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[Nexus 4 General] talhak91:
Porting from Virgin Mobile

How long exactly have you been waiting? I'll be doing the exact same thing once my phone comes in! During the porting process, is your Nexus 4 able to get data service, or do you have to wait till everythiing is complete? Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] osi13:
Skype uses SILK, which is comparable to g729. Skype is definitely an option. g729 will be the best option until OPUS is available for Asterisk.

Check out this chart.

If you're going to use pbxes.com, the only codec I'd use is Speex.
[Nexus 4 General] dwd3885:
anybody else use Simonics Google Voice Gateway? Seems pretty sweet deal. You don't pay anything, sign up on their website, donation based...Fill out info on your Call Settings and viola, Internet calling Incoming AND Outgoing. Any downsides? Am I missing something?
[Nexus 4 General] joelshooty:
Which codec does Simonics use?
[Nexus 4 General] Misfit77:
I am at a loss here. I have set up a pbxes account and linked it to my GV account. I added my pbxes account info into the native android sip settings and enabled internet calling when there is a data connection available. I also have gv number forwarding to Google chat but not my cell number. When I try to make a call it just hangs like it's calling but I hear nothing but static. What am I doing wrong?
[Nexus 4 General] dwd3885:
I have no clue. Here's the info: https://simonics.com/gvgw/

Just setup via Internet calling on my dialer and it works great.
[Nexus 4 General] acegolfer:
Here's a detailed instruction. Try this. You may have skipped a step or two.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1791957

I was advised to avoid the native VOIP phone. I'm using sipdroid per the above instruction.
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
simonics is meant to be used as a trunk for your existing pbx solution as a proof of concept.

g711
[Nexus 4 General] namartlu:
I am on my 5th day, and still not switched over. They said yesterday that it's on the final stage, and asked me to wait another 72 hours. So, I am just waiting out...

Meanwhile, my Nexus 4 has a temporary number with data service.

One thing to note is that I didn't ask for number porting when I activate T-mobile plan online, I don't know if I do that is it going to be faster. I wanted to try out the service first.
[Nexus 4 General] jaybeeunix:
TMO Porting support number

That's what I did too. Coming from Verizon, I didn't have any porting issue and it only took a few hours for me to port. I did have to restart my phone after the porting was done.

For others, T-Mobile's Porting support line is available directly at 1-877-789-3106 M-F 8am-Midnight, Sa-Su 8am-10pm Eastern.
[Nexus 4 General] sporez:
I can agree with this...coming from Verizon prepaid, number porting to tmo was incredible painless. Took <9 hours to complete (overnight).
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
You can call tmobile they will add it. I also recall reading about one company, cant recall the name you contact them they will get it added to your bill.
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
Asurion is the company all carriers use, but you have to get it through the carrier. I used to work for Sprint and Verizon so I know this. If you go to Phoneclaim.com (their website), they'll ask you what carrier you're on.

EDIT: I told them it was a gift that I got brand new in the box. They approved it, but it's $12 a month, so I'm trying to decide.

EDIT #2: They said no because my phone's been on the account for over 14 days. UGH.
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
I got a kit at Walmart . that included the service & micro sim card ..

Also note my texting is working. But not MMS (pics)
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
MMS should work. Did you set up the APN correctly?
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
I believe so ? The T-Mobile rep on the phone went over then with me.
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
Go into the APN menu and open your currently-used APN. Make sure that you have this under "MMSC"

http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc

Here's what my APN looks like:
[Nexus 4 General] Visual360:
Hi all,

Quick question, do I need to transfer a phone number to be able to use this? Do the SIM card provides with a new number?

Thanks.
[Nexus 4 General] wideasleep1:
Not if you already have a TMO account...online and phone activation will prompt you for applying for an existing or a new number.The SIM card is irrelevant, it's the activation process on a new SIM that determines what number ends up being activated.

edit: be aware the application of an existing number to this plan will kill your old plan immediately, so prepare in advance.
[Nexus 4 General] Visual360:
Thanks for the quick reply.

No, I'm not a T-Mo customer. I have my service with ATT and just happens to buy the N4 to play around with, so I'm not really interested in porting my number. So, I was wondering if I do the $30 plan, will T-Mo provide with a new number?

Thanks again.
[Nexus 4 General] neuroval:
Yep. And if in the future you want to port your AT&T number to T-Mobile that can be done too.
[Nexus 4 General] Visual360:
Nice! That's good to hear. Thank you!
[Nexus 4 General] Johmama:
As kind-of an add-on to the advice already given to you: If, in the future, you decide that you will be switching service a lot, you can port your number to Google Voice. If you've never heard of it, you can look it up. It's basically a call-forwarding service. Someone calls your Voice number, and Voice forwards the call to whatever phone (number) you want. That way, you can switch service whenever, give Voice the new number you were given for the new service, everything is taken care of for you on the back-end. and everything looks the same to anyone calling you. I would recommend Google Voice even if you aren't switching service a lot, it's really convenient. The only downside is that it doesn't support MMS.

Also be aware that porting numbers cancels any current contracts that number is under. There are ways around it though, basically by requesting a new number from your service provider right after requesting the port of your old number to wherever. It's not guaranteed, but it's had a high success rate, including me.
[Nexus 4 General] 3dupunk:
THIS^^^^

I forgot about the time limit, 12 bucks, the price has gone up.... I only pay 7 for my nexus...really for my peace of mind. Sucks that they won't let you put it on! If I were you I would call them back and speak to someone else.
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
The guy didn't ask me. The system told him it's been on the account for over 14 days, so I doubt there's anything I can do.
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
I was wondering if anyone has found any more deals on pre paid calling cards for this plan? A couple months ago I paid $40 and got a $50 card but they don't have any tmobile cards any more. Calling mart doe3sn't appear to save much any more either. Is there anything else around?

If I had the money I would have bought a couple hundred dollars worth of those $40 for $50 cards.. That was awesome..
[Nexus 4 General] Product F(RED):
Just so you guys know, I found out that if you refill your account through your card or through a refill card/code, even if you have AutoPay set up, it will use the account balance to pay the month's bill. So you can leave AutoPay on and not have to worry about turning it if off if you find a good deal on a refill card. Just buy the refill card, fill your account, and when the bill's due that'll be used.
[Nexus 4 General] intheb0x:
99sim code doesn't work anymore?
[Nexus 4 General] lensgrabber:
Any good ebay sources for refill cards people can recommend? $100 card for $75 is a great deal.
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
Just got to check and check again. sometimes its hard to find other times its right there.
[Nexus 4 General] lensgrabber:
got it... cheers
[Nexus 4 General] thfreedumb:
I'm sorry if this has been discussed before but would appreciate if you could help. I am currently on the unlimited everything with my girlfriend. the bill is pre-tax $120. that would be two $70 plans with whatever discount they have. I am currently waiting to get my 15% employment discount as well. She uses more than 100 minutes easily and would probably prefer to stay on the plan. Me, I avoid phone calls like the plague and would be amazed to average over 100 minutes a month.

I read some stories about people being able to switch from the regular plan to the $30 plan and other times they don't allow it.

What would be the best method to have me switched over to the $30 a month plan and leave my girlfriend on the $70 a month plan? Do I need to setup a new account and merge it with my current account and then cancel my $70 plan? Additionally, does anyone know if the pre-paid plan is covered by the employment discounts? Although, I wouldn't mind the discount on her line and I just pay the $30. cheap enough

OR... do I just need to just get the activation number for my current SIM Card?

Most importantly, do you get access to LTE with the pre-paid plans?
[Nexus 4 General] Fazeh:
The $30 plan (100min, unlim text and 5gb 4G data) is for NEW activation only. If you want to keep your number you can port it to google voice for $20 then port it back to a new prepaid account. When you port it cancels that line, not sure how that will affect the family plan in terms of price. The $30 will save money. It depends on your usage though. You need a new prepaid sim card and activation code.

I'm guessing your monthly bill is around $153? Imagine paying only $30 (maybe $1 sales tax, depend on your refill method).
[Nexus 4 General] thfreedumb:
I talked to someone in their chat program on the website and she said I could convert it from post paid to pre paid at any time. telling me and actually doing it can be quite different though.

When my discount kicks in it will be about $100 for 2 lines, so $50. I need to see if my girlfriends employer is eligible for the discount. If so, then i can break away and do the $30 plan. If not, I might be stuck, unless she creates the prepaid account for me and I keep her plan under my name. Like i said, she uses the minutes.

Or I can put both on prepaid and just eat the 10 cents a minute over the 100 for her. I feel like she is probably under 300 minutes a month on average.

I'm very cheap and would go through all of this to save $20 a month. ha.
[Nexus 4 General] Nephilim-Giant:
This probably has been discussed:

What happens if you buy a epin/refill from eBay or X person, when that person buys the epin/refill illegitimately?

i.e they buy it from a stolen credit card..

What does T-Mobile do to your account? Can they ban your account/IMEI? :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] intheb0x:
When I tried to add my employer discount it was tmobile policy to add a extra year to your contract.

Don't know if that's changed but keep that in mind
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
If she does not use any data, then there is a $30 prepaid plan which gives 1500 minutes/texts plus 30 MB of data. If she needs data up to 500 MB and unlimited minutes/texts, then there is $50 plan, the best would be this plan ($30, 100 minutes, unlimited texts, 5GB of HSPA+/LTE data). If she stays under 300 minutes it is still below $50. In any case, you cannot loose to what you are currently paying.

Nexus IV
[Nexus 4 General] damiloveu:
I am using talkatone

talkatone, got 1 year ad-free subscription from promotion at facebook.
[Nexus 4 General] Nephilim-Giant:
If you don't mind me asking, how's the call quality on Wi-Fi and data? Have you had any people complain about call quality?

Thanks :)
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Anyone else having ughh... Data pausing issues ?

I'm in the Wichita Kansas area :sly:

I keep having to close and reopen to get data starting again.

I have signal & according to coverage map . I'm in the perfect area :rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 General] ShinnAsuka:
What radio do you have? Maybe try reflashing your radio?
[Nexus 4 General] BrianDigital:
Is lte live in your area officially, weeks before it was officially on in my area, data was acting up
[Nexus 4 General] falcon26:
Some questions :)

I've got my $30 plan up and running fine. I bought the Grove IP app. I can call people using it. But when people call me my regular t mobile picks up. I have looked into the Google chat thing. But now its Google hand outs. I see no option their to forward my calls to Grove IP. How is that done exactly? Do I have to port my number to google voice for it to work?
[Nexus 4 General] intheb0x:
Gotta go on an computer to the full website and in the settings in forward will say "forward all calls to Google talk" select that, then when people call your g voice number that associated with groove ip it will ring showing the groove ip caller id screen.

You can also have it use a different ringer than your regular phone so that helps to know if it someone's calling your tmo number or g voice number.

Honestly groove ip quality sucks, ppl complain all the time I get gaps where I can't hear people and they can't hear me, lots of static, it's BARELY usable.

Everyone on here should check out the Vonage app. It's like groove ip but you still use your phone number (tmo), and you get 3000 free mins and the quality is 10x better than groove ip. But you don't get incoming calls with it, only for outgoing but it works great.

Honestly I got this plan due to the data thinking I could use groove ip all the time but I can't even use it unless im on strong wifi because tmobile sucks here and I'm in the "refarmed" area. It's honestly because of my device, the Optimus g e970 att unlocked, and it's missing radios, so I don't honestly know how tmobile "refarmed" works but I have 4g at home and a few other places but half of Milwaukee I'm stuck on edge. It's hard to understand that tmobile would only "refarm" some towers and not all. Anyone got insight to this?

If they don't get lte soon I'm moving to red pocket so I can get back on att because the service is top notch here. I wish I could get a time estimate for when it coming, because if I had lte I could use Vonage or groove ip all the tom without issue because I'd have 20-40mbs down all the time, but my plan doesn't expire until 7-17 and I have no mins left. Sucks

And since the data sucks with edge most of the time I barely use it and at home I'm on wifi so it beats the purpose when I could go red pocket for 29.99 a month, get full 4g everywhere and unlimited talk and text and 10mb of data.

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So I just got this plan Las month with the kit at Walmart, so this micro sim WILL work with their lte when it goes live right?
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
Yes all the sims work with lte
[Nexus 4 General] falcon26:
Yeah I might change my plan over to the $60 one. I just don't feel comfortable jumping throw all these hoops so I can stay under 100 minutes. I'm pretty sure now that I would blow threw those minutes in like 1 week...Also I'm coming from a At&t sim card to T-Mobile. And man T-Mobile is much faster
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
How did you have such slow speeds with at@t ?

I just moved from att to T-Mobile

They normally stay above 7 ↓ & 1 ↑
[Nexus 4 General] falcon26:
I have a nexus 4. I also have At&t and now I just got a T Mobile pre paid Sim to try. When I run Speednet's app on my N4 it works fine. When I try T-mobile I actually get awesome speeds. I get about 13MB down and 1MB up with like 90ms ping. When I try to run the At&t sim 99% of the time I get a "Network Error" and it will not do a full test, it will only do ping time and that's it. Then sometimes it does run but something isn't right. It says my download is like 7KB and my upload is 1mb and my ping is 300ms. I know at&t is slow on HSPA+ but not that slow. Is their a setting I have to do in the phone to get it to work with the At&t seem? I have tried running the test indoors and out and it always does the same thing. The T-mobile sim always works great every time. As far as signal goes on both Tmobile and At&t I have the full 5 bars. I'm in the Bay Area....
[Nexus 4 General] bozzykid:
In many urban areas AT&T 3G is almost unusable. If you have a LTE phone it is not an issue but trying to use data on their 3G network is almost impossible in some areas.
[Nexus 4 General] falcon26:
OK I figurred it out. You have to change all your settings in the APN for speednet app to work on At&t. Found it in this thread...

http://androidforums.com/nexus-4/660074-those-t-what-your-apn-settings.html

T-mobile is still faster. With At&t I get 5mb down 1 mb up and 70ms. Tmoible is 14 down 1up and 80 ms...
[Nexus 4 General] gagdude:
If you use 400 minutes on the $30 plan, you will end up paying $60 anyways... And with more data

Since you would blow 100 minutes in a week, that approximates to 400 mins/month
[Nexus 4 General] intheb0x:
That's not exactly true, there's another thread on here where a user said he had tried other family members Sims in the same phone same area and only some are able to access lte.

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Att blew the DOORS off anyone around here.

These were usual speed tests
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
That was on t mobile?

I heard about sim cards that were over 5 years old that would not get lte but anything within the last 2-3 years would not have that problem.

Also your att speed tests are only relevant to your area, and if they work for you that is great.

I know in some places att will be better, for several reasons, but in others sprint, or verizon will be better, everyones needs are going to be different.

Also here in Jacksonville LTE is only just been deployed and this is what I got for speeds

And while it may not be as good I am hoping it will only get better from here out. :laugh::good:
[Nexus 4 General] intheb0x:
Yeah ill copy the link for you to see.

I had to leave att but I sure miss the speeds.

I hope I get lte more sooner than later.

Chicago has it and I'm not to far away in Milwaukee.

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2220876
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
very interesting I answered in that thread but I will here too umts and hspa do continue to cycle when idle and busy.
[Nexus 4 General] intheb0x:
Thanks for answering, I was unaware, I know with att it sits idle on hspa 14 and jumps to 21 when needed.

I wish I had the Nexus myself so I could have better service around here, the fact my Optimus is missing the main tmobile band and no 42+ makes things easier little more difficult and more edge.

I hate edge!

Lol

I just hope when lte starts popping up around here I can access it like that Julian guy, but I don't see why I wouldn't be able to.

I'd be very pleased with 33mbs down.
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
Not sure if the .48 nexus modem would kill your lte ability, I know it does on the nexus 4.

But other then that yup tmo's lte is available on the $30 on up plans.

Just out of curiosity, if att works better for you, other then price perhaps why not go net 10 or another carrier that runs on att?

Then again net 10 probably dont allow lte connection.
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Best I have had so far. About 3miles from my house .. This is on H not lte

At my house the best I have got is 8mb down.. Signal is always changing I don't know why :(
[Nexus 4 General] intheb0x:
I can still select the lte radio but with no lte I'm not sure if it works or not.

As for att, I've been considering that myself, honestly I picked this plan because of the data and thinking I could use the groove ip app or Vonage app all the time.

I've got lot of sim cards here I got off ebay for penny's on the dollar, newest one is a tmobile MVNO 19 a month 250 min talk, unlimited global text and 50mb data. Then I got red pocket a att MVNO, 29 a month unlimited talk text and 10mb of data.

Low data I know but since I'd be using wifi most of the time, I guess it won't really matter, with tmobile and the edge I don't ever use data.

But for 10 more dollars I can have a extra 100 mins with tmobile with the 5gb of data and if they get lte more sooner than later that would be worth it big time.

I may switch to the ultra mobile or red pocket for a little while until tmobile gets lte here or I pick up a different device that has AWS access.

Price point is a big thing, I'm recently laid off from my job and in between a rock and a hard place, struggling to get by that's why I had to drop my precious att lte! Lol

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How would I go about porting my number? I never received a account number or pin?
[Nexus 4 General] falcon26:
How exactly does Vonage work? I see it says "Limited Time 3000 minutes to any mobile or landline free" now that sounds great and the other person doesn't need the vonage app. So does that mean I just install the app then call my friends like normal and wham I'm not using any of the t mobile 100 minutes? And when they say limited time how long? I can't seem to find an answer to how long this goes for. What are the normal rates for vonage. To me vonage seems like the easiest thing to have for voip. But I'm sure like everything else their is some kind of catch or fine print thing...
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
I understand, price is always a factor, Have you looked at all the att options, data may not include LTE on any but att's prepaid but there might be a few price point that would work.

Also have you considered selling your phone, or trading, for a true tmo phone, or a phone with the right frequency's?

Can you afford at least $200 for a tmo S2?

I found many tmo s2's on craigslist for that price, infact I bought one to start my service, then switched up to the nexus after I "test drove" the service.

And to port the number just call the carrier they will give you all the info needed, tell them your porting it.

The vonage app you download from the play store, then you put your tmo number in, or google voice number if you want, then it uses your number for caller id purposes and when you dial it sends the info over a data connection, no cell phone minutes used just data The downside of this NO incoming calls through this app. So all incoming are charged cell minutes used.

Limited time is hard to tell they seem to have had it going for months now, maybe a year now, they could keep going for a long time if they want.

Google did the same thing they were supposed to stop free calls in 2012 they extended it.
[Nexus 4 General] intheb0x:
Exactly like you said, you got 3k mins to call anyone in the us landline or cellular for free over either wifi or data, they don't need vonage and you don't use any mins because it's all data with it own dialer.

It works better than groove ip and if your in a strong data area or fast wifi the call quality is like a regular phone call.

Check it out, do some test calls.

On tmo hspa + it's decent. Over wifi it's even better

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Well honestly the nexus 4s are going for 200 obo locally, but I want the option of lte, but for 175 that a bargain and in white!

Lots of the for trade as well but no one wants it's brother the same lonely optimus g lol

I'd consider it, lte, sd card slot and stock 32gb!

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But honestly I'm flat broke lol, lost my job after 8 years, got hired at quad graphic, then got another job offer from a union gig, better pay, benefits, etc then got laid off during probationary and quad won't hire me back until a period of time goes by. Lol I was pretty screwed...

Only 27 so thinking about school. But I don't know how I'll be able to begin comfortable to pay rent and bills while in school all the time.
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
Nexus 4 has lte even on stock 4.2.2 just need some edits
[Nexus 4 General] parrothd:
The $30 plan doesn't support conditional call forwarding, have you tested it? Better to port your number to Google and turn off the voice mail on the $30 plan..
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
I think I just dropped IQ point:silly: