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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] heygrl:
The only thing that uses more data is running speedtests or having higher quality music/video streams (and higher speedtest download files) because your connection is faster.

Solution: stop streaming so much, use WiFi more. They can't do away with caps because your speeds wouldn't be fast anymore.. duh.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] G1_enthusiast:
...wow u must have watch alot of pron...i got the same plan, and i'm at 8 gigs, and i been letting people at work using my wifi hotspot to do youtube and surfing around, i use it to download stuff (pron) too and it only at 8 gigs...check ur widget or something...jeez
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mrcojocaru:
I guarantee that if you stop using netflix you'll be fine.. I mean Effin a bro, a movie is likely to be around a gig in size, what do you expect lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sarni84:
Dude how the hell do you use all that data I have 5gig plan and use it alot and never break 4gigs I mean I know you're streaming ****. But damn! Use wifi when you're at the house!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thephunk:
Last month was my first with the GS2, used about 11GB (10,980 megabytes). Mainly with Netflix daily at the gym, google music and ROM downloading. It's just so hard to do wifi when it's slower then the network.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jim93:
Use wifi or get throttled. None of the providers could support such high volume users without having network issues for everyone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mrcojocaru:
Meh.. I doubt high data users consist of more than 5 percent of wireless customers. Plus if it's not really unlimited they shouldn't be a ***** and mislead us like that. I was sooo pissed the day I found out about throttling
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xbanhcuonx:
What are you doing streaming Netflix at the gym?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mrcojocaru:
They're prob propping their phone on the treadmill or something
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Longcat14:
You guys are lucky... you know when your going to get throttled, I don't. I only know when I get the Top 5% text.

And you also feel my pain, LTE is like 3x faster (I have 24/3 at home, LTE usually gets around 45/60 down and 15 up), I download all the time on LTE.

I hate having to be stingy about data usage. :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterjay7:
RESOLUTION FOR THIS? If you change your data plan after 2 hours it restarts you MB counter.

Call, and ask to be switched to the 10gb BB plan [they future date if you downsize], wait 2 hours, call and swap back to android :x
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] The_Biz:
No it doesn't. You are mistaken.. It only adds to your current data if you go up in limit, it doesn't "restart" your mb counter. They cannot reset it at all.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterjay7:
I didnt say go up, i said just chamge to a different kind of the same data package. Backdating the change resets it. (i worked there)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] The_Biz:
That's cool if you "worked" there. But your knowledge is incorrect. There's no way a rep or supervisor can reset data. They can add to it if you change your data plan to a higher cap, but they can't reset it. And if you do go up and change back before the month is up, you drop back to your old cap and remain at the same usage.

I know this for a fact. Trust me.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] unlvmike:
Faster speeds does not mean You will reach the data cap faster. It just mean you will download things faster. If a video is 200MB you will download it faster on 4G ,it doesn't mean you will use more data faster. You are downloading sizes not speeds so that is false. Streaming Netflix,everyone 30 minutes is about the equivalent of about 500MB so its going to go by fast.

There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterjay7:
Alright - well, try it. No harm in trying. Tell me what happens.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Waste your time and try it. I know it won't. What I stated is exactly what will happen. This is fact.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] infinityhombre:
Actually hes correct switching to a bb data plan will reset your data counter. A number change results in the counter resetting as well. Sometimes when you change a number you even end up being eligible for an upgrade. Its a bug in the system. I've seen reps do it a number of times.

And while Sprint won't slow you down WiMax is slow to start with at least in the Cleveland/Columbus metro areas.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterjay7:
indeed. Did it a few times in situations where a phone was malfunctioning with sync, and pulling MASS amounts of data.

** Also - for somebody who doesn't actually have his information correct, why would you discourage someone from trying a harmless way to reset their bandwidth? That just seems very negative.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chevyirox:
What speeds do you get when throttled? I'm currently wit Verizon
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterjay7:
Basically 2g speeds, I believe max is 50kbps
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] spjuggalojoe:
I had unlimited from tmo before there was a cap but they found a loophole to sneak it in, or just straight breeched like they did my roaming 3 yrs ago. Anyways I started breaking 5gb within a few days streaming audio on Google music, playing on YouTube, well basically syncing my entire Google account. Picture sync on phone alone was one gig. There might have also been some tethered torrent traffic in there, as well as the computers syncing and tor exit traffic. Since tmo wouldn't fix it, I served a website from an Ubuntu loop on my phone and setup dyndns to follow it. They shut me down quickly. The solution: I started using their $70 prepaid unlimited which, to date, hasn't been throttled. (And is cheaper than contract plan)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] teh_lorax:
Uhhh...

You get what you pay for. Don't like being throttled? Then pay more and move to Sprint. TMobile throttling you after you reached your cap isn't BS, its what you've PAID for.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jessejames111981:
unlimited voice + 10gb of non throttled on tmo = 119.99 a month (which op has)

Simply Everything unlimited plan on sprint = 99.99 a month

your post, fail
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
The problem is with that is that good luck using the 3g network if you do not have access to wimax. Sprints 3g services wasn't that great in the first place it probably got worst when all the iphones connected to the network. Also wimax does not work well in the city. Once your in a building a wimax becomes very flaky. I had en evo 3d before and I can tell you that i was next to a window and sprint 4g could hardly penetrate.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OriginalMemnock:
LOL, have you ever been on Sprint? I recently left them because their "unlimited" speeds are akin to t-mobile's throttled speeds. At least with t-mobile you actually get 2-10 gigs of actual fast speed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jessejames111981:
in philadelphia my evo4g was just as fast as this gsII
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
Guys, I think I may have discovered a workaround for the data caps. I changed my APN to internet2.voicestream.com instead of epc.tmobile.com about 5-6 weeks ago & I know for a fact I went over my 5gb cap last month, but not only was I not throttled, but my data meter on the t-mobile website hasn't budged at all. When I first changed it, it was at 111mb. It stayed that way till my billing cycle started over, and it's currently at 0mb even though I'm on my phone gobbling data all day long. My best friend is also on my plan & his APN is still epc, and his data meter changes daily.

Give it a try & see if it works for you. It definitely did for me. I don't think they track the internet2 APN, and I'm still getting full 4g speeds to boot.

And yes, Sprint's 3G is closer to EDGE than anything else. I have an Evo View & the data speeds on it are abysmal. I'm really glad I have wi-fi almost everywhere I use it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OriginalMemnock:
How do you change your APN on T989?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterjay7:
the same way you do it on all [most] androids brah, settings > wireless networks > mobile networks > access point names >, then menu > new apn
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Actually he wasn't correct. He never said a bb plan...........

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
MY information was correct "brah".

You never said switching to a bb plan. So get your information correct and stop spouting bs.

And I'm "discouraging" people from trying it cause you're wasting their time on something that can't be achieved with your method. I know a bb plan switch will change your data stats as I've done it. But your original suggestion won't do it. And don't try to say my information is incorrect, as you never even mentioned to bb way until the dude said it below me. Now you actblike that's what you meant all along...

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterjay7:
"10GB BB PLAN"...

I'm just saying, it could have been less rude. I respect everyone's opinion bro! You seem like a great guy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
Settings>wireless & networks>mobile networks>access point names

Pro tip- don't actually change your APN, just create a new one with the new data, save it, and select it(just in case you mistype or something). Check the link in my sig, I wrote a little tutorial with all the settings. And hit thanks if I've helped you :3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Then I stand corrected. But you should've corrected my earlier posts with the "bb" part you stated. As I never noticed to bb part. But tbh, there's no 10gb BB plan. It's just a blackberry plan. And that's where I was mistaken for you just referring to a higher data capture plan.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterjay7:
I apologize sincerely, I was only referring to the 10gb plan because that's what he had specifically stated he had in the post. I was only trying to imply that switching from android to bb, then back to android resets it. I should have left the "GB" out of it!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
And my apologies as well. :)

But idk how many times they will switch you back and forth. But I can confirm switching to the blackberry plan will reset you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterjay7:
Hah, if you ask they don't really have a choice :x

"NO SIR, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU ARE USING YOUR BLACKBERRY AGAIN. I WILL NOT"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] matistight:
Its sad that my mobile data is faster than my wifi... I get like 9mbps on 4g average. Wifi is 5... but since the beginning of.this month I've used 3gbs and that's downloading apps and their content(most have 500mbs) due to the 10 cent deals lately. It goes fast because you like fast speeds but set limit yourself on the Pandora, download music. There's a reason there's 16gb (like 14 really) built in. Or use only edge to make it slower and make you want to use wifi
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PJcastaldo:
um... I hate to tell you guys this.. but having a faster connection does not mean that your using more data... All it means is you can download and upload at a faster rate.. If a file or video or whatever is xxx MB then thats how much it is no matter how fast or slow your connection is..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterjay7:
No way I'm pretty sure a 500mb file @ 1.2mbps is WAY bigger than 500mb file at 50kbps!

.... ;). I have a feeling that what they meant by that is with the ability to stream/download faster comes the need to stream/download MORE, resulting in more bandwidth. Hopefully nobody who got past registration believes MB's are larger when they're faster!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chevyirox:
Is this little hack still working? I get my sgs2 friday
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Longcat14:
Yep, that's it, and that's probably how carriers get us to get throttled quicker... sneaky sneaky.

Oh well... I'll enjoy my LTE.... because I like it!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
Seems to be working so far, but keep an eye on your data meter just the same.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] teh_lorax:
OK. The point of my post still stands. You people know what you're paying for. If you don't like it, move to a company that doesn't have a cap. Jesus, OP makes it sound like TMO is robbing him, when he voluntarily agreed to the plan.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterjay7:
yeah you get what you paid for

..... Clearwire ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] GBGamer:
THANK YOU SO MUCH. It works like a charm. Just downloaded a kernel to try it out, and no data added. I bow to your genius.

Sent From The Best Phone of 2011
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Man if that works i'm going to crap my self! Thanks!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
I tried it and it seemed to work for about a day. Now my acct shows data rising.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
It seems to be working for some people but not for others, mine is still at 0. Did you make sure to select the new APN?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
I can CONFIRM its working for me! At 12GB out of 10GB ;)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Your data meter is going up but un-throttled?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Yes that's correct! Been testing it all day so far not throttled! YET is the key word! Could be just luck! Will post pics laters!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Even switched back to default APN settings. Then started getting throttled right away! But as soon as I switch it back again not throttled anymore!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Cool. I know people will abuse this trick and it'll raise a red flag at Tmobile and they'll fix it.

All I want is to use my data comfortably and not get throttled for a few days when I hit 5gb.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Weo:
Strange thing for me. I followed your directions and went to my home page: Google. It kept bringing up some apartment on Craigslist whenever I tried to navigate to google's main page... even typing in the address. I switched back and google was normal.

Any security issues with this? This strange occurence makes me wonder.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Dam it. Had to reboot my phone and now its not working! I am now being throttled ;( only pulling down 26k speeds! Was fun while it lasted!

Update.... Started working again! Lol

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
That's bizarre, nothing like that has ever happened to me. I can't imagine there'd be any security risks, tons of other non-4G T-Mo phones use this APN so it's not like its some kind of 'underground' thing or whatever. Maybe try clearing your cache & cookies...? I dunno. Try another browser & see if it still happens.

I don't see how people could "abuse" this trick if only a handful of nerds on a phone-hacking website utilize it. Even so, how are they gonna detect it? To them, it just looks like we're not using much data. For all they know, we're just using a lot of wi-fi. If you're paranoid about it, then switch back to epc & use some data here & there just to avoid raising their suspicions.

Glad its working for you :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mustangtim49:
Some of us don't have that luxury. I burn through my 10gigs in less than a week, no streaming only downloading Tom's, themes, apps Ect. 10gigs is not a lot of data.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] spjuggalojoe:
I originally signed up for unlimited though which doesn't mean its until they decide you've had enough so they'll slow it to a crawl. Its T-Mobile throwing restrictions on me without notification that upset me. Just like paying full price for a phone and finding out 2 years later that they've put you into a contract anyways and pull up a signature for a credit card charge and say that's your authorization. If you ask to read what you're signing they tell you they can't print until you sign. I miss voicestream :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jaekidd1012:
I remember this APN from when I first came to T-Mo back in November of '07. I can't help but wonder why they still have this APN up and running. IIRC, there is another APN: [internet3.voicestream.com]. If anyone else here knows more about this APN (if it even still exists) then please shed more light on this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mobilesuit818:
I followed the instructions to the tee. I logged into the my account via tmobile before and after and it the data usage is still being increased.

also tried to reset the phone a few times but no bueno.

any advice.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Still working like a charm. Account shows that its increasing but im not being throttled! Dont matter to me if it showing up on my account or not! No big deals!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Infrared28:
This isn't working for me. Maybe because I'm using a Mytouch 4g?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Thought you said above that it started throttling?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jaekidd1012:
Tried this and it's working just fine for me :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] heygrl:
Stop downloading roms or app data for games and such! Those are usually not "small" files.

I welcome the capped data plans. People complaining about the 2GB plan - it's just sad that they either don't want to pay for more usage or don't know you can get more usage. I don't want Sprint data network speeds aka atrocious data speeds despite network "upgrades" all over the place.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] safeplayer22:
The internet2.voicestream.com APN works. I used to use it for the Web2go plan on my NEXUS ONE.

It's a great backup plan once I ever get throttled.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ninosmaxima:
Lol same thing I was thinking
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vinsane:
Anyone try a speed test with the new apn setting?

Sent from my SGS2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] THCinNYC:
Can someone help me out?

For APN type i can only select pre-set options not type it in. (Internet+mms or just interent)

Also i have no APN protocol option.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] safeplayer22:
Yep, just did it and it's about the same. yippee

---------- Post added at 03:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:24 PM ----------

When you are in the APN screen. Hit menu and select "new apn", on the next screen, just type in "t-mobile us" for NAME and "internet2.voicestream.com" for APN, leave everything else AS IS!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] THCinNYC:
Nice, thank you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mrcojocaru:
I put in the apn but I'm not getting unthrottled.. Dethrottled? My browser seems to have sped up a little though
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
And you're over on your data usage? I found that even after going over while the new apn was enabled, they eventually throttle. It took them a few extra hours to start the throttle, but they still throttled.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
They probably just have no real reason to take it down, plus thousands of phones still use it & it'd be a massive PITA to field all the angry calls from people whose mobile data suddenly quit working.

internet3.voicestream.com does still exist, but I've found out from my own testing & a friend's that it IS monitored, so don't use it.

Fascism is not an appropriate alternative to expanding network capabilities. I don't think it's "sad" that people don't wanna pay $70 a month for 10gb of data on a plan that's promoted as 'unlimited', either. T-Mo says unlimited data, we PAY for unlimited data, so we deserve unlimited data even if we have to hack the system to get it.

And the "data hogs slowing down the network" thing is a myth. Sprint's speeds are slow because A) they run on a different network with different protocols, and B) Sprint has been sitting on their asses twiddling their thumbs for years as far as data is concerned & their network sucks donkey balls as a result. They'll go out & perform minor repairs on a tower & call it an "upgrade". I miraculously found a pocket of 4G in Oklahoma City earlier today with my tablet & discovered that their 4G speeds aren't even as fast as T-Mo's 3G. They're not slow because of too many users, they're slow because their data just sucks, plain & simple. So-called "data hogs" like a lot of XDAers are a tiny minority & won't affect overall network speeds. MOST people don't go over 1gb of data a month no matter if they have unlimited plans or not, because most people just don't think of their phones like computers like many of us on this site do. They use their phones for checking Facebook, the weather, movie showings, sports scores, and nothing more. My best friend is on my plan with me & I check his usage once in a while. He's a Facebook/dating site whore & he still has yet to go over 300mb. I repeat- data caps & nannying are not an acceptable alternative to building a better network.

I have never been throttled, so unfortunately I cannot tell you whether this trick will de-throttle you. Maybe try rebooting your phone & see if that fixes it. If not, then you may just have to wait till your billing cycle starts over :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkphantom:
Wifi guys! USE IT! wherever and whenever.

Also, if you see that 4G sign pop up when you're on wifi, kill the processes!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
It's the T-Mo bloatware(My Account) that insists on a 4G connection. Delete that & the 4G won't pop up on wi-fi anymore.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mobilesuit818:
How do you guys know its working..?

per my previous post, I checked before and after and the mb's are going up even after I created a new APN.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Be cautious, you will more than likely be throttled. The posters doesn't and can't confirm the hack even works. If it worked, it'd work for anybody. It didn't work for me.

And the others saying it worked (besides darkside) have yet to respond saying they actually went over the cap.

Side note, darkside said it was working, then not, now its working. :-\

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Krzysiek_CK:
I'm on 2GB plan. On 12/19 when I was at 1GB I switched APN. Four days later, after doing a lot of speed tests, I added additional 3.5+ GB extra and I'm still at full speed.

Looking up the data usage on My T-Mobile, it does indeed show the extra data usage but the graphical counter on the top does not move and it still sits and 1GB.

Stock rooted rom 2.3.6
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Update day 3!! still not being throttled used 13.65gb out of 10gb! getting speeds around 7mb to 13mb download speeds! awseome! ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
What rom are you guys on?

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