttled).
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They throttle you down to about 2g. I upgraded to 5gb before heading out on my honeymoon. Took about 300 pics on my phone and synced them to drop box, g+ Made it home with data to spare
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Jaxidian said:
fyi, when you're throttled, you keep normal icons/connections but are throttled to 100kbps. NOT 2g, not 3g but max of 100 kbps regardless your connection type (can still say 4g, it's just throttled).
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This is the case. I'm still on HSPA+, but I hit my limit yesterday, and now I'm getting about 60kb/s down on speedtest. Unfortunately, that I've been able to find, most methods of bypassing the throttle limit no longer work, which is rather annoying, as I still have a week and a half before my billing cycle resets and 60k is too slow to stream music comfortably.

From someone who works for them..in communications they tell us it's a 2.5G speed that it is being slowed down to. Though these speeds are not always real life, based on where you live, how many many people are near and using the same tower etc etc. No one's experience will always be the same. Edge can sometimes be okay to use or it can be a pain.
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T Mobile reception sucks here in Kansas City, and when you are on the move really. When I got throttled, I was getting 2g speeds, and it was horrible. I couldn't use any app that used data.
T Mobile only has fast 3g in some cases, I would not consider their '4g' 4g because it was not very fast in the first place.
I would not recommend them.

[Q] Switching from ATT Galaxy S III to T-Mobile Galaxy S III (DC Metro)

ATT is screwing me by refusing to carry forward my unlimited data plan to LTE and has repeatedly tried to force me onto a capped plan.
I saw a newspaper ad today (archaic - I know!) saying T-Mo has an unlimited everything plan for this phone for $90 and it's tempting. I'm hoping to sell or swap my existing GS3.
Is there anything I should be aware of?
Also, what is T-mo's take on this plan if I try to tether?
Thanks.

I'm pretty sure you can just swap sims? Tethering has been beaten to death on these forums. I'd take a few minutes to search and ask your questions in those threads if they haven't been covered yet.

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I'm pretty sure you can just swap sims? Tethering has been beaten to death on these forums. I'd take a few minutes to search and ask your questions in those threads if they haven't been covered yet.
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His S3 won't get HSPA on T-Mobile. He needs a T-Mobile S3.
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I'm pretty sure you can just swap sims? Tethering has been beaten to death on these forums. I'd take a few minutes to search and ask your questions in those threads if they haven't been covered yet.
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I think I already made it clear I anticipated getting a new S3. I know that they aren't fully compatible for 3/4G/LTE.
Re: Tethering. I though this was a new plan - it appears to be as much in the advert.

They block tethering on unlimited data plans but rooted tethering might work. I haven't tried it yet.
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They are trying to kill teather with updates. I tried T-Mobile with still having my main line on att. Speeds were either really fast or dead slow. I'd rather just stick with att because it's decently fast wherever I go.
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I just recently re-upped with T-Mobile. They have two types of plans out right now. They have what they call the classic plan and I can't remember what their new plans are called.
Anyway, with the classic plan you get the phone subsidized, but the plan itself is pretty expensive. On the other hand if you get their newer plan, you pay full price for the phone, but the plan itself is dirt cheap (cheapest I can find among the major carriers). While $600 for a phone might seem like a lot, they only require a $200 down payment and since you're starting a new contract you'll probably get $100 or so knocked off. The rest of the price of the phone is spread throughout the first 20 months of your contract.
Applying a little basic finance and assuming you have a decent stock portfolio, I estimated my cost of my Galaxy S3 at around $350 and my monthly fees went down from $230-250 to its current $140-150.
Don't know much about T-Mobile signal in your area, but if you can manage a consistent 3G I'd say it's worth the cost savings.

I would tell you that you will be very happy with t-mobile vs att, I did the switch my self and I couldn't be any happier, my data is very fast and yes it is faster than att and I get 4g 95% of the time in my area, my brother still have att with the s3 and my phone is way faster than his, on a speed test mine gets between 17000-22000 kbs consent vs his the highest he gets is about 5000-8000
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kbs....I don't care what every one else says..but I drove from Michigan to Florida and I have coverage on t-mobile network 99% of the time....just my own personal experience .....good luck.
I forgot to mention that my phone is bone stock. Stock Rome and no root yet.
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I would tell you that you will be very happy with t-mobile vs att, I did the switch my self and I couldn't be any happier, my data is very fast and yes it is faster than att and I get 4g 95% of the time in my area, my brother still have att with the s3 and my phone is way faster than his, on a speed test mine gets between 17000-22000 kbs consent vs his the highest he gets is about 5000-8000View attachment 1339975kbs....I don't care what every one else says..but I drove from Michigan to Florida and I have coverage on t-mobile network 99% of the time....just my own personal experience .....good luck.
I forgot to mention that my phone is bone stock. Stock Rome and no root yet.
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Outside buildings great. Inside of them not so much. Everyone has a different experience. Hopefully it will be better for you
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Finally got unlimited 4G

I finally got to it, I set my data plan to the new unlimited 4G and wow what a relief. I wasn't throttle for a few days but didn't have time to call tmobile.
I know this isn't new, but **** it. I'm excited haha, I included a ss of the difference of speeds.
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Awesome dude. I got it too and surprisingly I've still only used about 4gb in the past like 20 days.

I finally had to switch from my 5GB "unlimited" to truly unlimited when I got throttled for the first time. Took all about 10 minutes for me to get mad enough to switch.
Come to find out I'm actually saving money when it's all said and done because I was on an old 3,000 minute plan that just wasn't as cost effective as the new plan.
Plus now I'm stoked no throttle worries because ever since I got my Nexus 7 I have been using quite a bit of data. I'm already at 2.7GB with twenty days left in the billing cycle lol

I couldn't take it either, what a pain it was. I'm saving money too. I was paying $35 a month for the 5GB 'unlimited' but now I pay 30.
Now I can use data without worry, it's definitely worth it.
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I get amazing data without lte
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Damn me too, got a text saying I hit my 5GB limit this morning, just got off from 611 switched my plan to the unlimited one, ten bucks extra but I think it's totally worth it.

Wait what do you guys mean unlimited off the prepaid plan... How?
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Are you guys signing 2 year Contacts for the truly unlimited or is there something km missing
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I think it's not exist for prepaid, $20 for value plan, or $30 for classic plan

I dont have unl 4G just unl 2G data, 100kb/s isn't to bad for me especially when I am always connected to a WiFi hotspot 90% of the time when I use my phone. Though when I am able to afford it I am probably going to switch to unl 4G because I mean who doesnt want unl 4G? lol

I had 2Gb and after a month switched to unlimited.
My WIFI is completely off, so far I used 4Gb in 10 days.:good:

Those speeds don't seem to fast I get around 20mbps !

Made the switch to T-mobile back in October and got my first smartphone along with it.
Went with the Value plan for myself along with two other phones.
Unlimited 4G was included and we pay roughly $134 monthly.
Love the fact that I never have to worry about data usage or caps.
However, I am pretty much the only one that uses the data connection on their phone. And I don't use too much.
The coverage in my area just isn't good. Tested a few different modems and found one that helped to increase the data to about 5-12 mbps at home and school.

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Those speeds don't seem to fast I get around 20mbps !
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Yeah, I get around 15mbps myself.

My first month with unlimited data i used 48gb of data without tethering last month i used 38gb of data. Its fast enough that i don't even worry about WiFi even at home. I'm really loving the t mobile right now
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Holy crap that much data without tethering what do you do??
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You're making me jealous of those speeds haha. My connection at home is just horrible. It goes from 4G to edge to ml data at all then to edge, etc. It's just a big hassle
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I hate it when Philly dont get the love from Tmobile, from 160+ cities that got full HSPA speed, philly aint one of them.
Average I got around 4-6 Mbps, some area 9, my home tower is worse, not even 2 Mbps.

Having problem with Simple Mobile service, any other good ones?

Lately I have been experiencing poor service with simple mobile. In addition to that, they used to have an unlimited flat rate plan, now they add tax. And also they throttle you to edge speeds after 3gigs of data use. After they throttle me, when I reup for the next month it is like a **** show trying to get 4g speeds back. Their CS sucks and they blame it on my phone or sim card all the time. Im officially done.
1) Is there a better mvno out there?
2) Right now i got simple mobiles $50/month plan unlimited everything until after 3gigs of data, then edge speeds and with tax now its $55 and change. Im considering metro pcs $60 flat rate plan unlimited everything for $5 more. Anyone have experience with Metro PCS?
3) Metro pcs offers 4g "lte" speeds, is our phones capable of 4g "lte"? I think simple mobile uses "hspa+" which is supposedly equivalent, doubt it.
Thanks guys for the help.

Don't know about mvno's, but the T999 is not capable of LTE. You'd need the T999L, or if going with Metro, the T999N.

Metro is a good one if you don't want or can't unlock your device. Speeds are as good as T-Mobile with all taxes and fees included and its a flat rate if you pay online, and at store its only $3 payment fee.. As doc said T999 doesn't support LTE, only T999L and T999N..

So both the t999l and t999n are lte capable, but the t999l will not get lte with metro? What service for t999l then?

The two are identical in terms of hardware. Just one has T-Mobile firmware and the ither has metro firmware.

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The two are identical in terms of hardware. Just one has T-Mobile firmware and the ither has metro firmware.
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Thank you.

I use straight talk on AT&T, works great. $45 unlimited call. text, 5GB data. Data is very good.
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I use straight talk on AT&T, works great. $45 unlimited call. text, 5GB data. Data is very good.
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Wow that sounds good! Is it 4g speed data...through the whole 5gigs?
Update: Actually I just read their $45 plan, it says unlimited data and after 3gigs, speed is throttled for remainder of month. It is still $10 cheaper though than simple mobile. Might check it out, thanks.

Yeah I tried Simple Mobile once, they are ridiculous. You go over your data and they pretty much shut your data off and you can't even pay more to get more data. I use straight talk t-mobile on my t999l and love it. Get 3 gigs of 4g lte and after they throttle to 3g I belIeve, I didn't even have to unlock my phone just dropped in the SIM and set the apn and was working. For 45 a month I would recommend to anyone.
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Yeah I tried Simple Mobile once, they are ridiculous. You go over your data and they pretty much shut your data off and you can't even pay more to get more data. I use straight talk t-mobile on my t999l and love it. Get 3 gigs of 4g lte and after they throttle to 3g I belIeve, I didn't even have to unlock my phone just dropped in the SIM and set the apn and was working. For 45 a month I would recommend to anyone.
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You're probably using the T-Mobile straight talk if you didn't have to unlock

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Wow that sounds good! Is it 4g speed data...through the whole 5gigs?
Update: Actually I just read their $45 plan, it says unlimited data and after 3gigs, speed is throttled for remainder of month. It is still $10 cheaper though than simple mobile. Might check it out, thanks.
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when I started it was 3GB but they upped it to 5GB after a month. this is the AT&T plan, maybe TMO is different.
It's not LTE, it's HSPA+ but quite fast here in Maine.
As to unlocking, I just called TMO and they emailed me the code. I owned the phone free and clear.

I get LTE here in Las Vegas on the T-mobile Straight Talk.
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