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[Nexus 4 General] nycebo:
You shouldn't have to call ATT at all. After the port, the account should be automatically cancelled.

On an aside, you might want to buy a Tmobile SIM card and prepaid service for a couple days to see if the service works for you. The SIM card purchase (10 bucks) might come with a credit of the cost of the card (mine did) that you can then apply to $3/day 4G service. After a day or two, you'll know if Tmobile is for you.

If it is, then swapping now to the TMO $30/mth plan and paying the ATT ETF (less $10/month for every active month) may be more cost effective for you. Indeed, by my calculation given your contract end date at the end of March and assuming your ATT monthly bill greater than $60, it should save you some bucks. For example, if your ATT monthly bill is $100, you'd save @$275 over the next 6 months if you switched to the Tmobile 30 dollar plan.

It's why I dumped Verizon Wireless early. My monthly bill with taxes and fees was @$114/mth. With Tmobile in NYC with only sales tax, it's @$33/mth plus the occasional month where I need to spend upwards of $5 in additional calls (at $0.10/minute). Win win on my end. :good:
[Nexus 4 General] WCM3:
Does anybody know what would happen in my situation? Or what it be best to go talk to a t-mobile representative.

I'm currently on a Verizon unlimited data plan with a number I've had for probably 12 years. Problem is my bill is about $110/mn including taxes and fees. I use about 4-7GB of data per month (can probably scale it down if i stream music offline) and barely make phone calls. I'm trying to decide between the $30 t-mobile plan with 5GB data or the $70 AIO plan with 7 GB of data. I'd like to start on the t-mobile plan (while still keeping verizon for a month or so) until I know if the service bothers me. If it does, I'll then try the AIO (since it's AT&T's network). My only question is this...I know t-mobile's plan is for new customers. Say I try it and enjoy it, then decide i want to end my verizon contract and port my number over to t-mobile, will I run into any issues? It's almost like trying out t-mobile under a new phone number then a month or so later porting a number. Could that work?

Thanks in advance for anyone who read that!

Mike
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
No problems porting in down the line.

Sent from my phone. Please forgive typos and brevity.
[Nexus 4 General] Bob Smith42:
Got 2x T-Mobile micro SIM today for $0.99 each. Used promo code OCTSIM at this website.

Total cost on x2 was $2.12 USD.

Not sure how long OCTSIM promo code will work.

Good luck.
[Nexus 4 General] jonathan413:
Does T-Mobile still throttle their prepaid lines?

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Edit: also I heard that the cheaper T-Mobile plans have slower speeds than the higher up ones like the 70 dollar plan.. Is this true?
[Nexus 4 General] Warbuff:
They never do that to their pre paid that carries their branding
[Nexus 4 General] nycebo:
Only difference between pre and post with Tmobile is call forwarding and domestic data roaming only on the latter.

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It works. This is exactly what I did. Go for it.
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
You also don't get free international data roaming on prepaid. It's free of charge for simple choice plan customers. Free 2G for up to 6 weeks in select countries.
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
+1

Nexus IV
[Nexus 4 General] altqq:
does anyone else kept getting the "please sign in to carrier" notification?
[Nexus 4 General] Warbuff:
Only when I forgot to pay my bill and it pops that up
[Nexus 4 General] okyere:
Voip Cometh To Hangouts App

The IOS Hangouts app got an update that allows making and receiving calls via google voice. I'm assuming it is a matter of time before that update comes to us via Kitkat (4.4). If it works well over both wifi & mobile data, then the time to make the big networks data tubes is upon us:highfive:. If you use the google voice number as your main number for calling & receiving, you only need a solid data connection to stay connected:cool:. Of course mobile data can be spotty; that why we have 100 minutes to burn when we need it;).
[Nexus 4 General] BrianDigital:
well it only for new activations, so if you try and like just buy another sim kit then port your number over

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**** time to port my number back in
[Nexus 4 General] Fire Ball:
That's great news!! I wish they released this update for us at the same time as they did for iOS, but at least kitkat should be released very soon.
[Nexus 4 General] Warbuff:
That update for hangouts is going to be great for this plan.
[Nexus 4 General] ericshmerick:
Is it actually using real VOIP or is it cellular forwarding like Google Voice?
[Nexus 4 General] Fire Ball:
Real VoIP! Otherwise it wouldn't be anything new, lol.
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
Assumedly it'd be using a codec like speex or ilbc. This is getting interesting. I don't know how carriers aren't fuming
[Nexus 4 General] ericshmerick:
Shhh. They will be fuming one they find out. They will probably block the ports used by hangouts in retaliation...
[Nexus 4 General] SpasilliumNexus:
I'm planing on getting this plan and have an extra activation kit here. Could I buy a $30 refill card at a local store and use it to get the $30 plan on T-Mobile's site? I assume I'll be getting a different number too since I can't switch to this plan from my $70 unlimited?
[Nexus 4 General] Fire Ball:
I've heard that you can use the new activation kit to switch online. Go through the online activation and when it asks if you want to port your number, put in your current T-Mobile number. That way you can keep your number when you switch to this plan.
[Nexus 4 General] SpasilliumNexus:
Awesome. I hope it works and if not, it's not really a big deal since I'm going to start giving my Google Voice number :)
[Nexus 4 General] Fire Ball:
If that doesn't work then you can always activate the new SIM and then call customer care and have them port your number after! Doesn't sound like it matters enough to put in the effort for that though since you're going to start using Google Voice, hah.
[Nexus 4 General] Hcortes42:
t-mo has a $49 unlimited plan

T mobile has a 49 dollar plan on solavei, better than metro pcs. 4g of data n then down to 2g but still unlimited all. The direct link nationwideunlimited(dot here) com. Truly unlimited, not like metro pcs, and it is the Unlimited all $70 plan t mo offers for lower cost.
[Nexus 4 General] Nicraz:
T-Mobile and Solavei are not the same thing. Solavei is an MVNO that runs off of T-Mobile's towers that gets people to try to get others to sign up.

Sent from my HTC One

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Try CTO or swappa if you want to pick up a Nexus 4. I doubt it's coming back to the Play Store. The Nexus 5 will be released soon.

Sent from my HTC One
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
Solavei is fine for the price, except that you don't get Wifi calling (which is a deal-breaker for me since I lose T-Mobile service in my house). Also, he's spamming with his own promotion link.
[Nexus 4 General] Hcortes42:
t-mo has a$49 unlimited plan
[Nexus 4 General] Fire Ball:
Does this plan have official mobile hotspot now? It's showing up as 100 MB on my account. It didn't show this before!
[Nexus 4 General] whitedragonz83:
Neat. I tethered anyways though, but it is interesting to see they allow a clear 100mb.
[Nexus 4 General] overtheair:
Where are you seeing that? It doesn't show up for my account either online at my.t-mobile.com or via T-Mo's My Account app.
[Nexus 4 General] Fire Ball:
It's showing up in the My Account app. I haven't had a chance to check the website yet to see if it's showing up there too.
[Nexus 4 General] tvall:
Funny thing is, tethering was broken on cm the one time I tried to use it.
[Nexus 4 General] overtheair:
Interesting. I just realized they have two different My Account apps - both still available from Play Store. The app I had installed (appeared top of the list when I searched) doesn't mention anything about Hotspot usage. The other app (in your screenshot) does.
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
They recently updated the more up-to-date app and it newly shows hotspot usage. It definitely wasn't there before.
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
That's right. The new App is better and shows the mobile hotspot usage. Thanks for pointing out.

Nexus IV
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
You posted the same thing yesterday...
[Nexus 4 General] wideasleep1:
Zedaker321...meet Sharee134...all you guys seem to have a lot in common!
[Nexus 4 General] wideasleep1:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34338380&postcount=8

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http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34337909&postcount=4
[Nexus 4 General] fredmanwalking:
I'm in Madison, WI and LTE was recently rolled out here. I'm using a Nexus 4 and got LTE working on it. I'm not familiar with how cellular networks work with regard to different bands, radios, etc. However, I am wondering if the introduction of LTE band 4, which is on the 1700 MHz frequency will have any effect on HSPA+ coverage, which used 1700/2100 MHz. Does the introduction of LTE result in anything being lost?

Also, does anyone know if there is any connection between LTE implementation and conversion of the 1900 Mhz frequency to HSPA+? I know that in the technical sense these are two completely different things, but I am hopeful that T-Mobile would roll out both of these changes in each area at the same time. Does anyone have any first-hand experience or feedback about the 1900 MHz conversions?
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
So what T-Mobile is doing is putting LTE on 1700/2100 MHz (called AWS) by moving their HSPA+ ("4G") to 1900 MHz. The reason they're doing it is because you're given a certain amount of spectrum to use, so they need to use as much of their AWS as they can on LTE. So what does that mean for HSPA+? Well:

- No DC-HSPA+ in areas that are 1900 MHz only, which means slower data than on AWS.

- AT&T devices, which support T-Mobile LTE but not AWS HSPA+ will get 4G on T-Mobile.

- T-Mobile devices will continue to use AWS HSPA+ unless there's only 1900 MHz available. T-Mobile devices support all of the same frequencies that AT&T devices do, plus AWS for HSPA+.

In my area, I have LTE, AWS HSPA+, and 1900 MHz HSPA+. In terms of speed, it goes LTE, AWS HSPA+, and then 1900 MHz HSPA+. The benefit though of 1900 MHz for you and me as consumers is you'll not only get EDGE and LTE with an AT&T device (or at least EDGE with an international one), but also "4G".
[Nexus 4 General] fredmanwalking:
Thanks for the insight. Based on the fact you have LTE, AWS HSPA+ and 1900 MHz HSPA+ in your area, I'm still confused about if HSPA+ is being moved completely to 1900 MHz or if the AWS HSPA+ will still remain. In an area at the end of the LTE rollout and 1900 MHz conversion that T-Mobile is doing, is the intent to have LTE, AWS HSPA+ and 1900 MHz HSPA+ all available, like you mentioned you have above?

Thanks
[Nexus 4 General] fredmanwalking:
T-Mobile My Account app

Is anyone else having issues with the T-Mobile My Account app?

I had version 2.5.2.4 and saw that it doesn't show hotspot usage that I have seen referenced in this thread. I don't use the mobile hotspot feature frequently, but I am interested to see if T-Mobile is accurately capturing usage, for instance if I am using an iPad over the hotspot. The 2.5.2.4 version of My Account shows a summary on the main screen but clicking on the summary or Account Info takes me to a Webpage not available error page.

I installed version 2.6.4.815 and now no summary is displayed at the top and Account Info still takes me to a Webpage not available error page.

It says:

The webpage at http://ma.web2go.com/myaccount/home.do?src=atmo might be temporarily down.

Looks like I am not the only one having the issue based on this: https://support.t-mobile.com/thread/55802

I reverted back to the previous version of the app since at least I have a usage summary on the main screen.
[Nexus 4 General] Nicraz:
Mine was doing that in the morning. Now it shows this:

Sent from my HTC One
[Nexus 4 General] Ajfink:
Well, I wouldn't call that a goal so much as an incidental byproduct of juggling things around. The goal is for as much AWS to be opened up for LTE and as much LTE to be available as possible, especially for a future switch to voice-over-LTE (currently, all carriers only use LTE for data, not voice). At the same time, they're using the 1900Mhz block to support older standards, which also opens up using AT&T devices on T-Mobile and getting (pretty good) 3G. Currently there's a lot of mixing and matching, and the only real downside is the loss of DC-HSPA+ in some places.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] trsix:
expired

That code is now expired unfortunately.:(
[Nexus 4 General] AtrixShan:
TMobile does this promo every few month. Just wait and it will happen again.
[Nexus 4 General] fredmanwalking:
Ok, it's the loss of DC-HSPA+ that I was wondering about. I understand how that would go away because the frequencies are going to be used by LTE. Would be nice to have both, but I suppose once 1900 MHz is used for HSPA+ here, it won't be as fast, but I can switch to it for better battery life if I want to.

Also, I have to see that the speeds I'm seeing around here are competitive with Verizon Wireless, but service WAYYY cheaper.
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
Is this plan still available? I switched to pay as you go a few weeks ago because money was tight while I was in between jobs, and I'd like to get my mobile data back. I just looked on tmo's site, and I can't find any mention of this plan anywhere :(

amazon has cheap activation kits. just make sure you get an activation kit, not just a micro sim card. some of the cheap options are micro sim cards only.
[Nexus 4 General] wideasleep1:
It will become an option when you activate a new SIM (either online or by phone).
[Nexus 4 General] Ajfink:
What Wideawake said, but just to be clear - this plan is only for new activations.
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
Thank you!

Yes, I know. That's exactly why I have never used my tmobile number for anything but google voice forwarding. I can cancel my current number, activate a new sim card with a new phone number, and get the $30 value plan, all while still using the same phone number thanks to google voice ;) Activating a new number with tmobile makes me a new customer since it's a new line, so that is the only way to re-subscribe to the $30 value plan as (technically) a current customer.
[Nexus 4 General] Ajfink:
Right-o ;) I just wasn't sure you knew the score - you do.
[Nexus 4 General] wideasleep1:
Almost. The ONLY requirement for this plan is to ACTIVATE a new SIM...you can still port over any number you choose during activation, hopefully not suffering an ETF from your current carrier. No *need* to be a 'new customer' like a subsidised post-pay phone/plan.
[Nexus 4 General] jlk_250:
I accidentally ordered the regular SIM card activation kit at first. The local T-Mobile store wouldn't cut it down for me, said they don't do that anymore. NP though since the N4 shipment delay meant that a micro-SIM activation kit came in plenty of time. No harm in asking though since it probably varies from store to store.

After a week or so on T-Mobile, I have to say that I am very pleased. There are some areas where I get no coverage and some areas where I get a strong signal but slow or no data. Worst part is that at work, my desk is far enough from the windows that I get mobile service only half the time. 10 feet away, no problem. Everywhere else including at home I get a far, far better data rate than I got with my old Galaxy S on Verizon. Both the N4 and this $30 T-Mobile plan are excellent! (It's off-topic, but I love my N4!!!)
[Nexus 4 General] jcoe0723:
Forgive me if this has already been answered...but I just received my N4 today in the mail. I'm trying to activate the 30$ a month plan through T-Mobile on the website, and I got this message:

"We’re sorry, we’re still working to process your activation. Please wait a few moments and then try navigating to another web page. You should receive a text message to your device when your activation is processed.

Laptop Stick and Netbook customers, please check your connection manager to make sure you are connected to the network. If you are not connected, please click on the Connect button to reconnect.

If you still see this message please call T-Mobile Customer Care at 1-877-778-2106."

Is this common? Do I just wait till I get that text message? How long does it usually take?
[Nexus 4 General] danlo:
I got that message too. I had to click the back button to go back through the activation process on the web and it went through without a hitch the second time around. If you didn't get your text message on the N4, I would suggest you try again.
[Nexus 4 General] jcoe0723:
You mean fill everything out again? or just hit the back button then submit button again? Cause I've done that like 10 times already and each time is that message. :mad:
[Nexus 4 General] danlo:
I literally just clicked through since all the information was still filled in, and I got the verification text as soon as the website said it was successful.
[Nexus 4 General] HTCMDA:
Ok fellas here's the deal.

Called yesterday, cancelled my post paid account. paid my ETF and whatever bill I owed.

Made it clear I wanted to go to prepaid and the person I spoke with said OK, I'll fill out the form to make that happen and it should take 24-48hrs.

On a hunch, I called today told the person who answered I want to speak to someone about prepaid, and got transferred. Told them the previous info, and she said that wasn't noted, BUT she will do it right now.

SO, a 3 minute phone call, got my number ported and on the $30 100 minute talk & unlimited text/ 5gig 4g plan. And she made it clear that the transfer would end our call because it would cut service for a moment. A total of 5 minutes (including the phone call) My number was ported and I'm on this plan now.

Personally I wouldn't wait 24+ hours for that, Call and get what you are trying to do taken care of instantly.

I'm a happy camper now.
[Nexus 4 General] frankied22:
Does MMS work on the N4 with the $30 T-Mobile plan?
[Nexus 4 General] sporez:
Yes it works.
[Nexus 4 General] thebest:
I got the server to work with just speex, and it seems like installing g729 codec should make that work.

But, how much better is g729 than speex? Will I still be about to call over hspa with just speex?

Thanks again
[Nexus 4 General] biggiephat:
Man I'm at work and I only get edge speeds! I walk 15 ft closer to a window I can pick up hspa. Man this stinks lol.
[Nexus 4 General] K Rich:
Just said F U to ATT and got my number ported. I did it at 9:45 pm and by 8 am my number port was complete :D
[Nexus 4 General] ketjr81:
Decided to go with this plan, I was considering Straight Talk but was worried about data use on that plan.

I ordered the activation kit last night, then I got my shipping confirmation for my N4. I hope the activation kit comes in quick so I'm not waiting!
[Nexus 4 General] kzoodroid:
I ordered the kit on Tuesday morning and it just arrived today at noon. It takes them about 2 days to process the order as I got shipping notice last night at 10 pm.
[Nexus 4 General] osi13:
It's definitely better. If I'm stationary, with at least 2 bars of 3g or HSPA+, it's like I'm calling over WiFi. However, if I'm driving, the experience can be entirely different. I can drive 20 miles to school, and a single call will perform admirably, but that's because I have great service the entire trip. However, there are two dead zones on my way to work where circuit switched calls (T-Mobile) actually drop, and VoIP calls are very poor (just in those two areas), but don't actually get disconnected. G729 has the lowest amount of latency and is second to OPUS. Speex slightly trails G729. It's pretty easy to install the G729 codec. All you need to do is drop the .so file into the correct folder and restart Asterisk. If you're not familiar with Linux, you can use WinSCP to drop the .so to the right directory, and just reboot your server. You can determine which codec you're using by clicking the "circle i" in CSipSimple.

If you find T-Mobile to be poor in your area, try Straight Talk with an AT&T SIM, and don't bother with VoIP calling. In my situation, 100 cellular minutes is more than sufficient, and I find T-Mobile's network to be pretty solid -- I hit 21Mb down the other day and was very surprised. In some situations, having VoIP calling is a huge advantage. For example, no one gets service in certain areas of my campus, regardless of the carrier, but WiFi is available everywhere. I can call, and send text messages over the school's WiFi while others don't have service.

If you're using PIAF in a VM, be sure to install the guest add-ons. I had choppy sound while calling voicemail on my LAN, and installing the guest add-ons fixed this issue.
[Nexus 4 General] andy o:
I've settled for Sipdroid w/Speex. I've made a few calls and they're all right. What I'm concerned the most is with latency. When there's not a strong connection, all the native GV/chat apps that pass through whatever codec it uses, delay voice horribly instead of breaking it up, and worse, the delay is incremental. Haven't tested Talkatone a lot though, but they charge a subscription (which is more expensive than the whole of Groove IP) just to get rid of ads, and another subscription for higher quality compression and other features (understandable).
[Nexus 4 General] thebest:
I placed the g729 codec in the right folder, named it appropriately, and made it executable, but when I attempt to make calls using just the g729 codec they don't go out. D:

Any ideas?
[Nexus 4 General] osi13:
What version of FreePBX are you using?

FreePBX 2.10 is set up a lot differently than 2.9 or below.

Anyway, you need to navigate to "Asterisk SIP settings" which is under "System Administration" (this may be different in 2.10)

Check ulaw, speex, and G729, and click submit at the bottom. Then wait for the page to refresh and click apply at the top. Those are the only codecs you'll need until OPUS is released for Asterisk.

If it still doesn't work, go to your extension settings, and only input G729 under "allow."

This will force G729. Also, be sure you're only selecting G729 in CSipSimple. I've been talking with r3gis3r, the developer of CSipSimple, and he's going to look into the sound quality issues with the N4. Like I said before, CSipSimple is almost flawless with my Gnex, but I seem to be having some quality issues with my N4 -- these issues are not a deal breaker, but audio quality could be better.
[Nexus 4 General] thebest:
I'm using FreePBX 2.8.1.5

It works fine when I select just Speex (no ulaw or g729), but when I switch it to just G729 it doesn't let me dial out and gives me the 503 error. Just tried to allow only g729 and it just calls the phone I'm dialing out from.
[Nexus 4 General] osi13:
Did you enable it under Asterisk SIP settings? ulaw should work for sure, because it's pretty much the default codec. There is also a chance that you didn't download the correct G729 build. What processor are you using?

SSH into your server, and post the output of cat /proc/cpuinfo
[Nexus 4 General] Nayners:
Not true. I'm on the same towers as contract T-Mobile users. In my area, there is a lot of cell traffic around 5 pm. Never once have I been throttled. I consistently pull down 22 Mbps no matter what time of day.

Now, going over the allotted 5gb, you will get you throttle for sure. T-Mobile is serious about the 5 gig limit.

So far, I'm loving this plan. It's awesome if you don't talk much, or use VoIP.
[Nexus 4 General] hp420:
Ok, gotcha...as I said, I'm not too worried about keeping my number, though, since I've never used it. Plus, it's already a tmobile number and I'd rather just get a new number just in case the agent gives me any hassles. Thanks, though ;)