Sprint Everything Data does not allow tethering

[Masterface7]

Originally Posted by tonio32

I have to chime in here also. I have been a Sprint customer for over 10 years and I am on an old Fair and Flexible Family Plan with free unlimited texing,data,picture mail etc., 2 lines, 800 shared minutes for under $70 a month.

I sucessfully activated my TP2 online under this very plan, so you don't need to be on an everything data plan for WinMo phones but you do need to have an unlimited data add-on.

I too just bought a Touch Pro2 on an old F&F plan

All of us Old Sero users are technically on a F&F as well, however if i understand right this persons problem is that he is already on one of the new "Everything" branded plans. There is no way sprint is gonna let him switch back to an older plan now, even though he is such a long term loyal customer. The new "everything" plans charge alot more for that the f&f's for essentially the same thing. But this guys problem isnt really a old versus new thing it is a data plan vs a non data plan and since sub zero is an employee no one know better than him that a data plan is not required for the tp2.

@Scottharris When i bought my touch pro 2 i met some resistance as well. they told me no tp2 on my current plan. I assured them that i had been using windows mobile on my touch for years on my plan and that the touch pro 2 had to be allowed as well.

edit: after rereading your post it kinda sounds like you somehow already accepted the new plans? and that is why your bill went up. If that is the case i dont think sprint will let you out of them.

edit: as it has been said before you dont need to worry about tethering as long as you can funnel data through your phone they guys here and over at xda-developers can make tethering work.

Not sure how helpful it is but i activated my tp2 through the sprint website by just entering a few numbers from my box so if you could just get the phone maybe you could put it on your plan yourself

[ScottHarris]

Originally Posted by Masterface7

I too just bought a Touch Pro2 on an old F&F plan

All of us Old Sero users are technically on a F&F as well, however if i understand right this persons problem is that he is already on one of the new "Everything" branded plans. There is no way sprint is gonna let him switch back to an older plan now, even though he is such a long term loyal customer. The new "everything" plans charge alot more for that the f&f's for essentially the same thing. But this guys problem isnt really a old versus new thing it is a data plan vs a non data plan and since sub zero is an employee no one know better than him that a data plan is not required for the tp2.

@Scottharris When i bought my touch pro 2 i met some resistance as well. they told me no tp2 on my current plan. I assured them that i had been using windows mobile on my touch for years on my plan and that the touch pro 2 had to be allowed as well.

edit: after rereading your post it kinda sounds like you somehow already accepted the new plans? and that is why your bill went up. If that is the case i dont think sprint will let you out of them.

edit: as it has been said before you dont need to worry about tethering as long as you can funnel data through your phone they guys here and over at xda-developers can make tethering work.

Not sure how helpful it is but i activated my tp2 through the sprint website by just entering a few numbers from my box so if you could just get the phone maybe you could put it on your plan yourself

I purchased a Samsung Moment for my wife and was told that they could just add on a data line to our existing everything messaging plan. I have a mogul and TP1 on the account that does that so they said adding on the Moment would be the same. When I got my bill I found I was now being charged for an Everything Message plan and Everything Data plan on the same bill ($129 data only for one phone). I just took the new phone back (still in 30 days) so the bill should not revert back to the way it was.

I do not have a TP2 yet. I was looking to get one but was told by Sprint that it falls under the same rules as and would require the Everything Data plan. It appears from this post that is not the case. I was also told that if I went to Everything Data plan and was found to be using the phone as modem that they could cancel my contract for violations. I do not know how they could do that or even how they would know but it is what I was told.

Maybe I jumped the gun by talking the phone back but I have gotten so many conflicting stories from Sprint I do not know what to believe any more. I just know that I am quite disappointed because my wife has been asking for new phone for months to do texting, email, web, and run some programs and I had to take it back because I cannot afford $60-$120 a month increase in my bill just to keep the same functionality. The only options I could find was to do the data plan and get an air card or take the phone back.

[Masterface7]

Originally Posted by ScottHarris

I purchased a Samsung Moment for my wife and was told that they could just add on a data line to our existing everything messaging plan. I have a mogul and TP1 on the account that does that so they said adding on the Moment would be the same. When I got my bill I found I was now being charged for an Everything Message plan and Everything Data plan on the same bill ($129 data only for one phone). I just took the new phone back (still in 30 days) so the bill should not revert back to the way it was.

I do not have a TP2 yet. I was looking to get one but was told by Sprint that it falls under the same rules as and would require the Everything Data plan. It appears from this post that is not the case. I was also told that if I went to Everything Data plan and was found to be using the phone as modem that they could cancel my contract for violations. I do not know how they could do that or even how they would know but it is what I was told.

Maybe I jumped the gun by talking the phone back but I have gotten so many conflicting stories from Sprint I do not know what to believe any more. I just know that I am quite disappointed because my wife has been asking for new phone for months to do texting, email, web, and run some programs and I had to take it back because I cannot afford $60-$120 a month increase in my bill just to keep the same functionality. The only options I could find was to do the data plan and get an air card or take the phone back.

Ah i was kinda confused but know i understand. It is kinda scary when retentions gets it wrong as well. Usually those guys are quite helpful. If I were you I would be calling back numerous times hoping for an employee that will finally understand. But if the main concern is your wife's phone (Moment) you might be out of luck as subzero confirmed that it does require the everything data plan.

You could call and try acting like a new customer and ask them that way then when they tell you it is alright suddenly remember you have an account.

Or I could dig out the number i was given for SERO customers which i am convinced is marginally better than *2 and you could try and talk to them.

Or you could visit every store in your city and ask all the managers there. But all those ideas will only end in the touchpro2 activated on your current account, not the samsung moment.

I just remembered 1 last option that i havn't confirmed if it works yet from my friend who just tried it (take about a month to know). You can sign up for a 70 dollar everything data and there is supposedly a code for a 15 dollar a month discout. So at the end of this month i should know if it worked for him thats only 55 for a phone with data. Still alot but its somthing.