Best way to get new tmobile service for N900

[bugelrex]

I'm not familiar with tmobile, so asking thes before I decide to bite the bullet just for the n900

- is the 10 dollar internet plan crippled in any way? Voip or IM blocked via a proxy?
- do i have to hack the settings (change port or address from default) to get it to work with a smaryphone
- recently they tried to force unlock phones to the more expensive plan. Was that just a glitch or did they really try to force people up?
- do i just sign up online and get one of the free phones? ie they wont detect that i'm using a different IMEI and block me or is it best just to sign up for service only.
- any known discounts for jumping from another carrier?

[Samanosuke]

I use 5.99 T-Zones, it is not crippled in any way, I just had it on my N97, before I sold it.

You don't have to hack the settings, you may have to change your default connection to WAP.

To my knowledge it was a glitch, nothing happened to my phone.

I'd suggest signing up at a store and getting a cheapy phone, so you can keep that as a back up, then call T-Mobile and pester them about the 5.99 T-Zones till you get it.

I don't know of any discounts from jumping from another carrier, but I've been with T-Mobile for over 6 years now and I'm more than satisfied.

[heybige]

There are a couple of threads in the T-Mo forum that may be helpful...

http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1571393
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1569991

I'm also in the same position and would welcome any tips from TMo Users

[matt.mingkee]

Wirelessly posted (HTC Touch Pro 2: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 8.12; MSIEMobile 6.0) T-Mobile_Rhodium)

It may be possible mobileplanet and jandr.com, even mobilebee will offer it with contract for discount.

[bugelrex]

There are a couple of threads in the T-Mo forum that may be helpful...

http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1571393
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1569991

I'm also in the same position and would welcome any tips from TMo Users

i still couldn't find a definite answer. It seems to me, I'd have to roll the dice and hope t-mobile doesn't force me on their $25 plan. Sound like it may not be worth the risk of moving from At&T to Tmobile especially if Nokia announce an 850 version soon after release.

[matt.mingkee]

i still couldn't find a definite answer. It seems to me, I'd have to roll the dice and hope t-mobile doesn't force me on their $25 plan. Sound like it may not be worth the risk of moving from At&T to Tmobile especially if Nokia announce an 850 version soon after release.

if you have one of the grandfathered data, it may be good to buy it in full price
think about it
with tmoweb, you save $19 a month, it's $432 after 2 years
but with Total Internet or VPN, the difference is minimal
$5 x 24 = only $120, still better than nothing

[phase315]

my question is...would i be able to get 3g speeds with 5.99 t-zones or $10 unlimited web? This is the only thing holding me back from buying the phone

[lwcoffer2]

my question is...would i be able to get 3g speeds with 5.99 t-zones or $10 unlimited web? This is the only thing holding me back from buying the phone

you can find your answer in the t-mo forum

[bachviet]

my question is...would i be able to get 3g speeds with 5.99 t-zones or $10 unlimited web? This is the only thing holding me back from buying the phone

There is no difference in speed between any data plan.

As of right now, only Android phones (including unbranded version) are blocked (IMEI) from using the T-Zones and web2go data plans.

I am currently using a T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 (with custom ROM) with the $9.99 web2go. I would have used the $5.99 T-Zones if I didn't lose it when trying out the Google Ion (unbranded version of the myTouch 3G) with the $9.99 web2go. I wish I could get it back since I am paying $4 more a month for the same service.

[samsung.user]

Has t-mobile changed their services or something? The 5.99 t-zones used to be severely crippled. Port 80 was blocked, no sockets, and only 1 connection allowed at a time. You had to use the proxy to browse a normal web page.

Maybe it's been changed, but used to be pretty crippled. For for $6 a month, was still a good deal.

[twoboxen]

epc.tmobile.com as the APN has no port restrictions. *.voicestream.com and others like it do have port restrictions (from my experience... your mileage may vary).

[GCanada]

I've got the old $20 data plan add on. Just going to use that and not risk a cheaper one not working.

[HI-z]

Has t-mobile changed their services or something? The 5.99 t-zones used to be severely crippled. Port 80 was blocked, no sockets, and only 1 connection allowed at a time. You had to use the proxy to browse a normal web page.

Maybe it's been changed, but used to be pretty crippled. For for $6 a month, was still a good deal.

All that blocking and crippling was done on the phone. Not on the data plan. That's why I haven't used a subsidized phone in years. Not that any other carriers are any different with their "branded" phones. Most times if there is a unlocked version sold directly from the manufacturer and a locked/branded phone for a carrier there is usually a hardware difference and certain features removed preventing it from being flashable to a non-crippled firmware of the unlocked handset.

[sr1329]

Don't tell the rep you have an N900, they'll put you on the expensive internet plan. Just get a voice plan sim card and call in t-zones. Better yet put the SIM into a cheap dumb phone if you can. Those reps can recognize your phone model sometimes via IMEI. But I doubt their system can recognize N900 yet. It didn't as of 2 weeks ago.

[jobber99]

go on amazon and find the best phone you can get (to resell on ebay, keep, give to your friends, whatever you want). they seem to be the most aggressive in discounting phones w/ new activation