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[Nexus 4 General] strobex:
I finally got Straight Talk AT&T sim... i can make phone calls fine.. but I can NOT get internet access.. I filled out everything.. FIELD	SETTINGS

NAME	straight talk

APN	att.mvno

PROXY	proxy.mvno.tracfone.com

PORT	80

MMSC	http://mmsc.cingular.com

MMS PROXY	66.209.11.33

MMS PORT	80

am i missing something?
[Nexus 4 General] ackliph:
Straight Talk has great AT&T service here in AR because AT&T owns AR.

BUT they will close your account if you tell them you watched videos. My account was closed with no warning. And they are not nice or apologetic. I was lucky to port my number to T-Mobile the next day after they canceled my account.

I hadn't even gone over 2 gigs or 100mb that day. They don't throttle. But they will close accounts.
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
anyone in the Milwaukee area on ST At&t? im thinking about switching over from T-Mobile but I wanna know how the data speeds are in my area first
[Nexus 4 General] wildwal:
i had the same problem, delete the proxy and it should be all good
[Nexus 4 General] rgface17:
straight talk att works great around nc. just take the proxy out like people say and it should be fine. proxy limits streaming type apps i believe.
[Nexus 4 General] joey3002:
Could you buy more than 1 month at a time and add the pins to your account? I have 3 lines and trying to remember every month will be a bit of a pain.

thanks
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Yeah I never said it was random. I usually use around a gig a month so I'm not a terribly heavy user..
[Nexus 4 General] mrk829:
since ST has a reserve, everytime you add a pin, it should extend your service by 30 days so you should be able. On the crazygametime.com website though, I was only able to add one to cart at a time with no way of updating the quantity, it also looks like they do not sell the 90 or 180 day cards/pin. so you will have to checkout one at a time- is that worth the time to savings ratio? that is up to you to decide.

the only issue i have had with them is that i could not checkout with my citi credit card, the number just comes up as invalid for some reason, but i can generate a virtual number on the same card and that goes through every time.

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yeh, it does suck that if you forget or not pay attention at a background app- it could end up in being throttled-shady TOS to blame- the things we to do save money...lol
[Nexus 4 General] joey3002:
Thanks, just bought 3 pins.. saved over 25. I did add a calendar reminder to renew every month but I'm good now till June.

Using that site will save me about 300 a year. Quite nice considering I was paying about 200 a month with Sprint, now I'm at about 124 for 3 lines.
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
I bought my first off crazy for the pin to activate. Then I bought 3 months on ebay for $110, then took a risk on ebay classifieds for another 3 months for $99. So far all came through adding what I paid for within a few hours. Just be weary of their score and read feedback. YMMV

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[Nexus 4 General] logic0verflow:
Has anyone been having issues with a high ping for StraightTalk AT&T? The past month my down is usually 3-6Mbps but my ping has been 200ms and higher, sometimes reaching 800. I thought it may have been them throttling me but I haven't used more than 1GB each month since I got my Nexus 4 and the month has already restarted.
[Nexus 4 General] Mdubvr6:
nexus

nexus is nice
[Nexus 4 General] joey3002:
I may take a gamble... couldn't you just do a chargeback if it didn't work?
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Are you kidding me?? Straight talk throttled me after less than 200MB of data use. I'm like 2.5 weeks into my monthly cycle
[Nexus 4 General] sk8ordie0:
Are you a registered sex offender? Lol. ;) I think they may randomly do that on any Sim. The ones using the old flip phones and such wouldn't know the difference. Def has its up and downs. I've been pretty happy overall. I mostly have WiFi though. (Home and work)
[Nexus 4 General] kzoodroid:
They have somewhere from a 50-100 MB daily limit so its pretty easy to get throttled.
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
In previous months I've used upwards of 1GB and not been throttled. This month I'm over half way through and used less than 200MB. There's something not right going on here.

^^look at my response to sk8
[Nexus 4 General] FSRBIKER:
It's the random nature of throttling that sucks. I've learned to keep my mobile data in check and download podcasts/roms via wifi but things like using Google maps for a trip will push you towards the throttle threshold.

Might switch to Net10 so I know I have 1.5gb to use whenever I want. Same parent company, anyone ever use Net10 and notice any difference in speed or coverage?

I highly recommend the app MyDataManager in the Play store, in settings you can set useage alarms, track useage daily/hourly/monthly/plan, etc.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] mrk829:
wow, that f*ing crazy. did you try to contact to figure out why?
[Nexus 4 General] GETCASHMONEY:
Any reason why you choose straight talk over solavei? Seems annoying to never know when you will get throttled.
[Nexus 4 General] FSRBIKER:
Solavei doesn't offer At&t service do they?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] GETCASHMONEY:
No, I guess if T Mobile is terrible in your area then Straight talk att would be good. Other than that though it doesn't seem great. Plus solavei comes with free tethering.

Sent from my Nexus 4 on Solavei network!
[Nexus 4 General] NYZack:
From Solavei support ( https://support.solavei.com/docs/DOC-1256 ):

"Mobile Broadband and Tethering

Mobile Broadband and tethering service are not supported by Solavei. In the event that members do, Solavei reserves the right to cancel the service of those Members."
[Nexus 4 General] GETCASHMONEY:
Ok, well no one I know has ever been contacted. It seems as long as you stay under your 4gb of 4g data you are good.

Sent from my Nexus 4 on Solavei network!
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Its stupid as sh*t.. I haven't had time to call them yet
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
Does Net10 still throttle now that they have a data cap?
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
Nope, at 1.5gb you just have no more data access.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
Thanks! I was on Red Pocket, but I only used 1GB last month, so it was kind of a waste to be on the 2GB plan. I switched to NEt10 yesterday.
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
I have received quite a few calls from straight talk threatened to shut off my service!
[Nexus 4 General] GETCASHMONEY:
I know straight talk actively pursues people who tether. I was talking about solavei. They do not.
[Nexus 4 General] jimmy2823:
can anybody tell me how to deactivate the carrier voicemail to use google voice.
[Nexus 4 General] Zorachus:
Straight Talk ATT here in Chicago has gotten really slow for me. I am on ST ATT with my Nexus 4, my Wife on it with her HTC One X, and my brother on it with his Galaxy Nexus. All three of us have noticed extremely slow speeds, pretty much Edge 2G speeds, the past couple of months. No where near the supposed HSPA+ speeds we expect. We get dog slow, snail pace speeds.

None of us go over 2GB data month, I average around 1.5GB/Month, my Wife always under 1GB/Month, and my brother around 1.2GB/Month. So neither of us should have been throttled.

I read so many different APN settings, what are the best known for fastest speeds ? Or is ST ATT known to be slowed down in the Chicago area ? Or maybe I should try out Go Smart T-Mobile ?
[Nexus 4 General] osmosizzz:
That's weird for sure. Their inconsistency is what made me never try straight talk. Go with at mobile mvno. Maybe solavei. I have them and they work great. They also give 4GB of high speed data, then you get throttled. You'll have lots of leg room

Sent from my Oppo Find 5
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
Net10 had been pretty stable so far. Much more reliable than Red Pocket. I had an AT&T Net10 Sim I was saving.

My Mom has been on Straight Talk AT&T for a year now, and she doesn't have any complaints.
[Nexus 4 General] jeeps13:
I'm 40 min NW of Chicago, my household has 3 devices on ST. We're not having any data or connection issues. Speedtest are always over 4.5mb down and 1.3mb up.
[Nexus 4 General] Zorachus:
I e-mailed Straight Talk, they replied said call the 1-800 #. So I just did, got a hold of someone, he said my account has a note on it "Data speeds reduced" I asked why, because my average monthly use is always around 1.5GB/Month. Customer Service Rep said he can't help with that, but would transfer me to another service person, and all that was just an auto message on how to reduce data, by using WiFi as much as possible, and have nothing on auto update. But there was no one to actually speak about this with about it. Ugh :mad: The automated message that says "Customer service reps can not restore your original data speeds, but please use WiFi as much as possible, and turn off all Sync options, and turn off auto updates, etc..."

So now what ?
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
Use less data next month or switch to Red Pocket(2GB for $60). Net10 has a hard cap at 1.5GB, but it can be hard to find their AT&T sim cards these days.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Got the same response. I need to switch as well

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 General] e46envy:
Straight Talk with Nexus 4 = no good for me

I have ST w/ AT&T and I've had this for the past 3 months. It coincides with getting a Nexus 4. According to the "data usage" in Android I use around 500Mb for a month. The past two months I've been running mostly wifi and I used less than 50Mb for the entire month. I still get throttled. When I had Straight Talk on my previous phone, HTC Amaze 4G, I had no problems and always had full data speeds of approximately 6Mb down and 1.5Mb up.

I called Straight Talk and asked why my data speeds were reduced and they are unable to tell me and offer to transfer me to the "high data usage department". Every time I'm transferred it's a pre-recorded message and no option for a human being. Just the other day I called them 4 times in a row in an attempt to get a human being for the "special department". Obviously, it didn't work. ST customer service appers to be outsourced to someone's basement in a country other than the US.

T-Mobile has very weak signal in my area, or I would be using their $30/month prepaid plan.
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
I keep getting calls from them.. this month I have used a lot Idk how
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
Have you been streaming music, videos, or perhaps video chatting or tethering a device to your phone? These will eat up data faster than anything else.

Sent from my Nexus 4/Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
I've watched maybe 10-15 videos on YouTube.

Almost 1gb is in removed apps . Idk why that takes data.

I've never used this much data before.. I'm not even downloading games .
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
What is the list of apps below the graph?

Sent from my Nexus 4/Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Chrome, YouTube , removed apps, are what have used the most data.
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
That removed apps is something I've never seen before. Though I would recommend not using chrome as much in the future. Of course, using it on Wifi is fine.

Sent from my Nexus 4/Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Yea I downloaded opera mini browser now.
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
I meant not browsing while on a mobile connection. Changing browsers won't do anything if you browse the internet a lot on mobile data. All you are doing is changing the browser, not how much data is being used.

Sent from my Nexus 4/Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Read up on opera mini . it doesn't use much data.
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
Neither does Chrome Beta. My main point is that you should probably cut down on your browsing and YouTube videos while on mobile data.

Sent from my Nexus 4/Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Chrome is an extreme data hog!

And why would I do such a thing lol ?

I pay for unlimited *
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
I said Chrome Beta. Yes, you may pay for unlimited, but that doesn't mean that you can't be throttled. And trust me, you do not want to be throttled. Less than 0.4Mbps down, barely 1Mbps up.

Sent from my Nexus 4/Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Lol I get throttled every month..... :o

Usually to around 0.16mb/s. . but this month Its only down to 1.5-2mb .

However I cannot download anything from the web. I believe they have blocked it. :(
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
Then what was your point in posting here? Not saying you can't, I'm just confused as to why.

Sent from my Nexus 4/Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] unknownprotocols:
I have done testing. I have had straight talk over a year. They throttle me instantly (within 24 hr) if I use Pandora or YouTube at all. AT ALL. I determined that they have implemented data type monitoring somehow. I have now been using an encrypted vpn for about 4 months (air vpn. May switch to private internet access though) and as long as I connect to the vpn via tcp port 80, I can use my data how I want. I don't abuse it, my average for a month is 1.5 to 3 gigs. They have completely disabled my data in the past, and every month I would wind up throttled before vpn... I tried vpn over port 443, and wound up throttled after a few days. Port 80 seems good. Your experiences may vary, this is no scientific test, just my personal experience. Encrypted Vpn on port 80 = me being able to use my phone on straight talk.
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Could you message me the settings for VPN ?
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Finally unthrottled! That took FOREVER :thumbdown:
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
What did you do ?
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Started my next 30 days. Got throttled halfway through my month last time @ less than 200MB of data usage. Needless to say I was pissed.
[Nexus 4 General] unknownprotocols:
Yeah, they turn your speed back up on your next refill, or 30 day mark if you do a multi month refill. They will throttle you for app updates too. Forgot that one. VPN is really the only viable option for straight talk att anymore. It did not used to be so bad, but now... Streaming, or downloads from Google play equals throttle. Size is irrelevant on those. Aside from that, straight talk att Sims have a lower speed priority than att Sims in low signal areas, and congested areas.
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
I'm happy with this for less than $40 a month
[Nexus 4 General] uToTMeH8:
These are my speeds. (ignore the wifi tests)
[Nexus 4 General] unknownprotocols:
Who do you have for less than $40? Straight Talk is $45. I tried tmobile's $30 100 minute plan, and whilst happy with the data, the coverage was bad here.
[Nexus 4 General] FSRBIKER:
Are those At&t network? I'm getting 4-8mbs on average with ST At&t so I'm happy, find refills for $36-38/month so it can't be beat. I use WiFi to dl roms/podcasts, cache music with Rdio app so I'm usually under 1gb. Using maps/navigation is a concern though, it's not hard to use 75+mb/day if you are traveling.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Zorachus:
This VPN stuff ? Do I need to buy a subscription to something like AirVPN that costs like $15/Month ?

Please explain how this VPN stuff works, and how to set up ? Thank you
[Nexus 4 General] unknownprotocols:
Air vpn is like $30 for 3 months, or private internet access for $30 a year.

Buy subscription.

Get OpenVPN connect app (or whatever app they recommend on the site)

Try to connect via tcp port 80 if possible (is on air, haven't checked private internet access)

Start it up, and now all traffic is encrypted, and Straight Talk can't tell what you are doing.
[Nexus 4 General] uToTMeH8:
T-Mobile straight talk. I pay just under $30 a month. Happy with the speeds but coverage could be better
[Nexus 4 General] unknownprotocols:
How do you get it for $30?
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Nice, I wish T-Mobile had hspa in my state..

Its straight talk AT&T. I bought like a years worth of pins on that crazygametime (or whatever its called) site when they we $38 each
[Nexus 4 General] uToTMeH8:
EBay straight talk 90 days
[Nexus 4 General] godefoy:
Anyone having issues sending MMS everyone I know on ST is having problems they either won't send or can't download. On att Sim
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Most of the time I have to send an MMS twice for any to send
[Nexus 4 General] godefoy:
Changed MMS proxy from 33 to 32 and it works now. Thanks
[Nexus 4 General] Zorachus:
Would you mind positing your APN settings please ?
[Nexus 4 General] larry_walker:
i'm using straight talk with service from at&t. i'm running AOKP MR1. i've tried multiple combinations of APN's floating around the forum and every single one has eventually prompted me with the notification that says something to the effect of "error downloading message, touch to retry". of course, when i touch the notification it just takes me to the screen to create a new message, not knowing who sent the message to begin with. is there a fool proof APN at this point that i've missed? is it somehow related to AOKP? any help would be appreciated.
[Nexus 4 General] FSRBIKER:
What messaging app are you using?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] larry_walker:
stock app in AOKP.
[Nexus 4 General] godefoy:
Have you tried pulling sim and starting fresh with apn settings? Just my 2 cents,
[Nexus 4 General] FunnyLife:
I get about 5 mbps. Here are my settings-
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Straight talk has now completely shut off my data.. Lol
[Nexus 4 General] thunder2132:
These settings don't work for me in the long run. I can get good data speeds in speedtest, Unfortunately, I get a lot of data drops with it, and Pandora takes about 3 minutes to think before it starts streaming.

My settings are pretty standard (posted previously on Android Central):

Name: Straight Talk

APN: att.mvno

Proxy: 66.209.11.32 (just the direct IP rather than the url)

Port: 80

MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com/

MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.33

MMS Port: 80

All others: defaults.
[Nexus 4 General] Lttlwing16:
Agreed. Without Port set to 80 the data would be extremely slow and hit and miss...I confirmed that in a side by side with my wife's n4 with port 80 and mine without. Same page, same location etc..without port 80 mine spooled twice as long.

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With ATT giving access to HSPA+ and LTE to Go phone users.. I wonder if Straight Talk ATT users will get the same love?
[Nexus 4 General] itiscosmo:
Hi I use net 10 with an AT&t sim for months and have good speeds on HSDPA+around 6-7 megs..I luv it I do use WiFi when I can but not throttled yet using 2-3 megs a month yet..sometimes change can b good...hope this helps
[Nexus 4 General] FunnyLife:
Have you guys tried going without proxy? Proxy would tie down my speed severely.. I tried using the port and my speed dropped from 5 to 3. I haven't had any connection issues with these settings. However I don't use a lot of data. Maybe under 1 gig a month. From what I remember and I might be totally wrong here, AT&T can tell that you are Straight Talk and restrict your internet much easier...
[Nexus 4 General] RooftopFiddler:
T mobile ST throttling?

I see a lot of people being throttled here.

Is this for both ATnT and T mobile?

I'm on T-mobile's $30 plan, and if ST T-mobile doesn't have such issues, I'm thinking of switching over.

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 4 General] uToTMeH8:
I switched over and haven't regretted it. No throttling on straight talk t-mobile. Do it!
[Nexus 4 General] JediDru:
I'm on straight talk att. My apn is only

Att

Att.mvno

That's it. Been doing it like this since my Gnex works like a charm.
[Nexus 4 General] CrypticRook:
Except that you can't receive pics. Any way I'm switching from straight Talk att to Straight forward t mobile. Got tired of getting throttled. At first I understood cause I am a heavy data User and didn't have internet at home. Now I do and I still end up throttled within days and maybe a couple hundred mbps used. Complete bull. Good luck to other users though.
[Nexus 4 General] JediDru:
That's sucks about being throttled. I was only once on the real T-Mobile a never on ST att. I only use Google voice patiently awaiting picture support.
[Nexus 4 General] Dsmforlife92:
Is straight talk any good I heard they throttle there data and you cant go over a certain amount of data in day
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
They throttle, but it's not entirely unusable afterwards.
[Nexus 4 General] Dsmforlife92:
Do you think its worth getting
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
It's only as good as the network you choose to use it on. If art is good, st is a good option. If tmo is good, you may want to consider their $30 unlimited option. It really depends on what you need from the service
[Nexus 4 General] Dsmforlife92:
Going to try solavei they have roaming thanks
[Nexus 4 General] hoppermi:
My experience with solavei was that yes it did roam, but only for calls and text, no data.
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
ST allows roaming.
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Just figured I would add. This send to help MMS & data.
[Nexus 4 General] FSRBIKER:
What does adding tether do, can't imagine it allows tethering without ST knowing the data your using.
[Nexus 4 General] AzMorty:
AT&T sim with N4 June 2013....experiences Phoenix

Hi guys,

Well, I have been on AT&T ST and hated it. I got throttled instantly, and it was a terrible experience overall.

I switched over the T-mobile and I have been really really happy except for a few things:

1) I can't use short code sms, like Bank of America's verification system to get into my account.

2) I can't really use Google Voice, but I was starting to hate having internet to get my voicemail.

3) the service area is not as large as At&T..

So, I switched back to my old ATT Sim card...well, they sent me a new one.

I continued my normal usage, and almost instantly I got throttled using Pandora. The H kept coming on and off. The tmobile option went from 3g to H and that seemed to conserve the battery so much better.

Is that a setting that I can change? I hate having it on full throttle all the time. It burns up the battery.

My wife has an iphone with ST AT&T and she hardly ever uses any data. I can run a speed test and it's very fast on hers.

Thanks for you help
[Nexus 4 General] shobuddy:
My contract with Verizon is expiring in a week. I'm going to be switching to the N4 and ST. How can I choose between Tmobile and ATT? I called ST customer service (pretty useless, btw) and they said if I bring a phone, it has to be an unlocked ATT phone.
[Nexus 4 General] sk8ordie0:
Not true. I ported my wife's st at&t Sim number to a Walmart st iPhone 5 . ( the Verizon st service) she has no Sim installed just a ported number to the phone like Verizon. The phone actually had a Verizon call number on one of the screens upon set up.
[Nexus 4 General] shobuddy:
Wait, so I can use ST with my VZN phone? Their customer service said that could not happen. I plan to go to Walmart and checkout ST. Are the Walmart reps any better?
[Nexus 4 General] sk8ordie0:
I personally used a st Sim (at&t ) with me and my wife. But when i bought her the iPhone 5 from Walmart I researched and found that they can port the number directly to the phone (I believe its bandwidth bought off Verizon) and that's what I did. Also she doesn't have the mms issues she had with the at&t st Sim on the iPhone 4s. Also with this ported number to the iPhone 5 it gets signal like Verizon. How do I know? Easy . it runs off CDMA signal and I'm on a Sim -gsm. We were in a doctors office together the other day together. I had no bars no signal. :mad: I asked her how many bars she had .. She pointed the phone to me and yeah.... Full bars! Great signal strength. Does at&t or T-Mobile support CDMA? I don't think so. Truly I don't see why it couldn't work other than maybe they have it set for the Walmart st iPhone only??? Research may help my friend.