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[Q] CM7 Tethering/T-mo data cap?

Hey guys!
I've searched and haven't found any answers to my question, so I thought I'd post it here.
I'm running CM7 final, and I'm using the built-in tethering that they put in there. Is T-mo gonna detect it and charge me for it? I'm thinking no, but I can't be too sure. As of now I've already used up 10 Gigs of data, and it's probably gonna keep going up. LOL!
Also, I was wondering what's the highest amount of data that anyone over here has used up and not have been charged for it?
Thanks for your time and responses!

They didn't charge me. But after 5 g they drastically reduced my dliad speed until next billing cycle.
HTC Glacier Black, Royal Glacier V1.2,droid boot sound, rooted splash, Gr8GoriLLaZ kernel

themarshal80 said:
Hey guys!
I've searched and haven't found any answers to my question, so I thought I'd post it here.
I'm running CM7 final, and I'm using the built-in tethering that they put in there. Is T-mo gonna detect it and charge me for it? I'm thinking no, but I can't be too sure. As of now I've already used up 10 Gigs of data, and it's probably gonna keep going up. LOL!
Also, I was wondering what's the highest amount of data that anyone over here has used up and not have been charged for it?
Thanks for your time and responses!
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They wont charge you, they'll just drop your speeds to 50 Kbps or something terrible like that.

Thanks for the replies, but I already know they won't charge me for going over the cap and I have been throttled. I was wondering if they would find out I was tethering and would charge me for that. I'm using CM7 so I dunno if they would notice.
Thanks again!

daninmc said:
I am ****** boy my name is darinmc when I get bored I assfuck TeeJay3800 and neidlinger dualdick style.
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LOL!!!!! That made my morning! thanks! WAhahahaha!!!

themarshal80 said:
Thanks for the replies, but I already know they won't charge me for going over the cap and I have been throttled. I was wondering if they would find out I was tethering and would charge me for that. I'm using CM7 so I dunno if they would notice.
Thanks again!
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They typically didn't catch me tethering untill i got around 8.5-9.5Gb of data then they slowed me down.
and guys please don't feed the trolls.

darinmc said:
They wont charge you, they'll just drop your speeds to 50 Kbps or something terrible like that.
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While I wasn't as clear as I could have been, my first comment was a reply to whether or not you would get the tethering charge.

themarshal80 said:
Thanks for the replies, but I already know they won't charge me for going over the cap and I have been throttled. I was wondering if they would find out I was tethering and would charge me for that. I'm using CM7 so I dunno if they would notice.
Thanks again!
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Yes, they could know, but they will send you a text to buy their tethering plan. Next time you try to log on tethering, you will get tmobile website asking for you to tether.
You can get around it by downloading user agent addon for ie or similar program. Change your browser user agent to mobile and you will be good to go. I have been doing that for some time with no problems.
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I use my tethering to play online with my ps3(cod) almost everyday and I play for hours. I've never gotten any text about my tethering nor been redirected to any website when trying to use it. I been doing this since I first got my mt4g.
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coupetastic-droid said:
I use my tethering to play online with my ps3(cod) almost everyday and I play for hours. I've never gotten any text about my tethering nor been redirected to any website when trying to use it. I been doing this since I first got my mt4g.
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you need to read this thread... we need a 4th for COD...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033992

[CDMA NS4G] HOW TO: PRL hack Man UPDATE!

THIS Forum has helped me tremendously, This Question has been asked by ME and some other people, and I would like to share how I accomplished this Task.. Thanks for all of the useful info in the Q&A section..With out it i would have never have figured it out!! Hope this helps some!
First Off Google Search and download QPST 2.7 build 323
Install QPST
On your phones dialer: *#*#8778#*#*
Once the menu pops up select "Modem" on the bottom "USB" section
If on windows 7, Navigate to: stat menu >Control Panel>Device manager> PORTS>Samsung Mobile Modem...GET THE "COM##"
"Example Mine is COM39."
Go Start -> (All) Programs -> QPST -> QPST Configuration. Go Start -> (All) Programs -> QPST -> QPST Configuration.
"Add Port" - and input your COM#
Select your Device and Select "OK"
Open QSPT > Service Programing, Select your device
Navigate to the ROAM Tab, In the preferred Roaming section You can now Browse and select the PRL of your Choice.
I use the hybrid PRLs in the HTC evo Threads.
Select "write to phone."
If you want to Revert back to Sprint PRLs Here is a Link for Current and older Sprint PRLs
http://cid-eabe29f3770d8d15.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public/PRLs
Phone should reboot and you are ready to rock and roll. Look under the about phone section to confirm your PRL has indeed changed.
I would Like to say this is not anything I have made up. I browsed multiple forums and sections to figure this out. All i did was simply write what worked for me. I hope Some of you peps can find this helpful. Thanks to everyone who responded to my posts in the Q&A section!
As Always Practice with care!!

I find this very helpful! I started a thread asking about this just today! So -this is awesome! Would you mind linking to a prl you have had success with?
Good on ya bro.
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I wanted to come back and state what should be obvious - but was not to me. When you are doing working on your prl you need to go back into *#*#8778#*#* and set it to pda/pda
After I did the above I thought I really jacked something up bc I could no longer use adb. then remembered that I had switched to modem/modem. I wrongly assumed a reboot would just change that back. I almost completely wiped and re-installed everything.

Well written tutorial my friend
Uncle Jimmy says hello

How do I do this on a Mac....sigh.....

What exactly does this so?
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gmap516 said:
What exactly does this so?
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What he said?
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Manually change your prl, you can force your phone to connect to verizon towers first if you're in a weak sprint zone
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StormCell said:
How do I do this on a Mac....sigh.....
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Sell your Mac and buy a windows PC
Can't you run a windows VM in Mac os and do all of this?

If you use Verizon's towers to much (aka roam) with this Hybrid PRL method Sprint WILL drop you.. it has happened to a few EVO owners.
Fair warning to all.

TheDub said:
If you use Verizon's towers to much (aka roam) with this Hybrid PRL method Sprint WILL drop you.. it has happened to a few EVO owners.
Fair warning to all.
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Can u provide more insight into this? How much is too much? When sprint drops u, do u mean they just drop ur phone from using their prl? My sprint signal near home is super weak and being able to jump on verizon would be stellar.
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p00kienrayray said:
Can u provide more insight into this? How much is too much? When sprint drops u, do u mean they just drop ur phone from using their prl? My sprint signal near home is super weak and being able to jump on verizon would be stellar.
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I mean they cancel your contract and say see ya!

Guess its a good way to get out of your contract without the ETF. But after reading that hybrid prl's only increases your coverage and not your data speed, i'm not sure if i'll be using it. I get full bars where I live, just slow data speeds.

p00kienrayray said:
Guess its a good way to get out of your contract without the ETF. But after reading that hybrid prl's only increases your coverage and not your data speed, i'm not sure if i'll be using it. I get full bars where I live, just slow data speeds.
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I tested my data before the prl hack and averaged 100kbs. I tested my data speeds after flashing the 00001 prl and averaged 800kbs.
so I did see an increase in data speeds.

Hmmm, interesting. Maybe I will take a look into it then.
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thepolishguy said:
I tested my data before the prl hack and averaged 100kbs. I tested my data speeds after flashing the 00001 prl and averaged 800kbs.
so I did see an increase in data speeds.
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The increase in data speeds is likely because you're pulling it off Verizon's 3G instead of Sprint's... What I said still applies, just a FYI.

So do ppl just leave it hanging while the hybrid prl is sucking in Verizon's 3g? Or do they turn it on and off to avoid sprint dropping them?
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p00kienrayray said:
So do ppl just leave it hanging while the hybrid prl is sucking in Verizon's 3g? Or do they turn it on and off to avoid sprint dropping them?
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There is no easy off/on switch other then reflashing a non hybrid prl.

p00kienrayray said:
So do ppl just leave it hanging while the hybrid prl is sucking in Verizon's 3g? Or do they turn it on and off to avoid sprint dropping them?
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I just did it bc I am a nerd and I wanted to try it. I am to chicken to continue the use of the hack prl. I may flash it sometimes if I "desperately" need faster data for something -but I have already flashed back to the latest sprint prl 01115 i think it is.
once you have figured out how to do it -and done it a couple of times - it just takes 2 minutes. the hardest part (as always) is finding the stuff and installing it and then a little bit of figuring out. First attempt was scary. Next couple of times -not so scary. Now -just like flashing a rom.

Sprint can drop you for excessive roaming.

Simply said, Just use this hack if you absolutely need it. The ROAMING RULE IS, It takes away from your anytime minutes, and only 300mbs of roaming data a month. Hence Sprint can and may cancel your contract early.
FOR ME I HAVE RAN INTO NO PROBLEMS, so your outcome may be different so practice with care. I only use it because it is beneficial for me, and for many people as well, just check the EVO DEV Tread.
BUT SAME COULD BE SAID FOR TETHERING YOUR DEVICE, sprint also could reserve the right to cancel your contract...Have any of you heard of CIQ? Believe it or not sprint already knows your rooted and what firmware-ROM u are running exactly- In Fact i have first hand experience in actually knowing so. Long Story how but I do!
Rule of thumb practice with care you will be alright
SOME PEPS have more of a Inside connect so i personally don't worry as much as some peps

anybody else experience this??

this happened to me yesterday but this is the first time I'm able to post/ask about this....
so I was at the Subway Series yesterday (for those who don't know....Mets-Yankees game) and took some photos during batting practice. I was tweeting the photos then it said network connection lost. It's happened to me before so I didn't think anything of it. Tried about an hour later (still at the game btw) to search something on google and I couldn't connect. I then thought, "probably in a ****ty Sprint area". After I got home where I know sprint is good, tried to use the internet on my phone again, and still wouldn't connect.
Each one of these times it would say "Needs WiFi or 3G connection" it was annoying! anybody else experience this??

Mets suck.
Just sayin...

No I haven't. Hope you find the solution as that would suck if it happened to me.
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I've had something similar where 3G was acting stupid. Try toggling in, and out of Airplane Mode. It might reset the radio to where you can connect again. If not reboot.

Kind of happened to me at the movies. Transformers3 was about to start and I couldn't do anything with my phone until I got out of the theater! It was weird... Like I was being blocked from sending anything or getting online.??
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smarmytime said:
Mets suck.
Just sayin...
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Yes they do, and because of that, my home team,. The Buffalo Bisons suck, like they never have before they got picked up by the Mets to be their farm team...

smarmytime said:
Mets suck.
Just sayin...
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+1
thats why i said Mets-Yankees....you gotta save the best for last GO YANKEES!!!
o yea i should also mention that I tried shutting my mobile network off and on but it wouldn't let me lol. it kept saying "Turning On..." even when I tried to shut it off (I was running the Synergy RC1 and was in the quick settings pull down menu....I have switched over to Deck's ROM..I missed my phenomenal battery life lol)

I would have said try turning off mobile network and then turning it back on but it seems like it you tried. Idk, I would like this to be answered because this issue happens to me too
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Meta do suck. Go Phils!!!
Anyway, the network was probably overloaded at the stadium. A lot of the stadiums are having this issue with every carrier. Apparently they are all building their own towers now.
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I've never had that happen with 3g but it has happened with the WiFi radio,gets stuck on turning off and the toggle greys out.Rebooting gets it back in order.
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alaman68 said:
Meta do suck. Go Phils!!!
Anyway, the network was probably overloaded at the stadium. A lot of the stadiums are having this issue with every carrier. Apparently they are all building their own towers now.
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it didn't just happen at the stadium...it also happened at home which is about 25 miles away. and I dunno why I didn't think of rebooting lol. Either way I'm back on a different ROM and it hasn't happened yet....if it does I'll let ya guys know

alaman68 said:
Meta do suck. Go Phils!!!
Anyway, the network was probably overloaded at the stadium. A lot of the stadiums are having this issue with every carrier. Apparently they are all building their own towers now.
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I have had this at the Oakland Coliseum and and Qaulcam (Jack Murphy) stadium. It's is not unexpected because of what was said above. If it is available, you can try 4G. Usually not as many users.

philmota said:
Kind of happened to me at the movies. Transformers3 was about to start and I couldn't do anything with my phone until I got out of the theater! It was weird... Like I was being blocked from sending anything or getting online.??
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I am not sure if this is the case or not, but I know that it is possible to have a device installed that blocks cell phone signals. I have heard that in some places, it has been allowed, however I am not certain where it is or is not allowed.
The article linked below, is old, but talks about how some The National Association of Movie Operators was in the process of trying to get it to be exempted from the "Communications Act of 1934, section 333, which makes it illegal to interfere with radio communications"
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2005/12/5802.ars
More information on cell phone jammers is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_jammer

New PRL

Just updated to new prl 60683.
If you are running a aosp based rom you will have to make a nandroid and flash or restore a sense rom to update your prl also a good time to update you profile if you do restore or flash a sense rom. FYI
Without them(developers) this place would not be called XDA-Developers but something else, e.g Mobile Phone User Support Services For Ungrateful Nerds.
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What good does updating the pro and profile? I always do it I just don't know what it does
Noturnal Shift stalking you at night >

YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
What good does updating the pro and profile? I always do it I just don't know what it does
Noturnal Shift stalking you at night >
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it picks the strongest signal from the towers as you roam the country side

YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
What good does updating the pro and profile? I always do it I just don't know what it does
Noturnal Shift stalking you at night >
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PRL is the Prefered Roaming List. As suggested above it picks the " Best " towers according to your carrier. Allegedly
TEAM MiK
Mik Roms Since 3/13/11

How much faster does it make my [email protected]?#@

prl
got it........

with 60683 i am on average 2 bars less than i had before, just my 2 pennies
i am going back to old prl personally, i been using the ols 0001.prl hybrid for years, still cant beat it for signal strength, BUT warning if you get charged for data roaming! it will switch to whichever provider has the best signal at will
cheers,
disco

BTW you can update prl using workshop real quick and easy, if you want to play with some i attached
cheers,
disco

prboy1969 said:
PRL is the Prefered Roaming List. As suggested above it picks the " Best " towers according to your carrier. Allegedly
TEAM MiK
Mik Roms Since 3/13/11
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jrny99 said:
it picks the strongest signal from the towers as you roam the country side
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ah thank y'all for the info

Are those other prls in the zip all sprint?
And thank u for the 000001 prl!
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codygs83 said:
Are those other prls in the zip all sprint?
And thank u for the 000001 prl!
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The first three are all Sprint PRL's. The last one is a Verizon PRL if I remember correctly. Be careful using this one, although for a few billing cycles Sprint won't mess with you. Eventually you can get the letter of contract termination. Saying they're canceling you for too much roaming. Although your device won't show you as Roaming it will be. So take care using it. Several threads about it, HERE is one.

Yeah I'm on verizon 52363 prl and loving the great signal everywhere not to mention excellent 3g in areas where sprint was barely crawling. I've been on it for a few weeks and no issues. May try the 00001 prl soon. Will 3g work while roaming on this one? I know sprint 3g won't work while roaming.
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Sprint 3G should work while Roaming mine does. Like I said just be careful with using those PRL's for extended periods of time. If your on MikShifted G, or Supreme Sense you can try THIS mod to Force Roam when you need it. Then just shut it off when you don't. You can also change your Slot Cycle to improve connection to towers. By changing the Slot Cycle you basically tell your device to look for available towers more often. HERE is a thread better explaining it. I've noticed little to no effect on my battery, but this can vary from device to device.

Noticed no difference with new PRL. Then again I'm in Vegas and not San Jose right now.

What is this workshop you speak of?
disco_y2k said:
BTW you can update prl using workshop real quick and easy, if you want to play with some i attached
cheers,
disco
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halrulez said:
What is this workshop you speak of?
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They're talking about CDMA Workshop.

I use a mac, so the workshop is out of the question for me any suggestions on how i can try out these prl's?

dubs.law said:
I use a mac, so the workshop is out of the question for me any suggestions on how i can try out these prl's?
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Make a nandroid backup, flash supreme sense and update PRL and profile via sense. Honestly I have not noticed any difference what so ever between PRL's.

I don't want to update PRL to Sprint's newest, I wanna flash Sprint's "corporate PRL" , something like 1115 iirc, but i can't get ##75# to work so that I can roam 3g in my crib!

dubs.law said:
I don't want to update PRL to Sprint's newest, I wanna flash Sprint's "corporate PRL" , something like 1115 iirc, but i can't get ##75# to work so that I can roam 3g in my crib!
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Why is it good to roam? I mean you're saying it like its a good thing. Don't they charge you an ARM and a leg for it?
Shifted from my EVO.

[Q] Evo 4g w/o cellular connection?

So the whole family converted to iPhones last month.
I was going to sell my Evo, but while shopping for a smallish Android tablet, I had the idea of using my Evo as a tiny tablet. I think the Evo offers pretty much exactly what I was looking for albeit in a slightly smaller package than I wanted. However, it is in my possession now and does not require buying anything.
Is it possible to run w/o a cellular connection or is Sprint going to somehow lock me down?
If so, can someone please point me in the right direction to do so?

If you disconnect cellular service to the EVO it will work perfectly over wifi. My kids have a G1 that is only connected via wifi. Everything works from the market to talk to Google voice. Just tether from your iPhone to have all that on the go.
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If you disconnect cellular service to the EVO it will work perfectly over wifi.
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Yep, just turn on Airplane Mode on the evo first, then turn on wifi, and you can basically do anything you could before.

Tobb555 said:
If you disconnect cellular service to the EVO it will work perfectly over wifi. My kids have a G1 that is only connected via wifi. Everything works from the market to talk to Google voice. Just tether from your iPhone to have all that on the go.
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sitlet said:
Yep, just turn on Airplane Mode on the evo first, then turn on wifi, and you can basically do anything you could before.
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Or, if u have juice defender beta (I have Ultimate/Beta, not sure if necessary) u can enable tablet mode on it which disconnects cell service w/out touching bluetooth(airplane mode disables) or wifi all with CM7.1 Rom makes my evo the exact same as my GTab...

Excellent. I am very excited to play with this tonight. When the Evo was my main phone I never even rooted it. Time to play!
Thanks for the answers.

scottfish said:
Excellent. I am very excited to play with this tonight. When the Evo was my main phone I never even rooted it. Time to play!
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Hopefully you won't regret your iPhone purchase now that you get to have so much fun rooting and customizing that EVO. I wholeheartedly recommend MIUI to you as your first non-Sense based rom! Just root/wipe/flash and away you go. Enjoy the process brother, the world is now your oyster