yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rdsnyder:
Ummm no, think of it this way. You go to an all you can eat buffet every weekend for years, all is good you get the food you need and go home. Except now here comes this guy with a big plastic tub filling it up with food, and the kitchen is struggling to keep up so now the food is coming out slower for all the regular people because the kitchen can't keep up with the tub guy. Pretty much two options here - kick the tub guy out, but maybe there's another tub guy right behind him or they can just say from now on, you can only fill up one plate with food. After that, we are charging you per pork chop or whatever. Now sure, the sign did say "all you can eat" but really it means within reason. You can get free refills on drinks most places, but they don't let you bring in a 100gal tank to fill up with Dr. Pepper. It's common sense, and I don't want Sprint charging me on a per pork chop basis.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
I may have missed this in the thread... But what are YOU so upset for? YOU didn't get a warning letter.

If you use your zillions of gigs of data without violating the TOS and Sprint sent you a letter, that would be a travesty. Fact is, the OP DID violate the TOS by hosting MW3 games. He probably wouldn't have gotten warned for using 100GB except that such an extreme usage probably got his account looked at manually by a network tech, who discovered that he was obviously tethering and hosting games.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deedscreen:
We at ACSyndicate will be happy to take this and put it into an article...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRick10:
For what? He was violating his TOS. Why would you want a story about that?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deedscreen:
Hi, I'm Jay Burke from the ACSyndicate Journalism/News Team, we provide Android/Tech news, updates, and reviews, and we llllloooooooovvvvvveeeee controversy like this!!!!

Could you please send a picture of the letter to:

JayBurke@ACSyndicate.net?

I'll be sure to credit you. Please also send your xda username please in the email...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1brainsurgeon:
Okay, okay. I didn't realize that this was based on hotspot hack. My apologies. MW3 didn't click with me, as I don't play it. Guess I should read entire thread before blindly throwing in my two pennies.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deedscreen:
Because Sprint advertises unlimited data, and how exactly is he violating his TOS?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRick10:
Cause he's using wifi tether without paying for it. Using it to play MW3 and stream Netflix on his console.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Now I'm hungry.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRick10:
"Our data services may not be used:... (vi) for an activity that connects any device to Personal Computers (including without limitation, laptops), or other equipment for the purpose of transmitting wireless data over the network (unless customer is using a plan designated for such usage)...Unlimited Use Plans. If you subscribe to rate plans, services or features that are described as unlimited, you should be aware that such "unlimited" plans are subject to these Sprint Prohibited Network Uses."

That's in the TOS all of us sign. ;) Can't be mad when you get caught doing something you know is against the TOS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cMeka:
Here's my letter!

I'm upset. I do not use 100GB monthly, I use no more than 10GB.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRick10:
Are you using wifi tether?? Are you roaming over 300mb a month?? If yes to any of these. Then Sprint will send you this letter.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
LMAO you guys are gonna shoot yourselves in the foot, unless your using this to set an example to not abuse your service.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRick10:
That's hilarious. Can't wait for all the big blogs to laugh at this story hahaha
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cMeka:
Yes. I'm guilty, but I've been doing the same thing for almost two years now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rasengan82:
Oh boy I guess this is it, they are sending these to all wifi tether users...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRick10:
Sprint is now tracking these users and sending out warnings.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
You need to check your math, or relearn what a gig really is.

Even at the theoretical max of 3Mb/s that 3G can throw at you, you're looking at 31GB a day.

There is absolutely NO way that four 24 minute episodes or a cartoon are going to reach 200GB a day. Even if somehow they were HQ HD streams (which I doubt) Netflix caps at 2.3GB/hour. Most likely that cartoon is come at .3GB/hour.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
Yup, they actually cut my phone off for using 32g in a week.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rasengan82:
Did you have to pay for ETF? If no I guess this is the ultimate solution to get out LOL.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRick10:
No you don't have to pay an ETF.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ajs2677:
Really?? What an interesting loophole...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rasengan82:
Very interesting indeed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cMeka:
Yes somewhat. Wifi Tether isn't brand new, it's been around for longer than 2yrs. I feel like they've caught on a little too late, they've got a lot of terminating to do to people who continue to violate their ToS on a monthly basis; whether it's for tethering 1GB or 100GB a month. If they wanna begin terminating all of a sudden, cool.

So I guess the right thing to do would be purchasing hotspot at $30 per month? Which is capped at 5GB anyways... I feel like I need to redefine Sprint's definition of unlimited.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Devi0124:
Unlimited data does not include tethering. Where is the confusion?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nubsors:
Here are my thoughts

1) Sprint's been clearly advertising like crazy that they are the only carrier that has "truly unlimited" data plans.

2) Within their own TOS they spell out how that data can be used. The particular article that is pertinent to this discussion is the line that describes the use of non-continuous playback of video since I'm sure the majority of this guy's data usage from was from Netflix.

Keep in mind that some phones are built and sold with the ability to HDMI out to TV. In other words, the product is sold with the explicit ability to stream HD multimedia from the phone.

With my own personal anecdotal experience, I know it is entirely possible to run near 200BG of data from streaming movies and TV shows on a nightly basis.

Taking all of this into consideration it is easily possible for someone to run up 100+ GB of data on their phone using Netflix and in a completely TOS compliant manner.

Some have argued that it is within Sprint's right to end service, and this is true. But what is also true is that while Sprint is within their rights to end a contract, they are getting dangerously close to false advertisement territory. For Californian's this could mean significant restitution:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Consumers_Legal_Remedies_Act
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KCRic:
Doesn't it say in the ToS that using the data outside of it's intended usage can get you kicked? Yes it does. Some of those things include online gaming (on a console/computer), streaming, tethering (unless you pay for it), using your phone as a data server, and creating/hosting Google 2012 on your phone. Ok the last one is sarcasm but the rest is right there in the ToS.

More to the point - where has all the common sense gone in this country?! Go ahead and eat at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Just keep eating and eating and eating. Guess what will happen? You'll get kicked out. This decision has been upheld numerous times in the courts. Just because something says 'unlimited' doesn't mean you get to be the most selfish glutton alive and abuse it. It's unlimited within reason. Yes, saying 'unlimited' is false advertisement but then again one would assume us 'intelligent' Americans would have enough sense to understand what it truly means. What would you rather them say? "Come get our no limit data usage plan that may be cut off if you're a fat ass data hog"? Would that be a bit more understandable?

I don't even use 100GB+ on my home internet. It's fast enough but unless I've been downloading torrents or 50 copies of Linux, I never come close. Online gaming doesn't use that much bandwidth either - it's more about ping times. Hitting the Netflix streaming cap? Maybe you need to get a job... or a life. This isn't directed at anyone specifically - just those that use data like a politician uses oil.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] azyouthinkeyeiz:
Obviously somewhere blatant, that we, with an understanding of how technology ACTUALLY works, simply overlook it.

I've said this same thing all the way back to the Hero forums, and there's only about 25% that acknowledge it. The others are leechers, imho.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cMeka:
I'll happily pay for hotspot if they remove the cap.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] silversx80:
Hmmm, Sprint catches a violation of their ToS and send a letter politely asking one to stop such violations. Seems mighty kind of them, since legally, they have the option to just boot the user.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] distantneighbor:
Does anyone truly believe you can eat unlimited amounts of food at an all you can eat buffet? There is an understanding that you can abuse it and to me 100 gigs is way abusive IMHO

Sprint should terminate if it don't stop.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EL TEJANO:
Out of all the Sprint customers combined, how many do you think use wifi tethering?

I can see people getting upset at someone who uses 100gb of data & people like that probably fall into less than 1% of those that do, but personally I feel bandwidth is probably more affected from the cumulative effect of more people using wifi tethering albeit on a smaller data usage scale.

We just tend not to notice or acknowledge such things because it's not so blatantly obvious.

If you wifi tether, no matter how much data you use, it's still a violation of the ToS. We can argue about how much is "reasonable" all we want, it still doesn't change Sprints policy on such activity.

All I'm saying is that I can't diss a guy because I feel his amount of wifi tethering is affecting my data usage but tether myself & then deem it okay because I use less.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nubsors:
Something to note here is that the bolded statement is actually specifying what the data CAN be used for. Then after the bolded statement it clearly states that the data cannot be used to stream unattended video. In the case of Netflix, it is neither unattended nor continuous. The definition of continuous is: without interruption. The very nature of Netflix is that you watch one show or movie at a time with an interruption between. Therefore, using your phone to watch numerous videos on a daily basis is perfectly within TOS.

Lastly you have to keep in mind that Sprint cannot prove that the user was tethering and therefore cannot use tethering as the basis for terminating his contract.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
Just because you have the right to do something doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nubsors:
Just like any business, the owner can refuse service to anyone. But they run the risk of partaking in false advertisement if they keep kicking customers out of their restaurant after they have already paid for the all-you can eat buffet. And that is what we are talking about here.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EL TEJANO:
Exactly, some people aren't so lucky & use way less data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nubsors:
Ethics and Morality don't belong in this conversation.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KCRic:
It saddens me to say it but, yes. There are actually people that think you can eat until you die in those places.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] danielddube:
great, now these geniuses here are going to harass you for using their bandwidth...hahaha
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JBTY:
Look I Think this thread is getting out of hand we all get it. It's alot of data, it violates TOS which most of us do anyway regardless. The 10gb per month that ppl claim to to use moderately is still waaaay above other carriers gb.limit, so forget about it leave it be.

The real News is that sprint is sending letters to powerusers who haven't been getting letters BEFORE regardless of TOS.

Stop fighting and comparing data to Food!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KCRic:
I would think in order to rack up 100GB+ a month you would need to be streaming continuously or a least like that for a few days out of the month - that would be a violation. Online gaming? It's intended to be used as a temporary bridge for times when your home internet may be down or something of that nature. Lets not forget downloading illegal content or hosting. Streaming Netflix and gaming alone will not push the 100GB range unless you're doing it constantly - which is in violation of the ToS.

I would argue differently that Sprint or any mobile ISP has no way of proving that you tether. Any ISP worth it's salt can check to see what is connected to them and using data at any given moment. There are certain activities that our phone has no business using, such as certain IP's associated with the PSN or XBOX Live. If you saw those IP's being used by a phone are you telling me you wouldn't know with 100% certainty they were tethering? Most providers don't check UA strings anymore - that's useless with all the UA spoofing going on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nubsors:
2 thoughts here

1) I think you are severely over estimating the amount of bandwidth a game like MW3 takes up. Maybe a couple of GB's in a month and that is with heavy play.

2) I think you are severely underestimating the amount of bandwidth a movie or TV show takes up from Netflix. They range Anywhere between 1GB and 10GB depending on the quality and length of the media. My daughter watches several TV shows a night during the week and movies on the weekends. Our monthly GB usage on Comcast is easily over 100GB a month.

Now the use of MW3 would be a violation because that means hes tethering. But lets imagine for a second he didn't use it to tether and just connected his phone to TV to watch shows. He could easily be passing 100GB a month and be completely within the TOS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] azyouthinkeyeiz:
Jerdog, where are you? Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
100 gig? Yeah sorry after reading a lot of this thread and what you were doing they had every right to hit you with that letter. Hell I barely use 5gig just messing around half the time it's less then 2-3gig in a month. And that's when I hit 4g and stream a few things for a little bit as it stands right now I'm at 464meg for the month outside of getting app updates when I'm not at home most of the time I'm on WiFi.

edit.

I went and checked it's actually at 464 meg for the month right now and my bill is due shortly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
You think that Sprint can't see what your doing on your phone vs tether ...... But they could also see if he was using a Netflix app also vs a xbox ....and they can tell where the info is coming from by originating Mac address
[General Questions and Answers] ryanwanger:
What are the best apps only available on rooted phones?
[General Questions and Answers] tempus98:
best app??

superuser!!!!

it's just joke.

i think it's root explorer..
[General Questions and Answers] ArmorD:
Adfree

Sent from mah Blade
[General Questions and Answers] MindlessLeadership:
Ubuntu Installer
[General Questions and Answers] moonzbabysh:
"LED's Hack"

MoPhoACTV Initiative
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
Wifi tether
[General Questions and Answers] I Am Marino:
Root Explorer

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[General Questions and Answers] Sun90:
must have apps for root users - root explorer,addfree android, rom toolbox
[Thinkpad Tablet General] pixbuf:
I just got a ThinkPad Tablet 183822U and, naturally I want to root it. However, I'm having trouble getting adb to work with it. I'm running adb version 1.0.26 in Gentoo linux. The particulars:

adb on this computer with the same cable works fine with my android phone

lsusb shows the tablet in the list

when I do adb devices it shows me a blank list

when I do adb shell is says device not found

usb debugging is checked on the tablet

I can transfer files using MTP, but can't mount the tablet as mass storage

If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] darkhandsome18:
check usb debugging on your tablet

Download the relevant driver from the rooting guide page on thinkpadtabletforums(dot)com.

good luck
[Thinkpad Tablet General] pixbuf:
As I stated in the OP, USB debugging is checked. I don't think the driver is an issue since adb works with my phone. And the page on thinkpadtabletforums is only for Windows. I'm using Linux.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] darkhandsome18:
I'm no expert but I think U need the specific driver for the thinkpad tablet. The standard honeycomb one. I'll try and download the driver and attach it here but I'm not at home at the moment. If u can get on the thinkpadtabletforums, the checkout the rooting page cos its got a comprehensive guide.

I believe u still need the driver to obtain some .INI files for the thinkpad. Maybe someone else can shed more light.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] MindlessLeadership:
Linux/OS X already comes with the driver for connecting to the ThinkPad Tablet, thats why Lenovo don't offer one.

Some Linux Distros don't automatically detect some devices, heres how to fix that.

Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

with

#Acer
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==0502, MODE=0666

#ASUS
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==0b05, MODE=0666

#Dell
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==413c, MODE=0666

#Foxconn
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==0489, MODE=0666

#Garmin-Asus
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==091E, MODE=0666

#Google
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==18d1, MODE=0666

#HTC
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE=0666

#Huawei
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==12d1, MODE=0666

#K-Touch
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==24e3, MODE=0666

#KT Tech
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==2116, MODE=0666

#Kyocera
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==0482, MODE=0666

#Lenevo
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==17EF, MODE=0666

#LG
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==1004, MODE=0666

#Motorola
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==22b8, MODE=0666

#NEC
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==0409, MODE=0666

#Nook
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==2080, MODE=0666

#Nvidia
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==0955, MODE=0666

#OTGV
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==2257, MODE=0666

#Pantech
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==10A9, MODE=0666

#Philips
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==0471, MODE=0666

#PMC-Sierra
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==04da, MODE=0666

#Qualcomm
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==05c6, MODE=0666

#SK Telesys
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==1f53, MODE=0666

#Samsung
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==04e8, MODE=0666

#Sharp
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==04dd, MODE=0666

#Sony Ericsson
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==0fce, MODE=0666

#Toshiba
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==0930, MODE=0666

#ZTE
SUBSYSTEM==usb, SYSFS{idVendor}==19D2, MODE=0666

save it then run

chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

and reboot.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maan19:
Hey Guyz,

I need ur help. I have Galaxy S 4G, I can hear caller's voice but they can't hear my voice until I double press Speaker button during the call, after turning on then off the speaker during call I become able to hear my caller. Can you please help me to fix this issue so I have good calling??

Advance thanks :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lw00d:
is there a way to Sync all the birthdays in my Contact to my stock Calendar??

Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4

Root

stock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leonironchef:
sync your contracts to Google contacts and use google calendar to bring up custom calendar for birthdays in the web interface, or use pure grid calendar from the market
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
I have my contacts sync to Google, but when I visit Google calendar via web interface I can't figure out what your talking about how to add contacts birthdays to my Google calendar. Can you explain please?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lw00d:
yes i have google sync to my contacts.

do you mean create calendar?

because i dont see where i can add birthdays from contacts.

in the web google calendar.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
Same here. Can anybody explain this to us? Or maybe its not possible and leonironchef is mistaken?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
It syncs my Gmail contacts' birthdays into the calendar without me doing anything
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lw00d:
Must be nice!!!! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leonironchef:
Sorry for the hasty response, was at work :-P

Go into Calendar Settings (the top right corner cog wheel) > then Calendar > down bottom click Browser Interesting Calendars > More....and simply add, it may take a while to sync so keep refreshing!

View attachment 913318

View attachment 913317
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lw00d:
thanks for that.. but you missed a couple of steps..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lw00d:
here is the steps i did..

on computer with internet browser open up google calendar

click on gear emblem settings

click setting

click on calendar (blue color)

click Browse interesting calendars »(blue color)

click More (blue color)

on Contacts' birthdays and events ..click subscribe

than on your Device

open up the calendar app

hit the three dots

hit Calendar to display

put a check , Contacts birthday and events

hit Calendar to Sync

hit ok

then your done
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
Thank you so much! That worked great for me!

Also I was able to sync all the Alabama football games!! ROLL TIDE!

It's cool that it does sports, hell that should get its own thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DoriGuy:
I do these steps lots of time and it's doesn't work, why? I 'm using galaxy s 1 with: 4.2.1 and CyanogenMod 10.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] revuwa:
And if you want an free and open-source alternative (syncing from your phone contacts, for example imported vCards):

https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=birthday&fdid=org.birthday adapter
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlg19753:
Ok i was previously on cherry blur and had flawless data but flashed dark side and now my data works and then stops then takes a roboot to work again then stops aftet about 5 minutes of use . have searched for ever and tryed numerous apns if anyone has a solution or somthing i can try it would be great .

Thanks for your time
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Malaquai:
Install some new ROM like wet dreams 1.4.4, it has new apns.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlg19753:
Would love to have wet dream mite have to do that thanks
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlg19753:
Ok im new to this when it download its a rar file do i just unzip it to get the zip file to flash cause i dont have a computer i download to my phone on high speed wifi please i just started flashing my phone is rooted and the bootloader unlockex cant i use androzip to unzip the rar file?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] live4nyy:
First, use some punctuation man! :D

Second, yes, you need to extract the .rar file. How you do it is up to you.

Third, you can try these APN settings here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1149523
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlg19753:
Fixed it. Flashed a new rom .THANK U .

Btw.apn's didn't work :mad:
[Networking] danielddube:
Just got a letter from Sprint, telling me control my internet usage within 10 days.... Otherwise they will kick me out. Sprint MOD EDIT: WATCH YOUR LANGUAJE, don't advertise as unlimited and then send these threatening letters to your customers.