[EVO 4G General] 1Brite1:
Yes, to the Mac updates. No, to the the Hulu, Netflix, Youtube HD. My service is so slow most of the time. One of the reasons that I had asked Sprint if the problem for the excessive data is because, say, when I tried to download a file, a new rom(didn't tell them that), it would first say it would take 10 minutes. Then it would say it was going to take 1 hour-Then 6 hours-18 hours-etc, so I would just let it run overnight just to wake up to find out it erred out and have to start all over.

The WiFi where I live is dismal at any of the public places. It is like dial-up speed. Trust me, I have spent many hours at our McDonald's, Library, Burger King, local eateries. It got to the point where I would actually go drive an hour away just so I could be on a 4G connection so I could download some files to flash. Or to download my email.

The point about being rooted is this: I was TOLD by an in-store REP and then from the REP at 1-855-235-8851 that they can see exactly what has been done to my phone as they ping them(mine was being pinged from Oklahoma City-for trouble shooting purposes because my phone kept roaming or it had no service at all. It would show full Sprint bars-then no bars-then it would show full bars with triangle-then triangle no bars. Same with the 3G.

I specifically asked what it showed-I requested that all information that they had be sent to me. She said it will show EVERYTHING-the part where my phone had been rooted prior-the roms that included the override of the Sprint Mobile Hotspot-even though I was paying for it-is a violation of their terms. Now, whether this is a bunch of crock and both the in-store tech and this lady are embellishing the story or it is true. Since I did do those things with rooting-how would they know that without me telling them. I just listened to see what all they would say without me giving information for them to go on to see how much they did know.

The point is simply this. By them being able to do this, when something like this happens, they can use whatever reason they want to dismiss your service because if you have ever rooted and tried the FREE tethering, they know it. Yes, if you are not using a lot of data, you will be off the radar-for a while. But, like I said, she said they are sending out lots of notices and most were being cancelled by June 29th. Mine says it will be cancelled July 19th.

People are missing the whole point and adding stuff that has nothing to do with the original posting. You know how it is when you call in many, many times and each person, rep/manager/instore rep/instore Manager/tech-they all give you different answers and that is the problem. In my case it was always-"We can see that you have been having signal issues-(My account has been given many free perks because of it-ie, free minutes, free 6PM calling features, refunded my account.

When I kept asking them why the data was so high-they never said anything other than-"Don't worry Mr. ______, you are covered as your plan included UNLIMITED usage". They never offered to explain, ask whether my router was secured, what type of stuff are you downloading. No type of trouble shooting.

Then, when I got the letter-that is when I was told about rooting, about the various versions that had been run on my phone. I was pretty amazed what they knew. I asked again about the usage since I explained that it should all be well documented by all of MY calls to THEM from the very beginning. She just said that basically, once it triggers a certain point, it goes to a special department and from there the letter is generated. You will receive no courtesy call, no second chance.

I feel I have a great case because I take good notes-document everything-and since I am the one from the first month that I had my EVO and someone posted a thread about how much usage in a month were people using, that is when I found out it was like 45GB. I knew it could not be as I wasn't rooted-I wasn't paying for tethering at that point-but didn't have the free tethering app. I was just learning about my EVO.

I know some of this is redundant, but, when I come back and see the same things posted that seem to miss what my original intention of posting were. You don't see me bashing Sprint or anyone else. I am just telling you what happened to ME. Like you always see YMMV-I guess the same is true here.

If you only use 500MB per month-then you don't need to post as you aren't going to be dropped. This is for anyone who has had the same problem or they got a letter. I started it because all of the other threads about being dropped were due to excessive roaming-although lately that has been the problem-the last month-the rest has been on the Sprint Network. That is the quandary. But, I was told that it now does not matter if it is roaming or not-it is all about the data usage-they will still drop you.

Which brings me back to my original question: What in the world would/could be using this much data? I don't use Hulu/Netflix/Torrents/Youtube HD/ etc. It is only for my Macbook-which yes-I do my updates-but even then, I think the highest download was like 600MB-so I would still have to account for the other 22GB or less per month that is being consumed. 45GB was the most ever. This month looks to be about 18-20GB. Again, it seems very excessive for what I use my PAID Hot Spot for that I tether to.

Thank you again. No to the person about everyone lies. Sorry, been there done that-have grown up and gotten past that. Unfortunately, I have been in more trouble for being honest than if I would have just lied about stuff. But, it just isn't in me to do so. I suffer the ramifications because of it. Like being accused of stuff here in this forum. There are some really cool, honest, trust worthy, integrity filled people in this world. But, they are getting harder to find. You just found one of them.