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[Nexus 4 General] Maibol:
hi guys did anyone have test the new lte sims on ST, they tell me that they gon replace my sim and let me on the same plan cause they can't detect my sim now. i live in puerto rico and here the lte works on all the biggest companys but i dont know if this could work on the new sim of ST.

is there a posiblity this could work here? all the lte carriers use band 4 here :good:
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Are you talking about AT&T or T-mobile Straight Talk?
[Nexus 4 General] Maibol:
i got an att sim and they say that they gon send an att sim that works on lte :silly:
[Nexus 4 General] Slender Troll:
The nexus 4's lte radio is band 4, which is what t-mobile uses, not att. And even if you have reverted to 4.1 or are using a 4.1 rom, and have flashed the 4.1 lte radio, you wouldn't be able to use it unless you were on t-mobile.

Edit: ignore all of that except for the part about having to use 4.1 and flashing the radio
[Nexus 4 General] intheb0x:
Att uses band 4 as well, that's how we can use our unlocked Optimus g on tmobiles lte
[Nexus 4 General] Maibol:
+1 thats why im asking, as i say before all the major carriers on ''puerto rico" use the band 4.... but i didnt find any feedback on the new ST 4g lte sim :highfive:
[Nexus 4 General] jmtjr278:
Seems refillmobi never has straight talk cards anymore. Anyone have another good site to use?
[Nexus 4 General] AzMorty:
I use fatwallet and buy a bundle with free phones. Get 12.5% off.
[Nexus 4 General] intheb0x:
Link

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[Nexus 4 General] mrk829:
I used crazygametime in the past but it looks like they never have the cards in stock either- ateast not for the last 2-3 months. I just noticed that they have the 60 buck international one for $49.99 which is not too bad. I have resorted to buying the $45 from walmart and it comes to just shy of 49 bucks with tax. If you refill on the straighttalk website, there is an additional $1-$1.50 for 911 fee, and something else.

I think Straight Talk is cracking down on these "external" sites so you have to buy through them or walmart.
[Nexus 4 General] mrk829:
at&t sims back in stock

it looks like at&t sim cards - both the normal size and micro size are back in stock on the ST website as well as walmart for people that are interested.
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Thanks man! Now people can't try to sell them on Craigslist for 100 bucks a pop
[Nexus 4 General] Johmama:
Thanks! I think I'll try this for my next month's service, since AIO's website is acting really finicky and doesn't seem to be working (I have items in my cart, but I can't check out; the "Continue" button does nothing. Anyone else have this issue?).

Anyway, I had a question. Can I buy just the SIM card right now, then at a later date buy the service and it'll ask me for my card's ICCID and everything will be good? My current service isn't up yet but I want to buy the card while I know they have them. This same question of buying service after the SIM goes for any other service providers/MVNOs, too.
[Nexus 4 General] DJPrelude:
I'm not seeing any ATT sim cards on straight talks website but I am seeing them on walmart.com
[Nexus 4 General] pjc123:
Huh?

http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/bpd...&locale=en&market=GSM4&productFamily=simcards
[Nexus 4 General] DJPrelude:
Strange!

Your link works but when I go to the website directly and it asks for my zip code it only shows t-mobile sim cards.
[Nexus 4 General] pjc123:
You need to go to Support > Bring your own phone > Select GSM > Under Shop GSM select "Shop NOW"> Select Buy AT&T Compatible SIM..
[Nexus 4 General] DJPrelude:
That works. But if you go to Shop > Sim Cards and go through the prompts that way then it will only show t-mobile Sims.

It also works if you just go to straighttalkbyop.com and go through the prompts
[Nexus 4 General] mrk829:
you should be able to buy the sim card now and can activate it whenever you would like. Additionally, you can wait to buy service while/after activation. I would recommend getting the sim and 30 day combo together so you can get free shipping - which is only if you spend $45 or more. You can just keep the combo kit until you are ready to activate.
[Nexus 4 General] aznchillin:
Does anyone get Hspa+ with straight talk at&t when you're on a call?
[Nexus 4 General] 1slow4G:
data shuts off when on call i believe.. atleast on my gs3 it does.. I have not payed attention on my n4.
[Nexus 4 General] acejavelin:
You can't get GSM data well on a GSM call... If you could get LTE or WiFi well on a call it should work.
[Nexus 4 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
I thought GSM networks always provided talk and data simultaneously and that was one of it's perks. It was CDMA that never offered this option until recently with the roll out of LTE which now allows data and talk at the same time.

I do believe there are some Verizon devices that had an added feature that would knock your device down to 2G if you were on a call and wanted to use data but that was just on a select few handsets and came much later in the game.
[Nexus 4 General] acejavelin:
Yeah, your right... I had a brain fart and got CDMA and GSM backwards there for a minute... Was on Verizon for so long it poisoned my brain. :)

It should work though, although I am not on ST anymore for other reasons but on AT&T GoPhone, just tried it on my Nexus 4 and I was able to browse the Internet and open and post in Facebook well on a call with no issues and according to Network Signal Info showed the current connection was HSPA+
[Nexus 4 General] ketjr81:
2.5GB data limit

So I've heard people mention different data limits or that there was no solid word on an exact limit. Now they have made a statement that there is a 2.5GB data limit and not 1.5GB.

Here's a link to the article
[Nexus 4 General] Cwebb03:
Wow. If that's true, that's a huge difference. Thanks for the heads up!
[Nexus 4 General] pjc123:
I saw that. Might come in handy now that I have LTE enabled on my Nexus 4, although AT&T Band 4 is far and few between. I never even came close to the old "double secret" data cap.

It is stated in their current TOS. Here is a partial quote:

"Unlimited Minutes, Texts and Data Plans: With these plans, you receive nationwide calling, text messaging and up to 2.5 GB of high speed data for each 30 day plan cycle. If the 2.5 GB threshold is reached, data speed will be reduced to 2G for the remainder of that plan cycle. High speed data is restored once a new 30 day service plan begins at the end of your last 30 day plan cycle. Straight Talk currently offers Unlimited Minutes, Texts and Data Plans with 30, 90, 180 and 365 days of service. Please note that the unlimited service plans do not track “per minute” usage for nationwide calls or text messages. The Unlimited service plans are subject to certain limitations. See paragraphs 6 and 7 below."
[Nexus 4 General] grayson73:
They will still throttle if you stream, correct?
[Nexus 4 General] pjc123:
Read the rest of the TOS on their web site.
[Nexus 4 General] vmartinez39:
When I heard the 1.5g Limit was lifted on the Net10 AT&T Sims, I re-activated mine for the month and tested.

I'm at 1.6GB and my month isn't up yet.

Coverage was spotty for data. I had to make the phone go to Airplane mode at least once a day or when data was just not working or streaming. It was inconsistent only in this regard. Phone calls came through, text messages fine, but data was just spotty and constantly turned grey (Blue bars mean internet).

I had hope the Net10 service would be stable, but I just am not going to go that route. Should I ever ever lose my device or phone, I'd need to get a new Net10 SIM. Shop online, pick up at walmart, or whatever, and then hassle with customer service. That takes time and lose of service than going to an AT&T or Tmobile store. I have T-Mobile and service just terrible inside buildings.

Net10 is an option but you got to have a backup plan in case you lose your phone and need to transfer to another SIM.
[Nexus 4 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
While I was on Straight Talk with AT&T sim I was getting data drops all the time and also losing blue bars which actually means syncing with Google servers.

I switched to Aio wireless and the data issue's instantly stopped and has been working perfectly. I will not be going back to Straight Talk anytime soon.
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
Really? Is that what Proxy does?
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
Best and fastest support for ST

Use Facebook. Open a ticket then post on their wall. Almost instant replies.

A proxy is just that, there may be limits or not, depending on how it's configured, it can also act as a cache and speed things up a bit, especially for frequently visited sites.

Best way to get your service up and running porting from one service to another is turn off both phones after you're done. Then just turn on your new phone. If you leave your old phone on it will take longer.

YMMV,

-CC
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
Uh...k.
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
Can someone on ATT share your APN settings please. Please only reply if you actually use it and not from their website.TY
[Nexus 4 General] Moemoks:
If its not to much what are the gsm codes
[Nexus 4 General] Hero_Guy:
So I can receive calls and text but no internet connection like another never and removing the proxy didn't help. Any other ideas?
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
What Sim did u go with ?
[Nexus 4 General] Ajfink:
You might need to contact them and have them check out your account to make sure all is in order.
[Nexus 4 General] biggiephat:
So if I make an APN for att and one for att MMS does it switch to the APN for MMS when it detects a MMS coming in? How does that work?

Also I am currently on tmo 30$ plan. If I want to switch to the att ST Sim card do I need to delete the tmo APN first or can I leave that configured and depending on which Sim card I put it it will switch to the correct one?

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] Hero_Guy:
Just whatever straight talk sent me. It's an AT&T one
[Nexus 4 General] The_other_ray:
Let me get this straight, there is no micro SIM for TMO on straight talk but ATT has one on straight talk?
[Nexus 4 General] BadBoyNDSU:
Yup.
[Nexus 4 General] MrSmileyJr:
I put this in my phone and the internet doesn't work at all. Do you have any other APN's setup or were deleted that might still be the ones in the memory or whatever that is actually the regular straight talk apn? Does anyone else have succes with this apn on straight talk?
[Nexus 4 General] grayson73:
For those on Straight Talk T-Mobile, are you using the default settings?

Name: straight talk

APN: wap.tracfone

Port 8080

MMSC: http://mms.tracfone.com

MCC: 310

MNC: 260

APN protocol: IPv4

APN roaming protocol: IPv4

Bearer: Unspecified

Everything else: Not Set
[Nexus 4 General] droidmakespwn:
I always use these settings exactly and they're always perfect. Only change is I remove the first proxy in the first APN.

http://wirevalley.com/ultimate-apn-settings-for-straight-talk-with-android/
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
Yes those were the settings I used on T-Mobile.
[Nexus 4 General] c0LdFire:
Out of curiosity, has anyone ever had issues with Straight Talk for high usage of MINUTES as opposed to data? I am debating switching my work phone over to them which would push through a metric ton of minutes (1000+) if I forwarded my desk phone to it, but only 1-2gb of data on average.
[Nexus 4 General] Hero_Guy:
You fixed my no data issue! Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
No sir...not possible.
[Nexus 4 General] grayson73:
Found it. This is why I switched to Airvoice.

"Examples of unauthorized uses include, without limitation, the following: (i) continuous uninterrupted mobile to mobile or mobile to landline voice calls; (ii) automated text or picture messaging to another mobile device or e-mail address; (iii) uploading, downloading or streaming of uninterrupted continuous video; (iv) server devices or host computer applications, including, but not limited to, Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing; or (v) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections. A person engaged in unauthorized uses may have his/her service throttled and/or terminated. In some circumstances, Customers may be provided notice and an opportunity to take corrective action with respect to unauthorized uses before their service is terminated.

"
[Nexus 4 General] vmartinez39:
Have you had any speed caps? Cause I've heard good things about the AIO wireless except that data speeds are capped at 5mb/s and 4G lte speeds are in 18 or 20mb/s so yeah.

Regardless I'd take good coverage and consistent speed over the drama and other hops Net10 and Straight Talk have.
[Nexus 4 General] grayson73:
I don't believe Airvoice has LTE. I've run a few speed tests and the fastest has been 950 kb/s down, 202.5 kb/s up, 126ms ping, or 7.6 Mbps down, 1.62Mbps up.
[Nexus 4 General] cas8180:
A lot of people talk down about straight talk but coming from Sprint they have been a true blessing for me. I am in the Vegas area and get strong reception everywhere and data speeds around 8mps . I also have never had a dropped call and everything works. I use my phone a lot when riding the bike at the gym for watching Netflix and haven't had any issues or throttling or anything. Most people at my gym don't get any cell service at all something to do with the layout of the building I guess. But mine is so good I can stream Netflix over hspa+ without and lag or skipping. I looked at my data usage and I am still only at 1.5gb and I have 4 days before I got to pay my bill . So I have had an awesome experience and have been recommended it to my friends who are paying 150 a month for unlimited service on their post paid at&t contracts.
[Nexus 4 General] vmartinez39:
I canceled my Net10 subscribtion and I got emailed a survey as to why I canceled it.

I guess they are trying to improve.
[Nexus 4 General] mikerowes69:
Need Help please!!! I have A Nexus 4 with stock 4.3. Nothing has been flashed at all. I recently got a new ST ATT sim card 3 weeks ago. I have research many and tried many APN settings. Nothing works. My issue is I am unable to receive any mms but I am able to send mms. I am posting pics of my APN. Please any help
[Nexus 4 General] cas8180:
Try my settings specifically the proxy
[Nexus 4 General] mikerowes69:
Thanks for your help. It still did not work. Starting to think its on ST end with APN and something with new Sim cards. I am not the only one to have this issue of not receiving mms.
[Nexus 4 General] cas8180:
No mine is the new att Sim with LTE its a micro Sim but ya with all those settings it works fine use it all the time.
[Nexus 4 General] NYZack:
When I first activated my AT&T sim a month ago, MMS didn't work for a day or two and then magically started working by itself.
[Nexus 4 General] logicmd:
posted at wrong thread. sorry.
[Nexus 4 General] GriffenD:
Wrong thread dude...
[Nexus 4 General] pjc123:
When I received the new LTE sim card, MMS was not working until I did the following. I deleted all APN's under "Access Point Names". I then rebooted the phone and re-entered the latest APN from the Straight Talk web site with only the following addition:

APN type = default,supl,mms.

I can MMS again (in both directions) without any problems.
[Nexus 4 General] logicmd:
sorry to bother :)
[Nexus 4 General] akenis:
First I've heard of ST having ATT sims again. Good deal for a friend who got Nexus 4 right before they stopped.

How is this sim/plan different than from their ATT sim/plan that I've been on for a long time. My International Note is not LTE capable, but might switch to new Nexus soon. Will my existing plan/sim include LTE?
[Nexus 4 General] cas8180:
Yup as long as you have the newer Sim its LTE att enabled.
[Nexus 4 General] akenis:
So are u saying I need to get a new sim if I've had this one for about 2 years? If so does that involve a new account, or will they send a newer sim for the existing account?
[Nexus 4 General] cas8180:
Yup that's what I just had to do but if you want to be sure you can get on straight talk chat they can look at your account and Sim and let you know
[Nexus 4 General] mikerowes69:
Can someone post a pic of what the new att lte sim looks like. I got my sim 3 weeks ago but it looked like the other ST att sim catf
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
I was told that you don't need a new sim to get LTE, you just have to change your apn settings
[Nexus 4 General] mikerowes69:
Anyone having issues receiving mms after getting the ST att new micro Sim card after transfer from the old att regular cut down Sim card? Nexus 4 stock, 4.3, using the apn tfdata and settings ST provided.
[Nexus 4 General] sayogs:
when i purchased nexus 4, and discharged my full battery after plugging in to charger device was automatically started but now it is not possible, had someone else faced same thing?
[Nexus 4 General] cas8180:
A couple of threads back I posted my APN settings and all works great for me
[Nexus 4 General] mikerowes69:
Its not the APN. O found out my area and most areas are using band 17. There's no way I am going to get lte unless I travel for it. The nexus 5 will have a lte chip that will be capable of att lte band 4 and 17
[Nexus 4 General] kennyh327:
I went a month trying every possible APN combination possible and could not get MMS to work. I ended up updated my radio to .84 and MMS immediately started working.
[Nexus 4 General] amheinlein:
I have also been trying everything from every post I can find. I see my radio is .84 (i re-flashed stock not too long ago) but I found the latest one and flashed it again by itself. Can you post your APN that you are using?

I have:

APN- tfdata

proxy- not set (i have tried proxy.mvno.tracfone.com and it didnt work for me. Some posts have mentioned better chance of success without this proxy)

port- 80

MMSC- (cant post the actual link, but its http colon backslash x2 mms-tf dot net

MMS Proxy - mms3 dot tracfone dot com

MMS Port- 80

APN Type- default,supl,mms

Thanks
[Nexus 4 General] silverramsrt:
Prolly the fastest speeds I have ever had on ST. With tmo sim.

I'm satisfied for now...

My wife gets good speeds on her iCrap 5c with the att sim.

Sent from my underpriced, overpowered pocket thingy.
[Nexus 4 General] grayson73:
I noticed this is for AT&T. Is there a set for T-mobile? I wonder if there is benefit to entering APN types for T-mobile and also creating a dedicated APN for MMS
[Nexus 4 General] c0LdFire:
Not possible as in they don't care at all about minutes, or not possible as in they'd cut me off faster then a coke addict in a jail cell?
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
They don't care for minutes, or texts. You MIGHT get throttled for data after a certain amount but not minutes.
[Nexus 4 General] The_other_ray:
Thanks for the heads up.
[Nexus 4 General] :
ST Tmobile works with MMS for me with only one APN. I think you should be fine with just one.
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
Agreed
[Nexus 4 General] Pre-dawn raid:
^^This. Your trick worked for me after waiting about 8 hours with nothing. Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] lanwarrior:
What app is this?
[Nexus 4 General] Bronk93:
In regards to the dual apn setup, once you set an apn don't you have to select one apn for it to function?
[Nexus 4 General] nibrwr:
Yes. The only APN you can select is the main one. The MMS APN isn't selectable
[Nexus 4 General] marty331:
APN Settings

Below are screenshots of my APN settings. I'm getting between 6-8 Mbps download.
[Nexus 4 General] erios82:
Should I switch to Straight Talk? Advice welcomed!

Hi guys & gals,

For the existing Straight Talk users, I have a few concerns after reading some reviews and their terms & service agreement. I was wondering / hoping if you could shed some light. (I'm currently on At&t and would like to either switch to Straight Talk or T-mobile's prepaid plan)

My concerns for Straight talk are:

1. I use a good bit of data each month ~ 3gb

2. I stream a lot of music via Spotify ~ 3-4 hours a day.

3. I use my phone for navigation / GPS a lot - driving, walking around town, etc.

4. I use my phone to tether my tablet for a data connection a good bit ~ couple hundred mb a month in tethering alone

Straight talk's terms of service outright forbids tethering and streaming of movies and music. Should I or shouldn't I try Straight Talk? Let me know - I'd love to hear your advice and thoughts! Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
Well there's a few things to consider when making this decision..Keep in mind people on ST have been getting around being throttled for sometime. It has to do with setting up a custom APN when you activate the phone. Answers on how to do that are listed in this very thread. It's dumb easy.

It's universally understood that T-Mobile in certain markets has amazing speed(better than "LTE") but spotty coverage on a national level. ATT has great speed(in my opinion) just about everywhere. You should know this...you already have ATT.

Even if I personally had great T-Mo coverage I wouldn't go with them. Why? Minutes....Yep, believe it or not along with doing everything you listed above, I still talk on the phone. And 100 minutes ain't shiz. I've been on prepaid plans before that have limited minutes and I'll never do it again..I like having the freedom of not having to decide whether or not to answer a call because my minutes are low. The thought of having to do that on a Nexus 4 is mind numbing. It's still a phone and I want to be able to talk as much as I damn well please.

Anyway, try both if you want. That's the beauty of buying an unlocked Nexus.
[Nexus 4 General] emuneee:
You are going to want to steer free of ST, your going to get inevitably throttled down to ~100Kbps with the scale of your monthly usage. I have Straight Talk and I exceeded ~2GB once and was throttled indefinetely. I had to create a support ticket to get my normal speeds back once my next billing cycle hit.
[Nexus 4 General] marty331:
I'm new to StraightTalk, what is the custom apn setting to avoid being throttled?
[Nexus 4 General] compuguy1088:
Honestly I've seen the opposite in NoVA. AT&T may have more coverage, but data speeds in congested areas can be slow to non-existent.
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
Post a screen shot of your speeds
[Nexus 4 General] biggiephat:
Why do you Marty have nothing under the APN type? How does that even work for you?
[Nexus 4 General] marty331:
Screen shot coming.

As for why it works, I tried several settings until I found the best.
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
Agreed...I tweaked here and there until it worked. I am using wap.tracfone instead of att.mvno and its working
[Nexus 4 General] marty331:
Here you go.
[Nexus 4 General] mrk829:
I switiched over from verizon to straight talk about a week ago. the port took about 12 odd hours and only because they wanted the zipcode for my number (i had moved a couple times to other places with a totally differnt zipcode.) I called them after about 11 hours and although i was on the phone with them for about 40 minutes, customre service made sure everything was working.

I too am only using one APN and it is working well for me. I am not sure how to find my d/l and u/p speeds since I am a newbie, but below are my settings (since i do not know how to take a screen shot)

Name : Straight Talk

APN: att.mvno

Proxy: Not Set

Port :80

Username: Not Set

Password:Not Set

Server: Not Set

MMSC: h t t p : / / mmsc dot cingular dot com (sorry-it wont let me post it together -newb)

MMS proxy: 66.209.11.33

MMS port : 80

MCC : 310

MNC :410

Authentication type: Not Set

APN Type: default, supl, mms, hipri

APN Protocol : IPv4

APN roaming protocol : IPv4

APN enable/disable : APN enabled (checked)

Bearer : Unspecified
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
This can't be right.....

Update: I've done this several times now and get the same result. My download speeds are lame compared to my upload speed. I can't figure it out as to why....
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
Press the power and volume down button at the same time for screen shot
[Nexus 4 General] :
theres def something wrong. you cant get those kind of uploads with HSPA. Why not use the Speedtest app?