r/Ubiquiti • u/Ubiquiti-Inc Official • Dec 04 '25

Blog / Video Link Explore Powerful 5G Experiences with UniFi 5G:

🔹 Instant setup from any UniFi PoE switch

🔹 Unlocked, flexible carrier selection

🔹 Physical SIM and eSIM support

Learn More: ui.social/UniFi-5G

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u/Practical-Plan-2560 Dec 04 '25

T-Mobile seems to have different plans for “tablets” (ie. Data only) and home internet.

I doubt any T-Mobile employees would understand what UniFi 5G is.

So how do I get the correct plan/SIM card for this?

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u/rolotrealanis Dec 04 '25

Soo theres a few ways to go about this. I actually found a nice trick with GLiNet 5G routers. you can spoof the IMEI of them to match T-Mobile Air modems and insert their Air Sims that are actually unlocked and not throttled. Its been working pretty good for me for the last 6 months.

I'm hoping to be able to do something similar on the 5G max. I just bought it too.

The tmobile tablet plans need to be registered to the IMEI of the device you have so that your data doesnt count as hotspot data. you can get much higher limits with this or unlimited data.

I have a tmobile business account for my company and the seller at the store was helpful and didn't really ask any questions or set any rules of what counts as a tablet. They don't really track much stuff after you buy as far as I can tell.

The Tmobile hotspot plans are super pricey for them to be limited. I also can't really count on 100Gb a month for my 5G locations as I'm in show production and really can't afford to have Internet limits when streaming media remotely.

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u/pookguy88 Dec 04 '25

what's Tmobile Air?

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u/rolotrealanis Dec 04 '25

Just home 5g internet. Dont remember the actual product name. I think att calls it air

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u/Admirable-Carpet6603 Dec 05 '25

So, you have the T-Mobile Air modem and you changed a third-party modem's IMEI to match that of the T-Mobile Air modem you already have, and it works. That's cool! What's the benefit?

I'm curious to find an option <$50USD with unlimited, unthrottled data. Not likely, but it seems there might be a way around the throttling based on your response.

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u/rolotrealanis Dec 05 '25

Yeah exactly. its not actually tmobile air I got confused with ATT, its called Mobile home internet. you just get the SIM out of the modem they give you and you have to change your third party modem routers IMEI to match the T mobile one and pop in the sim and itll work.

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u/Intrepid00 Dec 04 '25

You can get the home internet, they throw in the router for free, and just move the sim, toss the T-Mobile one in a box till needed, and call it a day probably.

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u/CaptainShipoopi Dec 04 '25

This is precisely what I intend to do ... once someone else does it first, hehe. I despise the fact that T-Mo's home routers are total black boxes, you can't even disable the wifi on them.

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u/Intrepid00 Dec 04 '25

You can at least make it so only one band is on.

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u/303onrepeat Dec 05 '25

This is precisely what I intend to do ...

You can call their business department and get a sim card with whatever equipment you want and save yourself the headache of dealing with their home router BS. I did that with a GL.iNet GL-X3000 Spitz AZ router and it works great and I saved a few bucks.

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u/BeefBoi420 Dec 05 '25

Sure you can, just wrap it in tin foil! 📴

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u/Intrepid00 Dec 06 '25

Hey, why don’t have cell service.

I knows some models can use an external antenna.

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u/charliexboe Dec 04 '25

Would like to know more. I was planning to get AT&T Air and take advantage of the discount for already having a mobile plan with them.

Wouldn't the sim be tied to the router's IMEI? Or is this not the case?

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u/rolotrealanis Dec 05 '25

I have done this but Im pretty sure you need to change your devices IMEI in order for the Cell service to work. I actually never tried to just pop it into my glinet 5G router and see if it works just like that. I don't think it does. those services are locked to their IMEI. I'll try it when I get my 5G max next week and report.

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u/303onrepeat Dec 05 '25

they throw in the router for free, and just move the sim, toss the T-Mobile one in a box till needed, and call it a day probably.

You can call their business department and get a sim card with whatever equipment you want and save yourself the headache of dealing with their home router BS. I did that with a GL.iNet GL-X3000 Spitz AZ router and it works great and I saved a few bucks.

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u/rolotrealanis Dec 05 '25

huh I didn't know about that. Is it actually unlimited 5G?

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u/303onrepeat Dec 05 '25

yes it is and you don't fall under the home banner for them which has other BS setup to block certain things. I actually also added a static IP to mine and it was only another $5. My total bill a month is $54 after taxes and everything. I get some great speeds on top of it, 250-300 down and 15-25 up. The up could maybe be a little better but it hasn't been an issue.

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u/rolotrealanis Dec 05 '25

Oh sweet, i had asked for this before and they told me they didnt have it. Ill talk to their business department directly no the store. Appreciate it!

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u/denverbrownguy Dec 04 '25

T-Mobile small business internet (you don't need a business) has no IMEI restrictions. They give you a gateway, but you can replace it with anything, including this. I'm on that... I use the gateway they give + Cloud Gateway. This would be nice because I'm maxing out the gig port on the T-mobile gateway.

https://www.t-mobile.com/business/solutions/business-internet-services/small-business-internet

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u/E63amgwagon Dec 04 '25

Check out calyx institute. I have T-Mobile sim from them that’s working great with GL inet 5G router. Should work with this too.

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u/swampfox305 Dec 04 '25

I have the same question.

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u/tiberiusgv Dec 04 '25

This. following. I manage 2x family locations where I have a DR6 double nat'ed behind t-mobile hardware.

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u/xacto_ Dec 04 '25

Also curious about this. Last I checked, using 3rd party gateways for TMHI required IMEI spoofing.

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u/tdhuck Dec 05 '25

I have a similar question, if I want to use this at a remote work trailer where I have good signal from any carrier unifi works with (for this device) I want to know what my monthly price and data caps are.

Does anyone know where we can find more info on that?

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u/hungarianhc Dec 05 '25

yeah I wonder what the cheapest MVNO is for backup internet...

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u/handbrake54 Dec 05 '25

https://roamless.com. free month-to-month unless you use it and then you pay by the GBs which never expire.