t-zones is even easier to setup now

May 11th, 2009 Arash

After restoring a family member’s iPhone that was acting up, I began setting up t-zones for them, but couldn’t find the t-zones hack in the BigBoss repository. After some experimenting, I soon realized that none of the proxy configuration work is required anymore either. Setting up t-zones on your iPhone is now an easy 3 step process:

  1. Go to Settings->General->Network->Cellular Data Network
  2. Type wap.voicestream.com for the APN (leave the username and password) blank
  3. There’s no step 3!

That’s all there is to it. YouTube even works over t-zones now.

BTW, if you’re a long time T-Mobile customer, you can call in right now and ask about the loyal customer plan. If you’ve been with them long enough, you can have a plan which gives you unlimited minutes for only $50 a month.

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  1. Frank
    May 22nd, 2009 at 06:30 | #1
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    Do I have to have any data plan with Tmobile to use this APN adress?

    $50 a month for just phone minute or text and web too?

    Thanks,
    Frank

  2. Arash
    May 22nd, 2009 at 10:19 | #2
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    @Frank

    You need to have the t-zones data plan for this to work. The $50/month plan is only for unlimited minutes. Anything else is extra.

  3. Frank
    May 22nd, 2009 at 11:09 | #3
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    Which data plan, they are all different prices? I’m paying for the 24.99 web2go plan but I was hoping to reduce that cost and still have access to the internet, can I?

    Thanks,
    Frank

  4. Arash
    May 22nd, 2009 at 11:38 | #4
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    @Frank

    I hadn’t checked the T-Mobile data packages for a long time, and I assumed they were still the same. It seems T-zones doesn’t exist anymore. T-zones was a $5.99 data plan that gave you access to everything minus youtube (maybe other sites that I’m not aware of also).

    I think T-Mobile has really screwed it up this time. The only reason for staying with them was their great pricing compared to AT&T and Verizon, and the awesome customer service. If I wasn’t grandfathered into the older prices they had, there’s no way I would go with T-Mobile now. At least with AT&T you can get the iPhone with no hassle (however, I’m sure AT&T customer service is still as crummy as ever).

  5. Frank
    May 22nd, 2009 at 12:35 | #5
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    So I’m stuck with the $24.99 package than, that sucks.

    Thanks,

    Frank

  6. Jatin
    July 1st, 2009 at 15:03 | #6
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    I don’t have a separate t-zone plan but I have a prepaid account which has t-zone working with the above hack but I get to see only few websites. It seems to only work with the $5.99 t-zone plan.

  7. Ben
    August 13th, 2009 at 21:37 | #7
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    you can still get edge internet with t-mobile on the new cell phone plan which is 9.99/month

  8. luiz
    August 25th, 2009 at 14:56 | #8
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    I just got the 1st month free unlimited web for phones through tmobile… normally 9.99… will this work?? I followed the above steps and the internet is saying that the phone is not eligible for web access free trial…. Should this work??

  9. Arash
    August 25th, 2009 at 15:21 | #9
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    @luiz

    It should work. I just made a post to explain the new T-Mobile situation in more detail:
    http://arashpayan.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/25/cheap-iphone-data-plan-with-t-mobile-usa/

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