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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
You have lots of reading to do lol. If you're interested in using VOIP with Google Voice, check out this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646755

Remember, Google Voice is

not

a VOIP service natively. By default, it is simply a

call forwarding service

that takes one number and rings many phones/devices. You must use an app which relies on the Google Talk protocols to make VOIP calls. This is often inconsistent and I would personally (don't think many would disagree) not rely on it as my only source of calling, especially on 3G/HSPA. It's at its best on WiFi and even then it's not as reliable as the regular cell network calling system. That's just the state of GV + VOIP right now.

No. With Prepaid, there's no mobile to mobile, nights & weekends, roll-over, or any related promotions for free minutes. When you buy the plan w/ 100 minutes, you get

100 minutes

.

When you want to select this plan, you really need to look closely at your usage and make the choice of whether or not 100 minutes can be appropriate for you. As I said above, VOIP can't replace all your calls. Something to look at is the fact that this plan is only $30 (~$28 w/ no tax filling at CallingMart or other refill sites). Overages are billed at $0.10/min. So if you use any less than 400 minutes a month (100 + 300 overage) then you'll be under $60, which is the next tier of T-Mobile Prepaid plans (unlim minutes + 2GB data). And even at that point, you're getting 5GB of data vs 2GB, which you'd have to bump to the $70 plan to get... which in itself is a pretty awesome deal for big data users if you think about it.

For myself, I hardly use any minutes generally. I can keep it under 100 minutes by using Google Talk to make calls on my computer whenever I can. Whenever my laptop is open, it rings right next to my phone and I pick it up when its convenient. Other than that, I just take and make calls without any anxiety on my phone when I'm away from my computer. I keep money in my account if I go over (you can load as much $$ as you want on the account at any time), as you can't have them send you a bill for overages. When I'm on an important call, the last thing I want is my phone to just shut off.

If you don't think you can stay under 400 mobile network minutes without too much hassle, I don't see how its worth it. How much hassle and work do you want to put into saving just a couple $$? Remember you have Straight Talk as another great option, giving you

unlimited calls and texts

for a $45 plan assuming you can stick around ~2GB and AT&T works for you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BennyJr:
Thanks for that reply sir! Ive been reading this thread for about 2 weeks now but i never saw my question answered.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] generalagony:
Glad I found this thread. I will be porting my tmobile number to gv and reactivating my account with a new number till my contract ends in October then it's goodbye contract life, hello gnexus and prepaid. Just wish I didn't have to wait so long for my contract to end. Oh well I guess that will make my new setup that much better once it happens. Again thanks for the thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zorachus:
My Brother tried the pre- paid T-Mobile plan on his Google Nexus from the Play/Market store, but with that couldn't use Google Voice.

Last two months he's been on Straight Talk and loves it. $45/month can't be beat. Said service in Chicago land area has been great, even driving up to his cottage in Michigan no disconnects or dropped service at all.

As long as you don't stream movies or download huge files everyday, then Straight Talk is fantastic. With tons of texting...emails...unlimited phone calls...and YouTube, he never goes over 2gb a month.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Raftysworld:
Couldn't use Google Voice? I'm using it right now on that plan, so I'm not sure what he means. You just call T-Mobile and have them disable your voicemail service, and only give out your GV number. It works perfectly.

Glad to hear how reliable Straight Talk has been for him though :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zulu657:
I activated my Straight Talk ATT SIM today. When changing my APN settings to the ones with the SIM, I found that I was unable to save the settings until I put a value in the MCC & MNC. Also could not delete the APN Procotol setting. I did leave the Proxy & Port settings blank.

It seems like somewhere in this thread I saw those settings, but was unable to find it with a search. It could have been anywhere as I have been on lots of threads & forums of late.

While setting it up I noticed that my Google Nexus One allows call forwarding but the Galaxy Nexus doesn't. At least I couldn't find it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jazzruby:
Am I reading that right?

You should not be changing, you should be creating/adding a new one.

Call forwarding; you can find these settings in the Phone dialer:

Phone (dial pad) > Menu > Settings

-JR-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zulu657:
When I put the SIM in, a Cingular APN came up. It had different settings than Straight Talk wanted. I changed them & saved them. Thanks to a previous answer it created two APNs that are applied when the proper SIM is in the phone.

I did the activation online. It was Easy Peasey!!!

Also have one of those T-Mobile 99Cent activation kits coming, thanks to another previous post. This thread & forum are really great but I'm spending a bit of money here that I hope to recover one day.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] godefoy:
Left the horrible sprint speeds for straight talk, data 3x as fast and signal inside my job (hospital) I was willing to pay EFT but they saw how slow my speeds were as the horrible phone service and if I returned my phone they will wave the fees.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jazzruby:
T-Mobile Signs Spectrum Agreement With Verizon Wireless

http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/VerizonSpectrumAgreement
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nxxx:
I read and have seen this article but what does this mean exactly? I thought TMobile was building LTE Advanced, which is completely different from normal LTE because it uses different towers and only a software update to actual 4G. This all gets pretty confusing after a while...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Do not modify that APN. Instead, delete it and create a new one meant for Straight Talk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
It's just a spectrum purchase agreement. They're just buying the spectrum to operate in 15 of the top US markets. What technology they deploy on the spectrum is up to them. The fact that Verizon is using LTE and T-Mobile will be launching LTE Advanced is irrelevant. T-Mobile can choose to do whatever they want with it. Remember, they currently run HSPA+ on the AWS (1700/2100mhz) frequencies. They're going to move things around eventually to put LTE on 1700/2100mhz and HSPA+ on 1900mhz.

I think you're confusing this with a roaming or network agreement (letting each other's phones operate on the other's network), which this isn't.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
Like I mentioned earlier in this thread, SIM cards purchased on T-mobile.com will rarely work when trying to activate. I have no clue why this is, but T-mobile really needs to figure it out. Tech support fails to believe their own cards don't work. After fighting with them for a while, they finally will give in and give you a new activation code.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3rdstring:
While my activation code did't work I didn't have to fight with them. They put in a support ticket & my phone was activated @15 min after I called.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tsnstuff:
Ok just wanted to share that I did test my data speed today and it was 7Mbps. Not the 15 I would get with Verizon LTE but certainly very very acceptable. That was outside, inside my workplace I'm getting 1.7Mbps but that's expected, I am like right in the middle of the building.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kaminsky.victor:
Tethering comes built-in with CM9, for free, if you're up for rooting and flashing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nxxx:
And if you don't root then you can use FoxFi.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
That is not normal (unless your phone was dying because you didn't charge it). If it keeps happening, better get a replacement
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tsnstuff:
No, phone had been charging all night. It turned off on me earlier in the morning too. It has not done it at all since though so I'll give it some more time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
You don't need to flash a custom ROM or use an app to get tethering on an unlocked Nexus. Just tether right from the Settings menu.

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http://www.tmonews.com/2012/06/t-mo...ly-1st/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I'm not a big fan of handset insurance, and it's only for T-Mobile branded phones, but it at least shows that T-Mobile is thinking about their prepaid customers and bringing more features to these plans. Always a good thing.

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That's not normal or expected. If it keeps happening I'd seek a return or replacement. Hope you bought it from the Google Play Store.

They do offer the $15 hotspot plan, but I wouldn't pay for it. You can tether natively in the OS without being detected. T-Mobile likes to use your browser's UAstring to determine if you're tethering though, so I'd use Firefox/Safari or a UAstring switcher in Chrome when you're going to tether for a large amount of data.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ndwgs:
Guys, I'm jumping ship on buying a TMo Variant SGS3...

So now i'll have my backup OG Vibrant, GNex GSM UK Version (Not Play version), and a TMo Variant Version SGS3.

Reasons behind it? I wasn't going to buy the S3 since it wasn't a Pentaband. But, since I've read reviews as it pours in because it has been released (such as Anandtech's very well put review, or the Verge review) that this Variant CAN be connected to the AT&T network and not be on a slow edge but the faster Hspa+

I'll just wait til the S3 gets unlocked, and i'll be able to use my Straight Talk AT&T on it.

btw....

Please stop me. Convince me. But based on the reviews, i'll get me a SGS3 by next month, or two.

My setup:

GNex will have the TMo $30/5GB

S3 will have the $45 Straight talk AT&T (might opt in for the $60, with Unlimited International)

Any rebuttle? PLEASE DO!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tsnstuff:
Thank You so much for all the info!

I say "Expected" simply because I always had this happen on my Verizon Nexus so I figured it was a Galaxy Nexus thing. It never happened TOO often. After dealing with so many issues with my ICS Transformer tablet dealing with this was nothing.

I did buy it from the Google Play Store, so if I have to return it, I hope they are not difficult.

Completely separate question if anyone knows the answer, I've tried searching but I keep getting different results. With Google Voice I love the fact that I can text from the phone, works great, but there is one thing I hate, the fact that it will not group together my text messages by contact. It'll group a bunch of them if we had them on the same day but I think the next day it just starts a new log. Does anyone know if there is a way to get it to group by contact? or maybe there is an app to help with this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
You've made up your mind. Choose the device that works for you.

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Its just how it is. The app starts a new thread if there's a long(ish) lag between two texts. Usually several hours (like over night). It just starts a new thread. Really annoying and I'm hoping they fix this and several other little niggles with GV at I/O. For now there is no fix that I'm aware of.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ndwgs:
No rebut? oh maaaannnn lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
If someone tells you something against your initial feelings, you'll never take it completely to heart. In the end, you need to choose what's right for

you

. And I'll keep my Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bozzykid:
Everybody has different needs. I don't people here are that interested in trying to sell you on the GN over another phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nxxx:
How do you use a UA switcher on Chrome?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xdp:
Guys, the Galaxy Nexus price has been dropped to $349 on the Play Store! Go get it!

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=galaxy_nexus_hspa&feature=corpus_selector
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vatsyk:
Guys, is it worth to wait for July 11th - official release of Galaxy Note for t-mobile & put it on $30 prepaid ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Deevious88:
Verizon:

- $270 phone, SGS3 (Blue, 32GB)

- $51.47 per month after tax

- LTE in my area, unlimited data

- One year contract

Straight Talk (AT&T):

- $350 phone, GNex

- $45 per month before tax

- Coverage is "meh" in my area, iffy data cap and speed

- No contract

Looks like you win this time, Verizon. But I'll be done with you in a year.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Chrome on the desktop. I use an extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...hcedjiklpkjnoahfmg?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon

Best Android phone just got $50 cheaper.

Refer to the end of the last page and the top of this page. Choose the device that's right for you. No one can tell you what

you

want.

Definitely not the usual case. Do what's cheaper for you, you're getting a damn good price on Verizon service.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cabal_:
I was paying $92 for the same thing on Verizon, without unlimited voice or text that I get on Straight Talk/Net10.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pwrjam:
I was wondering if the price would fall or not... At this price I may jump on it :cool:

How are you getting that good of price with verizon??? I was paying ~$85-90 for pretty much the same with 450mins and only 250 texts.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thunda_chunky:
This thread is amazing! I feel like a tool for starting a separate one looking for the answers that are right here in front of me.

I'm going to jump on the GNex now that it's $349. My current Sprint plan is getting ridiculous price-wise per month (I'm splitting a 3 line plan with ma and my younger bro). It'd be cheaper for us to leave my line and go prepaid.

Thanks OP.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbeez:
Some Signal boosting options for the desperate

I mentioned some cell boosters. So if the scenario for you is that you love tmobile and its great everywhere but your house, you may want to invest in a signal booster for them. You have several options.

The Cel-Fi is what Tmobile will send you if you are a tmobile postpaid customer and having issues getting signal.

If you aren't a postpaid customer or cant get them to send you one, you can purchase one outright for $525. You need to be able to get at least 1 bar of signal somewhere, you put one part of it at that spot to pickup the signal. The other half of the device goes away from the unit and rebroadcasts the signal down to your phones giving you a full signal in your home. Results may vary.

If you are really hard up and can't get even one bar on your phone, but maybe can at your neighbor's house you may be interested in a wilson booster.

The wilson AWS70 amplifier can be purchased by itself or in a kit. You would need a few antennas and some cabling. The amp only pricing seems to be all over the place, between $200 and $300, choose your reseller comfort level.

The kit is here

You may have luck speaking with a local wilson dealer who may be able to put together a customized system for your needs depending on signal strength and terrain, etc. I'm not sure how the local dealers are on pricing.

If you wanna be a real radio geek, get a small radio tower put up and install a few antennas for several things, you could pimp it out with several cell repeaters and ham/scanner antennas, wifi, etc. Sky's the limit :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Deevious88:
I'm piggy-backing on a friend's family plan. They previously had 3 lines with 700min and unlimited texting so I just added on to their account. I pay them for my line access/data/insurance considering I only use 50min a month (they use 400 total).

Since they didn't have to change their plan to add me there's no extra cost for them, so I just pay for my line.

If I had to get an individual account I'd jump head first into Straight Talk, but considering the cost difference for me is like $5 I think sticking with Verizon and having 4G, unlimited data and full coverage phone insurance is the way to go... At least until my contract/unlimited data is terminated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafester:
Ok so the price drop and jelly bean release finally got me to pull the trigger.

I've had my sims sitting here for like 3 weeks but I kept thinking I would get a gs3 and just stay on sprint for awhile.

Hopefully tmobile will be good enough to convince me to switch over completely but it will be very hard to give up my sero plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tsnstuff:
I just ordered my phone last week and they just lowered the price :( lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Contact them. Already saw a few posts about people being reimbursed the $50.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ind3lible:
I am on sprint right now and have been for over 10 years. I really want an unlocked Non branded Nexus device. We have 4 lines 3 are smart phones with data. Total we pay after taxes is 225 and some cents. 1500 mins talk mobile to mobile is free(unlimited) and nights and weekends are free(unlimited). Unlimited text on all 4 lines and unlimited data too of course. I don't know what the best option is for me. I am just sick of the fragmentation on android.. only 1 of my lines is out of the contract so far. Others all will be out by November end next year 2013. Any advice would be appreciated!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mystax:
=) finally did it after a week or so of thinking. my service will end on the 5th of july marking the end of my 2 year contract with sprint.

The galaxy nexus is on its way and ill be with straight talk to try it out. number was ported to google voice and google voice will direct calls to what ever number i get now. Only thing i miss is could of gotten a galaxy s3 xD.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] IgnorantNerd:
One of the best threads I've ever read! Tons of great info! Thank you so much for all your effort with this
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57...d-phone/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

From this morning.

Someone should go through and round up every scrap of info and make a gigantic OP post.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafester:
Family plans are tough since there is no equivalent on prepaid. Straight Talk will get you unlimited minutes for $45 per line which is cheaper then what you are paying now. Best thing in my opinion would be to take the one out of contract line and start testing your options before going all in.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Well family plans are a little less "cut and dry" so to speak. Just rawly, if you look at pulling all 4 lines and moving them to Straight Talk, it'd be $45 x 4 = $180 (+ tax = ~$195). So you'd be saving ~30/month. That's not necessarily the best savings considering you'll be buying 4 unlocked phones from here on out each time you want new devices. You'd have to crunch the numbers a bit more and maybe you'll be able to justify it because of your improvements in service quality too.

Woot! I think you're making the right choice going GV from the start.

Absolutely. You're welcome.

That's a great post. Theres a ton of news lately on Prepaid and I think people are starting to realize that this other option exists, even if they don't understand fully that its the best deal out there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafester:
best price for refill cards seems to be $46 for a $50 card @ expansys (t mobile).

any reason not to buy from them? their other cards are 5% off which is still a better deal then callingmart.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DroidRC1:
Call Google they will refund u $50
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] muyoso:
Wow, I am in the exact same situation. Just ordered a Galaxy nexus and a sim and gonna test out Tmobile before giving up Sero.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Not sure how they do it but CallingMart has been perfect for me. Buy and it auto fills my account. They almost always have specials. My last 2 purchases of $60 for 2 months were 5% off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JohnnyTA:
I apologize if this has already been covered in the thread, but if I port my number to GV, can I get calls and text messages to seamlessly integrate with the standard android dialer and messaging app? I wouldn't want to go through the GV app every time i wanted to text or call someone. If someone that has ported their number can give an overview / some perspective on this issue, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johnp012001:
It's not seamless, but you can make it work pretty well for people you text regularly. Google will assign each person who calls or texts you a random phone number when they text you. When you reply, the text is sent to this random number, which google recognizes came from you, and they send it on to the recepient. Once someone has sent you a text, you can add that number Google assigned to the contact, then use the stock messaging app to text that number. You just need to remember to text their "other" number, not their phone number. Works pretty cool!

For phone calls, if you select use google voice for all calls then the dialer is seamless. Note, you have to have a data connection available, as Google Voice will need to identify the "random" number to call.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vatsyk:
Or you can text right from your gmail inbox from your phone, but you have to text the person first or that person has to text you first as well, once you have an incoming text, that text is also forwarded to your Gmail inbox or whatever mail carrier you have chosen to forward text messages to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gadgetluva:
I just started my 5th month of prepaid service with T-Mobile ($30 5GB plan) and have been extremely happy. Since I started up my service in February, I estimate that I have saved approximately $200 in monthly service fees from my Sprint bill; I'm still a bit behind when you factor in the cost of my Galaxy Nexus ($550), but will easily make up the cost for the phone by the end of the year.

Given my propensity to buy phones every 6-12 months, going prepaid makes the most sense as I'm able to buy any device that I want without completing killing my bank account. Saving $40-50/month means that I can easily pay for the latest and greatest wtih those savings and with a little help from Craigslist. Again, if I didn't make it clear enough, this makes me happy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafester:
ok so I activated with tmobile this afternoon and have only had an edge connection since. is this something that takes some time to get going or should I be calling tmobile to see whats up. (yes I am in a 4g area).

the phone itself seems to be pretty nice. very similar to my sprint gs2 which I like.

I don't notice any 'purple' shading and I'm not going to turn the brightness all the way down to try and find something that isn't a big deal.

one comment on expansys... bought the epin last night and got a shipping email this morning. didn't get my pin until a few minutes after I had to pay tmobile directly so I could get back to work. slightly annoying to have to wait so long but they are cheap if you order in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Mine came on HSPA+ pretty much instantly. I'd be giving them a ring to make sure the line is properly provisioned.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xdp:
US judge grants injunction on Galaxy Nexus

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1741902

This, plus the newly lowered price, means you better buy soon if you're considering this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pwrjam:
I just came here to post that...

Engadget has some info as well about it:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/29/apple-lands-preliminary-ban-against-samsung-galaxy-nexus/

I just grabbed one after reading that. hopefully next week it'll be here :cool: