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[Galaxy S III General] crash6x86:
Last modem I used messed with the other person's voice coming through and vise versa. I'll wait till there a few more modems out on the market. So I'm still on the latest UK modem, works just fine for me.
[Galaxy S III General] vinvam:
The original ROM indicates where the phone was originally sold. The theory is that phones from certain regions are in AT&T's IMEI database as smartphones and phones from other regions aren't.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
That's due to the latest update, it wasn't backwards compatible with other firmwares. The last 3 that came out are okay.
[Galaxy S III General] :
From what i've learned, seen, and tested in the past couple of weeks of having this awesome device, the best CSC (Region) has been EUR for Europe and most of the Devs have made this the default in their Roms with the latest BLG8 update. My phone came with ALEF and everything inside the box was in Greek. I'm in the Chicagoland area and running Omega v11.1 with Speedmod k1-6 kernel with no issues.... so far.

Edit: Siyah kernel v1.5 Beta6 now
[Galaxy S III General] nvo2411:
One more disadvantage. Can anyone find how to make video call using dialer. I don't find the video call option there. Right now i can make video call using only Skype. I can't find the video call option anywhere else. Please help.

Sent from my S3
[Galaxy S III General] gabnj:
Since this subject is about using unbranded phones, I would like to know if I get a T-mobile Galaxy Blaze 4G and put my already enabled medianet sim, can I get around the imei sweeps? Will a none ATT phone be recognized?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Hard to tell. But, it's not an AT&T branded phone -- worth a shot.
[Galaxy S III General] graffixnyc:
I'm still kinda pissed they flagged me within an hour of switching. I'm on post paid too. Got a dumbphone, switched to medianet left the sim in the dumbphone for about 2 hours, switched to the GS3 and got the stupid text saying I was using a smartphone and they added it to my plan.. The only thing I can think of was my CSC was for vodaphone.

Oh well... Would have liked to have unlimited for 10 bucks. But I think I might be switching to a shared data plan if it works out to be cheaper than what we are paying for data on 3 lines
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
It will be recognized. All US phones are in their database.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
I know. We were all waiting and for yours to work. Anyway, for some (including mine) its working flawlessly till now.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
For 99.99% it works flawlessly.
[Galaxy S III General] gabnj:
How does ATT get access to phones they do not carry?

Phones such as the Sony Sola/ MT27i (http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_sola-4408.php) are in their database, even though no carrier offers it?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
My friend is using a T-Mobile MyTouch on his AT&T line. It's not recognized. So not ALL U.S. carrier phones are recognized by AT&T.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Wow! That's a news for me! I've tried a couple of t-mobile smartphones and they all get recognized by att.

In that case it is worth giving a try. Keep us posted others if you get this working on t mobile phones.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] gabnj:
Which phones did you try?

I don't have the Samsung Blaze on me, but I found one for pretty cheap, and I'm thinking of buying it.. Before I do that, I want to be sure I can use medianet without having the 3gb data plan added on by Att. The phones I looked at, only the Blaze seems to have the radio for ATT 3G.

PS. Anyone try this with a T-Mobile S3? It has HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100, which should make it work on ATT. Plus its cheaper than the International S3
[Galaxy S III General] kofpk:
ATT cant recognized all US phones. but they can only recognized the phone they have: like all version Samsung galaxy S3.

i have the I9300 b4 att's s3 came out, before then i can use the $10 unlimited data. After ATT's S3 came out i got a txt from att saying i m using samrtphone and add a $30 data to my plan. i called ATT and give them my IMEI # and they told me that's samsung I9300 which is the samsung galaxy s 3.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
If I'm not wrong one was MyTouch and another was galaxy s2.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
I've been using it since day one when international ones came out. It's working flawlessly.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] kofpk:
guess i m bad lucky getting a txt from att... but i got my $10 unlimited data back:laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
The U.S. S3 variants are all basically the same internally. Probably wouldn't have much luck.
[Galaxy S III General] foehammer92:
How did you get yours back? I think graffixnyc should try the method you used to get yours back.
[Galaxy S III General] Thremix:
Any word on the T-Mobile Galaxy S3 working on AT&T HSPA+, and on the ATT MediaNet plan?
[Galaxy S III General] :
I "Think" i can speak for everyone here that we rather of have the Quad Core over the Dual Core U.S. variants carry in them.
[Galaxy S III General] naveen94:
need a quick response if anyone can help. i had an international htc one x and this trick has been working flawlessly for a few months. i think about 3 maybe 2. If i get a t mobile s 3 unlock it and i safe to go since ive had the plan on for a while or will they flag me.

thanks guys
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
They will most likely change your plan right away.
[Galaxy S III General] naveen94:
ah damn, even though ive had the plan for some time with no issue?

It was worth a shot, thanks for the help
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
If it's a North American (dual core) GS3, yes, they will catch it. If you want to keep that plan, go with an International version.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Naveen,

Or even better stop messing with it. I'd not change my phone for a good year or so.

Its working for you so why would you like to break it?

Edit: ah, I just noticed that you are coming from international hox not gs3.

Only option for you is to try with international gs3 as baldicoks said.
[Galaxy S III General] naveen94:
well i had an accident with my one x and it is no longer usable. Screen shattered, phone wont turn on, and to fix it will cost me around 250 or so and i was getting an s 3 t mobile for 350 from a friend. But i would rather not take the chance. Thanks for the help guys really appreciate it.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
OK I updated my post that you commented... you may try with international gs3. I also have a working nexus that works on this plan. I usually swap my sim card in this without any issues.
[Galaxy S III General] naveen94:
yea thats what ill have to do. I was hoping the t mobile would work cause it was cheaper then the international and i was getting a good deal.
[Galaxy S III General] foehammer92:
Hey guys im back with an update:

I bought a T-Mobile s 3 last week and have been on medianet for about 5 days with some old at&t samsung dumphone i had. I switched to the s3 yesterday (had to wait for unlock code) and since yesterday morning i have been safe on the medianet data. I know the International version is quad core and stuff but i got this T-Mobile gs3 cheap so i decided to go for it since there isn't a HUGE difference between the two phones (atleast one not big enough to warrant me spending 200 bucks more for an international device). I did give the CSR the IMEI from the s3 and they couldn't recognize the phone.

So for those of you that want to use this plan with a tmobile phone because you are getting it cheaper than an international device, I say go for it!

Guess not :D
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Glad it worked for you. I just know that not everyone gets so lucky with U.S. variants.
[Galaxy S III General] redthunda69:
Let us know if this continues to work!
[Galaxy S III General] naveen94:
If you could keep us updated on your situation that would be awesome. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] foehammer92:
just checking in and 4 days in im still clear! Just want to say this phone is amazing despite not having quad core, i have had 0 lag and the unlimited data is a nice cherry on top!
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
The phone does have quad core :)
[Galaxy S III General] gadget069:
Just for curiosity sake what do you guys party a month for ATT? I'm running on straight talk and getting sick of dealing with their data outages.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
He's using the T-Mobile version (U.S.) so it's a Dual-Core S4 phone.
[Galaxy S III General] foehammer92:
^ correct :D

lol what do you mean party? And if you are sick of being limited on data i suggest you switch over to medianet!
[Galaxy S III General] gadget069:
Sorry, that is pay, lol. Not familiar with medianet.
[Galaxy S III General] vinvam:
Medianet is AT&T's unlimited data plan for dumbphones. It costs $10 a month of you have unlimited messaging and $15 a month if you don't.
[Galaxy S III General] gadget069:
I'd this what you're talking about, http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/data-plans.html#fbid=1ABg-mMd47r then get a Gophone plan for the voice or can i stay on straight talk with medianet plan? Also i thought i saw in the TOS for medianet it filters content?
[Galaxy S III General] Racer447:
with 450 minutes, unlimited data and messaging, $69.00 + tax&fees (total $79) for me

breaks down as $39.99 for the 450 minutes voice, + $30 for the 'medianet' unlimited data&messaging plan
[Galaxy S III General] gadget069:
If I were to sign up now it would cost me $100 a month.
[Galaxy S III General] paperWastage:
you can still sign up

voice: http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/plans/individualplans.html

text: http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/plans/messaging-plans.html#fbid=77ngXn3go_D

data: http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/data-plans.html#fbid=77ngXn3go_D

$39.99/month for 450 min, $20 for text, $10 for data

You need a phone that isn't detected as a smartphone on AT&T though
[Galaxy S III General] gadget069:
Don't they eventually bust you? I might have an old Motorola flip phone lying around.
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
Wow OP thanks. I currently have the iPhone 4S with the old $30 unlimited plan. Thinking about doing this. I read through the first 40 pages of this thread and only one person had his IMEI number blacklisted or something.

Just a couple questions that I didn't see answered.

1. I bought an AT&T go phone in June. It is 3G capable, but is NOT Smartphone. This phone would work right?

2. In some p,laces on my iPhone 4S I can get 9-10Mbps down. Would I be able to using the $10 unlimited plan and Internatiomal GSIII?

3. I use an AT&T MicroCell, I'm assuming I couldn't use that Anymore with the Internatiomal GSIII?
[Galaxy S III General] sumeet909:
Are you considering giving up the $30 UNLM to take advantage of MediaNet? I would advise you against that as you can enjoy subsidized phones if you intend to stay with AT&T for >=2 yrs. Especially if you have a corporate discount of say 20%, your $30 plan is only about $24, and you can enjoy LTE speeds. I think if I had to list in order of preference:

1) $30 UNLM

2) MediaNet

3) Capped data
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
I agree with you.

Even though unlimited medianet is an awesome deal right now (and has been since past several years) I'd always recommend to keep the official unlimited data.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Except that $30 Unlimited Data is throttled after a certain arbitrary amount. I'd never go back to it.
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
Wow didn't expect that response. After reading through several pages of this entire thread, the OP clearly states numerous times that the medianet is the better deal, as its truly unlimited with no cap. The $30 grandfathered plan caps out at 3GB so why would one want to keep this went they can have truly unlimited data for $20 cheaper?
[Galaxy S III General] paperWastage:
as people in this thread discuss about the S3 Int'l, whether it's detectable by AT&T(tl;dr of thread says some might be )

If AT&T doesn't have your IMEI listed as a smartphone, they can't bust you unless you do something stupid like going to a retail store with the smartphone and asking for help

dumbphones always work with that MediaNet plans

smartphones - some smartphones might get added to AT&T (eg iPhones are always detected, some version of google's galaxy phones are detected etc). a AT&T branded smartphone is always detectable since AT&T customized them

also, it depends on when at&t "sweeps" their system of IMEIs and detect the smartphones

my 2 phones have yet to be busted: LG Optimus T and HTC Amaze 4G (both t-mobile versions)
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
So what if you've had an iPhone on your account and use iMessage? I saw a post about turning iMessage off before this but is there any guarantee?

Would really hate to do this if and give up my unlimited plan if they associate my new GSIII with an iphnoe and blacklist the IMEI.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
The only 'problem' with iMessage is that if you didn't disable it that any messages you received would still go to the iPhone instead of your new phone. That's why I wrote up a little tutorial on how to make sure iMessage wasn't default anymore.
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
Saw that towards the beginning of the thread? Can I ask? Are you enjoying the $10 unlimited plan and how much are you using and how fast is it? I'm hoping one can pull more than 6 down while on this plan.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
That's the biggest benefit of MediaNet.

Hmmm... If you do not mind taking risks every now and then then go ahead and try the medianet. It's definitely a better deal. But in case they come out with a new nexus using lte in four months, then it may be hard for you to switch to that. Keep in mind that you will never be able to switch back to grandfathered plan ever.

Also there have been some reports where a few people were flagged after a week or so. I want you to be aware of what you are getting into.

That being said...

I myself am loving the unlimited medianet plan. All my friends (at least 10 of them) whom I know are enjoying it on International phones without any issues. Apart from a few people in this thread, I know no one who was flagged. It is true unthrottled data for cheaper price!

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Depends on your area of course. I've gotten as high as 9Mbps.

I still hardly ever go over 2GB a month.. but I enjoy only paying $10 a month.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Speeds recently with latest modem:

Modem:

Lol, I'm being bad and I've started to download roms at work :p

Over a week left and crossed 2 gigs.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Now you just need to ditch the stock SMS app. ;)~
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Haha. True. But I use shady sms and that app requires me to use stock messaging app.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
Wow that's great. I am envious. Whats the most one could use on this $10 plan? I know its unlimited, but wouldn't using an excessive amount possibly get your account flagged or something? Could they detect tethering with this?

If I did make the switch, and then later decided I didn't want the $10 plan for whatever reason, is my $30 unlimited plan gone for good?

I still fear that at anytime they could associate your account with a smartphone.

Edit: Didn't see the other post about permanently loosing the $30 unlimited plan.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
It is truly unlimited with no monitoring. I've had a few people go up to 30 gigs, tethering and torrents uploading month long. They (AT&T) haven't been doing any monitoring on medianet since past few years.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
That's insane but awesome. I just hope it stays that way for you guys. They can change it anytime. Though, isn't the IMEI number on the international GSIII similar to that of the AT&T version?

Thinking about picking up a GSIII from Expansys now. So tempting. But I think this is the right decision as I hate what the new iPhone looks like and AT&T LTE sucks in Chicago.

I do receive a 7% discount on my unlimited plan but the savings would be so much more with the medianet plan.
[Galaxy S III General] sumeet909:
True. From what I've experienced and heard, tethering on UNLM data plan is hard to get by, but it works fine on MediaNet. Still, I'm yet to hear how is att flagging tethering, but I've been using a VPN app on my Infuse 4G before I initiate tethering and I've been fine for the past 2-3 months. I received 2 letters earlier. I have a 2nd line with MediaNet and that's my tethering daily driver. I have a HTC Radar 4G on that line and keep the WIFI hotspot enabled on that pretty much 24x7, my laptop/iPad all connect to that - 5megs down and reliable connection.
[Galaxy S III General] pgg285:
Noob here -- been following this thread and am very tempted to take the plunge.

From earlier in the thread:

I've never had an account with AT&T. Assuming I got an I9300 and extrapolating from the above, could I just order a dumbphone kit online and pop the SIM directly in without ever putting it in the dumbphone? Just wanna make sure I understand ...
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
Technically you don't have to. All you can do is provide AT&T with the IMEI number on your International GSIII and their system won't recognize it. If they ask what kind of phone you have, tell them just some Samsung flip phone and you want the media net option added so you don't incur overages.

Then you'll be good. DO NOT tell them you have a GSIII.
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
After going through several more pages of this thread I am not that convinced anymore. None of the flagged people had anything in common. I'm thinking in my case it would just be better to keep my unlimited smartphone plan. Would be a lot more willing to do this if I had a tier.

I'm currently using an iPhone 4S with Data Unlimited for iPhone 4S and a micro sim. According to a few posts I can't just pop,in my current micro sim in my dumb phone then GSIII due to sim provisioning. I also read some people claim its better to just get a regular sim for a standard phone and cut it down. Ok, but regular sim cards can't take advantage of fast HSPA+.

I'd just hate to do this and then get that text the following day that they changed my data plan to the 3GB one. Apparently the GT-i9300 is in their system or at least some of them? I plan to buy from expansys.

Does anyone know if an iPhine 4S microsim with the Data Unlimited for iPhone 4S would work in the International GSIII? Technically both are HSPA+ plans?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Yes, it will work.

I'm using the same one I had in my iPhone 4. I'm on the $10 Unlimited MediaNET.
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
Thanks. I just has read a while back that AT&T's system needed your data plan o be on an Android plan in order to take full advantage of the HSPA+ speeds?

Do yo know if one were to use their existing smartphone data plan with the International GSIII and then later try the media net if that would work?
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
There is no android plan. MediaNet operates on regular hspa+ speeds.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Not sure. I know I switched my plan from an Unlimited Data plan on my iPhone 4, to an Unlimited MediaNet Plan for my Galaxy S2, prior to getting the GS3.

If you are worried about losing your throttled Unlimited smartphone plan, your best bet would be just to get an AT&T branded GS3.

However, there is a 99.9999% chance that AT&T will never know that you are using an International GS3 on MediaNet.
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Also he can ask one of his friends on regular limited AT&T plan to be a Guinea Pig for him. He can give him the phone for a couple of hours and ask him to follow the instructions in second post.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
So you guys never determined what got people flagged? I also didn't seen any recommendations like using the dumb phone for a day or two with media net? Using an iPhone 4S micro sim card would be a bad idea?

Baldilocks, you said you had a guide on coming from an iPhone? I saw something on that but I forgot which page it was on. Have a link?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I'm still using my microSIM. When I called I gave them the IMEI of a dumbphone that I put the microSIM (with adapter) in. After they provisioned it for the MediaNet plan, i put the microSIM into my Android phone. Been on the same plan for over almost 2 years now without any problems.

IF you are coming from an iPhone, be sure to disable iMessage first:

Before calling AT&T to switch to MediaNET do the following.

1. Put the SIM card back in your iPhone.

2. Turn iMessage on in your settings if it isn't already.

3. Turn on airplane mode.

4. Turn off iMessage.

5. Turn off airplane mode and remove your SIM

6. Call AT&T and set up MediaNet with dumbphone while SIM card is in dumbphone.

7. Once your plan is switched over, put your SIM card back in your android device.
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
Thanks. Can I ask where you bought your International GSIII?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
One from Negri and one from Expansys.
[Galaxy S III General] vinvam:
This isn't a surefire method. If the 'android device' you put the SIM into is an AT&T recognized smartphone then you will be automatically be switched to an appropriate data plan eventually. It's only a matter of time - could be a few hours, could be years.

The only way to truly be safe is to have a phone that is not recognized by AT&T such as some I9300s which AT&T cannot recognize. In this case you can skip all the middle steps and just use the I9300 and its IMEI as long as you don't tell the rep it's a smartphone (say it's an old samsung flip phone or something).
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
Well yes, if you put the SIM into an AT&T recognized smartphone then you would have the data plan automatically added. But whats wrong with giving them the IMEI of a real flip phone and then having them add the plan? Either your International GSIII is in their system or not.

What I want to know is, what if you give them the IMEI of a flip phone or dumbphone and then pop your sim into the International GSIII and then a day later receive a text that they moved you to the 3GB $30 plan. Could one just pop their sim card back in that dumbphone or flip phone and try the method again, or would your GSIII IMEI be permanently listed as a smartphone? That's what I want to know.

But this method will NOT work with any AT&T branded smartphone.

EDIT: I would like to know if anyone has tried this method this month? Looks like everyone who got it did it when the GSIII first came out.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I know this. Read the title of this thread.
[Galaxy S III General] foehammer92:
I think i was the last person to bite and I tried with a T-Mobile s3. I gave the CSR the imei from my s3 and used medianet on an old samsung phone for a few days. Then after about 5 days i got a microsim and put it into my Tmo s3. Ive been good ever since and i hope it stays this way!

They weren't able to recognize my tmo s3's imei number. The tmo s3 is much cheaper than an intl device so i decided to try that instead of risking a larger sum of money.
[Galaxy S III General] MattMJB0188:
Yeah. Like I said in another post, if I was on a tiered plan I'd be willing to do this like that. But I have the old smartphone unlimited data plan which throttles at 3GB and 5GB for LTE. I like to change phones a lot and keeping this plan would give me 5GB for $30 which isn't bad. I just like the fact that its truly unlimited (for now) and only $10. I hope AT&T doesn't catch on to you guys.

There is no guarantee with this medianet plan, but there is a guarantee with the old throttled unlimited plan. Besides, there are ways to bypass the throttling. Most important, in my case, I don't know if my 3G MicroCell will work with method.

3GB plenty for me. I can barely hit 1GB haha. Damn wifi haha!!