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[Nexus 4 General] jeffmhasty:
Does anyone know of any Straight Talk promo codes? A few months ago they had "SIMSAVE" for free SIM cards, but it doesn't seem to work anymore. Also, they had been selling them for $9.99 instead of $14.99, but they're back up now :rolleyes: Hopefully by the time my N4s ship they will be back on sale.
[Nexus 4 General] grayson73:
Does anyone know whether putting APN types does anything for Straight Talk T-Mobile? I've seen people put in words such as hipri, default, supl, etc.
[Nexus 4 General] ScottyNuttz:
I was wondering the same thing.. I've tried all the ones I've found: SIMSAVE, WOOTSIM, RTMNST... they all say my merch is not qualified or the code is invalid. I'm going to buy one as soon as I find a good code.
[Nexus 4 General] jeffmhasty:
You could buy the bundle (SIM + 1 month credit) from Walmart.com for 54.99 last I checked, so that is 9.99 for the SIM card.

I want to try out T-Mobile for their speeds, but I'd rather not throw away $15 if it doesn't work out. I think I'll get a $0.99 T-Mobile SIM on the $30 plan for now and possibly switch to ST if I find I'm spending extra on minutes.
[Nexus 4 General] Lttlwing16:
http://goo.gl/mUr9p
[Nexus 4 General] atlgator:
Not true. They can still throttle you with the hacked settings.
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
I bought the starter kit from Walmart that costs $54 but it comes with $45 card, and 3 Sims: one Micro ATT one reg ATT and one reg T-Mobile. I simply bought me a Sim cutter from Amazon for $4
[Nexus 4 General] krahim786:
Wow... Is this from Walmart store or online?
[Nexus 4 General] ziggy34:
Online, my local Walmart said they don't carry the Sim kits
[Nexus 4 General] jeffmhasty:
Online it looks like they only sell specific activation kits, and only AT&T. They have "AT&T Compatible SIM" and "AT&T Compatible micro-SIM".

So do they only sell the kit with all 3 SIMs in the locations that carry them in-store?
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
I'm curious to know if this really works. If so, I'll buy a cheap $0-$10 data capable phone from their website instead of ordering the sim kit. I could end up being cheaper (or the same price), especially if sims are back up to $15.

e.g. something like the attached pics....

does this help?

http://www.straighttalk.com/unlimitedinternational
[Nexus 4 General] ScottyNuttz:
That was exactly my process. Unfortunately, I'm already done the part where I find out my T-Mobile coverage is terrible... But if you have better coverage than I did, you could always do the $30 plan plus $10 in extra minutes money each month, and still be saving some money compared to ST.
[Nexus 4 General] spac3m0nk3y:
Has anybody actually tried this? It would be interesting to see if this actually works. I don't use a lot of data a month, about 1.5GB, but having reduced risks of being throttled, if I happen to somehow piss them off, would be great.
[Nexus 4 General] jeffmhasty:
I would also like to know about this. I read somewhere that they don't like you putting your SIM in a device other than the one it was activated in, but I assume that only applies to phones you buy from them and not the BYOD program. It was something about the account # being tied to the device instead of the SIM.
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
T-Mo has been blowing up lately. I don't even think there are updated coverage maps yet for T-Mo. Most of what you see online are outdated. I'm thinking about going to a T-Mo sim. But I need to find someone in my area to see how their service is and if it's improved. Had T-Mo a few years ago and it was pretty poor.
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
well, I'm also watching the linked youtube video (from a few posts ago) and he mentions that it needs to be one of their smartphones from ST... the ones that explicitly state "This phone will ONLY work with the $45/30-Day Unlimited Service Plan or the $60/30-Day Unlimited International Service Plan. It will not work with the $30 All You Need Plan."

the cheapest one I found was $50 (for the phone, another $45 for the plan)

http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/bpd...ction=view&productVariantExtensionId=17514152

EDIT: there's a promo code "CWINNER" that brings this down another $10 + free shipping... so $85 for a "backup phone" + 1 month of service

Still might be worth the extra cost if it means less of a chance of throttling. I don't use a whole lot of data (2-3GB) but enough that could possibly cause throttling... plus, I keep seeing reports lately of people using less than 2 GB and potentially getting throttled.

My contract with AT&T isn't up until the first of March, so hopefully there will be some guinea pigs to try out the above ^^^^^^^ method ;)
[Nexus 4 General] adamr240:
Were you just buying a SIM? Those codes only worked for me if I got a sim and service combo.
[Nexus 4 General] spac3m0nk3y:
I am very curious about this also. I'm not sure I want to put down the $90 to try this out though.
[Nexus 4 General] kzoodroid:
I had t-Mobile 10 years ago and it sucked. So I thought the same thing after seeing their commercials about new towers. And guess what? It still sucks. No signal at home and pretty much the same thing everywhere I go. Dropped it in a week and went with ST AT&T.
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
I'm sure it is getting better, but when I tried it a few months ago here in Denver on my Galaxy Nexus, I wasn't impressed. Plus, when I started dating my now wife a few years ago, she had T-Mobile and every time we traveled she was on EDGE... and even getting a few miles from the city hub, she'd drop to EDGE. plus hearing stories about horrible building penetration, and pre-paid not being able to use Google Voice voicemail (except for Solevai), I will be going with AT&T ST.

DISCLAIMER: I am in no way saying what works for me works for everyone else on this forum ;) I realize that for some people, T-Mobile works very well and isn't an issue at all... for me, AT&T HSPA+ speeds are good (6-12Mbps down) plus when I travel, I'm typically always on HSPA(+), so no EDGE for me ;)
[Nexus 4 General] fresh_TD:
I might pull the trigger on this if I can just go to Walmart vs ordering online... Anyone know if I can pick up a whole kit .. ST phone and all??? And I'll let you guys know if it works
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
I believe you can. I feel like I've seen them at my local WalMart, but I'm curious to know if they'll have the cheaper, refurbished smart phones or just the more expensive "Galaxy SII's".

keep us updated!
[Nexus 4 General] fresh_TD:
I have seen them at Walmart too.. Not sure if they have the cheap ones either. I was wondering if the phone comes with the Sim card already since Walmart doesn't carry them.. All they carry are phones and minutes
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
gotcha. I believe they would but have no facts to back that up (maybe the packaging will say what's included in the box and list a sim).

we're leaving town today but I may swing by our local walmart on the way out of town to check it out here.
[Nexus 4 General] fresh_TD:
I'm going to swing by later on today and see if they do come with the sim.. If so I'll get one and hope that they have the less expensive phones:D:D
[Nexus 4 General] Lttlwing16:
As, I'm sure you brave testers know, If your going to try the "ST swap" so to speak, be sure you put in the APN settings from the ST branded phone into the n4 after you activate and switch the Sim. That is the key. The APN is alternate and is less monitored than the Sim activation kit APN. Alternate APN is wap.tracfone vs att.mvno.

I can't guarantee this works at less throttling. Thinking of trying it out myself.
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
yep!

but I won't be buying till after the new year anyway, I'm still on contract with AT&T until March 1 (and doing the math, paying the ETF + savings with ST, my break even date is March 1), so I'll be waiting. But I am curious if my walmart has "cheap" smartphones with sims that I can buy in store.
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
Can someone be kind enough to post this WAP.tracfone APN?

Please :)
[Nexus 4 General] spac3m0nk3y:
I have a feeling that you are just as likely to get throttled using the SIM swap from a Straight Talk Smartphone as you are with a BYOP SIM. Why would they throttle one and not the other? I want to believe though.
[Nexus 4 General] fresh_TD:
You can grab it off the YouTube video posted a few posts ago;););)
[Nexus 4 General] Cwebb03:
What is the T-Mobile's 2G speed? I'm getting throttled by the AT&T SIM after 2 weeks and 1.35 GBs of data. FML
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
ya, I'm thinking the same thing. But one can hope! The fact that there is a different APN gives me a little hope as they see you on their own branded android phone, but I'm sure they would know and throttle the same.
[Nexus 4 General] spac3m0nk3y:
There is a huge thread over at HowardForums that addresses the unlimited Data issue. People were getting throttled before the BYOD plan was even implemented. I don't know why the guy that put the video up on youtube would think this works. All he is doing is just activating another SIM, which doesn't have the throttle yet.

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1733397-45-Unlocked-SIM-Data-Limit
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
Sorry this thread is blowing up lol!
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
Good call... Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] fresh_TD:
here you go...

APN: wap.tracfone

mmsc: http://mmsc.cingular.com

mms proxy: 66.209.11.32:80
[Nexus 4 General] mjpado:
Couldn't you just buy another SIM from StraightTalk and port your number to the new SIM? you could start fresh with AT&T for just the cost of a new SIM card.
[Nexus 4 General] white note:
All your help is much appreciated. Doing great. From the awesome Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 General] Lttlwing16:
I would go easy on the speedtest trials my friend....they use around 20mb each test. Some say ST will throttle you at 70mb in a day. When I re-up next mos, I won't be speedtesting at all. Ill just try to download an app to see if the speeds are there..

After getting the hammer this mos, I'm going to use mobile data, as mobile data, I.e. when I'm away from my home / work WiFi.
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
I tried this and I got a signal but no H :(

Leave "APN type" blank?
[Nexus 4 General] Lttlwing16:
I figured out that this is the APN for the ST T-Mobile network, which is what the guy in the video must have been using. Don't know if this APN works with the att network. Are you using a Sim kit or new ST phone? Which network ?
[Nexus 4 General] GriffenD:
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-setup-right-apn-your-nexus-4

Try that link from androidcentral. Only thing I recommend is to not enter the proxy line when configuring the AT&T apn.
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
I'm on ATT ST. The crazy thing is my friend that's on ATT pre-paid has THIS APN. I can't seem to get data to work with it. I'm just accepting the fact that I'm doomed to have the same crappy Sprint speeds no matter what I do. I've set up the "proper" APN everything should be fine. But I get around 1MB down, no speedtest app so I really don't have a good idea of what my speeds are consistently. I'm using the Straight Talk apn with the proxy left blank. I called and had them reset my data still sh!t speeds. I don't get it. 4 days in and I'm all ready to say goodbye to ST. I was really looking forward to ST now it's just a big disappointment.

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Thanks bro, I've tried what's in your link......a thousand times....I'm just giving up so nobody has to hear me moan like a mongoloid idiot. It's just not going to work for me. The cell gods have damned me to sprint speeds for the rest of my days I suppose. I'll just wait till the end of the month and try T-mo on a different mvno.
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
I'm sure you have, but tried this? (I didn't see your other link, so it may be the same thing).

http://wirevalley.com/ultimate-apn-settings-for-straight-talk-with-android/
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
Hey thanks bro. I'm beginning to think I'm having trouble because I have the proxy and port blank. It's just somewhat funny and torturous that I'm having problems with the Speedtest app with the port and proxy left BLANK. It's supposed to be the other way around:eek:

Can anyone report that they've experienced better data performance by filling out the proxy and port?

Thanks all for the help!
[Nexus 4 General] Lttlwing16:
I'm on my second n4. First one had a hardware bug somewhere, I think in the memory. I was having graphical errors. Oddly enough, at my house the first n4 could only get 1-1.5 down, where my replacement n4 could get 3.5-4.5 down in the same location. This of course was before I got the data-cuffs by ST.

Long story short...could be a hardware issue. Are you able to get good speeds anywhere? I was getting 5-6mbps at work at one point, even with the faulty hardware.

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So there is hope...Looks like ST reset my mobile data after getting throttled about a week ago, and before my one month period ended. Maybe they felt bad since I have probably used less than 60mb in a week as I have tasker setup to put me on WiFi at home and work.

Don't know if it was ST OR the fact I tried toggling mobile data and 2g off/on in settings after reading in another thread that could potentially help.

Point..I was throttled, now I'm not, all in the same 30 day period. If you call and they reset, but still get slow speeds, try toggling mobile data and 2g on/off in settings-mobile networks AND settings-data usage (mobile data only).
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
oh hell no... woke up to day and I'm throtttttled!!! .2mb/s wherever I go. and with 13 days left for this month. I've only used maybe a gig so far, if that. this is crap, I'm switching to solavei next month. I really liked having that good at&t reception too, but this throttling business is unacceptable.:mad::thumbdown:
[Nexus 4 General] marty331:
Same happened to me, same amount of data usage also. I'm doing the $30/mth T-Mobile plan for a while.
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
I really wish at&t had better mvno's like simple mobile or solavei. in my area at&t coverage is soooooo much better than tmo. I'd have no problem paying 60 a month for guaranteed 2gb data with no "daily" limit:(
[Nexus 4 General] MrSmileyJr:
Is this even thought you did not have the proxy part on the apn filled in?
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
yes sir. never had it since day one
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
I'm not liking all these reports of throttling even though people aren't even close to 2GB. We'll still switch in March and keep our fingers crossed, but it's hood there are a few other options out there. I just want to stay with at&t...
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
simple mobile is tmobile. try red pocket its an att mvno. straight talk does not have a daily limit nor does it have monthly limit. it's all hear say..

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Again all hear say, Straight Talk can not throttle you, they dont have the control, if you are throttled, it's by AT&T. I've used 600mb in one day.. YMMV

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APN wap.tracfone, is for NET10 and Tmobile side, 66.209.11.32:80 is the mms proxy setting for people using the real AT&T.

With the APN set as wap.tracfone, I get no data/network connection.
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
straight talk at&t got some kind of damn limit cause it sure didn't take much for me to cross it:mad: I'll check out red pocket tho thanks
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
I with you on this. I'm not totally dissatisfied with ST ATT but the data speeds in my area leave alot to be desired really. I was expecting to pull at least 3-6mbs down but instead I'm getting a Sprint like .5-2mbs down.

What really sucks is there appears to be a lot more options for Tmo mvno's.

Really aside from ST where else can we go and stay on ATT network??

I wish I could go to Tmo but the city I live in is a total deadzone....Every damn town around me in a 15 mile radius has GREAT Tmo coverage. I'm in the County seat in the middle of the county with NOTHING.

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This is incorrect. One of my friends with an ATT prepaid Android phone uses this same WAP Tracfone apn. So ATT does use this apn. But yes after trying on my nexus I get a signal yet no data. I have a feeling we could get this apn to work we're just missing something....probably something simple.
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
here's something I found with a list of mvnos for pretty much every carrier. there's quite a few I never knew about, especially for at&t

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_mobile_virtual_network_operators
[Nexus 4 General] fresh_TD:
There was a video floating around here a few pages back.. And someone asked for the APN settings the guy used on this video.. So I posted them... I'm aware they are TMobile settings... :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
My question is, did you do anything out of the ordinary? Tether, stream? Or just standard "web browsing"?
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
not really. all I really do is browse craigslist & xda. I rarely use YouTube maybe 2 minutes every couple days and I think I used Pandora once for about 5 minutes. only thing I do that uses up data is I run 1-2 speed tests a day. but I checked and they only use about 8-10 mb per test, so even that shouldn't be a deal breaker.
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
Yea, and everyone of them that supports att suck kok. I haven't found an ATT mvno that makes me want to drop ST yet. They ALL suck.
[Nexus 4 General] smithwicks:
Sometimes I wonder whether the savings is worth putting up with all this throttling bs
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
yea I was reading on Howard forums people on the h20 2gb plan getting throttled at 1gig lol. I think I'm just gonna ditch the at&t idea all together and go with solavei. been hearing nothing but good stuff about them so far
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
has net10 been throttling? I know it's just tracfone and $5 more per month than ST, but just curious if net10 folks are seeing the same thing. I assume they are, but just curious.

I'll go check out net10 on Howard Forums later today too.
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
In all honesty the best prepaid plan seems to be T-mo's GoSmartMobile. They cap at 5GBs which is twice the amount of most others. And it's better than Solvaei or Simplemobile.

Now if there were a comparable ATT prepaid plan SOMEWHERE I would be all over it.

So as for data the best you are going to get:

ATT network: 2GB

T-Mo network: 5GB

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To my knowledge they use the EXACT same apn. With that being said I can't imagine it being any different than ST throttling.
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
problem with gosmart is that people are reporting slow data. not even hitting 1mb/s. if I wanted data that slow I'd just stay with throttled straight talk lol.
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
Hmm. I don't understand that. But this is another thing when talking T-mo you have to consider their coverage is not that great compared to ATT. A lot of people that may get poor speeds on T-mo is because of they're not in a good area. This simple fact is a lot less likely on ATT...ATT seems to be a lot like Sprint. With one difference: Sprint's speeds were consistently sh!t except during off peak hours. Whereas ATT is all over the place all the time. I'll get great speeds one time and the next will be 1x speed. Very inconsistent.
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
check in the gosmart thread in the general forum, people are saying the data is advertised as" high speed" but its definitely not tmo's 4g (HSDPA+) but more like a beefed up 2g. I agree at& t coverage is awesome. but on tmo prepaid even when I didn't have a great 4g signal I could pull 3.5-6 Mbps easily. only thing I hate about tmo is its sh**ty building penetration
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
Thanks for the info man. So GoSmart is sh!t. What's left? Simple and Solvaei?

I'm pretty sure Simple caps at 4gb and it's advertised 4G for $50 unlimited...

Don't know much about Solvaei..

I might give SimpleMobile a shot when my month is up.
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
I was on simple for about a year, they capped me & my wife's phone a few times at exactly 2gb. but the nice thing is that you can pretty much do whatever u want with your data up until the 2gig mark (stream, tether). but maybe its changed since I jumped ship on them about 6 months ago. I can't speak for solavei yet but I hear they give you 4gb of 4g so I'm giving them a shot next month. people seem pretty pleased with them so far, there's a thread in the galaxy nexus general forum with some good info on them
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
I just signed up for Solavei. I figured I'd give T-Mobile another shot. They have a promotion now till 12/31 where you get 1 free month + a free sim (this will save you ~$30 for the sim and $49 for the first month = ~$80). So you just pay the $49 activation fee.

I'll try it for a few months until my AT&T contract is up and decide if it's Solavei I go or ST (AT&T).

https://www.solavei.com/ready-for-free ( <-- don't worry, this isn't one of those Solavei links where if you click, I get rewards, it's just the promo link ;) )
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
Please keep us posted bro. Many of us here are looking for alternatives and want to know about your experiences. Thanks:good:
[Nexus 4 General] co.ag.2005:
will do! I tried T-Mobile when I had my Galaxy Nexus and still prefer AT&T... we'll see if they've improved in Denver over the last ~6 months
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
I just read this http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/VerizonSpectrumAgreement sounds like great news for tmo users:thumbup: now I'm positive I'm gonna switch to solavei since it in theory will reap the benefits of this deal

**edit: I just realized this is old news lol. still useful info I guess:o
[Nexus 4 General] Lttlwing16:
Simple mobile is a sister company of Straight Talk, both operated by Tracfone. I would think switching is a lateral move. Both probably have similar vague TOS, poor customer service, and mvno qualities.

Solavei is its own company, and has clear definitions for throttling in its terms or service. Its the tmo mvno to go with from the reading I've done, IF you have good coverage in your area

I've also gathered, MVNO's have(?) to throttle their customers back if network use is heavy in an area at a certain time. This gives Att's customers priority to bandwidth over the prepaid mvno traffic. This also goes in line with the talking I've done with ST customer service. "Network traffic may be heavy at this time"

I'm on call for a hospital frequently and have to take reliable talk&text that att offers vs tmo. The data I can get around by keeping myself out of trouble with WiFi use at home and work. This philosophy keeps my mobile data fast when I'm away from WiFi and keeps my phone reliable. That said, I'm still going to try tmo when they roll out 42 hspda+ in my area.
[Nexus 4 General] fresh_TD:
I know this is off topic but I'm trying to get this going..Check the thread out... I did the same thing when I had the GS3 and the response was crazy!! hopefully is the same here..thanks in advance!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2069419
[Nexus 4 General] asqwrd:
I have net10 and during peak hours my data is non existant. Is straigh talk just as bad during peak hours? I live in San Jose. I also had the same problem when i went to tn during christmas. I was in a mall and had full bars but data was slow to non existant
[Nexus 4 General] Lttlwing16:
Net10 is a tracfone brand, along with Straight Talk, and a mvno. My guess is yes, it would be similar, but maybe not. Worth a try.
[Nexus 4 General] asqwrd:
Ok just found that to be very annoying. I wonder why no one says anything about this when selecting prepaid for at&t. What good is coverage if you cant use the data when you need it during certain times of the day