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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] defconoi:
Yea I still have this issue, tried disabling fast dormancy as well his hsxpa=3 and 5 and it still switches from umts to hspa and hspap with a 5-10 sec delay for apps to connect. Any idea on a fix? This really blows lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dzshopping:
I have experienced very intermittent data connection in the last 7-8 days. I have tried different Roms, with proxy/no proxy...etc, but nothing works. I finally called the ST CSR this morning. The guys said he updated my account to make some changes. You know what? The data speed is capped to 300 KBS now. Yes, it's no more than 300 kbs!! I used got 1.5MB/s in my home, now I only get 279 kbs in the same location. So, guys, please do not call the stupid ST CSR - they know nothing, but might ruin your data service completely.

I am now thinking to switch to TMO $30 plan or just go to AT&T post-paid service since I have a 24% corporate discount.

Oh, it's enough, ST - I got tired of it. It's not worth the time I have spent on it!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
This is att st or tmo st?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dzshopping:
This ST AT&T.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
there have been a lot of negative reports on AT&T st lately. I haven't seen anything negative about tmo though. People seem to report it works the same as post-paid.

-Sent from my HTC One S.-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
I have been in the Baltimore area all week and my AT&T ST is just pathetic. This morning I switched to my T-Mobile SIM 30.00/mo plan as I still have until the 28th left on it. So far today I have no problems with data, and I get in the 6-8 Mb range.

I met one of the Solavei founders here and he already has his new service turned on and it looks really good. I hope to be on this new service next week and I will post my results.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dzshopping:
I believe they have put some throttle restrict with my account since I can connect to the internet all the time now, but with a very slow speed. Downloading speed is about 256kb/s. Too bad, ST!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BennyJr:
Yeah i just left att st it sucked. It took forever to load pages and it hardly gave me 3 down.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
3mbps down? I I would happily live with that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dzshopping:
I just called ST again and another CSR makes some changes to my account. I can get up to 3.3MB/S downloading speed now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] godefoy:
Info for anyone that needs to block numbers and emails to your cellphone. Only if u have att straight talk go to this site and follow directions. Its part of the at&t system. Register first.

mymessages.wireless.att.com
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jlczl:
I just did too. Something is definitely going on with ST. T-Mobile offered me a great deal on a family value plan. I'm paying $97 per month for 5 lines.Mind has 5 GB of data + tethering. Two others have 200 mb per month and the other two just have talk and text. I'm rocking 12mb speeds on a SGS3 to boot!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
I have a 3 month Staight Talk Pin I bought and have not used. If interested PM me and make a offer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
Can you root your phone and do new roms? If so, go read the skyrocket and tmo forums here, the tmo S2 is sort of like a subset of the skyrocket.

The att skyroket and the tmo s2 have exactly the same hardware / radios, except the skyrocket has LTE. SO, the skyrocket can run on TMO (with tmo radio) and will behave exactly like a tmo s2.

TMO S2 can be unlocked, just ask TMO. THEN, TMO S2 works on BOTH ATT HPSA+ and TMO HPSA+, just like the gnexus, but faster.

SO, with an unlocked tmo S2 OR ATT Skyrocket flashed to S2 radio, you can switch att or tmo ST at will. IF you have askyrocket, AND want LTE, you just flash the skyrocket LTE and can then use LTE on ATT.

GL!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BennyJr:
Unlocked gs3?

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3 down right next to the tower. That cant even load youtube vids well
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Logix:
Dudeyour awesomer
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dzshopping:
I still got intermittent connection ATT ST. Really annoying.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BennyJr:
Thats really why i left. It wasn't like this before...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DustyFarts:
I have been trying the 30 day plan..Here is South Florida..man it sucks wind,works one min then I cant get online..what a waste of money..that as far as internet goes..talk time is good. But I payed for both,and they dont give any refunds...rats :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theFiddler:
Are those who are having this problem, using the Straight Talk APN proxy?

I was seeing all kinds of delays until I removed just the proxy URL.

Also has anyone tried contacting support? Maybe if we all let them know, they'll get it fixed... Assuming the proxy thing above doesn't fix it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
So you still get good AT&T service with straight talk? Where are you located?

-Sent from my HTC One S.-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DarkJatrix:
I'm in east tennessee and get 6-9mbs with straight talk att and never have any issues either. Would use T-Mobile but they only offer edge where I live. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DustyFarts:
Are you using the apn setup they gave ??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DarkJatrix:
Yup. Except the APN proxy is blank. All others are exact.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DustyFarts:
Ok..i have to try it.thanks for the reply :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
ok cool so at least some people are still having a good experience on AT&T straight talk.

I was starting to think it sucked for everybody.

-Sent from my HTC One S.-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DarkJatrix:
Sometimes I need to turn airplane mode on and off but I contribute that to the GNex radio. Lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DustyFarts:
Ok..just tried it without the url and it still sucks..speed test ping 355 download 27k..up load never happened ?? :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DarkJatrix:
Call straight talk and tell them your data is really slow. They'll have you then your phone off then they'll restart your data services. That'll bring your 3g back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
So I got throttled at 2.5GB this time instead of 3.5GB. Quick 5 minute call to customer service and I'm golden again. Kind of tired of getting that super slow internet surprise. Well, can't really complain for $45 :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DarkJatrix:
They don't throttle you. Its hard to explain. Sometimes the data messes up and needs to be reset. Quick call to them gets it fixed. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Yea, I been doing that for the past 3 to 4 months. Happens to me every month when I pass 3gb or so. That's why I think I'm getting throttled.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DarkJatrix:
It happens to me probably once every 3 days. Straight talk has verified they don't throttle, they cut you off completely or they don't. But their excuse is when our Sim cards roam on another network we won't notice, data will be slow, and we will have to call them to have them manually switch it over to att network again. That's what the CS rep told me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
I think that's a lie because my bro has AT&T ST like me. In the same area, right next to each other, we get the same amount of signal, and both on H. But he uses less data and is rarely throttled so his speeds were still around 3mbs or faster while mines was at a crawling 150kbps.

But you said that happens to you every 3 days and I'm sure you're not hitting 2 to 3gb every three days so maybe it can be true?

Whatever the reason is, I just hate calling in and making me do those stupid steps of redoing the APN and etc. Sometimes I just make them think I'm doing it but I'm just waiting for them to say "okay, I have reprovisioned your phone. Try restarting it and see if it's still slow." Speeds would usually pick up after the reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DarkJatrix:
See my wife uses more data than me and its never happened to her. :( and their to the point to where they're extending my service date for 2 weeks because of the data situation. :) so that's a plus. Lol

Oh and I use wifi at my house and it still happens depending on where I take my phone. :/

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Stay persistent when it happens. Ask why it happens. Eventually they'll see all the notes on your account and give you compensation. There's probably 30 notes on my account from 30 phone calls. I have noticed a huge drop in data issues by turning my roaming on in my network settings. It hasnt happened in a week since turning my roaming on. Try that and see if it helps you any.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonathan3579:
I don't have issues but I leave roaming on with my phone. Despite all the claims of them having no roaming, I've consistently had 3G in the middle of nowhere when my girlfriend only has G. So... take what you want from it but this has happened on many of the road trips I have taken this past month.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DustyFarts:
Ok..so AT&T has had alot of problems..what are you guys getting on the "T-Mobile" side..please update us folks??? :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BennyJr:
So far i like it, i just cant get signal indoors. That part almost makes me want to switch back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
That's part of T-Mobile running on 1700/2100mhz for HSPA+, and 1900mhz for EDGE. Kinda rough to get indoors.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dzshopping:
Still connection issue.. Just switched back to T-mobile

I still experience very intermittent data connection. Sometimes I can connect, sometimes I just cannot - no matter what APN I use (with or w/out proxy). So, I just kill ST and switch back to T-mobile monthly $30 plan. Actually, I don't make that many calls, so even I make another 150 minutes call , I still pay the same as I was with ST.

BTW, I believe it's ST's problem for connection issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
If you're getting intermittent data or if your connection is grayed out, just toggle airplane mode on and off. Always work for me. For some reason, I only get the grayed out connection when I just get off WiFi, but this doesn't happen all the time. But a good remedy is to just toggle airplane mode on and off. You will see your bars turn blue again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frigidazzi:
I did just this a couple weeks a go. I couldn't deal with the att issues any more. I use grove IP when I'm at home and need to talk for a while. Other wise in like you I rarely talk on the go lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dzl:
has anyone let their account go inacctive for a month or so while using a T-mobile $30 prepaid sim? Wondering if you need to get a new sim for $15 if your account goes inactive for a bit.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
T-Mobile Monthly 4G accounts are still "active" for 60 (maybe 90?) days without payment as long as you don't port your #, which closes the account. And the SIM activation kits aren't $15 on T-Mobile, they're $0.99. You're confusing it with the Straight Talk SIM, which is $15.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frigidazzi:
Mine was in active for two months while I was on st att. Reactivated no problems. Worked right away.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
I'm switching to AT&T Straight Talk by 9/15.

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dzl:
sorry I worded that in a confusing way. I'm currently using a TMO $.99 SIM. I was asking what happens if you let the ST SIM go inactive for a bit while using another SIM. Can you pick up later like the TMO SIM?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dzshopping:
I believe ST will slowly lose its customers if they cannot fix the data connection issue. After I switched back t-mobile $30 plan, I just cannot believe how fast the connection is! When I was with ST, the ping time is also very long.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Pretty sure you can't leave the ST SIM and come back to it. Most of the wording I see in the FAQ and ToS leads me to believe that if your service runs out your SIM and number are dead.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonathan3579:
Well I paid my service 3 days late and they were able to pick back up with little fuss. It wasn't just calling and inputting a code though; I had to actually speak with a rep.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
I was having the same problem. But I already switched now. I do hope they get it fixed for the benefit of everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonathan3579:
Okay so I traded my Galaxy Nexus because of annoying touch screen issues this morning, bought Galaxy S3, and cut my SIM card. I can definitely say I'm more happy now than ever on Straight Talk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
So who did you go with AT&T? Are you on Contract or did you just buy the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonathan3579:
I'm still with the T-Mobile compatible SIM card on Straight Talk and I'm steadily pulling down 14mbps and more. I just traded phones. :D At this rate, contracts are out of the question for the foreseeable future.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DustyFarts:
Jonathan you get unlimited internet...I just got solavei , good stuff unlimited
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
I agree, no more contracts for me either. I heard of some of the guys with the HTC One s getting really fast speeds on Solavei as well. I have only got about 7-10 with my Nexus. But could be my area.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DustyFarts:
Hey there bob..Ken :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Hello Ken good to see you here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonathan3579:
I just upgraded to Jellybean and everything has vastly improved. This is a welcomed change. Next up: Test out CM10.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
In a good area, both the S2 and S3 will be a bit faster than the Nexus. 7-10 is good on the nexus.

Solavei just uses Tmo towers, it shouldn't be any faster on any given phone than ST tmo or tmo directly.

I also didn't think Solavei had unlimted UNCAPPED data, just unlimited data, like the current ST plans, that get capped after some point. (4gb on Solavei? I forget).

The big temptation is going to be the truly uncapped, unlimited plan from Tmo that requires a contract, starting 9/5 ....

GL!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Yes I know, but I will never be tempted by any carrier contracts ever again regardless of their offerings.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonathan3579:
I can tell you that I have not hit a cap or been throttled with ST. It seems to me that it is a total gamble but in my case the reward was certainly worth the risk. I have never seen or heard of Solavei here in Houston so it may or may not ever come to exist.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BennyJr:
Hmm i now have my galaxy nexus up for trade! lulz
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
I just wanted to provide another update on AT&T (post paid) vs T-Mobile ($30 prepaid plan) in the D.C. area.

In suburbs, T-Mobile is 2-3 times faster than AT&T. In downtown D.C., T-Mobile is 5-10x faster. AT&T really slows to a crawl in downtown.

However, coverage-wise, AT&T kills T-Mobile. Even in north Arlington (Orange line) and Crystal City, there are areas that T-Mobile has no signal, while AT&T has full bars.

As much as I love the speed and price of T-Mobile, I'm not sure the coverage sacrifice is worth it for me. If straight talk can get its act together with AT&T and all the data issues, I would give that a try, but there have recently just been too many reports of data issues for me to try it right now.

-Sent from my TMOUS HTC One S.-

-Stock/rooted 2.21 + 1.06s baseband-

-Hboot 1.06-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonathan3579:
I never would have thought I'd get another TouchWiz device but this phone has a quickly growing dev community. (Especially now that there has been a JB leak.)

Edit: And the screen... oh god the screen. :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Try out Solavei for a month or two. with there roaming feature you should get better coverage than the Prepaid T-Mobile.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BennyJr:
How is that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
I like it I was using straight talk AT&T before and like many have mentioned the data problems were just not workable. I have been using Solavei for about 2 weeks and I get better coverage than I did with T-Mobile prepaid. If you have any questions just let me know or PM me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
Yeah I might give it a try to see if the data roaming helps to puff T-Mobile's holes.

-Sent from my TMOUS HTC One S.-

-Stock/rooted 2.21 + 1.06s baseband-

-Hboot 1.06-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gene_Bailey:
I had been under the assumption that the new unlimited data from T-Mobile was also available for non contract as well?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonathan3579:
I don't believe it is. Nothing has been plainly said anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Well the $30 T-Mobile plan is only 100 minutes. And that's 100 minutes exactly: no nights, weekends, or mobile-to-mobile minutes at all. That can be a major sticking point for some people. Unlimited minutes can be worth more than guaranteed 5GB of data for many people.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jup007:
Well, to be completely fair, after you get over 100 minues, you end up paying $0.10/minute, so if you use less then 250 minutes/month, you're still better of with T-mobile then ST. That said, there's something about safety of flat rate unlimited minutes that's hard to beat.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Of course. I personally use the $30 plan for this reason. It's a really good deal even if you end up paying overages on minutes. But there are tons of people who need more than 250 minutes and don't mind staying under ~2GB of data. For them, Straight Talk is a great deal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jblack41510:
Tmobile in Dallas
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rock7632:
ST at&t in Greater Boston, near Worcester.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyz:
Thanks for great post- can you just confirm that if I need to use google voice that T-mobile via straight talk will be problematic since I can't redirect and from what I hear its impossible (hard) to turn off native voice mail by calling the straight talk customer service
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jup007:
For calls coming via google voice number, GV voice mail will still kick in whenever you're not available or don't answer phone. Problematic is if you refuse call, since it goes directly to carrier's mailbox if you have one and GV doesn't even know about it. For calls coming directly to phone's number, you can't use GV at all without redirects, but that's rarely a problem.

On ST, in theory, you don't have to activate voice mail in which case even refused calls should go to GV. However, not activating voicemail is PITA since it then bothers you with voicemail (and statusbar icon on GNEX) saying you have new voicemail which is voicemail asking you to activate voicemail. Go figure.

I was able to get rid of the icon on AT&T ST simply by switching away from ST voicemail to GV in GV app (IIRC) but didn't find way to permanently erase it on T-mobile ST without actually going through activation process. Maybe somebody has more info on this though.

For me, missing redirects and preactivated voicemail definitely add another level of hassle.

Note that using T-mobile prepaid directly is much easier. They don't allow redirect codes either, but they will really, physically, deactivate voicemail just by calling their CS. ST will only offer you new number, they obviously don't know how to turn off their own voicemail.:eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Just want to give a quick update. I've gone over 5gb on my AT&T ST sim and my month is going to be up on the 11th of this month. So far, I have not been throttled or kicked off. My brother has gone way passed the 5gb on his T-Mobile ST sim and has not been throttled or kicked off either. I think if you just leave the proxy line empty, you will be golden, but of course, YMMV.

I recently went on a trip from AZ from CA with my brother and a couple of friends. I notice on those lonely highways, they were either getting Edge to no reception on their T-Mobile sims, but I still maintained H all the way. Gotta give it up for AT&T's coverage, but thumbsdown for capping the speeds to 3mbs on their MVNO's.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cabal_:
I'll be curious to see if you get a call when AT&T rings up the monthly charge to Straight Talk for your account, as opposed to the daily tallies done through a Straight Talk-controlled proxy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
I'll let you know if I do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] glenroebuck:
I have gone from TMO 30 to ST 45 because I wanted a galaxy note and the international version does not have TMO radios - I stream music, hulu, netflix, youtube, use the internet etc all like I did before....speed test is subjective - pick a server that is 3000 miles away from you and run it- see what you get.

so far I am loving ST...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafrad:
Just pulled this down on Straight Talk AT&T.... Not bad!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
I, too, noticed that I been getting faster speeds with AT&T ST lately. I'll post up some screenshots later.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
My friend, who goes to law school in South Carolina, uses AT&T ST. He does the same thing as you. The place he's staying at has no internet connection and he can't have one put it because the owner of the building he's currently staying at doesn't allow it. He told me how he would get kicked off when streaming Netflix or watching YouTube vids. He said all he had to do was call them and he fib to them that he was just streaming music on his phone and they would reactivate his internet for him. I told him to try removing the proxy in APN settings. Ever since he done that, he have never gotten kicked off or throttled and uses over 5gb or more a month. He couldn't stop thanking me. This was about 2 months ago :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lafrad:
In the end... The only time either AT&T or ST are going to care... Is if service actually slows down for people around you (like it wild in a heavily populated area like new york). It really is no skin off their back if no one is complaining... They would lose customers if they chased down people that had no other option on lightly loaded towers
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
I just activated my phone on ST art and I can vouch. If I plug in a proxy it will throttle me and I can't do a speed test however if I leave it blank I get awesome speeds and can actually do speed tests and stream YouTube and Netflix

I believe the proxy is what they use to throttle and cap your service

So far I am loving straight talk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] effluent:
I just activated my new GNex on ST ATT network a few hours ago and I have to say I'm very impressed. Glad I read about the proxy thing, I couldn't test DL speed but just cleared that from the APN settings and I'm good to go. I'm not getting great speeds compared to what some on here are, but compared to the horrid Sprint 3G I'm used to in my area, it's just amazing. I'm getting about 2.5 down and 1.2 up. Very happy with that especially considering there's no LTE or Wimax in my area.

Oh, and the best part is the price! So much cheaper than postpaid! Yee haw!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
Awesome and yes I too was tired of sprint speeds. I couldn't be happier
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I just cleared my proxy too in APN settings. I am also on ST Att. Does anyone know if there are any repercussions for doing this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Shouldn't be any. My friend has been doing this for months and I'm about to hit my 1 month marker in 4 more days.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Its only available as a data package choice for 2-year contract Classic Plans and Value Plans.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BennyJr:
I got an offer to trade for a one s hmmm what do you guys think?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
I've had quite a few recent Android phones, and the One S is one of the best. If unlocked, it supports AT&T and T-Mobile 4G.

Sent from my HTC One S