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T-Mobile Business Tablet Plan: Unlimited Data + 10GB of Mobile Hotspot

(Valid In-Store only)

$10 per month

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T-Mobile (link is for reference only) is offering a T-Mobile Business Tablet Plan with Unlimited Data + 10GB of Mobile Hotspot for $10 per month. Valid in-store only [store locator].

Thanks to community member King_Chucky for sharing this deal

Note, The Unlimited tablet promo requires a business account with T-Mobile.

Plan Features:
  • Unlimited high-speed on-device 5G/LTE data (5G device required for 5G access), deprioritized after 50GB of usage
  • 10GB of mobile hotspot data, then unlimited mobile hotspot at 3G speeds (600 kbps) for the remainder of the month

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Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This deal does require verification of your business (example, an EIN number). Check with your local store to see what they require for verification.
    • See forum thread for deal discussion and ideas.

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T-Mobile (link is for reference only) is offering a T-Mobile Business Tablet Plan with Unlimited Data + 10GB of Mobile Hotspot for $10 per month. Valid in-store only [store locator].

Thanks to community member King_Chucky for sharing this deal

Note, The Unlimited tablet promo requires a business account with T-Mobile.

Plan Features:
  • Unlimited high-speed on-device 5G/LTE data (5G device required for 5G access), deprioritized after 50GB of usage
  • 10GB of mobile hotspot data, then unlimited mobile hotspot at 3G speeds (600 kbps) for the remainder of the month

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This deal does require verification of your business (example, an EIN number). Check with your local store to see what they require for verification.
    • See forum thread for deal discussion and ideas.

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Papote3
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Just an FYI if you're just getting this for the "free" tablet. The tablet is a Galaxy A7 lite which only costs $200 ($129 on Amazon)

They will still lock you to a 2 year EIP even if it's free (They'll make a monthly credit to cover the tablet EIP)

Meaning you'd end up paying $10 for 2 years ($240) for a $129 tablet.

So if you're only doing it for the tablet then it's not worth it
MusicShark
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Some people don't live in a house.
needgeech
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Not on the "free" tablet, lol. In all seriousness, don't choose the plan with TE in the title as that one is tax exclusive (you have 2 choices)

soc code ZB10HSTI is the one you want.

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Apr 22, 2022
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qquser
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Quote from joshythegreat18 :
Speeds are highly dependent on location.

All Magenta plans are capped at 480p (or roughly 2.5Mbps) without an HD pass. The HD pass removes this cap and institutes a new cap for the equivalent of 1080p (around 6-8Mbps).

If anyone else is experiencing greater speeds, they're likely not accounting for the fact that those streams are *not* video streams. Anything other than video (such as running a speed test on Speedtest.net) will run at full speed, whatever that happens to be.

For my phone, the video testing speed is 150-180 mbps. I use the same way to test speed for both my phone and tablet
Last edited by qquser April 21, 2022 at 06:56 PM.
Apr 22, 2022
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joshythegreat18
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Quote from qquser :
For my phone, the video testing speed is 150-180 mbps. I use same way to test speed for both my phone and tablet

And exactly how are you testing video?
Apr 22, 2022
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qquser
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Quote from joshythegreat18 :
And exactly how are you testing video?

Fast.com and Speedtest video streaming testing. I also tried play short clip 4k video. The speed
Test shows my tablet supports 4K, but I feel iPad with HD pass is not as clear as the phone.
Last edited by qquser April 22, 2022 at 01:16 PM.
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joshythegreat18
Apr 22, 2022
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Quote from qquser :
Fast.com and Speedtest video streaming testing. I also tried play short clip 4k video. The speed
Test shows my tablet supports 4K, nut I feel iPad HD pass is not as clear as the phone.

Speedtest will show the actual speeds you're capable of at a given location/time. That's the same for using the video test option on Speedtest; you'll see whatever video resolution you'd be able to achieve if there was no artificial limit imposed.

Fast.com uses Netflix servers, and will show the actual speeds you're capable of achieving for video streams given the limits placed on video streams by T-Mobile.

In a perfectly normal scenario, you could see upwards of 500-600Mbps (or more, depending on location) when running Speedtest, show 4K video on the Speedtest video test, and then show 8Mbps when running a test on Fast.com.

If you're comparing how video looks on a phone vs your iPad, any differences could be attributed to a number of things (resolution of the two devices, quality differences between screens, device settings related to video playback or playback resolution, or even your level of sensitivity to any differences in resolution, screen quality, etc.). The important thing is that your Fast.com speed tests should be roughly the same between the two devices, which is to say a throttle at around 8Mbps.
Apr 22, 2022
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xoneinax
Apr 22, 2022
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Quote from qquser :
I only get 6Mbps after adding HD pass. And some people say they get 17 mbps, I don't know why everyone is getting higher speed than me
Is video better ?
Apr 22, 2022
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c0d3917
Apr 22, 2022
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Quote from premansh :
Can you please share the steps for the mod ?

I'm working with an individual who has been reverse engineering the software for some time now to achieve these results. There are no "steps" per say. He has developed this software exclusively for his implementation..... If we get everything working 100% he has said he'd be happy to offer his services which can all be done in 15 min. or so via a PC, USB cable and the m2000. I'll continue to update as we test.....
Apr 22, 2022
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c0d3917
Apr 22, 2022
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Quote from augielicious :
Thanks for the update! Have you tested speeds on Fast.com to see if video streaming is still throttled to 1080p? Have you tried any console gaming with voice chat or any type of video conference call apps like goto meeting or zoom or Teams? Have you tested with VPN to see what kind of latency and speeds you get? Also have you checked into the possibility of modding the device to accept external antennas? If you don't mind sharing the firmware mods, it might be worth me getting a 3rd line just for this device.

Ok.... Alot to address here. Please remember, we are still resting this FW. Fast.com currently pulls 5.5 pretty regularly. I think this has to do with the APN and IPV4 settings. I changed those values on my other inseego m2000 with a t-mobile hotspot plan and can pull 440 in comparison. No other testing thus far. No teams or consoles as of yet. VPN using the speed test VPN feature gave me a ping of 45 and jitter of 6. Speed was 274/71. No discussion as far as modding antennas. As for sharing the mods, they are not mine to share as I am only testing the device. Please see my reply post above. I'll keep updating everyone as thing progress.

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Apr 22, 2022
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owl
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Quote from c0d3917 :
So..... Just to update as promised. Had a chance to flash the new FW and kernel patch to my m2000. Base FW flash is built on the VZ m2100 FW, bet edited and patched with T-mobile bands etc. Did not unlock device as there us no need with these plans.... Still has T-mobile splash screen etc. Immediately lit up 5g, and in my locale a full 5 bars. Also "fixed" my imei #. Ping is 18ms with a jitter of 5ms, pulled 620 down and 33 up..... I'm happy!
Great news. Glad it's working for you.

I got my Inseego M2000 earlier this week, and it is also not working out-of-the-box. I get a 3G signal but a message that says no internet. T-Mobile must have intentionally disabled this for some reason; I can't imagine the SIM data plan being the issue, especially since you were able to get it to work with new firmware.
Apr 22, 2022
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c0d3917
Apr 22, 2022
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Quote from owl :
Great news. Glad it's working for you.

I got my Inseego M2000 earlier this week, and it is also not working out-of-the-box. I get a 3G signal but a message that says no internet. T-Mobile must have intentionally disabled this for some reason; I can't imagine the SIM data plan being the issue, especially since you were able to get it to work with new firmware.

Yesh....Something going on. Your new m2000 is just fine, had the same result when I tried my sim in my m2000 as well.
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Siwy12
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Quote from ViperVi :
Just to add a datapoint to the mix, I was able to connect TMOHS1 to an Linksys ea6300 (not the greatest) router that I had laying around and it is not counting the data as hotspot. The router was updated with latest DDWRT build for it to support USB tethering however. It could be due to either the USB tethering or that coz of my TMOHS1 already being hacked to mask the data usage with updated TTL values.

I was able to get around 58Mbps/11Mbps speeds this way, with the router itself on WiFi to my desktop, but YMMV based on your area.

I've also ordered a T9 off ebay for $17 to update the IMEI as I don't want to keep using the TMOHS1 and get flagged if TMO chooses to go that route.
I'm pretty sure its because your HS1 is already hacked to mask the data... But you run the risk of TMo easily detecting excessive data for a IMEI linked to a hotspot. Might be a problem in the future...
Apr 22, 2022
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Siwy12
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Quote from bleuiko :
I am on the TI plan; called TMo Biz today and the person on the line easily added the HD Pass for me for both my tablet lines. I immediately got a text message confirming it and speed was about twice as fast as before.
What # did you call & did you give them the sock # to add? Thanks!
Apr 22, 2022
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seanwarez
Apr 22, 2022
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I noticed today that T941 promotion appeared in my account with my original TI and Samsung tablet order, after 1 billing cycle. Which is a little weird. It should have been T929, if I remember correctly. But same amount, so I do not care.
Last edited by seanwarez April 22, 2022 at 08:26 AM.
Apr 22, 2022
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bleuiko
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Quote from Siwy12 :
What # did you call & did you give them the sock # to add? Thanks!
1-877-347-2127 and I did not give them the SOC; they already knew what I was talking about. I have no idea what SOC was finally used.
Apr 22, 2022
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ViperVi
Apr 22, 2022
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Quote from Siwy12 :
I'm pretty sure its because your HS1 is already hacked to mask the data... But you run the risk of TMo easily detecting excessive data for a IMEI linked to a hotspot. Might be a problem in the future...
Yes, and that is why I'm keeping my usage low as of now. My T9 arrives today. Once I get it and am able to hack through it, I would see what does TMO detects with IMEI change and then go from there.

In future if the m2000 hack is available as the user @c0d3917 is testing, I may upgrade to it to get better speeds. Time will tell...

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Apr 22, 2022
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Siwy12
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Quote from bleuiko :
I am on the TI plan; called TMo Biz today and the person on the line easily added the HD Pass for me for both my tablet lines. I immediately got a text message confirming it and speed was about twice as fast as before.
I called and got shot down (3rd attempt now over last few weeks). What time did you call? I wonder if it's different call centers based on time...

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