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[Nexus 4 General] scariola:
Talkatone from play store. Awesomesauce
[Nexus 4 General] afbengochea:
This is my only gripe with Google voice. I've had people send me pictures and I never received them or even received a notification that they sent me anything. They really dropped the ball with that
[Nexus 4 General] bit1:
Yup,I checked I get from Sprint and boost(which are the same right?). It's what my wife and her family have. Everyone else I knows typically posts pics on Instagram and Facebook. Thanks.
[Nexus 4 General] osi13:
It's the only codec with a low enough latency to work over HSPA+. g729 is the best option for calling over HSPA, but with pbxes.com you'd have to pay $15 more per month for that option. The best, and only reliable method is to roll your own PBX server with something like PBX in a flash, and have the server transcode G.711u (what Google Voice uses) to g729. From my experience, g729 is the only codec suitable for cellular use (Speex is a close second). g729 even has a lower latency than SILK, which is used in Skype. OPUS is supposed to be better than g729, but it's not supported by Asterisk, and until then, g729 is the only option.
[Nexus 4 General] armandosal:
I'm on sprint and I have my Google voice number the same as my cell phone number. Does that mean that the number is mine Even if i leave sprint and go to tmobile and they give me a new number?
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
I am getting a bit confused here. I have not entirely kept up with this thread but my main thing is the Wi-Fi dialing. I gather that you guys are also talking about calling someone through 3g rather than using minutes? This would be great.

I am fine with using the standard t mob voice mail but can anyone break this down for me? I have never used gv before and the only Wi-Fi dialing I ever did was on my iPod awhile ago.

I do not mean to high jack this thread or anything but you guys are really losing me. Can you guys point me in the right direction to get started with Wi-Fi dialing and our dialing using the data plan instead of minutes?

I will be switching from simple mobile to this tmob plan.

It quick question about the plan, does it include anything else like tmob to tmob or anything? It would be perfect if it had free weekend or something but the 5 gigs will be awesome..

Thanks!

sent via xda premium with nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] FlukerFlakes:
I just left sprint and went with Tmobile $60 prepaid with the Nex4. Used it for a while and GV was still set up with my cell number being my GV number. The account setting will still show a Sprint logo next to your number even though you don't have sprint. Dont disable this, or you will lose that GV # for good. I made that mistake and now my GV number is not my cell # like it used to be. Sucks, but not a huge deal.

But the fact is if you don't disable it.....it will work just as before even though you are on Tmobile now
[Nexus 4 General] pedxing:
Yes, it came online sometime night before last. Now there's LTE in Houston from 4 carriers.... Verizon, att, sprint, now T-Mobile.

The n4 only supports band 4 LTE... So only the new T-Mobile LTE will work with our phones.
[Nexus 4 General] revamper:
I'm doing pretty good here too.

Sent from my iPhone 5
[Nexus 4 General] MkVsTheWorld:
Has anyone gone past the 5GB cap while using the APN that allows LTE connectivity?

Did you still get throttled to 2G?
[Nexus 4 General] gparmar76:
For $120 a month you could have two smart phones with unlimited everything with no data caps...who else in the U.S. can beat this plan? And every additional line is $10 with 500mb data...the new pricing plans are the best around...and you can cancel anytime you want.
[Nexus 4 General] bedoig:
I just got connected to the LTE network with the last 10 minutes, but here are my results so far...

Got the text message that I've used 5 gigabytes of data in the middle of a speed test. Speeds never dropped even in multiple subsequent tests while connected to LTE. Its usually instantaneous so that's interesting. I haven't dropped back down to 3G yet. I'd think this is probably unintended and eventually the 5GB cap will apply to LTE too, but who knows.

No issues with GPS, Google Now, tethering or anything else so far.
[Nexus 4 General] Vanhoud:
That would actually be $140 a month. Unlimited everything cost 70 dollars a month
[Nexus 4 General] gagdude:
If you choose 2 lines it brings the total price down to $120. For five lines, total price is $180 which amounts to $36 per person for unlimited everything
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
Do you still have full speed LTE?
[Nexus 4 General] rpstrongbad:
It's $210 for 5 lines
[Nexus 4 General] bedoig:
I did as long as I was connected to LTE. I've since dropped to HSPA and am definitely throttled. I'll be back in the city for work tomorrow. Will be interesting to see what happens when I reconnect to the LTE network.
[Nexus 4 General] Vanhoud:
Oh it must be different with prepaid
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
Let us know! Thanks bro.
[Nexus 4 General] gagdude:
You're right, I think I was looking at the 4 lines. Nevertheless, for 5 lines it still amounts to $42 per person for unlimited everything. Great deal
[Nexus 4 General] bedoig:
My LTE is definitely getting throttled now that I'm reconnected. I can't say if it would have eventually been throttled if I had stayed connected, or if it took the disconnect/reconnect to trigger it. The throttling seems to be instant on 3G, so it's an interesting development.
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
Throttled to edge speeds?
[Nexus 4 General] bedoig:
Yep. 50-70kbps up & down. Pings are still in the 30ms range.

Strangely, I did have a brief period today where my speeds seemed to be unthrottled again (6-8mbps up & down). It returned to being throttled within about 10 minutes though. Guess they just don't have all the kinks worked out yet.
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
Ouch. I remember when I had the sidekick 2 and edge speeds were the shizz. Lol.
[Nexus 4 General] BrianDigital:
Why would I choose two lines when I need one
[Nexus 4 General] gagdude:
Um... I don't believe I was talking to you
[Nexus 4 General] ezegm:
I need some help. I or

ordered the prepaid micro sim from tmobile and the nexus 4 from Google. I transferred my old number online like 3 days ago and I've got no text message yet to confirm the transfer. What should I do?
[Nexus 4 General] rpstrongbad:
Either call or chat online with them and see what's up... I chatted online with them and it was done in about 3 hours
[Nexus 4 General] Roxxas049:
The time that it takes all depends on what carrier you came from if it was a third party they usually take a few days, however you should call them and make sure that they request was handled by both parties.

When I came from Virgin mobile the process looked like a monkey humping a football, neither side knew what the other was doing until I threatened to cancel everything and go to a different carrier. After that everything was done in about 24 hours.
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
Lol interesting analogy
[Nexus 4 General] OuHiroshi:
Since all plans are month to month now does it mean conditional forwarding for voicemail is available on the $30 plan? I want to take advantage of Google Voice mail without porting my number over.
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
no dice
[Nexus 4 General] JsChiSurf:
Month to month isn't the same as prepay.
[Nexus 4 General] ezegm:
So I got my number transferred but I'm getting no signal in my home in a condo/apartment type setting. Is there anything I can do to get better signals? On another note, what exactly does deactivating the tmobile voicemail to make use of google voice and should I do this?
[Nexus 4 General] ghostlobster:
At the risk of dredging up an older subject in this thread, I just wanted to report initial success on using VOIP on my cell. I saw some references earlier in this thread to setting up a dedicated PBX system here at the house...intimidating, I know! However, after a few days of research, I figured I'd try it. I'm pretty good with basic networking and understanding topology, as well as PCs, but all Linux flavors usually throw me for a loop. This was pretty simple, considering that the end result is a friggin' PBX system!

It's pretty darn cool and functional. I've got a much older PC here at the house, I installed PBX In a Flash on it, read through reams of online documentation and after a few days of trial and error and error and more error, I think it's hammered out. I am not sure I could ever document what I ended up doing, but the main pages that were of help to me were the following:

http://www.freepbx.org/support/documentation/howtos/howto-setup-a-remote-sip-extension

and

https://plus.google.com/106390983848819169939/posts/UzvHTR7hozQ

I'm now using the native dialer, have forwarded my work number to that "dummy" GV number as well as forwarded my cell number to that GV number. Incoming calls to my cell number, even though forwarded to this VOIP setup, do count as minutes. A call to your cell, forwarded or not, will be on the clock. Period. However, I think that number of calls is usually below my 100 minutes anyway. Everything else is data, and with unlimited, it works like a charm, even over the mobile network. http://xdaforums.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
[Nexus 4 General] Nylonshred:
This may have been mentioned but I really don't feel like searching this whole thread. So bear with me!

I'm currently with tmobile on their $50 monthly 4g and I'm wanting to get the $30 100min 500mb 4g one. I went to walmart and they told me to call tmobile and that they will give me the plan. Then tmobile tells me i can only get it at walmart, so i go to the other walmart in town and they tell me i have to buy a phone at walmart to get it.

So should I just buy a cheap phone for the plan and switch the sim to my nexus 4 or is there a better way of doing this?

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] thebryceee:
Just order a 4G monthly prepaid micro sim and activate it on their website and choose to use an existing number.
[Nexus 4 General] revamper:
Maybe buy a micro sim activation kit from the t mobile web site, activate the plan, then port your number over. If you can port t mobile to t mobile then that should work.

Sent from my iPhone 5
[Nexus 4 General] Jusnice:
Check out phone for Google voice by mo+ app. Its a great VoIP app. Don't know if it was already mentioned but thought I'd share. Works better than talkatone and groove IP, for me anyways.
[Nexus 4 General] Hero_Guy:
Had anyone ported their number from straight talk to T-Mobile? How long did it take? I'm about 6 hours in and still waiting for service
[Nexus 4 General] marsdta:
Took me about 12 hours, though I started the port at 11pm. So not sure if that had anything to do with it taking so long
[Nexus 4 General] Hero_Guy:
Did you leave the T-mobile sim in your phone and go 12 hours without service or did you just switch back to the Straight Talk sim until it was over?
[Nexus 4 General] marsdta:
I left the Sim in the phone and went to bed. So for first 8-9 hours I was asleep. I could receive texts so I assumed I was set up when I woke up, but when I tried making a call it wouldnt work . an hour later everything was good to go.
[Nexus 4 General] DirgeExtinction:
Okay, I have a few questions about this $30/month prepaid plan.

1: When it says 5GB, does that mean it gets throttled after 5GB, or does data stop after reaching 5GB? And does it carry over to the next month?

2: Does the Sim affect the signal quality? For example, if the T-Mobile coverage map says I should get good-great signal in a certain area, and I end up getting nearly no signal(in a home), would that be able to be remedied with a Sim swap? And would swapping the Sim change my number again?

3: Do T-Mobile month to month subscribers get higher priority to better data speeds/coverage than Monthly 4G customers?
[Nexus 4 General] gagdude:
1. Just throttled

2. Probably not, and no

3. Not that I know of. I think that's reserved for MVNOs and/or AT&T
[Nexus 4 General] ehwhoknows:
Just wanted to let everyone know that I was able to sign up for this plan as of 3/29/13. I was a little worried I would be unable to sign up for this plan after all the changes T-Mobile implemented. Fortunately, everything still works as advertised.
[Nexus 4 General] lmtHoggy:
I saw an option to change plans on their website. Log into your my.t-mobile.com account, it's on the right hand menu listed as 'View and change plans.'

I've never used this feature, however.
[Nexus 4 General] tonayie2:
Must you keep buying cards to refill your plan for the next month? Can this be managed with a T-Mobile acct?
[Nexus 4 General] richteralan:
I guess there's no other way than buying micro sim card from tmobile.com?
[Nexus 4 General] ghostrid3r:
No, just order a free micro Sim starter kit from Tom site and setup the $30 prepaid plan online after you get the kit then port your current number during setup process to the new plan if you wish.
[Nexus 4 General] richteralan:
The start kit is no longer free. Tmobile charges $10.

Where can you find it for free?
[Nexus 4 General] marsdta:
Just wait, its regularly on sale for 0-1. Its actually been a while since I've seen it at full price
[Nexus 4 General] curiousbob:
As an existing t-mobile customer, they offered to cut my Sim card into a microsim for free, thus saving me the $10 charge.

And I suppose if your local T-Mobile store won't cut it for you, you can always cut it yourself.
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
I have heard that the $30 100 min plan can only be activated on a new sim/account so if you are on the $50 plan you could not directly switch, a new sim would be required.

One poster has mentioned though that you can use your existing number ^

You can set up auto pay, though you will be charged taxes and wont be able to take advantage of discounted refill cards.
[Nexus 4 General] James2004:
:( just try it last night, its said my number cannot transfer, need to call 888#, im on $60 2.00 GB plan, call and talk to them, she said need to buy a kit from wally mart and activate as a new account! and she call this a wally mart plan !!! :(
[Nexus 4 General] lazer155:
Does HD voice work for anyone? Or do you need the older radio that allows LTE?
[Nexus 4 General] gagdude:
The nexus 4 isnt on the list of T-Mobile HD voice supported devices
[Nexus 4 General] dcarpenter85:
I finally made the leap to this plan after years of indentured servitude to AT&T. The activation process was extremely quick and easy and my number ported from AT&T in less than 2 hours. After activating, I left the AT&T sim in my phone until it no longer worked, and then swapped in the Tmo sim. I'm very satisfied with the service thus far, although I am getting slightly less signal in my home vs what I used to get with AT&T. That being said, I am always on WiFi at home and the signal never completely drops out, so it doesn't really matter.
[Nexus 4 General] lazer155:
Are you sure? On several other sites/reviews and posts back awhile ago in this thread, people say that the nexus 4 is supported by tmobile. Here's an example of a review/site which mentions the nexus 4 working: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6594/tmobile-announces-amrwb-hd-voice-calls-active-on-its-network
[Nexus 4 General] n2d551:
Yeah heard that to. It looks though that the hd voice is only from a tmobile customer to another
[Nexus 4 General] ghostrid3r:
Don't believe the rep., it can be and has been done. If the website automated port process doesn't work then call another rep who will be more willing to help.

Keep in mind, getting the $30 prepaid plan can only be done with a new starter kit via website activation. Not by calling in or waking into a Tmo store.
[Nexus 4 General] kzoodroid:
He's trying to port over an existing TMo phone number which can't be done. The $30 plan was only for new activations.
[Nexus 4 General] wideasleep1:
And the website activation or phone activation allows you to choose an existing number.
[Nexus 4 General] James2004:
hate to say, you are right. Thx.
[Nexus 4 General] Something Creative:
Can't you port the t-mobile# to Google Voice, and then port it fro Google Voice to the newly established sim? Seems like it would be a good workaround.
[Nexus 4 General] DarK_DemoN:
No, GV doesn't let you port over T-Mobile numbers (at least from my experience and what I've read). Has something to do with the voicemail system T-Mobile uses and GV not being able to pull messages from it.
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
Yes, you could port from TMO to GV and back to TMO. I'd recommend just parking the number at GV though, unless you really like MMS. There might be better alternatives though.. It's $20 to port in, and then no fee to port back out (vs some small amount if you're trying to swipe one of GV's numbers). You could use StraightTalk ATT for a month (if they're still doing that) for $45.

The guy above is high on crystal meth.
[Nexus 4 General] DarK_DemoN:
And yet both T-Mobile numbers I have are unavailable for port according to GV. And I am not the only one with this problem as I have 3 other friends getting the same message. Instead of saying I'm high like a complete a**hole, ask me why I posted that first.
[Nexus 4 General] ziddey:
Either you suck at porting or you're confusing tmo with some other mvno. TMO prepaid is the preferred "middleman" for porting from most mvno's to GV. I know of countless numbers that were ported from virgin mobile to gv via tmo, costing 0 or 99c per port depending on the price of activation kits (since they come with 3.34 initial value which is more than enough to maintain service for the port). TMO postpaid and prepaid are just as portable as far as GV is concerned.
[Nexus 4 General] kyoteqwik:
Try porting an 828 area code with a 381 prefix to gv. There are numbers from certain areas that are not portable to gv.
[Nexus 4 General] DarK_DemoN:
How exactly can anyone suck at porting when you're following on-screen directions? And no, I'm confusing anything. I've been with T-Mobile for a little over a year and a half now and after getting my Nexus decided to get a new SIM and try out this plan. Neither number is available for port.

Either my area code isn't supported like kyoteqwik said or something else is happening as 3 other friends are having the same issue.
[Nexus 4 General] androidfoshizzle:
Still using the plan, good coverage

"Head&Pepsi"
[Nexus 4 General] Avius1:
Is T-mobile allowing LTE speeds under the $30 prepaid plan? Providing that you have a phone that supports LTE, of course.

I know MVNO's don't allow LTE..... yet.
[Nexus 4 General] eservant:
yes
[Nexus 4 General] jirafabo:
Where's the best place to grab the sim card/activation kit? I'm switching over from Sprint and this will be my first prepaid plan. Tried wal mart and they wouldn't sell me the kit only, had to buy phone and have them activate it. Went to tmobile and the rep played dumb about the plan then tried to charge me $32 for the sim/activation kit.

I hope I don't have to wait 5 days to have one shipped to me. Best Buy? Some other store?
[Nexus 4 General] bro1999:
I ordered my SIM card from the t-mobile website when they had the free sim card deal with overnight shipping. You might be stuck having to pay whatever t mobile is charging now for a sim card. I think the $30 5gb 4G plan can only be activated with a SIM from Walmart or the t-mobile website.
[Nexus 4 General] jirafabo:
Thanks. Went ahead and bit the bullet and paid for overnight shipping too. Guess I should've ordered it a few days ago. Got my nexus 4 last night and eager to activate it!
[Nexus 4 General] raiderep:
Depending on service in your area which is great where I am you will be happy switching from sprint. I did the switch at the n4 launch and have zero regrets! GSM freedom was something I always wished for and its pretty nice to know I can switch if something better comes along ;)

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] BrianDigital:
my co worker got the activation kit from a tmobile store, then went online and got the thrity dollars 5gb plan
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
When I got mine in early feb I went into the nearest t mobile store and got a free sim, the counter girl told me the $30 plan would need a call to customer service to get put on, and she made the call right there so from the moment I started service I had the $30 plan.
[Nexus 4 General] DirgeExtinction:
I ordered my Sim from T-Mobile when they had the kit for free and bought the $30 refill card from Walmart. I activated the Sim online.
[Nexus 4 General] Riverdales27:
If I activate a Sim and new number now can I port my number from another service provider to it later?
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
Yes i got my T-Mobile account in feb just last night ported my number just need to talk to customer service
[Nexus 4 General] ezegm:
Is mobile hotspot included in the 30$ 5gb of 4g plan?
[Nexus 4 General] eservant:
In my My-Tmobile online account I can add mobile hotspot for 15.00 for 30 days. I am not sure if that is still available after all of their changes.
[Nexus 4 General] Karl_in_Chicago:
Included, no.
[Nexus 4 General] michaelg1030:
Maybe someone can help me.

I just got my Nexus 4 and I ordered a sim activation kit from T-Mobile, but it won't be here until next week. So I went to T-Mobile and he gave me a sim card.

So how do I activate the card and sign up for the $30 prepaid plan? Do I need the activation starter kit or is just the sim card all I need?

Also, if I port my current number, can I later move that number to the new $50 month to month plan. The guy seemed to think that there was difficulty moving a number for a prepaid to the month to month.
[Nexus 4 General] ghostrid3r:
No, hotspot is an additional $15 per month.

You can Wi-Fi tether with custom ROMs at no additional cost, but you will get blocked if Tmo catches you.
[Nexus 4 General] BrianDigital:
You can do it without paying them, I connect to a vpn then tether
[Nexus 4 General] pcorlatan:
I've been on this plan for about 6 months and it's been great but the voip calling has become more of a hassle than it's worth for me. I just paid $30 for a new month last week and I'm interested in upgrading to the $50 plan for the unlimited minutes. Does anyone know if I'll have to pay the full $50 or would I just be charged the extra $20? I can't find the answer anywhere and can't afford to pay $50 to upgrade right now.
[Nexus 4 General] New Optimus:
I read you would lose all the $30 plan and be charged the full $50, but it would start the 30 cycle over from the day you upgraded.

I dont know if thats true I think it is.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr Ian B:
Here is a suggestion, stick w $30 plan, add $20 bucks to account and that will give you 300 minutes. Whenever in wifi, get $2.99 unlimited Skype USA calling plan and their call quality is excellent. If always in wifi like me, you can skip the $20 and go w $2.99 Skype plan. If someone calls, I typically reject the call and call them back on wifi Skype. The rest of the minutes I use for when on the road or no wifi available.

Ian B
[Nexus 4 General] baiju2012:
I do the same for Skype. Plus, I have Skype number ( approx. $4/ month) which I use for office to call me at. With this setup, I did not go over my 100 minutes last month. This month I have more than 80 minutes left with only two weeks to go for this month.:D

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] monkeybox:
Magic jack app

Here's what I did:) Since I had a crap pre paid phone from Walmart,apparently the only way you can get the 30$ plan anymore is to get a Walmart T-Mobile prepaid phone, T-Mobile would NOT switch my plan to a device not bought from Walmart,if you got it way to go, so I looked online,cut up my Sim, tossed it in my N4 and Viola! Now,I don't care for Vonage,Google talk/voice and what ever,I used the Magic Jack App,like you see on TV but for the cell. Its free,works good and WORKS USING YOU'RE DATA/WIFI CONNECTION WITHOUT USING ANY OF YOUR MINUTES.I get no signal at home but great WiFi so I never drop a call and always comes in good. So,30$ for pretty much unlimited everything. But, and this sucks. They give you a new number. Its a trade off,i know.I've been using this for months tho and never had a problem.

MonkeyBox
[Nexus 4 General] lorijuan1024:
so tempted to switch its just the minutes throwing me off