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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cabal_:
You are correct on all counts. No T-Mobile prepaid plans (including ST) offer condition call forwarding, which is what is needed to go from T-Mobile-based phone number -> GV Voicemail. Even after disabling the T-Mobile voicemail.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frigidazzi:
Looks like I might live in a congested area like sprint is here. In the middle of the night in getting much better data speeds. Sad :(.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
Thanks.

-Sent from a GSM Galaxy Nexus (RAScream/Trinity).-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
Is that AT&T? If it makes you feel better I sometimes see less than 500kbps (ie, 50kB, .05 mb) during the day here in metro DC. Then early on a Saturday mourning I see as high as 5-6 mbps. In Chicago I saw as high as 10. So yeah I think some markets are just ridiculously saturated and get crappy speeds during peak times. Sucks... And I really wish AT&T would try to fix it!

-Sent from a GSM Galaxy Nexus (RAScream/Trinity).-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frigidazzi:
Yeah it's att. I get soo much better coverage with att. My TMobile sim getting 4 to 7mbs constantly. That is when I have a good signal.

I'm not sure what's better. Slow speed everywhere. Or fast speed 70 percent of the time :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] best1923:
AT&T = Better Coverage ......... T-Mobile= Better Speed .... Find away to have both ... Have one for primary use and the other for emergency use ..Don't need much data for second one for emergency use.. Research alot of data plans and make it happen.... Unlock GSM Galaxy Nexus..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] r3a1ist:
Straight talk t mobile northern va. Disregard the wifi tests. I'm lovin it. Trying to upload this screenshot hmm... never mind screenshot only says cancel.

5 mb/s plus all day.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
That's good man. And yea, T-Mobile ST has great speeds, but I had to stick with AT&T ST because of the coverage. I was at LAX the other day, dropping off a friend. Everyone that came along with us was on T-Mobile was on Edge and their internet barely even worked, while I was on H all day with decent internet speeds for browsing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phositadc:
You near DC? How's the coverage?

-Sent from a GSM Galaxy Nexus (RAScream/Trinity).-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
Hi. This might be a little off topic ... I understand this is a ST speed thread in the galaxy nexus forum.

I have a VERIZON LTE galaxy nexus. - reguarly get 20 mbs on their 4g in boston, NJ, and Chicago.

HTC Sensation, tmo $30 plan, reguarly 2 to 3 mbs.

GALAXY S2 - same tmo sim, reguarly 8 mbs.

YEP, just switching from the HTC Sensation to the S2 netted me 2 to 3 times faster speeds.

On specs, the S2 is HSDPA, 42 Mbps

the HTC sensation is HSDPA 14.4 Mbps

AND, the unlocked Gnexus ... GSM / HSPA+ 21

SO, given the numbers in this thread, would we expect to see much faster numbers from the S2 and amaze than the Gnexus?

I'm trying to evaluate a used S2 or amaze VS a new unlocked Gnexus, with speed being a top priority.

Thanks!

ADDITIONAL NOTE - with the TMO plan, you can get HOTSPOT. I THINK with ST, you can NOT get hotspot.

Can those with ST confirm that? Can you tether your computer at all with ST?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iso1600:
Don't have screen shots, but here are some results from ST AT&T and TMO $30/5gb:

ST AT&T on Nexus One (AT&T bands):

Home (south side of Abilene, TX)

~400 ping

~1400kb/s DL

~1000kb/s UL

Work (inside thick brick/metal building, west side of Abilene)

~700 ping

~850kb/s DL

~650kb/s UL

With TMO $30/5gb in my G1, i was getting very mixed signal all over the Abilene area.

Home i barely got EDGE, at work i was pulling HSPA. So much of my daily commute and around the neighborhood i was on EDGE and even GPRS, i decided after a week that TMO in Abilene is a waste of time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crazifyngers:
Just moved back to the east coast. verizon was king in arizona if you wanted coverage. Where i'm at now that isn't so much the case. ATT ST sim screenshot is provided. I did not put in the proxy and don't seem to be hit with the 3mbs cap as long as i leave the proxy off. I would post a comparison with my i515 but i don't get any lte coverage here and only get 150kbs down and 80kbs up on 3g with one bar. As always the best provider could be different where you are from.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
The T-Mo branded SGSII (or III) and Amaze will get noticeably faster speeds than the GNex. The fastest you'll ever hit on the GNex is probably 11mbps with ideal conditions right next to a tower.

Its an unlocked phone. They can't block hotspot no matter the plan you use. You just enable it in settings...

If you're on T-Mobile (proper, not ST T-Mo), they detect browser UAstring and redirect you to hotspot pages when you use lots of data, but that's easily remedied with a UAstring switcher.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frigidazzi:
Anyone in Salem ish Oregon that can compare att speeds with me. I think it might be the side if town I'm on with slowness. Other side gets 3mbs it seems.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
Loving straight talk at&t srrvice. Great reception, consistent data speeds and I am at 2.75gb so far I stream Netflix every night before falling asleep I'm surprised how little data it uses.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kr8w20:
Did you leave the proxy blank?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
Yes I did. If I filled in the proxy I could not watch YouTube videos or stream music or run speed tests
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dan in la:
Faster Speed Tests with Proxy

As most people have found out, the Speed Test app won't work on ST/AT&T if you go through Straight Talk's proxy. But there's a way around that: the speed test located at www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/ookla.htm works with or without the proxy.

For the last week or so, I've been doing speed tests at various locations with and without the proxy field, and in virtually every case, the speed test is substantially faster with the proxy than without.

At my house, the web test typically shows about 7000 kbps with proxy, 5000 kbps without. In other locations, there's almost always a similar gap of 1000 to 2000 kbps in favor of using the proxy.

I have no idea what to make of that. Both the website and the speedtest app are supposed to be powered by Ookla, but when I use the app at home (with no proxy, obviously), it's almost always around 3000 kbps, much slower than the web test. Maybe there's some difference in the way the data is routed? Or maybe the web test is just unreliable. I don't pretend to be an expert at all on this subject.

I've mostly kept the proxy on for the last week, and I haven't noticed much difference in the actual performance of the phone. I've been able to watch Youtube videos, stream audio, and occasionally tether, and for the most part it's been fine. Occasionally, it seems to block me from streaming, but it's not like other people have reported, where they can't stream at all.

Bottom line, I think I'm going to remove the proxy because the connection may be more reliable for streaming and tethering, and because it may make it harder for them to track my data use. But I'd be curious if others get the same speed boost from using the proxy. It seems like it could be worth using the proxy if your connection is generally slow.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gear.h34d.2012:
That's very interesting indeed. I'd like to see some more testing on that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cabal_:
It's faster because the ST proxy compresses it on the way to you, and the speed test data itself is all empty data (00000...), which is very compressible. As noted, you won't see much difference in real world use.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dan in la:
That makes sense. Oh, well. Thought I was on to something there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
See for yourselves. At&t straight talk with no proxy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
I posted this in the prepaid thread already but I'll post it here, too. Here's an update of my usage this month as of yesterday. And I notice that I am getting much faster speeds now. T-Mobile is still faster, though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yakuzza5:
Unlocked cannot do this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
What do you mean?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cbutt:
Anybody in NY (specifically the Bronx & Westchester ) that get good/decent speeds on st at&t? Been using it for a week now & my speeds are pretty abysmal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Acapella75:
So, if you don't put the proxy in, can you still get cut off for too much data usage?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ipfreelytech:
yes
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jlczl:
Yet nobody has surfaced stating they've been kicked off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
You can, but no one has reported it yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobvanjr:
Using an unlocked Note here. I started with ST at the 1st of June. I immediately got speeds of 5-5.5 dl and was thrilled. I have been with sprint for years and was getting tired of 300kbps speeds.

Since then, I wasn't able to do speed tests for some reason. After reading this thread I deleted the proxy and I was able to use SpeedTest. I am getting around 3-3.5 dl speeds. I'll have to try it again later to see if the speed improves. I still love it.

WITH the proxy I was at 1.8 gb in 19 days.

oh, Att sim btw. I don't get mms though for some reason. Oh well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediDru:
I'm on att straight Talk. I just fixed my mms. Find out if your smsc has been erased. Mine is flawless now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I get mms fine on straighttalk att through native message app. Mms will not work with Google Voice though.

sent from my galaxy tab 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
At 5.75gb of data I am now getting throttled at 128kbps. At&t straight talk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cabal_:
Google Voice doesn't support MMS (except with Sprint customers, and then it does a funky email forwarding thing).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rubiconjp:
I'm on ST with at&t SIM and in GV, I do get MMS incomings as emails.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
That sucks dude. But 5.75GB is a lot of data lol. I'm almost at 5GB and haven't been throttled yet. Last month, I hit 6.5GB without being throttled. Really is a YMMV situation with ST.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
Well to be honest I didn't get throttled until I installed and used a tether app so I don't know whether it was the amount of data or the tethering.

I just hope I'm back to full speed after I start a new month.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Why install a tether app when our Gnex have built in tether for wifi, bluetooth, and usb?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
I did not know that. I found that out after installing it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Yea. Just go to settings>more>tethering and portable hotspot
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
Wow, I thought the weren't supposed to throttle and instead just cut you off.

Sent from my butt
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
If I had to guess, I would say they're able to cut you off if you use their proxy. Because the people at Howard Forums that were cut off had the proxy in their APN. Just a guess though, I have nothing solid to back it up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chasmanz28:
I just switched from TM to ST ATT. I just got my number ported and still cant make calls. I changed all the APN to what there supposed to be but still no service, what im i doing wrong thanks?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Give it at least 24 hours
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chasmanz28:
It took about 4 hours for the port to go through and even though i see my number on my account it still might be too early?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Yea, with porting you should always give it at least 24 hours. No one can help you, not even Straight Talk, until you past that time period.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chasmanz28:
Ok thanks, ive been with many carriers and usually when the port goes through you get your sevice soon after.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
I know what you mean. I ported from AT&T to T-Mobile and the port went through within 4 hours. Same with porting from T-Mobile to Simple Mobile. The only long port was when porting to Google Voice. Took almost the entire 24 hours.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chasmanz28:
for ystephe

Whats the best way to reboot this phone just power it down, or take out the battery? Cant find a reboot feature anywhere.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Only option you have on stock rom is to power off and back on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chasmanz28:
Thats what i thought one more question, besides the settings that ST tells you to change in the APN is there any tweaks that make it run better?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Yes, remove the proxy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chasmanz28:
Can i ask what does that do when you remove it?

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No need to explain i just read the entire thread lol :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] godefoy:
Do u have the proxy settings blank?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chasmanz28:
Not yet im waiting until i get service then ill change the proxy setting. I just leave the proxy.mvno.tracfone.com blank nothing else? Also arent you worried that ST will see what users on here are doing with the proxy?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
When I start a speed test it shoots up 3500kbps or more for about one second then it drops to 330kbps and then 128kbps. My new month starts on the 7th and so I should know if I am really being throttled if my speeds return to normal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
After 15 minutes with straight talk I am back up to speeds of 3megs. They tried to blame it on my phone but I was persistent and they finally reset my account.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Good job man! :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chasmanz28:
Thats my problem Also what number do i put in right now its blank? Whenever i try to enter some numbers and hit the update and refresh buttons, it seems to go blank again when i come back to check to make sure there locked in?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
I finally got throttled! I hit more than 5GB. Don't know the exact numbers because I changed roms quite a few times. I was throttled to a crawling 150kbps but for some reason, the upload speeds did not seem to be affected.

Anyways, I called up customer service and told them that my internet has been excruciating slow lately and that it takes forever to load the mobile websites of news articles I read daily. I told the CSR on the other line that I already troubleshooted the phone myself by redoing the APN and rebooting multiple times to no avail. He said he will reprovision my account and told me to reboot my phone as soon as I get off the phone with him. I did just that and loaded up speedtest and I'm happy to say that everything is back to normal.

My service end date is on Independence Day and I would've been out of my mind to have those slow speeds til then.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
Nice. My experience was almost exactly like yours.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
Juat curious, are you both on ST-ATT or ST-TMo?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] r3a1ist:
T mobile was rockin but I'm on ST At&t now, bought a gs III full price and locked to at&t. Still getting about 3 mb download northern va, around Springfield.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shev7chenko:
Yes we are both on at&t straight talk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
Maybe ATT is charging ST for overages? :D Curious if the same thing happens with TMo, or it's really virtually uncapped
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rogerchew:
this may be a bit off topic, but those of you using straight talk did you all come from no contract plans? I'm currently on contract and looking for a way out without paying the 200 tmobile cancellation fee...thoughts?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cbutt:
I'm trying out straight talk for a month. I'm on contract with tmo, thought I was out by august, but apparently my boyfriend renewed our plan last august (with no upgrades, how terrible) so I'm locked in til next august. I'm trying straight talk at&t, I'm loving it. Tmo had better speeds, but I have coverage in places I didn't before, so I'm taking a bigger footprint versus speeds, as I have access to wifi a lot. I plan on starting grad school in September & am looking tk cut my bills as I will be working less. I am thinking I will eat the etf, as my bill will go from $100 to $45.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Why don't you give it a try and let us know :). I'm really loving ST right now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NineONine:
Is there any difference between the ATT sim and the unlocked sim as far as speed, coverage or throttling?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr.Mischief:
No. The sim for unlocked phones runs on AT&T.

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
incorrect. I'm on ATT Straight-Talk and am receiving MMS photos via email just fine. So far, it's only happened once. However I got a 266KB photo of a cat. Subject line was "SMS from XYZ [(123)456-7890]"

and signature on the email said:

--

Sent using SMS-to-email. Reply to this email to text the sender back and save on SMS fees.

https://www.google.com/voice/

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Yep, while this makes ATT's HSPA+ feel somewhat more consistent due to not having to engage the HSPA session, keeping that data session active definitely causes the battery to decrease at a faster rate. Not nearly as bad as LTE does, for example, but certainly a bit quicker than T-Mobile's method of sticking to UMTS until a data session is requested, when it will then jump to HSPA.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frigidazzi:
Don't you also get a copy of every regular sms in your email also? Like there's no way that I have seen to just get the mms
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
LOL.

Yeah, good luck with that. The cancellation fee is so they can recoup the cost of subsidizing your phone. On a positive note, it should be pro-rated.

From the contract you signed:

I waited until my 2 year contract ended about a month ago.

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I disabled getting my SMS in my email. In fact, I disabled all notices from going to my email. The MMS came through regardless.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frigidazzi:
I was on sprint. I kept complaining of service and then they updated there TOS, and I called and told them I don't agree with the new TOS, so they said if I don't like it I have 60 days to leave. So I did :). Sold old phone for 350$ and bought the GN from google for 399.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NineONine:
How long ago was that? What change was it? I'm looking to get out of my contract.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frigidazzi:
I have been off from them for about 2 months now. I would have to go through my email and find out for sure when, but I I would say about 2 months + 60 days. So about 4ish months ago is when they changed and I complained. Basically when I signed up they told me I would only have to pay xx because of the 3 person family plan an company discount. What they changed is the way they bill you. The company discounts only applied to 1 line now where as before it applied to 2 (it used to be listed as family plan which counted as 2 lines then add on other ones). So Basically it upped my bill like 4 or 5 bucks a month. Plus the dumb fees/taxes for some season kept going up like 30 cents every month. So I told them to credit me the 5 bucks every month or I was not going to agree with changes. I was clearly looking to get out anyways, so yes I was nit picking.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NineONine:
Oh ok, yeah I remember that. I wanted to use that but I didn't have a family plan. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neomastermind:
Can someone explain to me the difference regular AT&T prepaid $50 plan vs this $45 ST AT&T plan?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dw3bb10:
Is ST truly unlimited? Then why would ANYONE want postpaid?!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DOHCtor:
Its not. You actually get throttled around 5GB but you can get back to normal speeds by calling them and making them reprovision your account.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dw3bb10:
I typically use 2-3GB a month, im mostly on Wifi. I might have to consider Straight Talk.....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
To get "cheaper" phones. It's still dumb, but not a lot of people were willing to shell out $700 when the GNex first came out
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cabal_:
Tested right now from an ST/ATT SIM and an AT&T line to a Google Voice number, both were dropped with no notice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
yeah no idea why I'm able to get MMS sent to my gvoice number. I've never given out my ST number, so I know i'm not losing my mind.

i'll take it though =)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
Reuthermonkey .... how many times have you gotten an MMS?

1) Could have been only from current sprint customers, OR

2) Only from someone that had an extra program on, the sig in your earlier post talked about SMS to email, so, it might be THE SENDER can send MMS type pictures to other folks google voice number through email.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
ATT customers, mostly. With iPhones. 1 person was a sprint customer.

SMS to email via Google Voice. She certainly doesn't use Google Voice (she's my neighbor, see her every day), and neither do the others.

for reference, the 'from' line in the email was similar to:

11234567890.10987654321.D3zkuDZXrC@txt.voice.google.com

I've edited the above numbers as the numbers before the '.' was my google voice number. The numbers after the '.' was her phone number. The mixed alphanumerics was just that. And then @txt.voice.google.com. I received the MMS to my Google voice email address. The text portion of the MMS is sitting in my Google Voice inbox, but no attachment is shown or indicated as being sent in Gvoice.

As mentioned, she's on an ATT iPhone4S, and certainly doesn't use Google Voice.

I'm on ATT Straight-Talk using Google Voice.

Trust me, not sure if I'm just lucky, or if Google is rolling some stuff out. I don't get a lot of picture messages, so arguably I haven't tested it much. My wife uses Sprint (NS4g in my sig), so testing with her is likely to have questionable results.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lettcco:
I am coming up mid month on my ST ATT and starting to get nervous as I am about to go on vacation and getting cut off during vacation would suck. Thanks you and DOHCtor for keeping us up to date on the 5gb limits and how to fix it!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noneone:
As a last resort, can you always just grab an extra SIM and turn that on? For example, you're using SIM1, $45 a month, and you run out of data and are throttled ... can't you just grab a T-mo $30 sim for a month, or a new ST SIM, and use those? Yes, its more expensive, but, would get you a full reset if you're on vacation or need to use extra data in some month.

Maybe tmo will have better coverage than you're current ATT ST where you're going on vacation. That's part of the beuty of pay as you go and an unlocked nexus, plans start when you want, and you can flip between carriers and plans at will.

GL!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frigidazzi:
I'm on ST ATT for almost a month now. I usually put my phone on edge at home and use WiFi for the slightly better connection. I've been noticing though that my call quality on edge is often very poor and choppy as if late. The same call with 2 bars of hspa instead of 4 of edge sounds much better. Anyone else notice this? Am I crazy?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reuthermonkey:
well, the codec used on UMTS is going to sound better than the half-rate GSM codec ATT uses.