[Q] T-Mobile free 2G internet?! - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just wondering why this happens. So today my phone plan ended for T-Mobile the prepaid $50 monthly plan. But to my atonsihment my 2G still works on my phone. Even though it's slow its enough to Facebook message, whatsapp, etc. Why do you think this works? Has it happened with any of you? My phone is currently on custom ROM paranoid android 3.55.

vinnchou said:
Just wondering why this happens. So today my phone plan ended for T-Mobile the prepaid $50 monthly plan. But to my atonsihment my 2G still works on my phone. Even though it's slow its enough to Facebook message, whatsapp, etc. Why do you think this works? Has it happened with any of you? My phone is currently on custom ROM paranoid android 3.55.
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How long has it been? I know sometimes there's just a lag in their service or system and they haven't fully cut you off from their network. I once downgraded from 4G to 2G for a couple months but I had 4G speeds for almost 1 week after the supposed end of my 4G speeds.

Did you end your T-Mobile service or did you just go over your data limit?
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donnieace said:
Did you end your T-Mobile service or did you just go over your data limit?
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There's no data limits/caps with T-Mobile.

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There's no data limits/caps with T-Mobile.
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Your speeds get throttled after a certain limit is reached. For example, $50 gets you 500mb of high speed internet. You get throttled to 2g after that limit is reached for the month.
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donnieace said:
Your speeds get throttled after a certain limit is reached. For example, $50 gets you 500mb of high speed internet. You get throttled to 2g after that limit is reached for the month.
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Yes, I know that already. I'm on T-Mobile. :thumbup:
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Tmobile and the damn data speed throttling

For the first time ever I hit 2gb in one month and then tmobile throttled my speed down to something between edge and 3g...
just for a tip to anyone out there, if you have wifi at home then use wifi while you are at home. I am only throttled from 17th-19th (new billing cycle) but it sucks bad...
That's a bummer. I'm stoked that I have Wi-Fi at home AND work that I tap into. I rarely have to use my data so I don't have that fear of going over. I hope that I never get into a situation where this happens.
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Mog said:
For the first time ever I hit 2gb in one month and then tmobile throttled my speed down to something between edge and 3g...
just for a tip to anyone out there, if you have wifi at home then use wifi while you are at home. I am only throttled from 17th-19th (new billing cycle) but it sucks bad...
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I also had the displeasure of being throttled last month. I make it a point to turn on WiFi when I'm at home so that it doesn't happen again. This sucks, considering a lot of apps are using large amounts of data these days. :/
Its only a 2 gig limit for newer customers right? Us oldie customers still get up to 5 I hope!
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Just an idea for those who haven't considered, you can use apps like Tasker or AutomateIt (free) to automatically turn on wifi when at home using location-based triggers and things like that.
u guys think u had it bad,, i used two gigs of data withing a week of my bill cuz i had to tether to my laptop. so im stuck with this like edge **** for the rest of the month...
Your 2 gig cap is the data feature you have, you can upgrade it to a 5 gig cap if you pay $10 more a month, or you could go with the outrageous 10gig cap for an extra $40 a month on top of what your paying now, wifi is your best bet. Throttled speeds are around 50-100kbps, but hey it beats overages any day
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hd2brick said:
Your 2 gig cap is the data feature you have, you can upgrade it to a 5 gig cap if you pay $10 more a month, or you could go with the outrageous 10gig cap for an extra $40 a month on top of what your paying now, wifi is your best bet. Throttled speeds are around 50-100kbps, but hey it beats overages any day
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Ok so what if I just have the unlimited grandfathered that I have had for the past five years? Is it now magically just a 2 gig limit instead of the five it always used to be?
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xsteven77x said:
Ok so what if I just have the unlimited grandfathered that I have had for the past five years? Is it now magically just a 2 gig limit instead of the five it always used to be?
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On the same boat as u. I've had internet for about 4-5 years now.
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I thought I read something about not being grandfathered in, once you upgrade to an android/data plan. And top it off, they weren't even mentioning that you would not be grandfathered in. where's our tmo reps? chime in plz
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tmo sucks ?
wilnotdie said:
I thought I read something about not being grandfathered in, once you upgrade to an android/data plan. And top it off, they weren't even mentioning that you would not be grandfathered in. where's our tmo reps? chime in plz
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maybe this is the beginning of how tmo will suck when att takes over ?
I got the txt yesterday, but haven't been throttled. its near my cycle to restart, so how much data doesn't even show on mytmobile. called customer service, they couldn't tell me if I was throttled....
verizon here we come (5 of us)
wilnotdie said:
I thought I read something about not being grandfathered in, once you upgrade to an android/data plan. And top it off, they weren't even mentioning that you would not be grandfathered in. where's our tmo reps? chime in plz
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Well I haven't touched a thing on my account since the garbage data plans went into effect FOR that reason. So hopefully nothing has changed. I have been very careful cause I knew they would pull a fast one if I so much as took visual voicemail or something off lmfao.
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Okay guys I know getting throttled sucks but during this and last month I've had unlimited data! I mean truly unlimited no cap! I've have passed the 5Gb cap and have gotten the infamous text telling me my speed will be slowed. I've been experiencing this since I updated the leaked gingy from t-mobile I don't know if that's the case of my fortunate situation. Last month I used 10.2Gb(lol double checked dang that's a lot!) and right now I'm at 5.5Gb.I'm still at full speed with 18 or so days left on my billing cycle. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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SkullNBones19 said:
Okay guys I know getting throttled sucks but during this and last month I've had unlimited data! I mean truly unlimited no cap! I've have passed the 5Gb cap and have gotten the infamous text telling me my speed will be slowed. I've been experiencing this since I updated the leaked gingy from t-mobile I don't know if that's the case of my fortunate situation. Last month I used 10.2Gb(lol double checked dang that's a lot!) and right now I'm at 5.5Gb.I'm still at full speed with 18 or so days left on my billing cycle. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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If your using the leaked gingerbread, then you are also on the 04.30 radio, which is the thing keeping you from being throttled. This has been confirmed by me and various other users on different roms, as far as I know it's the only radio that can defeat throttling.... somehow. But hey I'll take it
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PaganAng3l said:
If your using the leaked gingerbread, then you are also on the 04.30 radio, which is the thing keeping you from being throttled. This has been confirmed by me and various other users on different roms, as far as I know it's the only radio that can defeat throttling.... somehow. But hey I'll take it
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Really? Wow never heard about that!
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OMG!!!!! You saying that if I install this radio, i'll have TRULY unlimited data!?!?!?!
OMG OMG OMG!!! I'll be flashing ASAP!!
lawalty said:
OMG!!!!! You saying that if I install this radio, i'll have TRULY unlimited data!?!?!?!
OMG OMG OMG!!! I'll be flashing ASAP!!
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I wouldn't expect it to last too much longer, lol. But hey it works right now so get it while you can!
Edit: I would first test this toward the end of your billing cycle, there are scattered reports that this doesn't work for some people.
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There are people on all different radios that get the throttle text and never get throttled. It really seems like a roll of the dice no matter what radio your on now that you said the .30 doesn't work for all people. All the other radios work for some and not for others as far as throttling goes also.
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Oh no, I don't like reading this. I just joined Tmobile because their data plans are cheap and I THOUGHT they had unlimited 3G. I only bought 200MB of 4G thinking I'd be on semi decent 3G but now I'm screwed. Queue buyer's remorse...

My way of mobile data handling

I say keep the caps but offer an unlimited......
EX:
2gb $25
5gb $50
10gb $80
Unlimited $102 (BUT DO NOT THROTTLE!!!!)
Would that be suitable?
Unlimited shouldn't have trottling in the first place.
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Imo (Throttle to Edge speed after limit)
500MB $10
2GB $20
5GB $40
10GB $65
Unlimited $95
InferiorL3gion said:
Unlimited shouldn't have trottling in the first place.
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agreed
@nitrogen618 agreed too
That is my main problem with Tmobile, I have the unlimited plan but once I hit 5 gigs it becomes too slow to do anything
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jdcream123 said:
That is my main problem with Tmobile, I have the unlimited plan but once I hit 5 gigs it becomes too slow to do anything
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5? I thought it was 2
I got my data plan right before they switched it to 2 gigs
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Same here
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Same here
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How slow does it get after passing the cap?
I'm on T-Mobile and you can actually get either a 200MB, 2GB, 5GB or 10GB plan. I have the 2GB one, as I have wifi access in the places I spend most of my time.
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donsh00tmesanta said:
How slow does it get after passing the cap?
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Between 1kbs and 5 kbs.... KBS! Ridiculous
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I think mobile devices will go the way of home communications/entertainment eventually - you will pay for the data plan and VOIP/Stream other services. $100/month for unlimited data + $50+ for phone its really getting high though
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I think mobile devices will go the way of home communications/entertainment eventually - you will pay for the data plan and VOIP/Stream other services. $100/month for unlimited data + $50+ for phone its really getting high though
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Le Sigh. Your right. I'm paying cable prices for something that I can carry around with me and get broadband speeds. I hope they just realize that data shouldn't be capped/throttled but Comcast hasn't been taught this lesson so I'm worried it won't sink in.
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How slow does it get after passing the cap?
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I wanna say they cut it in half but I never had that problem.
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OMG Are you serious?????
jdcream123 said:
Between 1kbs and 5 kbs.... KBS! Ridiculous
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I have T-mo and when I reach the cap it goes to edge speeds for me.
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I have T-mo and when I reach the cap it goes to edge speeds for me.
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What are edge speeds?
Like on Sprint 1xRTT is like 17KB/s (kilobytes)
Guys, capping is the goal, not the means. The whole idea is to annoy you into getting a more expensive contract and then only using a small part of it.
They fiddle with the limits until the most people switch up and they make the largest profit.
Anyway, paying per used amount is like going back to the days of WAP.
If only someone started a worldwide data-only network, sigh...
6gb was 30 dollars a month on rogers months ago...
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What are edge speeds?
Like on Sprint 1xRTT is like 17KB/s (kilobytes)
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Edge are AT&T 2G speeds...it is pretty miserable. I have the unlimited plan (throttled after 5GB). I am actually thinking of cutting down my data plan though, I have never gone over 1GB per month. Cell phones aren't allowed where I work and I keep wi-fi on whenever I am home and wherever I can have it on when I am out and about.

Family talk on T-Mobile s2

I have a galaxy s2 on T-Mobile, I'm looking for a better plan, I need at least 5GB of data. Right now I have the $30 100min and 5GB data plan, I don't want to spend $70 a month for more minutes and 5GB of data, but I do need more minutes as well as the data I have. Is there a simple mobile, or family talk plan that would work fully?
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Nickdroid86 said:
I have a galaxy s2 on T-Mobile, I'm looking for a better plan, I need at least 5GB of data. Right now I have the $30 100min and 5GB data plan, I don't want to spend $70 a month for more minutes and 5GB of data, but I do need more minutes as well as the data I have. Is there a simple mobile, or family talk plan that would work fully?
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Didn't Tmobile just release some unlimited data plan?
Yeah on September 5th, but I'm on prepaid.
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I don't want to start a new thread for this, but the strangest thing happened. I flashed the Jedi mind trick Rom, when I tried I got a T-Mobile free text saying I owe $250... I'm on prepaid and only pay $30... anyone have any idea?
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I just found out that my phone is unlocked, I dialed *#simlock#and all said off. So does this open up more options for me? I'd like to keep 4g working
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Well you're on prepaid so don't worry about that message....can't charge you because you paid before....
Simplemobile apparently limits to approximately 2gb give or take a few. Their 3g plan actually gives you "4g". I don't see how they can actually adjust it to limit it to 3g speed only because 4g it's actually 3.5g..
So stick to the $40 plan.
You can also go straight talk. but i forget what the data limit is for that. Look it up.
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Good info, just need to get some more info, maybe anyone that has tried it? I thought the old T-Mobile 4g phones where just like 3.5 and hspa+ was 4g?
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Teo032 said:
Well you're on prepaid so don't worry about that message....can't charge you because you paid before....
Simplemobile apparently limits to approximately 2gb give or take a few. Their 3g plan actually gives you "4g". I don't see how they can actually adjust it to limit it to 3g speed only because 4g it's actually 3.5g..
So stick to the $40 plan.
You can also go straight talk. but i forget what the data limit is for that. Look it up.
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The 40$ plan has terrible data speeds and sucks if you're using a smartphone. I would NOT recommend it.
ST throttles after (about) 2GB a month or 100MB a day. (technically the AT&T BYOD SIMs seem to be stricter about this than the T-Mobile ones)
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I saw yesterday that family talk is actually releasing the s2 at Wal-Mart. But u also heard if you use another phone on family talk they ban you
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Would it be possible to use an at&t prepaid SIM on my phone? It's unlocked so o know it should work, but what kind of days, and what would I need to do?
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Best Deal Around YO

http://www.walmart.com/ip/T-Mobile-Pre-Paid-Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-w-30-Airtime-Card/21631986
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http://www.walmart.com/ip/T-Mobile-Pre-Paid-Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-w-30-Airtime-Card/21631986
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That is a little much for a Galaxy 2 IMO.....
but I agree that the plan cannot be beat. 100 minutes, unlimited text and unlimited data with no throttling for $30, you cant touch that. Plus you can use their unlimited WiFi calling feature on that plan.
**** that's unlimited no throttle?!?!? I need a 4G Tmobile phone now! I'm on that plan but I'm using an ATT phone so no 4G for me, and I don't want for the refarming to finish.
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http://www.walmart.com/ip/T-Mobile-Pre-Paid-Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-w-30-Airtime-Card/21631986
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jeffreygtab said:
**** that's unlimited no throttle?!?!? I need a 4G Tmobile phone now! I'm on that plan but I'm using an ATT phone so no 4G for me, and I don't want for the refarming to finish.
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There is ZERO fine print anywhere stating throttling. On every other plan that has it, it is easy to find out when you get throttled. A call to customer service confirmed this. It is only available online on tmobile.com and walmart.com. It is pretty new.......just saw it about a week ago.
Plus, remember, Tmobile just announced true unlimited data for post and pre paid, but this is the cheapest/lowest minute one I can find.
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There is ZERO fine print anywhere stating throttling. On every other plan that has it, it is easy to find out when you get throttled. A call to customer service confirmed this. It is only available online on tmobile.com and walmart.com. It is pretty new.......just saw it about a week ago.
Plus, remember, Tmobile just announced true unlimited data for post and pre paid, but this is the cheapest/lowest minute one I can find.
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I've known about this plan for months, but they used to throttle at 5gigs but I just checked my account and now it's unlimited! Yeah I need a new Tmobile phone now for sure. I get great service here, but only 2G because of my device.
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I've known about this plan for months, but they used to throttle at 5gigs but I just checked my account and now it's unlimited! Yeah I need a new Tmobile phone now for sure. I get great service here, but only 2G because of my device.
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The funny thing is, how could we even complain about throttling at 5gb for that price??? But for true unlimited? WOW!
I'm not complaining, because this is about the only good plan in the entire US. But I'm for sure getting a phone to take advantage of it, Tmobile is the underdog, they need to be the mass sales/low margin company!
unless they changed it without updating my account here's what mine looks like.View attachment 1346761
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Used ones on CL and eBay people want more than the wallmart price and then its used no warranty and you have to wonder if it will get turned off for non payment or whatever by T-Mobile
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unless they changed it without updating my account here's what mine looks like.View attachment 1346761
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Mine shows that but it also show this....
http://imgur.com/XGkMh
Great plan regardless. Skip wallmart and get the sim for .99 and activate the plan yourself.
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phone/T-Mobile-Prepaid-SIM-Activation-Kit
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
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Mine shows that but it also show this....
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Yes it just goes to 2g for the rest of the cycle when you go over 5gb
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Mine shows that but it also show this....
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You have unlimited data... But they throttle it at 5gigs. They count ye throttled as still being unlimited.
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Gvndeb60 said:
Plus you can use their unlimited WiFi calling feature on that plan.
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WiFi calling still uses your minutes, its not unlimited. Unless however, you do have unlimited minutes.
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WiFi calling still uses your minutes, its not unlimited. Unless however, you do have unlimited minutes.
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That makes no sense at all, what's the point then for the consumer?
It's not unlimited, it's 5 gigs of data, I have it n
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What about this? Do you actually have to pay for the contract bill or just the $15 bucks? I'm confused, watch the vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW4h1tOAsg4
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.talkatone.android
Everyone that gets this deal 100 minutes... Mann go unlimited with this app.. makes Me want to quit on sprint LOL
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.talkatone.android
Everyone that gets this deal 100 minutes... Mann go unlimited with this app.. makes Me want to quit on sprint LOL
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I will try that out.
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That makes no sense at all, what's the point then for the consumer?
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In case you have less than perfect reception in your home. Or want to make call with bad signal, but there's WiFi around. Says like in a very urban area.
Its to have better service, not save money.
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Sorry I'm not sure if you are referring to only the prepaid plans but tmo has wifi calling that no longer uses minutes noq
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Unable to Talk and Surf

Anyone having the same issue? Once I take a call browsing the internet is nearly impossible. It will take a good 2-3 minutes to pull up a page?
Using 32gb att gs4
Thats normal on every phone ivr lle owned unless you have full service its spotty
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hyelton said:
Thats normal on every phone ivr lle owned unless you have full service its spotty
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No, he has a point because I could do that on the gs3.
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No, he has a point because I could do that on the gs3.
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Ive been able to on EVERYPHONE that i have had on AT&T that was on 3G including this phone and it WORKS! But At once location Im at A LOT which service is bad its not usable and very slow. its service issues not the phone.
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Ive been able to on EVERYPHONE that i have had on AT&T that was on 3G including this phone and it WORKS! But At once location Im at A LOT which service is bad its not usable and very slow. its service issues not the phone.
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I am not sure if that's correct. Im in an area with full LTE bars and still having this issue. even my iphone 4 was better at talking and surfing.
I've heard that att phones go to 3g when you talk and surf. Then back to lte after you hang up.
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They advertise that but for a couple years they've been throttling talk and surf. It goes to edge speeds, sometimes even slower. There were articles a year or two ago about this.
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They advertise that but for a couple years they've been throttled talk and data. It goes to edge speeds, sometimes even slower. There were articles a year or two ago about this.
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That has nothing to do with the discussion here. The throttling you're talking about is with the people who still have unlimited data plans who go over 2 or 3 GB's in the month's span. Then they will have their data speeds throttled.
The issue at hand here is when someone is having a conversation on the phone, on speaker for instance, and is trying to use the internet browser at the same time.
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That has nothing to do with the discussion here. The throttling you're talking about is with the people who still have unlimited data plans who go over 2 or 3 GB's in the month's span. Then they will have their data speeds throttled.
The issue at hand here is when someone is having a conversation on the phone, on speaker for instance, and is trying to use the internet browser at the same time.
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Le sigh. http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-galaxy-note-2/219461-can-note-2-talk-surf-over-3g-same-time-stolen-sprint-note2-thread.html or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524841 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkSO7H4kqeQ. I know they throttle unlimited plans past 5 gigs but I never mentioned anything about the unlimited plans. I said they throttle your data speeds while you're on a call.
Edit: or this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791955&page=4
Edit 2: iphone 5 users on at&t experiencing the same thing http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1549971
On AT&T you should be able to talk and surf at the same time. LTE is not yet capable of talk and data at the same time so if you have an LTE connection and use data, your data connection will be dropped to 3G or lower. The problem might exist because not all phones or AT&T towers handle the data switches efficiently. The phone has to register with the next available tower during the data / voice event and this doesn't always go smoothly. Last I heard, AT&T was testing LTE with voice technology, but I haven't heard anything in a while about that.
I have also heard that people with improper APNs might have trouble talking and surfing at the same time.
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Le sigh. http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-...-3g-same-time-stolen-sprint-note2-thread.html or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524841 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkSO7H4kqeQ. I know they throttle unlimited plans past 5 gigs but I never mentioned anything about the unlimited plans. I said they throttle your data speeds while you're on a call.
Edit: or this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791955&page=4
Edit 2: iphone 5 users on at&t experiencing the same thing http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1549971
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My mistake then. Seemed similar to the unlimited data throttling problem.
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Try it yourself. Call 611 and do a speed test. It's horrible. It's ironic that at&t still brags about "talk and surf" in their latest commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_OGAa3ytcQ
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On AT&T you should be able to talk and surf at the same time. LTE is not yet capable of talk and data at the same time so if you have an LTE connection and use data, your data connection will be dropped to 3G or lower. The problem might exist because not all phones or AT&T towers handle the data switches efficiently. The phone has to register with the next available tower during the data / voice event and this doesn't always go smoothly. Last I heard, AT&T was testing LTE with voice technology, but I haven't heard anything in a while about that.
I have also heard that people with improper APNs might have trouble talking and surfing at the same time.
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So even if the device is on LTE when you talk on the phone it switches to a 3g connection? Can you elaborate
Yeah I just tested and that was BAD
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scott14719 said:
On AT&T you should be able to talk and surf at the same time. LTE is not yet capable of talk and data at the same time so if you have an LTE connection and use data, your data connection will be dropped to 3G or lower. The problem might exist because not all phones or AT&T towers handle the data switches efficiently. The phone has to register with the next available tower during the data / voice event and this doesn't always go smoothly. Last I heard, AT&T was testing LTE with voice technology, but I haven't heard anything in a while about that.
I have also heard that people with improper APNs might have trouble talking and surfing at the same time.
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http://www.talkandroid.com/161675-att-plans-to-launch-voice-over-lte-volte-service-this-year/
http://www.phonearena.com/news/AT-T-planning-Voice-over-LTE-launch-this-year_id42901
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