[Nexus 4 General] bmoke:
Finally got my Nexus 4 fully connected with ST AT&T Unlimited plan. This is a start. I hope to help others avoid what I did and did not correctly do.

I am relieved to have gotten this far, after a rough start. In my earlier post above (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36400477&postcount=559) I shared some info about the plug and play environment, we take for granted. There had to be hundreds of posts that I read. Good, bad, or indifferent, they all all had some value. Even the posts immediately above make me grin. My phone seemingly sprang to life, like a Jack-In-The Box between last night and this morning. Why? I dunno. Maybe the dialog that I initiated with ST yesterday, at noon, gave ST an opportunity to help me through the problems. I love Don Henley. He has a verse, "The more I know, the less I understand". I was heart broken when the N4 would not send MMS or access an internet connection, when I first turned it on. Things are better now.

I need to compliment Straight Talk. I did open a Ticket with them, via Facebook (dot com) and the problems were resolved, shortly afterwards. I took some advice from a post above and used Facebook to contact ST. I have a Facebook account, but little actual Facebook experience. So, I went to Straighttalk dot com, then clicked on the Facebook icon, and went directly to the ST Facebook page. Since I have a Facebook account, my computer automatically logged me in to Facebook. Whether that matters, I do not know. I saw people were posting messages, in the ST/Facebook Community Forum. Not knowing something about anything, I created a Community Forum account and user name, although it never came into play. I never posted anything to this Community, about my issue, although others were doing this directly in the forum area. Instead, I went to explore what was in the ST Facebook Help/Support icon. That next page showed a "Submit A Support Ticket" icon. Which I did. I entered my short description of an issue and pressed Enter. I received a prompt gmail confirmation that a Ticket had been created. Took a couple of hours before they responded again and we exchanged some email, where I simply provided them with info about my setup and my applied APN settings. Things were quiet after that, before their next email at 3:27 AM, my time. I was sound asleep, until I got up later this morning. I checked for a ST email and found the 3:27 AM response from ST, with further instructions.

So, here is how the Voodoo magic plays out, for me.

Initial conditions: In the About Phone, Status section of the N4 Settings menu, there are four fields I have been monitoring. These are settings from last night and for first thing this morning. Please note that I just stumbled onto this screen late late Sunday night, after about 48 hours of playing with and thinking about the N4.

Network: HOME

Mobile Network Type: HSPA:10

Service State: In service

Mobile network state: disconnected

My WiFi was always Off. My signal strength bars were always white(grey). They were never blue, Except when I if I had WiFi On, but in this case, WiFi was Off.

On Monday night, I find a post about the Offline Sim APN Database. I get the free version from Play Store. It asked about which of three sim cards might be installed in my N4 and I select Straight Talk ATT. I tried the settings recommended in this APP, without effect or change to the above 4 fields. Also, there were no changes in color of the signal strength bars. With WiFi Off, the bars were still white/grey. I guess I remember trying to send a test MMS to myself last night as well, but my recollection is fogged up. I deleted all my long Messaging test threads, to myself and my wife, when I went to bed last night. So, I have no proof that I did this. But last night, nothing worked.

First thing this morning, I check email. There is a message from ST received at 3:27 AM. It says: pull the battery, reinsert the battery, send a pic message to yourself. Reports the results.

Hmmm. Well, I ask myself, how is this going to work? So, I open a new message, to myself, with a picture, and send it. Viola. It works. Incredible. The status opposite the picture reports "sending", as usual. EXCEPT, and Now, the signal strength status bars turn blue and a small letter "H" appears adjacent to the signal strength icon(s). Remember, moments before this, the signal strength icon was showing all white/grey. Now, it finally shows blue.

So, I check in the About Phone section of the N4 Settings menu, the four fields I have been monitoring. The status has changed, concurrent with the sending of the MMS test message to myself.

Now it displays:

nitial conditions: In the About Phone section of the N4 Settings menu, that I have four fields I monitor. These are settings from last night and for first thing this morning::

Network: HOME

Mobile Network Type: HSPA:10

Service State: In service

Mobile network state: connected

Also, the signal strength icon color is blue. Previously is was white/grey.

I hit the Play Store icon once. No success. I hit the Play Store Icon a second time. Success. I am connected.

At this time, he signal strength icon display is blue (continuosly) and a small letter "H" (capital case) is adjacent to the signal strength bars. That letter "H" is still white/grey.

I reported the success I had and the conditions of the test MMS to ST via email. I did not ask ST and I do not know what ST did or did not do. But my N4 appears to work with ST as advertised. Going forward, I need to find a speed test program to test my system. With mu old Verizon HTC Incredible, I never troubled myself with that info. Most all my data transfers have been via WiFi.

My current working APN, for Straight Talk AT&T sim card, N4 is, and note, this is a single APN configuration, not a dual APN config, with a separate APN for MMS only. A dual APN might have some value. For the present, I am ecstatic I have a working mobile data service.:

name: Straighttalk ATT

FWIW, the name was copied from the Play Store App Offline Sim APN Database. I left that name, whether or not it was important to the mobile data connection coming to life.

The remaining fields were exactly copied from the ST Activation Card leaflet. I wanted to be sure that my APN settings were exactly what ST recommended. These were the baseline for my email communications with the ST customer service.

Here they are:

apn:att.mvno

proxy:proxy.mvno.tracfone.com

port:80

username:Not set

password:Not set

server:Not set

mmsc:http://mmsc.cingular.com

mms proxy:66.209.11.33

mms port:80

mcc:310

mnc:410

authentication type:Not set

apn type:Not set

apn protocol:IPv4

apn roaming protocol:IPv4

apn enable/disable:APN enabled

bearer:Unspecified

Bill M