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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
+1

I've been doing speed tests all night & I've found that my data speeds are a tad slower on the internet2 APN. I can get up to 22 down & 4 up on epc, but the highest I can get on internet2 is 14 down & 2 up. Maybe it's congestion(I didn't notice a speed difference when I first started doing this trick several months ago, but I've noticed a drastic slowdown just over the past few weeks since everyone's been doing this), but there's definitely a difference. I've also noticed that it's stuck on H about 90% of the time & as soon as I switch back to epc, it goes right to 4G.

Meh... I'm probably gonna go back to epc until I start getting close to my limit(or until Netflix starts working on CM7 again so I can stream). I've been measuring my usage & unless I'm downloading a ton of stuff I don't usually go over 2-3 gigs anyway -_-
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] arrow123:
It seems like it works but then after time it just adds all the space at once.does this happen to anyone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ungarisch:
DOES NOT WORK, its the middle of the month and I just got throttled down to 5kb/s, I was using the Voicestream APN the entire month and still got the warning text messages and today the throttle kicked in.

I basically had to forfeit my entire months payment ($70) and buy a whole new month's worth of service just so I can start using the phone again, because I wasn't gonna wait it out for 13 days no basically NO internet. Only thing is that now my bill end on a weird ass day (the 18th)

btw, I'm on monthly4G 5gb, if it makes a difference...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vinsane:
Maybe it just doesn't work for the pre-paid plans.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jonathan3579:
Does your app look the same way? My app never says more than 0% no matter the amount of data.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LpSk8r:
doesn't matter wat the apn is, i realized this wen i put in ( internet.voicetream.com) i later noticed i left out the s, and everything still worked.

i changed my apn to vzw. com, and sure enough everything still works. i think it just has to do with old sim cards, vs new instead
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ungarisch:
this makes a lot of sense, and I think your right. It must default back to the same APN. I had to get the new 9144 (?) sim card just to get my WIFI calling to work. (wifi calling is the only reason I'm with T-Mobile, free calls to the USA from any bar in Europe, haha!)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cwalker0906:
Has anyone tried the remove throttle folders option? Just wondering if it works
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jonathan3579:
Good thing i have the "older" sim card. Haha. WiFi calling does not even work on Monthly4G so no need to change sims.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bigburpsx3:
Hoping it works. My bill ends the 20th so I'm waiting one more day before I go all out with streaming. I'll report back once I'm done!

I'm on a 2gb monthly unlimited data plan with t-mobile
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
I have a newer sim card & it still works fine for me, so I don't think that's it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nighthawk626:
can anyone with a PREPAID plan for tmobile confirm this working?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Raul69.atl:
I just got trottled yesterday and it foesnt work, i have the epc.com and when i used to change to voicestream.com it wouldnt even work.

There is a post that u can change something on the system, anyone knows?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] XxGoKoUxX:
Did you do exactly as the post suggested? Including the extra precaution of deleting the contents of the "throttle" folder? Don't forget you have to delete/freeze your "My account" software that comes with your SGS2. I used Titanium Backup Pro for that.

On another note, i did all darkside said. My data still shows usage, but what is weird is that up above on the flow chart looking thing, it only shows 2.6gb's of usage (same amount for 3 days now)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jameszr2:
Hey all, its my first post, been around for a while and found something worth posting on. This trick works great for me by just changing the apn, and haven't changed the throttled folder permissions yet. What im noticing is, on my tmobile account it logs my data thats being used but doen'ts actually say ive used it. I changed apn's at 1.6g and have used about 5g now, its logged in the tmobile acount that its used, but show's im still at 1.6g. Im also on the $50 unlimited plan. 5 stars from me!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ungarisch:
no it does not, but contrary to the previous comment, wifi calling works just fine on prepaid (AKA monthly 4g) I'm was in europe last month and was constant calling my room mate back in the US and it was all on wifi calling. costed me $0. Now only if TMo had a dual sim wifi calling capable phone I'd be in heaven.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nighthawk626:
hold on i'm confused, how does say on t-mobile account that its used but shows you're at 1.6? clarify please
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gwar24:
yeah, neither of these worked for me. I got throttled today.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SwervFusion:
Do they throttle right at the cap or a little over? I have the 5gb cap and im only 200mb away..so 2 days :-( and no wifi.

Also..what are the cap speeds? I see different accounts.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Kingissa:
I have the 200mb "unlimited" plan tried this and it worked flawlessly. I was getting around 4-7 mbps when I first changed the apn. After like 2 days I only get between 1.2-2.2 mbps. I am not complaining though because compared to the speeds when I am throttled, the speeds are faster than superman.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Raul69.atl:
So u saying do this before getting throttled, and after doing all that check if we are not being throttled.

Of course we are not gonna be throttled if we still in our range plan!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Raul69.atl:
Well u froze it , what do u expect?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] The Archangel:
The pics says it all

If I helped, give thanks, if you please.

........Death before dishonor........
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Hey highway I saw you on the mtg4g forum..I think this trick works only on the sgs2. I know It used to work with the other phones. But like I said i think this trick is like 80%hit 20%miss..you can get more lucky if you do it before your throttled or just miss it after throttled. Check out your post on the mt4g.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] XxGoKoUxX:
No, what he means by that is, do it, and check to see if your data usage goes UP, and if it goes towards your data limit per month. If it doesn't, you're in the clear :)

What do you mean? The "My Account" it's the .apk in the phone, i went on t-mobile website, it still shows i used this much data and that much data, much more than 200MB. But I've been stuck at the same Usage Bar all 3 days, now going onto 4. So it seems like the whole thing works, just weird how it shows details on my tmobile website that i used it but data bar doesn't go up to show me i'm gonna be throttled. (Which is great!)

Did you try rebooting phone a few times? Matter of fact, I think all you need to really do is go airplane mode,and undo airplane mode, and it should switch for you. Try that and see if your data speeds go up. If you're currently throttled, it won't work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
Ive tried a few apn combos and i still cant get over 1.2 on download and 1 on upload i have the 5 gig plan anyone have this issue ? just saying my sisters mytouch 4g gwts way better speeds than me :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
I do believe its a national issue going on.. People saying when they check online their data usage isn't reading right its stuck. But if you press #932# CALL BUTTON you will see your actually data usage. As far as the speed goes I found out its just he same for certain people including myself.. I used the regular apn and I was getting no more than 1.65mbps. Am not throttle yet. Called t-mobile and I was told he engineers are working on the towers.. So my believe is whatever speed you are getting now relatively to your location it might have to do with the towers..I did a test at my house speed is slow(1.65mbps). But at work I was getting 9mbps..so am not sure if all t-mobile towers nation wide is affected. I think they froze the online counter because people are experiencing slow data issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jonathan3579:
I have been using this trick for months and just fairly recently switched to Monthly4G and it stops my data counter altogether. Just thought I'd chime in here...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
Is there a way to see if its hardware issue ? I get awesome speeds on wifi wish i could get half of that over data , for what i use my phone is not that slow i mainly do all my downloading over wifi anyways im just saying if i ever needed to do hotspot i would like a higher download speed thats all :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Actually t-mobile just called me.. Didn't answer by the way.. The message says the engineers ate still working hard to resolve the problem..well as long as t-mobile recognises they have problems and working towards resolving it

. Its cool.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
Ima call also just to see what they say what number did you call?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Dial 611..or 1-800-937-8997 Talk to a rep.. Ask them to transfer you to tech department.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
For the last time this trick is NOT going to work if your already being throttled. Must be done BEFORE you are throttled. Then once you reach the cap then check to see if these tricks work for you. It works great for me. But it's NOT a sure thing! Was just trying to help out a few people. So enjoy it if it works! Still working for me!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gwar24:
Does anyone have any idea why this didn't work for me? I'm rooted on stock using synergy kernel. I tried the apn trick way before I was throttled and have been using it since. And I deleted the files in the folder. After all that it still didn't work and my speeds are horrible now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
What are your current speed..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gwar24:
.05 mbps up and down
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
You are throttled..well just wait till your unthrottled. But you can try taking out the battery and sim card for about 2min and put it back.. Try it again..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
What are edge and 4g speeds ? My speeds are pretty low under 1200 even when i have 3bars and 4g signal :/ any thoughts i called tmobile did some bs tech crap and they said towers are good in my area :/ exchanging makes me sad after i saw 3 other sg2 my screen is pretty clean compared
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gwar24:
It's just weird. And there still aren't files in the throttle folder.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] capcanuck:
Try running the 3gturbocharger script by zeppelinrox as well.. Had amazing effects on my speeds (check out the screenshot, I could barely get above 3 beforehand!)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jameszr2:
ok what im noticing is slighter lower data speeds but still around 7-8mbps in my 4g area. no complaints there tho. but when i log on to tmobile myaccount online i click on "see usage details" and it shows how much data youve used and your recent activity. on the 19th i downloaded 8gb in movies to test this trick because it was my last day in the billing cycle. anyways it showed the data used in the recent activity, but my data bar was stuck at 1.6g, no overage. also ive used about 100mb today, maybe more and its still stuck at 0mb used. ????? about 30 min northeast of daytona beach, don't think there is a tower problem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vinsane:
I was wondering about that... what setting did you use? Fastest or experimental?

Does if affect both 4G & 3G? Or 3G only?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] player90247:
Ahh those good ol' days. I paid $15 for T-Zones access then changed the APN settings to internet2.voicestream.com on my Nokia N95 for over 2 years with faster data speed. Had to use Opera Browser on my laptop when tethering. I used the Nokia Suite to tether and required a password, I used "0000" and worked great. Along the way it tried epc.tmobile.com but it lagged and switched it back to internet2.voicestream.com

---------- Post added at 01:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:01 AM ----------

Ahh those good ol' days. I paid $15 for T-Zones access then changed the APN settings to internet2.voicestream.com on my Nokia N95 for over 2 years with faster data speed. Had to use Opera Browser on my laptop when tethering. I used the Nokia Suite to tether and required a password, I used "0000" and worked great. Along the way it tried epc.tmobile.com but it lagged and switched it back to internet2.voicestream.com
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
Can u point me to it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] GreggoryD502:
Here ya go. If you arent familiar with running scripts, read the instructions. Not that hard really.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991276
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
The speeds are still the same :/ man I guess I'll go back to stock and see what it does if not exchange here I come
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kwiggington:
Nice it worked thank you

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LpSk8r:
Okay, my billing cycle just reset. So the night before, i reflashed my kernel, did the deleting of throttle folder, and permissions, and changed my apn again to internet2. As well as froze my account.

Speeds are forced to only 3g speeds on internet2 btw, but i get around 3mbps down, and 1mbps up, so im not really crying over that.

Well this morning i downloaded a movie, that was 1.32gb on my phone. as well as used 312mb from mediahub.

Logged online a few hours ago, and it says i havent used my data since yesterday. Ive used 0mb. i know damn well thats a lie. so it still works.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
Stop fronting Lpsk8er :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LpSk8r:
Fronting, haha. Damn wats that like 1998 talk.

Smh, you try to give out info to help people, and they troll all day.

xda has really fallen off. hope i as able to help someone who it wasn't working for. smdh
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
Oh what there's another lpsk8ter haha I was just messing I thought u where my friend Chris who is also on here and is also an LPsk8r,
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] shinew:
it doesn't work! :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Lt.Tealc:
does it work with prepaid plans guys? like the 50$ 100mb deal
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] capcanuck:
Sorry took so long to reply.. I've found that setting 5 works best for my phone. I've ran the script for some friends but had to try different settings to get the best results. Zeppelinrox scripts are the real deal!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funziebear:
Ive tried all of them with no result ima try again with the different modem

About time :) thanks for ur help :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SwervFusion:
Im on the walmart prepaid plan...i got capped :-(. Im using a new sim, different apn, and did the permissions folder trick..

I guess i ll try this out for a few days...i still have 10 days to go 8-|
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vabeach454:
I tried this last night and it freakin works!! lol... I am on the 2gig plan and had 1.26 gig used and this morning I DL 500mb game and a almost 1 gig movie and when I dial #932# the data usage is the same!! Now I will admit that the new APN is not as fast as the normal one, but wi-fi is the same speed. :D

I also checked T-Mobile.com and it shows that I havn't DL hardly anything. Nice Job!! Another thanks is headed your way.

P.S. I am also trying on my sons Vibrant and it seems to be working as well!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vinsane:
Works for me... past my 5gb by about 2gb...apn change and running BeastMod... oh yeah... my wife and my daughter tether their iPhones off mine constantly ... and we're all still cruising. ;)

This is one of the main reasons I can't get away from BeastMod.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bigburpsx3:
I'm using the 2gb unlimited data plan with t-mobile. On the My T-Mobile website, it shows that I have used 18.2 mb. When I call #932#, however, it shows 114.8mb.

My data manager app, however, shows 119.7mb, which I think is the most accurate gauge of my data usage. Does this mean this trick is working for me or not? I don't want to get throttled in the process of testing it because my billing cycle just began :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SwervFusion:
I didnt see this so i figure i mention it...if ur on the walmart promo plan u cant renew early if you kill ur mins and data...

Sooo...i guess for the next week i ll run up my data by streaming pandora all day long since thats all u can do on this slow thing..lol... It uses up quite a bit of data...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SwervFusion:
Which plan are you on? Which sim are you using?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
Nope, had that one on my old Nokia 3650. I loved that phone :-)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mojorisin7178:
Hey has anyone figured out if it still works once you are throttled? I just created a new apn with these settings and I am going to try to get myself throttled so I can see if I set this apn after I get throttled if it will go back to 4g. I am sure it will I dont see why not. This way I can continue to use my data as normal and use this only when it comes time. Because I us e10 gb of data a month to go to 0 would probally be kinda fishy. I dont know if they pay that much attention but better safe than sorry. I just tested out the speeds also and I can confirm that there is no reduction in speed between the two apn settings. I get about 13mbps on both. After I get throttled and try the new (old) apn I will report back. And thanks alot for finding this that was genius!!

Charlie
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] brian_v3ntura:
I wouldn't say kabuk1 was the first one to poat abt the apn change as the original person who found the apn trick was sinoar from the g2 forums (forgot the exact SN) . I did however bring the apn change to the vibrant community and worked with a couple people on getting a true throttle fix. however,the apn trick was found out by TMo and throttled alternate apns. I just gave up on the physical software mod and accepted throttling,but it's good to know that the alternate APNs work for our SGS2....at least for now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] snx351:
Thanks alot going to give it a try i hate that data cap im on the 5gb.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
I just tried to use this APN and the data speeds i had were MUCH slower than the speeds I got on the stock APN. I would get 7mbps on the new apn but the old one gives me up to 14mbps.

The only reason I can see to compel me to use this apn would be if I were approaching the limit of my data. Yes its a bit slower but if its totally unlimited then it doesnt matter.

Also, the my account application seems to be able to keep track of my usage when I use this app. I can see the original poster maxed out his usage however isnt being throttled because he has the new APN.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] scribbles92:
I'm wondering if anyone has noticed how much images are compressed using epc.tmobile.com?? :eek: There is a thread on t-mobile's support page and they are discussing how there is no compression using internet2.voicestream.com.

I have definitely noticed how crisp and clear images are now by using this. This 'compression' is not present using wi-fi but by only using epc.tmobile.com. Try Google imaging something and you will see how noticeable it is. I've been on T-Mo for 7 years now and I was told some time ago that they give the 'newer devices' the epc.xxx..APN.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cjtaurus18:
T-Mobile Sales Rep!!!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] grkmano:
I'm throttled I changed apn and all but nothing works have to wait the next 5 days worst xmas present Tmobile gave me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mha1021:
Well i have Walmart's 30 prepaid plan with 100min talk, unlimited text and unlimited data with 5GB 4g speed and i been using this APN for 2days now just went over 5GB and i am only getting 2g speed 60kbps so it didn't work for me.

I think for those ppl that it worked b/c they have 10GB plan. for others SOL.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
How about you remove your self from my thread. If you dont have anything nice to say!

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
I think he was referring to removing it before tmo catches wind of it!

I'm just sayin!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
I have the 5gb plan & it works for me...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
I'm actually getting kind of nervous about this now :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RuizGT:
I would try this if I didn't have a dealer line. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
Lol you can't keep something like this away from them too long, I'm sure there are plenty of Tmobile employees that are members of xda.

I'm just sayin!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] danielblakes:
please. this has been around for years in different flavors.

someone please tell me what t-mobile will do to patch it.

bear in mind that a huge quantity of their older phones are using this APN.

also bear in mind that an upgrade to this older system would no doubt cost millions upon millions of dollars (or else they would have already done it).

so please, enlighten me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CB620:
Thanks and I don't think a patch can be implied. It will pretty much stop wap.voicestream.com and this apn. Majority of tmobile phones won't really operate and that would cause a riot lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] brian_v3ntura:
the guy meant to delete the thread due to TMo Moles. chillax. posting this thread is probably the biggest mistake. Look what happened when i posted the same APN/physical mod thread when it was hot in the vibrant section. The APNs worked for awhile,but TMo found a way to block excessive usage.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] corwest:
There is also internet3.voicestream.com as well. fyi...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
The APN Trick as been updated! check out my first post! Enjoy :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vinsane:
Regular post paid family account... 5gb...older sim from last year.. not the one that came with the phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Trevnerdio:
This is amazing lol thank you so much

I think somehow I got them to switch me back to true unlimited..I don't have the *5GB anymore because they tried to switch me to 2GB with this phone upgrade without telling me and I raised hell so...I think I have true unlimited for $20 a month... :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Good luck with that true unlimited plan! Lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kvizz:
Does this actually work?

I'm on 2GB, but rarely go over, when I do I'll try and test it out.