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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stomicron:
If you want people to trust you, you should be honest with them.

http://www.ibosocial.com/bobsbbq

Oh you will? How nice of you!

I agree with urinsane. Separate thread. This one hasn't been doing you any favors ever since the mods slapped you down for your referral link.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
I have not been dishonest with anyone, I prefer to keep my privacy here as it conflicts with my Solavei, this does not mean I'm no longer a member of this community and I still wish to help others. Just being a user makes me a authorized representative and I have to be careful as I don't want to be accused of spamming threads. I'm a senior member here with a long history and I'm try to do the right thing and juggle both helping people, and by posting news for others, and I got caught up in people wanting more information. For that I apologize if anyone got the wrong idea.

I will consider opening a new thread for Review and specs, results, and information only if allowed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
No matter what you say, because of the nature of the service, there will always be a lack of trust. That is why Solavei doesn't belong here but in its own thread. This thread is suppose to be about experiences with prepaid services. But the nature of Solavei means now, this thread is going to be about people trying to advertise the service for their own benefit. Thus, this thread is officially ruined until Solavei runs out of business.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jswede:
I disagree. If the mods would just delete any post on this thread that is marketing (not purely objective experience/results) then the thread will be saved. I hate to see this thread cluttered with irrelevant (marketing) information and hope everyone continues to post purely objective information on any and all prepaid services without marketing for referrals on any product offering.

This thread gets an enormous amount of exposure. I started talking with other engineers at my office about prepaid and was surprised to find that I know several other people who are following this thread too. There are no doubt tens of thousands of people only reading this thread and not posting. We must keep it relevant to the OP for all of those people who are using this thread to save money. The more people (especially non-XDA people) read this thread, the more people use prepaid. The more prepaid is used, the better and more widespread prepaid service offerings will get. Thus, it's to all of our benefit to keep this only relevant to people trying to choose a prepaid service and assess if prepaid is right for them.

Mods - feel free to delete this post if/when you clean up this thread. Full disclosure - I am trying Solavei this weekend after my SIM arrives. I don't know how well it works and I'm not very interested in network marketing, but I'm trying it and will post my objective results along with speed tests when I try it. I was drawn in purely by the included ATT roaming (not typically included with prepaid services from what I've seen) and not the network marketing aspect.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
New Thread for Solavei

I have created a new thread for Solavei related discussion here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1873140

Note this will be for reviews and results and information only. No solicitation will be allowed. Anyone found posting links will have your post removed.

I hope this will help direct conversation there and clear up any clutter here. Feel free to send people to this thread now. It is not finished as I have a lot more to put on there but short on time right now.

Have a great day.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grayson73:
If I get the Galaxy Nexus and want to try T-Mobile one month and AT&T the next month, do I simply need to buy two sim cards and swap them, or do I also need to call Straight Talk to let them know? Also, will my phone number stay the same?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
That is a good question and I never did this, but since they offer two SIM cards to chose from when ordering it might require a different SIM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jswede:
It definitely requires and different SIM to move between T-Mobile and ATT on Straight Talk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grayson73:
Do I simply buy one T-Mobiule sim and one AT&T sim and swap them, or do I also need to call Straight Talk to let them know? Also, will my phone number stay the same?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jswede:
Your phone number is issued by the carrier, so no it will not stay the same. I recommend you check out Google Voice. It's made it extremely easy for me to switch carriers willy nilly (per the OP). I've been switching every month and using my G-Voice number. I have both a G-Voice number and my old Verizon cell phone number on my G-Voice account as you can have two number on your account if you port one in. As a result, no one really knows that I switch cell carriers frequently as my number never changes.

As for letting Straight Talk know, you simply don't buy another month of service and then start paying for service on your other SIM card. The only thing you might want to be careful about is how long your SIM is good for. I've heard that Straight Talk will expire SIMs that don't get used for a while, but it's not clear how long that is.

Another option might be for you to try Simple Mobile. Their SIMs are only $1 on ebay or Amazon and they run on T-Mobile. Then you don't have to buy two SIMs from Straight Talk at $15 each. I'm using Simple Mobile right now and they're AWESOME as long as you're within a T-Mobile coverage area.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] npro1464:
I'm ready to try this out just as soon as the new Nexuses (Nexii?) come out. No news, no more rumors other than Sony and LG will be putting one out, nothing!! Hopefully the new Nexus lines are as reasonably priced as the current ones. I'm dying with temptation to cave in and get a GS3 from one of the carriers. Must resist!!..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Google refers to it as "Nexuses" last time I checked. I just liked using "Nexii" because it looks funny :p .

Well those are loose, baseless rumors that no one can even begin to confirm. We really know nothing. Its only September, after all. Lets hope we start to see something soon, but worst case we'll see Google hold an event and know then.

Well the next Nexus won't launch at $349 or $399, sorry. That's just too cheap if they're going to be making a high end device. We can hope for $499 but even then I'm not so sure. The Nexus One and Nexus S were $549 and $529 if I'm not mistaken. Guess we'll see what they do launching direct in the Play Store, but I wouldn't at all count on even a $399 launch price, that's just too cheap.

Don't do it. If you want a GSIII that's fine, just buy an unlocked one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DarkBanHammer:
Soo net10 doesn't give a dam if you use 15g of data your just throttled after 3? Its a keeper
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Since when? I don't see that posted anywhere. Anything I've seen is that they just have the same policies as Straight Talk, which is owned by the same company TracFone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DarkBanHammer:
Idk but I used 15g of data and my plan just renewed :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
So you were throttled after 3 then?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
Get a GS3. OR, craigslist a pentaband phone. The TMO Galaxy S2 has the same bands as the nexus, and somewhat faster data speeds. They can often be picked up cheapish used. Tmo has a flexible unlock period, usually just 30 days, you can often ask the seller to do it for you, or, just do one of the tmo prepaid plans for a month.

With some really nice phones available used for cheap, no need to wait for the new nexus, and I don't expect it will be cheap. My GUESS is the recent lawsuits are letting google / samsung think about their plans a little more, perhaps delaying timing, but, that's just my speculation.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
+1 I agree, I also wonder how the pending legal matters on schedule for late this year will impact the new release.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Theres no reason to expect Google will delay a Nexus release because of lawsuit troubles with Apple. All indications are that stock 4.1 doesn't infringe on anything Apple claims to have patented. Recent lawsuits are all attacking

SAMSUNG

, not Android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
LOL Actually I don't want it there either, did you look at this horrible video. I welcome comment and questions and reviews. But no links

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
I've been on net10 (ATT) for the past month but haven't been pushing much data as I've been on vacation for the past 2 weeks. I think I've only used about 1.2gb (flashed a new ROM in the middle so the data counter reset) but there were a few days of streaming music that I pushed over 250mb in a day with no problems.

Its actually treating me well over here in the Seattle area, but back home in Maui it wasn't great. While I have no desire to do marketing I'm going to give Solavei a shot and will report back with my results as well. Being able to switch companies every month until I find something that meets ALL of my needs is pretty nice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
About the same here on Straight Talk AT&T. In my first 3-4 days I pushed over 1GB, 500MB of which was in 1 day watching a soccer game on the road. No throttling or issues. I also did a factory reset last night so it reset my data usage, but I'm probably about 1.1GB now because I'm back home on WiFi.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acras13:
I HAD no opinion about Solavei until I saw this . You seriously list several execs. from venture capital firms , banking institutions that helped cause the global economic downturn and a government official as reasons this company is above suspicion ? With this post you have confirmed in my mind that there is something wrong with this . It might not happen soon , might take years , and not affect people here looking for month to month phone service , but if you are trying to show the legitimacy of a company , showing that the head of operations comes from JP Morgan Chase doesn't evoke trust . Familiar with the housing bubble ? Questionable mortgage lending practices and federal bailout ? Investigations into their foreclosure practices ? 2 billion loss in poor investment strategy ?

Just saying that if you want to gain trust in this company that you are working for ( and by trying to enroll people and being an agent you are working for them) you might want to trade on them offering a solid product , not the "stellar moral compass" of people who have associated themselves with highly questionable entities.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dan in la:
Baseless Speculation

Why does it have to be a high-end device? One of the advantages of releasing three different Nexuses is that you can target them to different markets. The Galaxy Nexus II, which has been rumored to have mid-range specs, could launch for around $400 at the Play store, where it will be targeted to prepaid people like us in the U.S. Overseas, where there are fewer contracts and subsidies, there's even more of a market for high quality, reasonably priced phones. Samsung itself may prefer to release a midrange GNex II so they don't compete against their own flagship S3.

Meanwhile, Google can let the rumored LG and Sony devices be the real high-end Nexuses this year. That would also allow them to give two of the major U.S. carriers exclusive access to a Nexus device, which the carriers highly value, while still allowing customers of other carriers to have access to a pure Google device. This would also limit somewhat the extent to which Google devices are competing against each other, at least in the U.S.

It's all speculation until November, but that's part of the fun, right? My prediction:

Galaxy Nexus II, $400 without contract at the Play Store

LG Optimus Nexus, $200 on contract with Verizon

Sony Xperia Nexus, $200 on contract with Sprint

I wanted to say AT&T gets one of these devices, but they seem the least willing of all U.S. carriers to cede control of a phone to Google. Sadly, if I'm right, that means any prepaid GSM fans in the U.S. who want a high-end Nexus will have to import it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thebobp:
Hmm, I like that theory. I really hope they release a $200-$300 Nexus for the low-end market. Though, to be honest, that spot will probably be occupied by the Galaxy Nexus as the price goes down.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zulu657:
Solavei Posts

I, along with others, am about done with the Solavei spam. Five pages was more than enough. Isn't there a mod somewhere that will boot all of these posts???? I don't read this thread to be spammed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gene_Bailey:
Okay so I am having a huge issue with my Straight Talk data speeds. Whereas when I first started service in July I had good speeds (on AT&T) I now get maybe a few hundred kbps. This is killing me. Especially cause this is the second billing cycle I've been through where this throttling has taken place from the BEGINNING of the pay period. My service was repaid yesterday and to my knowledge that should have ended the throttling from last month and set me up with a new slate.

What am I doing wrong? When I called them last month they said all was well and good and didn't fix anything.

Are there new APN settings I should be using? Or just something that can help? Some sort of code phrase I can give them to make them realize I shouldn't be throttled to so low right after the start date of a new month when I've used MAYBE 100mb?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Gene_Bailey I have read I believe in this thread or the Straight talk thread where some people had to call up CS and get them to reset the account or something. Maybe try that
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Griz054:
I reported the post with the horrible video link. Hopefully they will take care of it.

I have been using the Solavei service for about 3 weeks. I'm a pilot and travel extensively across the US. The only place I haven't had 4G service so far was Lanconia, NH which is a very rural area. I still had solid 2G service.

And no - I haven't been promoting the service on XDA - nor will I. Just reporting what I've seen so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
What kind of speeds are you seeing on 4g?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jlczl:
Quite a few of us who used to use Straight Talk with the at&t sim had this issue. There's actually a whole thread on howardforums about it. If getting your data reset through ST doesn't fix it you'll be out of luck like the rest of us. Sadly, there is no fix yet. It's only at&t sim carded accounts though....... T-Mobile is still rocking good data speeds. That's what I'm using now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
This is really sad, Today I was trying to do some comparisons for speed test and I put my still good ST AT&T SIM card in my wife's Nexus so I could compare the two and I still have the data problems. I could not even get through the speed tests without it failing. I hope for the benefit of the ST users they get it fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gear.h34d.2012:
I just found an app called GV Integration on the Play Store. Any of you that are using the Google Voice method on here might want to check it out. I'm loving it so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
I just switched to the $50 unlimited GoPhone plan. Data speeds are 3MB down, 1MB up.

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
That's what I'm getting on Straight Talk AT&T right now.

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Unfortunate that were seeing so many reports of spotty ST service. Mines working great right now. At first I had some slow speeds and high pings but that seems to have been sorted out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
I use it all the time. It works well. You need to be rooted though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
Yeah, it's about the same as Straight Talk. I used Straight Talk for a few months with my iPhone 4. I decided to try GoPhone because it should have looser data limits.

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] abrcrmdl23:
I get 2-2.5 down on att used to get 5-6 on t-mo, but the funny thing is i did a speed test tonight with gnex on straight talk and a gs3 and one x on att, all in the same spot the gs3 and gnex got roughly the same speeds of 2.5 but the one x got 5-6mbps every time in the same spot. That really does how ****ty Samsung radios are. I checked the settings and they were even reporting the same signal strength.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] npro1464:
I think Google doesn't want to step on Samsung's feet either, with the GS3 and Note 2 being so fresh. They might also not want to go right up against the iPhone. I just hope the thing drops before Christmas so I can bail.

I hope the phone(s) is(are) similar in price to the GNex at least. The Nexus 7 being so reasonably priced gives me reason to hope. Seems you guys would know more than I.

I really can't be buying phones like that, otherwise I would have bought a used Rezound or VZ GNex to keep me happy until my contract expires. But I figure if I just wait, instead of impulsively satisfying myself right now, I'll be happier in the long run (unlike what I did last Spring when I decided to jump on the TBolt instead of waiting!).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Griz054:
11.5 Mb down, 3.5 Mb up. Northern Delaware on Solavei.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jazzruby:
I wonder what the speed test results would be with all 3 phones on T-mo's network.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acras13:
I just pulled 7.89 Mbps down , 2.43 Mbps up with a terrible 1371ms ping on TMO , my first day contract free
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
That ping is probably a fluke.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Just curious is the 30 dollar T Mobile plan still available? I can't find it on their website.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3rdstring:
Yep it's still there
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jswede:
This may be explained by the Galaxy Nexus only having HSPA 21?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Thanks. Don't know why I didn't see that.

Anyone know how bad 2g is with Tmo? The coverage map shows 2g in some areas I travel to and only "good" coverage for voice.

...Nevermind, searched the thread and got my answer
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acras13:
Unfortunately not , yesterday was the first contract free day ,retired my droid x and verizon , but I've been testing tmo with the nexus for a little over a month . Ping absolutely blows . The majority of tests I've run my ping is over 1000ms . I live in the L.A. area and there are a decent # of towers around although there are a few dead zones compared to Verizon , but I'll deal with it to save over $50/mo. If there are any tricks to improve ping on cell please share .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DarkBanHammer:
Yes
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whitedragonz83:
I was reading something today and saw a person state that Straight Talk throttles data after 100mb/day, and that you have to call back to unthrottle your account. Is this true?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Depends. A solid (like -85dBm) EDGE signal is usually half decent on T-Mobile believe it or not. Pings are high (near 1000ms), but I'd pull about 400kbps down / 300kbps up. Pretty good for anything but hard web browsing.

Of course if you're out in a rural area, you'll probably not get a solid EDGE connection, it'll be more like a weak EDGE connection, and then you're just lucky for any data at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Skyswordsman:
I recently signed up for straight talk after getting my gsm gnex. In the 11 days ive had it, ive used 3.26gigs of data so far on the network. I use the modified apn settings (no proxy), and have not been throttled as of yet. Will easily crest 5+ this month at this rate, so I'll see how far I get without being throttled.

On a side note, absolutely love it so far here in St. Louis Missouri. Data speeds aren't LTE fast, but I get a consistent 3mbps down pretty much everywhere I go. Ill give up a little speed for better coverage anyday.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
And that's happening consistently to you? 3GB then throttle, every time?

This is the rumor, but theres nothing set in stone with Straight Talk when it comes to data usage and throttling. I've had several days now with over 100MB (almost 600MB one day) of usage and not been throttled. That's just the "conventional wisdom" (I use the word wisdom lightly) around forums that you can use 100MB/day or 2GB/month and stay under the radar. Plenty of people report more. It seems to be very dependent on your market and the amount of ST users in your area.

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Report back at the end of the month for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
Are you on the $50 plan or the smartphone plan which is $50 plus a data fee depending on the size of your data allowance?... Do you know if conditional call forwarding is included?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Some are reporting that they're able to use the $50 dumbphone plan without paying for the smartphone data addon. Others say they get kicked off because AT&T finds out they're using a smartphone on the dumbphone plan. YMMV.

Either way, it's at best $5 more than Straight Talk, which has the same coverage minus roaming.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
I'm on the $50 unlimited plan. I get unlimited minutes, texts, and data. You can't use this plan with AT&T phones, because they block the data. It works fine with my unlocked T-Mobile One

I don't know about call forwarding.

As long as you use the $50 unlimited plan on a non-AT&T phone you're good.

I chose GoPhone over Straight Talk because GoPhone has fewer restrictions on data.

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] abrcrmdl23:
Att only has hspa 21 support and since the gs3 and one x are att models i believe there are only hspa 21 as well cause the gs3 was getting just as bad of speeds

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Haha when i had t-mo my edge speeds were better and more usable than my old sprint 3g.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Skyswordsman:
Reporting back.

Throttled after 3.30 gigs according to built in data monitor. 11 days, that was quick haha. Im a sad panda now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Give them a call, complain about slow speeds, and if they said your speeds has been reduced due to you using too much data, tell them you have built in data monitoring and it shows you only used 50 or so MB. They will reset you and you should be good for a couple of gigs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DonQTX:
Update

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Can you give me an update on this post. I started reading your post and after 10 pages I noticed that I was reading post from early 2012. I fast forward to today and started reading back and I can't find any more of your comments. I Can you give me an update of the prepaid plans?

Thanks

DonQ
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Everything's about the same. If youve got a question about a specific carrier or issue then you can search the thread or ask. Most questions have been discussed quite thoroughly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DonQTX:
Stright Talk

Is Straight Talk data plan a 4G service?

4G LTE???

I have been reading and its not clear on their web site...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
4G, yes as in HSPA+. Not LTE.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] elsina:
Sorry, but straight talk does not offer 4G LTE. And also I'm pretty sure that none of the mvno carry 4G LTE.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atlgator:
MetroPCS does LTE I believe.

I have a Droid 4 on VZW that gets legit LTE. I also have the device I'm writing this post with, a Play Store GN on straight talk.

I get 3-5 Mbps down on this phone. In the real world, it seems just as fast as the Droid 4, in terms of streaming, browsing, navigating, etc.

For $45/mo, Straight Talk is a great deal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acras13:
Straight talk has CDMA phones available , none of them are LTE ? I know that doesn't matter for us GSM folks , but out of curiosity , I don't know if their CDMA is Verizon or Sprint either .