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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Call 611 from your phone and complain about the slow speeds. Just tell them that webpages take forever to load up. They will reset or reprovision your account and everything will be back to normal for the next 2.5GB to 3GB, then they'll throttle you again. At least they don't shut you off completely.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rock7632:
After getting the pin from Walmart.com how do I apply it to my straighttalk account? After logging in only real option to pay that I see is auto-refill.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
You will need to do this.

STEPS TO ACTIVATE:

Use this Service PIN to Activate your Straight Talk phone or to refill your Account. Go to StraightTalk.com or contact 1-877-430-2355. Keep this PIN until your Account reflects the updated balance.

Just go to Straighttalk.com and click on refill on demand.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
Just ordered the Net10 micro sim with $50 unlimited monthly pin from the seller shopcelldeals on eBay. (Already bought the micro sim adapter for a dollar) I plan to activate a few days before my T-Mobile prepaid service date end so that I can test with both services in several areas. I'm expecting better coverage but lower speeds, but we'll see how it goes.

Anyone else jump on Net10 recently?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colonelcack:
I am considering simple mobile now that they recently lowered prices. However I'm a heavy data user ;I have the 5gb Tmobile Prepaid plan right now and come close to hitting the limit almost every month. If I switched to simple mobile will I get the same 5gb cap? I heard since tracfone bought them it might have been lowered to 2gb...which wouldn't be enough!

Can any heavy data users on simple mobile high speed confirm this? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegreyspot:
I think its important to note, tmobile does not allow for gtalk video/voice calls over 3g
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
My GSM Nexus got here yesterday! It took all of 5 minutes to get it up and running with the T-mobile SIM / $30 plan. As far as the plan goes, I'm loving it so far. I seem to have similar signal to Verizon just about everywhere I go at a third of the price. To top it off, my home was a deadzone for Verizon, 1 bar of 3g at best, and with T-Mobile I get 5 bars of 4G sitting in my living room. I'm thrilled for that!

My play store Nexus, on the other hand, might need a cross shipped warranty replacement or something... I'm going to e-mail Google's support. The screen has a strange purple tint to it, especially at lower brightness, and it's driving me nuts. I can use the phone just fine for now, but sitting it next to my Verizon Nexus the screen quality difference is massively noticeable.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
Just call Google, they'll get you in touch with Samsung who'll ship you a new? phone. You send them your current phone, and they'll take down your CC info and put a hold on your card until the receive your defective one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
Yeah, I was hoping they'd do something like that. I can't ship it off without the new one here -- I have no GSM backup phone to pop the SIM in to, and my VZW Nexus is getting sold to some dude on Craigslist tomorrow afternoon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
with the stock color settings and at low brightness I believe all the gnex phones have a purple tint.

If you flash a kernal with color control it is much better. I use trinity with the stock trinity colors and it is much better than the stock colors and the whites are much better as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
One more thing: I fixated on the warranty part of your post and forgot about the purple part.

It's the "purple issue" everyone's been reporting/not seeing. You have 3 options: 1- completely ignore it if you don't go to that low of a brightness to see it anyway, 2- use a custom kernel/ROM to change you color settings and turn purples back into greys, or 3- call google and have them replace your phone
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] duke2013:
I pulled the trigger and ordered the galaxy gsm nexus from the google play store on Tuesday. I am located in California and will be leaving on a trip next Tuesday, will the phone arrive on time? Fingers crossed...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
I'm running Trinity kernel now with the stock color settings plus he contrast reduced, but I don't see much of a difference :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johnpookie:
QUESTION

I chatted with TMOBILE. Had them turn off my voicemail, as you instructed. When I try to activate GVV, my Nexus says: "call forwarding connection problem or invalid MMI work."

Any thoughts / tricks? thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] moltenbobcat:
My understanding is that turning off the VM will allow calls to go through to the GV voicemail only if the number called was the GV number. The setting for voicemail forwarding on the phone only applies if you are calling the tmobile number. The ideal situation would be that no one knows what your actual tmobile number is. All incoming calls are forwarded to your tmobile number all outgoing calls are made thorough google voice masking your tmobile number or though a SIP or VOIP app of some kind. In either case your tmobile number is hidden. Hope that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rafa3L:
Purple tint thread is here..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1520566

Tapatalk'n on the Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
use the trinity app to change the color settings. I use franco, so I don't know how trinity does it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rock7632:
T-Mobile does allow it. At&t does not, for that you can use this app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.innodroid.gtalkenabler&hl=en
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbeez:
Att has a bit of a congestion problem on 3g ime. You trade better coverage on att for better speeds on tmo where you get 3g. That said im on st att right now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegreyspot:
Well i don't know about At&t, but t-mobile definitely does not let me do gtalk calling. I have their service right now.

thanks for that awesome link, Ill definitely try it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Are you talking about voice/video chat from within the GTalk application, or about VoIP solutions which use the GTalk interface (like GrooveIP)? The latter certainly does work, I've used it with success several times while on the go.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cpufreak3:
I'm planning on trying the $30 T-mobile prepaid plan and debating on porting my number to GV or TMo.

What is the disadvantage of using google voice? The one thing I'm worried about is when people text my GV number, I sometimes don't receive it on my tablet (wi-fi) for up to 10 minutes.

Will I run into the same issue on my phone? Or is the GV integration for devices with cellular antennas different?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] carstairs:
Don't port to T-Mo, it'll make it more difficult and expensive to switch carriers when we want it to be as easy as possible. I haven't noticed any speed delays with it. I wish I could place calls from within the app (someone please tell me I'm wrong and that this is possible) but it works and has a nifty web UI. I don't bother with the VOIP except on my computer, though maybe I'll add WiFi calling to my phone. I'm young, 100 minutes could be unlimited for all I care.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
You don't place calls from within the app; you configure the GV app to handle all outgoing calls. In Google Voice, Menu > Settings > General: Making calls > Use Google Voice to make all calls. Then just place calls through the stock dialer as you normally would.

As for disadvantages on Google Voice, the lack of support for MMS may be a big one (depending upon how reliant you are on an archaic media messaging protocol, while email would serve the purpose much better). Otherwise, yes, there may be a slight delay on receiving messages but it generally shouldn't be enough to make a real impact.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ogp:
So I've been using Sipdroid and pbxes.org for a while now without issues.

But recently, I've been getting voicemail notifications without incoming notifications (ringing). I tested this by calling my number and it rang a few times (but not on my cell) and went to Google Voice. I made an outgoing call on Sipdroid and it worked fine. I then call my number again and it rang through. Is there some sort of inactivity setting on pbxes? I did get the notice about filling in my personal data but promptly did so and there doesn't seem to be anything odd going on with my account.....

Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
I had that issue with Sipdroid as well. I had lined it up with having a poor WiFi signal in my bedroom - if I had good signal out in the living room, it seemed to work fine. Are you connected okay? Have you tried the high performance WiFi widget out yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
There've been some recent posts in the thread in my signature with folks having similar issues with PBXes.org lately. I'm using the setup as well but I haven't had any problems (for whatever reason).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] carstairs:
I know, it just seems clunky that I can text, view voicemail, and look at my call log from the app, yet I need to use the dialer to place calls. Especially when it's possible in the tablet app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peters4n6:
Can anyone recommend an app that will "automatically" switch phone from cell data to wifi when our home wifi network is in range? I'm just having nightmares (not literally) thinking about my daughter streaming Pandora and watching Youtube in her room while on cell data when wifi is available.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s9ortner:
AutoAP in the play store.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
You shouldn't need an app to do that. As long as wifi is enabled (really, just leave it on all the time - standby drain isn't *that* much), it will automatically connect and use Wifi rather than cellular data.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peters4n6:
Wouldn't that app turn off cell for phone calls at the same time though? I guess what I want to preserve is the ability to send and receive cell phone calls, but use wifi for data when on home wifi
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cpufreak3:
Is there any way to make calls through wi-fi and have it show my phone's actual number?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
http://shine.yahoo.com/financially-fit/7-tricks-slash-cell-phone-bill-1-000-205800716.html
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s9ortner:
You are correct. Codesplice is correct, just leave the wifi radio on and it will connect to any remembered network when in range.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Some SIP clients and/or services let you specify a number to be displayed on the receiving end's caller ID.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cpufreak3:
Interesting, thanks. I'll have to look into this. Do you know the names of any of the services/clients that do this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JCreazy:
Has anyone tethered using the 100 min 5GB tmobile plan? Was thinking about getting rid of my home internet to save some money.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
I've tethered lightly, I'm not sure I'd want to rely upon it full-time but yeah, it does work. Keep in mind T-Mobile "detects" tethering based on browser User Agents. If you use Chrome or another desktop browser while tethered they may pop up a warning telling you to pay for the tethering package. You can get around that with a variety of plugins/extensions/add-ons to fake your User Agent.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
I tether occasionally, and they catch me after 15-30 minutes. Last week, I managed to play Call of Duty multiplayer for an hour before they caught me.

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JCreazy:
Well I don't plan on doing anything heavy like that with it, most likely just tethering to a tablet. I have a Samsung Tab 10.1 but am wanting to sell it and get the Nexus 7.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Tethering another mobile device shouldn't be an issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chalk:
My wife and I have been having some issues with slow/no data all of a sudden on Straight Talk. No idea what happened, but it's only been going on the past week or two.

Using the APN ST provided. I'll be giving them a ring to see what's up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scoobdude:
My stepfather sent me this...not totally about prepaid, but its in there and has some other tips some people might not be aware of. Prepaid is still the cheapest though :D

http://shine.yahoo.com/financially-fit/7-tricks-slash-cell-phone-bill-1-000-205800716.html
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BennyJr:
Idk guys im thinking about going back to an LTE carrier like att. I cant take the 2-5mbps speeds and that's usually the best i get right near a tower. Maybe the tmobile monthly plan is better?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ttabbal:
I love that people ***** about 2+Mbps, on a cell phone....

What are you doing that you need so much more than that? Sure, more is better, but damn...

The highest I got on tmo monthly was 11 Mbps. At least that I noticed anyway. I don't sit around and run speed tests all day.. :D As more people get lte phones, those networks will bog down too, just saying... Browsing is plenty fast, even YouTube and such work fine. And tmo has been upgrading speeds along with setting up for lte..

FWIW, I don't notice a significant speed difference on pre paid..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] muyoso:
Apparently Sprint is going to be selling their LTE to prepaid carriers. Pretty interested in that depending on how they roll it out. If they pull another Wimax then I wont even consider, and it would take a damn good plan and a damn good phone to draw me back to a CDMA carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
JCreazy, I tether all the time. If you're looking to replace home service, as another poster mentioned, there are ways to spoof your app, use FoxFi with proxy server, etc.. Of course, you can always pay the $15 a month hotspot service fee, it's still a lot cheaper than a $50 a month DSL bill ....

BennyJr - 5mbs should be plenty fine to stream video, unless you're tethering. My home DSL used to be 6mbs down ... Verizon LTE 20 MBS down, but, WAY more expensive, Tmo $30 5GB data, I reguarly get 10MBS, rarely get less than 3, using an S2 which can be faster than the nexus sometimes.

Are you on ATT? If so, flip to TMO, in the north east coast and in Chicago, Tmo speeds have been twice the speed of ATT pretty regularly.

GL!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JCreazy:
I may switch to the tmobile plan, where I live now I get almost no service but a mile or 2 down the road i get full service with pretty decent data speeds on tmobile (better than AT&T.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BennyJr:
Well I wasn't *****ing its a real fact. Tried watching a 30 second YouTube video at dinner last night and it took 5 min to load. That's unacceptable

I'm hoping the next nexus has a radio like the gs3 that can support letter and hspa

Thanks for the info!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stevexda:
Not all the Gnex phone screens are purple at low brightness. Mine is not. The first two I ordered for my wife were. The third one still was more purple than mine but very mild - the purple was mild enough few people would notice. Samsung service was fine to deal with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Straight talk might be a little slower but I find the coverage to be better than T-Mobile in my area. Yes on T-Mobile I can get 3-7 down and in some areas I have visited like the DC area I have got 7-9 down. Even though my AT&T is suffering some slow downs the past 2 weeks I still get 1-3 and I don't have to worry about coverage issues.

I had T-Mobile for 4 months and just switched back to Straight talk At&T last month. On vacation driving across the country there were too many places were T-Mobile just had no service.

In the end this is the beauty of Prepaid GSM, we can switch whenever we want.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
The network must have been having issues. 2mb-5mb down is more than fast enough to quickly load a YouTube video.

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
LOL there's no way you'll keep under 5GB as a home internet connection, and you're not going to want to live on EDGE for long after 5GB. Even the lightest internet users probably use 15-20GB a month. I use about 150GB.

Just buy Cable or DSL (or even Clear WiMax). Save yourself the hassle.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cpufreak3:
When you use the google voice app, does it allow you to choose which number (phone vs GV) to show when you text?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
And the horrible latency
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
I've played Call of Duty online multiplayer over my tethered One S on T-Mobile 4G. No latency or ping issues what so ever.

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] marquel1:
T Mobile Flex Play

Me personally i have tmo i think it is the best provider for smart phone prepaid with still getting the option to have a monthly bill, i think the perks of tmo is the internet 5GB for 70 bucks or 2BG FOR 60 is a pretty sweet deal bc there 4G is really nice... ATT currently is 75 monthly for 1GB!!!! of internet talk about rip off simple mobile start you off with 3G internet and the same tmo limits apply i actually got my internet suspended for abuse under simple mobile. I cant vouch for all providers but tmo is legit!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChazzMatt:
I did this

In July, I jumped from MetroPCS, bought 2 Galaxy Nexus "international" GSM phones for me and my wife -- and went to Straight Talk. Using ST "AT&T" sims. Since it's a pentaband phone, can also be used on ST's "T-Mobile" towers at HSPA+ speeds when the AT&T isn't available. Amazing. Using two high speed carrier networks on a pre-paid price.

Getting same or faster HSPA+ speeds as I got on Metro's wimpy LTE, and a slightly cheaper price (less than $50 per month, factoring in taxes) -- plus extensive nationwide coverage.

Just finished first month with Straight Talk on both phones and I have no complaints.

Told one guy about this, and he's done the same thing for his mom -- ordered her a Galaxy Nexus and Straight Talk sim! :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stomicron:
I hadn't seen this mentioned before. Are you saying that with the same Straight Talk "AT&T" SIM you can roam onto T-mobile's network? Is there any way to force roam onto one or the other?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Latency is the least of your troubles. A solid HSPA+ connection on T-Mobile gives me latencies in the 90-100ms range. I've had no problem doing anything tethered that I'd normally do with a home connection, including gaming.

Same.

Actually we're about 99% sure this isn't true. When you select a SIM, you either get one that connects you to AT&T's data network, or T-Mobile's. Just because the phone is capable of handling HSPA+ on both networks' frequencies doesn't mean that Straight Talk provides that. This is pretty clearly evidenced by people ordering a ST AT&T SIM and getting certain speeds, then getting a ST T-Mobile SIM and getting noticeably faster speeds. This wouldn't be the case if one SIM had access to both networks, not to mention that they wouldn't be selling two different SIMs.

What we are pretty sure of, however, is that you get some access to both voice networks for better voice coverage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
New Prepaid option

Some of you may have heard but there is a new provider starting up next month called Solavei. They have a good deal at 49.00/month Unlimited talk text and web, and of course no contract. They are operating on T-Mobiles network and have some better arrangements with them compared to other MVNO's.

This provider unlike some we are used too, includes roaming at no additional charge.

The best part is they are offering referral bonuses to those who help spread the word which can reduce you cost even further.

You can preregister now.

http://49dollar-cell.com
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrgrim800:
I hope they are legit tmobile prepaid doesn't even offer call forwarding nor does any of their MVNOs. But these guys have tmobiles network with call forwarding.

Only time will tell.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Alex8288:
They also do roaming. 4Gb of 4g speed. You cab actually make money off this service if you refer enough people.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
Yes and no ...

I'm using about 7.5GB a month, tmo $30 plan. I know, because I renew when I hit 5gb :) SO I do use more than 5GB ....

This is my main internet, no home internet or anything else. I play WOW 2 to 4 hours most nights, more on weekends, lots of times on forums, download a "few" MP3s a month, watch "some" utube videos, usually at 720P.

THIS month I did go to a friends with my notebook to download the whole "mop new expansion" patch for WOW that was many many GBs.

NO, I'm not downloading movies or using this internet for TV, but, I probably am online more than most folks in the USA who aren't using it for TV. :)

I'd recommend anyone thinking of going that route to monitor how much internet they use for a month or two, then see if you can live "under the limit".

I used to do verizon unlimited wireless 4g, but don't get recption here now, I've been TMO internet only for 4 months now, almost 2 years now with no landline internet.

YMMV, of course.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
There will be call forwarding included. Other features will also be available on or post launch like international calling, WiFi calling etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Yes absolutely. I shouldn't say that its absolutely not an option... but only people on the extreme fringe of usage could get by with that little data.

Monitor your usage on your current home internet AND phone. Remember that if you use 2GB/mo on your phone monthly you're now cutting into your home usage too. Not to mention that you cant offload any usage onto home WiFi... because that's also now your mobile usage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
Looks shady to me.. web domain was also just registered today and is listed as anonymous.. I'm not putting in my contact info..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0LdFire:
Yeah, that's a scam.

Their website was hastily put together in a matter of minutes with a free template (view the page source):

Design by Free CSS Templates

http://www.freecsstemplates.org

Released for free under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License

And they aren't even using proper META tags nor a title tag. This is nothing more then an attempt to grab information to sell to spammers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Good call! Well done.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] urinsane:
It does appear that the Solavei service is legit... but that website is probably one of their marketing "affiliates". Their real site appears to be solavei.com but has very little into right now.

Google says the company just raised a bunch of venture capital; it appears to be a multi level marketing prepaid service.

I actually saw a job posting for them on craigslist recently. They definitely are making some bold claims as to their goals and features, so it will be interesting to see how it pans out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stomicron:
As if MLM isn't slimy enough, you're trying to jump the gun on everyone else by directly collecting potential customers' contact info? Disgusting. Please delete this post.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Man you guys are way to aggressive and paranoid. I was just sharing what I found. I mean that is the point of this thread right?

Who gives a *h*t if it is a MLM or not, I mean I'm looking at the service they are offering. There is no other PP carrier with as good of deal as this right now. They have the addition of Roaming, 4 Gb data before throttle, call forwarding, and other additional features for a fee such as international calling, WiFi calling etc.

All they are asking for is your name and email to send information.

I for one like what they have to offer and I'm registered to try the service out as my straight talk is up about 8-24 anyway. I mean what do you have to loose if you don't like it you can always change. It is up to you if you want to do the referral part but not required.

In the end if I like it and just put my own family on the plan I save 20.00 a month which means I'm only paying 29.00 a month.