can someone help me set up the tzones with an internation hd2? is it even possible?
apn needs to be set to internet2.voicestream.com
Has anyone confirmed if tzones works with the Tmobile version with no contract?
planning on getting an HD2
will the $5.99 t-zones work on it? going to get it used. been searching a lot of forums online and some say, yes, while others say, no. any definitive answer? just wanted to make sure before i buy it.
thanks a lot!
anyone? thanks!!
grandfathered tzones works perfectly with the TMO-USA HD2 if you buy the phone outright, no contract. been using with no problems since the day the HD2 launched in the US.
anyone else experiencing this? thanks!! i appreciate it.
can someone tell me where to put in the apn information? the actual steps to get to the screen, im a little lost
Hi. Just wanted to clarify this because I had trouble finding a definitive answer to whether or not tzones works on the US HD2.
It does work. I recently bought a used one from a friend and it works flawlessly. I have been using it now for about 2 weeks. Also, I added Android to it and tzones continues to work as well. Hope this helps others.
any updates? so basically we can get unlimited 3G internet for $6 (or I guess $10 now) a month? Can this be done with prepaid as well?
Prepaid, no... I am currently using a prepaid sim from them and they have shoddy data packages for it. Cant wait to get back to postpaid (damn layoffs). And yes, unlimited for $10. Not truly unlimited, but unlimited to 10gb(somewhere around there) then they throttle your speed to < dial-up speeds.
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The other day I went to a roger retail store to ask about thier data plans and they have unlimited data plan for extra 5 dollars ontop of your voice plan if you sign a three year contract on the N95 PDA. plus 399 for the phone.
I already have a Kraiser unlock so my question is would they be able to know if i'm not using the N95, instead I want to use my Kraiser and have it hook up with ICS or some kind of internet sharing program so I can use it as a wifi spot for my labtop?
So i'm wondering if anyone in Canada or i'm in Alberta, have done this, because they won't give me data plan on none roger phone which is gay, but if i buy the N95 for my girlfriend and switch phone and use the unlimited data plan on my kraiser would they know?
Hope someone out there has done this and can answer my two questions.
Nope. They will know you are using an unlocked kaiser. THey track by IMEI numbers now, so they will find out and bill you accordingly.
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Nope. They will know you are using an unlocked kaiser. THey track by IMEI numbers now, so they will find out and bill you accordingly.
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Thanxs for the quick reply, so still no go for me to get a data plan, ...what about US, is it like that there? ........so when will canada be like other countries and just give me unlimited data plan for dirt cheap.............
One more question...is it possible for them to know if I was using my phone as a wifi point with ICS and other software for my labtop???
I am currently using a Treo 650 on At&t with a pay as you go plan. I currently don't access the internet and I don't get charged for it. I want to know if it is possible to use a G1 or Iphone on my At&t pay as you go plan without being charged for any data usage or updates. I just want the phone primarily for making calls and for occasionally surfing the net using the phones wifi. Is this possible or am I just wasting my time? Let me know, thanks
You will need some way to activate your G1 at its first start (and after wipes). You can't do that over wifi, only over the mobile phone network. (Doesn't have to be your own sim card though.)
Once that's done there are ways to limit the data connections to wifi only.
You can activate the phone through wifi, I think its a stciky on top of this page. I'm using my g1 on tmobile prepaid. You will probably have to disable your apns on att.
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I really appreciate you guys input on this. I'm a real newb when it comes to this but I wanted to make sure that it was possible before I spent time and money on it. I will look for the sticky, even though I have no idea what that is at this time. Otherwise, I have a friend that has a G1 on T-mobile that I'm sure wouldn't mind using his sim if we couldn't do it on wifi. I'll look around the site for it. Let me ask this, is it a lot easier to use T-mobile from now on with my prepaid service or is disabling the apns not that difficult of a task in order for me to stay with At&t? Thanks for the input
You will also need to unlock your G1 for it to work with an att sim, it costs like 20 bucks. Using your friends sim is the easiest way to activate so I would do that. Changing the APN's is very very easy, when you need to do it shoot me a PM and I will give you att's APN.
Good stuff!
Based on this information I'd say I'm ready to go shopping for a G1.
My friend just had his G1 unlocked, rooted, etc by a local guy for about $30. He then addied emulators, roms, etc. I'm just amazed at the stuff he has on it. My friend is pretty confident that he can do everything else except unlock the phone and disable APN (He's T-Mobile on a normal talk and data plan). He didn't think I would be able to disable the data plan on a pay as you go plan. He did tell me to come here though and post and I'm glad I did.
Do you think it would be a good idea to just let the guy do it all for $30 or can I get it unlocked cheaper some other way and have my friend do the rest.
Thanks again guys
$30 aint bad, the unlock code alone is like 20-23. So if you would rather have someone else do it then thats not a bad price for roms and stuff, if you feel comfortable doing it yourself then you would save 7-10 bucks.
I have a rooted G1 with the latest CM rom.
I search and found a lot of old thread about using the $10 wireless plan for the G1. However I know it has been patched by T-Mobile.
My question is how can I get my G1 to work with the current T-Mobile $10 wireless plan (I believe 2G only)?
Thanks
The $10 is for Phone First devices only. It has nothing to do with limiting the handset to 2G services only as Tmobile offers many 3G handsets that can take advantage of that package.
Does anyone have an answer to this?
I have tmobile with the 9.99 plan and it works perfectly (on edge) with my jailbroken iphone.
I just switched to the g1 and it have been rooted and a custom hero rom is installed but I cannot get my internet to work. I have tried wap.voicestream.com, internet2.voicestream.com and internet3.voicestream.com with no luck. Is there any way around this?
not gonna work on any android phone
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not gonna work on any android phone
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Thanks for the answer
Looks like I have to go back to my iphone.
Do you know if the data would work on AT&T or how about the prepaid Tmo plan?
I think ATT recently started ID'ing smartphones by the IMEI # and limiting them to data only plans. The orifices (http://tinyurl.com/33pnjj8) have there subsidy marketing model under attack and had to find a new scam.
I was wondering if i can use unlocked tmobile htc hd2 with the $10 data plan (unlimited) that is available for non smartphones. Will tmobile realize that i am using htc hd2 and upgrade it to smartphone data plan? i am gonna make a contract with a non smartphone and add that 10 dollar data plan to use it on my htc hd2 Do you have to have an Unlocked htc hd2 (not tmobile branded) to do that? is it even possible either way?
Yes it is possible to do such a thing, but for how long is currently unknown. T-Mobile has recently started denying people using the non-smartphone internet with smartphones internet access as it is a violation of the TOS...so good luck!
So i can do it with the tmobile branded unlocked htc hd2? but dont they know that i i am using htc hd2 if i use the 10$ data plan and automatically upgrade it?
Yes they will know you are using an HD2, and yes, it is possible that they will upgrade it automatically. My advice; just opt for the 20USD unlimited smartphone data from the start...you won't have to setup the proxy or live in fear that your plan will be upgraded.
Isnt it 30 USD? if it was 20 then i can probably get the data plan but i am pretty sure the data plan is $30. Wait so if you dont get the $10 data plan on the tmobile branded unlocked htc hd2, will they know its a hd2?
There's no way to get around it. They will know what phone you're using. I do not know if they will make a change to your plan without confirming with you.
I don't know how you will actually enable the $10 plan in the first place though.
Thats a good point aswell. You have to have a device that supports the 10USD plan to even add it to your plan, so you may not be able to anyways. And the full internet is either 20 or 30 depending on your contract arrangement.
I recently got my phone and it's working for me. I get HSDPA speed with the $10 internet.
Yeah it should work.... just so you know you are defrauding the T-Mobile network. There's still a lot folks out there that are apparently still on the T-Zone plan as well....
Actually if you know or are familiar with those Asian run phone shops and ask nicely you don't even need a dumb phone to setup the $10 plan, the reps that work there will just call T-mobile and defraud the whole system for you.....
Yeah... that's just jolly.
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Yeah it should work.... just so you know you are defrauding the T-Mobile network. There's still a lot folks out there that are apparently still on the T-Zone plan as well....
Actually if you know or are familiar with those Asian run phone shops and ask nicely you don't even need a dumb phone to setup the $10 plan, the reps that work there will just call T-mobile and defraud the whole system for you.....
Yeah... that's just jolly.
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Does it really bother you that somebody else has a good deal going with t-zones on the HD2? If it makes you feel better, T-Mobile will probably be forcing users to upgrade their plans starting this Wednesday.
Yeah to me it kinda does, because they know they are screwing the system but continue to do it. Anyways I formally ask that this NOT turn into another debate about the morallity of people using the 10USD plan versus the correct one. Thanks.
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Does it really bother you that somebody else has a good deal going with t-zones on the HD2? If it makes you feel better, T-Mobile will probably be forcing users to upgrade their plans starting this Wednesday.
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Bother me, nope.? I don't even have data plan... i refuse to pay for it when i can get free wifi @ my home/campus/work....
The OP asked a question and i voiced his options, all of them.... whether he chooses to to take the dark route or not is his business. In addition i don't see how you can justify calling T-Zones as "has a good deal going" when you are in fact defrauding the network, which i have clearly pointed out in my previous response. My advice is pretty much borderline crack pot shady... but it's been discussed about here numerous times and t-mobile has done nothing to fix his loophole.... yet...
Just to add about the $20 internet plan. I have it for my HD2 (part of family plan), the rep added it when we were renewing the contract and ordering the phones (my sister got the 3G slide which came with the $25 plan). So if you want it, try calling them and talking to a rep, they should be able to add it for you (YMMV).
T-mobile can block you at any time since they do have a database of their own IMEIs and they know what device is accessing their network by it's IEMI that is transmitted every time the phone accesses the network.
It would be a very simple task for T-mobile to block the non supported devices for that data plan
Well here is what happend when I upgraded one of my lines. I just upgraded to an HD2, a couple days later theytossed on a 104 web plan. Which is fine cuz I want to use the web anyways. when I first was using my HD2 it said that it needed a subcription to access the web, blah blah. So, i changed the wap settings to internet2.voicestream.com and it works great. 3g speeds and everything.
Why did you change to the slower proxy?
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Why did you change to the slower proxy?
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The stock epc.tmo doesnt work when you have the 104 (non smart phone plan). The speeds are the same with the internet2 settings. unless you know of a different one that works a well. It works just fine.
I had a phone recently, Nokia 5530, and had the 10 dollar internet plan and I noticed depending where I was in the country I sometimes would get full internet access and other times I would get off the standard tzone areas and it would show subscription upgrade required message.
I think it might depend on where you live for this to work. Perhaps the WAP settings might also work.
There is a way to get the $10 t-zone plan on your HD2
Here is a simple way to get the t-zone on your HD2..
1) Login to your t-mobile account via the web.. register first if you haven't do so.
2) when you login, T-mobile might choose your phone (maybe HD2 already selected).. at this moment, change your phone to any non-smartphone.. like samsung T509 or any non-smartphone as your default phone.
3) go to change service and add the $10 t-zone internet to your plan
4) set your HD2 with the right APN setting you're OK.
5) For me, if you're using internet2.voicestream.com in Winmo works OK and in Android works OK.
This is a cheated way or gray area... Either way T-mobile make extra $$$ from you. I think T-mobile knows this loop hole, but they keep it open because they don't want to upset us cheapie????
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did they get rid of this? I do not see the option anymore.
Hello, I've been having problems with my HD2 running Androids. I currently have the $10 data plan which works perfectly fine with the apn on internet2.voicestream.com
however, I cannot get the picture message to work for the life of me. Does anyone have any info to point me in the right direction?
Try this and let me know. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=688725
how did you get the $10 plan_ is it unlimited
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Try this and let me know. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=688725
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I believe that is for HD2 using winmo. I am using Android primary on my HD2. Is there a file for the Android rom?
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how did you get the $10 plan_ is it unlimited
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I told tmo I had a razr and they gave me the $10 unlimited data plan.
From what I know of there Isn't a 10 unlimited plan its impossible... I would be on it, they might have given you a certain amount of mb for you to use and if you pass that, you get charged extra every time.
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From what I know of there Isn't a 10 unlimited plan its impossible... I would be on it, they might have given you a certain amount of mb for you to use and if you pass that, you get charged extra every time.
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Maybe they got rid of it now that 4G is out but I have the $10 unlimited plan for dumbphones. It similar to the tzones.
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Maybe they got rid of it now that 4G is out but I have the $10 unlimited plan for dumbphones. It similar to the tzones.
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correct that's extacly what i was thinking as well,cause 10$ unlimited seems impossible to me lol, but yea i have the 4g unlimited web, and i pay 30 a month which is cheap to me but nevertheless i'm sorry about the mms i seem to be having problems with that as well >.<
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however, I cannot get the picture message to work for the life of me. Does anyone have any info to point me in the right direction?
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I have the mms settings PM to you. xda is thinking its automatically a link to a website...
T-mobile US, 200MB for $10.
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T-mobile US, 200MB for $10.
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Not if you had tzones added on a non-smartphone before getting the HD2. I have the TZones internet as well that was added back when I had a Nokia phone
T-zone used to be $5 which used wap.voicestream.com in the past. I think the current T-zone is call Web2go and it's for $10; has restricted access to website. You can try using epc.tmobile.com, the new data access point. Please, tell me how it goes.
I Love the 10 dollar unlimited plan.
Ive been rocking this 10 plan on truly unlimited data for many, many months now.
All you had to do was sign up on my t mobile, select the shadow as your phone, go to edit your services, remove your internet, re-add unlimited web for phones 10 dollar option, wait 24-48 hours, manually enter APN internet2.voicestream.com
There you have it, will check to see if the option is still there, if you had it, you are GRANDFATHERED in FOREVER!! 4.5Mbps Download 1.4 Mpbs Upload on Unlimited 10 dollar plan, only works with the hd2 for the Hspa.
Plan not available anymore, 4G 200MB for $15 or an Unlimited 4G option for $30.
64.00 unlimited everything is very nice with this HD2 on Android, lol.
He's right it works..... But T-mobile doesn't give you that plan anymore... if you know someone with that t-zone phone buy him his phone and take over his plan.. lolol... it's best thing to do... Cuz all T-mobile internet APN works on 3G frequencies...
Cuz it's true that we don't need anything else these days... we can text, make phone calls and all that over the mobile data plans....(Google voice, SIP, Ect...) But companies Knows That..lol.. so now you can't buy a data plan by it self anywhere... Bastards trying to make money..lol...
Like me I have a sidekick data Plan Unlimited for 30 bucks (Unlimited 3g Data & Text) I have it in my HD2 with Android on it... with the sidekick APN (hiptop.t-mobile.com)
And the 3g and text works very good...
Those plans are not gonna come back..lolol...
So back to the original question on getting the mms with pics to work, has anyone got it to work?
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I had the edge plan for $10 on my Iphone for awhile and it worked great. Tried to do it for my G1 and it would not work and then my iphone broke and I was without a phone so I had to give up the $10 unlimited data... I doubt I will be able to get it back ever. I had to fight with them to get the plan in the first place.