Nexus 5 owners with T-Mobile $30 Prepaid Plan Thread

[Shambopyro]

How long does it usually take for a phone to work after it's activated online? I activated it on Friday and am wondering when I'll be able to use my phone. I'm porting my number from consumer cellular BTW. Thanks.

 

[mogelijk]

I've been using the $30/mo t-mobile prepaid plan successfully for years now. The one downside is the lack of automation. I would prefer not to have to add funds to my account every month. I also tend to go over my minutes some months which requires me to add more funds and keep track of how much I'm using. I use callingmart to refill. Does anyone know of a way to automate this entire process? Thanks!

You can set up an auto-payment on Callingmart, under your account (Auto Purchase Management), so that CallingMart will make a $30 payment for you. It allows you to set a date when the first purchase is made, then you can set it to make the same purchase every 30 days from that date. You can use the T-Mobile RTR Auto load option, so Callingmart automatically adds the money to your account. If you then just keep a few dollars on your account (depending on how much over 100 minutes you might go), you won't have to worry about your account.

 

[RizaHawkeye]

Sorry, I'm new to this plan. Does the 5 GB of 4G LTE data include tethering, or do I have to pay separately for that?

 

[Garconis]

Sorry, I'm new to this plan. Does the 5 GB of 4G LTE data include tethering, or do I have to pay separately for that?

Yes tethering is included. Most all plans must include that now. Unless the plan is unlimited.

 

[jpr]

Yes tethering is included. Most all plans must include that now. Unless the plan is unlimited.

That's incorrect. It is not included in this plan.

 

[Garconis]

That's incorrect. It is not included in this plan.

After further research, it looks like $15 is required to add tethering to this plan. Probably because this is technically an unlimited plan, since they throttle after the 5GB, instead of cutting off.

 

[RizaHawkeye]

Okay, thank you. That's what I thought, but I wanted to be sure.

 

[Blaize19]

That's incorrect. It is not included in this plan.

Actually, it is, just not very much data included. Only 100mb. But, in a pinch at least it's something.

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[jpr]

Actually, it is, just not very much data included. Only 100mb. But, in a pinch at least it's something.

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You can't use that unless you're rooted.

 

[Blaize19]

You can't use that unless you're rooted.

No it's included in the plan. Shows up under usage in the TMobile app.

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[jpr]

No it's included in the plan. Shows up under usage in the TMobile app.

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And you can't use it unless you're rooted and use a hack. What I said previously is correct. Tethering is not included in this plan.

 

[STiK]

I use it without any hacks on stock android.. Works fine.

 

[Rubberman365]

Hi so question my sister is on T-Mobile $50 prepaid plan, unlimited talk & text with 1 gig of data can she switch to this plan without activating online & losing her Tmo # that she had for a good few years or can it be ported from the $50 plan to the $30 plan. Thanks in advance Ron.

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[Ed Briggs]

Hi so question my sister is on T-Mobile $50 prepaid plan, unlimited talk & text with 1 gig of data can she switch to this plan without activating online & losing her Tmo # that she had for a good few years or can it be ported from the $50 plan to the $30 plan. Thanks in advance Ron.

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You can always keep your number no matter what.

 

[Ed Briggs]

Hi so question my sister is on T-Mobile $50 prepaid plan, unlimited talk & text with 1 gig of data can she switch to this plan without activating online & losing her Tmo # that she had for a good few years or can it be ported from the $50 plan to the $30 plan. Thanks in advance Ron.

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You can always keep your number no matter what.

 

[Blaize19]

You can always keep your number no matter what.

Unless something has changed you must activate a new line, with a new number for this plan. But you can later (I don't know how much later, but not more than after the first month) move your original number to that line.

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[akuki]

Hi so question my sister is on T-Mobile $50 prepaid plan, unlimited talk & text with 1 gig of data can she switch to this plan without activating online & losing her Tmo # that she had for a good few years or can it be ported from the $50 plan to the $30 plan. Thanks in advance Ron.

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Why not change to the $30 plan, convert the original T-Mo# to a Google Voice #, and take advantage of wifi calling with the Hangouts app? All incoming/outgoing calls can use the GV#. (I don't even remember my T-Mo assigned #.)

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[srkmagnus]

Hi so question my sister is on T-Mobile $50 prepaid plan, unlimited talk & text with 1 gig of data can she switch to this plan without activating online & losing her Tmo # that she had for a good few years or can it be ported from the $50 plan to the $30 plan. Thanks in advance Ron.

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I think the number can be ported - contact T-Mobile and see what they say. Let us know what happens.

 

[Backslider23]

I currently have the $30 prepaid plan with a Nexus 4. I am ready to upgrade to the Nexus 5, but the Google Play store is currently sold out. It seems like T-Mobile has them available, but I am wondering if anyone bought theirs from T-Mobile. Does it come with a bunch of extra crap on it? Does it get android updates at the same time as one bought from the Play store?

I got my Nexus 4 from Google directly, and I was happy not to have a bunch of T-Mobile stuff pre-installed, and I always get the updates immediately. If the Nexus 5 from T-Mobile is modified, I guess I'll just have to wait.

 

[yfan]

I currently have the $30 prepaid plan with a Nexus 4. I am ready to upgrade to the Nexus 5, but the Google Play store is currently sold out.

It doesn't seem like it's sold out when I loaded the page. Perhaps you are looking at the Nexus 6 order page?