T-Mobile Business = 877-347-2127 If you're having problems.
Internal T-Mobile's plan names:
"Bus Unl Tablet 10 GB HS TE" = Taxes and fees extra. SOC code ZB10HSTE
"Bus Unl Tablet 10 GB HS TI" = Taxes and fees included. SOC code ZB10HSTI
For adding HD Video Pass use SOC code : HDVPASS0
Who's eligible
- Available to new lines of service only. No voice line requirement.
- US and Puerto Rico (SJP) Business customers.
- Tax Exclusive Plan: B/C, B/L, B/M, B/N, B/O, B/P, I/S.
- Tax Inclusive Plan: B/C, B/L, B/N, B/P, I/S, Both TI and TE $10 Unlimited Tablet Promo Plan included within the following SOC Groups: 5, 9, 9A, 10, 10B, 21, 22, 34, 41, 59, and 67.
- Government account types
- Consumer customers
- Cannot be combined with tax included plans.
- Retired features and promotional lines/service credit offers will be removed upon switching to this plan.
- Tax Exclusive plans only eligible to Tax Exclusive BANS
- Tax Inclusive plans only eligible to Tax Inclusive BANS
- Voice line not required
- No migrations
- There is no annual contract (Un-contract) or activation fee.
- These plans do not include Music Freedom, Binge On, or Data Stash.
- All on-network data used counts towards fair-use de-prioritization limits.
Not available
- AVD
- Netflix on Us
- $40 Voice + Tablet credit.
- $5 AutoPay bill credit ($5 per line, up to 8 lines / $40 max credit). See the page for more details.
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The multiple ways of using this $10 line for home internet are:
1. T-Mobile Gateway + Cudy N300 or X6 which are wifi only routers to mask hotspot usage with TTL set on the external wifi router. You can use other wifi routers for this purpose but there's a menu page in the Cudy routers which makes setting TTL easy - Courtesy waterchange
1.1 Cudy router like Cudy LT500 or LT18 or the 5G P8 work as a single device with modem + wifi router. Work well for home internet. Nice thing about the Cudy modems is easy TTL (and imei magic if necessary). - Courtesy waterchange
2. M2100 hotspot device - Hit or a miss - native out of the box but less reliable
3. Orbic 5G hotspot device - more reliable than the m2100, however some people have reported throttling after 1st couple of months
4. Gateway + Project Genesis - works most reliably
5. TMOHS1 - ~ 30-50 mbps out of the box, no TTL update required
6. Tmobile Franklin - ~30-50 mbps with TTL update - the most reliable as of right now, however limited speed.
7. M2000 won't pull data from anywhere.
8. GL.iNET Spitz GL-X3000NR easier to use than Cudy and better performance but expensive. Great form factor and performance. Presets for T-Mobile TTL settings and advanced cell features like tower/band lock. External antennas.
9. M3000B works out of the box with T-Mobile version. Has battery preservation features and ethernet port. Some users say to switch 5G mode to NSA if the hotspot restarts frequently in your area.
Add/update if you have more/better info.
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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
soc code ZB10HSTI is the one you want.
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This line of code returns false since the ip route command doesn't return a default gateway value on boot up, at least not at the time this script is executed on my router.
if [ `ip route | awk '/default/ { print $3 }'` = 192.168.12.1 ] ; then#!/bin/sh # Apply missing setting. modprobe xt_HL modprobe xt_hl # Get Primay WAN IP WAN0_IP=$(nvram get wan0_ipaddr) logger "WAN0_IP = ${WAN0_IP}" # Get Secondary WAN IP if Dual WAN enabled WAN1_IP=$(nvram get wan1_ipaddr) logger "WAN1_IP = ${WAN1_IP}" # Check if USB tethered device is ready. Returns 1 if active. USB_MODEM_READY=$(nvram get wan0_is_usb_modem_ready) logger "USB_MODEM_READY = ${USB_MODEM_READY}" # Get network interface name WAN0_IFNAME=$(nvram get wan0_ifname) logger "WAN0_IFNAME = ${WAN0_IFNAME}" WAN1_IFNAME=$(nvram get wan1_ifname) logger "WAN1_IFNAME = ${WAN1_IFNAME}" # Change to WAN1_IP below if needed case "${WAN0_IP}" in # Change IP address as needed for your device(s) 192.168.12.* | 192.168.56.*) # Set TTL for all connections iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -j TTL --ttl-set 66 ip6tables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -j HL --hl-set 66 logger "Set TTL to 66 for all connections" ;; *) # Set defaults here. # Enable TTL changes for USB tethered devices only if [ "${USB_MODEM_READY}" = 1 ] ; then iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j TTL --ttl-set 66 ip6tables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j HL --hl-set 66 logger "Set TTL to 66 for USB connection only" fi ;; esacSome additional things I noted while testing:
Of course, all of the info above was for educational purposes only...
If both Spoof & Extent TTL enable the TTL always override to 64, even after manual change, it will reset.
Tailscale is awesome, but before I have to use ZeroTier, it doesn't work on Merlin but works great on OpenWRT. This is the guide I have use to gain remote devices through CGNAT https://kysonlok.gitboo
if you want to try it just for backup solution.
Now it's back to using original IMEI and it's working. It could also be that my previous usage was 100% VPN and T-mobile wasn't happy that they couldn't sell DNS inquiries? Now, I will mix VPN use with non-VPN use.
You may want to check any IMEI to be used with the T-Mo IMEI checker for compatibility or blocking.
You said: "Now it's back to using original IMEI and it's working." Is it the IMEI of the original Galaxy tablet that came with the $10 Sim?
IF it is, you may not want to fool around with any other IMEIs.
I also have a ZTE phone and its IMEI is acceptable to the T-Mo checker, but some Nexus 5 IMEIs I have are not compatible, and not blocked.
https://www.t-mobile.com/resource...-own-phone
IF your ZTE IMEI is blacklisted/blocked it should show up on the T-Mo checker.
It's possible that T-Mo may have blacklisted/blocked the ZTE IMEI as it's not recognized as the Galaxy tablet (or a similar internet device) the SIM is supposed to be tied to.
IF that's the case, everyone using the tablet $10 Sim in other devices should be very careful not to trip any T-Mo alarms, for instance excessive VPN usage, or just excessive usage, etc.
It's one thing to have an IMEI blacklisted, BUT you don't want the T-Mo Sim blacklisted/blocked/terminated for violating the TOS.
Just be smart here.
Reading this thread, I think someone mentioned blacklisted/blocked but can't recall the reason.
Search this thread for blacklisted or blocked, for instance:
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=
When I check the TMOHS1 IMEI with the T-Mo IMEI checker it shows as compatible as a Wingtech HS1 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot, but it also states:
"We can't confirm that this device is unblocked. Please contact the original wireless carrier for information about the device's status."
Similarly with the KVD21: Arcadyan KVD21 HINT 5G Router.
I'm actually running a Nok5g21 "trashcan" via ethernet to my Asus rt-ax68u. Have great coverage here and pull 600 mbps down pretty regularly with 20ms pings.
I also have a "modded' Inseego m2000 running another sim pulling essentially the same #'s.
I just like to tinker a bit here and there...... Hence my current research in possibly using these sims in a 5g phone via USB or ethernet. Thanks again!
I'm actually running a Nok5g21 "trashcan" via ethernet to my Asus rt-ax68u. Have great coverage here and pull 600 mbps down pretty regularly with 20ms pings.
I also have a "modded' Inseego m2000 running another sim pulling essentially the same #'s.
I just like to tinker a bit here and there...... Hence my current research in possibly using these sims in a 5g phone via USB or ethernet. Thanks again!
How was the m2000 modding process? I wouldn't mind getting one for taking this on the road occasionally if it's not too complicated.
How was the m2000 modding process? I wouldn't mind getting one for taking this on the road occasionally if it's not too complicated.
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He can do pretty much anything you'd need. I'd recommend reaching out to him with any specific questions..... He's really great to deal with.......
You may want to check any IMEI to be used with the T-Mo IMEI checker for compatibility or blocking.
You said: "Now it's back to using original IMEI and it's working." Is it the IMEI of the original Galaxy tablet that came with the $10 Sim?
IF it is, you may not want to fool around with any other IMEIs.
I also have a ZTE phone and its IMEI is acceptable to the T-Mo checker, but some Nexus 5 IMEIs I have are not compatible, and not blocked.
Anyway, I'll be very careful now and only use VPN when i really need it. Might get separate $15 tablet line to play around.
After I started using the KVD21 a couple of months ago, I noticed in my T-Mo account usage that the data usage went down substantially even though my usage was about the same, if not more.
Before the KVD21 I was using the TMOHS1 and the monthly data usage showed about 200 Gb.
After, with the KVD21 the data usage shown in the account went down to less than 20 Gb for the latest month.
It looks as if the data usage may be calculated differently with the KVD21 vs the TMOHS1.
That was unexpected.
There is/was a lot of video streaming, news channels, movies, etc., so there is the possibility that the data going thru the TMOHS1 counts as all data, video streaming and non-video data, whereas the KVD21 does not count the video streaming data at all as regular data.
Hotspot data is 0, ZERO, with both of the above.
And the HDPASS is enabled for HD Video.
Perhaps, the T-Mo Binge-On feature is not available for the TMOHS1???
T-Mo can maybe differentiate between the two devices based on their IMEI #s???
https://www.t-mobile.com/offers/b...ming-video
(Based on the post right above, T-Mo maybe doing some IMEI differentiation???)
In the account, the TMOHS1 is shown as: Phone-first Unknown Device with its IMEI #, and the KKVD21 is shown as: 5G Gateway A 32GB • Black, with its IMEI #.
So, T-Mo is probably doing some differentiation between devices based on their IMEI #s, and maybe treating them differently as far as data usage is concerned.
(And, perhaps, as other identifying characteristics are concerned. And/or may start doing so in the future, which is not good news for those using these $10 Sims in devices other than the tablets they're supposed to be tied to.)
After I started using the KVD21 a couple of months ago, I noticed in my T-Mo account usage that the data usage went down substantially even though my usage was about the same, if not more.
Before the KVD21 I was using the TMOHS1 and the monthly data usage showed about 200 Gb.
After, with the KVD21 the data usage shown in the account went down to less than 20 Gb for the latest month.
It looks as if the data usage may be calculated differently with the KVD21 vs the TMOHS1.
That was unexpected.
There is/was a lot of video streaming, news channels, movies, etc., so there is the possibility that the data going thru the TMOHS1 counts as all data, video streaming and non-video data, whereas the KVD21 does not count the video streaming data at all as regular data.
Hotspot data is 0, ZERO, with both of the above.
And the HDPASS is enabled for HD Video.
Perhaps, the T-Mo Binge-On feature is not available for the TMOHS1???
T-Mo can maybe differentiate between the two devices based on their IMEI #s???
https://www.t-mobile.com/offers/b...ming-video
(Based on the post right above, T-Mo maybe doing some IMEI differentiation???)
In the account, the TMOHS1 is shown as: Phone-first Unknown Device with its IMEI #, and the KKVD21 is shown as: 5G Gateway A 32GB • Black, with its IMEI #.
So, T-Mo is probably doing some differentiation between devices based on their IMEI #s, and maybe treating them differently as far as data usage is concerned.
(And, perhaps, as other identifying characteristics are concerned. And/or may start doing so in the future, which is not good news for those using these $10 Sims in devices other than the tablets they're supposed to be tied to.)
The cellular marketplace in the US is just saturated and the only way for all these very large cellular companies is to steal customers from one another.
The marketing expense to acquire a new customer is very high.
Also, they have to compete with the wired services like Fios and the cables whose prices are decreasing too.
So, instead of spending $$$ in marketing T-Mo just came up with these $10 or $15 tablet plans. These A7 Lite tablets are sold to the $10 customers for over $200 but they were most likely acquired from Samsung at a small fraction of this.
In addition they lock a customer in for 2 years, betting that these customers will get to use other T-Mo services. I have.
Also, the marginal cost of all these Gigabytes is getting smaller and smaller, in other words, T-Mo is making $$ on these $10 or $15 tablet plans.
It would be very counterproductive of T-Mo to alienate and chase customers away from its fold even if they're using these Sims in other devices. It'll be pretty stupid actually.
If I were in charge of T-Mo, I wouldn't do it, but I'll be focusing on getting these customers to port their cellular #s over to T-Mo by offering competitively priced product bundles.
Besides, the name of the game now for T-Mo, and the other cellular providers, is the expansion of their 5G networks that will provide even more spare capacities.
It'll be foolish to devote their IT capabilities in focusing on customers like these $10 tablet customers, instead of focusing their energies on their network expansion and keeping the customers in their fold instead of losing them.
(Since the TMOHS1 devices were given out for free with 30 Gb of data to test the T-Mo network, it's very likely that their IMEIs are wired in the T-Mo network to use ALL data just as regular data and not to differentiate between video streaming and regular data. That would explain my previous post above here vs the KVD21 data usage.)
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Better yet. Get a google voice number for free and pair with plan. Cost $10 to have phone and data. Win.
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