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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cabal_:
Correct. However, what if you never set it up in the first place, does it still exist with a generic greeting or does it just ring? I'm on ST/ATT (without setting up their voicemail) and have only used T-Mobile prepaid directly, so I don't have a direct comparison.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyz:
From what I heard if you don't setup the voicemail you get a constant reminder about the need to do so which would be painful. For me ST AT&T seems to be getting it done with good voice/okay data and perfect GV intergration
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Let me know if you ever get throttled or booted off. I'm approaching the end of my month with just 3 days left and gone over 6gb. I'm a heavy streamer and like to keep everything in the cloud.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Nexus Project:
Im on a T-Mobile's Unlimited Prepaid SIM. I pay 70$ monthly. I couldn't be happier. Except for the fact that Tmos prepaid doesn't support call forwarding which means no Google Voice.

Sent from my i9250 (GSM) Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbeez:
I do supposedly. I need to doublecheck it but I had St disable my vm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbeez:
My gnex was imported from Hong Kong. I downloaded the 4.0.4 factory images from Google and flashed my phone with that. Its working great. I'm using ugla2 modem I believe. Rio matches. Tmo straight talk in Philly burbs
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
no it works, voice mail cause the issue. But if you disable your TMobile voice mail or hang up the call it will get to the Google voice mail.

I know it works cause I'm using it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] roxxosteen:
hey everyone.

sorry for the simple questions here but i've been thinking about switching from my ns4g to an unlocked gnex. after crunching the numbers for what i pay now on credo (sprint mvno) compared to straighttalk's $45 plan, and it looks like i'd save a BUNCH of money even with the $400 gnex and $265 cancellation fee.

my questions are:

-are there any hidden fees with ST?

-i see options for sim cards for either att phone, tmo phone, or an unlocked gsm phone. which one should i pick? i'd like to be on att mostly (for coverage).

-i read some posts about leaving the proxy blank or clearing the proxy. does this just get around the data "cap" issue with ST?

thanks for the help! this thread is great btw.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
1. There are no hidden fees. You just pay $15 for the initial sim card purchase.

2. Check the coverage map for both AT&T and T-Mobile in your area and choose what is best. You can use either since the galaxy nexus is a pentaband phone.

3. No one knows for sure, but so far it has been working great for me. But like I said to everyone, YMMV. Nothing is certain. That's the beauty with prepaid, you can just jump from one to another if the current one is not working out for you. And if you don't want to deal with porting numbers, you should look into getting a Google voice number or porting your current number to Google voice for $20.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xdp:
I'm confused by this, I use straight talk at&t and never set up carrier voicemail. my gv voicemail works fine and ST doesn't bother me about setting it up. So would this setup not work on T-Mobile?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyz:
Did u set up conditional forwarding to your gv voicemail. If not what happens when u refuse a call?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xdp:
What do you mean by conditional forwarding. I have gv forwarding to my ST number and I set up gv voicemail via the gv app when it asked me if I wanted to use it. I haven't tried refusing a call yet, but I have gotten voicemails when not picking up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Then you set up conditional forwarding .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Call T-mobile and disable their voicemail. After that, it'll auto-forward to your GV voicemail.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Nexus Project:
And you can use all the functions of the Google voice app?

Sent from my i9250 (GSM) Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
Yeah, i you will need the app to do the call forwarding. Since when enabled to do all calls through Google voice it wool forward before you make then call. If that makes sense
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shovelheadhd:
I haven't seen anyone mention sipgate yet. I have even used it when I had my OG droid but with unlimited in calling on vzw I never had a need for it. I used Google voice callback to make calls, then had Google voice call my sip and my sip would ring my phone. It's not hard to set up and received calls are free on sipgate so I never paid a dime. When I get my GSM nexus I plan on using this setup with t-mobile $30 plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LionAR10:
Yes, conditional call forwarding works fine. I've done it as part of my GV setup.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gh32:
Yeah, I'm thinking that's my plan as well. I look forward to hearing your progress as you use it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] goombaypunch:
I just ordered my straight talk AT&T sim. Will let you guys know howit goes with my Galaxy nexus here in Orlando on the unlimited plan
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
That's good to hear. T-Mobile's prepaid and their mnvo's doesn't allow conditional call forwarding.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LionAR10:
Right, so if you use Google Voice, you have to call them and have them turn off voicemail. (Which they will)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stopswitch:
Yawn. I just pay the smallest voice plan and get great service EVERYWHERE and have a unthrottled unlimited data plan. If you think Verizon is investing in "dying" technologies, you're retarded. HPSA is dying, the new trend is LTE. Manufacturers will be going LTE only phones soon. Not saying you're plan won't work anymore, but its stupid to say Verizon is dying. My unlimited data isn't going anywhere, Verizon is not like AT&T, there are still people with unlimited talk plans from Air touch and Altel for cheap. Sorry to bust your bubble, but all of it sounds like a great hassle to save 40bucks.

Sorry ahead of time for being "rude".
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rubiconjp:
So what do you all think about TMo's value plans? It's a bring-your-own-phone, 2-yr contract but at a steep discount. 1000/unlimited/2GB/2 lines = $80/month. It is significantly cheaper than TMo's monthly4G plans (especially for multiple lines) but requires a contract. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I pulled my AT&T useage reports, under the Analyze Past Usage link in the Overview tab for anyone else interested, from July 2011 to Feb 2012 and they look like this:

Voice: 7, 12, 22, 55, 57, 28, 30, 62

Text: 37, ,119, 181, 109, 181, 128, 225, 187

Data (GB): 5.9, 27, 12.1, 9.8, 9.2, 8.3, 8.3, 16

Hmmm...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gh32:
Holy crap! 16GB of data in a month!

Impressive. Most impressive...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ccpotato:
These are like the people cant even spell "aperture" rushing out to upgrade to the latest digital camera because it has "more megapixels"

Or comparing laptops' 'megahurtz' and 'rams' most appropriate for little Billy running MS Word in college.

let the flock herd...

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Cool story bro

However, the network technology have a much longer lifecycle than the individual phones. In other words, if/when LTE is the defacto infrastrure, and HSPA is dead, you and I both will be on newer devices. (probably, the google phones 3 or 4 generations in the future).

Go ahead and wait until LTE hits all of continental europe. In the meanwhile, I can use my phone almost anywhere in the world.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
Cool story bro.

Really though, you think that manufacturers will be making lte-only phones "soon"? Kinda like how hspa+ phones don't have GSM support, right? Huh.

NOTE: Umts, which hspa rides on, has been deployed in the US for 8 years now, and yet not a single umts device is out there which doesn't support GSM for fallback.

Any GSM-track lte phones (like ATT, Rogers, Bell, the other 200 countries on the planet which have spent Billions on HSPA+ networks...) will support hspa+ for fallback domestic service as well as roaming. They *might* drop GSM support in 3-5 years, but they won't drop hspa support for another decade or more, for a wide plethora of reasons.

And if you think you'll keep your unlimited data, then you're gonna find yourself in the same boat as all of those ATT users who thought the same thing a year ago when att switched to tiered pricing. Verizon isn't going to bother switching to a new billing model unless they can switch their 80million grandfathered people to it eventually.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
27GB the second month. :) I don't have a computer. I use my phone for everything. Why on earth would I pay two Internet bills? On the occasions I need to use a computer? I have two local libraries and a university library all within walking distance. I really do keep trying to purchase a computer...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
You should get something like a Chromebook.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Yeah, not to threadjack. I looked at one the other day. I really wish they make them thinner and a tad bit smaller. There really doesn't need to be all that bulk. The price is insane for what you get though. And I've really taken to poping in Ubuntu on the computers. Great leaning exp.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Yeah I was just looking at them too. Although I think they look nice, they really should be thinner considering they only have a low end Atom and 16gb SSD, and that's about it.

You can pick them up used for ~ $300 for the Samsung one though, which is kinda awesome considering i could probably do about 75% of my computing on one.

/threadjack
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LionAR10:
This works I hear, but isn't the data rate throttled to something like 500kb/s?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LionAR10:
That 40 bucks is $960 over a two-year contract period. But you don't need to even look at the 2 year number to realize the benefit of having another 40 bucks a month in your pocket.

Again, it's your choice. As I said in the OP, this is not for everyone.

It's interesting to see the people who clearly this isn't for coming out of the woodwork:

Large data consumers (or ones who make this a priority?)

People with money they're willing to burn

People who think being tied to a provider for two years is cool

People who absolutely require the largest Geebees and highest number of Gees

It's cool guys, we get it you want your VZW subsidized phone. Or your dying dreams of your truly unlimited grandfathered data plan. This isn't either of those .. this is about being market-agile, responding to changes quickly and effectively in a new and dynamic market, while being able to reward value and eschew abuse by providers. I meant it when I titled this "Own Your Cell Service". VZW can shut off your CDMA phone for whatever reason they see fit (bad esn). ATT can change the conditions of your contract and still hold you to it. Going this way means you are in charge of your cell service. It's not for everyone. To do this requires you research, analyze, take action, and re-evaluate. It, agreeably, is a little bit harder than walking into a cell store and saying "I want that phone, please extend my contract."
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LionAR10:
One of the major tenets of this thread is the ability to change providers as conditions change. The recent highlight of this is the Straight Talk $45 deal that just came out. A bunch of us went from $60/mo (Red Pocket/TMO) to $45/mo on their next billing cycle. And if for some reason Straight Talk doesn't work out .. we'll go somewhere else .. on the next billing cycle.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LionAR10:
Exactly right! Did you know there's a vending machine in the international part of Heathrow that you pop your credit card into and it drops out a SIM starter kit for the provider you choose just like a candy bar? (T-Mobile, Orange, more but those are the ones I've used) Singapore has cell booths in the airport concourse where you can just walk up and say "I'd like to buy a SIM .. " and you have cell service. (Singtel, M1) Some places (like Mexico and their stupid identity verification process - Telcel) are a little bit harder to work out, but hey ... push your VZW phone across the counter at a cell kiosk in Kuala Lumpur (DiGi) and see how they laugh at you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] k.electron:
i actually read the entire post even though i disagree with most of it and have some observations. most people that buy the gsm nexus end up being on data plans from att/t-mob which really just have very similar costs as the vzw plan (ok maybe $5 less, but thats not much to ask considering the superlative coverage and lte speeds). if you are going to end up on such a plan, might as well get into a vzw contract and take advantage of the giant subsidy (its like $500 when u buy from amazonwireless)

anyways here are the comments.

That's how contracts work.

Contracts are for specific amounts of time and specific amounts of money. they also mention these things upfront. they also heavily subsidize the phone. u can get the gnex for 100$ on verizon right now.

What if retard cellular has retard coverage as well?

Verizon has the best LTE(the network of the future) network in the United states.

sounds like a total waste of time.

At&t is the shadiest operator known to man. their 4g network is barely there, and even their 3g network is gone the moment u step out of civilization. why do i call them shady? - some time ago if u went to their coverage network, they had checkboxes to filter out and see what was the level of 3g coverage and so on. their 3g coverage was abysmal so instead of improving that, they removed the checkboxes. now u see this hodge-podge of a map with legends, all of the same color (edge is blue, and 3g is blue with lines). makes u think they have reliable data all over the country. not so much. i have used att, verizon, tmobile and sprint in different areas, so i do know what im talking about. ive been on multiple cross country road trips across the length of the US, and verizon is the only network that has provided me with reliable 3g and no dropped calls across almost every highway. att while having coverage, would bump down to edge once any major city ended and t-mobile/sprint didnt even have coverage many places. i now live in the northeast and this is where att is especially weak in their coverage as well as data overload. the verizon lte is strong and almost as fast as my home fiber network.

t-mobile is not for travelers. if u stay in one city and that city has good t-mob, great, otherwise it just sucks.

probably not, but if u drop calls constantly while driving and ur google maps loses network constantly.. then do u want to confine yourself to your daily commute? or do u want to find that new restaurant everyones been talking about.

lastly, do u like customer service, because i do. att has been consistently voted with worst customer service.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...er-satisfaction-for-the-second-year-in-a-row/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jetbluechips:
Does Google Voice support MMS now? Last I checked it is only support Sprint users. That's one of the big reasons I won't switch to Google Voice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Does not fully support MMS yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bizdady:
I still have sprint for 2 months but say i want to test the TMobile plan. Will i be ok making my sprint number Google voice number and forwarding everything to my temporary new tmob number?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
yes. and both phones will ring at that point
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
No, there's no MMS support or any hint of it coming soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I just tell people to send picture messages to my email.

sent from my galaxy tab 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gene_Bailey:
Yea the closest it comes to MMS is notifying me I was sent one. The actual picture hits my Gmail.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sumant23:
Hey guys,

First of all thanks to OP, and everyone else for sharing all this info! I am now the proud owner of GNex with a prepaid T-Mo $30 plan (ditched my ATT contract!). Will be saving about $50 per month.

Question about GV --

I want to use GV with a Google Number. But when I start the process, it says that my current carrier service (T-Mo prepaid) will be terminated.

I am wondering how I'll get 4G/HSPA connectivity in that case.

(Sorry if this is a repeat question, but it just wasn't possible to go through 100+ pages of posts!)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
The only way Google Voice would terminate your existing service would be if you are trying to port your existing number into Google Voice. If you sign up for a new number it will not have any impact on your service.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sumant23:
Ah, thanks! Silly me!

And would that number remain unchanged no matter how many carriers/SIMs I change?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Correct, if you get a new number through Google Voice it will stick with you no matter how many times you change the SIM/number(s) that it forwards to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
This only happens if you are receiving MMS from a Sprint integrated GV user. For all "normal" GV users, you don't even receive a notification.

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GV is completely separate from any carrier you're currently on. All you're doing is telling GV to forward to your current carrier #.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xdp:
Anyone here use Slacker Radio Plus with offline caching? I am looking into options to play music on my ~4 hour road trips without using too much data. I did the trial for caching but unfortunately it seems it only works when data is completely disabled on the device - if I leave it enabled (for say, navigation), Slacker seems to still use data even for cached stations.

There is of course offline play for Google Music, but I like these streaming apps since they will play songs I haven't heard of/thought of before, making it more interesting than just playing my own collection. It's been a little challenging to figure out how to do that well without using too much data.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
Pandora uses about 20MB per hour from what I can tell. You can also limit your data usage under the data section by putting a temporary cap on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] roxxosteen:
you should be able to disable background data for specific apps in settings/data usage. scroll down and click on the app in question, scroll down again and select 'restrict background data'. it'll still use background data over wifi so you can cache then.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xdp:
Yeah I tried the "restrict background data" option but it didn't work, the app's data usage counter still ticked up after playing music for a bit. In Google's description of this feature they say apps may use data when you're not even using them and that this option prevents this, so I think this only restricts data when the app is actually in the background, not while in the foreground and being used. What I need is a way to never let the app use mobile data even while I'm using it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmewpm:
try DroidWall it lets you "blacklist" programs from using data
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thos25:
Sorry if this has been answered but I didn't see it yet so I figure I would ask.

I am on t mobile monthly. If I switch to straight talk, will I be able to use multiple phones with the same Sim?

I have unlocked gnex and an old att captivate I could still use. I figured I would just get the att Sim and be able to use either phone I want. But I've also heard that straight talk locks the Sim to the phone it is registered to and that prevents you from swapping phones.

does anyone know if they still do this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Of course. They can't lock a SIM to a certain phone... you can take the SIM and put it in any phone you want once it's activated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xdp:
Thanks....app seems to be highly rated. I have so far not rooted this phone and wanted to see if I really needed to or not (since I'm not using custom ROMs and thus not using apps like Titanium, etc.). This app might justify it though if I can't find another solution.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
Dude I waited 3 weeks to root and finally did it a couple of days ago... So worth it! Some roms are pretty close to stock and just add a couple of awesome features while maintaining all the stability of stock.

-Sent from a GSM Galaxy Nexus (RAScream/Trinity).-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xdp:
Can you talk about the added features in particular that you like? One of the reasons I bought the Nexus was because I wanted to stop spending so much time just "maintaining" my phone - I just want to buy it and use it like the rest of the world. Of course there is a balance there and if a very awesome feature is very easily obtainable I would definitely consider it. So far I haven't rooted or unlocked the bootloader, the phone is awesome in its stock state and all of my needs have been met (including the LED via Light Flow), which is exactly what I was going for. But I'm interested to hear what features from other ROMs you have liked. So far the one thing I am interested in is PDroid once it's compatible with ICS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
RAScream with trinity kernel is all I've used because I wanted something close to stock but with max stability. I don't flash new roms and kernels all the time like some of these guys so I wanted something I could set, forget, and maybe update every month or two. Compared to stock, this combo is 100% as stable, noticeably smoother, far better battery life. Features that I love are the built in toggles (GPS even works without making you go to the settings menu... It just turns right on), the quad lock screen (access whatever 4 apps of your choice straight from lock screen), the improved color temperatures, the battery percent in the notification bar, clock in the center of notification bar instead of to the right, the ability to increase volume without and app like volume+, Hmm and there are others but those immediately come to mind.

If you really just don't want to mess with it much, I say pick one of the roms that is close to stock, set it, and forget it. The RAScream + trinity is every bit as stable as stock but faster, better battery life, and the above mentioned features (and more that I didn't mention... But nowhere near as bloated with features as an aokp or a cyanogen). I was hesitant to root because I was pretty happy with stock, but now I'm really happy I did.

-Sent from a GSM Galaxy Nexus (RAScream/Trinity).-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbeez:
You can have your phone rooted without having a custom ROM. I run stock 4.0.4 images from Google, cwm recovery, fugumod kernel, +rooted. Runs great. I've found that the wifi driver in fugumod runs way better than stock. YMMV
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jgrinst1:
Does anyone with a Galaxy Nexus have trouble with dropping GSM radio connections?

Like this guy: http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/6/3067437/galaxy-nexus-gsm-connection-woes
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
It's a known issue since the 4.0.4 update, though there have been a few different steps to solve it. For me, I haven't seen the issue at all since flashing the UGLC1 radio (plus matching RIL via the GetRIL app) and GLaDOS kernel 1.34. I did these both at the same time so I don't know which actually solved the issue, but I'd recommend trying the radio + RIL first.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dipole:
Working great, been rocking the $30 tmobile deal. Only problem though is that the yahoo who had my tmobile number before me must not have paid any of his bills because I have a whole bunch of bill collectors calling my new tmobile number asking for him.

Is there anyway to block all calls to that tmobile number because I use GV.?