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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
It doesn't allow tether unless you pay the fee or root(I think).

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rafa3L:
Tethering works. Is it "allowed", dunno.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
You can call in and pay for another month to "reset" your plan at any time to get your data set back to full speed and get another 2GB. You could've also called in and bumped your plan to the $70 one and gotten 3GB more.

You can tether with this phone no mater what SIM is in the device. The firmware is stock and doesn't have anything in there by the carrier to track you. I tether every month on my 100% stock device.

That being said, T-Mobile has done (and afaik still does) a little bit to try and "catch" tethering on their network. They look for the UAstring of the browser that's accessing the internet, and if it sees that it's a "desktop", it will often send you to a tethering redirect page and say you need to pay $15 for the feature. If you get redirected, you can use a UAstring switcher extension in Chrome (on the desktop) to make it look like you're on like Firefox 4 or Safari 5 (some older browser). As long as it's not Chrome, then T-Mobile apparently doesn't care.

This only happens sporadically though. It seems to be hit or miss for me, some months they're on your ass after a couple GB and you get redirects, other months I get nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gotokyo:
^ well after only being 10 days into the billing cycle I wasn't about to pay another $60 to reset it. Just decided to wait til the end of the month and start the $30 plan since I hardly use phone minutes
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
You will need a new sim as that plan is only for new activations
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
I have the $30 plan, and after a few minutes of tether T-Mobile blocks the tethering. I've tried it in a Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II, and HTC One S. I haven't tried the UA string trick though.

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gotokyo:
I've already ordered it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
is there some benefit to switching to net10 from straight talk? isn't this the exact same service?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/prepaid-phone-plans/

New article. Big coverage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cabal_:
Same service, same parent company. The only advantage is the additional availability of resellers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Yeah they "block" it. Change the UAstring of your desktop/laptop browser and it goes away.

Net10 is the same coverage and now price ($45 w/ auto-refill), but there are more reseller options, whereas Straight Talk refills can only be purchased from Straight Talk or Walmart. Really though it doesn't matter. You can get $45 w/ no tax refills (if you do an address trick for no sales tax) from Walmart online for ST, or like ~$46 refills via CallingMart for Net10. I'm just curious to try Net10 to make sure they're actually the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
For those on the T-mobile $30 plan,

How bad are the EDGE / 2g speeds? I am hoping to place an order for my GSM Nexus and drop Verizon like a bad habit next week, but a few areas I travel to for work (infrequently) are on EDGE - only. Is it at least usable for basic e-mail and maybe low bitrate streaming?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Gizmodo chat:

http://m.gizmodo.com/5931775/are-we-idiots-for-not-having-prepaid-phones
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gotokyo:
When I get throttled to those speeds its awful, average around 60-90kbps when im using the 4g network, and around 100-120kbps when I select "use only 2g network" in the phone settings. However it does not allow me to talk on the phone and browse the internet when the 2g only option is selected. It will work for email but you can forget any type of streaming media

That's with being throttled though, for you it may be a different result in speed since its the coverage area and not thottling

---------- Post added at 04:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:07 PM ----------

My new sim just arrived

I want buy credit through callingmart.com since its a little cheaper and I was wondering which of the 3 tmobile card options do I select for the $30 month plan?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
I always use the Monthly Plan option for my $30/month plan but I think the others may work as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Throttle speeds are capped at 60kbps down / 150kbps up.

Usable for background data and push email. Browsing isn't TERRIBLE but it'll be much slower than you'll wanna deal with. Games and things that require data connection (like a turn-based game) work fine.

Any of the 3 work. For T-Mobile, it's all just money onto your account. I like the "Load to Phone" option where you enter your phone # at checkout, and it auto-loads. You don't even have to bother with getting a PIN and entering it on the site or via text.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jstrom23:
Big thanks to this thread and OP for turning me on to StraightTalk. I switched over from Verizon this week and so far so amazing. Great phone, low price, no contract. I'm still waiting for the other shoe to fall.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UncleMike:
I switched (also from Verizon) a month ago, and have had 2-4 phones in the family on Page Plus for over 3 years. Don't hold your breath - there is no other shoe.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BHack:
Porting over to GV: how does MMS work? Or is it just not an option on StraighTalk?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
GV has no MMS capabilities

whatsoever unless you're a Sprint customer with GV integration to your account.

If you want to receive an MMS, it'll have to be to your carrier #, not your GV #. My recommendation? Have your friends send you pictures one of the other 100 ways (email, chat client, FB messenger, etc.).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] M@XLOL:
If anyone is switching to net10 please post your results. I JUST got straight talk and am really really impressed. It would be nice to get a little bit larger discount thorough callingmart.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] quyennb:
cube field

I want to buy a samsung phone to use. Can you advise me? Thank you very much.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
Welcome to the forums! Nice to see you've made it to this thread with just your second post!

You should buy a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Its the best deal for your dollar. This is the Galaxy Nexus forum .....

or you can go check out post #2121

GL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Yeah my GMail used to receive calls without fault. Now I've changed a lot of stuff and realized it won't receive calls lol.

I'll report back when I figure it out.

update: Okay seems like I've figured it out right now. Had my brother make some test calls and

both

GMail and my device ring. When I ignore it on the computer it continues to ring on the phone. When I pick up on the computer, the phone stops ringing. I ended up reinstalling all of the google talk and gchat plugins for OSX and rebooting. Seems to have fixed it idk.

update 2: It seems like its just one friend (as far as I know) that calls me it rings my phone no matter what. REALLY not sure why. Super annoying. AFAIK everyone else that calls goes to both the phone and GMail. Its an iPhone 4 on AT&T I'm having issues calling me FWIW.

update 3: deleted the "Google Talk" option from forwarding in GV. Then made a call and re-added it. Working now AFAIK. This **** is so finicky...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bfroehlich:
Just got my Straight Talk SIM this morning. So far everything has been fine. The only thing I've found to be out of the ordinary is the Speedtest.net app doesn't show download speed but only upload speed...anyone else see this issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Let us know after some longer usage if its working for you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LionAR10:
I did some traveling this week for work in rural MN and SD .. Straight Talk worked great, I even had HSPA out in a really rural town in SD. Was great, I needed to watch the weather closely.

What was more impressive to me was two things:

1 - I got functional HSPA in an aircraft at 2500' up. Sprint never did this, nor TMO.

2 - The modem in the GNex did not inject noise into the aircraft systems (some GSM radios actually do! Had a friend's ATT Blackberry that I had to tell him to turn it off because it was making those buzzing noises in the AC radios)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Nice!

10 char
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] goombaypunch:
OK got my Straight Talk sim all activated and was using it all day around Orlando. I selected the AT&T sim for my Galaxy Nexus and the service is much better than t mobile for me. Couldnt have been easier to set up either. Just went to the website and filled in the info and they had my # ported in in under 3 hours. Followed the instructions with the activation to set up the APN and so far so good :) Averaging 7 Mbps down and 1Mbps up. And just to mention the speed test app does not work for me either so i am using browser based speed test.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bfroehlich:
Yeah, I've been using speakeasy with the stock browser in order to conduct tests. I wish the NDT client from Measurement Lab was more consistent. Either way I'm not seeing any problems at all! I hope ST continues to be this good.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JCreazy:
I am going to jump ship from AT&T soon, I am going to try the $30 tmobile plan first but if that ends up not working out I will go with Straight Talk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] goombaypunch:
Just wanted to add that when porting in your # upon activating you actually get a txt from AT&T saying the port was successful lol. just putting that out there for anyone wondering if it was actually AT&Ts network you are using.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ceejay83:
what's the cheapest place to get the gnex?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
tons of ongoing threads. If you want GSM and brand new with warranty I recommend Negri Electronics. It's $595.50 shipped right now.

If you're willing to roll the dice you can find some open box ones online here and there. but you only save like $60 I personally don't think that's worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gh32:
Just ordered up a Straight Talk SIM and $45/mo plan. My zip = AT&T so I'm looking forward to better signal strength indoors.

Thanks again for opening my eyes. :)

Edit: I also have a T-Mobile SIM for my work phone so I'll be able to compare speeds directly. Hopefully I don't take too much of a hit being on AT&T's network.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jvrobert:
I'm in the same boat, looking for a deal on a GSM GSNex. Dumb question - is there any difference/drawback with the Canadian version?

I'm looking for a phone I can hop between TMobile and possibly others (Straight Talk, etc..) on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Canadian has the exact same hardware but slightly different software. Easily "fixed" with a flash to yakju. Takes 5min. I bought the CAN version and flashed it right out of the box no problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gh32:
The only thing I'm annoyed about with this whole process is that I'm going to have to power down my phone, which will reset the up-time counter. Pretty lame, I know, but whatever. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] saint327:
I'm very interested in this. I went ahead and purchased the T-Mobile compatible StraightTalk SIM for my GSM Galaxy Nexus. It was a tough decision for me which to pick...coverage vs speed...

If I went back and bought an ATT compatible one, could I interchange them at will? Probably not I'm guessing... I am thinking that once the SIM is activated, it would be useless if I were to activate another SIM and insert it into my phone..or is that wrong? Like I would have to reactivate it everytime I wanted to switch, but it would be possible right?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
You only go through activation the first time you use each SIM cards. After that, they're active SIMs. You can swap back and forth between sims as much as you want - just top-up whichever you want to use for the month. Of course, configure Google Voice to ring both Straight-Talk phone numbers, and then you will basically be able to quick-swap the sim cards whenever you want.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
But then he'd need to be paying for both at the same time, no?

He's talking about having a "T-Mobile" and "AT&T" Straight Talk SIM both tied to the same account and switching as he sees fit -- which I don't think is possible. My understanding is you gotta decide up front.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Paladin728:
I think you could pay for two separate SIM's and do that. That would be expensive. I guess you could buy a $30 Family Mobile SIM at Wal-Mart and a $60 RedPocket SIM cover both bases if you needed to switch between T-Mobile and AT&T's networks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
Not necessarily.

1. Buy ATT kit.

2. Buy TMO kit.

3. Activate ATT kit this month.

4. Activate TMO kit next month.

5. Top up ATT sim in month 3.

6. Top up TMO sim in month 4.

You have 2 separate StraightTalk accounts, and you just top up whichever SIM you want to use for the month. For example, I might use my TMO SIM while I'm staying near home this month, but if I know i'm going out of town next month, I might choose to top up my ATT SIM next month, and not top-up the TMO one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] duke2013:
I am looking to the galaxy nexus and was hoping to save a few bucks on craigslist or ebay, but it seems like they are priced MORE than the google store...I checked swappa too and same there. Should I just pull the trigger from the google store?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
^ I just did last night, I can't wait! Verizon's getting the boot the minute my GSM Nexus ships.

Even if you find one a little cheaper then the play store, I'd still recommend buying it straight from Google. Then you know you have a full warranty should it come with any problems. Rare, but I wouldn't want to risk it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jstrom23:
I ported to Straight Talk, not GV, and I am able to send MMS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
The best discount you can get is going with ST and buying refills from Walmart online with an address to give you no sales tax. That way you'll pay $45 flat for refills. Net10 is only $45 if you do auto-refill, which you pay sales tax on, otherwise it's $50. So CallingMart refills will only get you down to like $46.50 for Net10.

Well a lot of people bought their GNex at a much higher price (like $600) and are trying to recoup some of their losses. You should buy straight from the play store unless someone's selling used for under $300.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] petermanpp:
I just want to say thanks to everyone contributing to this forum, it has truly opened my eyes. I will be switching to ST asap. One question though, if for some reason, the company decides to hike up the monthly price and you are enrolled in auto pay will you be notified? I guess I am just curious about the auto refill feature.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
They've never upped there prices, so we couldn't say for sure. I'm no longer on Straight Talk, but my mom is. Don't they send you a text each month telling you that they're about to renew your account for $xx.xx amount?

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] original00:
Great thread! I paid $100 etf and switched from sprint to walmart family mobile a month ago. So far so good and the 3G speeds are waaaaaaaay better than what I got with sprint. I'm on wifi at home and work so the 250mb limit for 3G hasn't been an issue so far. I also saw that simple mobile has lowered their plan to $50 which seems to be better that tmobile non contract $50 plan. Funny since they work off tmobile network
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
I think this is about the best price you can do $42 a month

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Email-Del...d-Unlimited-Text-Talk-and-Web-Access/15443345
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafester:
I literally just bought one of these and applied it to my account using the Oregon address method for no tax :) Really hard to beat $42 for what you get.

Worked great.. now lets hope ST doesn't find a reason to kick me off in the next three months.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rafa3L:
If you have a Discover credit card and use their Shop Discover link to Walmart.com you can get another 5% Discover cash bonus or whatever they call it.

Tapatalk'n on the Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Thanks for this tip I just got my 3 month for 42.00/month as well
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Yeah Simple Mobile literally

just

lowered their prices in the last couple days. We'll see if T-Mobile reacts. A few MVNOs are starting to push down towards Straight Talk's prices.

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Yup if you're happy with ST that's a really good deal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] npro1464:
Can someone elaborate how to use a non-sales tax address? Do you have to live in that area or can you somehow pick an address from Google Maps? I live in NJ, FWIW.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafester:
http://slickdeals.net/f/3965628-Straight-Talk-45-FLAT-RATE-NO-TAX-FEES
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
Isn't tax evasion sort of uh, illegal, and probably against the terms of use of the forums?

By all means, saving $3 is great and all and there's virtually no chance of getting caught, but.. that doesn't make it right.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafester:
NY takes plenty from me already. Not worried about shorting them $10 at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kawaski47:
Ah Slippery Slope we meet again!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Ya seriously. WA takes 10% sales tax in most counties. What a joke.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] carstairs:
Last time you ordered something online and didn't pay tax, did you report it to the IRS?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
Ok, can we leave the tax question aside and talk more about phone services? I'd rather not have this degenerate into a "its technically illegal" VS "YA, SO? SO IS SPEEDING, BUT PEOPLE DO THAT".

I'll just say that, in an open forum, where the forum could get shut down if "officials" thought it was advocating for illegal activity, that even if I AGREE that alleged infractions were very unlikely to bring such action, that i personally would like err on the side of caution, and try NOT to ADVOCATE for action that could, even with slight possibility, get these forums shut down.

Besides, figuring out cool ways to use prepaid, VOIP, and the galaxy nexus is more fun than arguing over legal technicalities. IMO
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
The simple mobile plan sounds great. I still do not use enough to justify moving off the $30 plan though.

But it is nice to know that for 5 bucks more you get the worry free unlimited data vs the 2gig ghost cap.

I went to their site and it seems they also give a $5 international credit and free 411 calls. This would be perfect for my wife also as her grandma lives there, but I do not know if you need to have there IDL plan as well. Does anyone know?

P.s. speeding tickets are a tax, and speeding in most states is only illegal if you are driving a commercial vehicle. WWW.ruleoflawradio.com. those guys break it down for you every Monday night.

P.p.s sorry noneone I am just trying to spread the word for people who want to know their rights ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Simple Mobile actually "caps" and throttles people too. Maybe not at the same levels as Straight Talk, but they won't put up with you using 10GB of data every month either.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
Do we know round about where that cap is. I still have not seen much proof of ST and their 2GB cap either though. But so far simple mobile seems like its more reputable according to the small sampling pool in this thread. Hopefully we will get some more info on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
Do you even understand how taxes work?...

IRS is federal.. they do not have anything to do with sales tax governed by an individual states sales tax
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
there's a separate form for state taxes. im pretty sure its under "use tax"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Its the same thing as Straight Talk, just unpublished. Probably depends on many factors. Unfortunately there's not many people using Simple Mobile so its harder to know.

Actually, when you order something online, like from Amazon, and it comes from another state you're supposed to report on your federal taxes that you bought something across state lines and pay the appropriate taxes at the end of the fiscal year. That's my understanding. Of course no one does this, and that's why Amazon is working with big states like CA to bring distribution centers to the states in return for charging sales tax directly on purchases online.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
I believe you mean state taxes. I can't imagine why reporting state sales tax on your federal forms would make sense.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ambient711:
I know this came up earlier but this is what I have found.

Net10 is now offering a Bring Your Own Device .... advertises $50 a month unlimited talk, text, web, 411

Package purchased at Best Buy comes with ...

-1 SIM card regular for ATT

-1 SIM Micro regular for ATT

-1 SIM card regular for TMobile

I bought it for 14.99

http://imgboot.com/user/ambient711/random-pics/2012080613_1.jpg

http://imgboot.com/user/ambient711/random-pics/2012080613.jpg
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafester:
thats kind of cool. so can you use both att and tmobile sims on the same plan?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
/yawn

AMG DUH, HELLO!, NO ONE understands how taxes work, that's the whole POINT of them, right?

/yawn

:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ambient711:
im not exactly sure, maybe switching between different sims on same account? Ill play with it and report back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
Link? :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bagelicious:
I just wanted to take a moment to say thanks to the OP and everyone else that has contributed so much knowledge in this thread. I've been following this for a couple of months now, patiently waiting for my contract with Sprint to end on 8/30. I just got the confirmation email from the Play Store this morning that my GNex has shipped, and I also have a T-Mobile sim on the way. I am really looking forward to being a part of this forum!

Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] co.ag.2005:
here's what I found

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/NET10+-...96495010&skuId=5852681&st=net10 sim&cp=1&lp=1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rafa3L:
I made the same move from Sprint a few weeks ago. Except I paid $150 total ETF to cancel two phone contracts.

I moved to T-Mobile and I moved my wife to Straight Talk AT&T.

Coverage is better for us in our local area, so we're getting better data speeds. Battery life is better, I'm guessing this is due to GSM. Phone is better. Price is better, $75 now vs. $140 before. No regrets.

Tapatalk'n on the Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rock7632:
over the last few days my speed has really been bad on straight talk at&t in the Boston area. I'm getting less than 500k download speed on average whereas before I was getting around 3mb/s. anyone else experiencing this? using the default apn settings without the st proxy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UncleMike:
Google Voice - delayed ringing on handset

I made the switch from Verizon about a month ago, porting my number to Google Voice, and setting up a new number for my Nexus on Straight Talk using an AT&T SIM. I had previously been using GV for voicemail only. Recently, with increasing frequency, calls to my GV number ring only once on my cell phone and then they're gone. When I call people back and ask what happened, they always say that it rang normally (the number of rings was not noticeably less than usual) before going to voicemail. GV is set to forward calls to my cell phone and to Google Chat. I almost never have Gmail open on my desktop, don't have any VoIP client (i.e. GrooveIP) on my phone, and have conditional call forwarding on my cell phone forward to my GV number.

Anyone have any experience with this type of problem, or have any suggestions on how I can get my cell phone to ring long enough to answer it?