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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rafa3L:
90 days of Straight Talk service on ATT or TMobile towers which includes unlimited text, unlimited talk, and "unlimited data" which is really more like 100MB per day or 2 to 3GB per month before being throttled.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shadow77048:
Amazing concept, I will definitely have to try this when i get my Nexus 4.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KicknGuitar:
Not entirely as I can attest to having some better numbers but I would suggest refering to Howard Forums to get the dirt. Specifically, Straight Talk Frequently Asked Questions ("FAQ") - Updated 8/16/2012 Just found this myself and plan to drop my data-finds there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zdrifter:
Help with T-Mob/Walmart plan

OK, so I'm one of the lucky?/persistent? persons who actually got an N4 yesterday, When it will come who knows.

Here is my objective:

Get the N4 on the $30 100min/'unlimited' data plan with T-Mob thru Walmart

Port my existing cell number to the N4 (number is from MetroPCS)

[Don't need more than the 100 minutes as almost all calling will be wi-fi/GV]

From reading this forum that it can be problematic to do this with a phone not purchased from Walmart AND that porting may not be possible. (have read most of the thread but may have missed if the info I want is there and I didn't find it)

So I'm hoping the knowledgeable xda folks can give me a STEPbyStep to accomplish my objective.

Also some questions ... can you data roam on this plan?

can refills be purchased from other (cheaper for multiple months) places.

Any other tips/advice are very welcome.

Cheers and TIA
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
1) tmobile doesnt care about where the number is from. the plan is internet only. go order the sim card kit from tmobile.com

2) you need to port your number to google voice if you want wifi calling because you'll need to use something like sipdroid of groove IP

3) you can buy refills from callingmart.com
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
What Zepius said. You can also get a bit more detail at the link in my sig (including direct link to the $0.99 SIM + Activation Kit).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
1. Better to buy a SIM from TMobile online. Getting on the $30 plan on Walmart without buying a phone is hard

2. If you're going to use Google Voice for Wi-Fi calling, might as well port your Metro PCS number to Google Voice and not to TMo/WM

3. Data roaming: you can't, so make sure your area gets good TMo coverage

4. refills, and using Google Voice with the $30 TMo: check out codesplice's thread in his sig
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zdrifter:
First thanks very much to the posters for the replies :good:...... as far as wi-fi already have that covered and do want to port this number to the N4.

Still hoping for a step by step to get on the Walmart/T-Mob plan .. yup it's hard but seems there are some folks that have done it with their unlocked phones ... so what's the secret ???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] XeonBlue:
No secret. You buy the sim direct from t-mobile (make sure it's the prepaid one from prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phones/prepaid-sim-cards), then after you receive it, you activate it online, with some information from your phone, making sure to select the $30 plan. You do all of it online, not over the phone or in store (It's an "online"/walmart "promo" plan).

Oh, and the "hard part" referenced above is that it's hard to get the plan from WalMart without getting a phone at the same time. To get just the sim and use your own phone, you get it from TMob.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zdrifter:
Thanks .. looks like that'll work

Thanks @XenoBlue ... I had gone to the T-Mob site and didn't see that plan offered ... did a little digging around and found it and will go for it when the phone arrives ,,,
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HyperM3:
HELP!

Ok, for some reason I junked my APN settings. I have absolutely no MMS working. Text, data and voice are all fine but I cant get MMS to send or receive. I tried every combination of settings I found on the internet(why so many?) and even have two apns set up for it.

What I need is someone who is on a galaxy nexus running AOKP milestone 1 with a ST ATT SIM to tell me their "working" APN settings. Not a link or a wave in a general direction. I need someone to actually post what they have in their settings that is currently working for them receivinig MMS.

I thank you in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dynotrick:
How is the outgoing caller ID handled when using prepaid with GV?

I have a feeling people see the carrier number but would like some confirmation on that. Also if that is the case is there a fix to display the GV number?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
http://www.straighttalksim.com/pdf/ST_SIMCard_ActCard_AT&T_R3.pdf

read the top one. straight from straight talk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
This is what you need to know.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/SMSC_Updates

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Cellular calls show my Google Voice number, not my real phone number, that is handled by GV as long as you check it to handle calls. My Sip calls show my GV number since I have it as my defined caller ID at voip.ms, and in CSipSimple. No one ever sees my cell number, or my voip.ms DID number.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dynotrick:
Good to know, this was the one question I still had after reading over the OP and searching the thread. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] castlefox:
FYI- zdrifter the Nexus4 uses a Micro-SIM NOT a Mini-SIM What did you order from T-Mobile?

If you ordered the Mini-SIM you can cut it down to fit the dimensions of a Micro-SIM- That is what I plan on doing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gear.h34d.2012:
So hopefully someone will know. I just got my Nexus 4 yesterday and sold my Galaxy Nexus. I use Straight Talk, so I had to trim the SIM down to a MicroSIM. I bought a puncher and did my SIM card.

Got it put in, set the APN, and now my data speeds are absolutely abysmal. Can trimming a SIM card affect something like that?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] grayson73:
Are you with AT&T or T-Mobile? What were your speeds with Galaxy Nexus and what are your speeds now?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gear.h34d.2012:
Its AT&T Straight Talk, average on Gnex was anywhere from 4-6Mb. The following are my speeds on the N4.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nibrwr:
Could be a proxy setting in the APN. Add/remove the proxy and see what happens
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gear.h34d.2012:
Tried it both ways. No dice. I'm reading that a bunch of AT&T, and their MVNO's, customers are having issues with the N4 :(((
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cabutr:
I hope that gets resolved soon
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gear.h34d.2012:
So I've had an idea... Since I use Google Voice (for voice calls, for texting) wouldn't I be able to open up an AT&T account, for a tablet, and use that SIM with the appropriate data APN in my Nexus 4? Since all active SIM's have an MDN attached to them, I would just set that MDN as the forwarding number in Google Voice.

A lady at AT&T more or less confirmed that this would work, but I know I'm not the first person to think of this. Anyone have any experience going this route?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dbarracuda:
phone compatible with T-mobile HSPA+42 and AT&T LTE

Hey guys,

I've been looking at making the jump to prepaid around the first of the year. I was wondering if any one knew of a penta-band phone compatible with T-mobile HSPA+42 and AT&T LTE.

Thanks,

David
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KicknGuitar:
Incase anyone is interested in one instance of Excessive Usage (documented with screen shots):

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1781008?p=14990601#post14990601

There's also other accounts people posted in the thread at HowardForums.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] marty331:
I made the switch last night to StraightTalk on my Nexus 4. I ported my number and it was active in minutes. Everything is working great.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dansan382:
hey guys, currently on a verizon family plan and tossing around the idea of dropping and going GSM based.

had some quick questions but these threads are so huge, its a lot of reading.

first, i doubt my verizon number can be ported to a new prepaid tmobile (or any other prepaid) account? best bet would be to port it to GV and just install GV on my phone. tell it to use my original GV number to make calls.

not a huge fan of no MMS support via GV so can i still text through the stock messaging app and have it display GV number? doubt it right? pretty much either use GV for texting and lose MSM support or use the SIM card assigned number for texting.

the way i see it, if i ported my number to GV anyone who use to have my old number wouldnt know the difference til i started texting them. anyone new that i give my number to i would probably give them my newly assigned number because thats the one i'd be texting from pretty much. but if i disabled my stock voicemail to use google voice, people calling my new number wouldnt get ****. one big messed up problem.

like i only really want to use my google voice as a last ditch result (ran out of minutes).

the whole 100 minutes doesnt bother me, i barely make calls. hell, if i really needed to i wouldnt mind getting a new number but i'd get a new number each time i switched prepaid's.

pretty much if i wanted to keep my old number, id have to use GV for EVERYTHING and just deal with no MMS support.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rafa3L:
You can port your verizon number to prepaid. No problem.

Setup your new phone with a new account and new sim and new phone number. Afterwards call TMobile prepaid customer service to port your old Verizon number to your new account. It will replace your new phone number. Better to do it this way then to try to port into a new account immediately with your old phone number.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
New prepaid player in the game by T-Mobile.

https://www.gosmartmobile.com/

I wonder if their "high speed" 3G internet is full HSPA+42. I'm really interested because this is the first T-Mobile prepaid (besides solevei) that offers conditional call forwarding so it's perfect for Google Voice. If it is full HSPA+42, then this is a good alternative to the $30 plan if you're in need of minutes or want to avoid the minute anxiety.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Aerogriff:
That's appealing, thanks for the heads up. Can't wait to see how well they work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colonelcack:
Let me know if you figure out the speeds...I'm on Solavei now and their data speeds aren't always stellar. Usually it's not bad, but I've noticed they use some sort of speed boost network limitations. Speeds can go up to 6-8mbps but only rarely, and only when i've ran multiple speed tests does it start to realize I'm using more bandwith and gives me more. Also there are times during peak hours where my speeds will drop below usable conditions (less than 100kbps). Sometimes rebooting fixes this, but it's still annoying when trying to even load pandora. Otherwise if it doesn't switch to HSPA and is on 3G facebook/google searches sometimes don't even load. Can be very frustrating - Very high latency on Solavei 3G.

Somehow when I reset my phone I was getting "real" t-mobile speeds (when it wasn't configured to use solavei's APN). When I dropped my menu down it said "T-mobile" instead of solavei. Was definitely noticeably faster, I know I wouldn't get MMS but I wish I could figure out how to get it to go back...tried many things but it never did.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cabutr:
Go smart mobile is actually owned by T-Mobile so speeds should be equivalent to T-Mobile prepaid if it supports hspa+ 42
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sudhirkhanger:
I ported my number to Google Voice but didn't realize that integration won't be smooth. I basically have to use Google Voice App for text and forward all calls through Google Voice to let other people see my old and permanent number. Do you guys know if Solavei would have problems I forward all calls through Google Voice?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colonelcack:
Does that mean you don't have to fiddle around with APN stuff? Just regular t-mobile?

Edit: Neermind...just checked their support and APN configuration is necessary. That leads me to believe it won't be as fast as regular t-mobile...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
Well I guess it is time for an update. I have been with at&t straight talk for a while now and I am so happy with this service I cannot say enough good things about it.

I also noticed a change in speeds. I do believe the hspa+ speeds for at&t are better due to less congestion. There is less congestion because at&t 4g late went live here less than a month ago. This are the speeds I get now consistently at work inside a basketball arena.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
What's your average monthly usage? Are you still getting throttled?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
I haven't really gone over 2.5gb since we have WiFi signal inside our offices now but yeah I have never gotten throttles anymore even when I used 4.7gb one month so I'm a happy camper
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Toad858:
So Ive been on Straight Talk with an ATT sim for about a week now and im loving it. This past weekend my service went from saying "Home" to "AT&T". Im in san diego CA. Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nibrwr:
Mine has said HOME since I put in a SIM and configured an APN
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Toad858:
I too configured the proper ST apn settings minus the proxy. And for some reason i am now on att with a ST sim card. No one else has ran into this? I guess its really a non issue since i still get good service and speed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Wow it's great that some people still actually read threads. Solavei has been great for me. YMMV but with prepaid you can't go wrong, I have tried many of them before Solavei.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 4x4le:
yea, most people never even bother to read my long posts
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] post-mortem:
tl;dr

j/k
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] altimax98:
I read the whole post as well because I am coming from the same situation. I personally decided to go with T-Mobile in my area. 90% of my daily routine is H+ and I hardly ever use minutes so the $30 plan was picture prefect.

I had a corp discount with 2 smartphones and a dumb phone and it just was no longer worth it at all. $183 was my monthly cost for what we pay less then $90 for now. Verizon's customer service also went down the tubes with me too. I had a horrible time getting service to replace my VZW Galaxy Nexus.

I switched to a GSM Nexus and never looked back. Couldn't be happier.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 4x4le:
Yea, having the best coverage is not even an excuse to be with verizon anymore, or it at least is not something that can hang over my head or other people I know, and now I see some of those on here.

It also is not cheaper to be in a family or share plan with them either, even with corporate discounts. When others figure this out they are going to have to play catchup.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peeyourownpants:
i totally agree.

i was able to get a verizon galaxy s3 alternate replacement for my 4g-non-existent verizon galaxy nexus and am hoping to have gsm/umts apn manager baked into custom roms soon so i can get completely off of verizon. the monthly savings alone will pay for the early termination fee in ~5 months.

love the work in this thread. been reading for a while now and convincing my family not to upgrade on contracts.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] idigg:
Is this ethical?

My 10 year old AT&T account just has my wife's phone on it now. I ported my # to Google Voice 4 months ago and I'm on T-Mobile prepaid. Last week I went to Walmart and upgraded my wife's iPhone 4 to the iPhone 5 for xmas. I was totally unaware that this would de-activate her current iPhone. Foolish me, but I did ask the Walmart rep if it would de-activate her current phone and she said no. I was kind of pissed when I got home and my wife called me from work saying her phone was dead. It threw up some flags in her head what I was getting her for xmas.

I called AT&T and they were very gracious and re-activated her old SIM and her iPhone 4 is now working again. I now have an unopened iPhone 5 that I'm giving her Xmas morning. My questions are below, if this is unethical or illegal let me know. I don't want to go this route if it's looked down upon, but my main goal was to get her on prepaid...

1. Would I be able to port her AT&T number to Straight Talk and not have to pay an ETF on her iPhone 5? The iPhone 5 isn't even showing up on her AT&T web account, I paid the $127 upgrade fee not the full price.

2. Would I be able to cut down a Straight Talk micro SIM to Nano pretty easily?

3. Does visual voicemail and MMS work for iPhone 5 on ST?

4. Will a factory locked iPhone 5 work with Straight Talk ATT?

Just curious on those questions, especially #1, wondering what will happen if I port the number out. Will AT&T charge me an ETF even though her iPhone 4 is activate and were out of contract.

Thanks for any help and input!

idigg
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jlczl:
1. Of course they'll charge the etf, they subsidized your iphone 5 (even if it doesn't show on her web account yet). You're not out of contract anymore.

2. Yes you can.

3. No.

4. Yes, if you choose the at&t sim option at checkout.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
Alright guys it was a good run. Ran on the 30 dollar T-Mobile line for a few months. But for xmad we decided to get my daughter a phone too (she got my old sprint photon which will take advantage of the 1900 refarming). My wife needs more than 100 minutes and I could use a bit more myself.

So I took advantage of the current promotion and actually scored a nexus 4 and wife got an s3. After the promotion they came out to 400 each. (Have to have unlimited and do the pay monthly on the phone thing to get the promotion though). Considering how hard these n4s are too come by it was the deciding factor for me.

On the plan it breaks down like this:

50 for both lines (1000 min shared )

10 bucks for 2gb per line x3

10 texting (this is for all3 lines which can be saved by using gv)

5 bucks for the 3 line.

Total 95

For now till I get the rebate though it's an additional 40 per month to have the unlimited talk and data (10 bucks more on main 2 lines for data and 20 for the unlimited minutes).

Any way hope this helps someone. I still think the 30dollar plan is best for me..... But I am not single. Also another note is overage minutes on the value plan are 45 cents each. But it includes free T-Mobile to T-Mobile calls and weekends (nights also but those start at 9 so it's pretty much weekend only).

In addition there are now taxes and fees on the value plan but corporate discounts are available as well (most are small though). But on the bright side the plans are much more modular and adaptable than sprint was.

Lastly T-Mobile will turn off voicemail so gv works correctly and has selective call forwarding if you only want gv as voicemail only. And the s3 has built in Wi-Fi calling.... Only thing I regret about the n4 on T-Mobile besides the contact.....

Merry Xmas
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Reuven007:
scoobdude, looks like a great solution for you... What's the only missing ingredient? You have a 2 year contract! No freedom...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
Agreed on the contract. I was going to do st for wife and I but still needed another phone for 3 line. Also needed data for gv on all 3 lines. Other wise I would have gone st for line 1 and 2 and then minutes only line 3 which you can buy in bulk instead of by the month.

But yes agreed I am locked and repeated this to wife several times. But for the price I believe this works great for us for now. Not many excuses as there are other ways to make this work... But maintaining 3 prepaid accounts and no n4 made the decision more convenient. But I still want to encourage everyone to read this thread and find the solution that works for your situation

P.s. contracts are still evil:mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stopswitch:
Has anyone noticed Solavei's connection has gone to garbage in the last week? Thing won't stay connected for ****.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Same thing happened to me on simple mobile. Connection sucked ass all last week. I also noticed I could change to the regular T-Mobile APN without being redirected to the data plan sign up page.

Haven't tested to see if the APN matters anymore, however the network is fine this week . I think it was because of the 1900mhz band modernization. As soon as T-Mobile announced they'd finished modernization in my area, the network improved.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
I have a question about Solavei. I camp at a semi remote location twice a year. About 90% of the camp is a T-Mobile dead zone. AT&T on the other hand has full HSPA coverage there. When I checked the Solavei coverage map, it listed the camp as having no service.

Does the coverage map include roaming areas or native T-Mobile coverage only?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
A couple of towers went down in my area during the winter storm, rendering it a deadzone for half the city. I talked to T-Mobile and they explained that a major backbone had also gone out for the Midwest during the winter storm, which would effect service and bandwidth speeds for a couple of days. Made sense to me - about 2 days after the storm had ended everything went back to normal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jswede:
I had the same concerns as you about Solavei roaming, as I goto North Dakota to visit family periodically. There is ATT there, but no T-Mobile. I had great success roaming out there over the holidays. If available, it will always put you on 2g/Edge for roaming, but it's better than nothing. Some ATT areas are 3g only, so you will get HSPA or HSPA+ depending on what's available if there's no 2G.

So, yes you'll get ATT roaming in areas not serviced by T-Mobile. The dataspeed isn't fantastic when roaming, but you still have it.

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My Solavei connection has been solid in Minnesota. I've been in the native T-Mobile network Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. I can still stream and perform other bandwidth heavy activities.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
I believe it depends on the area. I've tested side by side with a friends ATT phone while camping, and they have service in places I don't.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jswede:
Interesting. Was that in an area that T-Mobile showed coverage in? I'm wondering if it has anything to do with T-Mobile maybe only offering ATT roaming in regions they don't consider to be serviced by their network?

Where did you experience this? Was it on Solavei, or regular T-Mobile?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jswede:
Straight Talk service sale

For those interested, Straight Talk 6 month service cards are on sale for $220 on Amazon. The sale has been happening off and on in the last few weeks. That's a mind blowing $36.67 per month. I'm ditching Solavei and heading back to Straight Talk!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
Solavei. I'm guessing maybe they negotiate roaming agreements per region??..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
I see 5 listings, with 4 offers:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...l?ie=UTF8&colid=&coliid=&me=&qid=&seller=&sr=

If that's the listing you're talking about, then something fishy is going on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
I don't see that price either? But even if it is real what are you going to go with AT&T or T-Mobile? I'm not sure if the data issues are fixed on AT&T but they were horrible some months back.