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Anyway to stop throttling?

Is there anyway to stop throttling from happening if you are on a 5gb plan on tmobile. I need the tethering so I have not changed to the unlimited plan. Any ideas or suggestions would help
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yungsir2 said:
Is there anyway to stop throttling from happening if you are on a 5gb plan on tmobile. I need the tethering so I have not changed to the unlimited plan. Any ideas or suggestions would help
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Nope at the moment
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No, there is no way around it.
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Nope not at all... Sorry
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No

I was on the phone with T-Mo customer retention a few weeks ago. The rep told me I could upgrade to a plan with unlimited data with no throttling for the same thing I was already paying. I said yes, of course. I've been using a lot of data with no throttling.
I have Doggcatcher set to auto-download new podcasts over the network- this used to get me a throttling message, so I switched to WiFi. I switched back to network downloading a couple of weeks ago and I've been good ever since.

jtp8736 said:
I was on the phone with T-Mo customer retention a few weeks ago. The rep told me I could upgrade to a plan with unlimited data with no throttling for the same thing I was already paying. I said yes, of course. I've been using a lot of data with no throttling.
I have Doggcatcher set to auto-download new podcasts over the network- this used to get me a throttling message, so I switched to WiFi. I switched back to network downloading a couple of weeks ago and I've been good ever since.
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I'm sure op knows they're the same price, but op wants to keep the 5gb because he is certain he can tether without issues
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yungsir2 said:
Is there anyway to stop throttling from happening if you are on a 5gb plan on tmobile. I need the tethering so I have not changed to the unlimited plan. Any ideas or suggestions would help
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10 extra bucks a month....i just upgraded to that to avoid the hassle...i rarely tether but i got throttled before i even hit my limit....i just got close a week before and got hit....that pissed me off....so i upgraded....Good luck!

xgp0006 said:
10 extra bucks a month....i just upgraded to that to avoid the hassle...i rarely tether but i got throttled before i even hit my limit....i just got close a week before and got hit....that pissed me off....so i upgraded....Good luck!
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You can't tether PERIOD with the uimited plan.

psykhotic said:
You can't tether PERIOD with the uimited plan.
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Correction. You can't tether on the unlimited plan running stock
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I rarely post. But just want to say I tether daily to my tf201 and laptop with never so much as a hickup.
Unlimited 4g, stock rooted. Using wifi tether 3.2 beta2. On play store:thumbup:
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DrmMaster said:
I rarely post. But just want to say I tether daily to my tf201 and laptop with never so much as a hickup.
Unlimited 4g, stock rooted. Using wifi tether 3.2 beta2. On play store:thumbup:
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I also vouch for this app if stock rooted
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Free hotspot?

I was wondering if there was a way to get free personal hotspot service. I wss planning on paying for it (14.99/month) but I cant add it to my account it conflicts with the features in my plan... Is there anyway I can do this, without using pdanet or any other apps like that? Also I don't mind rooting my device. Thanks in advance!
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Conflicts with what features? There should be no issue adding hotspot to your plan even if you have unlimited everything. What plan are you on and what features do t ou have?
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You can't get Hotspot with the Unlimited Data Plan.

Thetenthdr said:
You can't get Hotspot with the Unlimited Data Plan.
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Ill check...I can see where you might not be able to...but if you pay...you should get...really you may be teathering wirelessly but then why do they call unlimited data unlimited if you cant add tge hotspot?
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chrishoyt2012 said:
Conflicts with what features? There should be no issue adding hotspot to your plan even if you have unlimited everything. What plan are you on and what features do t ou have?
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This is what happens when I try to add it.
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You cant have Unlimited 4G Data and HotSpot. You have to choose if you want a "capped" plan + HotSpot or Unlimited 4G Data. T-Mobile is here to make money, just like any other company, and from that perspective it simply wouldn't make sense to let customers tether and eat up as much data as they want while still keeping the second cheapest data plan.

chrishoyt2012 said:
Conflicts with what features? There should be no issue adding hotspot to your plan even if you have unlimited everything. What plan are you on and what features do t ou have?
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Actually with the unlimited plan they do not offer hotspot service, I had the same issue when I joined tmobile so I rooted my phone and cm10 or 10.1 all you have to do is turn it on and you are ready to go
If you don't want to root you phone there is a app called open garden that allows you to share you internet connection to any other device using Bluetooth (as long as the device has 4.0 or newer OS), I haven't played with it to much but consumes less batter and also allows you to share with a desktop / laptop PC
Give it a shot

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Oh... Didnt see that lol. Thanks.
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chibra said:
Actually with the unlimited plan they do not offer hotspot service, I had the same issue when I joined tmobile so I rooted my phone and cm10 or 10.1 all you have to do is turn it on and you are ready to go
If you don't want to root you phone there is a app called open garden that allows you to share you internet connection to any other device using Bluetooth (as long as the device has 4.0 or newer OS), I haven't played with it to much but consumes less batter and also allows you to share with a desktop / laptop PC
Give it a shot
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I'll check that app out. Thanks.
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T-mobile makes money...trust me on that...but unlimited means no data cap...which should mean infinite data usage...yet they always have that fine print thst zeros out "unlimited". Oh well.
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[Q] How to tether without tmobile finding out

I'm on the DARTHSTALKER S4 rom and i love it. Tethering works perfectly fine but when i use the mobile hotspot. I check my T Mobile account and it shows that I've been using the hotspot. Once I got to 400 MB T Mobile sent me a message to upgrade if i wanted to tether. Is there any way I can tether without being caught?

dainfamous said:
I'm on the DARTHSTALKER S4 rom and i love it. Tethering works perfectly fine but when i use the mobile hotspot. I check my T Mobile account and it shows that I've been using the hotspot. Once I got to 400 MB T Mobile sent me a message to upgrade if i wanted to tether. Is there any way I can tether without being caught?
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Change your User Agent string on your computer.

how come i dont have that hotspot section in my app?

kanyewest said:
how come i dont have that hotspot section in my app?
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I dont have ot either. I installed mine off of the play store. I would like to figure out how to check my hotspot usage to help me figure out a work around
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Use Chrome browser
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tech7 said:
Use Chrome browser
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Thanks for the suggestion
I just tried that. They still dont include hotspot usage. Very strange. I searched around on the websit from the pc for a while also. Cant find it any where.
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electricjelly said:
Thanks for the suggestion
I just tried that. They still dont include hotspot usage. Very strange. I searched around on the websit from the pc for a while also. Cant find it any where.
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That means that you don't have a tethering plan. If you can tether w/o the tethering plan then you should be fine.
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i think alot of the plans come with Tethering (but limited to the amount of data you get before throttling). Only one of the new plans (unlimited data) didnt have tethering built in in my recollection.

in addition to the already mentioned. i read in other threads that you need to use the toggle from the pulldown menu to activate hotspot, otherwise you get the upgrade screen. personally ive always only used the toggle from the pulldown to activate my tether and never received the upgrade screen.

xXchrizhurtyXx said:
That means that you don't have a tethering plan. If you can tether w/o the tethering plan then you should be fine.
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I have an unlimited plan that includes tethering and i dont get that hotspot section in my app
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CM 10.1's native tethering app runs with no problems.

blackknightavalon said:
CM 10.1's native tethering app runs with no problems.
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no problem meaning that tmobile doesnt notice that you tether?

getiq said:
no problem meaning that tmobile doesnt notice that you tether?
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No, they don't notice.

blackknightavalon said:
No, they don't notice.
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If you are on the unlimited plan, or any plan that does NOT have tethering included, you will be noticed. You have a grace data allotment of i believe 200MB then you are shut off. There are ways around it and Google will tell you those ways

Why is everyone so concerned....
Theres a well known root tether setup for all galaxys called "trevemod tether" with a tutorial in the general sectio for many phones also requires using hot spot shield vpn app .So tether plan or not , you can get away with tethering the data u pay for to any device...
It hides and blocks what u tether to, thus making tmo think your just using a whole lot of extra bandwidth on your device
ROOT is required.
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Maybe it is just me, but does anyone else get irritated by people that want to steal bandwidth? Someone has to pay. Maybe people should pay for the features they desire.

Thanks
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CM 10.1's native tethering app runs with no problems.
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Thanks for the info

jcbofkc said:
Maybe it is just me, but does anyone else get irritated by people that want to steal bandwidth? Someone has to pay. Maybe people should pay for the features they desire.
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Absolutely... I'll make a reasonable effort to be reasonable... I called them and asked to pay for tethering to go with my unlimited data plan... so I can watch some netflix on my phone when I'm away on business. I figured an extra $30 would be fair. They don't offer anything like that... although... they charge $10/MB for roaming data in Canada, so... I won't die of guilt.
Besides, as I'm fond of saying... we can't all beat the system heh heh! :laugh::laugh::laugh: You're right... someone has to pay. Someone not smart enough to figure out how to get a discount. peace bro.

uhhh we already pay for the data service and the hardware and the os which has it built in. there's nothing to feel bad about. I've used 70gb data in a month with sprint and they didn't complain

Is the Monthly 4G 70$ plan good ?

Is the $70 unlimited plan worth getting from coming from $50 plan
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shaqqq said:
Is the $70 unlimited plan worth getting from coming from $50 plan
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Only you can decide if it's worth it. If you are talking about T Mobile's new plan structure then it depends on how much mobile data you use as that is the only difference in the plan.
For instance I have the $50 plan because my life in blanketed in WiFi so I rarely use Mobile data. The 500MB plan is more than adequate for me. But if you rely heavily on mobile data, you might need the more expensive plans that bump you up to 2.5GB or Unlimited.

Skipjacks said:
Only you can decide if it's worth it. If you are talking about T Mobile's new plan structure then it depends on how much mobile data you use as that is the only difference in the plan.
For instance I have the $50 plan because my life in blanketed in WiFi so I rarely use Mobile data. The 500MB plan is more than adequate for me. But if you rely heavily on mobile data, you might need the more expensive plans that bump you up to 2.5GB or Unlimited.
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Is the internet ganna be just as fast like if I was contract unlimited internet instead of prepaid?
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shaqqq said:
Is the internet ganna be just as fast like if I was contract unlimited internet instead of prepaid?
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Yes. Same network.

So it's not going to be as fast as if it was contact internet?
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shaqqq said:
So it's not going to be as fast as if it was contact internet?
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Yes it will I have the 2.5 gb plan myself and its 28d and ,15 u lte and I am 20 minutes away from where the farm work was done in Richmond. They don't slow it down until you get to 2gb or more.
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richardlibeau said:
Yes it will I have the 2.5 gb plan myself and its 28d and ,15 u lte and I am 20 minutes away from where the farm work was done in Richmond. They don't slow it down until you get to 2gb or more.
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I'll be able to stream YouTube and video's with no problem? And will apps download fast? Stuff like that is it fast when doing it and web browsing
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shaqqq said:
I'll be able to stream YouTube and video's with no problem? And will apps download fast? Stuff like that is it fast when doing it and web browsing
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Yeah you can watch videos no problem. Just don"t download too many games or roms using data because it adds up fast. I usually use wifi to do that so the 2.5 gb usually last me the whole month. I download alot of stuff but I do pretty good with the 2.5 and wifi.
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Oh ok good. So I'm getting the 4G unlimited $70 I should be able to use the internet on whatever with no problem without the internet slowing down then
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shaqqq said:
Oh ok good. So I'm getting the 4G unlimited $70 I should be able to use the internet on whatever with no problem without the internet slowing down then
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Yes thats what I have and its good without any slow down. Web pages open fast, videos play fine, downloads are good unless its a slow server that you are downloading from but usually pretty good for most sites.
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shaqqq said:
Oh ok good. So I'm getting the 4G unlimited $70 I should be able to use the internet on whatever with no problem without the internet slowing down then
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Look in to family plans add your friends and it will be cheep for u
I pay 30$ everything Unlimited With unlimited 4GLTE

maxshah912 said:
Look in to family plans add your friends and it will be cheep for u
I pay 30$ everything Unlimited With unlimited 4GLTE
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I don't want to go into contract lol I wanna stay on prepaid Monthly 4G
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maxshah912 said:
Look in to family plans add your friends and it will be cheep for u
I pay 30$ everything Unlimited With unlimited 4GLTE
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True the more you add the cheaper it is.
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shaqqq said:
I don't want to go into contract lol I wanna stay on prepaid Monthly 4G
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Its not contract u can cancel any time
Difference is u pay at the end of month rather then up front But u get more speed then Monthly 4G or other prepaid

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Its not contract u can cancel any time
Difference is u pay at the end of month rather then up front But u get more speed then Monthly 4G or other prepaid
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I didn't know that thank you. And how is the speed faster? They're both unlimited
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shaqqq said:
I didn't know that thank you. And how is the speed faster? They're both unlimited
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Yes They are both unlimited, but Postpaid people has more priority over prepaid.
I know it sounds crazy but I have done speed test on both plans
30$ Unlimited post paid family plan
And 30$ 5 GB prepaid plan
Down speed I get with 30$ Postpaid plan on LTE is 28 to 29 Meg on busy day at the edge of San Diego
and With prepaid plan I had 12 to 18 mb on same day same hr of day

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Yes They are both unlimited, but Postpaid people has more priority over prepaid.
I know it sounds crazy but I have done speed test on both plans
30$ Unlimited post paid family plan
And 30$ 5 GB prepaid plan
Down speed I get with 30$ Postpaid plan on LTE is 28 to 29 Meg on busy day at the edge of San Diego
and With prepaid plan I had 12 to 18 mb on same day same hr of day
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Oh ok thanks a lot didn't know any of that
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maxshah912 said:
Yes They are both unlimited, but Postpaid people has more priority over prepaid.
I know it sounds crazy but I have done speed test on both plans
30$ Unlimited post paid family plan
And 30$ 5 GB prepaid plan
Down speed I get with 30$ Postpaid plan on LTE is 28 to 29 Meg on busy day at the edge of San Diego
and With prepaid plan I had 12 to 18 mb on same day same hr of day
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Not true
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Vanhoud said:
Not true
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How isn't true?
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shaqqq said:
How isn't true?
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I've done similar speed tests with opposite results. Priority doesn't matter with pre vs post paid
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Free 2.5 GB tethering

Yes, you read it right!
I stopped by a T-mo store today to look for a case for my wife's phone
and I know very well the sales person.
He told me that T-mo replaced the free 500 MB tether (on Unlimited data plan),
with free 2.5 GB without any additional fees !!!!
He changed that option on the spot for me.
You can do that yourself on T-mo website, or just walk in the store like I did.
Enjoy!:good:

Is this everywhere? I'm currently on 500mb data plan that slows down afterwards. Would I be eligible?
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Okay nvm.... Just realized I'm not eligible. Sorry for double post.
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Thanks for the heads up buddy. I just went into my account online and made the changes on 2 of my 4 lines that have truly unlimited data.
This is very nice of tmobile. Now I have 2.5gb of tethering rather than 500mb on my truly unlimited plans at no extra cost.
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Started the 11th I think.... http://bit.ly/15UGrZA
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I find no use for tethering since I cant tethered to my ps3 :banghead::thumbdown:
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Galaxysm said:
I find no use for tethering since I cant tethered to my ps3 :banghead::thumbdown:
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Why cant u tether to your ps3..I do it all the time and play online

jbarrandey1 said:
Why cant u tether to your ps3..I do it all the time and play online
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no wonder I am lagging so much while on multyplayer

jijus said:
no wonder I am lagging so much while on multyplayer
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You are not lagging bc of me...I am on 4G lte with constant over 30mps down and 20mps up

T-Mobile isn't perfect but damn it it's the best. Why is Sprint still ahead of tmo?
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md1008 said:
T-Mobile isn't perfect but damn it it's the best. Why is Sprint still ahead of tmo?
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THANKS for the heads up.. went and upgraded mine to 2.5.. :good:

jbarrandey1 said:
Why cant u tether to your ps3..I do it all the time and play online
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How do u do it? ....u have more gigs in tethering?
Just upgraded to 2.5gb ^.^...
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this has been out for a while now T-Mobile changed this back in like the beginning of the summer I think. Its for anyone on unlimited data they are being nice and giving us 2.5 mb to tether. Use it or not T-Mobile is looking out enjoy everyone...
Edit: fyi there are also non rooted methods of tethering whether or not you have unlimited data.

If u have the hotspot on your account the ps3 will be able to pick up the tether and use the data.. Just not when u don't have the hotspot on ur account and ur doing a hacked tether to use ur unlimited data it won't work.. I'm connected to the ps3 network now.. 2.5 should be enough for multi-player... I hope
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If u have the hotspot on your account the ps3 will be able to pick up the tether and use the data.. Just not when u don't have the hotspot on ur account and ur doing a hacked tether to use ur unlimited data it won't work.. I'm connected to the ps3 network now.. 2.5 should be enough for multi-player... I hope
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Thanks should try :b
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I actually found out by logging in to my . tmobile . com and saw it was part of my plan. I was surprised that they are that generous. I never even used up the 500mb they used to give for free so 2.5 GB is really great I can tether all the time now.
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Not available if you're on the classic unlimited plan.
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Not available to me. They said you've got to associate your social to the account in order to get that hotspot option. I'm on the unlimited but prepaid one. Apparently even though I'm paying the same monthly, unless I give my social security number, I won't be getting any hotspot allotment. =/
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I get free unlimited hot spot as my phone is rooted and using a custom rom that has tethering unblocked. So I don't see what the big deal is anyone can install a custom ROM with a rooted phone and get unlimited free tethering.
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carlgraser said:
I get free unlimited hot spot as my phone is rooted and using a custom rom that has tethering unblocked. So I don't see what the big deal is anyone can install a custom ROM with a rooted phone and get unlimited free tethering.
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Mine used to have that. Thing is, my carrier caught on and the only way I can do it is by changing the browser to mobile. =/
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Septembersrain, switch your browser to OSX Safari it doesn't get blocked and it's a full browser
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