Asking this for a buddy of mine, I'm a T-mobile gs2 user and know nothing about the AT&T side.
Been browsing and googling for a couple hours and thought it'll be easier to get a confirmation from XDA members
1. My friend is on a grandfathered unlimited data plan. Will he be able to get LTE with this plan? I read that he needs to update the data plan. Is that really necessary?
2. If he only gets 3g what speeds are we talking about? h+ speeds?
3. Tethering question: I read a couple mixed answers, but usually on t-mobile devices running a custom ROM usually allows us to tether through native hotspot or tethering apps. How is it like on At&t? I read that they blocked most apps and maybe foxfi too? I'm not even sure if the block even applies to his plan because hes on an old grandfathered unlimited plan
TLR; Friend is on old grandfather unlimited plan, can he get LTE? if not does he get H+ speeds? and how does tethering work here?
Yes he will get LTE, with throttling enabled after 5gb a month vs 3gb on a non LTE plan. Tethering is possible if the custom Rom has been hacked or via a third party app, however i recommend targeting very sparingly to avoid detection.
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I just ugraded to a new GS3 with a grandfathered unlimited plan. I was told that i could keep my unlimited plan - and did for about 12 hours. Then my data quit working completely. I called and they reset my unlimited plan. A few days later I checked and I had been put on a 5gb plan.
It took multiple calls back and forth to AT&T but I did get my unlimited plan back - for now. I'll have to keep checking to make sure they don't switch me again.
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thanks guys, now whats with the threads that says at&t has been blocking all 3rd party tethering apps and stuff like that? Is that only in reference to stock rooted?
I upgraded from a 3G phone a few weeks ago with a grandfathered unlimited plan and although I had to get a new data plan, it has stayed unlimited (and same price) with the new ATT GS3. I called ATT customer service about a week after my phone was activated to verify my data plan and when I asked if they could waive the activation fee, they obliged no questions asked. I get LTE, now that it is available in my area, and my plan is still unlimited. Every tethering app I've tried works, including cwm USB tether and foxfi, but that is not to say they won't/can't notice I'm using it. Tethering apps are blocked in the app store when I look on my phone, but I downloaded them on a PC, put the apk on the phone, and installed that way.
Oh thanks! I understand what the others meant by it being blocked by at&t now. Can't we spoof the play store to another carrier like T-Mobile so it shows the apps? I would test this but I'm not on att nor have a gs3.
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They don't need to detect apps to see if you are tethering.. They can tell from the data on their network.
You will most likely get caught and get a warning. When you tether again after the warning they will force you off unlimited and onto the 5gb plan.
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I am grandfathered in as well and I am still on the unlimited plan and still get LTE. I am getting around 40MB/sec download. I have got warned twice by ATT about tethering but they never switched my plan. I tether to my wife's iPad and my Kindle Fire all the time and ATT has not sent me anything in like 6-8 months.
I'm still using the 5GB data plan. Has anyone gotten the mobile hotspot to work with the truly unlimited data plan of tmobile? Or even the prepaid go plan of AT&T (i believe both might be disabled the same way?) I cannot confirm on the unlimited tmobile data since I' still on the 5GB plan, and on the AT&T prepaid (50/mo plan for non smartphone) the mobile hotspot cannot be turned on, it just goes back to off when turned on.
Could it be an apn setting? Please advice.
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Have you figured out a way cuz I justt used my 5GB of mobile hotspot for the my samsung galaxy relay with 4g
Ok, so I recently bought a Samsung GS3 from my sister that has T-mobile. I took it to metro and they unlocked it and activated it for me. I chose the $50 Plan which gives me 2.5gb of Blazing Fast Internet. I also purchased the mobile hotspot. When I reached 2.5gb of data, it slowed down. I tether to play xbox. Unable to afford legit internet lol. Before, I was able to tether with my LG Motion 4g for free!. I never lagged as much, I was able to connect my tablet and ran with some smooth speeds. (with the $50 Plan). So I called and managed to call metro pcs and they were able to change it back to the lg motion. My speeds were still slow!. I asked them if I can change it to the $60 plan since it was unlimited and they said that Tethering is not compatible? Is there a way to have Unlimited Data and tether at the same time? I don't want to pay for Unlimited Data without being able to tether to my other devices. HELP!
You can't add tether to the $60 plan, but you may be able to tether if you flash roms with native tether enabled, or search and find other ways to tether.. And on a side note, they did not unlock your device, all T-Mobile phones are compatible with metroPCS
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Hello and thank you for taking your time to help me out.
I have a rooted samsung note II T-mobile phone on t-mobile network. My problem is this: I use to have 3GB of data that I was able to use to connect my devices on. I realized 3GB is not enough for me so I upgraded to T-mobile's "unlimited 4G data + 5GB of mobile hotspot" (This is the only unlimited data plan T-mobile offers). The problem is that when the 5GB of mobile hotspot is used up, it won't allow me to connect any of my devices anymore until my next cycle. Is there a way to bypass this 5GB of mobile hotspot that comes with my plan and tap into this unlimited 4G data to connect my devices? Thank you again for any advice.
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Hello and thank you for taking your time to help me out.
I have a rooted samsung note II T-mobile phone on t-mobile network. My problem is this: I use to have 3GB of data that I was able to use to connect my devices on. I realized 3GB is not enough for me so I upgraded to T-mobile's "unlimited 4G data + 5GB of mobile hotspot" (This is the only unlimited data plan T-mobile offers). The problem is that when the 5GB of mobile hotspot is used up, it won't allow me to connect any of my devices anymore until my next cycle. Is there a way to bypass this 5GB of mobile hotspot that comes with my plan and tap into this unlimited 4G data to connect my devices? Thank you again for any advice.
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Here's where I went, and it's worked great for me. I have 19 gigs of tethered data and I do not get an upsell webpage!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2493675
Is it possible to get unlimited 4g on the hotspot? I'm on an old grandfather plan and my hotspot with custom roms are unlimited 4g. I was wondering if it would work the same with new plan.