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cheap at&t data plan?

so i'm upgrading my wizard to an 8525. up til now i've managed to get by without a data plan and only text messages. i'm curious how to get cheap data plans on at&t. i called them and they said $29.95/mo JUST for data.
i've heard people getting unlimited data for like $6 a month using proxies or something? i've had no luck perusing google and forums for info on this so hoping somebody here has some answers. thanks!

The cheapest plan I know you can get for unlimited data is the mediaNet unlimited for 19.99 a month, and thats if you get someone thats nice enought to give you that plan since they aren't supposed to give that plan to people with PDAs

so do you know if the mediaNet unlimited for 19.99 a month with work with a hermes? i used to have that with my 8125, but when i bought the 8525 they changed it...if i change it back to the media net plan...will it work? without getting any strange overages on my bill?

8thcivic said:
so do you know if the mediaNet unlimited for 19.99 a month with work with a hermes? i used to have that with my 8125, but when i bought the 8525 they changed it...if i change it back to the media net plan...will it work? without getting any strange overages on my bill?
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Yeah it will work. I've used for the last several months! The only thing to remember is to ONLY connect through wap.cingular, NOT isp.cingular.
I've noticed no problems with mine! When you get the phone the sales rep always tells you that you have to have the pda plan to use the phone. It is against the rules to use the MediaMax plan but between my phone and my wifes phone spending an extra 100 bucks a month for data started to really suck the wallet dry.
Now we both use Media Max 200 +Unl m2m texts. 24.99 Text and data all you want!
There are some other threads out here about this, search media max and you'll find them.
Now your not supposed to do this but many of us get away with it. Just make sure after every rom flash that youve got your connections setting on wap.cingular and UN: [email protected] and Pw: Cingular1
Reps and Phone people will not let you get this plan, GO ONLINE to att.com/mobile and add it there!

tell the reps that you're switching to a razr or something and ask to be switched to a Media Max option which gives you unlimited data and either 200 messages (19.99) or 1500 messages (29.99). MUCH cheaper than getting a PDA data option.

If your unlocked and have the coverage in your area, I would check T-Mobile data rates. I saved a bunch not going with AT&T.

galaxys said:
If your unlocked and have the coverage in your area, I would check T-Mobile data rates. I saved a bunch not going with AT&T.
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while that's true, you do miss out on using 3G. especially if the prices you get can be close to the same.

so wat u r sayin is that i will lose my 3g connectivity if i get the media max plan instead of the pda......right now i have the 39.99 plan with unlimited internet and messaging.....so do u guys think it will be worth it to switch to the media max??

from the sounds of it no, you can still use 3g. please connect me if i am wrong... anyone?

themilkman said:
from the sounds of it no, you can still use 3g. please connect me if i am wrong... anyone?
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You're right. You won't lose 3G by going with the lower priced plan. The person who said that you'd lose 3G was comparing using T-Mobile's lower cost plans to AT&T plans.

Oh, sorry if I confused anyone. I meant you lose 3G if you go to T-Mobile for a lower priced data plan. You absolutely will not lose 3G by getting a Media Max plan. I have the Media Max 1500 plan and I was using the Hermes (now Kaiser) and love it.

cjchriscj said:
The cheapest plan I know you can get for unlimited data is the mediaNet unlimited for 19.99 a month, and thats if you get someone thats nice enought to give you that plan since they aren't supposed to give that plan to people with PDAs
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screw someone that's nice enough.
Do all of your business with AT&T online if possible. Go to the site and select MediaMax from the list (unlimited internet and like 200 text messages I believe) or the upgraded version that's exactly the same except 1500 text messages (for $29.99 instead of $19.99 a month). Do it online and nobody can say no.

getting the cheaper unimited plan for my 8525
If I go online and order the cheaper 29 dollar plan (or was it 39) anway, can I connect my AT&T 8525 to my laptop (tether) and use it for internet service? The AT&T rep told me this cost $80! My AT&T phone is running factory ROM, mobile 5 (mobile 6 when ever it comes out)

charlie71 said:
If I go online and order the cheaper 29 dollar plan (or was it 39) anway, can I connect my AT&T 8525 to my laptop (tether) and use it for internet service? The AT&T rep told me this cost $80! My AT&T phone is running factory ROM, mobile 5 (mobile 6 when ever it comes out)
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wm6 is out.....

volcomnator999 said:
wm6 is out.....
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There's some people who still are waiting for the "official" release from AT&T. I guess that it all depends on your comfort level and what you're willing to do to/for your Hermes.

i have a cingular 8125, with T-mobile service, and i pay 6 dollars a month, (i dont think i even have to pay that_ because the proxy settings are from MMS settings, hmm.... but yea its super fast, but for 6 bucks, i cant complain

charlie71 said:
If I go online and order the cheaper 29 dollar plan (or was it 39) anway, can I connect my AT&T 8525 to my laptop (tether) and use it for internet service? The AT&T rep told me this cost $80! My AT&T phone is running factory ROM, mobile 5 (mobile 6 when ever it comes out)
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I would be interested to know the answer to this as well...

damoisture said:
I would be interested to know the answer to this as well...
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Here's what I've heard ... you can tether on the $20 plan ... but do so at your own discretion since tethering isn't a part of the plan. There's a lot of discussion about this on hofo. So far no one has been charged that I know of.

funkadesi said:
i have a cingular 8125, with T-mobile service, and i pay 6 dollars a month, (i dont think i even have to pay that_ because the proxy settings are from MMS settings, hmm.... but yea its super fast, but for 6 bucks, i cant complain
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How did you set up/ where is the $6 tmobile internet?

I just Called At&T and told them to add [Media Max 200 Bundle for $19.99] to my account. they told me that I have 8525 PDA phone. and I told them that I am going to change the phone to razr. Then they added it for me and I reset the phone after changing the setting to wap.cingular
Now it is working fine. with 3G Connection.

g1+sidekick

hey guys im new to the g1 game...and i still have my sidekick data plan...i was wonder if theres anyway of using the same data plan with the g1

no. tmo closed the data loophole a loooooong time ago. you have to get an android data plan.

damn that sucks :\

em i able to use it with a prepaid voice and no text or data just use wifi

yea you can use wifi with the phone anytime.
you can get g1 data with flexpay also, but if you wanna use any data outside of wifi you need the android plan, theres no way out of it if your with Tmobile .

phatmanxxl said:
you can get g1 data with flexpay, but if you wanna use any data outside of wifi you need the android plan, theres no way out of it if your with Tmobile .
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android data is $25 extra i think.

whats flexpay

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whats flexpay
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prepaid thats monthly for exam
29.99 500min
25.00 android+unlim data
You can look it up on T-mo website though.

It is about $25 more

Darrien13 said:
It is about $25 more
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Y0u get the point i dont know the exact numbers

ok i looked at the plans
500 mins 29.00
and the data plan is 25.00
does any know how much unlimted text would be

Ekoospiat said:
ok i looked at the plans
500 mins 29.00
and the data plan is 25.00
does any know how much unlimted text would be
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SHould be 15 more i think than the above post.

Wow its all there at t-mobile.com why are you comming here to ask about plans and rates?
sheesh
even better, dial 611 from your Tmobile phone and they'll answer all your questions there.

HD2 and T-Zones

I have T-Zones currently and want to keep it if I go to a HD2.
First, can someone verify that it indeed does work?
How is the best way to make SURE I don't lose it.
I'm on a family plan and some of the phones have no data plan, if that would help.

No response at all?

t-zones should work on unlocked hd2. Not sure about t-mobile version of hd2.

Yes
Yes it will work with HD2.

Works on T-mobile branded HD2 as well.

mknewman said:
I have T-Zones currently and want to keep it if I go to a HD2.
First, can someone verify that it indeed does work?
How is the best way to make SURE I don't lose it.
I'm on a family plan and some of the phones have no data plan, if that would help.
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It will work, but to get an HD2 requires a data plan from T-Mobile, either $15 (200 Mb per month), or $30 (unlimited download).
Once you have pure internet, why use T-Zones?

If you upgrade to an hd2 they will make you buy an internet plan and take off your tzones. Your best bet is to buy T-Mobile hd2 off of Craigslist or ebay
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

Just wondering does this still work for anyone? Currently have a HD2 with Android (Bought HD2 off craigslist), and asked a rep. and he said no such plan exists. Any input from any of you guys?

I still use tzones but I got tzones a while back so I'm not sure if they still offer it
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA Premium App

No longer offer it the feature was grandfathered.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA Premium App

as they all said...it was grandfathered however you can try and get their web2go plan which was $9.99. you'd have better luck if you used to have it then cancelled it but try giving customer care a call.

soapbox23 said:
as they all said...it was grandfathered however you can try and get their web2go plan which was $9.99. you'd have better luck if you used to have it then cancelled it but try giving customer care a call.
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I think they are still offering web-to-go (we got it last year for my wife's phone), but not on smartphones - they require a "premium" web plan of $15 or $30 per month.

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I think they are still offering web-to-go (we got it last year for my wife's phone), but not on smartphones - they require a "premium" web plan of $15 or $30 per month.
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Yeah it was available.... "LAST" year as in 2010... but it's all gone now. I think you're referring to the $9.99 "dumb phone" unlimited data plan.
T-Mobile has a new system now. All their data plans are "unlimited" but you only get 3G/4G access up to your paid quota, after that they throttle your data speeds to mind crippling speeds. Not sure how much they cripple you but at least there's no overage data charges......

Call retention to get web2go or tzone

does tzones work on locked HD2?
someone said that tzones worked on US branded hd2 but what if it's locked? Does it matter?

does tzones work on locked HD2?
someone said that tzones worked on t-mobile branded hd2 but what if it's locked as in it was bought with a contract and not paid in full retail? Does it matter? I'm asking this because I trying to buy a used HD2 off craigslist and most of them were bought by contract.

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Yeah it was available.... "LAST" year as in 2010... but it's all gone now. I think you're referring to the $9.99 "dumb phone" unlimited data plan.
T-Mobile has a new system now. All their data plans are "unlimited" but you only get 3G/4G access up to your paid quota, after that they throttle your data speeds to mind crippling speeds. Not sure how much they cripple you but at least there's no overage data charges......
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Actually, on the $15 per month plan, you get 2 gb, and then they charge you for each extra 2mb (as I recall, it may be 1 mb) - $1.99 per unit.
EDIT: At least, that is what I was told by CS when considering changing to $15. I actually run just over 2Gb per month, so I stayed on the unlimited.

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Actually, on the $15 per month plan, you get 2 gb, and then they charge you for each extra 2mb (as I recall, it may be 1 mb) - $1.99 per unit.
EDIT: At least, that is what I was told by CS when considering changing to $15. I actually run just over 2Gb per month, so I stayed on the unlimited.
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http://www.tmonews.com/2011/05/t-mobile-introducing-new-data-plans-for-phones/
These changes bring absolutely no overages to T-Mobile customers although customers will be dropped to 2G speeds when they hit their monthly allotment.
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Yeah that's the old plan.... a quick visit to T-mobile.com would of shown you this as well. They launched the plan this week brand spanking new. I don't know why the CS would tell you about a plan that no longer exists.......
edit: Never mind..... stingy T-mobile. Apparently you can only get those new data rate plans if you're a new customer or renew for another 2 year contract.

eatingless said:
someone said that tzones worked on t-mobile branded hd2 but what if it's locked as in it was bought with a contract and not paid in full retail? Does it matter? I'm asking this because I trying to buy a used HD2 off craigslist and most of them were bought by contract.
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Locked? You're using a T-mobile phone on the T-mobile network.... you're seriously confused.
"Locked", means that it's sim locked to T-mobile. It's to prevent you from using the phone with any carrier other than T-mobile.

Tzones
I have had t-zones data plan for years, upgraded to hd2 from t-mobile online, they didn't require me to get a new data plan and the t-zones plan works great on my hd2 - windows mobile or android - $5.99 / month.

any know neuxs one can use tmobile t-zone data plan?

I have hd2 now with $5.99 data plan now I think about swtich to nexus one.can I still can use that $5.99 data plan?!or must $24.99?
anyone know.if not are there any other way to resolve it?

i'm using it now and have since day 1 of the N1 release and for a year with the iphone before that

same here. thats the only reason i got the nexus. so far so good! and the nexus is freaking SWEET!

guys wait....what data plan you have? the 24.99 one or 5.99one??!

The lowest data plan on the t-mobile site I see is $10 for "unlimited web".
Can one of you guys provide a link to the t-zones plan? thanks.

britoso said:
The lowest data plan on the t-mobile site I see is $10 for "unlimited web".
Can one of you guys provide a link to the t-zones plan? thanks.
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yes, now there isn't 5.99 anymore,right now it is 9.99

paullu is correct. If you've been with TMO since they had $5.99 tzones and still have it on your plan, you can have that. I think there's even a user of these forums that claims to still have $2.99 tzones. If neither of those apply to you, the cheapest you can now get it for is $10 by saying you have some non-smartphone but want the internet access for some strange reason and make them believe you.

I'm using the 5 dollar plan since the middle of january.

As others have said, the $5.99 TZones plan is only available if you have it grandfathered in on your plan. Using this plan is a classic "trick" for any unlocked smartphone device that you use on your line... works with unlocked iPhones and other devices.
Unfortunately, I am a sucker and have the standard $24.99 plan.

yeah i got my data plan a year ago or so, 5.99tzones. im one of the lucky ones who are now grandfathered so my internet is cheaper. but my minutes arent!

Beware I had the $5.99 plan for years but at some point it morphed into the $9.99 TmobileWeb plan. When I got the N1 it switched off several times. I noticed that setting my phone in the my.tmobile.com webpage to a dumbphone seemed to reset it to work again. That worked for January and February but it failed two weeks ago. I am guessing that Tmo somehow identifies smartphone users (especially the N1) and has gotten more aggressive about their data plans.

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Beware I had the $5.99 plan for years but at some point it morphed into the $9.99 TmobileWeb plan. When I got the N1 it switched off several times. I noticed that setting my phone in the my.tmobile.com webpage to a dumbphone seemed to reset it to work again. That worked for January and February but it failed two weeks ago. I am guessing that Tmo somehow identifies smartphone users (especially the N1) and has gotten more aggressive about their data plans.
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so,rignt now you can use the data plan anymore?

Does tmo force you into the 24.99 plan when they find out you have a smartphone?

im using the 9.99 plan
just change your apn to internet2.voicestream.com

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im using the 9.99 plan
just change your apn to internet2.voicestream.com
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I've been using this since i got my n1 (1 month) and it's been working perfectly. 3G and everything for 10 bucks/month

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im using the 9.99 plan
just change your apn to internet2.voicestream.com
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How long have you been using that plan on a smart phone? I really want to do this, too.
dttn said:
I've been using this since i got my n1 (1 month) and it's been working perfectly. 3G and everything for 10 bucks/month
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You ever ran a speed test? Is it the same as epc.tmobile.com

I gotta try this

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3G
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Are you sure?

britoso said:
Are you sure?
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confirmed. I use it too.

arkavat said:
confirmed. I use it too.
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When I first got the Nexus One, I was on the iPhone 3G with the $9.99 plan. I poped in my sim card, and I had bypassed all the screens, logged onto my google account and the contacts were synced already. It showed the 3G logo and when I called up T-Mobile, they said the Android Internet plan isn't required but I still bumped it up to the Android plan anyways.

Will MMS work through wifi?

My wife wants an HD2 but doesn't want the data plan since she sits at home all day and we have wifi so there wouldn't be a need for a $30 a month data plan, I've read MMS won't work with out a data plan and she sends a lot of picture messages to her girl friends. She currently has a blackberry and we have the unlimited family messaging plan which currently covers MMS also, will this be enough?

jorge89 said:
My wife wants an HD2 but doesn't want the data plan since she sits at home all day and we have wifi so there wouldn't be a need for a $30 a month data plan, I've read MMS won't work with out a data plan and she sends a lot of picture messages to her girl friends. She currently has a blackberry and we have the unlimited family messaging plan which currently covers MMS also, will this be enough?
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I don't know how it works in the USA, but here MMS doesn't use the internet data plan, it has it's own server, and they have a fee/message like sms. And I think it's not different out there too, the data plan possibly contains the "free" messages. Well thats what I think.

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I don't know how it works in the USA, but here MMS doesn't use the internet data plan, it has it's own server, and they have a fee/message like sms. And I think it's not different out there too, the data plan possibly contains the "free" messages. Well thats what I think.
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For some reason T-mobile over here in the US won't let Android phones use mms with out data plans so I was wondering if it would be the same for the HD2.

jorge89 said:
For some reason T-mobile over here in the US won't let Android phones use mms with out data plans so I was wondering if it would be the same for the HD2.
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Well thats very restrictive, you should ask them about winmo mobiles, maybe on winmo you don't need data plan, i can't confirm it and apparently no one else can/wants to.

jorge89 said:
My wife wants an HD2 but doesn't want the data plan since she sits at home all day and we have wifi so there wouldn't be a need for a $30 a month data plan, I've read MMS won't work with out a data plan and she sends a lot of picture messages to her girl friends. She currently has a blackberry and we have the unlimited family messaging plan which currently covers MMS also, will this be enough?
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No it will not work through wifi.

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No it will not work through wifi.
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Well..ergh, yeah I forgot to say that...

lol I don't know what T-mobile is thinking but if they expect me to pay $30 a month so my wife can use MMS on her phone on top of our unlimited messaging plan they are crazy. And they do force you to have the data plan if you upgrade with the $200 price but you don't HAVE to have the data plan if you pay the full price, I'll probably buy it at full price if she still wants it

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lol I don't know what T-mobile is thinking but if they expect me to pay $30 a month so my wife can use MMS on her phone on top of our unlimited messaging plan they are crazy. And they do force you to have the data plan if you upgrade with the $200 price but you don't HAVE to have the data plan if you pay the full price, I'll probably buy it at full price if she still wants it
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you should introduce her to the idea of emailing pictures. its completely free over your wifi connection. that is assuming her friends phones can recieve emails with attachments...

Check your contract. We're all just guessing but personally I would have thought that if you've got an unlimited messaging option then that should mean that you can send an unlimited amount of SMS and MMS messages whatever type of phone you're using...

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you should introduce her to the idea of emailing pictures. its completely free over your wifi connection. that is assuming her friends phones can recieve emails with attachments...
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Thats a great idea.

NeoGreendawg said:
Check your contract. We're all just guessing but personally I would have thought that if you've got an unlimited messaging option then that should mean that you can send an unlimited amount of SMS and MMS messages whatever type of phone you're using...
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My thoughts exactly, but I hate reading contracts, does any one want to volunteer and read T-mo USA's grandfathered unlimited messaging for families for $9.99 contract?