[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] waiters:
Last month and this month again I have been throttled. I have been reading the countless number of posts on the subject on this and other forums and have decided to post in this thread everything I have found out from research and personal testing.

these answers can be found (except for good instructions on the calling trick) but are buried in other posts... thats why i decided to make this because it sucks reading over 50 posts on 10 pages in a thread for one simple set of instructions.

TOP 5%: AT&T doesn’t disclose any information about the top 5% but I have no reason to believe personally that they are lying about it. The reason for this is last month I pushed 20gb when I was throttled, this month I was throttled again as well but I was throttled after using about 1GB more then I used last month.

I urge everybody to use as much data as they can ONCE THROTTLED. However, as being throttled sucks, don’t abuse it till after you are throttled!

How to UN throttle:

The easiest way (and one which I cannot confirm as I am 100% stock), is to install a custom ROM that supports network modes (force HSPA / LTE) – and then – once changed to HSPA – THEN change your APN.

Changing your APN alone will NOT un throttle you!

For us that are stock this becomes a bit more difficult. AT&T has designed its network to FORCE you onto LTE when available – however, with so many iPhones and other 3g devices, the signal is still there!

A trick I learned and have done successfully for the last few days is this:

1)	Add the PHONE apn

2)	Select the PHONE apn

3)	Enable FLIGHT MODE

4)	DISABLE FLIGHT MODE – BUT – BEFORE AT&T CONNECTS TO DATA YOU MUST TERMINATE A CALL!!! Just make a call and make sure it connects before the 5 seconds or so you have when the data reconnects.

Once I did this, it seems to stick. I have even forced myself back on LTE and tried this over and over again and it seems to be working. The key is to make sure your phone has connected to another person BEFORE AT&T’s data reconnects (about 5 seconds like I said).

EVEN AFTER YOU POWER OFF/ON THE DEVICE (i swap batteries 2/3 times a day) the 3G still sticks!!

To get back on LTE after my billing cycle restarts, i just go back to the PTA APN and all is well. back on LTE!

To make this easier on myself, I call my office (goes straight to vm), then I go through steps 2 and 3 – then when im ready for 4 – I turn it on real quick then goto call logs, it’s the top most option, press it. And im on 3g !

MYTHS:

1) yes there is a folder called /data/system/throttle – this doesn’t appear to have any effect on throttling. However, don’t remove the folder – or you will crash every few seconds and will need to recreate the folder with adb before you can use your phone again! My files before and after throttling are the exact same.

2) visual voicemail has NOTHING to do with throttling, I read someplace about a theory that if you froze visual vm that AT&T couldn’t throttle you (for whatever reason) – I had my VMM frozen for this entire billing cycle and still was throttled

3) Netflix ETC: this is a funny one because the day after I used Netflix for the first time in my life, I got the 5% warning, the second time I used it I was throttled.. However this billing cycle I didn’t use Netflix or any streaming service (other than youtube) and was still throttled…. I was however throttled at 1GB more data useage then last month…

im still looking at the possibility of AT&T throttling people and putting them on a different subnet then normal users..