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[Nexus 4 General] conundrum4000:
Just an update for anyone else having MMS issuse with GoSMSPro.

With the builtin APN, I could send MMS from the stock messaging app with no problems, however it never worked if I sent from GoSMS to fix this:

Open GoSMS, go into Advanced Settings->MMS Settings, enable 'Fill APN config manually' and put in the MMSC the same as your APN, which should be "http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc".

Give it a minute, then any previously queued MMS messages sent from GoSMS should immediately go through.

I know not everyone was having this issue, but posting this just incase someone is having issues.

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] obsanity:
Finally got my sim and signed up for this plan. Here is the fastest speed I clocked in yet.

I'm not sure why I got over 800 ping. I usually get 60-120.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] obsanity:
Couldn't post a picture in my previous post.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] rock7632:
So what you're saying is that if I invite someone to download the vonage app and they accept, I can get incoming calls from them though the vonage app even though the app does not allow incoming calls?
[Nexus 4 General] donec:
Vonage allows free calls in both directions when both parties are using Vonage just like Skype.
[Nexus 4 General] woody296:
To me Tmobile is no better or worse than other carriers as far as call quality. Do you have any test results to back up your opinion? Not trying to battle just looking for information. I don't have a N4 i have a gal nexus but do use the tmobile 30 plan. I have recently started using the vonage app with 3 other family members and find the quality to be on an HD level, very impressive.
[Nexus 4 General] GorillaPimp:
I guess Detroit isn't a wasteland after all. That's decent. Those speeds trump what I get in Downtown Atlanta (10/2). I get 10 down and 4 up with no bars at home in Greenville, SC (between Charlotte and Atlanta). 15/5 outside. Upload is about the same as my Charter broadband. My speeds are the same as when I was on contract.
[Nexus 4 General] woody296:
And the quality is very, very good. Much better than normal cellphone calls.:good:
[Nexus 4 General] gagdude:
See below;)
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
Ugh that was a tough port / activation. Waited 7 days for sim delivery. As soon as I got it I went online to activate. Filled everything out. Chose to transfer my number. The plan. Step 5 how to pay.. Almost done, error, no scheduled auto pay? No such option, can't continue to finalize.

Called the number provided. Rep asks questions.. Ok so she works on getting me up and running. Sim is used, you need a new one.. Activation code, sorry you can't use it, it's already used.. Oh boy!

Yes used by me, but I can't complete my activation. Silence on the line a few times, she says looks like your number is in process of port. Let it complete and you'll be able to choose the plan after you receive a confirmation txt.

Ok so 5 hours later I get the text. Called in the morning since they had me on the pay as you go plan and didn't have the 5 gig internet plan available to me. Rep apologizes and says he will forward my name and information to the supervisor to fix the plan I'm on and I should receive a confirmation text within 10 to 15 minutes. 2 more calls 2 hours later everything's working finally.

On a side note calling voicemail uses up your minutes!? I bought my refill card at winn dixie a local florida supermarket, which charged me tax..

I ported from Straight Talk att byop. Had lost my number in account management after 3 days without refilling. While waiting for my tmo sim. Wasn't sure what the account number was. It's the underlined numbers on the st sim also listed in you account info. And it doesn't have a pin unless you set one up. The st number showed up as an att number and even though I gave them the information all mixed up they were still able to get my number released and ported.

So far getting 6/1mbs speeds at home with only 1 signal bar. Building penetration has been decent, but haven't tested data. Lost a call with tmo while in an elevator. Will have to test 2morow in a few basement/garages and high rises. I lost signal pretty much in same places as st att. So far so good. Better than simple mobile 8 months ago.

Easy setup on n4. Haven't tested mms yet. Get data turbo lag during it's switch from 3g to H+

Have yet to get better results on data tests. From Bal Harbour to sobe. Nor in North Miami. But great ping 30-72ms.
[Nexus 4 General] imthekingbk:
I've been having very odd issues with this T-Mobile plan. I live in the Chicago area and the service was fantastic anywhere near the city. The problem is I go to school in downstate Illinois. At any moment on my Nexus 4 I will have full signal and within seconds I will have no service at all. Sometimes when I have zero bars of service I can restart the phone and signal will be reconnected and previously missed text messages will start coming in. Not sure if I have an incorrect APN setting or something but I am wondering if anyone else is having weird issues like this. I may have to move to AT&T Straight Talk if these issues continue.
[Nexus 4 General] c0LdFire:
From experience, T-Mobile's coverage in rural Illinois is absolute garbage. If you're in a city it's great, but don't expect to have anything at all in Randomsmalltown, IL with a population of 500.

It's a shame, because some of these areas claim to have good 2G coverage on T-Mobile's map but instead have nothing. I'd be 100% fine with EDGE if I was just on a business trip or something. Ah well.
[Nexus 4 General] jaybeeunix:
I have a coworker who had that problem. Our local T-Mobile store told him to enable data roaming (Settings>Wireless More>Mobile Networks>Data roaming) and he hasn't complained about it since. You might also check to make sure your phone is set to "Choose automatically" in Network operators page.

This is in Champaign, btw.
[Nexus 4 General] Censura_Umbra:
I don't think prepaid has roaming. And T-Mobile sucks everywhere but in a metropolis. In the cities in upstate NY I know a bunch of T-Mobile stores just left because no one was buying the garbage service that was there. Luckily I live in Boston now.

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Anyone here using WiFi calling?
[Nexus 4 General] ghostrid3r:
Free 7 Day T-Mobile sim card and a week of service

1/14/2013 - 2/11/2013

Register at the link, and pick up a sim card at a participating T-Mobile shop, and try T-Mobile free for a week.

Unlocked GSM phone required (Nexus 4).

Unknown if this works with existing phones/accountholders, so YMMV.

https://explore.t-mobile.com/test-f...lCjCKbywgfj4zbkjmwzffkwCjCmzF5kbETjmG4jVbbkBf

:o
[Nexus 4 General] Censura_Umbra:
This is amazing, wish I had my nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] jaybeeunix:
As the T-Mobile guy explained it, there are two T-Mobile networks in our area (I do see two T-Mobiles and an AT&T when I look at Network Operators so that's plausible) and Android phones need data roaming enabled to access them both seamlessly.

It definitely doesn't give me any roaming on AT&T or regional GSM networks -- If I go to the aforementioned "Randomsmalltown, IL" I'm data-less.
[Nexus 4 General] El Niche:
Let me know how it goes for you. I use this plan in Miami. So far it has been good but do get some data drops or simply complete disconnection from service (bars turn black). My sppeds are usually in the 5Mbps mark. There is always switching from 3G to H so there is a bit of a lag there which I didnt have on an HTC one S.
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
Of course you're going to drop a call in an elevator.
[Nexus 4 General] lazer155:
Is MMS working for you guys? I just noticed today when I sent my first MMS message since getting my N4, that it doesn't work. It gets stuck with a "sending" message at the bottom of the sent message in the stock messaging app. It was a message with only text to 2 recipients. It sent it as an MMS by itself. Normally I only send messages to 1 recipient at a time slabd it always says SMS so I'm not sure it switching to MMS is normal for multiple recipients. I'm running CyanogenMod 10.1.
[Nexus 4 General] andy o:
If you mean t-mobile's wifi calling then it doesn't work with this phone. It needs deeper integration with the firmware. It might been possible that someone could make it work but it's not gonna be official and there doesn't seem to be much interest in it anyway.
[Nexus 4 General] bozzykid:
I use Group Messaging in the stock app all the time. It is an option in the settings and should be turned on by default. It will send all messages to multiple recipients as a MMS. I haven't had any problems with it. Check your apn settings and make sure they are correct.
[Nexus 4 General] lazer155:
I'm using the default settings and they seem to match everyone else's. I'll try sending one again to multiple recipients. Maybe it just needs a reboot. Do I have to have data turned on when I send it? I had it off at the time so that may have been the issue.
[Nexus 4 General] 7water:
So when i first got my Nexus 4 i was able to get 10mbps/2mbps up constantly in downtown San Jose area with full bar signal, but few months later, my signal are constantly at 20-50% and everytime i do a speedtest the server is always hosted at somewhere NOT California ( Kansas, Colorado, Texas, etc) and i getting very varied speed ranging from .2mbps to 5mbps making my phone very unusable in most situation.

Anyone else experiencing these problems or it is just me?

attached is the speed which i initially get when i got my Nexus 4 and what im getting now.

Thanks.
[Nexus 4 General] carlosesque:
This may be a CM 10.1 issue as I very recently moved from the EVO 4G LTE running CM 10.1 to the Nexus 4 (stock) on T-Mobile prepaid and I have had no issues with MMS. With CM 10.1, sending MMS was always hit or miss with one of every five MMS actually going through.
[Nexus 4 General] Censura_Umbra:
No I meant in general. I use grooveip (since I ported my number to Google voice instead of T-Mobile)
[Nexus 4 General] MidtownHD:
try changing the server.
[Nexus 4 General] milan03:
It looks like we have the LTE APN settings for T-Mobile!

APN: fast.t-mobile.com

APN Protocol: IPv4/IPv6

everything else the same as epc.tmobile.com.

Check out : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2095037

And please if you're connecting to LTE!
[Nexus 4 General] lazer155:
Is there anything that can be done to fix it?
[Nexus 4 General] fatttire:
Those APN settings allow me to connect to T-Mobile but at least in Chicago here and now its a 3G connection
[Nexus 4 General] avargas28:
What happens if I need more minutes? My renew payment isn't until the 20th but I'm down to my last 10 minutes and I need to make an important phone call that Im sure will last more than 10 minutes. I tried to renew early but I don't see the option to do that. I added $30 but I can apply it to get additional minutes. Am I SOL?
[Nexus 4 General] raiderep:
30 bucks will give you 300 minutes @ 10 cents a minute.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] Tmfz:
If you added money to your balance go ahead and make your phone call and when you use the remaining 10 minutes it will start deducting money at a rate of 10 cents per min as needed from the balance you added. In other words you're good to go.
[Nexus 4 General] jeffmhasty:
Download the T-mobile Visual Voicemail app. I was annoyed when I set up my voicemail and noticed 4 minutes down the drain, so I decided to look into it. The Visual Voicemail notification is a minute or so slower than the normal voicemail notification, but you can just open up the app and listen to your messages.

As far as my experience with T-mobile so far, I'm pleasantly surprised (for the most part). I get full coverage places I didn't get any service on AT&T with my iPhone 4 (at the gym, inside the supermarket). However, the service in my apartment is horrible! I think it's the combination being in a river valley and the apartment is partially underground. Some other places near home (again, in a river valley) I notice the service drop every now and then.

Data speeds at work are pretty good: 60-100ms ping, 13Mbps down, 1.5-3Mbps up. It's surprising because my office is nestled 1 mile into the woods.
[Nexus 4 General] avargas28:
Oh, ok, that's great. I don't want my phone to just cut off. I ended up taking that phone call from my moms lan line. But its good to hear that I can keep an additional $10 just encase I go over my minutes.
[Nexus 4 General] austriker27:
Has anyone tried getting this plan to work for a blackberry? I picked up an older model to rock until the new bb10 comes but i wont connect to bis...
[Nexus 4 General] jaybeeunix:
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans

BIS is a $10/mo add on (the last thing on the linked page).
[Nexus 4 General] austriker27:
I know, thanks! I added it but it took a few hours of troubleshooting for it work, including several calls to T-Mobile. It's working now though. And yesterday I looked at post paid plans through the big three carriers, screw them! A plan with just minimal data would be 80-100 just for me. No thanks! Boycott!

sent from my mobile (HTC G2)
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
Today is the start of my third month on this plan. I noticed that this plan goes for 30 days and not for a month. In my case, the first month started on November 20th and ended on December 19th (30 days). The second month is Dec 20 - Jan 18 (30 days). My account was charged today (1/19) for $30 and next charge date is set to Feb 18th. Do you guys get the same thing? Is this not a month to month plan? But their webpage says it is a monthly plan. What is your experience?
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
Made the apn changes. Selected LTE/GSM (auto) PRL via 4636. Dropping to E now switching between 3G and H. Miami FL.

Edit: LTE only gets no signal.
[Nexus 4 General] jarjar124:
cuz LTE isnt available yet everywhere on tmobile -____-
[Nexus 4 General] androidfoshizzle:
Where's hspa+42 ? Tmobile must think everybody has it:rolleyes:

"Vanilla android >jail broken iOS>90" TV's"
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
Anyone run any speed test while testing LTE apn?
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
same results with epc and fast for me

looks like fast.t-mobile.com doesn't support ipv6 currently
[Nexus 4 General] gagdude:
Guys T-Mobile LTE is only getting switched on at Las Vegas very soon, then Kansas City. If you don't live in either then don't expect LTE speeds quite yet
[Nexus 4 General] milan03:
Check SignalCheck app from PlayStore. It notifies you as you're connecting to the LTE network which is amazing. You're phone can be locked in your pocket, but you'll know when you're attached to LTE!
[Nexus 4 General] austriker27:
Same thing for me. My post date keeps moving up each month

sent from my mobile (HTC G2)
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
Anyone buy the walmart $10 cards? They are discounted to $9.88 or something like that. I assume they charge taxes tho. Hum wonder if they offer thrm via electronic delivery.

Edit: ok so they are $9.92 email delivery. You can save on taxes too, since it's not physically being delivered and it's a refill card. YMMV
[Nexus 4 General] bozzykid:
Callingmart.com always has them for less than that and you get electronic delivery. Plus, they almost always have a 5% off coupon code.
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
Thanks! I see that on their fb page.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr Ian B:
Is this the right one for our $30 plan. When I click on hyperlink of plan it is for 1500 min and texts plan?

http://www.callingmart.com/mobile/order/ShoppingCart.aspx

Link me if wrong please. Coupon code is mlk125.
[Nexus 4 General] jaybeeunix:
you can use any of the t-mobile refills -- they just add money to your account.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr Ian B:
Ok, thanks for info28.50 w coupon mlk125 works for me. Walmart website charges 2 kinds of taxes and final price was 33.xx for email card. Not worth it. Going the callingmart.com route.

Ian B
[Nexus 4 General] duclet:
Yeah, their plan is only for 30 days not really a month:

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans-faqs
[Nexus 4 General] bish.s:
Solavei

I got an invitation to use Solavei, however, when I used the IMEI (?) number in N4 it said device not supported. At that point decided to go with $30 T-mobile.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr Ian B:
Just bought one with discount code MLK125. $30 refill was $28.90 after discount.

Thanks,

Ian B
[Nexus 4 General] IRX120:
I use the 30$ month plan and am loving it, hopefully will get a N4 as soon as there available, guess I'll have to cut my Sim card down
[Nexus 4 General] gagdude:
They don't have the N4 IMEIs, but if you Google "Nexus 4 on Solavei" there are some articles that provide Galaxy S3 IMEIs. Since, the IMEI is only needed for them to send you a microSIM (or SIM) card it doesn't matter as the S3 also uses a microSIM. I was tempted to go with Solavei because they have conditional call forwarding, free roaming (this is HUGE), and most features of a postpaid plan, but decided I was happy with the $30/month price on Monthly4G so stayed. However, the postpaid features on Solavei are very, very impressive.
[Nexus 4 General] 3rdstring:
All you have to do is go into a T-Mobile store & ask for a micro sim
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
Or order it online for 99¢.
[Nexus 4 General] FallN:
It seems like I'm getting shortchanged by a day. Apparently "30 days" is only 29 days on T-Mobile 's calendar. :thumbdown:

Sent from my Nexus 4 or Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] duclet:
How so?
[Nexus 4 General] c0LdFire:
I'm almost tempted to try Solavei because of the roaming. I don't know how much it'd effect me (if at all), though. There's areas that T-Mobile "covers" yet the signal is so poor that it drops out indoors, but I assume I won't roam there and would only roam in rural contract areas. That's not super useful to me unfortunately.

Anyone have any review of the Solvei ROAMING?
[Nexus 4 General] woody296:
If i did my math right in 6 years they screw us out of 30 bucks How dare they!!!:silly:
[Nexus 4 General] dynamicpda:
I'm finishing up my second month and I am still trying to grasp the implication of 30 days. What confuses me is how we set up autopay to cope with a payment date that is always moving earlier each month when their auto-pay is based on parts of the month or a fixed day each month. This mismatch is stupid.

They botched my auto-pay the first time around: I got an email notification of the payment but after midnight the next day, my data went dead. They acknowledged the payment yet didn't process it completely. So then I shifted my payment date to be a few days ahead of the end of the 30 days, but I am already near the beginning of the month, and in a few months the pre-paid period will shift into later days of the month. For example, my next billing period ends 2/5 and in a few months it will be something like 8/31.

How do I set up my auto-pay to always be ahead of the billing date??
[Nexus 4 General] bryceb04:
I tried it out on a trip from Colorado to California. The roaming data is edge, so it was pretty horrible but it did work periodically to update navigation directions. It wasn't that reliable though as far as keeping a solid data connection. This was through rural Utah, Nevada, etc. I am continuing with the $30 plan as I don't need data roaming on any regular basis. If you do, it may be worth it, but the speeds are no better than what you get when you exceed 5 GB on the $30 plan.
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
Who's the provider out there? ATT? With EDGE, you gotta slow down to 55mph or less for it to be remotely usable.
[Nexus 4 General] jasonwc:
Anyone compare the straight talk T-Mobile plan to the $30 T-Mobile plan? Straight talk doesn't provide a hard cap but people claim to get at least 5 GB. The speeds should be the same.
[Nexus 4 General] hoofdpijn:
The Tmobile store will sell you a Sim kit and transfer your existing account data to it for 10 bucks. There were two of us in the store doing it this weekend. Both going from a gnex to the n4 and already on the $30/month plan.

If you want a new Sim with a new account setup, they want 20 bucks to do it. That's a rip and a half right there. Just order one online for 99 cents.
[Nexus 4 General] FlukerFlakes:
Just went to Tmobile store and got brand new SIM card for free and got the 60 a month plan since they don't offer the 30. I'll just use the 60 for my 1st month then switch online to the 30
[Nexus 4 General] venturizhou:
I have the Straight Talk (AT&T) sim and I get throttled after 2GB per month.
[Nexus 4 General] Acuity:
This is what I did. The 99 cents also includes shipping and activation, which was a good deal. Unfortunately now I'm in the waiting process for my number to be ported. 10 hours and counting...
[Nexus 4 General] DroidRage1:
Is the activation system down for anyone else? Been trying since 5 today, doesn't want to let me pay.
[Nexus 4 General] Titan Ape:
I had to call in to get my sim activated, their system kept telling me the code was unknown. The customer support rep overrode the system and activated it. Once it was active, I went to their site and registered an account and paid them their $30.00.
[Nexus 4 General] muyoso:
We need to figure out how to get Tasker to enable Airplane mode on 4.2. That way we can have it automatically turn off the radio when in range of wifi so that we can use VOIP, and then automatically turn on the radio when we leave wifi so that it uses the Tmobile minutes. This is the setup I was using with the Galaxy Nexus, but Google changed the way Airplane mode works so it no longer functions.

Also, Is anyone else using GV SMS Integration? This was working flawlessly with the Galaxy Nexus, but now I don't receive any notification at all when I receive an SMS. Other than that its working perfectly, allowing me to use the stock messaging app to send and receive SMS messages through Google Voice.
[Nexus 4 General] vettefan8:
You can't simply "switch online to the 30". The 30 dollar plan is only for first time customers. Once they signed up that sim card for a different plan, you are unable to switch it to the $30 plan. The easiest method is to buy a sim card activation kit off of t-mobiles website for 99 cents. Then activate the sim card online (where you will be able to select the 30 plan for your new sim card). Then fund your new account with a $30 tmobile card. They can be purchased at a discount and without any taxes from callingmart. That's what I've been doing for the last year anyways.
[Nexus 4 General] asdf916:
9Mbps down, 3Mbps up

how are people getting getting 20+Mbps :eek:
[Nexus 4 General] picachux:
I get anywhere from 4-12Mbps down, 1-1.5up at home. I've seen 19Mbps down I a few times I bothered to test in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. I've been on this plan 4 months so far. This was on my Galaxy S3 I just handed down to my sister.
[Nexus 4 General] jellybellys:
I use Google Voice + Simonics Google Voice Gateway to get free unlimited voip calling, then I hooked it up to the stock dialer's Internet Calling feature! :)
[Nexus 4 General] Robpol86:
I haven't seen it mentioned here (I read the entire thread over the past few days so forgive me if I missed it) but I use one of these to reduce the number of minutes I use on T-Mobile:

http://www.amazon.com/OBi100-Telephone-Adapter-Service-Bridge/dp/B004LO098O

I use that box at home with my Google Voice account to make free inbound and outbound calls. You have to give them your Google credentials but you can make a dedicated google account for Google Voice if you're concerned (it's relatively easy to "port" a GV number from one google account to another). When I'm at home and someone calls me I just pick up my landline phone instead of my Nexus 4.

I actually use a more expensive box (Obi202) that supports fax machines and have a dedicated GV number for it :)
[Nexus 4 General] dwd3885:
Great find, how does it work?
[Nexus 4 General] Misfit77:
I am going to use Spare phone with Google voice. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ephone&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd

Anyone have experience using this?
[Nexus 4 General] OmgitzFire:
Is anyone that cut their sim card into a micro is getting data drops?

My H+ seems to work on and off.