The Amazon Appstore's 'Wi-Fi Only' tag on certain large apps (read: Plants Vs. Zombies) has been a frustration for those with consistent access to 4G while they're on the go. I mean, come on Amazon, if I really want to download that 75MB PopCap game, it's my data connection! I'm sure there's some reasoning for this (like reducing the active # of connections on the Appstore's servers), but when you're on 4G, it only makes sense that you should be able to do the things you would on Wi-Fi.
Over the last few days we've heard from a number of people claiming the Appstore now allows Wi-Fi Only downloads over 4G, and we tested it out, sure enough, it works:
Now, we've also heard it doesn't yet work on Verizon 4G LTE - but Sprint's WiMAX is a definite go. AT&T, T-Mo, and VZW customers with 4G phones, let us know in the comments if this works for you as well.
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T-Mobile here. Just tried it and it doesn't work.
Thunderbolt here. Nothing with LTE
it worked on plants vs.zombies ONCE but not since...
verizon w/ thunderbolt
When I downloaded Plants vs. Zombies when it was first released, I did it over Sprint 4G on my Epic
Even on 3G, my cell usually gets better speeds than my home connection. I wish there was a "I'm not stupid, I know what I'm doing" checkbox in the settings.