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Old 01-12-2009, 03:32 AM
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RE: Sidekick Unlimited Data Plan VS. T-Zones

I just spent the last 5 hours reading everything and anything about T-Mobile data plans.

Right now I have a Sidekick LX with a 19.99 Sidekick Unlimited data plan. I have read in fact that some people have had success with the sidekick plan on the iPhone 2g. With
APN: hiptop.t-mobile.com
user: guest
password: guest

I'm not sure what I should do. I have also read that the sidekick plan's edge runs alot faster then the T-Zones. I don't have T-zone but I'm pretty sure I can bug a rep to give it to me. I'm very capable, trust me .

I'm not sure about whether I should stick with the sidekick plan because maybe later, the sidekick plan will not work anymore and the T-Zone plan will become impossible to get. Or should I just try to hassle for the T-zone plan because it's more reliable?
Those are my options. What should I do?
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Old 01-12-2009, 12:41 PM
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If you text a lot stay with sidekick plan .If you break sidekick plan $15 for unlimited msgs and $5 for data.

tzones $5.99 for data (if you can get it)

I dont text AT ALL so im fine with tzones
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Old 01-12-2009, 03:42 PM
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so after you type in the APN : hiptop.t-mobile.com / guest and guest what do i do now? i have the sidekick plan and just recently got the 2G but i've been only seeing people who were unable to connect using the sidekick plan due to them being specifically made for sidekicks only. so if your method really works i'm going to do it right now. i just typed in the APN, user, and password. what do i do next? do i have to mess with any more settings i.e. activate stuff?
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Old 01-12-2009, 04:34 PM
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I'm also interested in your claim about sidekick data working with 2g iphone. I'll believe that it doesn't, before I believe that it does. But if you could get some hard proof, you'd be awesome. And to the post above me, that's all you have to do, try the internet, if it doesn't work, try restarting the iphone.
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Old 01-12-2009, 04:39 PM
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Well, I tried it today with my friend's iPhone 3g 2.2, He also is switching from sidekick to iPhone. It worked just fine. Try turning roaming on, that might do it.

Put in sim, enter APN/USER/PASSWORD, turned on roaming, turned off 3g, and it worked like a charm

I don't think it being 3g affected whether the plan worked or not, because we switched off 3g anyway.

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Old 01-12-2009, 05:06 PM
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it works and i'm still giddy LOL. i have a sidekick lx and just recently got the iphone 2G and was disappointed in all the threads saying the sidekick plan didn't work, so i was even going to do the whole t-zones bit, but it just sounded like a pain in the *** to do, so i waited it out to see if anyone could figure this little issue out. good thing i waited cause this is completely ligitimate.

just plug in the above information and restart your phone. i did it and opened my e-mail app to make sure and my inbox began to update. everything works, and it's amazing. sidekick plan : 20 dollars a month for unlimited web browsing and texting, what a deal. and thank keviNNz everyone for this major hookup.
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Old 01-13-2009, 03:47 PM
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Anyone else had success?
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:36 PM
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tried it no success with my tmobile sim i thru it in my 3g no dice
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Old 01-14-2009, 02:31 AM
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i can confirm the sidekick data does work,i was going crazy and did not want to go to that lame 20 dollar 100 mb plan,some one by the name of oliver posted the apn

i added it to my apn and right away it worked,so now i can keep my grand fathered 19.99 plan,it works faster than tzones ever did when i did have tzones.

everything works for me,web,maps,youtube and so fourth =)

never tried it on the 2g so eh
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Old 01-14-2009, 01:52 PM
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so what is faster, t-zones or sidekick plan?

and will this work on the 2g iphones?
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Old 01-14-2009, 01:53 PM
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for me the sidekick data for sure,not to sure on 2g but on 3g works for sure

then again i never tried that apn given out when i had my 2g so should work if anything
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Old 01-14-2009, 01:58 PM
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o ok..im thinking about swtiching but i wait it out to see other opinions on it..Edge to me is pretty slow on t-zones
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Old 01-14-2009, 02:42 PM
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o ok..im thinking about swtiching but i wait it out to see other opinions on it..Edge to me is pretty slow on t-zones
I've been using the Sidekick prepaid plan on a 2G, using the hiptop APN but no proxy or t-zones hacks in place.
I've been getting DSLReports results from 120Kbps to 180Kbps downlink. That's about the same as what I've seen with AT&T's EDGE network on postpaid.

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Old 01-14-2009, 02:51 PM
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I've been using the Sidekick prepaid plan on a 2G, using the hiptop APN but no proxy or t-zones hacks in place.
I've been getting DSLReports results from 120Kbps to 180Kbps downlink. That's about the same as what I've seen with AT&T's EDGE network on postpaid.
o ok so i get the same average speed with t-zones then but thanks for the info tho
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Old 01-24-2009, 12:33 PM
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Succsesss!!!!
16 gig 3g iphone 2.2 yellowsnow.
**cyced**
didnt even need to reset phone
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