Could Always use google Voice as a home number and tell people to only call you on that number during the times your most likely to be at home that way you have voice over data.
Google voice doesn't use data for voice calls on the iPhone.
Could Always use google Voice as a home number and tell people to only call you on that number during the times your most likely to be at home that way you have voice over data.
Google voice doesn't use data for voice calls on the iPhone.
Been using the 4g hotspot for a few days now. Already cancelled my cable Internet. Saves me $60 a month!
Is Hotspot included in their very expensive & limited new shared data plan without my iPad being added to that plan (it can't be since it is wi-fi only)?
I'm not sure what you mean by "without my iPad being added", but yes, all their shared data plans include mobile hotspot for free.
So i am wanting a hotspot for my laptop and ipad on the go, so I went into my account on my verizon looked at the 4G hotspot addon and there is only 1 option that says for $30 and says requires unlimited data plan. I am grandfathered unlimited data for phone use and bought iPhone 5 full retail.
Is this true? Can I get unlimited data for the hotspot for $30 a month?
But, here's a question...on the iPad 4G LTE, Personal Hotspot is enabled at no additional cost. So why is the hotspot on the iPhone 5 different than the (new) iPad? Doesn't make sense.
iPad was meant to be used with prepaid limited data plans.
Hence the carrier bundle ipcc/carrier.plist does not differentiate tethering data.
You can actually stick in the iPhone 5 SIM with a micro SIM adapter and hotspot will work on the iPad.
In fact, you can probably get a Verizon Jetpack and use it with your iPhone 5 SIM.
I don't think they really care as swapping SIMs between devices is a PITA.
I have the $30 per month hotspot feature on my unlimited data plan. It works great with my laptop, and even with my wife's iPhone 4...
To those saying "just jailbreak," the Verizon deal with the FCC is actually particular about that: If you purchase the approved $30 option, they are legally bound by their settlement agreement to not throttle you. Doesn't matter if you use 100GB a month. But there is a loophole for "abusers" of their service. If you tether without that option, they CAN legally throttle your data.
Just putting that out there...
Well, if it's a matter of ipcc/carrier.plist, can that be loaded to the iPhone5?
So my Verizon iPhone 5 came with the Mobile Hotspot feature all ready to use out of the box without calling in to activate it or anything. Does this mean I can use it now without getting charged for it? Cuz my wife's phone and my previous iPhone both came with that feature locked and we had to call in to activate it.
I have no idea how or if this could even work, but my previous iPhone 4 was JB and I had TetherMe installed. When I got the iPhone 5 I restored from my last backup. So my other question is, could that setting from TetheMe have somehow survived, even though the JB was obviously wiped out? I'm very curious about this as I have a grandfathered unlimited plan and would Love to get rid of home Internet and use LTE speeds all the time!
If it's jailbroken, you can turn off signature checking and modify the files.
That's what TetherMe does to enable native tethering.
You cannot just copy the ipcc from the iPad to the iPhone even though its signed.
You'll break your phone's carrier config.
In terms of throttling, I think they can do that whether you buy hotspot or not.
Nothing in the FCC settlement that I read talked about throttling.
I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan on Verizon, but the only hotspot feature I see in MyVerizon is a $20/month 2gb plan. What gives?
Just so you know. "Unlimited" for the hotspot means 5gb.
Just so you know. "Unlimited" for the hotspot means 5gb.
AmenNo, that is not true for the 4G Hotspot that we are discussing here. Like the phone's data plan itself, this hotspot is truly unlimited. However, those of you who are using the hotspot to replace your home Internet are just going to ruin it for everybody... because Verizon can (and most likely will) do away with the grandfathered unlimited plans altogether. Those of us hoping to keep it by buying phones at full retail for the foreseeable future would appreciate it if you didn't use multiples of GB of data than draws so much attention to Verizon that they have no choice but to end it. This is especially true now that the iPhone is on their LTE network and will definitely be putting some strain on their new network.
Weird? You sure you have unlimited and didn't loose it on your upgrade/activation of ip5
Positive. I opened a new line in order to keep unlimited data.
Just call *611 dunno what else to do :/