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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
I see the title of my topic got changed. Was going to change it myself! Thanks

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] uplandg:
How ethical is it for Tmobile to throttle users when I signed up for an unlimited data plan from the beginning(2008 G1 launch), which had no verbiage in the contact concerning throttling. Now I get throttled when I go over 5gigs. I commute and use my phone for what all the commercial glorify-music, videos, movies and surfing the Web. Ethics got nothing to do with it unless you're speaking about the cellphone companies.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] flipq88:
So I tried this, and today was thr last day of the month so i tried going over the 2g, it did. I was still gettin 4g after i hit the 2g, but it says on my account i used 2.10gigs, pretty sure i used more than that but whatever
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
I called retentions & got them to give me the 5gb plan for $20 the other day :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] flipq88:
Ok so i updated the my account app, and my monthe just started 2hours ago and its showing me this,

Hope this doesn't mess up my data
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
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if you read the contract it says that they can modify it and all that good stuff whenever thay want
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phreshjoker:
You're a life saver! I use tethering for my ipad and now that I have this! Its perfect
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
if they figure it out can they just deduct it from ur next billing cycle ? are u still 4g ""speeds ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] flipq88:
Yeah i am, but i just checked it and at 0, phew got a lil scared there lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
i have a hard time using 2gigs ha ha im doing the 30 $ 5gig soon hope i dont have to do this ima use google voice and groove ip so hope i dont use 5gigs to quick
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
This topic is worthless unless the op is organized with specific info regarding which plans this works with.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
If you take the time to read all or most of the post you will see it doesn't need specified plan. Just change your apn before your throttled. Its that simple. I see it all the time someone shares something informative and there's always someone to criticise people's effort. Just try it if it works it works if not so be it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ApexZeph:
MODS PLEASE CLOSE THIS THREAD AS PER OP REQUEST!!!!!

Sent from my SGH-T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] androidtoy09:
Not to offend anyone but do you honestly think t-mobile is not aware of this trick already?! Seriously, it is just matter of time before they decide what to do with it. So, enjoy it while it last people.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] josemedina1983:
Why is everyone tripping to close this thread ? T-Mobile knows how much data costumers are using and what kind of plan they have. Now this thread is getting a lot of attention people are freaking out they wont be able to freeload of T-Mobile :rolleyes:.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ebatr8:
This is hardly the first thread for this and it won't be the last. Tmo is aware of this and it will be fixed when they decide to the easiest and the most likely way they will do it is just remove the apn from your account on there end and bam your internet will just stop working till you switch back. This is the reason for all the changes with T-Mobile in the first place people taking advantage and trying to pay nothing for something. You might argue you pay sixty dollars for this blah blah at the end of the day your getting what you pay for and T-Mobile is a business not a charity and every other provider will be 20-50 dollars more even sprint with there crappy unlimited cdma 3G which is the closest in price to T-Mobile.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Xhyperion:
They raging dog
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xsteven77x:
Well now that people are being idiots and posting this method all over the internet and telling every person they know, just a matter of time for the loophole to be fixed. Ugh.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ebatr8:
Word my thoughts exactly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xsteven77x:
And by the way this does not work on every phone. Somehow we ate lucky that it does on ours.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Xhyperion:
This has been around for a while. Try googleing it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiguy99:
Let me educate you....

when enough people start doing this they will shut it down...

they may know but its still a small amount of users and attention...

let's keep it that way

on that note...mods please close this thread
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
God forbid others learn this trick. :rolleyes:

You would've never known about it if the op wouldn't have mentioned it.

Let others find out. I think it's selfish of the ones that want this thread closed.

Maybe the op shouldn't have shared the method with anybody?!!

Side note: I've been posting this elsewhere and telling all kinds of people about it - On purpose after you greedy people started wanting this thread closed. LOL
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Xhyperion:
Yes let's delete the thread and find about a thousand other sources to find out about this exploit using a simple search on Google.

Those who want this exploit will find it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
Seriously this work around is in the g2x and Mytouch4g threads also since a while back
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] twolfekc:
Can safely say this works on the 200mb plan!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wiswis:
Are you serious bro so with this apn and the 200mb u get unlimited data up to 4g speeds

If that is the case I will switch to that plan and I can save morw money
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] noodles2224:
Yup, i used this as soon as i got the g2x when it came out. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.. Its not new.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] colando dunes:
Just be careful, the current version of the 200mb plan is CAPPED with overage should you you exceed it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 850Mda:
but doesnt tmobile's older phones still use this voicestream apn? so technically they cant stop it until everyone stops using old flip phones on their network right? i remember this trick from back in the days back when i was in highschool and had my Tmobile Mda lol the good times
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kwiggington:
Ah hey hey

Sent from the bridge of the

U.S.S. Enterprise using L.T.Com Worf
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kwiggington:
Someones been throttling something else lol

Sent from the bridge of the

U.S.S. Enterprise using L.T.Com Worf
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] twolfekc:
Ya but make sure to ask them for the 200mb high speed data with unlimited slow speed data or else they won't give you the unlimited slow speed data if you mess up
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] josemedina1983:
By educate me you mean you wanna be one of the few freeloaders taking advantage of this without getting caught? by the way this APN settings are post it by T-Mobile http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-3091 you might wanna educate them too and shut it down before it goes out to the public LOL.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
Closing the thread isn't the same as deleting it. The info will still be here & this thread will still come up if someone searches for throttling workarounds. All closing it will do is keep it from being in the spotlight from all the new replies. Nobody wants the info deleted, we just want it to stop getting so much attention lest some big site like Engadget or Tmonews.com catches wind of it & publishes a damn article about it. It'll DEFINITELY get "fixed" then. And good job with the sour grapes there :rolleyes: We're not 'greedy', we're cautious.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Bump! Lol

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
No it wouldnt data will continue to count and that means money. Basically all this is to keep your speed the same way so you want be throttled. I would say this is 80%hit and 20%miss. Its not completely guaranteed. As far as t-mobile finding it would solely be based on how people use it.. If you're not throttled use your regular apn. If you're close to being throttled you can switch. Because if you are on the bypass apn and its congested by everyone its easy for them or their server to detect it..so even if they're aware or not its completely on how we use it..I don't want to see this thread closed hope you guys keep your heads up and stay on point. Thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
Haha
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dog02:
anp

so this really works?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Yes and that's why this topic I made is blowing up. Lol just like everything great in life it can only last so long. Works for now!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiguy99:
Trust me they won't...they'll keep bumping this thread to the top then laugh when Tmobile shuts of the APN... only to cry a week later wishing they didn't

bunch of 12 year olds with nothing else better to do...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
if u search for throttle fix thisbwont be the only thread on it this flaw has been around for a while im sure tmobile knows about it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
True. Just like they patched the throttle manager from the phone.. You basically take the service.jar from your phone delete all the throttle manager and push back the service.jar to your phone. Like its said before its not guaranteed. I know it works on certain phones so we are lucky enough for now...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheMrRoxtar:
Just wanted to leave My two cents.................................................................it works. Peace.

Surpassed 5GB a week ago and going strong.

Current-*Samsung Galaxy S2 (Gingersnap v1.1)*|*Htc Sensation (rooted w/ XE Dr. Dre Beats Technology)*|*Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant (rooted w/ cm7)*|*Mytouch 4g (stock)*|*Mytouch Slide (stock)*|*Htc G1 (stock)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pyraxiate:
This is extremely funny. The OP requested his thread closed and the OPS refuse. In the flip side, I made a screenshot thread in the proper section ( general ) and within an hour or so, a mod closed it, moved it to "theme and Apps" ( which is the incorrect place for it ), and told me I need to read before posting a new thread ...... what he should have done was merge the threads and place it in the general section lmao....... shame we can't moderate the mods somehow ...

Oh well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
I never asked for this topic to be closed. Hell it's on fire!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
[Update]Still working great!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Wow my PM box is getting flooded with questions, remarks and even thanks! Because of this topic! Just had like 50 pms. Getting crazy! Lol

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bhowanidin:
PM you a cookie, cool?

Sent from my Juggernaut SGSII or my "Galaxy Tasked" 10.1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SwervFusion:
I just checked my data use..237mb on 4g..3.3gb of wifi.. And my month is half way up.

I wish i can try this but i dont think ima come close to hitting 5gb. Soo.. You are all free to use the alternative apn to use the data i already paid for and not going to use. Its okay with me. I wont hate you for it. Lol..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xxKamikazexx:
Hey thanks dude.... I appreciate that, I really do :D

Sent from my SGH-T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SwervFusion:
I thought this was an okay read..but for the life of me i dont know why you closed with that statement. Why be informative, then boast?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
I saw a thread like that one. Saying he knew how to bypass throttling regardless. But won't share because people are going to ruin it..so I guess what you know the other man knows as well. Just a matter of time I guess before someone else knows again then again then again. Just saying he got flamed for creating the thread then don't share the information. Its like a slap in the face.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phoenixbennu:
No boasting here. Just stating that there are things out there that can really be done to "trick" the system and so on. Sorry if this came out sounding cocky, but I was really just trying to say that I know things about the system that most people do not know, but please dont ask me to reveal those secrets because I do not want to jeopardize any legal issues. I wanted to preemptively stop any mass pms saying "what other things do you know" ... I have had it happen before. So, just more or less saying that I am happy to give out what info I legally and rightfully can but some things just cant give out publicly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nellycruzz:
Does this,work on Tmobile monthly 4g??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phoenixbennu:
it can. but there is more to it than that. Most of the registration and backend systems for your monthly 4g plans and for yur regular plans are the same. Its mainly just a billing difference. There are other differences, of course, but thats the general idea.

So using a different apn will work the same, but there are a lot of other variables to take into account. Which monthly4g plan, what phone, sim card, etc. Just about the same things for the normal plans.

Its just one of those things that the backend systems that determine if it works or not is not something anyone outside of the company has access to. This means that for the average consumer, the only way to know if it works is to simply test it on a case by case basis. Just cause it works for one person doesnt mean it will work for you and just because it doesnt work for them doesnt mean it wont work for you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
Why say anything then? Why tease people with info you "can't" share? Kinda pointless & inflammatory to say you know how to hack the system but won't tell anyone how. I would never have mentioned the APN trick to anyone here if I hadn't intended to share it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Agreed..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phoenixbennu:
Im sorry if you feel that way. I spent a good little bit typing up all this clarifying and hopefully helpful information and everyone focuses on the last line. The line of it that was intended not to boast but to prevent me from getting a thousand messages asking for more information. I have had this happen before. When I post things like I did, I wind up getting tons of messages saying "tell me more" and I just wanted to try and assure people that while they are other things going on behind the system that can be done, I have shared what information I can.

Im sorry if, after all I posted, you still find me unhelpful and boastful. However, I find that last emphasis as necessary. Even with it I have still been getting multiple messages trying to get more info. Im sorry if I do not feel like having a flooded inbox and have to spend hours replying back with "i don't mean to be an ass, but I cant help you" to every single one of them.

edit: to help appease the masses about my last line of my posting, I have edited it further. I hope now we can focus on the topic at hand and not flaming at what you believe I intended to say when all I meant was that I have already put forward what help I can and I dont want to feel like a jerk having to tell a bunch of people that I cant help them when I get a thousand messages. I dont mind so much getting the messages, but I dont want to have to be an ass to people.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
i don't blame you, but i see it as one of those situations where you know there's a gas leak and you ignore the smell and ignite a match..boom.. it explodes.. when you made the last statement it just got people's attention, not to say all you've said in contribution wasn't attention grabber, but this is something people are leaving carrier's for, this is something people would even fight over, this is something that can save some money in a tough economy like this..but i do respect your choice...like i said i saw this in another thread and the person got heavily flammed, why say you know something that can help people and still you don't share it, then you create a thread, what do you expect people to say? am just saying...when he said what he said, am pretty sure he regret ever creating that thread...its all protection from them figuring it out and blocking it..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phoenixbennu:
Definitely not wise to create a thread solely to brag, but not trying to brag here. I do pride myself on knowing what I know, but I dont intend on boasting about it and trying to make people feel like I am just trying to be mean.

I just felt the need to assure people that I have posted what I can, and also because I know these forums (I do a lot of stuff in threads for other devices) and sometimes you get those people who want to challenge you on what you said or act like they know more than you do and so you must be wrong. So I wanted to preemptively stop some of those things by saying that I do know what I am talking about, and I know a lot about this stuff, and that want to be as helpful as possible without violating any confidentiality agreements or personal ethics.

I personally believe that certain tricks should never become common practice because then it does undermine the system and essential punish the group for the actions of a few. Most people dont think this will happen, but I have seen it happen a number of times. Throttling is one of those things, and the limits are what they are primarily because of people who tether and there are people who try to use tethering for their xbox or online gaming, etc and tmobile is not a dedicated internet service. No carrier is. and so there had to be some restrictions in place prompted mainly because of people abusing the system using things like pdanet and easytether.

So I know that there are "tricks" out there that are fine for the general populace to know. This trick, for example, is already one that tmobile is very much aware of. However, other tricks shouldnt be known or used because they can lead to other negative impacts. I dont even use them. I dont even use this trick lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
if only i can shake your hands in hopes to read the tricks out of you, well said again...certain secrets are meant to be kept, but i still wonder the guy who created that thread, he must've have known the same info you know..but i understand the first half of the secret, but the other half is very challenging...:mad:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Oh wow this topic is not a place to brag or flame anyone! I just made this topic to help some people. So for the last time please do not post anything that bashes people or is off topic. the xda forums is not a place for children or a day care!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xbanhcuonx:
Doesn't work for me unfortunately =[ I tried it after starting a new billing cycle (was throttled last month) but all my data is still tracked on T-Mobile's website.

I already uninstalled "My Account", oh well, thanks for the information anyways!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phoenixbennu:
The my account trick doesnt really work. The myaccount app does nothing but report information to you and give you links to things like paying your bill.

It is definitely on a case by case basis. There are things on the backend system that will determine if it will work for you.

You can always try cycling your phone to reset the registration in the phone (as described in my prior posting). Anything else would need to be done from a rep's end.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Still working for me! Only showing 59mb used when I check it on T-Mobiles website! But My Account shows 2.55GB used! Still find it strange it works for some but not for others!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Master&Slave™:
This "TRICK" really slows my data down to about an average of 0.08 Download.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Wow you must have really bad luck then! Lol

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
that's why i said it's like 80% hit/20% miss.. if you're getting a low speed, it's probably because the network is congested.. that's why i've said, if people are not throttle just use your regular apn... while you about to get throttled say A gig away, just switch.. try restarting your phone if you're getting a slow speed..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Update!!

Ok so for people that are having issues getting this to work try this!

Must be rooted and have Root Explorer installed.

Step 1

Using Root Explorer go to data then system folder and scroll down and look for the folder called throttle

Step 2

Click and open the throttle folder. Depending if your throttled or not there will be 1 or 2 folders. Click and erase these folders!

Step 3

Now back out of the folder and now click and hold on the throttle folder a menu will pop up with a few options

Click on the Permissions option!

Step 4

Ok now change the permissions like how it is in this screenshot!

Only read and execute should be checked!

Step 5

Now once the permissions have be changed back out of Root Explorer and reboot your device. Now once your device reboots try it and see if your being throttled or not. I would also use the APN trick posted on the first page along with this trick. Im not saying it will work but it should. Tested it on my friends white galaxy s2 and after doing what I said above.he is not being throttled! WARNING wont work if your ALREADY Throttled. Try it BEFORE you get throttled. And it should work! Good Luck! If this works for you please hit the thanks button! Enjoy ;-)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Cool.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] degeneration:
Probably would have been a good first line. Thankfully I didn't delete but moved the content of the folder. Although I am not supposed to be throttled right now, but Tmobile can't figure out why I can't get higher than 60kbps
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Amend your first post and post the new trick.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Will do when I get some time. Recovering from a freaking seizure!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Sorry to hear that..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] capcanuck:
I have tmobiles "unlimited" data plan, grandfathered.. Speed test are usually between 1 and 3.. After deleting the throttle folders and fixing permissions I'm consistently clocking 7-8k!! Awesome tip, thanks man!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Yeap no problem!

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