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[Nexus 4 General] ryan stewart:
The dude called me. He said he couldnt. I called FedEx and something about Straight Talks shipping method wont let me do anything. If I am not at my door when the driver comes by to sign its not delivered, no exceptions.

I called straight talk and some foreign lady just said that was policy. So I disputed the charge with my credit card company and will probably just go to T-mobile today. I dont really want to have to mess with another month with Sprint or dealing with a partial bill.

If they are this stupid about shipping a pointless card then I don't know if I want to trust them with my phone service.
[Nexus 4 General] K0dos:
I had the same problem when they delivered mine last December. The FedEx guy ended up calling me on a Saturday to make sure I was there and delivered it to me then. They only allow signed delivery they can't hold it or leave it.
[Nexus 4 General] sk8ordie0:
That's bs. They did it for me.... sucks when dealing with that.....:banghead:
[Nexus 4 General] kzoodroid:
This is exactly why I have my stuff delivered to me at work.
[Nexus 4 General] ryan stewart:
I wish. I manage an ECM for a big hospital. North Georgia is my office.
[Nexus 4 General] mrk829:
that is weird. the guy had left mine on my porch when i ordered in November. Did not know that they had changed their policy. Good to know when I order fro my wife. The other option might be to order from Walmart's website- not sure if they would have the same requirement or even do ship to store- that might help someone out
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
Is the Sim card the N4 uses a Micro Sim card? And is that the standard?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] zeeebs:
Yeah I had the full size T-Mobile SIM and just walked into a T-Mobile store and they cut it down. Can't speak for everyone but straight talk in my area has been bullet proof. Hit 15Mb/s with it first day with my Nexus. Cannot recommend Straight Talk enough for this phone.
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
Odd, i just called the ATT store in town and they said they couldn't trim down a ST att Sim to the micro Sim size... Not sure if the person didn't understand, or if they can't...
[Nexus 4 General] ryan stewart:
You can get a $2 cutter from Amazon. Its basically a glorified hole punch. I have one but it looks like I might not be using it since ST's ass-hattery cant get me my SIM card in time.
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
What should I search for then? All the ones I can see are for the micro to nano Sim, or standard to nano.
[Nexus 4 General] bozzykid:
Noosy makes a micro sim cutter (I have this model). It is $8 on Amazon. I've used it several times without any issues. Just search for "micro sim cutter".
[Nexus 4 General] ryan stewart:
Did you actually search? When I type in "micro sim cutter" I get a page of results of standard sim to micro sim cutters.
[Nexus 4 General] NYZack:
It's actually very easy to cut the SIM card with a normal scissors. You can find templates (for A4 paper) on line, but you may have to magnify the template when you print it on American letter-sized paper (I magnified to 110%; it's clear when you get it right, because the SIM will perfectly fit the outline). The process doesn't have to be super accurate; it's pretty forgiving.
[Nexus 4 General] Schloot:
I used a borrowed microsim as a template and cut mine down using a box cutter and cleaned it up with a nail file. Get it pretty close with the knife, and then just file the edges until it fits into the holder. Works like a charm.
[Nexus 4 General] Z4nd4r:
I also used another micro SIM as a template for my full sized SIM. Taped it to the full sized and busted out the scissors. Free and easy . . . just like your mom!

I'm sorry; I didn't mean that. I don't even know your mom though I'm sure she's a very nice lady.
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
FedEx left a note at the door and they let me pick it up at the holding facility.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] mrk829:
Yes, it uses a micro sim. Not sure about your question about the standard.
[Nexus 4 General] Lttlwing16:
Does anyone get HSPA+ speed on ST ATT? I've read ST Att allows for it.. I know Att in my area has it, best I get is HSPA speed..
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
I get about 5 to 6mbps down and 1 up. Not too shabby
[Nexus 4 General] 3UR0TR45H:
I would love to get those speeds but the best I can get around here with ATT ST is about 1.5 down. Usually more like 500-800k...really a killer. What does everybody use for APN settings? Do you use the proxy?
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
I live in the middle of nowhere and I get those speeds lol. Are you in the big city or what? I don't use the proxy at all, everything else is normal though
[Nexus 4 General] Lttlwing16:
These are normal HSPA speeds, no? And do you have the horrible latency like I do? Connection times out frequently, even with full bars..

Im thinking HSPA+ (11-15mbps down).... Can't wait till Tmo rolls out LTE in my area bc from what I gather, they use the Band 4 AWS 700/1900(?) for LTE, and coincidentally that is the frequency the N4 modem uses for LTE. Not holding my breath as they don't even have HSPA+ 42mbps in my area yet..
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
I don't have timeout problems. T-Mobile only has EDGE at best in my whole state except for like 1 "city"
[Nexus 4 General] Lttlwing16:
I am in a pretty populous area and may be getting the MVNO backseat, as far as the latency goes..
[Nexus 4 General] SurferNerd6987:
I'm all over the country for work, been down in South Florida now for a few weeks. I'm having no issues with Straight Talk ATT yet. I've been in TN, FL, GA, AL, MS, LA, UT, and MO so far with Straight Talk, and I'm happier than ever. I'm using the 6 month package bought offline, and it's at $38/month.
[Nexus 4 General] GueroLonghorn:
This is a heck of a deal. I bought the universal sim package (only one in the kiosk) for $15 & it includes 3 Sims. Tmobile, At&t, and a universal unlock gsm. Not too shabby :)
[Nexus 4 General] wctom:
caller id block?

I have ST ATT. I know that there is no permanent caller ID block available, but is there a code for CID block on a per-call basis?

Thanks.
[Nexus 4 General] xda6969:
Go to the dialer, settings, additional settings, caller id. You can turn off outgoing caller ID here.
[Nexus 4 General] wctom:
Thanks. Never noticed that setting before.
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
Bad, misinformation. Unless they've changed their policy.

This is correct. They will most likely make you buy a new sim if you need to port after activating. You can NOT port AFTER activating. Getting a replacement for free, good luck...
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
My wife's iphone4 has been getting "access forbidden" lately. She hardly if ever uses data. She was bored and wanted a bubble pop game off the app store. Safari doesn't load google, not even st site. Have to keep rebooting to restore. Stock, not jb..
[Nexus 4 General] one_love_420:
Check the APN settings. Sounds like a proxy not letting you connect.
[Nexus 4 General] mario24601:
Finally got my ST sim to try it out. I have ATT but wanted to give ST T Mobile version a try. I got the reg size sim and cut it down using my ATT as guide. Im in LA (Glendale) area...speed at my house is slower than ATT, with ST I get about 1.5 with ATT about 4 Mbs. Around town I do see some good speed, hits up to 12-16Mbs....which is great! But noticed one thing, my N4 get hot...well warm even when not in use. Something I never see when using my reg ATT sim...can it be that somehow the sim was cut incorrect and connectors dont line up quiet well or causing some sort of 'loop' that generates the heat? The heat is coming from the right back side of phone, they opposite side of the sim...not sure what is located in that area. Any ideas or anyone else experience this?

Either way, not sure about ST (atleast the tmobile one I got) since service is not great at home...I get one bar to none with ST, with ATT I get full bars, maybe I can get the ATT ST sim, will they move the minutes over to that new sim from this current one?
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
Having some issues receiving MMS on my n4. I know I set everything up correct, but maybe I missed something...

Sent from my Nexus 4/Nexus 7

Edit: fixed it
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
Once you use your ST sim and switch to another carrier, would you have to get a new ST sim or would you be able to use it again if you wanted to switch back?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] strongergravity:
If you ported your number over to the other carrier you will need to get a new sim.
[Nexus 4 General] mrk829:
Everything looks ok apart from APN type: You need to at least put mms in there. Mine looks like this(and works really well):

default, admin, supl, mms, hipri.

Some people have had to have two APNs- 1 for calls ,data and another for MMS. For me everything works with just one.
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
Already solved the issue, but thanks!

Sent from my Nexus 4/Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] adrianr514:
so finally got my nexus i cut down my t-mobile sim and was averaging 8 down 2 up and the port finally went throught for the att sim and im only getting 3 down 1 up :/ strange thing i have better signal with att sim over tmo sim
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
AT&T typically has better coverage and building penetration because of the frequency it operates on but I believe has only HSPA+ 21 (which is more than usable) and some markets have HSPA+ 42 on T-Mobile, which is currently the fastest HSPA+ technology.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] adrianr514:
i guess its a catch 22 im on wifi at work and home either way so ill stick with the better coverage of the att sim
[Nexus 4 General] mario24601:
Anyone else experience this?
[Nexus 4 General] hoppermi:
Thanks for this thread. It took me forever to get straight talk att apn working correctly. att.mvno doesn't work at all for me, wap.tracfone is the only apn that gives me data. I couldn't use mms at all either. But setting up a mms apn with the 66.209.11.32 proxy finally worked. Thanks again, loving this.
[Nexus 4 General] adrianr514:
I guess I was one of the lucky ones that everything worked under a single apn with att.mvno
[Nexus 4 General] Basmatek:
I'm thinking about switching to ST AT&T from T-Mobile, to get unconditional forwarding and use Google voice for Visual voice mail. I heard AT&T gives you that option?
[Nexus 4 General] jlear3:
I just got my st Sim today and activated it, getting about 3mb/s down on h+, is that normal?
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
Depends on which sim you got and where you live. I get 15-26mb down in Vegas on T-Mobile's ST sim.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] K0dos:
That is what I usually get with ATT ST. Before I switched I had post paid ATT and got similar speeds. Depends on the location and time you could see more or less. T-Mobile has on average higher speeds on hspa but smaller foot print.
[Nexus 4 General] ketjr81:
If you use AT&T ST that is about normal. If you use T-mobile ST it will be faster, but the signal doesn't goes down if you are in buildings.
[Nexus 4 General] jlear3:
Thanks and yeah I tried tmobile for a day and at work and my house I only get edge speeds, and when I go inside I lose all service at my house. Hopefully I'll have service with att, haven't been home to try yet.
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
Did you check that your APN settings were correct? Also, check out the tMO coverage map for your area to make sure that you can actually get good service in your area.

Sent from my Nexus 7/Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] ketjr81:
Yeah, I live in an apartment and only had edge, and poor call quality with T-mobile inside. With the AT&T I have HSPA+ in the same places.

With real world use I don't see a difference in the speeds either, so AT&T works better for me overall.

But if the signal wasn't an issue for me, I would have just stayed with T-mobile. It's nice to have choices I guess.

---------- Post added at 08:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:00 PM ----------

T-mobile coverage is great here in Seattle, HSPA+ 42 over the whole city, still didn't help me inside. EDGE speed is horrible too... something I found out anytime I was inside.
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
T-Mobile (reportedly) has a higher data throttle threshold. This is my first month with ST so I'll push it to the limits a couple days away from the end of the billing cycle.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] jonathan3579:
I regularly use 3-7gb a month with Straight Talk on the T-Mobile end. I've never been throttled or had my data disconnected so I can't complain.
[Nexus 4 General] Will of fire:
What about net 10 is it the same as straight talk?
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
It is owned by the same company add Straight Talk, Tracfone, but it is a different mvno than ST.

Sent from my Nexus 7/Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Will of fire:
Im thinking of trying my nexus on net10 with a T-Mobile Sim. I had a note2 and got bored.
[Nexus 4 General] adrianr514:
Yup that's the reason I switched to the att sim. Works flawlessly
[Nexus 4 General] com2soft:
'..............:good:
[Nexus 4 General] SnowBeer:
I believe straight talk att gives you conditional call forwarding but not unconditional call forwarding. Tmo ST gives neither.
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
They are essentially the same, straight talk is a further discounted plan sold in partnership with Walmart only.You can buy refills for net10 anywhere that has a gift card mall.
[Nexus 4 General] Will of fire:
Oh OK Iput it on net 10 with T-Mobile and get about 4-7mbps in a good T-Mobile area I got 14 I think
[Nexus 4 General] grayson73:
I'm with Straight Talk T-Mobile and I seem to have roamed to AT&T.
[Nexus 4 General] jrsmooth:
How do you switch from the T-Mobile sim to ATT sim? I am currently on ST T-Mo, have an available ST ATT sim, but want to keep my number instead of activating ST ATT sim anew with a new number. Can I do it online with the "Transfer my Existing Straight Talk Service: You can transfer an existing Straight Talk number to another Straight Talk phone" option? If so, do I lose the remaining of my airtime? Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] jlear3:
Can anyone confirm that tmo will roam to att? Is that just 2g or is it h+?

Nexus 4

ATT Straight Talk $45/mo

running xylon 2.1 4.2.2 faux kernel
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
Yeap, StraightTalk mentions it in their terms and conditions, they have a roaming agreement between AT&T and T-mobile for their subscribers.

Below is section 9 that mentions GSM roaming outside of their network coverage, if you get data, it's because you're still in HOME network coverage, regardless if on att or tmo and covered by the agreement.

9.....

Service on the GSM Network. If your Straight Talk Service is on the GSM network, your Straight Talk Wireless phone may roam when you are outside of the Straight Talk GSM network coverage area. When your Straight Talk GSM phone is roaming, Voice and SMS messaging will continue to be available to you at no additional charge. Mobile Web Services access will not be available while you are roaming outside of the Straight Talk GSM Network coverage area. When your GSM Straight Talk Phone is roaming, an indicator light on your handset may display the word "Roam" or "RM" on the screen while the phone is not in use.

---------- Post added at 06:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:01 PM ----------

Notice on previous poster's attachment, it shows HSPA:10, which is what AT&T idles at.
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
So it's pretty much saying as long as you're in a coverage area for T-Mobile or AT&T then you'll have talk and data coverage?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] jlear3:
Hmm I wonder when we can get a prl to auto roam when possible

Nexus 4

ATT Straight Talk $45/mo

running xylon 2.1 4.2.2 faux kernel
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
I use ST AT&T and when I'm roaming 97.381% of the time I get not data connection.
[Nexus 4 General] AshtonTS:
Did you just make that number up?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Basmatek:
I just called ST to switch from T-mob. to AT&T . My old AT&T SIM card could not be activated (I used it for 3 days back in July), so they gonna send me a (free i think) new card in 2-3 days. I'm happy with T-Mobile but i need conditional call forwarding.
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Lol yes but it's somewhere around there if I had to guess
[Nexus 4 General] ketjr81:
Well even though we knew the ATT accounts never had unlimited data, it will be officially capped at 1.5GB and then throttled at Edge speeds starting March 1st. T-mobile ST will go on as usual.

Do you think they will have to make any price change? Considering I've heard T-mobile users downloading like 5GB a month and no warnings, and now AT&T users are officially capped. To me it makes sense to have a lower price since you are paying for less data, and now the data cap is official.

Here is an article with a statement from Net10 and tracfone
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
Are you talking about ST ATT? Or just ATT?

Sent from my Nexus 7/Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] mrk829:
i have been on ST At&T since November and have been pretty happy with it. I have Wi-fi at home and work - so about 90-95% of the time and have maybe used a 800 mb max in a month and that was while on vacation for a week with limited wi-fi. I am kind of glad that I now know that there is a date/throttling limit instead of that arbitrary number people were throwing out (100mb/day or 2gb/month.) I am sad for some of you that use more than the 1.5 gb in a month and have to either change to T-Mobile- which sucks in my area or cut down on your use.
[Nexus 4 General] ketjr81:
Well I figured since I was posting in the Straight Talk thread people would understand I was talking about Straight Talk..plus I included an article that explains more.
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
Just making sure, as I had not read the article until just now. [rant/]Man, that really sucks. TMo in my area is 2G only. And now I'm paying for unlimited data when I'm not going to get Unlimited? Unbelievable. There isn't even a TMo store in my town... Let alone good coverage... This is bogus. I know I'm saying the obvious, but ATT needs to pull themselves together and stop being greedy. So what if people are leaving the 2 year contracts behind in favor of the prepaid plans on their own network, throttling users on the prepaid networks are only going to push them to other networks, such as TMo. And then they will really be in a bind, because they won't have any customers left except the ones who are still stuck in the 2 year contracts. [/rant]

Sent from my Nexus 4/Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] wareju:
Yep I just get 2g on T-Mobile literally minutes from I-75..
[Nexus 4 General] jlear3:
That's why I switched to att. I only get tmo 2g at my house and at work. It's like going back 3 years.

Nexus 4

ATT Straight Talk $45/mo

running xylon nightlies 4.2.2 franco r83

^(subject to change often)^
[Nexus 4 General] c0LdFire:
Crappy. I just re-activated a Straight Talk AT&T SIM a couple of days ago, too. I was getting sick of getting EDGE/GPRS two miles out of town / indoors on T-Mobile's towers.

Luckily for me, most months I can keep my data usage well under a gig. I'm rarely far from WiFi. I really hope it THROTTLES and doesn't CAP, though. Capping would be unacceptable. If I get throttled for awhile it wouldn't kill me, but if it's capped and I start missing work emails, their SIM is getting flushed down the toilet.
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
Anyone figure out how to access T-Mobile's LTE on Straight Talk yet? :P

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] NYZack:
I know that link says this will be a policy for Straight Talk, but it is interesting that the press release referenced in that link says nothing about Straight Talk, only Net10 (I know they're owned by the same company). Straight Talk's terms and conditions make no mention of this that I can find, and, searching the web, I can't find evidence that this is (yet) being applied to Straight Talk.
[Nexus 4 General] larry_walker:
occasionally i will get an error notification that says "message not downloaded" and it says to tap to try to re-download. the thing is, when i tap the notification it just takes me to create a new text message. i believe it's only happened on AOKP roms (not sure if this matteres) and not every picture message. anyone else on straight talk (ATT SIM) have these types of problems?

Using these APN settings found under the android link. http://www.unlockit.co.nz/mobilesettings/settings.php?id=242
[Nexus 4 General] jlear3:
I'm on St and only use one apn

Nexus 4

Cyanogenmod nightlies

Faux kernel
[Nexus 4 General] larry_walker:
i'll try that. have you had any problems at all with MMS?

also, when i'm not doing anything with the phone, it will just say "H" next to the signal bars, but when i open chrome or anything else that uses data, a second or two later it switched to "H+" and actually starts to send and receive data. is that supposed to happen?
[Nexus 4 General] Danno979:
If AT&T drops them, I'm going to buy an AT&T SIM and use their 3 GB tablet data plan and just use Google Voice. I don't know why I'm not doing that now

How do you go about getting the 3gb tablet data plan from at&t for the nexus 4?
[Nexus 4 General] thanamesjames:
Are the sim cards pretty much hot swappable, or do you have to go on to the site activate them and wait? I live in the suburbs of a city, and would like to use TMobs sometimes in the city, and then ATT when I'm at home, would this be feasible, or should I just live with the ATT sim?
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
I believe they are hot swappable. You would have to cut the Tmo sim as they don't sell a micro sim from Tmo. My personal opinion is it's not worth the trouble. The ATT speeds you get should be more than enough to do whatever you need to do wherever you need to. 3-5mbps down will do everything you throw at your Nexus. Above that it just looks impressive on a Speedtest. Don't get me wrong if Tmo's coverage was better and I could get the sick, nasty speeds like people in Atlanta get(20mb down) I would jump on it! I'll live with ATT speeds because hey 3-5 is better than most home internet connections where I live.
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
You can swap em out when I want just have to call them to make the changes
[Nexus 4 General] tatical:
Sprint is the worst! I had them for about 10 years. I left them because my data started to slow to a crawl (normally 0.3 Mbps in NYC). I switched to ST about 3 months ago and get faster speeds than Sprint's Wi-Max (without killing my battery LoL).
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
Exactly... Like I said I was wowed by a mere 3mbs!! Lol aaahhhhh it feels good to leave the Now Network
[Nexus 4 General] ereinhart:
Same here, had to give up on sprint.
[Nexus 4 General] mario24601:
Here is what I have:

APN

APN Name: atap wap

APN: WAP cingular

MMSC: http[]mmss.Cingular.com

MMS proxy: wireless.Cingular.com

MMS port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

APN type: default,supl,mms,hipri

Seeing about 3-4mbs at home and 6-8 around town (Glendale).
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
Hey thanks alot for posting! I'm going to test a few different ones as soon as mine arrives.

So adding "hipri" makes a noticeable difference? If so its a cool little trick. Thanks for trying! Those speeds aren't too shabby
[Nexus 4 General] mario24601:
Yeah it seemed to make a diff. Been testing all day and consistently get about 500kps - 1mbs more with hipri. Seems like a small bump up but any bump is still good :)
[Nexus 4 General] AshtonTS:
And this is for straight talk, not just regular att, right?
[Nexus 4 General] barondebxl:
I agree. Its funny cause when i hit 5mbps and the web page loads, i think its super duper fast and i cant imagine how LTE is. That's the other thing, people that got used to LTE cant really go back to 5 mbps cause they're used to insane speeds and i can understand that.
[Nexus 4 General] Android802:
Honestly, coming from simple mobile where it got at the most 120kb and virgin mobile with 2-300kb, Id be jumping for joy for anywhere near even 1mbps. But now that im on straight talk (AT&T), i constantly see around 5-6mbps and im happy with that. Im on wifi about 75% of the time so im happy with the speeds I have. Im also in the New England area so there arent that many people.