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[HTC Rezound] Tikerz:
Yes.

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[HTC Rezound] dejahboi:
You guys are awesome!!!

Just referred back to a few posts ago and asked if I can add "4G MHS". She didn't know what I was talking about until and said unlimited data only pertains if I had previously had unlimited data, so I just said well how much would it be to add "MHS" and she *facepalmed* when she saw the option after she click "Next" lmao.THanks Gents!
[HTC Rezound] mattlgroff:
I was just told that since I didn't have Unlimited before that I couldn't add this plan. Any thoughts to what I should tell them? I tried to code# too.
[HTC Rezound] annihilist:
I just had the same thing happen to me. I called back 5 minutes later and said the previous rep wasn't able to add my feature requests because he was having trouble. I told him which feature I was trying to add. He kept reading it to me as "4 gig mobile hotspot", but knowing that plan doesn't exist (it was actually 4G), he gave me unlimited data :)

tl;dr: just keep calling back until you get someone who's none the wiser.
[HTC Rezound] Mediocrates:
I asked for the retentions department on the 4th try, and they wouldn't even talk to me, unless I actually cancelled first!...I thought the point of retentions was to KEEP customers, not gouge them coming back in.

Anyway, I told them I had a decision to make, seeing that I get unlimited 4g on Sprint, and I pay more on VZW for less service, and was willing to pay the $30 extra for unlimited. Well, the 5th try did it. I told them I was calling to cancel, and they asked why. I explained the above to them, and they were more than happy to add unlimited 4G Hotspot to my account for $30.

I will not be cancelling hotspot later, as it's the only reason I would go over 2gb anyway. I was notified, however, that if I did try to cancel hotspot, my data allowance would go down to 2gb, not the "double the data" rate I am replacing. So if you do this, DO NOT expect to cancel hotspot and keep unlimited data!! On the contrary, you will get back half as much as before.

:D Good luck, persistence is the key! :D
[HTC Rezound] Grnlantern79:
I cancelled my wife MHS after this trick first posted over 2 months ago and still have unlimited data unless they fixed this loop hole.
[HTC Rezound] birddog79:
Yes, and ladies.
[HTC Rezound] mpossoff:
Does the loophole still work? I ordered an LTE device from Amazon and they're out of stock. In fact they're out of stock of all their less expensive LTE devices.

Radio Shack has stock. Can I walk in and buy a Revolution from Radio Shack? I'm not sure if you can buy inactivated or not.

How would you go about actually buying a device from a store like Radio Shack to use the loophole?
[HTC Rezound] Pizza4Breakfast:
I got it on the first try yesterday.

I got my Galaxy Nexus, activated it by going through all the installation steps then a few minutes after I called 611 and a nice lady had no trouble adding it, I didn't even need the plan #, it took her about a minute. So I assume the same thing could work for you.
[HTC Rezound] nbaj2k:
Did they notify you on the phone when you added the Hotspot? They didn't mention anything to me when I did. I was hoping that as long as I remove it during the return period, if they try to revert me back after I would be able to atleast get out of an ETF, since the terms had changed. Might be a longshot tho.

Good luck to everyone getting this added. I was able to get it on my 2nd try and did provide the mhs plan code.
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
Not true alert!

Not sure where you got this info but I can confirm 100% that it is not true. And who was it that notified you of this?

I did the same thing everyone else did after reading this thread, called VZW, got them to add the plan. Kept hotspot for like 3 days... Then cancelled... No loss of Unlimited data! So I decided... I kinda want the hostpot feature just because LTE is stupid fast where I am and I get cable overages every month anyways... So why not have unlimited 4G hotspot when the cable bits start stacking up, right? So I went back to the website and turned on the feature without needing to call them. All is well.... Wifes phone is still enroute. We ordered them 2 days apart...

So when my wife got her LTE phone a few days later... I called VZW and said, I need you to switch the data plan she has (4gig / $30.00) to the plan I have. I didint say **** about hotspot. He was like... Oh so you want the unlimited data for 29.99 instead of the 4Gig plan for $30.00? I said... Yep! He said Ok you got it... Took him about 45 seconds... Then he apologized for the delay (good csr skills!) and asked if there was anything else I can help with. I said, I heard that if yo dont get the HotSpot for $30.00 you will loose unlimted data. He said... Never heard of that one. I said, yeah, people on the internet post the damndest things they know nothing about. We laughed... Call Ended.

Eight weeks later... We still have unlimted data on both lines for 29.99x2 minus 22% Corp savings. I have hotspot for 29.99 - 22% corp savings. Mife has phone never had hotspot activated and still maintains the unlimted data.

So unless you have some proof that contradicts my real life expereience... I call shennigans on your statement.... (and dont take that to heart. I am just bored at work right now)

Now.... I will say this...

If you swap to the 29.99 plan and bought your phone from Amazon or Radio shack they state they will charge you whatever discount THEY gave you. So I may loose the savings I had on the phones, I get them both for a penny. But I will take that as it comes...
[HTC Rezound] mpossoff:
Hi can you elaborate on getting a phone from Radio Shack. Tomorrow I'm going to Radio Shack to get a free LTE device like the Revolution.
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
If you read close the terms and conditions of getting a phone for a penny it states that you MUST maintain a mimum data package of $30.00 or higher otherwise they will bill your CC for the instant discount that RadioShack gave you but not the VZW discount. For the Revolution its 199.99. So if you buy the phone at RadioShack and have them activate with the 30.00 4Gig pack then go home and get unlimited data then you loose that $200 discount. Read the fine print!

But I even think I found a loophole in that as well... So if they try to bill my CC for the $200 I am ready to fight fire with fire... I am Sr Rep for a large bank that works in Fraud and Disputes... I know ever damn Visa loophole by trade :cool:

Oh and dont ge tthe Revolution.... Just dont. Trust me. Mine is enroute back to Radioshack as we speak for exchange with the Samsung Droid Charge. Revolution is screwed up software wise and they will not acknowledge it even though its posted all over the damn internet.

Just search for "Revolution delayed text message" or "Revolution sends multiple text messages" or "Revolution reboots on its own"

We found all three of these problems in 5 days.

Its ALL over the VZW community page but they just conviently ignore those postings. Dont get the Revolution if text messages are important to you or you text VIP's in your company!!!! My wife is a VIP and has to text other VIP's in real time... So her phone delays for 10 to 30 minutes... Then sends 10 copies to Vice presidents of the bank... Yeah... She was not happy about that. So that phone is gone.

And we are ina STRONG 4G area. Its not signal related. Its a software glitch they wont own up to!

DONT GET THE REVOLUTION! You have been warned....
[HTC Rezound] mpossoff:
Ok thanks. Does the maintaining $30 data apply to Amazon?

The Charge sounds good.
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
Yep. Amazon too. And Wirefly... And straight talk... All of them.

I assume they get some sort of commisison from the Data plan.

Just make sure you read the fine print before you purchase and yowu will be fine.

And as far as the Revolution / Charge... Honestly that is your choice. Im just telling you my exp with the phone. You may get it and it may work perfect for you.
[HTC Rezound] mpossoff:
I'm looking for free. I'm still with AT&T but can sell my phones easily.

Do you they charge your card for authorization of the $199? I was planing on using my check card.
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
Nope, they auth for .01 each of them.

And not to derail the thread...

But whats you got for sale on ATT? Never had an ATT phone but they just moved into Fargo... You got an sweet devices you are tyring to rid yourself of?
[HTC Rezound] HTC Rezound:
I am pretty glad that I don't have to go through this hassle.to.get unlimited data.

Yay for being an old VZW customer
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
It all depends man. I just called and asked for it and it was all good.

Im glad it was so easy for me. My first rep was like... Hmmm.. I dont see that as an option on your phone. I said to him.. Yeah, thats what I thought to but was told that you can add it, can you try anyways? He was like yeah, lets see what happens. 1 minute later he said... I got it to apply. I was like... Cool Dude! Peace out!

Second time was even easier. I just said... I want the same data plan on my second phone as the first and the rep was totally cool and asked no questions at all. Just did it.

Some people have to jump through hoops! I'm pretty sure there are a couple mitigating factors such as presentation of the request and the amiability of the rep taking the call. In other words some social engineering may be required.
[HTC Rezound] btbotimtim:
you get 22% discount on both of your lines?

that is not true because verizon applies corp discount only on primary line.

other discounts such as talk&txt&data can be applied on all of your lines but not corp discount.

Usually Verizon reps don't tell customers about that and customers assume that they get 22% from the total.
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
Nope your correct. The 22% is only on the primary line. I did not word that very well. But to make a long story short... I pay $46.97 for unlimited data and hot spot.
[HTC Rezound] Zeroace:
today called verizon the third time and asked the lady that i want to add a Features she say ok what Feature you want,i told her i want the 4g hotspot and was told ok please

hold on a min so she can add it then she come back was like ok i added to your acc and was told that i will be having the unlimited data and hotspot:)

gonna wait my bill Cycle end to try and remove the hotspot to see if i keep the unlimited data:D

THANKS GUYS BTW i'm a new verizon customer

Damn this is awesome!!!
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
I don't think radio shack will sell you a phone off contract, but I've never tried.

They told me the same thing very clearly. I wanted to add the hotspot, she said, no problem. I am going to put you on the unlimited data plan to do this. I said ok. She then told me that if I cancelled the hotspot at anytime I would be reverted back to my previous data plan. If the 4gb promotion was over, I would be put on the 2gb plan automatically. She told me all this without prompting. So someone is pushing this info at verizon, whether right or wrong. Thinking about keeping it anyways since I am cancelling my time warner hotspot.

My other 4 lines are unlimited, but I added a fifth line.
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
So why did they put unlimited data on my wifes phone without even asking if I wanted the hotspot?
[HTC Rezound] mpossoff:
I just got a Stratosphere from Radio Shack with 2 GB plan. I'm going to call VZW to add MHS will let you know how it goes.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
Don't know. Different reps I guess. Going to keep it a couple of months as see what happens to others.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
Don't know. Curious to see what happens to these lines in the coming months
[HTC Rezound] krazie1:
So i added it perfectly fine to our account. Its on both lines but can you guys please tell me how to take the 4g mobile hotspot off. Do i take it off both lines or just one?
[HTC Rezound] mpossoff:
Just called asked to add MHS. The rep said there's a special that he had to verify and put me on hold. He came back and said I also now have unlimited data. Now I'm at a point where I'm contemplating taking all my lines to VZW.

But my concern is will data revert back to original if I remove MHS?
[HTC Rezound] Grnlantern79:
I pay 29.99 for unlimited data and hotspot. Still love my thunderbolt!!
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
Some people will tell you yes. Some people will tell you no.

I say no because... They gave me unlimted data on my second line WITHOUT even asking abotu hotspot...

I took hotspot off for a few days on Primary line and no revert. Put it back on. Still no changes.

Guys have reported this being the case since June. Six months is a long time to go if VZW was going to really revert you. Pretty sure they are not.

If they were why would they just change my plan to unlimited without even saying anything abotu hot spot? Kinda seems like its a plan they have that is simply not advertised.
[HTC Rezound] mpossoff:
True. I called AT&T to find out about my total ETF on all our lines. The total is $700. I have 1 white iPhone 4S 16 GB(excellent condition), 1 white iPhone 4 16 GB(excellent condition), 1 iPhone 3GS(decent condition), 1 HTC Inspire(decent condition. Am I on track that I could most like sell all to cover the total ETF?
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
I wouldnt pay that but im not your normal user either.

I would give $75.00 for the 4S and $50.00 for the inspire and $25.00 for the 3GS. If you want to sell them let me know!
[HTC Rezound] rwc95:
You could get that much easy, I just switched from at&t to verizon because the att coverage sucks here, and I wanted 4glte. I just sold my wifes 16g Iphone 4 on ebay and got $350 out of it. You can always get alot of money out of the Iphones on ebay, some reason everyone wants them. We be both switched to the rezounds and love them. I called in first try and got unlimited data on mine. I was getting like 1meg down on at&t now getting 25meg down on verizon love it.:D
[HTC Rezound] mpossoff:
How long is it do you have to pay for ETF? I don't want to be paying for 4 lines from 2 different carriers.
[HTC Rezound] Grnlantern79:
$75 for 4s lol, I sold a moto Droid 2 for $140 do yourself a favor sell local on Craigslist
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
I know I know... I was being generous... I really wouldnt want go over $50.00 but he seemed like a nice guy :D

If you find the right person and waited long enough I am sure you could get someone to pay more then off contract retail. See it all the time on ebay. But its usually a pre-release. Saw someone pay $800+ for GalNex Friday before release on Monday. Who knows.
[HTC Rezound] rwc95:
Im not sure I think its like a month or two, we just did it like 2 or 3 weeks ago and havent got the bill from att yet. I just sold the phones to pay the fees. But yeah ebay or craigslist is the way go, ebay will get you the most, i fix and sell iphones all the time, you will get alot out of them.
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
have you ever worked on a VZW iPhone and how much shoudl I epxec tto pay for the smaller 4S? I am tyring to find one on the cheap.
[HTC Rezound] rwc95:
A guy I work with has a vzw iphone 4 I can maybe get cheap, Havent got a hold of any 4s yet. I dont go back to work till Wednesday but I can find out.
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
Cool, doesnt hurt to ask him. LMK.
[HTC Rezound] spencer88:
Just confirmed this works. I just asked about the 4g hotspot add on (which is on sale right now for 24 a month instead of 30) and she informed me that it would change my plan to 29.99 unlimited with 24.00 add on and I said I'll take it.

I was paying 50 for 10 gigs (double data promotion) but this is better lol.

Thanks for everybody's contribution to this thread!
[HTC Rezound] Grims:
So.. first off this worked.. but something odd came up. When I asked to add it she said I already had it... sure enough my primary line (with unlimited data) had it added on somehow. All I can think of is they discovered my Wireless Tether usage and added the plan on.

Anyway, I told her to remove it from the unlimited line..and put the "same exact feature" on the line with limited data. It worked like clockwork :)
[HTC Rezound] *Madmoose*:
I find it funny to see posts like this and a couple threads up (at time of posting) is "Verizon up to their tricks again". Just hope people don't start complaining if Verizon starts being dicks about this and altering bills accordingly.
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
Our Verizon corporate rep (who is a young gorgeous chic & cool as hell) verified to me this morning that this "loophole" is still working just fine. It is just the luck of the draw whether or not you get a rep on the phone that has the authority to actually add the mandatory unlimited data package for it to work.

As far as getting knocked back to one of the tiered data packages upon cancellation of the hotspot, she said the odds against that are rather remote. VZ has over 100 million customers & would have to specifically audit your individual account to actually even realize that you where not entitled to the unlimited data which most people will never actually use anyway.

I thought I had used a TON of data last month on my unlimited data line as I had done a ton of audio streaming plus some extended SlingMobile viewing and even with all that I had only used 3.9 gigs of data when I checked.

~John

EDIT:

the one thing she did recommend was to let it run through one complete billing cycle before cancelling the feature so if they do look at your account it will legitimately look like you tried the feature out for a while & weren't satisfied with it. If you cancel it 5 minutes after you get the unlimited data it really looks like you're pulling something over on them.
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
Bingo! Thats what I have been saying. Also, I didn't even have to ask for hot spot for my second line. I just called and said can you give unlimited data on this line like my primary. That line never has had and never will have hot spot but maintains unlimited data without any issue.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
interesting. I always seem to be in the 5-8gb range per month, just straight data usage, no tethering. Not really trying that hard either...
[HTC Rezound] phiquantu:
What I'm affraid is that they may fix the feature-cancellation algorithm in their software, which should be easy to do, that will simply take away your "unlimited data" along with the Wifi Hotspot service.
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
Good point, if enough people do it that's probably exactly what will happen.

~John
[HTC Rezound] dezt818:
Can confirm this is also works ! :D Talk to some young lady who was nice enough to talk to and with the plan code was a success :D
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
So... are you saying that the plan signed up for with Amazon was a $30 plan and the unlimited is a $29.99 plan? I bought my phone on the Amazon penny sale and did this and may cancel the mhs as I find I'm just not using it very much. So are you saying I will be breaking my 2 year contract for doing so?

EDIT: Wait a minute... that's just the data plan though, my minutes plan is $39.99/month so how can that be breaking a contract? I must be misunderstanding you or missing something...
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
From Radio Shack's Website:

With Radio Shack you have to agree to buy the $30.00 Data feature to get the phone. I could be wrong on this but I believe that is what I read when I bought it.

Source: http://radioshackwireless.com/autoc....aspx&partdesc=RadioShack Wireless&viewmode=1

Amazon has similar text. No time to look now but will try to later.

Maybe I am misunderstanding this... But I am pretty sure when the phone was bought part of the contract was to keep a $30.00+ plus data plan. Once again I could be wrong... It was a while ago now...
[HTC Rezound] WORDMAN713:
This is not correct, at least for Amazon, while signing up for your plan you are allowed to select the 300MB plan for $20.00. The following is straight from Amazon's website:

When you purchase your device with service from AmazonWireless.com, we automatically pass along an instant discount from the carrier to you. This discount has been provided to you based on your agreement to (a) activate a new, or extend an existing, line of service for this device with the carrier, and (b) maintain this service in good standing for a minimum of 181 consecutive days.

Sent from my HTC Rezound aka Sleeping Giant
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
I looked at my order emails and my docs I've saved regarding the Rezound and on Amazon's site and didn't find the contract requirements. So I went through the motions of purchasing a Rezound at $149.99 with a new contract and it let me select a $20/month data plan so I'm hoping I'm safe. If they had a special contract for the penny sale I'll fight it because I bought the phone for $199.99 then called when they lowered the price and got a refund of $199.98 with no warning of any contract change. Or I'll pm you and find out your loophole to use. ;)

I did finally get something in the mail from Verizon but I didn't look at it before leaving for the holidays and I didn't bring it with me.
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
You right in the aspect that it does not specify data packages. Thats good! I just assumed it would be the same. Very glad its not!!! I also highlighted the part you forgot.

Damn it I should have ordered two of these phones for a penny, lol
[HTC Rezound] WORDMAN713:
All good just didn't wait people thinking they had to wait to try this, due to fine print. Yeah my phone wouldn't let me highlight the entire clause for some reason.

Sent from my HTC Rezound aka Sleeping Giant
[HTC Rezound] Truballa4real7:
How do I take hot spot off my plan online?
[HTC Rezound] phiquantu:
Looks like they're starting to catch up with this trick. They seem to start requiring you to call Customer Service when you want to take the Wifi Hotspot feature out. That is when everything will be brought to light and you'll lose your unlimited data all along. So if you still can take the Wifi Hotspot out, DO IT NOW!!!!

http://slickdeals.net/f/3671278-Get-unlimited-data-on-Verizon-Wireless-ymmv?page=47
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
I just logged into vzw.com and removed it. BUt then put it back because I actually want it. But you should be able to add or remove it online.
[HTC Rezound] Scott:
What if... You never had mobile hotspot. You just called them and asked for unlimited data? What happens then? Thats what I did on my second line and they gave it no questions asked.
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
Just out of curiousity, I just tried to remove the feature from my Wife's line & it went through all the steps to remove it but on the last step which is "submit" it gave me an error saying I had to call CS.

I don't really care as I do actually want the feature, but it would not let me remove it online.

~John
[HTC Rezound] phiquantu:
This is what I've been trying to say when we were still able to remove the Wifi Hotspot feature online. We gotta do it before Verizon figure out this loophole and fix their software. But seems like they start requiring you to talk to a rep. to cancel that feature while they are updating their system. I might be wrong, so please keep us posted of outcome after you spoke to a rep.
[HTC Rezound] rodneyr:
I added MHS to both my phones. I kept the MHS for my line, since I will actually use the MHS for work. However I was able to remove my wifes MHS online. I don't plan on changing my phones anytime soon at the risk of loosing my unlimited plans. Hopefully in the couple of years, competition will have bumped up the max data on tiered plans. At this point, maybe tiered plans won't seem so bad.

Just my two cents!
[HTC Rezound] Cheetohz:
The 76153 code is now redirecting to a 6gb plan. I asked him to add it anyways to see if it would still work
[HTC Rezound] spencer88:
I was going to wait a whole billing cycle to remove it, but since the reports of being prompted to call CS, I decided to remove mine today, which I did online.
[HTC Rezound] Truballa4real7:
I added this feature this morning and just took it out right now and still on unlimited:)
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
How did you take it out??

When I try, it tells me to call cs??
[HTC Rezound] phiquantu:
Try deleting temp files and cookies from your internet explorer and see if it helps.