Simple mobile vs t-mobile - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is simple mobile data better than t-mobile? Is it really unlimited and stays at 4g with no cap?
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No. It has a 5GB cap.
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Babydoll25 said:
No. It has a 5GB cap.
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How much for that one
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For "unlimited" with 4g ur looking at $60
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Simple mobile here in tx has a 1 gb cap.....its just a crock.
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$60 for 1gb? That is a crock

firesnatch said:
$60 for 1gb? That is a crock
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Ahahaha
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There is defiantly a 1 Gb cap and I went through the Mytouch 3G, Mytouch slide and Mytouch4G while with them and always had problems with mms messages it's like if the picture size was to big it was a problem receiving pictures.

Never heard of simple mobile is it like tmobile ?

I had a mytouch4g. I loved the phone but hated the service from T-Mobile. I would get no bars of 3g in my home. I couldn't browse the web or download apps without getting on my wifi. Calls were dropped all the time. It would also take hours to send and receive pictures. I got fed up and got a phone with Verizon and I'm loving the reception.
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Jeffmeister said:
I had a mytouch4g. I loved the phone but hated the service from T-Mobile. I would get no bars of 3g in my home. I couldn't browse the web or download apps without getting on my wifi. Calls were dropped all the time. It would also take hours to send and receive pictures. I got fed up and got a phone with Verizon and I'm loving the reception.
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I heard verizon is very good, am just waiting for my contract to be over, but the charges are very high, also i think their throttle speed is even better than tmobile..

wus132 said:
Never heard of simple mobile is it like tmobile ?
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Some like a knock off
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wus132 said:
Never heard of simple mobile is it like tmobile ?
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It's a MVNO using T-Mobile's network.

I been with simple mobile for about 6months now and there is no data cap regardless of what some people believe.
But if you use up too much bandwidth with apps like Netflix they will throttle you back to 2g .
I'm always streaming music or on the net or on YouTube and I haven had any issue with that.just don't use Netflix or any app similar or any bittorrent or tethering and you will be fine.
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boricua305 said:
I been with simple mobile for about 6months now and there is no data cap regardless of what some people believe.
But if you use up too much bandwidth with apps like Netflix they will throttle you back to 2g .
I'm always streaming music or on the net or on YouTube and I haven had any issue with that.just don't use Netflix or any app similar or any bittorrent or tethering and you will be fine.
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I guess they're better than T-Mobile.. even if you get throttled hows their speed.
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jr_718 said:
I guess they're better than T-Mobile.. even if you get throttled hows their speed.
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There speeds are the same as T-mobile but 1 thing I totally forgot if you use data to fast they will throttle you instantly 1 month I was on a flashing spree and instead of restoring my apps on wifi I was doing it on the network. They throttled me with a little over 1Gb of use they figured I was using my phone as a Hot spot and would not unthrottle me after I called to complain and tell them I was leaving.

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No more free Wifi tether from Tmobile?

I had the HTC HD2 with Tmobile and would wifi tether all the time. Heck, I was using it to wifi tether just last week.
Now I just got the Mytouch 4G and it doesnt work. I called Tmobile and they said I have to pay $15 a month. WTF? I am new to this phone so I wanted to know if anyone has a work around for this. I DO NOT want to flash a custom rom. I rooted and I'm happy, just need to wifi tether.
Thanks
They did this months ago. Just takes while to get busted. Mine still works. Theres a sticky some where here for a work around. Would give you a link but I'm using my phone to post.
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Root and use the tether app at Google labs
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Thought they blocked by detecting something in the data being sent/received? If what you posted works thats cool was just wondering because I'll be using it once I'm blocked
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Have a work around. Wifi thether for root users. Its an app that works great and have been using it for over an hour now.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
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Have you ever been blocked? I know when I had my cliq xt using this app I was fine for about a month and they started redirecting me to the sign up data tethering page. There is something in settings you can change to avoid that page. The steps were here on xda but can find it now.
Let us know how it goes.
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Have a work around. Wifi thether for root users. Its an app that works great and have been using it for over an hour now.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
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mustk1ll20 said:
Have you ever been blocked? I know when I had my cliq xt using this app I was fine for about a month and they started redirecting me to the sign up data tethering page. There is something in settings you can change to avoid that page. The steps were here on xda but can find it now.
Let us know how it goes.
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I've been using it for the past five hours with no problems
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Did some reading. Guess there going off of usage. Like when I was using it with my cliq(thinking it was still free) I was a heavy user for a month got a text from tmobile saying it could be blocked with the right plan. 2 days later is when I got redirected to the sign up page.
So think as long as we don't over use it we can get away with not having to get the 15 add on.
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Its been know that once you get over 5gb you get throttled and possibly forced to pay the 15 bucks I think
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Barnacle wifi tether in the market if you are rooted. Works great. Use it every day.
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I found a fix if that helps
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Its been know that once you get over 5gb you get throttled and possibly forced to pay the 15 bucks I think
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I have a rooted mt4g and wifi tether was not working. Instead of istalling the new beta versions, install the old version for htc's only and it should work.

Throttled but not throttled... that is the question!

Hey all simple question to see if this has happened to anyone else. A couple of days ago I got the dreaded you are now throttled text. However, my data speed hasn't changed one lil bit. I haven't implemented any throttle mods or anything like that. Has anybody else ever experienced this?
Yeah, quite a few people experience that. The throttle seems to be hit or miss. If you read the defunct throttle fix thread, you'll see a lot of folks don't get throttled at all even though they get the text. I get throttled at exactly 5gb now, text or not. I'm jealous of you.
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TJBunch1228 said:
Yeah, quite a few people experience that. The throttle seems to be hit or miss. If you read the defunct throttle fix thread, you'll see a lot of folks don't get throttled at all even though they get the text. I get throttled at exactly 5gb now, text or not. I'm jealous of you.
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Ya I saw that but they all seemed to think it was from that stupid mod
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I'm at 13gigs and I'm running 10mbps down and 2mbps up
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I'm at 13gigs and I'm running 10mbps down and 2mbps up
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I've never gone above 5mbps and I live in Los Angeles.
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That's the beauty of living in chicago
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I've never gone above 5mbps and I live in Los Angeles.
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tvotony said:
That's the beauty of living in chicago
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Or Denver I get the same speeds if not a lil faster
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I think some major cities have different ways of throttling because when I'm throttled I'm at 5 or 6 down and 1 up and sometimes it doesn't happen
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Or Denver I get the same speeds if not a lil faster
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T-Mobile

So is there still no way to stop T-Mobile from slowing down ur internet speed??
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You could always just use less than 2GB. That works for me. \troll
No. They do have other data options though. As well as 2GB there are also 5GB & 10GB options.... I have the 5GB option on my Nexus S and the 10GB option on my Sensation.....
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So is there still no way to stop T-Mobile from slowing down ur internet speed??
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switch to sprint where there are no caps lol, just kidding, see if they offer more data for you particular package

[R] prl 11115

I've googled my butt off trying to find this prl but only come up with dead links. Anyone have this prl?
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hmmp://dl.dropbox.com/u/54678962/11115.prl
just change hmmp to http. i cant post links yet
Google manual update prl epic 4g touch I found it right on xda and changed my wifes last nights
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142401
has links to all the prl's along with instructions
more instructions specific to our phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898628
jmexcur said:
Google manual update prl epic 4g touch I found it right on xda and changed my wifes last nights
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Prl's can be used on different devices?..
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Wait is this 11115 prl the one that allows 3g roaming?
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ac16313 said:
Wait is this 11115 prl the one that allows 3g roaming?
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Yep... its the one that I use...
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flastnoles11 said:
Yep... its the one that I use...
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Thanks thanks thanks.
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Seems like you already got what you need but I was in the same boat 2 days ago and came up with two different files, both labeled for sprint and both didn't break anything when I tried them. Any one got an idea of the difference and which is actually the 'preferred' one to use?
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I've googled my butt off trying to find this prl but only come up with dead links. Anyone have this prl?
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I use the 11115 prl. Actually a business account prl, but its the best I've found for where I live.
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Also I've heard 3g roaming only works in select markets. Anyone know which ones? Ty all for your help
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I can't get 3g roaming man, when when I use rc to roam I get no data on cm7
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ac16313 said:
I can't get 3g roaming man, when when I use rc to roam I get no data on cm7
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Same exact situation. any ideas?
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I'm on cm7 1.2 nightly with ronin kernel 4 and using roam control newest apk and data works sometimes takes up to a minute to connect. If its quirky I can get 3g on spring then hit roam and 3g picks up fast using 1115 and roaming. Also I couldn't get reliable 3g roaming unitl I moved to the ronin kernel
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I'm now on prl 00001. Permaroamed to vzw. 3g speeds are 4x that of sprint's.
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ac16313 said:
I can't get 3g roaming man, when when I use rc to roam I get no data on cm7
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It works... you have to go in settings for network and enable both national and international roaming. Atleast that's the way it was a month ago.
Or ur in an area where verizon data is on a different feq that sprint phones don't support. I've seen it a lit in Florida...
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akenis said:
It works... you have to go in settings for network and enable both national and international roaming. Atleast that's the way it was a month ago.
Or ur in an area where verizon data is on a different feq that sprint phones don't support. I've seen it a lit in Florida...
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So what to use in that situation? I have no Verizon roaming in NYC.
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starskyrob said:
I'm now on prl 00001. Permaroamed to vzw. 3g speeds are 4x that of sprint's.
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Where did you find this and how much data do you pull per month? I'm curious about this as I'd like to be able to do something similar, but I don't want to raise any red flags and get a kind 'GTFO' message from Sprint because I roam too much.
Also, since I'm usually in an area with 4G, would I be able to still use it if I'm on the same PRL you are?
" I'm now on prl 00001. Permaroamed to vzw. 3g speeds are 4x that of sprint's. "
+ 1 can you post a link/zip. I'll take the chance at getting the boot for faster speeds
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Wooot! Nevermind I got data just now by waiting around in the settings menu after using roam control. Wow Verizons 3g speeds are great lol...
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Virgin Mobile MIFI hotspot

Well, I need an internet access in the USA. I found Virgin Mobile deal to be cheaper than other carriers.
This is the device + 35 USD plan:
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/mobile-broadband/mifi-2200.html
Does someone here have experience with this?
Coverage is sprint based and speeds are slow
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What m.b.p.s. does it average?
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Depends on location and time of day
From 100kbps to 1.5mbps
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Mesaman2012 said:
What m.b.p.s. does it average?
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I was getting only 27kb in Phoenix. It's worthless, so slow you can't even open a web page.

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