yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] levchikb:
Hi Guys,

I as most of you have been having issues with ST internet connection stability for about a week now.

For me it's like this - you load a page in browser - it shows an error, saying cannot load - you reload once or twice and it works ... but it's really annoying...

so I did some digging ... forn this: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1759950-straight-talk-APN-settings

There, they talk about proxy.mvno.tracfone.com resolving to 66.209.11.33

Now this is WRONG - I did Ping test, and it actually resolves to 66.209.11.32

so I replaced proxy.mvno.tracfone.com with the IP address it resolves to, and changed Authentication Type to "Pap or Chap"

seems to be working better, ut need to do more testing

Try it and let us know how it goes....

+++

In the other news - I thing AT&T sees how it's loosing customers and bandwidth - decided to screw with us and ST and is causing some sort of "network disruption" :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1batt1:
I'm not sure that I follow you. When I look at my apn settings the IP address you reference is for mms not data service. Are you saying you replaced proxy.mvno.tracfone.com with 66.209.11.32?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hmbuilder:
I have a very peculiar problem. After resetting APN over and over I realized that is simply not the problem. In the end even if I use CM9 "Set to default" apn then my internet AND MMS works perfectly fine!! The problem is that randomly I just can't download the MMS picture. It makes no sense. Data works perfectly fine. Not only that, but if I send myself or if someone else sends me a picture it works perfectly sometimes! But other times it just gives me the "download" button then fails over and over.. I'm starting to come to the conclusion that if it doesn't auto retrieve it the first time then you can never open the message again because it is "expired?" I don't know.. It seems to be like the APN setts are fine its just randomly I can't download the picture if the auto retrieve fails. Any type of guidance would be appreciated ive been working on this literally for hours and it really is getting old. Maybe an app that can download failed auto retrievals? Idk.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DBCOOPER1971:
I just created a 2nd APN following your directions. Seems to be working better.

Sent from my HTC One X
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] divhandyman:
Straight Talk and MMS

I have been experiencing the same issues on 2 Htc inspire phones. I flash a lot of different roms and thought it was a rom issue. I have been using a sim card from a nokia e71 in both phones. and never had a problem until recently. I just spoke to Straight Talk today and they said it was because I need to order sim cards for the phones so i have ordered 2 sims today. I have tryed ever combination of apn settings I could possible find including Straight Talks configuration and no Luck. I will update the status when i try the new sim cards. I wasn't sure if anyone else that has been having this issue has been using a sim from another Straight Talk phone, or did you order a sim from Straight Talk directly?:cool:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1batt1:
I ordered my sim from straight talk and was having issues as well. Didn't seem to have any issues yesterday though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] divhandyman:
Straight Talk sim

I have been using the same sim cards since December and have never had the issue until the last week or so. I cant see where sim card would be the issue but to receive any tech support from Straight Talk I need the correct sims. I really believe its an issue on there side. I have flash 3 different roms and its the same on all. Have flashed the latest radio. Have never had any apn issues until now. Sometimes I can send and receive mms and sometimes i cant. Web wont always connect either.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1batt1:
Others have talked about creating two apns since this issue arose and that it fixed their problem.

I didn't do this as a fix but I did create a second apn from scratch(my first one I just edited the original on the phone) as a way to try different setting combinations. I created a new one exactly as straight talk indicates on their site and I also left APN type and authentication blank. Didn't have time to try different things before work yesterday so I left it at that. Since creating that one I haven't had a bit of trouble with my data service. Haven't tried mms so I don't know if that is functioning properly but I haven't had connection problems since on anything else...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] divhandyman:
Straight Talk Apns

I have already done dual and single apns still same issues:)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmblalock:
Just to add in, I too am struggling to get consistent usable data from Straight Talk / ATT. I am using an unlocked T989 TMobile Galaxy SII.

I just bought an ATT Sim to try to get better coverage than I was with TMobile on ST but the last few days have just been a battle to get stable internet. One minutes I run a speed test and get 6mbit, the next it takes 6 tries to load Facebook. Most of the time I get proxy authentication errors so I removed the proxy setting now the internet just works sometimes and not others. Very annoying. If we cant figure out a fix for this Ill just go back to my Tmobile sim, it got me fast reliable internet, just not quite as good of coverage.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] divhandyman:
Straight Talk

I am not too sure of Straight anymore been battling unstable network issues. I live on eat coast and Have been considering moving over to Frawg through Intelos. They dont use a sim they are cdma and not GSM, but they use Ntelos towers and Sprint towers. Also if need be can roam on Verizon wireless at .25 a minute for emergency calls if needed. Curious has anyone used Frawg or Intelos?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bushmaster78FS:
Here is an interesting development... I flashed CyanogenMod 10 on my Sony Xperia arc S phone and the ROM downloaded some settings by itself. There are 3 APNs that comes with this ROM.

1. ATT

2. ATT LTE

3. StraightTalk ATT

StraightTalk was picked by default. I was about to delete them all and enter the settings from here but then I received a text message from a friend... Lo and behold, it was a MMS message with a pic attached and already downloaded. I saw that my WiFi was on, so I turned off the WiFi and asked my friend to send me more pics... They all arrived including a video snippet.... Then I sent one, a larger pic, and he received it. All amazed I fired up the CM10's browser and went to www.testmy.net Did a smarttest and my download was 3.4 Mbps and upload was 577 Kbps... In Phoenix, AZ...

Here are the settings that came with CM10 ...

Name: StraightTalk ATT

APN: att.mvno

Proxy: Not set

Port: Not set

Username: Not set

Password: Not set

Server: Not set

MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com

MMSC proxy: 66.209.11.33

MMS port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

Authentication Type: Not set

APN type: default,supl,mms

APN protocol: IPv4

APN enable/disable: APN enabled (tick mark checked but grayed out anyways)

Bearer: Unspecified

Does this make any sense now?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1batt1:
Yes I noticed the same thing when I installed helly bean. It seems the proxy portion for APN that straight talk has listed on their sight is the only difference but since I installed helly and used this APN layout on other ROMs I've had zero problems!

But then again long about the time I installed that ROM I noticed the complaints of issues stopped on this thread so maybe straight talk foxed it on their end. .
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deBricker:
The only downside to having those proxies is that it is really hard to get reliable AD blocking on the ROM

Like the last time I used my cappy for straight talk, I had a proxy for the internet (it was the only way I can get reliable internet) and I had. Ads erry-where on some apps.

sent from a Galaxy Class cruiser, NCC-1701
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bushmaster78FS:
Well, went back to Sony's stock Gingerbread (2.3.4) and Jelly Bean's auto settings do not work. I see the connection, but it doesn't pull any data...

Edit: Well I take that back, after APN entry, I rebooted and it worked.

testmy.net reports 2.7 Mbps download.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eelcramit:
Remove the proxy settings!!!

I just got a Samsung Galaxy S3. Just activated AT&T sim. I was having problems with data with setting from the ST website. I saw this post and removed the proxy setting. As soon as, I did that my email notification just started going off. Now the data works like a charm. That proxy has been holding the data connections. Thanks for this post!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikey199:
66.209.11.32 works. Me and two friends have been having data not working. Put that in and bam, works on all 3 devices now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .45ACP:
GREAT !

Thanks :good:

My "Captive" phone and I went from NOTHING in the way of my 3G Network to :

PING 138ms

DOWNLOAD 236kps

UPLOAD 178kps

SGH I897

2.3.5

I877UCKK4

2.6.35.7-I897UCKK4-CL614489

Thank you for the helpful information. This is my first post, and I just registered for this forum. I was stuck only using wi-fi which consumed copious amounts of battery life.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikey199:
This method still works. Did another phone (cappy). I haven't tried without a proxy any diff
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tgblakeman:
Was getting 4g and superfast download until today.. now its E !!!!!

I'm not sure what happened on straight talk, but I was getting superfast downloads... up to 3 or 4 mbps until today here in Los Angeles. Now today it switched to E and i'm getting 50 to 100 kbps down and 100 up. Thats about 20 Kilobytes/sec.. pathetic! I've played around with all the APN settings and can't figure it out. I've been getting fast downloads for about 2 months now, ever since I signed up with the BYOP program. Now i'm worried that they are throttling users. :confused:

update-----------

it was a stupid system app i had on my phone called Toggle 2g/3g... it was messing with my settings and i couldn't get out of 2g mode. I had to download root uninstaller and remove it.. once I did, rebooted, my phone went back into 4g mode. Woohoo! I love Straight Talk
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HyperM3:
Have you kept track of your data usage over the past couple months at all? Have you gotten close to or gone over 2gb? I wouldn't change any settings just yet if they were working for you in the past. Did you call ST at all to see if they were having any issues on their end?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tgblakeman:
back to 4g

-------------------------------

I've been watching my data usage to make sure i don't go over 2gb... but i get offly close every month. I found it it was the Toggle 2g/3g program i had installed. I used root uninstaller to uninstall it and now i'm back to 4g on my samsung captivate glid / ics.. loving the speed and signal quality from ATT
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HyperM3:
DoH! Glad it was something simple and you figured it out quickly.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monho:
I changed the proxy to the numerical version and tested my speeds. 8.7 mbs download 745 kbps upload.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] putzini:
Any chance this APN will work for Net10?

Is there any chance this APN would help my nightmare with Net10 Unlimited? I have a new unlocked ATT Galaxy SII SGH I*-777 and my data is a joke and nobody at net10 seems to be able to figure out the problem. I was pulling down 2-6 MB's in San Francisco and San Mateo for the first 5 days and then it all went downhill. My phone is not rooted and is on stock ICS 4.04.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1batt1:
It wouldn't hurt to try it. Just make sure you write down your current settings in case it doesn't work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aiml3ssCalam1ty:
Under the APN att.mvno leave the proxy field blank, that proxy is used to restrict your data, lots of caps and packet loss. This will solve most data issues on straight talk :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hemanshu025:
Are you sure on that? About proxy filed leaving blank cause I am throttled @ 1.2gb.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aiml3ssCalam1ty:
Yes, when I first started with their service a year ago I filled in the first proxy field under the APN att.mvno - I was having horrible packet loss, and was being throttled at around 300kbps so after a few days I decided to try it without the proxy (hoping it was just something to help control data usage) and I immediately went to 4Mbps. (I also sell phones and noticed that some AT&T phones used the same APN without the proxy, which gave me the incentive to try it out ASAP)

Of course if you do use alot a data, They Will throttle your line regardless, proxy or not; leading up to them eventually ending the customers service. I've been able to dance close to 2GB a month, averaging around 1.5 without getting throttled, but I did receive an automated call warning me of excessive use one month, around 2.5GB.

The Proxy is used though to help limit the amount of data that ST users consume by passing through a server that caps out at a certain threshold, dependent on how many customers are connected at any given time and how much data is being used. *Their actual method may be different, this is just an Educated example*
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] death2verizon:
yep hes correct. i actually still leave the port 80 in the port field, but thats obviously superstition on my part, lol, no proxy...no port.

but i immediately noticed the difference without the tracfone proxy.

also, the 66.209.11.32 is the net10 mmsc proxy, a sister company to straight talk (according to the net10 settings page, anyhow.)

its possible someone fat-fingered the settings info on the straight talk page maybe? either way, im trying .33 and .32 to see if i get a reliable difference.

in any case, everyone should remember that these are leased lines that at&t is letting the various tracfone based companies use and i am positive that att wll lock down the ports they assign for straight talk data on their routers to the absolute LOWEsT priority possible....because they can, so of course they will.

that is most likely reason for the discrepencies in data speeds
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronin_Spartan:
Ok so I've tried all the settings I could find but haven't had any success at all.

This is my phone and config:

Straight Talk

AT&T Unlocked Samsung Captivate I-897

4.1.2 CyanogenMod 10.0.0-captivatemtd

I can get regular calls and texts but no data or mms

I tried the default APN that came with the ROM

I have followed Bushmaster's APN settings

as well as the settings that configured two separate APN's for data and mms

rebooting in between each config and no luck

Previously I had 2.3.5 Gingerbread installed and data worked as well as MMS

any other suggestions to fix this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1batt1:
Just to be sure in settings>data usage is mobile data turned on?

I only ask because I've used nearly every jelly bean ROM out there and the default APN settings they come with work great for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronin_Spartan:
A friend who had the same set up, said that I needed data roaming enabled.

I'm near the border of Canada on the east coast, so service isn't too great but it works.

So that's something to be aware of, if you have configured you APN settings correctly enable data roaming if your in an area where your service isn't that great.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejalnex:
I just tried your suggestion and found that Speedtest now seems to be blocked. I'm brand new to Straight Talk and have been very disappointed with the data speeds I'm getting. I was hoping that the above settings would improve things but not only does data speed seem unchanged but now I can't even confirm my suspicions with a speedtest. In NYC, I'm averaging about 1.0mbps which seems more like a 3G speed than a HSPA+ speed. Very disappointing.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikey199:
You can't get true 4g on straight talk. Highest speed I hit was 7mb down 1mb up. It's kinda like 3g+. Of course they throttle you too.

Sent from my PantechP9070
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipfreak:
Long story short... my home net died not to long ago so I had to use my mobile data (illegal tether) and I forgot to turn off my video podcasts one night. I don't know what my data was at before I did this, but I got a data warning message and since that time I haven't had data. Today is the start of my new month and data didn't come back. I did a reformat via root menu and then though the phone's settings menu. Still not working.. I've done all the ST APN settings I could find and that didn't work. I'm running out of ideas other than ST disabling my data... Ideas? thanks for the help.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ritchea:
From what I've read at Howard Forums, you have to request to get it back (even though ST says it comes back when next cycle begins).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipfreak:
I guess I can try that. I hope they have some sort of decent CS... Thanks

edit: I'm very pleased (still hyperventilating...) to report my Mobile Data came back on it's own. Praise duh lord!

Also, I did "try" calling ST and the first # I tried gave me a busy sound. NOT GOOD. Although... I pretty much assumed I'd be on my own with pre-paid.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vern68:
How do I change the MMS settings on HTC HD2 for Straight Talk

Dear sirs,

I have a T-Mobile HD2 that is unlocked. I am trying to setup this phone to use Straight Talks unlimited plan with an AT&A sim card. I have all original Windows software 6.5. Can any one please guide me through the setup for Straight Talk? I can talk on it fine. I also used data today, but I'm not sure it always works or maybe I changed the wrong settings when trying to fix the MMS problem. I can send regular texts. But I cannot send any picture messages.

Please help me setup my phone if you can. If you think it is best to try to upgrade to android first I will try, but I'm ok with Windows right now. I just need a little help. I am new here.

Thanks, Vern
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rich F:
Thanx---worked on my Straight Talk GS2 ShoStock

Thanx---worked on my Straight Talk GS2 ShoStock
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikey199:
Straight talk updated the APN. No proxy anymore. Just leave proxy server blank.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchjam2:
APN settings for Galaxy Blaze mms

I have a Samsung Galaxy Blaze T769 from T-mobile. I switched to Straight Talk with a ATT sim. The phone is Rooted with XDA ICS stock rom.

I have tried many many APN's , everything works grate but MMS. I receive the message but the picture just hangs. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Is your data enabled?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchjam2:
APN settings for Galaxy Blaze mms

Yes my data is enabled, what happens picture hangs, does not down load

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Then chances are that it's a APN settings (or lack of MMS APN).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchjam2:
APN settings for Galaxy Blaze mms

I have tryed all apn setting I could find, tryed 2 apn's still not working. The only thing I have not tryed is to edit the original default APN with an editor. It seems like I am still some how partly on Tmobile.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Not exactly sure how it works for AT&T but with Rogers, we have the LTE APN and the MMS APN, so 2 different one. The MMS APN can't be selected, it's just there. So my guess (if AT&T works somewhat like my carrier) is that you need to have both APNs.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessolivas:
HTC Titan

I have a AT&T HTC Titan unlocked phone. I have it connected to Straight talk. It does not offer all APN settings and I am unable to get on web or send and recieve pic mail. How can I fix this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikey199:
Maybe root it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayrdod:
I used an app called offline pan settings it will find straight talk att setting as that is also what I use in my Sony. Play any questions pm me
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RICK12158:
apn help!!

how do you get to where you need to go to change the apn settings? i just got an unlocked Galaxy S3 and put a straight talk card in it and don't even know what screen to go to and begin!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
^

Go to Settings/ More settings/ Mobile networks/ Access Point Names and then tap the capacitive menu button to add New APN.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deBricker:
Sorry for the late reply. I don't really monitor this thread a lot because of school and that I'm out on sea deployment a lot. Have you downloaded APN Backup/Restore from the Play Store? That's how I got full access to the APN section when I was on the stock ROM for the Captivate. If not, go download it and apply the settings I used.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twinels:
Not working

What apn settings do you have I tried many and still not working
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
The ones in the OP.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twinels:
Found what works for my AT&T I717 ST APN

:D

name:ST

APN:tfdatta

Proxy:proxy.mvno.com

Port:80

MMSC:http://mms-tf.net

MMS port:80

MCC:310

MNC:410

Everything else left not set

I was told to turn off data roaming but it works with it on
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1batt1:
Depending on when you got the sim card from straight talk the above might not work. They have changed their APN settings recently and if you're like me and have the older sim this new setup doesn't work. If you do a bit of googling you'll find the old settings out there too. Though I believe they are somewhere in this thread.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sigfried01:
Anyone having issues receiving mms with the new sim cards? Straighttalk told me to call samsung and make sure MMS is activated....

I have cyanogenmod 10.1.3.

Sometime about a Network ID code for the new simcard. Sounded like the straighttalk lady didn't know what she was talking about...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robotapocalypse:
Yeah I've been on ST for about 2 weeks and have never gotten MMS to work. SGS2 Cyanogenmod 7.2

---------- Post added at 10:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:46 PM ----------

I take it back. This worked for me. Thanks!

---------- Post added at 10:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:05 PM ----------

Too good to be true. Now I can send MMS, but can't receive? WTH?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sigfried01:
They are sending me a new sim card. I'll have to see if that works.

I put my sim card in a nexus 4 and I am seeing the exact same issue.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottgold:
I am having totally the same issue. I would love to know if a new SIM fixes the issues, keep us posted.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sigfried01:
Popped the new sim card in, activated, and it fixed my MMS issues.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robotapocalypse:
How did you get the new sim card? Did you call customer service? Great to hear!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrianweaver:
For mms, I found that 3rd party apps have their own mms settings and was the cause for not being able to send or receive mms. If using a 3rd party app, go to settings and do a manual setting and input the apn info there. Otherwise try using just the native messaging app