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H110Hawk
Dec 28, 2006
Is there a way to force my stupid Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra (Not subsidy locked to my knowledge) to tether? I foolishly upgraded my my OG unlimited data plan to the new cheapest 5G unlimited data plan and now I can't tether anymore. It's obviously the phone asking permission from ATT.

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Duckman2008
Jan 6, 2010

TFW you see Flyers goaltending.
Grimey Drawer

H110Hawk posted:

Is there a way to force my stupid Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra (Not subsidy locked to my knowledge) to tether? I foolishly upgraded my my OG unlimited data plan to the new cheapest 5G unlimited data plan and now I can't tether anymore. It's obviously the phone asking permission from ATT.

Does your plan include tethering (I don’t know ATT’s plans) ? Some of the cheaper carrier plans legit don’t include tethering, and if so the answer is upgrade your plan.

H110Hawk
Dec 28, 2006

Duckman2008 posted:

Does your plan include tethering (I don’t know ATT’s plans) ? Some of the cheaper carrier plans legit don’t include tethering, and if so the answer is upgrade your plan.

Oh it absolutely doesn't, but neither did my previous plan. I was hoping there was a dumb android app way. Otherwise - do you have to use a non-att firmware?

Duckman2008
Jan 6, 2010

TFW you see Flyers goaltending.
Grimey Drawer

H110Hawk posted:

Oh it absolutely doesn't, but neither did my previous plan. I was hoping there was a dumb android app way. Otherwise - do you have to use a non-att firmware?

No idea other than they’re way better at blocking it on the newer plans.

Kirios
Jan 26, 2010




Does anyone here have FirstNet? I get a pretty solid discount at work but T Mobile works well enough. I'm curious what the differences are between it and standard AT&T.

Peteyfoot
Nov 24, 2007
How is dealing with AT&T as a customer? I'm considering switching to them since my home is in a coverage dead zone for my current carrier. I'm assuming all the big telco companies are equally awful, but just want to make sure AT&T isn't particularly egregious.

Duckman2008
Jan 6, 2010

TFW you see Flyers goaltending.
Grimey Drawer

Peteyfoot posted:

How is dealing with AT&T as a customer? I'm considering switching to them since my home is in a coverage dead zone for my current carrier. I'm assuming all the big telco companies are equally awful, but just want to make sure AT&T isn't particularly egregious.

I mean, they all suck. My opinion is ATT is the worse of them, but disclaimer I worked for them and they’re awful to work for. That said, yeah they aren’t great at customer service.

That said, the whole point of having cell service ….is it working, so if it’s that or a dead zone, can’t blame you.

Worst case scenario is you switch away if you aren’t happy or when any contract is over.

Peteyfoot
Nov 24, 2007

Duckman2008 posted:

I mean, they all suck. My opinion is ATT is the worse of them, but disclaimer I worked for them and they’re awful to work for. That said, yeah they aren’t great at customer service.

That said, the whole point of having cell service ….is it working, so if it’s that or a dead zone, can’t blame you.

Worst case scenario is you switch away if you aren’t happy or when any contract is over.

Thanks Duckman! I'll try them out for a while.

Jose Oquendo
Jun 20, 2004

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie
I have a question about ATT’s international day pass.

Here’s the scenario: I’m going on a cruise and will have one day at an international port.

From what I understand, they will automatically add the service to my line and charge me for the day when I use my phone in an international spot. That’s great. No fuss. Is it better to add the service beforehand? From what I understand I can do this and not get charged until I actually use it when I’m in the international location.

Do I need to worry about anything after I leave that port and I’m no longer using my phone’s cellular service? Will I get charged for days after that until I go on the website and remove the service? Or am I ONLY charged for the one day I used the international service?

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FunOne
Aug 20, 2000
I am a slimey vat of concentrated stupidity

Fun Shoe
We use the day pass on our work phones and it is enabled on every line. We only pay when it connects to a foreign cell phone tower. So as long as you put your phone back on airplane mode when you leave the port or turn off cell connection, you should be fine until you get back to the States.

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