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frontpage Posted by WackyP • Jan 31, 2025
frontpage Posted by WackyP • Jan 31, 2025

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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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?
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
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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base.rox
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Same here
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Huntsman000
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Is this like an esim? How to they establish the connectivity?
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stella0793
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Quote from infin8007 :
I have textnow service on one phone with their sim card and on my other phone with esim I have 5GB free data with instabridge and use google voice.Between the two i dont' miss calls and get free monthly service.https://slickdeals.net/f/17866149-free-5gb-data-monthly-esim-for-ap-launcher-installed-0?attrsrc=Thread%3AExpired%3AFalse&src=SiteSearchV2Algo1
Can you really use Instabridge 5GB? I've found to too slow to be usuable. Latency is unbearable.
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Quote from Wyvern1 :
code is "Breakfree"


They want a scan of my driver's license though?

Thats big NO from me.
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sijoma
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At final step in the app, "Error creating account, please try again". Trying multiple times, no luck.
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Sarisin48
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Quote from sijoma :
At final step in the app, "Error creating account, please try again". Trying multiple times, no luck.
Same for me. I've tried all kinds of variations of my address (e.g. Dr or Drive), etc and still get the same error msg. Will try again later I guess
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my Samsung Note 9 is showing "not compatible with device" - is there a way around this? I run every other app no problem, is there a way to download the app on my laptop or something? Or on the Motorola phones in the two for $35 dea (Trakphone or HSNtwk)l?
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Quote from sijoma :
At final step in the app, "Error creating account, please try again". Trying multiple times, no luck.

Same, let's see if it works later
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lisandrodtsai
Feb 4, 2025
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Been a Helium Mobile subscriber for almost a year on their $5 plan. Can confirm all the old plans are grandfathered in at the old rate. Works better than Verizon… also I live in a concrete home so don't get reception from any of the 3 telcos.. so I put a Helium Mobile Hotspot and works amazing 😻
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sav
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sure, they tried giving the code to invitees only but the internet can't farkin help itself
It wouldn't happen if the code was personalized.
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Quote from Wyvern1 :
code is "Breakfree"


They want a scan of my driver's license though?
It doesn't say anywhere that they need driver's license. Zero plan requires location sharing is the only requirement that I can see.
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xsupan0va
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No work. Keep getting error trying to create account.
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brestbry
Feb 4, 2025
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Quote from LisandroDT :
Been a Helium Mobile subscriber for almost a year on their $5 plan. Can confirm all the old plans are grandfathered in at the old rate. Works better than Verizon… also I live in a concrete home so don't get reception from any of the 3 telcos.. so I put a Helium Mobile Hotspot and works amazing 😻

Also in the old $5 plan but created a new account last night. Logged in today and got a screen that says your location is eligible for the $5/m unltd plan: "I'm ready (button)", which takes me to the payment page. A little puzzled as I'm in the sf bay area, not to mention I didn't think the $5 plan was offered anymore either.
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LisandroDT
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Quote from brestbry :
Also in the old $5 plan but created a new account last night. Logged in today and got a screen that says your location is eligible for the $5/m unltd plan: "I'm ready (button)", which takes me to the payment page. A little puzzled as I'm in the sf bay area, not to mention I didn't think the $5 plan was offered anymore either.
I know they were still offering $5/mo unlimited for location specific (for sure Miami, maybe SF too?). If you can still sign up for it, i'd do it asap!

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I received an invite link for the free-tier service.
Be prepared to provide your full biometric data, which will be processed and stored by the Persona ID verification service.
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