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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jaybeeunix:
Straight Talk is a brand created for Wal-Mart. Net10 is Tracfone's non-Wal-Mart specific brand for the same service. Since Tracfone no longer offers unlimited data on either of these services' AT&T SIMs, Wal-Mart would have had to either stop advertising the AT&T SIMs as unlimited data or simply stop selling them. Since Wal-Mart doesn't make a distinction between the TMO and AT&T SIMs in advertising, I'm arguing that it was simpler for them to stop selling the AT&T ones.

Further, if there was some DMCA cause to the ST AT&T SIM drop, it would have affected Net10, Tracfone's other brand selling the same service.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rsriram22:
waiting to see how to flash my sprint galaxy nexus to zact.. i am currently on pageplus (for voice) and truconnect (for data). zact seems to merge these two for me for a true pay-as-you-go model (i have very very low usage of voice+data on my phone, but I DO need both of them)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
That clears it up, thanks. Was tired and not thinking clearly last night. I am on T-Mo and satisfied, but in a rural area with spotty coverage. AT&T might have slightly better coverage on the commute corridors between home and work, so I wanted to try it, but had not followed the changes closely enough. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ronaldo Forenucci:
Currently on StraightTalk AT&T, no complaints. But looking at how little I actually use voice, I can save $15 by going to the T-Mo $30 plan. I bought the SIM Kit at Walmart. It had a Micro, but I needed a Mini for the GNex, so I went to a T-Mo store and they just handed me the correct SIM. Looking through the documentation, it looks like T-Mo wants an IMEI when I sign up (haven't yet, have 2 weeks left on Straight Talk). Why the IMEI? I don't recall needing to provide one for ST. I use different phones (I take a junker on camping/kayaking trips), is T-Mo going to lock that SIM to one phone?

Thanks,

RF
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fham:
From what I can say from my experience with T-Mo, they will/should not ask for an IMEI. Once you use their SIM your IMEI is connected to that SIM number. Have you activated the SIM already? If you have then skip the online reg.

Best to go to a store and tell them you have their SIM and just ask for a number to be assigned to that SIM. The linking of the handset IMEI to the SIM/phone number is automatic (I believe this an international rule/law).

I too switch phones every once in a while and have never had any problems of T-Mo locking the SIM to one specific handset. The only exception is if you switch to a Blackberry then they have to route the data through a Blackberry server and you won't get data activated on a BB plan unless you tell them. They simply switch your regular data plan to a BB plan. This, of course, applies to a regular T-Mo Value plan and not the $30 plan you mention. I am not sure how the $30 plan will work with a BB.

P.S. T-Mo sometimes offers free SIM kits through their website. I am assuming you paid some amount to get the same kit at Wal-Mart so this info may be too late for you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jlczl:
No.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ronaldo Forenucci:
Thanks for the fast reply, mate. No, I haven't done anything with the kit yet. I'm waiting until about one week before my StraightTalk plan is up for renewal...then I'll stick the T-Mo SIM in and see if coverage/speeds are acceptable. I was just looking at the info they ask you to have handy before you activate it on line, and IMEI is one of the items. I just want to be able to swap the SIM between a Nexus S and a GNex.

RF
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jlczl:
This whole answer does not apply to the $30 plan being inquired about.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ronaldo Forenucci:
Thanks jlczl!

RF
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NonStopSales:
T-Mobile $70 Unlimited Everything plan. On average i use about 60gb data per month
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Was reading some support info on solavei. Looks like their data plan and throttle work just like simple mobile, albeit the 4 gig cap.. Which may actually be a soft cap as they could terminate your service earlier if they catch you tethering or watching too many movies.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jswede:
FWIW, I watch movies extensively on Solavei but never go over the 4 GB cap. I think you're right about the tethering concern, as their most recent newsletter warned that tethering is against the TOS.

I don't really like that approach - if I pay for 4 GB, it shouldn't matter what I use it for if I stay within the limit.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
I'm sorry, I must have heard that wrong, did you say SIXTY gigabytes a month? Or 6? On a verizon unlimtited plan, one month I played wow every day for a few hours, watched walking dead, downloaded a world of warcraft major patch, watched a move, some music videos on youtube, and was still under 40 GB for the month.

You AVERAGE SIXTY?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
WoW during gameplay isnt a whole lot of information being sent internet wise.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
Ya, but the MOP expansion was decent size. :) and still, 4 hours a night every day for 30 days is still > 0
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NonStopSales:
I don't have dsl or broadband in my house. I tether to my laptop using pdanet and stream movies and download a lot of music. Luckily pdanet hides my tethering usage
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rayrdod:
The first week. I had my Sony x10 I had downloaded 46gigs. At&t was pissed 1600.00 bill that month on my line alone. Guess. Unlimited still isn't unlimited even if you work there. Which I did at the. Time. :$

---------- Post added at 11:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:53 PM ----------

Also T-Mobile will terminate you if out off their services area more than not in any one month. Went on vacation came back to for your convenience we are going to let you use a provider better suited for your area. So think twice
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Just use Ubuntu . never gets detected :)

Also, does T Mobile allow you access to their LTE network if you are on prepaid?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jswede:
Off topic from OP and recent posts. This is about prepaid/non contract service, not postpaid data limits. Hopefully mods can delete that posting?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shiznu:
Might wanna have em delete yours also since you quoted the entire post. Lol

I speak the truth, how you deal with it is your problem ZFFZ Zen Family Mafia
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Telemachus13:
New prepaid options from iWireless. They offer T-Mobile coverage with voice roaming on AT&T from the looks of their coverage map.

$45 per month: unlimited talk/text/data (throttled after 3 GB)

$55 per month: unlimited talk/text/data (throttled after 10 GB, see ToS)

$70 per month: unlimited talk/text/data/tethering (throttled after 10 GB, see ToS)

$95 every two months: same as $55, but discounted because you are buying an extra month up front.

https://www.iwireless.com/plans-pay-in-advance-megatalk.asp

I could not find a place on their website to buy a SIM, but worst case scenario just buy their cheapest phone ($45) and move the SIM.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shiznu:
So it looks as if straight talk is not offering at&t sim cards or service anymore. I went to the store to get one of those byop pack and all they had was the cmda ones. Went to straight talk website and all I saw for GSM phones was T-MO. I had to go with go phone smartphone plan to get AT&T.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
I have been on straight talk At&t for over a year now and couldn't be happier. It is a real shame that they stopped offering At&t sims.

In my area my speeds are consistently faster than T-Mobile hspa+ speeds on my sister in laws nexus 4. And I have better voice coverage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
That's a good deal. $55 for 10 gigs. If only I weren't already at 9 gigs on my $70 tmo plan :/

Sent from my Xiaomi Mi2s
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shiznu:
If T-Mobile chick would get her pink a++ down to the are between Huntsville ,AL and Birmingham ,AL then I could be set. Now we are stuck on E with T-Mobile. I'm using att go phone for smartphone and at 60 for unlim/unlim/2g with the option to add 1g at 10$. But if we could get T-Mobile I could do well with that 5gb/100m/unlim tex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
Att ST sims are still available in some of the kiosks / vending machines. These are big green vending machines where you can buy straight talk phones and plans. The activation kit + $45 everything kit has multiple sims in it, mini and micro tmo and att, just one micro tho, I forget which vendor. I have seen these st vending machines in Las Vegas Airport, Chicago Union Station, Kenosha, WI outlet mall. So, they're around. I got one at the Kenosha outlet mall in ... March and it still had the att sims in it.

GL!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
Good to know. Thanks for posting that info.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jswede:
I just switched from a T-Mobile MVNO to the new GoPhone 2GB plan to get better coverage in BFN during my summer travel season. It's a fair deal, especially when you refill through Calling Mart. Using the current 10% off code my $60 refill is only $54, no tax. Plus, they let you tether.

Also, I was surprised to find out that SIMs for GoPhone are completely free at a corporate ATT store. They didn't even make me refill on the spot during activation. They issued me a phone number and I went home to refill through Calling Mart.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shiznu:
They were available in my local wal mart a couple weeks ago. I don't even see the option to choose an at&t sim on the straight talk website anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr. Clown:
I've been using ST for over 6 months now (ATT Sim). They throttled me this month and they confirmed me they automatically capped users if they exceed 1.5G of data per month. They allege is something that is not under their control (ATT is enforcing it) affecting already NET 10 (their sister company) users with ATT Sims. Since probably they receive tons of calls with people pissed, they told me they are negotiating with ATT to expand data usage limits (no confirmation when this will take place). I live in Virginia and my speeds where incredible awesome.

Just wanted to share.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
I have not been throttled recently... (Knock on wood)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr. Clown:
Good, are you with a ATT sim? If you are with T Mobile compatible sim that is another story.

However, they said when you renew your service each month they will reestablished your speeds gain. I will try this and see if that works..if not moving to TMobile compatible sim instead.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
Did you not read my post when you quoted it? Lol

I'm with At&t straight talk and have been for over a year.

The two times that I have been throttled were when I streamed 720p live video from twitch TV.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr. Clown:
LoL, sorry I miss that:p. I'm going to see if this month they re-established mine. I will post my story here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kaiyoto123:
Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leikamkei:
Hello to any and all readers of this thread! I'd thought I should share my experience in the prepaid world

I jumped from my T-Mobile family plan to Straight Talk (T-Mobile SIM) at around October of last year and it's basically been the same as it once was on T-Mobile aside from data roaming. I haven't had a phone call drop unless it was on the other end and data works just fine, provided that the APN info is correct. I had quite the bit of trouble setting it up correctly when I first got it but eventually got it.

Regarding the unclear "unlimited" data bit, I have had months where I've gone past 2.5GBs and I was not throttled nor contacted by Straight Talk in regards of my data usage. The reason why I specifically stated 2.5GBs is because I've heard from others that this is the "limit". If possible, I will try to use a lot of data on this current cycle and provide a screenshot On the T-Mobile SIM side, I think the throttling is slightly influenced by the device as I use my G2 as my daily device. My older brother is currently using a Galaxy Note II and at around 1.5GBs in this billing cycle, he was called by an 1-8XX number notifying him of his data usage and how his service could be canceled. I hope this info helps out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UncleMike:
After reading through this entire thread over a year ago, I bought a (Play Store) Galaxy Nexus and switched to StraightTalk (AT&T SIM), porting my previous cell number to Google Voice in the process. I didn't really know if I wanted my long-time number with Google Voice, but I knew I didn't want it subject to the whims of a pre-paid service.

Early on I discovered that the typical Google Voice setup resulted in a forwarding loop for rejected/ignored/declined calls (swipe left to end the call and let it go to voicemail) that caused these calls to immediately ring my cell phone again after each rejection until GV voicemail finally would pickup. Since all incoming calls were coming through Google Voice, I decided that disabling my conditional call forwarding (by dialing ##004#) would solve the problem by just letting calls ring until Google Voice voicemail picked up. I knew that calls directly to my cell phone would NEVER reach voicemail, and that was okay with me.

Then in April (this year), AT&T decided to do some kind of update, which reset my conditional call forwarding to default values. Unfortunately, dialing ##004# no longer disabled the conditional call forwarding (despite a report of success on the phone), and I was also unable to change the forwarding to a different number. Two calls to StraightTalk customer service got conditional call forwarding disabled again.

Within the past few weeks, AT&T did it again, ##004# still doesn't work, but this time I can change the forwarding number. Calls to StraightTalk customer service so far have been a waste of time. My solution was to conditionally forward to a number that won't answer, or at least will take long enough to answer that Google Voice voicemail will pickup first. I tested this with my son's Google Voice number, with all forwarding phones unchecked, and it worked like a charm. Rejected calls would continue to ring (from the callers perspective), and MY GV voicemail would pickup. After this positive result, I setup a new account with a new GV number, and unchecked the forwarding phones. But with this new number, the GV voicemail for the new number picks up instead my GV voicemail. The results, both good and bad, are repeatable with both my son's GV number and the new GV number. The only difference between the two numbers is that the new one is in a different area code, but we have overlapping area codes here, and both numbers are local to the same town as both my cell number and my GV number, and all except the new GV number have the same area code.

My ultimate goal is to be able to reject calls, and have them end up in my GV voicemail, without re-ringing my cell phone after the initial rejection. Any suggestions on why conditionally forwarding to one GV number does what I want, and the other does not? Or suggestions on alternative ways of achieving the goal without involving StraightTalk customer service, or possibly avoiding the AT&T resets?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Been using gv since 2009 beta.

Disable all forwarding. Disable all voicemail systems on your forwarding phones, or extend the amount of rings it takes for the voicemail to activate.

Result? Google Voice voicemail will pick up whenever someone calls your gv and you do not answer.

Sent from my Xiaomi MI2S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UncleMike:
That's the problem... disabling conditional forwarding using MMI codes (##004# or ##67#) reports success but the conditional forwarding remains in effect, and StraightTalk reps insist that there's nothing they can do on their end, despite them having disabled conditional forwarding for me the last time this happened.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tokuzumi:
I do not see an option to extend the amount of rings in the dialer application, under settings. I also checked under system settings...no luck. Where can I go to find this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jazzruby:
On my GNex there are 'Forwarding' options in the 'Phone' app settings:

Phone > Settings > Call forwarding

Have you tried adjusting here?

I believe he is referring to voicemail on landlines not mobile.

-JR-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Examiner19:
Not a perfect solution, but just don't ignore the call, hit volume down instead which will silence the ringer and the call will go to GV voicemail on its own. The drawback is that you can't continue to use the phone until the call goes to VM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UncleMike:
That's one way I've tried. When I select one of the forwarding types in get three options: cancel, disable and update. Cancel just closes the dialog. Disable (what I want) I get "your operator doesn't support disabling call forwarding when your phone is busy". Update merely changes forwarding to a different number, and specifying anything other than a valid 11-digit number yields "unexpected response from network". This behavior has been the same from the beginning. Despite the claimed non-support, I was able to dial ##004# and successfully disable call forwarding at one time, but this no longer works (it reports success, but doesn't actually disable the forwarding).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Telemachus13:
I have conditional call forwarding set to my Google Voice number (not my SIM's number) and when I reject a call it sends it to Google Voicemail immediately. This is how I set it up:

1: Log into the Google Voice web interface and go to settings.

2: Click on "Activate Google voicemail on this phone."

3: Enter the code that pops up.

You also could try going to edit>advanced>forwarding options for the line in GV web settings and change "Ring my other phones before going to voicemail" to "Go straight to voicemail."

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shiznu:
Anyone know if its possible to get 4g lte on net 10 with the att sim? I know I would have to do a few things as far as radio and activate sim with a 4g phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UncleMike:
Thanks, but it doesn't behave that way for me. Right now my conditional call forwarding is set to my GV number (which is what steps 1-3 do), and edit > advanced > forwarding options set to "go straight to voicemail", but rejected calls continue to loop around and re-ring my phone. The only thing I can think of that might be complicating things is that my current GV number is not my original GV number.

At one time I had my original GV number but only used GV for voicemail, even though I had my (Verizon) cell phone listed as a forwarding phone, nobody had my GV number, and I had no problems with this setup. I decided to switch carriers and got a new cell number from Straight Talk, added the new cell number as a forwarding phone, and initiated porting my Verizon cell number to GV, with the plan of having all incoming calls come through GV once the port was complete (everyone would have my GV number, and nobody would have my cell number).

I'm wondering if somehow my original number is still used somewhere that I can't see in GV, and this is causing GV to not recognize the loop. To (somewhat) test this theory, I'm going to use the most recently setup GV number (the one I setup just to have a number that wouldn't answer, one that hasn't been ported), and see if I can duplicate your behavior.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UncleMike:
I setup my cell phone as a forwarding phone on a new GV number, clicked with "activate Google voicemail on this phone", dialed the code (**004*myGVnumber#), and made sure "go straight to voicemail" was selected (it's the default), and rejected calls that come through my GV number still loop around and re-ring my cell phone until GV times out and goes to voicemail. So it would appear that the problem I'm having has nothing to do with porting my GV number last year, or anything to do with that specific account. But from what I can tell, I'm in the minority with having this issue.

At this point I'm open to any suggestions, or even wild speculation.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] plee3:
I am confused by your setup.

Are you saying that calls to your cell phone are forwarded to GV which is configured to forward back to your cell phone?

If so, what are you trying to accomplish with this setup?

plee3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UncleMike:
No. What I'm trying to accomplish is to be able to reject calls and have them eventually go to Google voicemail, without having the call re-ring my phone after the initial rejection.

I have a GV number and a cell number. I intend for all callers to call my GV number, which has my cell number listed as a forwarding phone. All outgoing calls use GV. Nobody ever sees my cell phone number. When a call comes in through GV, one of the following happens:

My phone is on and has a signal, and I answer it - no problem

My phone is unreachable (off or has no signal), and AT&T forwards the call to my "forward when unreachable" number

My phone rings and I don't answer it, and either AT&T forwards the call to my "forward no answer" number, or Google stops ringing the phone before that happens, and sends the call to Google voicemail instead (which is what's intended)

My phone rings and I reject the call, and AT&T forwards the call to my "forward when busy" number

With the default AT&T settings for conditional call forwarding, situations 2 & 4 end up with calls being forwarded to AT&T's voicemail system, which is not what I want, while situation 3 may result in the same thing, but Google Voice is designed to stop ringing soon enough so that doesn't happen.

With Google Voice default settings for conditional call forwarding, situations 2 & 3 end up with calls being forwarded to Google voicemail, while situation 4 ends up with the call being routed back through GV, which rings my cell phone again, and I can continue this loop for 25-30 seconds until Google Voice considers the call unanswered and sends it to Google voicemail.

Ideally, I would like to disable conditional call forwarding, which for conditions 2-4 would result in callers hearing 25-30 seconds of ringing before being sent to Google voicemail. This is how I had it working for 9 months or so, until AT&T came along and reset things to default settings, and I have since been unable to disable it using any known MMI codes or menu options on the phone.

If there's some other way to go about this with Google Voice, I'm all ears.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
Have AT&T disable your voicemail with them. Let GV handle it no matter what.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] plee3:
I see. It appears that your problem is that AT&T is forwarding your cell phone calls instead of waiting to transfer to the AT&T voicemail (which hopefully GV would transfer to GV voicemail before the AT&T voicemail starts).

I don't know of any way that you can configure GV to transfer to GV voicemail quicker before AT&T forwards your call.

You may need to call AT&T to disable your call forwarding in order for GV to get your voicemail.

Sorry that I can;t help you with any other solutions... plee3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Enable call screening. Then gv answers every time.

Sent from my Xiaomi MI2S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Telemachus13:
When the call loops back through the second time, what does it show for caller ID? If it shows the original caller's number then that means that when your phone forwards the call it preserves the original caller ID instead of changing it to your phone's number. AFAIK Google Voice detects that a call has been forwarded from your phone by checking if the caller ID is your number. If your phone doesn't change the ID, then Google treats it as just another incoming call and forwards it appropriately.

Try going to settings>calls in the web interface and changing "Caller ID (incoming)" to "Display my Google Voice number." You'll effectively lose incoming caller ID, but it might solve the forwarding loop.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus