Unlimited Data GoPhone (Smartphone)

[Wild Banchi ACE - Master]

Cross your fingers!

[adden96]

Hahahahaha, that's normal if you have an Android phone. They're on the web 24/7.

[TheRPGLPer]

I just wanted to say, I'm still on the $50.00 plan, but I'm using an Unlocked, Rooted, and Custom Rom Samsung Galaxy S smartphone.

Is there anything for this phone I could do, because there is a lot of settings I can change.

Also, under GSM setting, I have an EDGE connection and under WCDMA I get a constant switch between HSDPA connection and 3G connection. Also, its a Phoenix Ultimate ROM I think.

Also, these are the Default APN settings it has:

Name: ATT WAP

APN: wap.cingular

Proxy: wireless.cingular.com (on my flipphone, this can be left blank and internet works)

Port: 80

Username: <none>

Password: <none>

Server: <none> (what is this for?)

MMSC: mmsc.cingular.com

MMSC Proxy: wireless.cingular.com

MMSC Port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Authentication Type: <none>

APN Type: internet + mms

[TheRPGLPer]

also i called them they didnt help

[Wild Banchi ACE - Master]

I really would like to help you with this as I also use a Samsung Captivate as my primary phone, but I have absolutely no clue as to what settings/codes go into each separate profile/field to get data working for you.

[TheRPGLPer]

Thanks for helping anyway. I'll have to look online unless I get a REP that will help, but the one I just had didn't...

[Wild Banchi ACE - Master]

You are welcome.

Some representatives are more helpful than others are...if I were you, I would keep calling maybe two or three more times until you get a rep that is competent and seems that they sincerely are working hard to try and help you. If you strike out two or three more times, I think it would be safe to say that AT&T is not interested in helping you.

Good luck!

[TheRPGLPer]

Thank you again. I'm pretty sure there is a way to proxy around this, now on my flipphone (nonsmartphone), internet works without a proxy, and on the smartphone (except my blackberry), if I use anything other than wireless.cingular.com, i get the no internet page instead of media net. It says my phone IS connected to the internet, but everything sends me to that page.

Proxys I've tried:
066.209.011.032:80 (resulted in Media NET page)
066.209.011.061:9201 (no internet page)
wireless.att.com:80 (no internet page)
95.39.64.59:8080 (no internet page)

[TheRPGLPer]

I tried a tmobile apn just to see what would happen and it won't even let me save it. So my phone picks up tmobile but won't connect pobably cause it's. Not unlocked. Anyone have any luck with this? Also off topic but I had to switch to the E (EDGE) connection instead of whatever the H is cause my Facebook texts don't work over that network so when I don't have 3G I'm stuck with a GSM connection.

[regholdsworth]

Well finally fixed my problem and have unlimed data...I used my feet and walked into a t-mobile store and got same deal!

[starlite1003]

The simple answer is data does not come included on $50 plan for smartphones. ATT isn't being "greedy"..you just don't want to pay for the service you want.

Buy the data packets offered, get contract, or use wifi.. You are offered same options as everyone else.

[TheRPGLPer]

{please keep it courteous}... what, do you think they aren't being greedy when a GoPhone can have unlimited internet but smartphones have to pay for it when a 500MB data package for $25 on my phone won't even last a week.

I don't care what you say or think, they are greedy!

I'm still looking into this matter, I still have no solution, most proxies I try result in a MediaNET page or no internet...

[starlite1003]

You get what you pay for in life.

[TheRPGLPer]

Can't someone see where I'm coming from. I'm only 15, so I can't get a job (I would if somewhere nearby would hire.)

My flipphone bearly has a 1" screen, so using internet is tedious on it and I have a Galaxy S now and I know it's a smartphone but come on, There has got to be a way to get data on it with the $50 plan. Please.

[starlite1003]

Unfortunately, no I don't see where you are comming from..@ all. It doesn't matter if you are 15 or 90..data doesn't come with the $50 plan for smartphones. Period.

Jus wait a year or two and you should b able to pay for the service you are wanting. If not, stick close to wifi :-)

[TheRPGLPer]

Someone who has compassion and sympathy would. And you cant use wifi when you are a poor family without Internet and that u live in the middle of nowhere, so wifi is a no go.

[Wild Banchi ACE - Master]

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TheRPGLPer wrote:
Can't someone see where I'm coming from. I'm only 15, so I can't get a job (I would if somewhere nearby would hire.)

My flipphone bearly has a 1" screen, so using internet is tedious on it and I have a Galaxy S now and I know it's a smartphone but come on, There has got to be a way to get data on it with the $50 plan. Please.

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When I re-think your situation, you are wanting to use your Captivate Galaxy S on the $50 Unlimited Talk, Text, & Web plan, correct? If so, it cannot be done. AT&T does not support pay-per-use data for smartphones being used as GoPhones any longer. You will not be able to enjoy the benefits of unlimited data as long as you intend to use your Captivate on the $50/monthly plan.

Now, you CAN purchase a separate data package to use with your Captivate on the $50 plan, but it will not be safe to say that it's "unlimited" data. You can choose a $25 data package for an allotment of 500MB of data if you choose.

Your situation could also be that you are trying to do what I described in the last paragraph, which is purchase a separate data package, but data just simply is not working for you.

Personally, I am using both of my Samsung Captivate Galaxy S and iPhone 3GS smartphones on the $0.10 a minute plan with unlimited messaging. When I want to use data, I use Wi-Fi when it's available. I can understand your situation because Wi-Fi is not around almost all the time like a cellular data connection usually is most of the time.

Pardon my lack of paying attention or I would have said something earlier.

[TheRPGLPer]

I will believe its possible to do and I've used the 25 dollar data package before and my phone idk what happened but it was gone in less than a week. I do not know how my blackberry and flip phone can connect without a proxy at all and the galaxy s can't but I still not figured out what proxy could bypass the medianet page because my phone does have an Internet connection. Does, every page redirects me though.

[Wild Banchi ACE - Master]

Alright. Well, if there is a way, I'm not sure if anyone here knows how to do it, or if it's even allowed to be posted without being pulled from the boards.

I still wish you good luck, though. I admire your perseverance on this matter.

[TheRPGLPer]

I have a thought on what might work. My flip phone connects with GPRS and my smartphone has either H E or 3G connection. It has before had GPRS (G) but I was far from any AT&T towers. I'm wondering if I can force my phone to connect to a GPRS network if it will work. I did notice a considerably more data use on a GPRS connection. I have a gsm and a wdcma I think option on my phone is there an apn or something to force a GPRS connection?

[TheRPGLPer]

Wcdma my bad

[hnzw_rui]

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TheRPGLPer wrote:
I have a thought on what might work. My flip phone connects with GPRS and my smartphone has either H E or 3G connection. It has before had GPRS (G) but I was far from any AT&T towers. I'm wondering if I can force my phone to connect to a GPRS network if it will work. I did notice a considerably more data use on a GPRS connection. I have a gsm and a wdcma I think option on my phone is there an apn or something to force a GPRS connection?

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Not gonna work even if you switch to GPRS/EDGE. Already tried it on my Thrive. Known smartphones are being blocked from pay per use data based on IMEI and unfortunately, the Samsung Captivate is a known smartphone. If you want to be able to use unlimited data with a smartphone, you'll have to find one whose IMEI isn't known by AT&T.

As for why unlimited data is available for feature phones but not for smartphones, you've already hit on the issue earlier. It's much easier to use up bandwidth on a smartphone than on a feature phone. Back when I only had a feature phone with MEdia Net package, I was hard pressed to use 50MB in a month. With a smartphone, my usage jumped to at least 1GB per month.

[TheRPGLPer]

GalaxyS isn't that known... okay...

either way... i'm pretty sure changing my imei is illegal, so Ill keep
calling att until i get someone that can help with this. Someone must be compasionent enough to do something.

EDIT:

How do I force a GPRS (not EDGE) connection anyway, I want to try something.

Also I have 3G watchdog and I have no data usage and my phone was on GPRS for 5 minutes and the 3G watchdog jumped to about 10MB usage.

[TheRPGLPer]

UPDATE: I got one day left to get this to work. My month runs out tomorrow. I've been using the proxy apn alot and i've gotten luck on it, some connections worked for a while... but i cant get a reliable proxy... a lot of them still bring me to the media net page.

[goldenbear1980]

you won't find your answer here, google the topic and you would probably find some answer elsewhere.

[BadBadLeroyBrown ACE - Guru]

Look, AT&T knows what phone you are using. Part of the IMEI is the Type Allocation Code, which identifies EXACTLY what make and model of phone you're using. There's an online searchable database of these numbers, so it isn't difficult for AT&T to block these.

There's no way around this by forcing your phone to use a GPRS connection, or routing it through proxies. Eventually, you have to hit the AT&T APN's, and they will block your phone.

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TheRPGLPer wrote:
UPDATE: I got one day left to get this to work. My month runs out tomorrow. I've been using the proxy apn alot and i've gotten luck on it, some connections worked for a while... but i cant get a reliable proxy... a lot of them still bring me to the media net page.

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[soonwk]

I have the same problem, using a non at&t. They have me on their system as a smartphone user. I had unlimited data for more then 8 month and now they caught it, Did you find a work around? I am thinking of switching to Straight talk.

Ted

[Wanted: Data]

You said you have unlimited data now...so you unlocked your at&t phone and went to t-mobile where you go unlimited data? If thats not what happened then can you clarify the process you went through in order to get it.?

[TheRPGLPer]

That was a huge forum bump.

Sadly, I dropped AT&T and now I use my Galaxy S with a T-Mobile SIM. The internet may only be 2G but it works and $50 allows around 200MB 4G then unlimited 2G.

Sorry, AT&T.

[johntom2000]

I got offered a older I Phone from my girlfriend tonight and I was thinking about taking it. But after reading all the tryed hacks, sim tricks, unlocked phones and company tricks. I am going to stay with my Pantech P7040 which isn't flashy as the Iphone  but, I can use all the option on my $50 prepaid plan. I have a Ipod Touch and it would be the same If I had the Iphone. Hopefully AT&T will unleash the hold they have on the data for the 50.00 unlimted for smartphones.