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[Nexus 4 General] alienclone:
i used to do that until one day a friend accidentally butt-dialed me and i answered it in my sleep, our phones stayed connected until my 100 minutes were used up, THEN it continued at 10 cents per minute until my "resurve fund" was depleted then disconnected.

needless to say i was not very happy that month. now i refill manually and not until the day it is due.
[Nexus 4 General] Sumanji:
You sleep with your phone?

Interesting...
[Nexus 4 General] alienclone:
i do love my N4 and N5 very much, they feel great to the touch, but no, i dont sleep with them. i use my N5 as my alarm clock also, it sits on my nightstand, im assuming that it rang while i was sleeping and i just reached over and slid my finger across the screen and it answered.
[Nexus 4 General] musichem:
Huh. Sure enough. Tried the My Account app that I usually use and it won't load data either. Seems the whole system is offline. Hopefully this is temporary.

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[Nexus 4 General] Sumanji:
Guys, can we get the 200MB free data for life offer with tablets? Or is this limited to postpaid customers?

I tried going online to the "bring your own tablet" page, and there is no mention of 200MB free... cheapest plan is 1GB / $10...
[Nexus 4 General] apples723:
is their data roaming on this plan im in iowa and travel around alot and can never get anything even though customer care and guy in store said i had 100mb. I will also be traveling trough nebrasca to ymca camp of the rockies next week and would love data for the bus ride.
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
No. No data roaming.
[Nexus 4 General] apples723:
Well both customer care and the store rep said it was included
[Nexus 4 General] whitedragonz83:
Tiny fine print.

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans

You do get Voice/Text roaming, just not data roaming.
[Nexus 4 General] machostallion:
Has anyone tested to see if T-Mobile's unlimited music streaming works on this plan without using data towards our 5 gb LTE limit? I have tested the speed test app and can confirm it didn't count towards data consumed. I haven't had a chance to test the music streaming but I hope it works and they add Google play music to the list soon since they held that poll.
[Nexus 4 General] saaggee:
I've tested it using a couple of the streaming apps on the list and it didn't count towards data.
[Nexus 4 General] HTCMDA:
I call bs. I just used one of the streaming apps. And my data usage went up. I'm on this plan and have been since it was released.
[Nexus 4 General] saaggee:
Which app? Only very minimal data was used to download the cover art on songs for Pandora and Spotify.
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
What you guys need to know is that there are these unofficial "tiers" of benefits for each plan.

For example, T-Mobile says you get roaming.

- On the $30 plan there's no data roaming

- On the no credit check Simple Choice plans, there IS data roaming

- On the credit check Simple Choice plan, there IS data roaming

- On the $30 plan there's no international text/data included

- On the no credit check Simple Choice plans, there's no international text/data included

- On the credit check Simple Choice plans, there IS international text/data included

So it's very likely that the unlimited music streaming is just for Simple Choice plan users. You have to call T-Mobile directly or chat with them online and ask them specifically.
[Nexus 4 General] cmb6:
Much to my surprise, i Heart Radio appeared not to count against my quota. I had read on T-Mobile's web site that the music-streaming exception applied only to Simple Choice customers, which we prepaid subscribers are not.
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
I am on $30 prepaid plan and use Saavn app a lot. It used to count a lot against the days limit before, about 2-3 GB every month. Now it seems to count less and less. Like, my new month started on the 13th of July. My wireless cellular data usage is 190 MB. Data Usage on the phone says Saavn has used 160 MB, but the date usage on T-Mobile account is only 30 MB.

It seems to be working for me. I love it.:thumbup::)

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[Nexus 4 General] HTCMDA:
I used pandora. I had used 774mb of data for the month. A several songs later I was at 790mb+
[Nexus 4 General] saaggee:
Were you doing anything else besides streaming on Pandora? I just tried it again to test by listening to 4 songs and doing nothing else and my data only went up .7 MB.
[Nexus 4 General] HTCMDA:
Nope. Pandora only. I closed all apps on my S4 before trying
[Nexus 4 General] saaggee:
Not sure why it's not working for you then. Would be interesting to hear from others.
[Nexus 4 General] apples723:
Any hacks to get around this? Changing apn's ect.
[Nexus 4 General] stevepwolf:
is there any way to add an extra 1gb of data to the plan? i used my 5gb's this month, but would love an extra 1gb to use
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
How far along the month are you? If you're almost up for renewal you could just start your next month early. Otherwise I *believe* you get a new 5gb if you add the $15 tethering to your plan. You can then remove it afterwards.
[Nexus 4 General] melo1819:
How do you start your new plan early.... I went to a tmo store and asked if I could do that and they said I couldn't. Also called customer care and also said it couldn't be done.
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
You're right my mistake. I must have been thinking of a different carrier. Adding tethering may be your best bet then (research that it'd actually work first)
[Nexus 4 General] alienclone:
I was able to call Tmo and have my billing cycle bumped up when i ran out of data, but that was when i upgraded from this plan to an unlimited so maybe they only did it for that reason.

adding the 15$ tethering will NOT add an extra 5gigs, on this plan, even with the tethering, you are still limited to the 5gigs total.
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
Right, I have not tried this personally, but it has been mentioned before (in this thread) a long time ago that it resets the 5gb. It does not provide 5gb untethered + 5gb tethered, or 10gb total. But rather, it supposedly resets the 5gb when tethering is enabled. Either way, I haven't tried it myself and it was mentioned quite a while ago, so it may have changed. Worth digging through the thread to try and find it though
[Nexus 4 General] Ztones:
You can start plan early . I've done it twice by calling customer service, but they said it can also be done by #233 or *233 or 223?
[Nexus 4 General] jherbold:
The refarm in my little town didn't go so well for me. I used to get good reception in my home even though the data was completely useless EDGE. Since they turned on the new radios, it is hit or miss if I have a T-Mobile connection at all. About half the time I'm voice roaming on AT&T.

I've notified T-Mobile. Tried to get a signal booster - not available for this plan. I was with them for 18 months or so. No more. I'm porting my number to Republic Wireless. Solid Sprint coverage in my house.

I'm sad at this decision as I think the $30 plan was a game-changer in the telco industry.
[Nexus 4 General] r00t4rd3d:
Finally with Hangouts you can make and receive free calls, completes the $30 plan.

:cowboy:
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
Excellent news indeed. For those who want to get a jump on things:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.hangoutsdialer

http://www.mediafire.com/download/0d85fd4mw12rv9b/com.google.android.talk.2.3.apk

if you aren't seeing the latest version in the play store

Incoming calls don't seem to work right over 4g, but that may be due to the lte-hspa handoff, or an issue with dual ringing. In airplane mode with wifi, calls come in fine.

SMS is not integrated for me, but that should come with a later push, or because I have a google apps account. xvoice+ still works well for the time being: http://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/xposed-xvoiceplus-voice-xposed-t2598889
[Nexus 4 General] cmb6:
I had been eagerly awaiting this update to Hangouts, but I have been impressed with the call quality of GrooveIP/RingTo.
[Nexus 4 General] ferrocene:
While I can make calls in airplane mode/no SIM, I cannot receive calls via Wi-Fi only. So close. If incoming google voice calls can ring in gmail on my desktop, I don't know why it can't ring on my phone.
[Nexus 4 General] Sumanji:
Have you enabled it in the options dude?
[Nexus 4 General] jasonleb1:
So with everyone talking about using Hangouts or other third party providers, I take it the $30 plan doesn't receive the free Wifi calling from T-Mobile they announced a few weeks back?
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
Nope..WiFi calling but it uses minutes.
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
Available again T-Mobile SIM cards for a penny.

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/sim-card

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[Nexus 4 General] DirgeExtinction:
Hey guys, does anyone know if T-Mobile prepaid users benefit from T-Mobile's Music Freedom campaign? I thought it did, since I had been over my 5GB limit until the 23rd, and was able to use Google Play Music All Access without buffering, while on the highest quality. Now, I just went over my 5GB limit again(no internet at home) and tons of songs just skip and take ages to buffer. I'm confused. :/
[Nexus 4 General] jayRokk:
No prepaid users don't get Music Freedom.

A rep told me and also a worker at T-Mo told me as well. I don't know if there is a way around this but no, prepaid users don't be if it from it.
[Nexus 4 General] macallik:
Google play music is not part of the music freedom promo. Also, I think there was a discrepancy for a week or so in the last billing cycle... My phone data viewer said that I consumed 6.8GB but TMobile pegged me at just over 5GB before my data plan renewed yesterday
[Nexus 4 General] DirgeExtinction:
Thanks for answering, guys.

I did some additional research and found this:

http://cl.ly/XTIQ

Apparently we do have Music Freedom available? :o
[Nexus 4 General] jayRokk:
Oh snap! That clearly says we do!

I asked when it was first introduced, maybe they had a change of heart for us prepaid users!

I'm curious to know which apps are eligible for that. Google Music All Access isn't and if there is another app that is part of it that will give me something close to GMAA then I'll gladly pay for that service since I'm a HEAVY music streamer.

Edit:

Here is a list of the services so far

My question still remains, which of these apps provides an experience close to or at least provide a list of specific songs I can play at anytime. I'm not interested in radio, or radio stations like Pandora per say.
[Nexus 4 General] DirgeExtinction:
I'm currently using Slacker with the highest quality audio ticked and it instantly starts playing, so that image is true. :D

Um, how about Spotify? That's part of the plan and is similar to GMAA, I think
[Nexus 4 General] jayRokk:
I just want song I can instantly listen to. Like a library of personal songs, not a radio station... I'm gonna check some apps out because if it does apply, this would save me so much data!
[Nexus 4 General] Ztones:
That page also says the $30 prepaid plan has call forwarding. I thought it didn't.
[Nexus 4 General] IronLionZion:
Soundcloud is good, I use it and Pandora.
[Nexus 4 General] Warbuff:
I just tested it. It doesn't.
[Nexus 4 General] austriker27:
Hey folks. I'm back. I originally had an HTC G2 back in the day. Like several years ago I commented in this thread. Well I'm still going strong on the T-Mobile prepaid plan. My daily driver was converted to bb10 (currently the passport, fantastic phone, best on the market) but recently I picked up an HTC one m7. Real good looking beast. Im gonna use it for music and might try to setup this VoIP calling on it again.

My question is I thought I heard that google disabled gvoice VoIP from working after trying to assimilate it into hangouts. Is this true or does it still work to setup a client like sipdroid and use VoIP?

Thanks !
[Nexus 4 General] kenhicg:
Could you post the URL to that chart?
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
There's an official dialer app now. It's called Hangouts Dialer. After you install it from the Play Store, you have a third tab at the top of hangouts (dialer). Just make sure you go into the settings and enable incoming calls and texts.
[Nexus 4 General] Crisisx1:
I can't find this $30 plan on t mobiles website.

Currently I am on the $60 unlimited minutes, text and 3gb data with a discount after taxes and fees it's $61 a months
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
It only shows up for new activations.
[Nexus 4 General] ritchea:
It's there. Scroll down. In very small print. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans.

$30. per month---100 minutes talk | Unlimited text | First 5GB at up to 4G speeds

Includes unlimited international texting from the U.S. to virtually anywhere included in your plan — at no extra charge.

This plan is only available for devices purchased from Wal-Mart or devices activated on T-Mobile.com.

You can switch to it online. Check out howardforums if you want mkre info.
[Nexus 4 General] Crisisx1:
So can I just buy a Sim from T-Mobile online to work with my nexus 4 bought from Google
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
Yes. Activate it online.

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[Nexus 4 General] austriker27:
Wow. So I no longer get to feel like a rebel and try to beat the system. Dang. Haha.
[Nexus 4 General] Crisisx1:
What are disadvantages with this $30 plan.

The obvious is I won't have unlimited minutes anymore as I do with my $60 plan.

But is there any other disadvantages?

Would I be able to purchase a phone and pay for it monthly eip
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
Yes, 100 minutes talk time is one limitation. GV setup is kind of the answer for that.

I don't know as I never had post paid plan with T-Mobile, but AFAIK, the eip will not work with prepaid plans. I may be wrong on this.

One other disadvantage I think is there is the free international coverage one gets on the postpaid plan. Free data and text at slow speed and cheap calls. If you don't travel international, that is not a disadvantage then.

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[Nexus 4 General] macallik:
Technically you don't have unlimited minutes, but I just want to point out that in my experiences, every minute in a Hangouts Call equals approximately 0.7 MB of data consumed. That means that a 5GB plan used solely for calls has approximately 7,000 minutes available.

Also, you can connect to Wi-Fi to make phone calls without using Mobile Data, so you can always chose to route calls that way instead to save your data consumption if you are an extremely talkative person.

EIP is not available for prepaid phones because there is no actual contract with a prepaid plan... you can leave it at any time. As for international perks, I know that texts are free even with Prepaid phones, but I am unsure whether the other perks are included.
[Nexus 4 General] acegolfer:
there are cheaper plans depending on your consumption. I'm using $5 data only plan.
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
Is that Red Pocket?

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[Nexus 4 General] Crisisx1:
Well my average monthly minutes usage is around 350... So I'm not sure if the 100 min limit will be a problem.

But I would be getting 2 extra gigs at half the cost.
[Nexus 4 General] acegolfer:
Sorry for not mentioning it. Yes, it's redpocket.

After 20+ days of using redpocket, I'm happy with the service and I'm going to stay with it. It turns out I use less than 500MB data as I'm 90% in wifi area.
[Nexus 4 General] n2d551:
Yeah the $30 plan rocks. I went the sip route callcentric, google phone, magicJack app (worked the best) But unlimited minutes with hangouts is the king! I use wifi alot and I never download huge stuff unless I go airplane mode/wifi so I never crack the 5g. Last 3 months I haven't used all my 100 minutes either. YouTube and google music are data hogs though. Just use wifi for them.
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
I don't see the $5 for 500 MB Mobile Internet data plan on their site. They start with $10 for 1 GB now. It is cool that you can have $5 plan and are happy with it.:thumbup:

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[Nexus 4 General] n2d551:
Whoo hoo! Tmobile just added google play music to music freedom http://phandroid.com/2014/11/24/t-mobile-music-freedom-google-play
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
our plans do not include music freedom
[Nexus 4 General] neod192:
Ummm, yeah they do! I stream music all day long and my usage doesn't go up :)
[Nexus 4 General] tember1214:
They sure do.... I've been steaming Pandora every day at work and data hasn't been touched. Awesome now that they added Google music!!
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
Interesting. I received a text a while back telling me to upgrade to a $50+/mo plan to be eligible.

edit: ah, looks like I wasn't the only one: http://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/2lj06l/i_thought_music_freedom_was_on_all_plans_30/

seems we are indeed included (for now)

and then there's this: https://support.t-mobile.com/thread/82511

seemingly lots of confusion
[Nexus 4 General] austriker27:
I can also confirm I stream a lot of music and it doesn't count
[Nexus 4 General] Ztones:
I don't know where you got that screen shot, but that chart also says we have call forwarding. We do not. Doesn't seem like a credible source.
[Nexus 4 General] salvorhardin80:
I think it might be dependent on when you started service. I started on the plan in February 2013 and when I stream pandora it counts against my data.
[Nexus 4 General] macallik:
Nope I've been a user since 1/2012. Make sure that you are playing the music through your app and not the browser. Also, if you tether your phone to stream the app, it counts against you as well.

Anyways, super stoked about the addition of Soundcloud which equates to like perhaps over 50% of my mobile data usage (they have news/DJ sets/podcasts/songs) so I might have the option to downgrade my pre-paid plan to on with less data.

Also my Nexus 4 just got the 5.0 update. So much win today
[Nexus 4 General] austriker27:
can anyone confirm- do we have a data cap for wireless hotspot? I thought i heard 500mb and couldnt find anything after an interwebs search
[Nexus 4 General] awtacular:
It's only 100MB. If you have the T-Mobile My Account app it shows it under Account Info. Listed as Mobile Hotspot.
[Nexus 4 General] macallik:
You can get tethering but you have to pay like $10-15 for it
[Nexus 4 General] austriker27:
Thanks guys. What happens if I go over this 100mb cap? I've never really used but think I went over today
[Nexus 4 General] jayRokk:
Yes they do.

Spotify hasn't been used against my data and I stream up to six hours daily at work.
[Nexus 4 General] DirgeExtinction:
I've noticed Spotify doesn't count against my data, but Google Play Music All Access does :(
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
Anyone else having problems with incoming google voice calls with hangouts on lollipop? It no longer wakes the device or rings anymore. If I manually wake it, I can see there is a notification for the incoming call. Works fine on my other devices and before lollipop. Tried wiping data for hangouts to no avail.

edit: Just tested and it indeed vibrates/rings/pops up when the phone is awake. When the screen is off, it seems to just barely start to ring before stopping.
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
Just tested in both states of the phone, screen off & on. It still works for me. This is the work phone for me now.

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[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
Thanks. Unfortunately I just can't get it to ring properly when the screen is off. Google Voice SMS through Hangouts sounds off like it should. I've cleared data for hangouts. Even tried switching back to slide unlock vs pin. Not in the mood for a full reset and am more considering going back to 4.4 for xposed

edit: Looks like it's this issue: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/hangouts/zQ9DxMWDve4

If I use a different lock screen or set the screen lock to none, it rings just fine. But even setting the lock to swipe results in no ring.
[Nexus 4 General] schism70:
Still using this plan with my N4. If I were to pick up a N5 can I simply take the SIM out of N4 and pop it into the N5 and be good to go?

Thanks.
[Nexus 4 General] Sumanji:
Yup! The beauty of GSM :)
[Nexus 4 General] macallik:
Another one bites the dust. I'm looking to keep my N4 until at least May to cap my 2.5 year anniversary. If a new Moto G comes out this year it might expedite my transition.

Anyways back to the thread topic, my Nexus 4 crashes when I try to us Hangouts. I still have a tablet with hangouts the works so I just use that when I am at home, and text or call with my carrier # when I am out and about
[Nexus 4 General] cmb6:
Hangouts, including the dialer, seems to work on my Nexus 4. I almost never use it for phone calls because I don't come close to using my allotted 100 minutes per month.

Oh, and I don't intend to ditch my Nexus 4 for a long time. This is my first phone with 2 GB of RAM, and I think the Nexus 4 performs so well that I would see little practical improvement from a phone with better specs. I had not felt that way about Android phones with 1 GB of RAM or less.
[Nexus 4 General] gorilla p:
Since this is specifically for TMobile users, I thought I would add this info I found in another thread...

Included are multiple build.prop tweaks for T-Mobile users as well as some info behind them.

TMobile Data Tweaks

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34599634

Hsxpa class 1-5 confirmed 5 being the best since it utilizes all 5 of T-Mobile's frequencies on the fly

Build prop- ro.ril.hsxpa=5

Gprs class an new egprs class

Gprs 1-12 confirmed 10 being just as good as 12 meaning no difference phone utilizes the best multislot configuration on the fly so 12 just gives u more mutislots but the phone descides if its beneficial or not an adjust accordingly

Build prop- ro.ril.gprsclass=12

New egprs class

Same as gprs class but with a higher data rate

Build prop- ro.ril.egprsclass=12

HSPA category

1-10 confirmed

11-12 confirmed

13-14 confirmed

15-20 busted T-Mobile doesnt support MIMO only Dual Cell (LTE will support both)

21-24 confirmed

25-36 busted T-mobile doesnt support dual cell+MIMO , triple cell, triple cell+MIMO, quad cell, quad cell+MIMO, hexcell, hexcell+MIMO, octacell and octa cell+MIMO

Build prop- ro.ril.hsdpa.category=24

Hsupa category

1-8 confirmed

9 busted T-mobile does not support dual cell+MIMO

Buildprop- ro.ril.hsupa.category=8
[Nexus 4 General] jherbold:
Just wondering if anyone on the $30 plan has seen the change to full hotspot allowance as rumored and as verified by some users on other types of accounts.

My T-Mobile still shows I have used 100mb of 100mb allotted.
[Nexus 4 General] macallik:
It is a rumor, I'm guessing if it turns out to be true, T-Mobile will make an announcement prior to releasing the enhancement
[Nexus 4 General] jherbold:
From watching various blogs, forums and reddit it seems they are rolling it into the unlimited postpaid plans first. I have to say I've never paid as much attention to hotspot as I have today. What I have discovered is I can connect to any https site but unprotected sites yield the T-Mobile up-sell page. Don't know if that is relevant or not.
[Nexus 4 General] HTCMDA:
I just tethered to my pc and ran a video call *on Skype* for almost 2 hours. And my tethering says 2.5mb / 100mb. I dunno if that's good or bad?
[Nexus 4 General] jherbold:
To expand the status of https sites vs http sites, I hooked up to the hotspot using my VPN on my PC, and since it is encryped, I could get to ALL sites. I will keep that in mind just in case they don't change this plan.
[Nexus 4 General] leebo:
The rumor being???

Signature edited to appease the OCD's
[Nexus 4 General] jherbold:
http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2015/06/t-mobile-to-allow-hotspot-on-all.html
[Nexus 4 General] fruity101079:
Why this thread (US only) in the nexus 4 forum?
[Nexus 4 General] leebo:
"Unfortunately*the $30/month 100 minutes, 5 GB plan has not been upgraded and is still limited to just 100 MB of hotspot use per month."

Looks like we still need to switch roms if we want this.
[Nexus 4 General] jherbold:
Who/what/where was the source of your quoted statement?
[Nexus 4 General] leebo:
The link in post 3337.