Hello all I have a HTC/Fuze (Raphael) with AT&T and can access the web just fine. I however did not get a data plan on the the phone..just an unlimited text to talk family plan. This is an offered plan in case you do not want a data plan. My question is how can you tell if you are using your wifi to access the internet and not the att network. I don't want to be charged for using the internet (since i have no data plan)...I went to the att store yesterday and they told me I can still get charged for using their network to access the net even though I have no data plan... can anyone help me with this question?
Thanks.
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Hello all I have a HTC/Fuze (Raphael) with AT&T and can access the web just fine. I however did not get a data plan on the the phone..just an unlimited text to talk family plan. This is an offered plan in case you do not want a data plan. My question is how can you tell if you are using your wifi to access the internet and not the att network. I don't want to be charged for using the internet (since i have no data plan)...I went to the att store yesterday and they told me I can still get charged for using their network to access the net even though I have no data plan... can anyone help me with this question?
Thanks.
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you need to use the HTC data connection application. you should be able to totally disallow any internet connection.
I am using an Orbit 2 on O2 UK, when wifi is connected it will only use it until disconnected or out of range, then reverts back to 3G.
You will know when it reverts back because the speed of the internet will slow significantly.
I completely disable/delete the medianet and AT&T ISP profiles so that it doesn't ever connect over 3G.
I have the same setup as you (but with a Tilt, no data plan). Download Modaco No Data cab, install and disable the ISP (the first option). This will turn off data usage but still allow you to send and recieve text and MMS.
I have been using my new mytouch without a data plan for about a week now. I had data when I activated the phone (didn't sign up for it, but was able to connect), but they have since blocked it. Everything works fine without a data plan except for one thing - MMS. MMS is not working for me now, and I suspect its because I don't have a data plan. I tried changing around APN settings, but haven't managed to find a combination that works. Anyone have any ideas on work around?
So that is weird because technically, without data, you should only get mms / sms and phone.
mms uses the data connection
MMS messages need the data connection to work. SMS messages should work without a data connection since they are transmitted over the signaling portion of the cell channel.
Without the data plan MMS will not work.
Why then did MMS work on my T-Mobile Dash without a data plan?
Dash was a different phone
Windows Mobile on the dash handled data differently than the android software, plus the network systems have been changed to recognize data phones and require the correct data plans.
The Dash was not supposed to get MMS without a data plan but it worked as long as you could connect to T-zones.
Wi-fi works but to get the most of this phone the $24.99 plan is required.
yea i had the same thing the data worked over 3g for about a day. u can buy the phone form walmart and u will not have to to get the 24.99 data plan i just told them i have it on another line.
So...you can have a PDA/Smartphone, and not get hit with the additional cost of a data plan. Is this where you'd need a "unlocked" phone?
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So...you can have a PDA/Smartphone, and not get hit with the additional cost of a data plan. Is this where you'd need a "unlocked" phone?
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to view MMS without a data plan? No cuz an unlocked phone only allows you to use the phone with other carriers.
is there anyway to activate it without dataplan simcard....? with wifi same like g1
I think that myTouch "need" simcard with data plan to activate it. only wifi is impossible to activate.
However, I've another question. Is it possible to use this phone when I have no Internet conneciton (wifi/2G/3G)? I just need to use if for making a call.
yes. if your mytouch 3g is alrady activated (needs sim cardwith data plan for that), you can SMS and make phonecalls and check voicemail (visual voicemail does need data tho) without any data connection, just like normal cellphones.
OK folks. For those of you that missed it. The My Touch has to be activated using a sim card with a data plan attached. Once that is done, you don't need data. MMS on the MyTouch runs through the data portion of the network. Yot car root the phone, load up a different recovery image like Cyanogen or Amon ra's, and no more need to activate that handheld again. As for MMS, no fix for that. You have to have data to send an MMS. Large text, Picture, Or video messages will not work on a text package alone. A "large" text message is about 133 characters or more. Don't realy remember to well these days. The phone was designed around a data connection. Without it, you're gonna have issues.
Is there a List?
Is there a list of phones that MMS won't work or other features are disabled? The G1 used to not need data now T-mobile say's it does? so if I was to get a G1 without data is MMS gone? Curious about the Nokia nuron or nexus 1 is anything disabled without data?
I want to get a nice phone preferably with wifi but no data plan what is my best option a list of phones that work 100% without Data would be very cool...
Need to know my options so I can start trying to get a deal on the phone I select.
Thanks
Hurlamania
Das_mobile said:
Wi-fi works but to get the most of this phone the $24.99 plan is required.
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No not really. the $10 Unlimited web for phone data plan works. Just need to tweak around the apn settings.
I have also seen some forums that included that a 5.99$ Tzone data plan also work with mytouch 3g. However it is difficult to get that plan.
After activating and sim unlocking the phone, If I ever factory data reset, would I have to activate it again with a Tmobile sim card?
Now I am confused.
I have a MyTouch3g from t-mobile. I bought it used so I did not need to get the data plan to activate it, however, picture messages still work just fine for me, as do video. I would like to know why.
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I have a MyTouch3g from t-mobile. I bought it used so I did not need to get the data plan to activate it, however, picture messages still work just fine for me, as do video. I would like to know why.
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Are you getting charged for data usage? AFAIK all MMS has to go over towers so that the carriers network can authenticate the phone they're are coming from, but I could be wrong.
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i have a xv6800 and i purchased the unlimited data plan before Verizon stopped there unlimited data. its not blocked through verizon, i took of all restrictions and blocks. so then i went on to the phone to turn on data connection and it wont turn on. its grayed out and not white like the bluetooth or WLAN.
do i need to re-install the rom? or what? can someone help?
I am experiencing an odd problem. I switched to the T-mobile $30 unlimited data plan by activate a new account. The weird thing is that as soon as I replace the micro-sim, I can not turn off the wifi. It's not the automatically connecting issue. The wifi is turning itself back on immediately after I turn it off. Even in the AIRPLANE MODE, I can see the wifi is turning on/off in very high frequency (almost re-bounce in one second). I tried forget wifi, factory resetting, entering safe mode and turning off the auto-wifi connecting; none of them works. But if I replace the micro-sim with the OLD one, the problem is gone immediately. So I am wondering if folks choosing the T-mobile $30 unlimited data plan have the same issue, or I should just go ahead to get another new micro-sim from T-mobile. Thanks.
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I am experiencing an odd problem. I switched to the T-mobile $30 unlimited data plan by activate a new account. The weird thing is that as soon as I replace the micro-sim, I can not turn off the wifi. It's not the automatically connecting issue. The wifi is turning itself back on immediately after I turn it off. Even in the AIRPLANE MODE, I can see the wifi is turning on/off in very high frequency (almost re-bounce in one second). I tried forget wifi, factory resetting, entering safe mode and turning off the auto-wifi connecting; none of them works. But if I replace the micro-sim with the OLD one, the problem is gone immediately. So I am wondering if folks choosing the T-mobile $30 unlimited data plan have the same issue, or I should just go ahead to get another new micro-sim from T-mobile. Thanks.
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flash phone back to stock and see if it continues to happen.
get a new sim but i highly doubt it's sim related... are you running custom rom?
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get a new sim but i highly doubt it's sim related... are you running custom rom?
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no, ROM is still original one, so do kernel and radio.
I have tried to replace the old and new sim several times, whenever the old sim is used the wifi can be stably turned off. Once switched back to the new sim...just keeping turning itself on and on and on.... lol
another interesting thing is that when I disabled data service under Mobile Network then turned wifi off, the rebounce of wifi would accompany by an enabled data service automatically.
will try to get a new sim at first. just can't figure what's going on inside this small thing...
When I try to connect to a T-Mo tower for data al I get is an icon in the notification area saying "Sign in to Network" =. When I hit that I am sent to a T-Mo page asking me to sign in. I give it my credentials and press login but nothing happens.
I've talked to T-Mobile and they cannot find anything. They've sent me to Google. Waiting for them to get back to me. In the meantime I figured I'd ask XDA. So, any ideas?
Relevant parameters:
LG Nexus 4
The phone is bone stock Android 4.3
The SIM is new (about 2 months)
I can make calls and text on T-Mobile.
The SIM works in my old Nokia N97 phone and talks to T-Mobile Edge data fine.
The phone connects to ATT HSPA data fine when I put an ATT SIM in it.
The phone connects to data abroad.
Airplane mode is not on.
Data is on.
Roaming is on.
WiFi is off
Airplane mode is off.
I have wiped the phone and started from scratch, no luck.
I have tried in Safe Mode, no luck. (So it's not some odd App interaction)
I have told T-Mobile to kick me off the network and then wiped and restarted, no luck.
I have been through all the APN setting with T-Mobile, all is well.
I have wiped caches, no luck.
TIA
I'd look up the APN details on here for tmobile. Cant find a link at the moment but i know there are a few out there. T-mobile people usually have no idea...
It sounds like something on the carrier's end though. quick search brought up several topics on xda but no real solution.
It has happened to me as well, but my data still works. Sometimes I just reboot it, or put it in airplane mode and it will go away.
Unless u never get data.
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this happened toe last night as well, lasted about 3 hours or so. it connected to the towers jist fine, sometimes the signal bars turned blue, sometimes not. but no data flowed through, neither via lte or hspa+. i called tmobile to check if they had an outage, they said no. i had them reset my data connection, but that didnt help. eventually data started flowing via hspa+, then via lte an hour later. i did all the troubleshooting, it wasnt an issue with the phone nor sim card. it was a tmobile issue for sure.