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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
I downloaded about 1.1gb in one day and I did not get my hand slapped. My speeds the last few weeks remind me of what dial up was like. I got a .18 speed test the other night. This was with st att. I have since got a tmo monthly 4g card and the speed is great here at work, but my voice coverage on my route to work (75 mile round trip)is awful.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Read post #123 and #126

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1676966&page=13
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jazzruby:
The rollout of Android 4.1, Jelly Bean, begins today, starting with Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ devices.

https://plus.google.com/112773496741623034196/posts/QLETQNekJ6D

-JR-

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
Thanks man

I didnt know if that was the case or not since im into a new cycle and it stayed slower than hell.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
Maybe we should add that as another bonus to prepaid. No carrier bloatware.......

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
I was throttled after 5gb and all I did was call customer service they re-provisioned my account and I was back up to speed

I buy refills through walmart .com and use an Oregon address and pay $45 flat. On my second month and I love it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
New signing for T-Mobile, no change. Carry on ladies and gentlemen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Good to see that the plan is unchanged and they're continuing to market it. Thanks for posting the update.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HemRoyd:
I guess I might have not noticed before, but I don't recall them coming right out and saying they limit the data to 2g speeds after 5gb. Of course it doesn't matter to me cause all I get is Edge anyhow.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
They did. Check one of the pics I posted a couple hundred pages back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BurnOne77:
Just ordered my tmo sim for 99 cents shipped and ordered a nexus off google play.

Bye bye tbolt and big red I will miss you :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] evodon84:
Just ordered a nexus myself today. Just two month's left on my att contract and then its off to prepaid for me.

sent from tapatalk app on GS2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] booda3000:
I wish TMobile had better data speeds in Lawton, Oklahoma.

I would jump on the $30 prepaid, but TMobile only has Edge data here.

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
Hopefully at&t is decent in your area
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] booda3000:
At&T is decent here.

Verizon has LTE here.

Sprint only has 800Mbps 3G.

Tmo is Edge!

I consider myself frugal, but I'd splurge on the $30 Tmo 5Gb plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
I'd go with the 800Mbps service for sure:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] booda3000:
YESSSS!

That's what I did my friend!

I went with a Sprint MVNO. Platinumtel.

If anyone has a Sprint phone that they need reprovisioned, Platinumtel is the best way to go, in fact, it's only decent, legal option. Unless you activate your Sprint Phone with Pageplus (Verizon MVNO) and settle for 1X data speeds.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
He's joking.

800mbps != 800kbps.

No one will be offering 800mbps wireless connections anytime soon. Sprint does offer 800kbps service though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UncleMike:
Getting HSDPA but not HSPA+ with Straight Talk AT&T

I activated my Straight Talk SIM with my new Galaxy Nexus from the Play Store 9 days ago and am pretty satisfied so far. But I saw recently in another forum that a user's Straight Talk SIM in their Galaxy Nexus would not do HSPA+, but the same SIM worked fine in a Galaxy S III. So far, any time I've looked at the About / Status screen on my Nexus it as shown HSDPA. Does an HSPA+ connection actually appear as HSPA+ on this screen?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
It switches to HSPA+ when you're using your data. But when it's idle, it reverts to HSDPA to save battery, I think. Try uploading or downloading a big file and check the status of your phone while doing so. You should see something like this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
If you're still on 4.0.4, it doesn't ever say "HSPA+" in the status window. You'll only see things like HSDPA:9 and HSDPA:15. Don't worry about that. If your speeds are fine and you don't notice hiccups, then don't worry about it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UncleMike:
I just got 3761kbps down / 913kbps up on a recent speed test. Does that fall under "fine"?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I mean there are so many factors that go into the speed of the network (and one test doesn't tell a full story), but yeah that speed seems pretty normal for AT&T during the day.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fixyourtech:
After using virgin mobile aka sprint I would love those speeds. :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Well if you're on Sprint, you'd be happy with T-Mobile EDGE...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] booda3000:
U got me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UncleMike:
I got my Jelly Bean update today, and now during a speed test I see HSPA+ on the status screen. This being my first GSM phone I wasn't really sure what I was looking at, and feared I had some defective combination of SIM and phone. All is good now though.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Yes, 4.1 will report "HSPA+". Its just the network you're connected to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tinkerer76:
Does ATT recognize the Nexus's IMEI? Or, are you able to select a dumbphone plan?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
People have reported mixed results. Some say they've been able to stay on it for months, others have been "caught" and removed from the plan.

Honestly, with amazing deals like the

Straight Talk $45 plan

and

T-Mobile $30 plan

, I don't see why you'd go through all of the hassle of gaming the system and using a dumbphone plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbeez:
Running att st on wifes gnex, lucky for that because where we are tmo is barely getting edge. She has full hspa so I'm enjoying the variety :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] housry23:
I finally got this going. I bought an unopened GSM Gnex from a guy that went to io. Turned it in and it immediately upgraded to jb. Out a t mobile SIM card in and activated the $30 a month plan to test it out. It works perfectly. The speed aren't anywhere near Verizon lte, but they are more than satisfactory. Especially for $30 a month compared to $100+ I was paying big red. I had t mobile here about 2 or 3 yrs ago and it was terrible. They have really stepped it up in this area and i even have a signal inside my house which is something i never had with Sprint or Verizon. This thread is epic & probably the best & most useful thread on the internet. Now, if more people will realize just how much they could save by doing this. I really hope it catches on. I have no problem waiting a couple months after a phone is released to buy it. That way the price comes down, and don't forget, there will be a market for your phone too. So, buy a new phone for say 600, sell your old one for 200, you'll still be saving a lot of money. And u know you can find phone cheaper than that of you wait. Anyway, thanks to the op and everyone else that has helped out in this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gene_Bailey:
Housry!! Good to see a familiar face! I did the same thing only I went with Straight Talk (AT&T) instead.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] housry23:
Hey bro! Yeah I've actually been here in the gnex forum for a while. I had the Verizon Nexus before this. This prepaid is definitely the way to go. This thread should have a permanent spot on the front page of the portal! In the USA,the carriers have waaay too much control. The word needs to get out. I paid, $33.46 to activate my phone with a month of service because the T-Mobile sim card comes with $3 and some change on it and I paid for insurance which is $7 a month and is now offered on T-Mobile prepaid. I also put $50 on the account in case I go over on minutes. That should last me about 6 months and I should have to pay the $37 a month for a while. I'm pretty pumped about this prepaid. I actually got my brother and his wife to drop Sprint and go with Straight Talk and will work on the rest of my family next.

Sorry for 2 long posts, but I'm just extremely excited about this. I did the math and in 2 yrs I'll be saving over $1600 if I stay around the $400 range when getting a new phone. I figure I'll just keep this until the next Nexus drops to that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DerAmi:
100% agree with this. I plan on doing the same thing, minus the $50 of "emergency" money on my card! I know that I use only about 3GB of data a month IF that because of how much WiFi coverage I have everywhere I go. I will probably only put about $15 on it, pay the $30/month and probably use Google Voice as well with this new app I just found called Mo+. Free calls over WiFi & 3G and strictly use data. I figure that if I really need to use more than 100 Mins, I can just do most of my outgoing calls with Mo+ and use my sim number for friends/family. I was also on a family plan, so I will be saving my family around $600 a year :) :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tinkerer76:
It's not really a hassle if it works like I'm using it. I have a T-mo Vibe that I bought off Ebay last July. Before that I was using an Xperia X1a. Both I have used on the dumbphone plan for three years. I pay 74 dollars a month for two Galaxy S with unlimited HSPA+ (I've used 4 gigs on one and didn't get the boot). 450 minutes. That's 37 dollars a month. It pays to be off contract with them but still post paid.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafester:
I switched over to straight talk after a few weeks on $30 tmobile. Speeds are about the same in my area but att has much better coverage. Immediately after pulling my tmobile sim the dog decided to chew it up so I guess I'm sticking with st lol.

on that note I have a $50 tmobile epin that I have no use for. anyone interested pm me for info and I'll give you a deal.

now I have to decide what to do with my sprint sero plan. hate to shut it down but its getting pretty tough to tol these plans anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
How did you setup your APN for straight talk?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pahick:
Been reading up on this for a week or so from different sources. I bought a Skyrocket off Amazon for a penny(they owed me) but have to keep on ATT for 181 days. August first is day 182 and im going ST! This plan is awesome! Now I just gotta figure out if I can auto pay..ST here I come!

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http://www.straighttalksim.com/support.php
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafester:
Just follow the instructions but leave out the proxy :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jaybeeunix:
https://www.straighttalk.com/AutoRefill
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Yea, leave out the proxy. You don't want them monitoring your usage and what you use your internet for. Besides, it's not a secure connection when you go through their proxy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jazzruby:
You can check for proxy via the Web - Trasir » Client Properties » Proxy

http://trasir.com/

-JR-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Wow, thanks. Very useful.

Of course, I left out the proxy.

And below is screen shot with the proxy enabled. I noticed that with proxy enabled, it bypasses adblock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
Mo+ looks like an iphone only app... couldn't find it in the play store... do you have a link?

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]From the information I say it looked like you could only get insurance on a phone purchased from Tmobile on the prepaid side... Is this correct we can get insurance from Tmobileon our nexus phones purchased from the play store? I'm about to get mine tomorrow and activate it.. I was going to go with the enquared insurance, but it looks like a hassle having to get a police report done and sent to them for lost phones.. I'd rather deal with assurion, never had one but of hassle with them trying to file a claim, other than them not having the proper phone in stock... of course I generally keep a beater spare to use..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DerAmi:
Yeah, I just received my nexus and tried looking for it, but I couldn't find it. Looks like I'll have to find something else.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
ST BYOD SIM Shipping Fee?

Went to order my SIM today and it looks like they want to charge me $5 to ship the sim?!?!?!?!? are they out of thier minds? Is this new or did everyone else pay thing? Anyway around it?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafester:
Did you select fed ex ground? they credit back the shipping charge when you checkout.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
Read up on the Skyrocket. The Tmo Galaxy S2 can work on ATT, but, not on the high speed ATT data. Apparently, according to reports, I 've not done it, the Galaxy S2 SKYROCKET can natively do voice and high speed data on att, but, can also be flashed with the TMO software, making it do voice and highspeed on Tmo ALSO.

SO, with a rom flash, you can do high speed data with ST on EITHER ATT OR TMO. Note, this would be higher data speeds (42) than the Nexus (21).

GL ... just 180 or so more days till you're on ST. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
Didn't order it yet, I wanted to check on the forum before I did... I've got a tmobile sim right now and was going to try the $30 plan first, but next month I want to try the ATT ST sim and compare the difference to see which is going to be best for me.. I'm leaning to the ATT because right now conditional call forwarding is in my useage flow of my current DX2 on cricket. Thanks for the reply
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pahick:
Actually, it 15 days. I have skyrocket for awhile now.

And thanks all, no proxy and appreciate the auto refill link!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SkuzFoz:
Hrm, my Galaxy Nexus is not playing nice with Straight Talk, not getting any mobile data connection although the APN is set up fine.

Did you guys use any APN settings different than what the activation card says?

Edit: Straight Talk's Facebook support was able to fix it in 30 minutes worth of PMs, I'd recommend that over their awful forums if anyone else has the issue.

It's so nice being able to load... anything. Couldn't do much of that on Sprint.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Has anyone ever had a problem moving from T-Mobile Monthly 4G to Straight Talk and

bringing your number with you

? Would you recommend just activating ST and porting a couple days before the end of a T-Mobile month? or wait until the month is over and just not refilling (not sure if the account and # stay active still)?

I'm using GV as my primary # so its not the end of the world, but I'd like to bring over my carrier # too if I could. I just need to get to an unlimited minute plan here soon and think I'll try ST first rather than the $60 T-Mobile plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] project.in.process:
what was it that they did exactly?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SkuzFoz:
He didn't say, I'm guessing he re-activated my account or something. He left for a few minutes and then told me to reboot, and I could see that my data was working even before the reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
BUT BUT ... the data, won't you lose guaranteed 5gb of highspeed data? oh the horror ....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I very very rarely push the 5GB cap. I'm usually in the 1.5gb - 3gb range in a normal month. My issue right now is needing minutes. I'm graduating college in a month and I need more minutes because I've been making/taking a lot of job calls. My T-Mo account is currently funded to get me through Aug 29 so I'd like to figure things out before then.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Are you going with AT&T or T-Mobile ST? If you're going with the former, than you'll be fine with your data usage. If you do somehow get throttled, all it takes is a 10 minute phone call to get things back to normal. But usually, anything below 5GB is fine.

About porting the number, I have no idea. I never ported my number ever since I got Google Voice. Good luck with everything.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] muyoso:
Are you saying the ST plans on AT&T are usually not throttled unless you surpass 5gb of data?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I'm thinking AT&T ST. If I'm paying more than my current $30 I might as well get the better footprint of AT&T (they also have conditional call forwarding, which is kinda nice). Although I could see myself go with the T-Mobile ST if I finally relocate back to Seattle. There are so many AT&T iPhone users in SEA that T-Mobile is the clear winner there.

Yeah I don't think I'll have any issues w/ the data cap. My last few months I've been under 2GB actually. I'm just on WiFi so much that while the 5GB throttle is nice, I don't really need it. Its just a nice thing to have especially when traveling so I can tether.

----

So, does anyone have info on going from T-Mobile Prepaid to Straight Talk and bringing their number? TIA.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] godefoy:
getting throttled on straight talk

getting slowed down to 200kbps called them and they said there is nothing they can do. What can i do? If i get a new sim card and just use the same number would it stop?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Do you have AT&T ST or T-Mobile ST? What did you tell them? If you have AT&T ST, the trick is to just complain how your internet is so slow lately that loading up news articles that you read daily on your mobile browser takes more than 5 minutes to load. They will be apologetic and say they will re-provision your account. Don't admit to using a lot of data, that is key.

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Check post #123 and #126 but YMMV though.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1676966&page=13
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dranon:
Pure talk usa vs straight talk

I use Puretalkusa.com right now. They are a ATT mvno and they charge $10 month with NO taxes or surcharges. What I would like to know is if straight talk charges taxes and fees on their bill? Do they charge and activation fee? I am so tired of getting fees on my other phones every month with ATT and then when yopu upgrade they charge a $36 "activation fee" WHAT THE E-HELL! So my contract with ATT is up next month and I was going to switch the rest of my phones to PURETALKUSA but I found this thread and am trying to decide if I should go with STRAIGHT TALK instead. ATT charges $275 + over $25 fees and taxes! for 4 phones 3 iphones with data and unlimted texting. I figure with straight talk at $45 a phone that brings it down to $180 !! So will it be $180 or $180 PLUS fees and taxes??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kawaski47:
I believe it is a flat fee with straight talk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Straight Talk charges tax. It was $49.37 after tax for my plan this month. There is no activation fee I believe, but they charge $15 for a sim card and like $15 for shipping.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
Shipping is free.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
They charged me $14.95 for "freight"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cabal_:
You can also get the same BYOD plan through Tracfone's other subsidiary, Net10, which has a slew of options for buying refill codes online and has no taxes. SIM card is the same $15 with free (or $5) shipping.

$44.99 - [classified ad] http://www.ebay.com/itm/NET10-30-DAY-MONTHLY-PLAN-UNLIMITED-MINUTES-PIN-/130626664756

$46.50 - http://www.callingmart.com/ + http://www.retailmenot.com/view/callingmart.com

Edit: You can accomplish similar with Straight Talk, if you don't mind putting in fraudulent billing/shipping information.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SkuzFoz:
That's what they advertise, but I paid $5.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xdp:
So what is the consensus on actual HSPA+ data speeds with Straight Talk? I know we are able to see HSPA+ status on our phones but does that necessarily mean we're getting the same speeds as an AT&T HSPA+ device? I have run speed tests side-by-side with an iPhone on AT&T and sometimes the iPhone does come out 1-2 Mbps ahead but it's hard to tell since it varies with each run and the iPhone could be picking up a signal better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Its very very dependent on the area and other factors. The speeds are about in-line with AT&T Postpaid.

You can check this thread some people are posting results: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1676966
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cbutt:
Speeds are definitely equal in my area (Westchester, NY). Last night, my sister's pain in the ass boyfriend was making fun of my gnex because it's so much bigger than his iPhone. He was determined to prove that my "ghetto prepaid" was not at&t & inferior to his postpaid at&t ( along with iOS being superior to android, which is garbage). Well, we did speed tests & opened up web pages side by side: my gnex on straight talk loaded faster & was overall smoother over his iPhone. I averaged 1-2 mbps faster than him on speed tests. This kid could not handle it & eventually conceded. Anyways, I'm trying to say that straight talk at&t in NY is no different than postpaid at&t.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] housry23:
Well as far as I understand you can insure the play store Galaxy Nexus. They let me put it on my account, so I'm assuming it's covered.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
I wish you luck if you need to use it... it is offered to me as well when I signed up yesterday, but you cant actually select the nexus as a phone and it just is listed as a generic device.. Everything I can see says that this is only for tmobile branded devices...

http://www.tmonews.com/2012/06/t-mo...-protection-for-monthly-4g-plans-on-july-1st/

http://www.t-mobile.com/Company/pdf/WP24276B_T-Mobile_All_States_online.pdf

I'm going with ensquared, I have a bad feeling about trying to get a replacement nexus from assurant.. and enqsuared is much cheaper - $60 vs $84 year and $75 vs $130 for the deductible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] timmins77:
I got the $45 Straight Talk (T Mobile) SIM for my new Galaxy Nexus and couldn't be happier. I'm in the Raleigh Durham area, the HSPA speeds are many times faster than I was expecting. 6567kbs down, 1755 up.

I'm going to stick with this arrangement for as long as it stays at this price and speed!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbeez:
My first sim i chose ground and was charged. They gave me a few days of service credit when i contacted their support on Facebook. Next sim i ordered for wife i chose the 3 day FedEx or 2 day, whatever they had advertised and it was free on checkout
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ymshulman:
Hmmm... an idea here. You said yourself that you may switch from att to T-Mobile straight talk at some point. That could be a pain with the carrier numbers. There might be the option of porting your carrier number into google voice, and paying to keep your original google voice number active. The reason this might not work, though, is that I think it would make the carrier number your new main Google voice number, and your original number would only be there to the extent that incoming calls and texts to it would reach you, but you probably wouldn't be able to have it as your number for outgoing stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I know for a fact you can have 2 Google Voice numbers. If you currently have one, you can pay the $20 to port your carrier number, and pay

another

$20 to keep the old one.

I don't wanna do this though. I was hoping to keep my carrier # on the carrier and my GV # as my only one. As I said its not a big deal, my GV # is my primary #, so its not a big loss. Just more of a convenience thing.

----

In talking to some people, I'm hearing that porting

out

of Prepaid T-Mobile is kinda a hassle. I'll call them and see what they say maybe. Worst case scenario I just get a new number with ST. Not a huge deal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrslax:
I know for a fact that it depends on the tower associated with your service.

I tested side by side a post paid t-mobile phone with my prepaid t-mobile service using the speed test app.

Same server location etc..

The post paid phone constantly scored higher than my prepaid. However, when I switched to a different location which was farther then where I was located, I got phenominal speeds pushing 7000 kbps.

Case in point, try other locations for speed test.

I'm sure post paid customers are prioritized for local towers vs prepaid ones.