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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HyperM3:
I have been on ST for about 2 months now and have tried every combination of APN's and I still cant get MMS consistantly. I dont know if it has to do with AOKP ROM or what but this is so frustrating to myself and people trying to send me pictures that I may have to bite the bullet and go back to ATT. I might have been paying more but at least the service was perfect.

Getting anyone on the phone for customer service at ST is like waiting for paint to dry. None of these MVNO's seem to have any basic understanding of customer service. I tried to get info from RedPocket(thought of switching to them from ST) but was on hold for 23 minutes before the first person picked up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Unfortunately this is the way customer service is on Straight talk. I don't do much in the way of MMS so can't help you there.

But even as bad as it is I would never go back to a contract.

Once I get on Solavei I will post on how it compares, should be around the 23rd of this month.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] roxxosteen:
i had some issues with a number port to st, it was annoying but i found their customer service to be ok. that is, after i got the number to their executive help line. try it and see if they can help you, they usually pick up right away or within 5-10min: 800-876-5753
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jazzruby:
Are you applying the MMS proxy; I had issues with MMS until I applied the proxy.

Leave the proxy empty for APN, but for MMSC the MMS proxy should be:

MMSC

http://mmsc.cingular.com

MMS Proxy

66.209.11.33

MMS port

80

MCC

310

MNC

410

-JR-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jlczl:
I'm in agreement that MMS is hit or miss with this setup. I just started to use email for my picture sharing though. I can't fathom paying an extra 50 bucks a month just to have that back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Galroc:
Family plans

I read this entire thread and I think everything so far posted is useful for single plans.

However, I pay for 5 lines and even the cheapest single non-contract sim only plans become expensive when you multiply by 5.

After my ATT contract ran out (5 lines, 700 minutes, 2 x 0MB, 2 x 200MB, 1 x 2GB for $192/month), I switched to T-Mobile 1000 minute Value Plan. It is still a contract plan, but not sure why since you buy your own phones. I wish someone from T-Mobile would explain that to me.

I will be paying $110 plus tax/fees for 5 lines, 1000 minutes, 5 x 2GB. Plus I get a 15% discount with T-Mobile, same as I did with ATT. My costs went down by switching to T-Mobile.

I could have bought T-Mobile's 5 x 5GB (100 min) plan but I would have been paying $150/month for all 5 lines.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DarkBanHammer:
I am using net10 atnt 50$ unlimited everything. They haven't slapped me on the wrist yet for Skype with a DJ streaming dubstep in the backgroung on 4g for 3 Hrs along with downloading Roms ;). Their support is much better then atnt when I couldn't buy my plan online it only took 10 min to fix everything. Looks like a keeper
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HyperM3:
Got through immediately with that number thanks!! Now Im on the phone with them for 25 minutes still trying to figure this out.

On the phone with support right now and they said that is not the correct MMS Proxy, they gave me: mms2.tracfone.com
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
mms2.tracfone.com translates to 66.209.11.32
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HyperM3:
So it is different than the xx.xxx.xx.33 others have stated. Unless you had a typo and then its all good in the hood.

Either way, after all the time I just spent with ST on the phone, they said its the phone, not them. If I can send MMS just fine then their service works. If I cant download them then its the phone. Sigh...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jazzruby:
66.209.11.32 resolves to host: vdispwap2.mycingular.net

source: http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/66.209.11.32

66.209.11.33 resolves to host: rds-proxy.mycingular.net

source: http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/66.209.11.33

-JR-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrman:
Yes.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Griz054:
The main Solavei service doesn't start until September 21st...that's why the site doesn't have much info. It is basically a two-tier affiliate program.

Before anyone asks - no, that is not my site.

I am involved with Solavei because the idea tickled my fancy. Save folks some money on their cell service and build some additional income for myself.

I'd rather give an independent marketer the money instead of Straight Talk or one of them. Currently I'm with Verizon and have three smartphones. I'm going to save about $80 a month when I switch to Solavei even if I never tell a soul about it. Pretty much a no-brainer for me.

---------- Post added at 03:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:54 PM ----------

I do have a question for folks that have been using maguro that previously had a toro phone. Any better reception from it? I seem to have a lot of trouble with dropped calls on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus. I picked up the GSM version directly from Google a couple of weeks ago but I don't start the Solavei service until next week. Just wondered if anyone had tried both handsets and if they noticed any differences/improvements.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DrBouvenstein:
I'm hoping you guys can help me, I'm at my wits end right now trying to get my new Galaxy Nexus with the $45 ST "unlimited" plan to work.

Here's a rundown of the situation:

Got the SIM card + activation kit + service plan card in the mail Friday. Activated it, went fine. I even got a couple phone calls right away asking for some person who obviously had this same number before me...annoying, so I hope that goes away.

Anyway, I couldn't get any data...showing between 0 and 1 bars. AT&T's map says I should be COVERED in HSDPA+ service at my house, but whatever, I have wifi at home, no big deal. My signal keeps flip flopping from HSDPA+ at 0 bars, to 3G at 1 bar, to EDGE at 2 bars. That is the most annoying part, because as we all know, being in EDGE creates that God-awful interference sound come from any nearby speakers. But whatever, I'll deal with that buy getting some ferrite beads to stick on my speaker wires, or something, as long as my phone works when I'm away from home, it's fine right? Well, it doesn't...at least, not all the time. That evening I went about a mile away from home and this was my signal:

Seems pretty good, right? Well, the results of a SpeedTest:

That's not right.

Calls to ST were a no go...they said my phone was fine in their system, and basically told me that maybe AT&T was having problems.

Well, the rest of the weekend and today has been the same, with a few rays of hope. Today I was able to do some downloading and browsing when out, but not as fast as it should be (I was getting maybe 1 Mb/s.) And it would take several refreshes every time I loaded up Chrome or the Play Store before it finally connected. And my signal is bad at my office...other people with AT&T have 3-4 bars...I have 0. I'd try to swap SIMs but they have iPhones, so it won't fit.

The weird thing is, even when I was able to download some stuff today, if I ran the SpeedTest app, it would STILL say I was only getting 7 kb/s on download, so I'm wondering if there's something wrong with their servers?

But even if the problem is with SpeedTest, I'm still having problems with my phone+plan. It's hit and miss if I can download, even if I have full bars, and it routinely bumps me down to 3G when I start downloading even if the phone initially says it has full coverage of HSDPA+.

This thread seems to be describing the exact same problem I had, but there was no resolution, the poster just went back to an old carrier.

it seems TheIowaKid had an explanation:

So basically despite what ST says, they ARE throttling me? Even for a new customer?

I'd love to try T-Mo's $30 plan, but there is no T-Mo service where I live...if I can't find a resolution, I'm going to have to go back to Sprint...I'd love to at least switch to AT&T so I can keep this brand-new, expensive, phone I just bought, but as I already know, I get basically no service from AT&T at my home or office, and I'm not willing to sign up with them only to find out the problem is with their service and not ST.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Yes its very very easy to find out that groups of 3 or more people are better served by contract/family plans than by individual prepaid plans. Sharing minute and text changes saves a substantial amount of money. Not to mention that having to buy 5 off-contract phones, even at $350 Play Store price, can definitely be a barrier to entry. So you're right, this thread is definitely based on single lines or a couple buying two lines. These prepaid options are greatly stratified to this end of the market.

As far as the Value Plan being on a 2-year contract, that's the new tradeoff for T-Mobile. They cut the price of the plan as a tradeoff for signing a contract. Its likely easier for them to manage several phones like that. I think the T-Mobile Value plans are a really good deal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
I'll offer a more obvious suggestion... have you tried a different provider yet? "Jolt Mobile" may be promising, although a tad more expensive - but surely it's better priced then Sprint. Grasp the freedom of no contracts and just jump ship and see if it works for you. Personally, I'm very happy with T-mobile, but if they don't have service where you're at then so be it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DrBouvenstein:
I just looked and Jolt Mobile also has no service where I live (northern VT.) Really, the only pre-paid I can get around her looks to be StraightTalk, at least as far as GSM service is concerned, which is what I want to stick to if I can, since I have this brand-new GSM phone.

I don't care for CDMA pre-paid because almost none of them have any decent phones, and unlike a GSM network, you can't just use a phone from another carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HyperM3:
Anyone switch from ST to RedPocket? Or anyone on Red Pocket with good feedback?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Not sure why you'd choose Red Pocket. Their plan is $55 but only has 1GB of data. Net10 is $50 ($45 autopay) and Straight Talk is $45, both of which offer more than 1GB of data.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
I just received my Net10 sim and activation kit from the eBay seller. Got everything up and running in about 5 minutes. Data speeds at my office are about 2mbps down/750kbps up according to the speed tests, but browsing is not noticeably slower than T-Mobile.

I still have Tmo service until the end of the month as well and will continue to test, but so far so good.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HyperM3:
I dont really come close to 1gb of data/month so its not much of a concern. I just want the best service for little amount of money. I heard that Red Pocket doesnt have to wait as long to get on the ATT signal as ST does.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Good to know. On the fence right now about Net10 vs. ST. Probably end up going with ST and just eat the $15 SIM fee. $45 no-tax refills via Walmart online is pretty appealing. If Net10 drops another $5 to match $45 ST (currently only that price w/ auto refill, which you get sales tax on) and we can still buy refills from 3rd parties (callingmart.com etc.) then that's the best deal for sure.

As far as starting ST goes, have those of you who've gone w/ ST ordered both a SIM and a $45 refill at the same time online? Did you have to pay sales tax on the whole purchase (assuming so)? If that's the case, I might as well go buy the SIM + activation kit at a Walmart and skip shipping costs, then buy my first refill via Walmart online for $45 flat. Anyone shed light on this?

The service is going to be effectively the exact same (AT&T MVNO), but ST will have better voice coverage because it also uses T-Mobile for voice roaming. Again, I don't see why Red Pocket would ever be a choice over ST right now. If you want to spend the least amount of money you should go with Straight Talk.

What do you mean "to get on the ATT signal"? Haven't seen any complaints here about ST.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
I have had the Verizon Nexus before I switched to the GSM one and the signal quality is much better IMHO. I think others here will agree.

I have preregistered for the Solavei service and I'm eager to try it out as my service with straight talk is going to be up at the end of this month. I might get my whole family changed over, 3 on straight talk and 1 T-Mobile 30.00.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cbutt:
When I tried st, I bought a sim & a month of service. It came to around $65. ($45+$14.99+tax).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
Well, I just sent out the mass text asking all of my contacts to change my contact number to my google voice number. I live in Hawaii so porting my regular number is unfortunately not an option (no Hawaii or Alaska area codes allowed).

Also purchased and setup GV Integration (the $2.99 version as the $1.99 version is quite old). So far so good; it seems to be sending and receiving just fine. I'm not a huge fan of having it run in the status bar, does anyone know if disabling notifications under the "app info" screen also prevents it from running in the background? I imagine that is why they have it shown in the status bar to begin with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jstrom23:
+1 The coverage has been as good or better 95% of the time. I'm in Metro DC.

+1 It was easy and convenient
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tennyson24:
Which network are you on, I"m thinking about getting ST for my Galaxy Nexus but I'm not sure if I should go with ATT or T-Mobile in the DC area.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scottx .:
I'm loving my skyrocket on straight talks bring your own phone plan. $45 a month versus $100+ with at&t.

Would recommend it to anyone needing cheap good service for a GSM phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
would also like to know are you using tmo or AT&T?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HyperM3:
Ok, so last night I tried installing the JB ROM(4.1 was all I could find) and ran that to see if my MMS would work. It was sporadic at best. I would send myself the same pic over and over again. Sometimes it went through and other times it would just tell me I have a "download" and sit there.

I was super tired after doing all this and accidentaly recovered my phone back to the AOKP ROM. At this point it was like 2am and I was too tired to go back. I tried sending messages and it was the same thing. Some would work and some wouldnt.

This is extremely frustrating. Could chaning radios affect this at all?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jellobobbu:
After porting my number from T-Mobile to Google with ease in 24hrs, I had to fight twice with the T-Mobile reps last night to activate my new sim. The first guy I spoke to said he couldn't give me the Walmart plan over the phone since its only available online, but I told him I was having trouble activating the sim online, which was true. Then he said he'd talk with his supervisor and put me on hold, he came back saying the the supervisor gave him approval to override the system and that I should have service within 2hrs. Fast forward to 5hrs later and still nothing, so I called them again and this women just refused to put the Walmart plan on my sim. I made her talk to the supervisor and he gave her approval to do so and she continued to tell me that my sim doesn't have the Walmart. When I signed into my account online it said "pay as you go", don't remember if it said monthly4g or not before. But, it thankfully says that I'm on the $30 ul web and text/5gb at 4g. I just needed to vent, lol.

Well, I got sipdroid to work after all that mess with the t-mobile reps. But, on my end the audio is very low and I can't seem to make it any better playing around with the different codecs on wifi.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whitedragonz83:
Did you try adjusting the ear and headset gain settings under settings/audio video?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
I just discovered a new benefit to Google Voice that I had not previously considered.

My employer recently changed policies and rather than giving me a $25 reimbursement each month to use my personal phone for business, they are making me carry around a separate work cell (HTC Evo Design... ugh). To top it off they want us using their provided otter box case, so the phone is easily twice as thick as my GNex with a Ringke Slim case. Carrying 2 phones might be cool in high school, but it is a pain in the ass in the real world.

I just set up Google Voice using my personal Google account on my work phone, and now can receive calls and emails from my personal number if I don't feel like carrying around 2 phones at once. Granted I have to use the work phone to do so, but its better than nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
Google Voice is awesome for this!

I'm still just using my personal phone for business (and get $50/mo towards it... I'm almost able to cover both my phone and the fiance's thanks to this thread Yay T-mobile!). I've got a contact group setup with work contacts and have a custom voicemail and afterhours greetings for them. It works really, really well for me. Once I take a vacation (one of these years...) I can enable do not disturb specifically for that contact group and give them a custom greeting for that, too. GVoice really is awesome, I hope Google continues to work on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theFiddler:
Just switched from Verizon to Straight Talk. I'm quite happy all around. It's totally the way to go AT&T's network, super low prices. Loving it with Galaxy Nexus' bought direct from Google.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jstrom23:
I'm on T-Mobile. So far its been great. It even provides HSPA on some Metro platforms.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
Well, so much for that experiment. I was running Paranoid Android when I first tried out GV integration, and it seemed to be working great. Then something happened and I had a recurring GV text coming through the messaging app, and every time I dismissed it, it would pop back up about 5 minutes later. I couldn't find it in GO SMS, stock messaging, or Google Voice app to delete it. (I think I may have been able to solve this through Google Voice settings/"receive texts on this phone" but didn't consider this until later). I was wanting to try out Xenon ROM again anyways, so I wiped and did so.

As the app's description states, it is for rooted stock roms only. Apparently Paranoid Android framework was close enough to stock that it worked. Xenon is apparently not. I'm going to give CM10 and AOKP a shot when they are ready, but for now I'll be sticking with the Google Voice app.

Here's to hoping Google either buys out one of the top SMS app developers, or uses their recent Meebo acquisition to improve their Google Voice app. OR HOW ABOUT COMBINE GOOGLE TALK/GOOGLE VOICE/GOOGLE PLUS MESSAGING? Seriously, 3 different apps that could all be served through one... sometimes I just don't understand.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
My Google Talk and G+ Messaging have been combined for a few weeks now, although I've heard nothing about it. I'm able to seamlessly carry conversations from one to the other, chat logs and all. GVoice probably won't ever be though since it's more of an SMS service then a chat service.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Are you talking about the Android apps or on your desktop? The chat that's available on the Google+ website is Google Talk. The only place that G+ Messenger exists is within the Android app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theFiddler:
I agree though, G+ Messenger is just duplication with Talk. Why have both. At very least there should be an option to "replace Talk with Messenger" same as there should be a "replace Messaging with Voice."
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
Yeah, to clarify, this is what I meant. I too noticed that they finally combined Messenger with Talk, which is an encouraging first step. But why they still have separate apps is beyond me.

Here is the thing though.. Google+ supports SMS messaging to people without Google+. And when you are on the Google Voice website, you basically use Google Talk when you make phone calls.

With all of the Android fragmentation in the OS department, I really think Google needs to consolidate its other product lines to be dominate. If anyone from Google cares to hire me I'll be more than happy to help out. :)

The Google+ app really is nice though.. blows Facebook's effort out of the water.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
Update on Net10:

I'm about 4 days in on Net10 (AT&T network). Speeds started out at least half of what I was getting on T-Mo prepaid, about 1-1.5mbps down and 0.5-1mbps up. Today though, I'm getting more like 500kbps down/up in the same areas. One test was 400kbps down and 300kbps up. Most of the time, the speed test app is timing out.

I do not have the proxy server set. I have used much less than 100mb per day, so I'm not too sure whats going on right now. If things don't improve by tomorrow, I guess I'll need to contact support.

This weekend I hope to get out to a few areas where coverage was shaky with T-Mobile. I will say right now I am less than thrilled with performance in my area, and unless coverage is signifantly better, I will be back to a T-Mobile network on either Simple Mobile or TMo Prepaid.

My other issue is with latency over Google Voice. (Making calls using Google Voice through the Google Voice app... not GrooveIP/pbxes/etc) I am starting to regret telling everyone I was switching over to my Google Voice number without testing it out more. I talked to my parents for about an hour last night, and we were constantly talking over each other, much as described in this article: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383262,00.asp

I would strongly encourage anyone thinking about porting their number to Google Voice or starting to use Google Voice all in to do some lengthy testing. There is a good chance I'll have to give out my prepaid number to the people I talk to frequently, as this was very annoying.

(Caveat: I live on Maui. I was talking to my parents in Washington state. There is a chance that my latency is going to be worse than those of you on the mainland due to the distances involved, but that PC Mag article seems to indicate it can occur there as well. I know several users here don't seem to have any issues. As with anything else in this thread, YMMV.)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] muyoso:
There absolutely is latency with Google Voice, but in my experience its at most 500ms compared with a direct call. What you need to do is call your parents without using the Google Voice app by changing the settings temporarily, and then measuring the latency by telling them to respond as soon as they hear your voice and timing it, and then call them again with Google Voice and do the same thing. You probably have a fair bit of latency anyways calling from Maui to Washington State, before Google Voice adds to it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
Yeah, I have no need to measure... its bad enough that it does make conversations difficult. Honestly I text more than anything, so I'll likely make those I talk to on a regular basis save a 2nd number for me.

Someone should develop an app that allows you to push your new contact info to other people automatically. Hrmmm..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BennyJr:
From the looks of it i can transfer my current number to another sim as a 'phone upgrade'. As long as its an ST number. Its on their site as an option and it even gives me a choice to choose my current sim. This should work right? I wanna switch from att to tmobile
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hotobu:
I think I'll do this when the next Nexus comes out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] roxxosteen:
yea i spent about a month on the phone with them trying to sort thru a bad number port. i received about 4 sim cards before i got one that they could actually activate with a new number. but i got them to give me an extra 15 days on my first $45 service card so if you think it's wasting your time, it never hurts to ask for some compensation.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] generalagony:
This +1000