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Nexus One and Old T-Mobile $5.99 Data Plan

Hi,
I'm still using a grandfathered plan that contains unlimited data for $5.99. If I were to use my sim card in the Nexus, would I be able to have 3G? I have acquired a new sim card last year if that helps.
Thanks

Seems to be working fine in an unlocked phone.

I had a friend who was using an unlocked AT&T Tilt on T-Mobile's network. He recently bought a MT3G and it wouldn't let him sign in to his google account. He called T-Mobile and they told him he needed the Android plan to activate it. So he added that and it started working. I would keep your plan and try it, but don't buy the phone and expect that you will be able to keep it.

Over Achiever said:
Seems to be working fine in an unlocked phone.
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Do you have the $5.99 data plan on the N1? I'm not worried that it will work, just wondering if I will get 3G and not just EDGE. I'm using my $5.99 plan on the iPhone but getting EDGE due to frequency but I was wondering if T-Mobile can cap or restrict me to EDGE speed only due to my plan.

I am currently waiting on my N1 to show up; but I do know my G1, when I switched to it from my wing, didn't get any internet whatsoever until I had them update my plan to the 'android unlimited web'. And when I switched my plan from the 350 min myfavs to the 500 even more plus, I had to get them to tack on the same thing but in it's free version before I got 'net again. My friend has the $5.99 internet on his unlocked iphone. If I see him this weekend before you get an answer, I'll have him put his sim card in my N1 and see what happens.

Those of us who had the Ion, which was a developer phone and had no T-mobile branding, kept the 5.99 plan for a little while but the party eventually ended when the MyTouch was released. I would guess the same will happen with the N1... it'll work for a while, but then they'll prompt you to upgrade.

My G1 worked for a while with the old unlimited plan, but suddenly one day it stopped working, and all sites redirected me to a page saying I needed to upgrade my data plan. Just FYI.

Is this the same as the 5.99 T-zones plan thing that I have had my Dash rigged up to for the longest time? I didnt think anyone still has this plan but I get my phone tomorrow and I still have this plan though I think I am going to just go straight to 3g since I am going back to Phoenix in a week and I think their new network has rolled out there.
Would be interesting to get cheap internet though...

JHaste said:
Is this the same as the 5.99 T-zones plan thing that I have had my Dash rigged up to for the longest time? I didnt think anyone still has this plan but I get my phone tomorrow and I still have this plan though I think I am going to just go straight to 3g since I am going back to Phoenix in a week and I think their new network has rolled out there.
Would be interesting to get cheap internet though...
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You will get 3g speeds on the 5.99 plan. Keep it until they block it.

karnovaran said:
You will get 3g speeds on the 5.99 plan. Keep it until they block it.
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no sh*t? Now we are talking, nothing better than paying 6 bux a month for brand new 25 dollar plan... i wonder how long this goes on for before they ruin my fun
even if a get a couple months out of it that would be sick!

My friend has a n900 unlocked on tmobile
pays for the 10 dollar internet plan. Told them hes on some cheap motorola flip phone. There is no more 5.99 plan. And he gets 3g on his N900. So u save 20 a month by doing that.

lightforce said:
My friend has a n900 unlocked on tmobile
pays for the 10 dollar internet plan. Told them hes on some cheap motorola flip phone. There is no more 5.99 plan. And he gets 3g on his N900. So u save 20 a month by doing that.
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Years ago, there was a 5.99 internet plan. Trust me, I have it... data has just gotten progressively more and more expensive over the years, it started at 5.99, then went to 10 then 20 now 25...
Luckily, I have been using the dash all this time, not the 3g dash, the oldschool one.... and ive had fully functional internet with it since my 5.99 internet plan has been grandfathered over the years...
this will be interesting to try out on my N1 that comes tomorrow...

JHaste said:
Years ago, there was a 5.99 internet plan. Trust me, I have it... data has just gotten progressively more and more expensive over the years, it started at 5.99, then went to 10 then 20 now 25...
Luckily, I have been using the dash all this time, not the 3g dash, the oldschool one.... and ive had fully functional internet with it since my 5.99 internet plan has been grandfathered over the years...
this will be interesting to try out on my N1 that comes tomorrow...
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Well u can still add the 10 dollars internet plan online

JHaste said:
no sh*t? Now we are talking, nothing better than paying 6 bux a month for brand new 25 dollar plan... i wonder how long this goes on for before they ruin my fun
even if a get a couple months out of it that would be sick!
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Yeah I got at least two months of 3g goodness on my Ion for 6 bucks. I had to bump up to the G1 plan eventually, but it was nice to save some $$ for a while.

karnovaran said:
Yeah I got at least two months of 3g goodness on my Ion for 6 bucks. I had to bump up to the G1 plan eventually, but it was nice to save some $$ for a while.
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yea no kidding, this college kid is going to be eating ramen and ezmac for awhile now since i went unsubsidized because i am on a family plan lol...
the "extra money" from not having to get the new web plan right away is a breath of fresh air

Well actually way back then t-mobile had T-zone for only $2.99 and then they bumped it up to $5.99, and so on.
But after reading this thread. It appears to me that T-Mobile only finds out and block you from the $5.99 internet plan if your using a Google Phone. Because I have the TP2 from T-mobile, and my 3G internet is working fine. I have the $5.99 internet plan as well. This is very interesting.. Helps me decide between the HD2 and the Nexus 1... I think I will have to go with the HD2 for the cheap internet.
JHaste said:
Years ago, there was a 5.99 internet plan. Trust me, I have it... data has just gotten progressively more and more expensive over the years, it started at 5.99, then went to 10 then 20 now 25...
Luckily, I have been using the dash all this time, not the 3g dash, the oldschool one.... and ive had fully functional internet with it since my 5.99 internet plan has been grandfathered over the years...
this will be interesting to try out on my N1 that comes tomorrow...
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dinkk007 said:
Well actually way back then t-mobile had T-zone for only $2.99 and then they bumped it up to $5.99, and so on.
But after reading this thread. It appears to me that T-Mobile only finds out and block you from the $5.99 internet plan if your using a Google Phone. Because I have the TP2 from T-mobile, and my 3G internet is working fine. I have the $5.99 internet plan as well. This is very interesting.. Helps me decide between the HD2 and the Nexus 1... I think I will have to go with the HD2 for the cheap internet.
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the HD2 is nice on paper, and it is a gorgeous phone no doubt but WMo is such a bastard child OS for new phones these days... i am so sick of the WMo on my dash...

can anyone confirm that using a 9.99$ plan works?

melterx12 said:
can anyone confirm that using a 9.99$ plan works?
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tomorrow i will test the 5.99 plan before i move over to to the 25 dollar one...

i tried cancelling my 24.99$ mytouch 3g plan online... THERES NO OPTION TO CANCEL IT! WTF???

[ANSWERED]T-Mobile Data Plan?

Now, I know there are lots of threads on this already and I took a few minutes skimming search results and didn't find this answered.
Basically, I was hoping to switch myself to the $10 internet plan on T-Mobile rather than paying the $25 internet plan. I bought my phone unlocked from Google.com and not subsidized through T-Mobile. However, when I asked to switch to the other plan, they asked me for my IMEI number on my phone.
Has anyone else been asked for their IMEI when switching to a different data plan? Do they actually have a database of the existing N1 IMEI numbers or are they simply trying to build one? Would I be better off grabbing an old Razr and giving them that IMEI then switching back to my N1?
Lots of questions! Haha.
Anyway, if anyone could shed a bit of light on this I would very much appreciate it.

No, a few months after the initial G1 release T-Mobile caught on to the "scam" and closed the loophole. You have to have an Android data plan now or nothing.

evilkorn said:
No, a few months after the initial G1 release T-Mobile caught on to the "scam" and closed the loophole. You have to have an Android data plan now or nothing.
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Confirmed--when I got my N1 and switching from a BB plan to an Android plan.

evilkorn said:
No, a few months after the initial G1 release T-Mobile caught on to the "scam" and closed the loophole. You have to have an Android data plan now or nothing.
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bloke226 said:
Confirmed--when I got my N1 and switching from a BB plan to an Android plan.
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Hmm.. I was under the impression that this was solely for subsidized phones which they already had IMEI's for.
So, in the end, you're stuck paying the extra cost for the Android version of Web even if you bought it unlocked then huh?

Nedlinin said:
Hmm.. I was under the impression that this was solely for subsidized phones which they already had IMEI's for.
So, in the end, you're stuck paying the extra cost for the Android version of Web even if you bought it unlocked then huh?
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Pretty much--don't know what to tell you I bought the phone outright since I didn't want to kill my plan to be forced on the N1 T-Mobile individual plan for at least 4 months...and I was forced to go onto the $25/mos plan from my $20/mos BlackBerry plan.
EDIT: They didn't ask me for what my IMEI number was though. In T-Mobile's system it will probably say I still use a BlackBerry device

The IMEI numbers update automatically in the system on a 2 day lag. So whatever phone you use today will reflect in their system on Saturday. As far as the $10 data plan, it will not work. It should say something to the effect that "you don't have the proper provisioning" or something like that. Basically your eating up too much bandwidth. You obviously had enough money to buy a Nexus 1, but won't pay for the premium data plan? That's the same thing as buying a brand new Ferrari and asking your friends for gas money to go out? At least I see it that way

srt4john said:
The IMEI numbers update automatically in the system on a 2 day lag. So whatever phone you use today will reflect in their system on Saturday. As far as the $10 data plan, it will not work. It should say something to the effect that "you don't have the proper provisioning" or something like that. Basically your eating up too much bandwidth. You obviously had enough money to buy a Nexus 1, but won't pay for the premium data plan? That's the same thing as buying a brand new Ferrari and asking your friends for gas money to go out? At least I see it that way
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I see... bummer.
And, as far as buying an N1 and not paying for the premium plan, the premium plan is great as long as you have a job to afford it. When you get laid off, not so much.

Nedlinin said:
I see... bummer.
And, as far as buying an N1 and not paying for the premium plan, the premium plan is great as long as you have a job to afford it. When you get laid off, not so much.
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Seriously, you're joking right?
You can't afford the $15 price difference?
Then you should cancel your phone altogether.

Wow, some people are douchebags.

Re: T-Mobile Data Plan?
Now, I know there are lots of threads on this already and I took a few minutes skimming search results and didn't find this answered.
Basically, I was hoping to switch myself to the $10 internet plan on T-Mobile rather than paying the $25 internet plan. I bought my phone unlocked from Google.com and not subsidized through T-Mobile. However, when I asked to switch to the other plan, they asked me for my IMEI number on my phone.
Has anyone else been asked for their IMEI when switching to a different data plan? Do they actually have a database of the existing N1 IMEI numbers or are they simply trying to build one? Would I be better off grabbing an old Razr and giving them that IMEI then switching back to my N1?
Lots of questions! Haha.
Anyway, if anyone could shed a bit of light on this I would very much appreciate it.
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I am currently using a 5.99 plan on my nexus. fast 3.5g internet for really cheap price. it works just fine. they have my imei. they know I am using the internet like that but they don't do anything about it. by simply putting in the epc.tmobile.com apn you'll get full internet on any plan. but this only works for the nexus. no other android phone can use this because tmobile provides the phones not Google.

Re: T-Mobile Data Plan?
I see... bummer.
And, as far as buying an N1 and not paying for the premium plan, the premium plan is great as long as you have a job to afford it.
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Seriously, you're joking right?
You can't afford the $15 price difference?
Then you should cancel your phone altogether.
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$15 more a month over years adds up. and in this economy money is hard to come by. no need to flame the guy.

Henchman said:
Seriously, you're joking right?
You can't afford the $15 price difference?
Then you should cancel your phone altogether.
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I appreciate your input but I need my phone.
@Carbon: did you give them your Nexus's IMEI number or a different phones? Also, did you buy yours unlocked or subsidized?

carbonfiber1 said:
I am currently using a 5.99 plan on my nexus. fast 3.5g internet for really cheap price. it works just fine. they have my imei. they know I am using the internet like that but they don't do anything about it. by simply putting in the epc.tmobile.com apn you'll get full internet on any plan. but this only works for the nexus. no other android phone can use this because tmobile provides the phones not Google.
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Interesting to know more how you were able to achieve the $5.99 plan

bloke226 said:
Interesting to know more how you were able to achieve the $5.99 plan
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From what I have been able to find out, if you had the old $6 T-Zones, you were able to be grandfathered in when they cancelled the service. The cheapest net they offer now is the "Phone First/Web2Go" internet which is $10 a month. Essentially the same thing just 4$ more.

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From what I have been able to find out, if you had the old $6 T-Zones, you were able to be grandfathered in when they cancelled the service. The cheapest net they offer now is the "Phone First/Web2Go" internet which is $10 a month. Essentially the same thing just 4$ more.
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Thanks for the reply, interesting they do grandfathering

srt4john said:
Basically your eating up too much bandwidth. You obviously had enough money to buy a Nexus 1, but won't pay for the premium data plan? That's the same thing as buying a brand new Ferrari and asking your friends for gas money to go out? At least I see it that way
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Good analogy. However, people don't get rich by spending money. If you can find a way to pay less, you do it. Some people made a financial stretch to afford the N1 and now cannot afford to pay for a premium data service.
Data service is data service and should not be dependent on device. At least I see it that way.

Hey, I'm all fur finding ways to pay as little as possible.
But let's not pretend an extra $15 is breaking the bank.
Hello, I just cancelled my cable TV after realising u rarely watch the 200 channels available.
And all the network channels i can get using a $15 pair if rabbit ears.
HD, .5.1
Next to go is the phone. Experimenting with magic jack this month.
All I want to pay for is high speed internet.
I'll save at least $120 a month

I think the grandfathering is BS because when I first got my G1 I had T-Zones on my old v3 and they made me switch to the newer data plan. To clarify, they had to do it because of activating the phone, so I don't know if you just buy it outright and don't tell them it could work.

Nedlinin said:
@Carbon: did you give them your Nexus's IMEI number or a different phones? Also, did you buy yours unlocked or subsidized?
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I got my phone unlocked. I didnt give them my IMEI, they automatically know it once your sim card is in the phone. Ive had the 5.99 tzones plan for a while now, but this article should help you out http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/5381...ed-data-for-5-99-works-wiphone-and-nexus-one/
edit: this comment by a user might also be helpful.
"as an alternative, i was able to set this up without customer service's help. this was more than a year ago when I setup tzones to work on my treo 650. the trick was that i had an old phone sony ericcson t300 that i had purchased back in 2000 or 2001. I keep it around because if i have an emergency where my phone or my wife's phone stops working i can transfer the sim card quickly to a working phone to make/receive a call. So here's what i did:
setup my sim card in the t300.
make a call or send a text message; long enough to let the t-mobile servers detect that I have switched phones.
log in to t-mobile.com
verify that my phone is now detected as a t300. if not, click on the "not my phone" and change it.
next, adjust service plans, t-zones appears on the list.
add tzones to your billing cycle. make any additional changes you need to make.
save the settings.
change your sim card back to the original phone.
setup the phone for t-zones service"

T-mobile has two data plans.
1) Data plan
2) Sidekick data plan
They have a ton of different pricing for number 1) , the $10 smart web, the $15 dollar smartphone plan, and the $25 android plan.
(I'm not even including all the grandfathered plans like t-zone/t-mobile shadow/blackberry,etc)
The point being they are all the same, they use the same servers, they are all unlimited, so If you can manage to get any of those plans on your bill you will have full 3g/HSPA speed internet on your phone, regardless of what phone it is.

G2 and Tmobile $10 data plan

Does anyone know if this combo would work?
I read around the web and the Vibrant worked.
Does anyone have the web2go plan or even tzone?

Didn't for me, they made me switch to the android data at 30 per month...
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They definitely made me upgrade. However, I've seen reports of people getting away with the lower plan. Something about certain sellers, I think. If you haven't done some searching, do so.

papeshfoo said:
Didn't for me, they made me switch to the android data at 30 per month...
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Call retentions and ask for the "Preferred Android Data Plan." Unlimited data for $20/month. Fairly easy to get.

papeshfoo said:
Didn't for me, they made me switch to the android data at 30 per month...
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Damn, that sucks. Just got the G2, so I was hoping this would work.
Oh and apparently the Vibrant didnt worked after all. Only for a few hours at most

Worked for about 3 days... then was forced to upgrade to 24.99 plan.

Its either upgrade to $30 monthly or have a existing g1 $24.99 plan.
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ultma75 said:
Its either upgrade to $30 monthly or have a existing g1 $24.99 plan.
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No it is not. Why doesn't anyone listen to me...
Call retentions and ask for the "Preferred Android Data Plan." Unlimited data for $20/month. It is not hard to get.

KShatzkes said:
No it is not. Why doesn't anyone listen to me...
Call retentions and ask for the "Preferred Android Data Plan." Unlimited data for $20/month. It is not hard to get.
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I wonder if I can get mine changed and save $5 lol
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yes, call retentions as mentioned above and they should give it to you.. it helps if you've been with tmo for a while.. i have it for $20 and they had no problems giving it to me

KShatzkes said:
No it is not. Why doesn't anyone listen to me...
Call retentions and ask for the "Preferred Android Data Plan." Unlimited data for $20/month. It is not hard to get.
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Ive been with tmobile for quite a while now, but never had a data plan.
Do you think Id be able to get this "Preferred Android Data Plan?"
Id figured you'd have to have at least a data plan at some point in time before.

WHATS THE PROS AND CONS OF THIS...
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potentdro said:
Ive been with tmobile for quite a while now, but never had a data plan.
Do you think Id be able to get this "Preferred Android Data Plan?"
Id figured you'd have to have at least a data plan at some point in time before.
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No prior data plan required, this is my first data plan too
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My first data plan and spoke to the "loyalty" department. Have mine unlimited for $20, but then again been a T-Mobile customer when they were still called Voicestream. Also read somewhere that T-Mobile is starting a new data plan for smartphones where its $10 for 200mb of bandwidth if you don't use that much data.

you guys DO know that the EVEN MORE PLUS plan for $59.99 is cheaper than pretty much everything combined.....
\you get 500 with N/w + Unlimited Text + Unlimited 3G Data, with mobile to mobil..... and NO Contract

^^ yea thats true, however if you are still under contract they will charge you the ETF before you can change plans

funkadesi said:
you guys DO know that the EVEN MORE PLUS plan for $59.99 is cheaper than pretty much everything combined.....
\you get 500 with N/w + Unlimited Text + Unlimited 3G Data, with mobile to mobil..... and NO Contract
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Yes, but on the Even More Plus, you are not under contract and pay FULL price for your phone.
If you are still under contract you will pay the Early Termination Fee.
Why throw in something that's only relevant to 1 or 2 people? Most of us are under contract.

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Call retentions and ask for the "Preferred Android Data Plan." Unlimited data for $20/month. Fairly easy to get.
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Weird story about this, I've had internet with tmobile for 3-4 years and I still have my 20 dollar plan pricing. Since it was already on our plan my wife also got an android phone and was also able to get the 20 a month plan. Saves alot once you get more then one phone with that pricing @@

rwbarnes67 said:
Yes, but on the Even More Plus, you are not under contract and pay FULL price for your phone.
If you are still under contract you will pay the Early Termination Fee.
Why throw in something that's only relevant to 1 or 2 people? Most of us are under contract.
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If you've been with T-Mobile long enough, i'd say like 2+ years... you can ask them to put you on the Even More plus plans..... they ARE getting rid of these plans as it turns out they are not as profitable as they thought they would be.
I personally think thats the best deal around $60 for all that is unbeatable.
Also, if you have a good credit you put the G2 on Interest-free installments.... I paid $250 down and the rest $250 will be added as $25/month on the my bill each month until I finish out the remaining balance.

potentdro said:
Ive been with tmobile for quite a while now, but never had a data plan.
Do you think Id be able to get this "Preferred Android Data Plan?"
Id figured you'd have to have at least a data plan at some point in time before.
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Honestly, it doesn't take much to get T-Mobile to lower down your prices. You just have to call retentions and make them budge.
I have two friends that JUST switched to T-Mobile from Verizon about two weeks ago. They got the Even More 750 minutes Family Talk and Text Plan for $79.99, and to one of the lines added a $30 Unlimited Android Data Plan and to the other line a $10 Unlimited Feature Phone Data Plan. So in total, their bill came out $120/month.
What I told them to do the very next day is call T-Mobile retentions and tell them that Verizon came calling back with an offer that they couldn't refuse, and since they were in the 14-day trial period, they could leave T-Mobile without having to pay any contract cancellation fee. T-Mobile is not about to let someone walk away. That is just not good business. So they made a counter offer that they couldn't refuse that looked like this:
Even More 750 minutes Family Talk Plan for $59.99/month
Unlimited Text Messaging for $15/month
Preferred Android Unlimited Data Plan for $20/month
Preferred Feature Phone Unlimited Data Plan for $5/month
10% Off Entire Phone Bill every Month through University Affiliation
2 Months Free of Data Charges
That comes out to $90/month, not even including those two free months of data charges. That's a ridiculously good price if you ask me. So next time you call T-Mobile, push them a little. They'll cave eventually.

Web2go is starting to get blocked

Over in the T-Mobile forums as well as I have been getting the upsell upgrade website if anyone knows another work around please post here.
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No ****s, same here.
Why the hell would they start doing this now?
Mean times wap.voicestream.com work on some sites not all.
Doesn't connect to Google server

I had this problem a while back. I just called up the retention department and had them switch me to the official "android" data plan but requested they keep my same price. Been with Tmo for close to 12 years so I guess they just decided to eat the cost.
Good thing is, that "official" data plan is now part of my profile and as long as I buy my phones off contract I should be okay unless they try more shenanigans in the future.

Rod3 said:
I had this problem a while back. I just called up the retention department and had them switch me to the official "android" data plan but requested they keep my same price. Been with Tmo for close to 12 years so I guess they just decided to eat the cost.
Good thing is, that "official" data plan is now part of my profile and as long as I buy my phones off contract I should be okay unless they try more shenanigans in the future.
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Thanks, I'll give it a shot see what they say.

my 5.99 tzone is still working with APN wap.voicestream.com however my brother $10 web2go get blocked since today. It happened to him before, but it got connection back after a day or two. So guys just be patience!

Yeah it happened before here and there but it's too wide spread now to think it's just a fluke. It doesn't hurt however to give it a day or two and go from there.

Thanks for the info, Ill wait it out otherwise ill call the retention department and see what they will do. that is stupid. took them 3 years for them to begin blocking the nexus, while it took them 2 days to block the nexus s

Well the market for used N1 just took a hit if it's permanent.;D

It still doesn't work on my daughter's Nexus One... I've switched my Sensation over to Android Preferred for $20-$10 off but I'm not sure how they would take two more phones

wap.voicestream.com APN still working fine for me. I'm on $5.99 T-Zones plan.
Had been using the default epc.tmobile.com since I got my N1 in Jan 2010. Started getting upgrade message consistently a few months ago. There had been brief episodes of a day or two before, but it always opened up again. Not so that time. Switched to wap.voicestream.com and all has been well since.
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Deliamber said:
wap.voicestream.com APN still working fine for me. I'm on $5.99 T-Zones plan.
Had been using the default epc.tmobile.com since I got my N1 in Jan 2010. Started getting upgrade message consistently a few months ago. There had been brief episodes of a day or two before, but it always opened up again. Not so that time. Switched to wap.voicestream.com and all has been well since.
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Are you getting access to all sites? Can you connect to Google server?
I'm using wap.voicestream.com but it's limited to what I can access.

Rod3 said:
I had this problem a while back. I just called up the retention department and had them switch me to the official "android" data plan but requested they keep my same price. Been with Tmo for close to 12 years so I guess they just decided to eat the cost.
Good thing is, that "official" data plan is now part of my profile and as long as I buy my phones off contract I should be okay unless they try more shenanigans in the future.
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Did you call 611 from your phone? I call but I guess it's not "retention" cause they told me there's no such thing as "android" plan. Want me to pay $25/mo.

Ask for the 200MB data plan for $10, verify that there will be no overage charges, Just edge speed after 200MB.
I switched 3 phones to the $10 plan with no problems. T-Mo customer service is excellent.
Make sure you configure market/google plus, google photos, amazon market, etc to only sync large volumes of data over wifi.

baseballfanz said:
Are you getting access to all sites? Can you connect to Google server?
I'm using wap.voicestream.com but it's limited to what I can access.
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Yup, all sites and Google servers working fine. My SIM is about 10 years old, and I've been with Tmo as long. Maybe the T-Zones plan is treated differently from Web2Go?
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

baseballfanz said:
Did you call 611 from your phone? I call but I guess it's not "retention" cause they told me there's no such thing as "android" plan. Want me to pay $25/mo.
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I called 877-524-9422. This is their retention / loyalty department. They have more leeway and can give pricing for plans not offered anymore.

mechwart said:
It still doesn't work on my daughter's Nexus One... I've switched my Sensation over to Android Preferred for $20-$10 off but I'm not sure how they would take two more phones
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So you're basically getting the 5GB android plan for $10/month? Did you have to upgrade your contract?
Rod3 said:
Good thing is, that "official" data plan is now part of my profile and as long as I buy my phones off contract I should be okay unless they try more shenanigans in the future.
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How would buying phones on contract affect the data plan being on your account? Or do grandfathered plans usually not carry over when you get new subsidized phones?

My Web2go plan that i have been using for almost 2 years have just stopped working . I switch the the wap.voicestream.com and i can only get into few website as someone noted above. Tried calling them and they wanted me to get one them new plans the 200mb and the unlimited 5gb cap. Idk maybe ill stick to this and wait if there is a way out. I guess days of unlimited usage of data for 10$ is gone. Btw people are calling tmobile and they say that its an easy fix and their fixes are the upsell to another plan which means you will lose your grandfathered plan just a heads up. Can anyone confirm if web2go still works with galaxy nexus uk version?

I thought it was just me. I decided to unsubscribe to the tzones and see if I put the sim back on my old phone and re-enable it that way.

My internet2.voicestream.com stopped working last week. I experience the same thing as others with wap working some of the time. I called T-mobile customer support to change to the normal data plan for $10. But the online account says the service is 200MB 4G but the data usage says 5GB Unlimited.

mstrmnd said:
My internet2.voicestream.com stopped working last week. I experience the same thing as others with wap working some of the time. I called T-mobile customer support to change to the normal data plan for $10. But the online account says the service is 200MB 4G but the data usage says 5GB Unlimited.
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I think it will take them a few days to change what is shown on your account.

Is Tmobile Sim only plans month by month or long term?

Hi everyone.
I'm getting the Nexus 4 launch day, but I don't have Tmobile nor do I know how it even works.. I'm looking to do a sim only plan since I will buy the phone from the play store.
So my question is.. Are the plans monthly? or long term? If so, what's the cheapest plan with data and unlimited texting? I don't need a lot of minutes. I've looked at the Tmobile site, but to be honest its kind of confusing..
also would it be worth it to upgrade to nationwide 4g? I'm currently at UCF so if anyone knows that would be awesome!
Thank you in advance!

its monthly with $30 per month with unlimited web/data(capped at 5gb)

chickut123 said:
Hi everyone.
I'm getting the Nexus 4 launch day, but I don't have Tmobile nor do I know how it even works.. I'm looking to do a sim only plan since I will buy the phone from the play store.
So my question is.. Are the plans monthly? or long term? If so, what's the cheapest plan with data and unlimited texting? I don't need a lot of minutes. I've looked at the Tmobile site, but to be honest its kind of confusing..
Thank you in advance!
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One of their Monthly 4G plan for $30 (they have two plans for $30) comes with "Unlimited" Data 5Gb 4G, rest is miserably slow. unlimited texting and 100 minutes. I use it, If you don't use minutes that often it's great. I've only went over my 5Gb once, so unless you stream HD videos you should be fine. I listen to slacker almost everyday while i'm at work and have yet to go over.
It's only available if you order the Sim online and activate it on their website, or go to Wal-Mart.
As for the Sim-only plans, the Value Plans, I'm pretty sure they're contract plans. They don't advertise them as being pre-paid.
You just get a cheaper plan because you're not paying an extra $10 a month for getting a $400 for free or whatver.

jarjar124 said:
its monthly with $30 per month with unlimited web/data(capped at 5gb)
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this is my approach, just left verizon. I have the sim card waiting at home already, will go get a micro-sim on nov 13th, order the phone, wait and win. I utilize google voice, so voice/messaging doesn't matter to me and 5gb will not be "enough" but it'll be ok for the $30 a month

jarjar124 said:
its monthly with $30 per month with unlimited web/data(capped at 5gb)
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Does this include the "4g", and where do you see this deal? I've looked through the Tmobile plans and I haven't seen that one.
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xxquicksh0txx said:
One of their Monthly 4G plan for $30 (they have two plans for $30) comes with "Unlimited" Data 5Gb 4G, rest is miserably slow. unlimited texting and 100 minutes. I use it, If you don't use minutes that often it's great. I've only went over my 5Gb once, so unless you stream HD videos you should be fine. I listen to slacker almost everyday while i'm at work and have yet to go over.
It's only available if you order the Sim online and activate it on their website, or go to Wal-Mart.
As for the Sim-only plans, the Value Plans, I'm pretty sure they're contract plans. They don't advertise them as being pre-paid.
You just get a cheaper plan because you're not paying an extra $10 a month for getting a $400 for free or whatver.
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jarjar124 said:
its 4g hspa+
heres the link..http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
look for web exclusive enjoy
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That actually seems perfect! Thank you so much for your input. This is what I'll go with then

chickut123 said:
Does this include the "4g", and where do you see this deal? I've looked through the Tmobile plans and I haven't seen that one.
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its 4g hspa+
heres the link..http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
look for web exclusive enjoy

chickut123 said:
Hi everyone.
I'm getting the Nexus 4 launch day, but I don't have Tmobile nor do I know how it even works.. I'm looking to do a sim only plan since I will buy the phone from the play store.
So my question is.. Are the plans monthly? or long term? If so, what's the cheapest plan with data and unlimited texting? I don't need a lot of minutes. I've looked at the Tmobile site, but to be honest its kind of confusing..
also would it be worth it to upgrade to nationwide 4g? I'm currently at UCF so if anyone knows that would be awesome!
Thank you in advance!
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since you are a new customer to t-mobile, go to t-mobile website and click on free phone thn signed up with a post paid plan. you will get a free samsung galaxy S2, and buy the N4 from play store he he he.
So you getting a free phone with the same plan, this is what I am doing

Red Wolf said:
since you are a new customer to t-mobile, go to t-mobile website and click on free phone thn signed up with a post paid plan. you will get a free samsung galaxy S2, and buy the N4 from play store he he he.
So you getting a free phone with the same plan, this is what I am doing
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I don't want a contract, but thank you for the suggestion!