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frontpageWackyP posted Jan 31, 2025 05:23 AM

Helium Mobile Zero Plan w/ 100 Minutes Talk, 300 Texts + 3GB Data Per Month

(ID Verification & Location Sharing Req.)

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Helium Mobile has Helium Mobile Zero Plan w/ 100 Minutes Talk, 300 Texts & 3GB of Data (per month) for Free when you Bring Your Own Device and follow the instructions below by using code BREAKFREE at signup.

Thanks to community member WackyP for finding this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. An unlocked T-Mobile-compatible device is required.
  2. Download the Helium Mobile app (Android / iOS)
  3. Open the app and when prompted, enter invite-only code BREAKFREE
  4. Proceed through the setup process by proving the following details:
    • Valid email address
    • Your name, home address and date of birth
    • Complete the identity security check using a valid government-issued ID (i.e. a driver's license) and taking a 'selfie' photo.
  5. No credit card or other payment info is required for this free plan.
  6. You may select eSIM or physical SIM card activation (SIM card ships free).
  7. Your monthly Zero Plan w/ 100 talk minutes, 300 texts and 3GB of data will be Free

How is Helium Mobile able to offer a free phone plan? (source)
  • "Helium Mobile's free plan is made possible with its community-built network, a new type of infrastructure that is less expensive than legacy carriers. In exchange for the free plan, you'll share your anonymized location data, enabling the community to create coverage where it's most needed."
Plan Features (per month):
  • 100 minutes talk
  • 300 texts
  • 3GB of high-speed data (4G LTE/5G)
    • Note: hotspot data is not available on the free Zero plan.
  • No credit card needed
  • You may port your existing number to Helium Mobile if desired
  • Earn Rewards with Cloud Points
    • Redeem points for gift cards to travel, dining, and other experiences.
  • Helium Mobile operates on the T-Mobile network

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • Click here to read the Frequently Asked Questions page for more details.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by WackyP
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Helium Mobile has Helium Mobile Zero Plan w/ 100 Minutes Talk, 300 Texts & 3GB of Data (per month) for Free when you Bring Your Own Device and follow the instructions below by using code BREAKFREE at signup.

Thanks to community member WackyP for finding this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. An unlocked T-Mobile-compatible device is required.
  2. Download the Helium Mobile app (Android / iOS)
  3. Open the app and when prompted, enter invite-only code BREAKFREE
  4. Proceed through the setup process by proving the following details:
    • Valid email address
    • Your name, home address and date of birth
    • Complete the identity security check using a valid government-issued ID (i.e. a driver's license) and taking a 'selfie' photo.
  5. No credit card or other payment info is required for this free plan.
  6. You may select eSIM or physical SIM card activation (SIM card ships free).
  7. Your monthly Zero Plan w/ 100 talk minutes, 300 texts and 3GB of data will be Free

How is Helium Mobile able to offer a free phone plan? (source)
  • "Helium Mobile's free plan is made possible with its community-built network, a new type of infrastructure that is less expensive than legacy carriers. In exchange for the free plan, you'll share your anonymized location data, enabling the community to create coverage where it's most needed."
Plan Features (per month):
  • 100 minutes talk
  • 300 texts
  • 3GB of high-speed data (4G LTE/5G)
    • Note: hotspot data is not available on the free Zero plan.
  • No credit card needed
  • You may port your existing number to Helium Mobile if desired
  • Earn Rewards with Cloud Points
    • Redeem points for gift cards to travel, dining, and other experiences.
  • Helium Mobile operates on the T-Mobile network

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • Click here to read the Frequently Asked Questions page for more details.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by WackyP

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JediNick23
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If someone asked me how to make a free mobile data plan, my very first thought would be "control its DNS, packet-inspect everything on my network so I can tell who's doing what, sell that info to data brokers, advertisers, marketing agencies, etc., and insert enough legalese to my long-AF-that-nobody-reads-it terms of service that it's totally OK for me to do that." Classic case of "if it's free, it's because you are the product."

If you think I'm joking, check your own current paid ISP plan's terms of service. Non-trivial probability they're already doing similar to you, at least if you're not protected by something like the EU's GDPR.

Is that what's going on here, or is their business model different somehow?
Satoshi_N
248 Posts
46 Reputation
Right now their 20$ a month plan turns out to cost a couple of dollars a month if you opt in to their location tracking. They are trying to build a network of hotpots to fill in what traditional cell towers miss. Turn on tracking and they map whenever they hit one of their hotspots. Then they try to get new ones in empty areas.

Anyways...So they will pay you in their crypto token., Which they then accept as payment.Or you can sell yourself. Im assuming they are going to expand on this somehow.

Also a while back they were talking about another app that carriers were going to opt into that allows people to use each others phones a a hotspot for a small fee.
Just a guess but maybe something with this as well.

They are not the only company going this way there are going to be some announcements very soon of others going this path
laidbackinNC
1032 Posts
388 Reputation
I gave them my email address for spam, so we'll see. Right now it looks like they just offer one plan -- $20/mo for unlimited.

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Feb 11, 2025 09:33 PM
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krew790Feb 11, 2025 09:33 PM
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Quote from dragoneater1 :
Not giving them my ID
its a government ID nothing special its not like equifax or the us goverment who leaked everyone's snn or anything.
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Feb 11, 2025 10:24 PM
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schlackFeb 11, 2025 10:24 PM
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Anyone get success? Sign up fails for me. "Something went wrong please try again" message when trying to do the identity check. I've tried reinstalling the app. No VPN. Latest iOS.
Feb 11, 2025 10:26 PM
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schlackFeb 11, 2025 10:26 PM
2,914 Posts
Quote from trifco :
The free deal requires you to surrender your facial biometric data and a scan of your official government ID to a third-party company for identity verification. I'm not sure why your address and credit card information wouldn't be sufficient, and I don't understand why they would opt for such extreme and privacy-invasive measures to sign you up for their service.
No thanks.

It's not uncommon in some European countries. In this case, probably has to do with them trying to not get bad data from bad actors that would tank their business since they use your data algorithmically to drive their investments into new infrastructure.
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Feb 11, 2025 11:39 PM
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SergeS9181Feb 11, 2025 11:39 PM
25 Posts
Looks like a sophisticated scam. My stupid, relied on your reviews. These unidentified guys are criminals. They collected all my personal info and then informed me that they cannot identify my identity. After digging into the site I found that they ran out of SIMs.
Why the F you lured me into giving you my confidential information? What are you going to do with it? What is the bogus explanation that your free plan customers are paying by sharing their locations, for what? Avoid, avoid, avoid!
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Feb 11, 2025 11:47 PM
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Joined Jan 2016
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Feb 11, 2025 11:47 PM
535 Posts
Quote from Wirkinman :
I just ordered one and got an email "... backordered three weeks!"
NOT to worry. I ordered psim this morning and just got a shipping update and tracking number @ 3:22 PST.
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Feb 11, 2025 11:48 PM
535 Posts
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Feb 11, 2025 11:48 PM
535 Posts
Quote from Chambers007 :
Can this be used for an iPad so whenever I take it on the go I'll have internet?
That 's what I will do after the initial iphone setup and 1 month usage on the phone...
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Feb 11, 2025 11:50 PM
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hempoliceFeb 11, 2025 11:50 PM
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PSA: This isn't a burner service. They will require real identification information.

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Feb 11, 2025 11:55 PM
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Feb 11, 2025 11:55 PM
535 Posts
Quote from trifco :
....your address and credit card information wouldn't be sufficient, and I don't understand why they would opt for such extreme and privacy-invasive measures to sign you up for their service. No thanks.
Some people are more worried (concerned) about giving out credit card info.

Company might be owned by someone who came from controlled country where privacy means less than NOTHING.

One Asian supermarket asked for SSN to get a $20 OFF $35.
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Feb 11, 2025 11:56 PM
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saberlolFeb 11, 2025 11:56 PM
510 Posts
Support reset the PersonaID thingie for me....now it failed at scanning the ID. Now it is back doing the same thing as last time.

I give up.
Feb 11, 2025 11:59 PM
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randomuser4545Feb 11, 2025 11:59 PM
11 Posts
Wow... is Helium still active? I have an old Nebra hotspot - does it still work on the network?
Feb 12, 2025 12:22 AM
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TheDirtCheapFeb 12, 2025 12:22 AM
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Quote from serg499 :
Sounds like a RingPlus

I was one of those subscribers as well as FreedomPop. Were you or anyone else on here? 😊
Feb 12, 2025 12:23 AM
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TheDirtCheapFeb 12, 2025 12:23 AM
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Quote from PhantasmX :
Ringplus died really fast. I remember having service for like three months before the company went kaput.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear you in at the end. It was a decent service. Am I right?!
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Feb 12, 2025 12:31 AM
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coreykeastFeb 12, 2025 12:31 AM
45 Posts
Quote from JediNick23 :
If someone asked me how to make a free mobile data plan, my very first thought would be "control its DNS, packet-inspect everything on my network so I can tell who's doing what, sell that info to data brokers, advertisers, marketing agencies, etc., and insert enough legalese to my long-AF-that-nobody-reads-it terms of service that it's totally OK for me to do that." Classic case of "if it's free, it's because you are the product."

If you think I'm joking, check your own current paid ISP plan's terms of service. Non-trivial probability they're already doing similar to you, at least if you're not protected by something like the EU's GDPR.

Is that what's going on here, or is their business model different somehow?

What's interesting is we can use AI to summarize text like this now. Wonder how long we will have unreviewed long TOS without summaries and clarifications of what they mean?
Feb 12, 2025 12:40 AM
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djinksFeb 12, 2025 12:40 AM
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Quote from Chambers007 :
Can this be used for an iPad so whenever I take it on the go I'll have internet?
USB tether it to the iPad with app - PairVPN
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oldbridge
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Feb 12, 2025 01:14 AM
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I signed up a few hours ago and was on 3-week psim backorder. Just received email that the sim had been shipped.

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