Learn more about data options for your T-Mobile Prepaid account..

Overview

• Data varies by plan, to find out how much data you have used or have available, check your line usage.
• Understand and test T-Mobile Data Speeds.
• To help running out of data during the month, learn to manage data
• Select Prepaid plans can use their devices and service as a Smartphone Mobile Hotspot

Data passes

• On-Demand data passes let you temporarily add high-speed data to your account and can be added to extend your monthly available high-speed data.
  • Once the high-speed data bucket is reached, unlimited data continues at reduced speeds. To continue service with high-speed data, another pass must be purchased.
  • On-Demand passes can be purchased with refill cards or prepaid service account balances.
• One-Day HD Video Streaming passes may be available in the US on the T-Mobile network only.
  • Prepaid HD Streaming passes do not have a resolution cap.
  • HD streaming  is not available when roaming in Canada, Mexico, or while roaming.

Add data or HD streaming pass

1. Log in to My T-Mobile at www.t-mobile.com/prepaid or sign up with T-Mobile ID
2. Go to Line Details from the homepage or main .
3. Select Add on-Demand passes.
4. Select from available services.
5. Select to Set order date and time.
6. Add to cart and complete the purchase

Data maximizer

• Network enhancement that optimizes all detectable video streaming to SD quality.
• Automatically enabled, this allows your high-speed data to last up to 3 times longerl onger while streaming.
• Data still debits from the available data bucket, but at a much lesser rate than when streaming video at a higher resoltuion.
• Data Maximizer is available on select plans.
• When Data Maximizer is off, video streaming is no longer optimized and your high-speed data will not last as long.

Turn on or off

If you can't find Data Maximizer through T-Mobile.com, verify you have a limited data bucket plan or call T-Mobile customer service.

1. Log into T-Mobile.com.
2. Click My Profile.
3. Click on your plan name.
4. Select Blocking Controls
5. Select data controls.
6. Toggle off Data Maximizer (Binge on)
7. Click Save.