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EVO - Lack of 4G Coverage / Switching to Verizon & Unlimited data!

Ok so I had an Evo I was excited with the 4G I liked it for a while, but then after a 1 1/2 years the thing started to flake out. Well with my phone flaking out, and very limited 4G coverage I made the switch to Verizon. With one problem, what about unlimited data? I had to have unlimited data. So this is how I got unlimited data! Which wasn't being offered anymore.
Well thanks to XDA I found a super sweet hook up. This guy named VIP Nick got me Unlimited Data on my Verizon account for $30 a month, even though it's not offered anymore! He's one of very few in the country that can hookup accounts with unlimited data. Because he mainly works with Business accounts, and VIP accounts. Though he'll work with individual and family plan accounts too. Which I like because Verizon has a lot better 4G Coverage!
So I thought I'd spread the word to the XDA community if your looking to make the switch and want a new phone and get Unlimited Data email him at
Verizon.Unlimited.data @ g m a i l . c o m
subject - Unlimited Data XDA
I am Very Happy Now!
ThankYOU XDA! I love this site.

That wont last long. As soon as someone higher up the food chain findsout...you are done.
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Lil fishy if you ask me. Lol
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Cool story bro
Boo

Yes it said unlimited data but eventually you get to the data caps and slow your speed.
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Beware unintended consequences...

I told My Coworker about this, as he recently switched to VZW when amazon was giving phones away for a penny, He got a phone call like 10 minutes after sending him an Email and will have unlimited data on his and his wifes phone in the next day or two.

eggsack said:
That wont last long. As soon as someone higher up the food chain findsout...you are done.
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No this guy is legit. His company has an exclusive contract with Verizon. I've talked with Verizon's business department and confirmed it. Everything is good with this hook up! He's hooked up several of my friends too, very professional!

culua said:
Yes it said unlimited data but eventually you get to the data caps and slow your speed.
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P.S Verizon doesn't throttle speeds it's rumor... Very rarely only in extremely high trafficked area's like the super bowl etc.. I've used 60 gig this past month ran a bit torrent non stop and no throttling, sure a few fluctuations but still very fast.

I cannot beleive this without proof or evidence. Your just trying to lure people in to make commusion.
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Janky
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Sent him an email Saturday, still no reply. He still doing it?
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kwestro said:
Janky
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+1 For thinking this is too good to last...
and +1 for using military slang LoL

BigMiggen said:
Sent him an email Saturday, still no reply. He still doing it?
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Did this worked for you?

This looks a little fake, I don't trust this guy

Using N7000 in Seattle, looking for compatible network provider

Hi, all
I'm travelling to Seattle soon and I would like to continue using my N7000 in Seattle.
I understand that I might not be able to use 4G connections but could someone please recommend a compatible/good network provider?
I'm especially interested in prepaid plans with data. Thanks heaps!
Regards,
Cary

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
[INFO][GSM] Own Your Cell Service ..with Prepaid and the Galaxy Nexus [UPDATED 5/24]
Its on nexus forum... but very applicable. Remember that note is not pentaband like G Nexus though, so you can't do highspeed on Tmobile networks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487293
[GUIDE] Getting your unlocked Note fully functional on Straight Talk (including MMS)
I'm using Straight Talk... basically Att service.... 45 bucks a month.
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AT&T and resellers of their network are the only way to get 3G data with an N7000 in the USA.
Straight Talk offers SIM-only plans that use AT&T's network for $45/month. One thing that may be tough for you - ST only ships SIMs to US addresses, and you cannot buy bare SIMs in any store to my knowledge, online only.
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Great, thanks for the information.
Looks like AT&T has a $50 prepaid plan which is quite similar to the Straight Talk plan. Would it be easier to get SIM from att shop?
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Carysyd said:
Great, thanks for the information.
Looks like AT&T has a $50 prepaid plan which is quite similar to the Straight Talk plan. Would it be easier to get SIM from att shop?
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AT&T's prepaid plans have all sorts of restrictions on permitting data with smartphones.

Entropy512 said:
AT&T's prepaid plans have all sorts of restrictions on permitting data with smartphones.
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Order a Straight Talk SIM ahead of time and have it sent to an address of someone you know in the Seattle area and pick it up there. Alternatively, they use Fed Ex for shipping their SIMS and you can have it delivered at a local Kinkos/Fed Ex location near where you'll be at in Seattle and pick it up from there. The delivery does require delivery confirmation with signature.

Thanks for all of your replies. I'll see if I can get the sim card delivered to my friend.
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T-Mobile truly unlimited data

Who else can't wait for tomorrow to get that "truly unlimited data" from T-Mobile
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And when is happening
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Tomorrow...literally
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Me, I need it because I'm currently without home internet.
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Vain III said:
Me, I need it because I'm currently without home internet.
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Same here man.. I have the 10 gb data plan and I run through it every month
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I want to switch right now!
If you go to t-mobile's site, and click on Individual plans.. you can see it's already implemented "As Unlimited Nationwide 4g"
But when you log in to my t-mobile, it's not an option under services Guess they're still working on it, hah

ericdjobs said:
I want to switch right now!
If you go to t-mobile's site, and click on Individual plans.. you can see it's already implemented "As Unlimited Nationwide 4g"
But when you log in to my t-mobile, it's not an option under services Guess they're still working on it, hah
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RAWR, I know. Ive been dying to update for the past four hours.

Vain III said:
RAWR, I know. Ive been dying to update for the past four hours.
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Well, at least the call center and chat open in an hour and a half! Haha
Buuuuuuut that's not needed because IT'S THERE!
Unlimited Nationwide 4G
Unlimited 4G data on T-Mobile network for accessing the web, streaming music and HD video, and downloading cool apps—as much as you want. No limits and no overages.
Now to test FoxFi, hahaha

ericdjobs said:
Well, at least the call center and chat open in an hour and a half! Haha
Buuuuuuut that's not needed because IT'S THERE!
Unlimited Nationwide 4G
Unlimited 4G data on T-Mobile network for accessing the web, streaming music and HD video, and downloading cool apps—as much as you want. No limits and no overages.
Now to test FoxFi, hahaha
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+1 I just did it right after I typed my message :| I got rid of issuance to keep the price around the same.

yeah... now if t-mobile only built a cell tower near me.
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P.S. Did anybody here that is so overly excited about this "Unlimited Data" notice the jump in price from $10 (for the 2GB) to $30 (for the unlimited)? Just be aware of the price increase before changing your plan(s).

WellTrainedVC said:
P.S. Did anybody here that is so overly excited about this "Unlimited Data" notice the jump in price from $10 (for the 2GB) to $30 (for the unlimited)? Just be aware of the price increase before changing your plan(s).
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What are you talking about. My bill literally went up two dollars when I took off my insurance, which I don't need because I root. I think it only went up to thirty dollars on the classic plans.

Vain III said:
What are you talking about. My bill literally went up two dollars when I took off my insurance, which I don't need because I root. I think it only went up to thirty dollars on the classic plans.
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If you had the $10 Android plan that they gave out to preferred customers, you'd have a $20 price increase..
But those of us who were unable to get the $10 deal.. 2gb was previous $20.
Considering 5gb was $35, I'd say $30 for completely unlimited is a damn good deal, lol

Did anyone else just lose data? It's redirecting me to a "choose a plan" page but when I click it, it says I have a data plan. Weird :| That was on my phone, non-tether.

WellTrainedVC said:
yeah... now if t-mobile only built a cell tower near me.
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P.S. Did anybody here that is so overly excited about this "Unlimited Data" notice the jump in price from $10 (for the 2GB) to $30 (for the unlimited)? Just be aware of the price increase before changing your plan(s).
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Wow..the price are so expensive in US. $10 only for 2gb?
Can you tell me the speed off connection?it's slow or fast? Because I will travelled to US.
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Vain III said:
Did anyone else just lose data? It's redirecting me to a "choose a plan" page but when I click it, it says I have a data plan. Weird :| That was on my phone, non-tether.
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Yup I just got off the phone with Tmo support they said they have to readd it to my line and it could take 2 hours. FWIW I was off the phone 10 minutes ago and still get the upsell page.

Post your data usage.

I was just thinking about how much data I have used this month, so for people with unlimited data I thought it would be fun to see how much data we all use on our phones. Here's my over 18GB.
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Here is my usage. But my highest in a month so far is 50GB
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Unfortunately there's no such thing as unlimited data here in New Zeland I've use a whopping 84MB this month so far

Taubin said:
Unfortunately there's no such thing as unlimited data here in New Zeland I've use a whopping 84MB this month so far
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Wow that sucks, I'm sorry for you, you don't know what you're missing.

Taubin said:
Unfortunately there's no such thing as unlimited data here in New Zeland I've use a whopping 84MB this month so far
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I know same in aus
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Wow oh wow you guys are really lucky to have unlimited data.
Im with vodafone and there data is limited to 750 mb per month.
When im contact finish i will jump to the carrier that offers unlimited data presumably 3
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I have 555mb per month and what I pass over costs me 4 cents/mb. That's pretty decent for me as I'm 70% of the time connected to wifi networks (doing over 20 gigs of traffic)
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delsus said:
Wow that sucks, I'm sorry for you, you don't know what you're missing.
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I moved here from the states at the beginning of the year, I was on Sprint with unlimited data. Words can't even describe how much I miss unlimited data...

What networks are you guys on? I'm on giffgaff (uk) and used 2.2gb last month... and I thought that was a lot for a phone
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I'm on giffgaff UK and I use 2-3 gig so for £10 quid a Month I can't complain
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3473 said:
What networks are you guys on? I'm on giffgaff (uk) and used 2.2gb last month... and I thought that was a lot for a phone
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I'm on three £34 a month 2yr contract 2000 mins 5000 texts 5000 three to three mind and unlimited data.
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what do you people do that you use so much data?!

Watching a lot of youtube videos eats up your data plan

Five and a half gigs and almost halfway only...
☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus

I've used 180GB in less than 2 weeks
Can't upload screen shot as I flashed JB ROM today so data usage information wiped.
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3473 said:
What networks are you guys on? I'm on giffgaff (uk) and used 2.2gb last month... and I thought that was a lot for a phone
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Im on 3uk pay as you go. I buy the £15 bundle which gives me 300 mins, 3000 texts and all-you-can-eat data.
Really not bad for £15 a month pay as you go.
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donsimmi said:
Im on 3uk pay as you go. I buy the £15 bundle which gives me 300 mins, 3000 texts and all-you-can-eat data.
Really not bad for £15 a month pay as you go.
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You should swap to giffgaff As you would get a extra 100 mins + free calls to same network and 0800 numbers and unlimited texts and data http://giffgaff.com/orders/affiliate/david6018
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CuBz90 said:
I've used 180GB in less than 2 weeks
Can't upload screen shot as I flashed JB ROM today so data usage information wiped.
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wow and i was thinking im going crazy on my unlimited data, i used 7.6 gb. this month.
how do u use up 180gb in two weeks? wifi tethering?

Moving from the U.S. to Germany and leaving my unlimited Verizon contract to 500mb a month is the worst thing ever...

CuBz90 said:
I've used 180GB in less than 2 weeks
Can't upload screen shot as I flashed JB ROM today so data usage information wiped.
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12GB a day? I don't think so, you would be done for fair usage.

Best (cheapest) prepaid GSM plan?

Hello-
I am trying to figure out what is the cheapest GSM prepaid plan in the United States. So far, the cheapest I have found is either AT&T's $25 unlimited talk and text plus $5 for 50 MB data or T-mobile's $30 Monthly4g unimited talk text, adn 5gb data. What plan are you guys using to get the most amount of data for the least amount of money? I don't mind going with an MVNO because they have pretty good coverage in my area. (Albuquerque, NM)
Thanks,
wws12

Anyone?

Theoretically speaking, if your main concern is data then you should probably choose an unlimited data plan to get the most out of your money. (Assuming you use that much data).
I can give some good suggestions if you could tell me your average calling, texting, and data usage. Also if you must have GSM, most prepaid just happen to be CDMA *shrugs*
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gagdude said:
Theoretically speaking, if your main concern is data then you should probably choose an unlimited data plan to get the most out of your money. (Assuming you use that much data).
I can give some good suggestions if you could tell me your average calling, texting, and data usage. Also if you must have GSM, most prepaid just happen to be CDMA *shrugs*
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It doesn't have to be GSM, but in my investigations those plans were the cheapest. I mainly want to use it for VoIP with GrooveIP for calls and GVoice for texting. Thnaks for your help!

Let's see... Virgin Mobile has unlimited data and texting, 100 minutes calling for $35 a month. The T mobile plan you found is cheaper but 5GB of data. This depends on if you are going to use more than 5GB or not...
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I want to use a phone such as the Motorola Defy as prepaid. I was going to get the Droid X but found that it couldn't be flashed to other carriers than Verizon.
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Are you sure you want the Motorola Defy... ? Republic Wireless has the Defy XT as their only available phone, but they have a different business model.
$20 a month unlimited everything, but depends on WiFi. However nothing is stopping you from sticking to their 3G (Sprint) full time. Big problem is that they are in beta and if you sign up now it could be months until you get the phone. (I'm sure once you are up and running it rocks, but the limited phone choice and waiting time is way too long).
Do you want a rugged phone or a Motorola phone or what? Why do you choose the Defy?
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I chose the Defy because it had a stable ICS ROM and for the fact that it was GSM which I had thought was the best deal at the time. Thanks for the information about Republic Wireless
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So you have decided to go with Republic?
I was mainly wondering about why you wanted the Defy because it has pretty old hardware. If you still want to consider Virgin and want ICS they have the HTC EVO V, HTC One V, and soon to be released Samsung Galaxy Reverb.
(That t mobile plan you found is actually very good, 5GB is plenty of data. Virgin just has a better plan if you use more than that, which is quite rare in fact)
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I want GSM because that will allow me to easily switch carriers at a later date if I need to. Are there any better phones than the Defy that are $150 or less on Amazon? Thanks for all your help, BTW!
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No problem glad to help
I understand that, in that case that t mobile prepaid plan definitely seems to be a good deal.
As for a phone, I don't go on Amazon since prices are usually higher, but I do know on eBay you can get a galaxy s (for 4g you need the Samsung galaxy s 4g but it has less dev support than the Samsung vibrant which only has 3g) for $150 or less. Any galaxy s variant blows the defy out of the water for sure
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I usually don't shop eBay because of the possibility of scammers. I'll look at the galaxy s variants though. Which would you say has the best dev support? I need at least a stable ICS, if not JB. Thanks!
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All galaxy s were very popular and all have great dev support. Since you were looking at the defy I'm going to assume 4g isn't big on your requirements list and in that case the Samsung vibrant is the phone for you!
Most popular galaxy s from my general knowledge is the cappy aka Samsung Captivate. Unfortunately since it is at&t 3g it will only work on t-mobile 2g (ugh!)
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How much is the Vibrant online?
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On amazon it appears to be $200+
On eBay they go as low as $120 and the Captivate gets even cheaper like $110.
What I like to think of eBay is the whole virus thing on Android. More scams/viruses happen on ebay/Android, but that is because there are more sellers/is more open. You just have to be smart and look at feedback/permissions. Does that seller/app have low feedback score/want to manage your sms and calls? Then don't trust him,her/it
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OK thanks. Quick question that maybe you can answer. On at&t, their prepaid go phone plans include a 100 minute/unlimited text plan for $25/mo. For smartphones you need a data plan which they have in various denominations, but the one I'm interested in is the $5 for 50MB one. If I don't renew the $25 plan, will I lose the data also? Or will it still continue? Thanks!
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They require you to be using the $25 or $50 plan in addition to data every month.
They actually used to have a rule of having $25 in your account every 90 days with whatever data plan you feel like tacking on, but since April 2012 they require to have a monthly text / call plan.
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Moved to Networking section.

Tmobiles $30 plan.
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http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phone/Samsung-Exhibit-4G-Prepaid