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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hipsterdo0fus:
My wife and I got our sims yesterday. I had my phone with me but she went ahead and did activation and porting for both of us. Hers ported within like 10 minutes. Funny thing is my didn't port for like 6 more hours. I was a little nervous when it didn't port, but I called them and they were very nice and said the request had gone thru and there was a scheduled time. It actually ported before they scheduled time. I haven't really used the data much, but other than that all seems okay.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Signal and reception is the same as suspected . Just like my at&t. All is well on my end . Now my wife with the iPhone is a totally screwed. Damn iPhone! :mad:

*4s w/ no APN setting so have to do a sim swap trick to access....... to much info for the i777.... so far ST IS GREAT. BTW I just clicked the APN for ST and all is well no changes to it. I'm on SHOSTOCK3.(ROM)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jeboo:
Got my 2 sims tuesday. Transfer from att was relatively painless. The primary line was done immediately, and the 2ndary took about 2 hours for the transfer. For some reason the 2nd line was missing data, but a simple email fixed it within a few hours.

Overall the service is identical to att. For $48/phone, its great so far!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hipsterdo0fus:
I got setup a few days ago but haven't had much time to mess with it as I've been sick. A couple of things: 1) I have not been able to log into the "My Account" section of their website. When I try to login as a first time user, I put in my phone and zip code and it comes back with my email address and the option to send the password to phone or email, which has yet to work. Another option is to put in my email address and choose "forgot password" which should also email it but doesn't work either. I guess I need to call them as I was quite impresses with their phone support but their facebook & email support leaves a lot to be desired. (I tried emailing them about this but no response as of yet).

2) Data speeds so far seem abysmal to me. This is my first smart phone experience honestly, but I haven't been impressed. Again, I haven't had much time to play with it though, so maybe my opinion will change.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Just wanted to shout a THANK YOU! to you jeboo for your hard work! Now we get to save some money on service! Screw at&t! Without your work I'm not sure where I would be right now on my i777. Thanks again for your work and posting here in the thread. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Update for me and my wifes iPhone 4s (for those who have to deal with the ilove) very good service and data. Same as at&t. Got my wife's APN fixed sim swap hack and all is well. I would suggest switching to anyone that's happy with at&t. Even if you cancel your contract you recoup the money pretty quick with savings monthly. :D;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jeboo:
Did you do the activation via web? If so, you should've created your account at that time..I had read somewhere that their Facebook page is the best for support. They have a ticket submission page on FB, and it got me a pretty rapid response.

And yes sk8, I will get hit with a pretty hefty ETF, but I will break even in 6 months..Well worth it!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Your in same exact boat that I'm in. But after that its straight profit. Do you have any idea what your next device will be?

*no contract no regrets *;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jeboo:
Shoman and I talk about this now and then..We both agree it's kinda late in the game to get an S3, so maybe S4 (early looks are nice!). If not a samsung, maybe a Sony since they are very dev-friendly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hipsterdo0fus:
My wife called in to do activation as they told us that was what was best. They gave us no indication what our password was then. I tried asking some other questions via their FB page and was met with rather unprofessional responses by people that I couldn't tell were even associated with straight talk (but acted like they were). Decided after that it was better to just call them.

We did get an email today that is supposed to link us to our MyAccount page, but the link they sent doesn't even go to the straight talk page, it goes to tracphone. I know they are owned by the same people, but their my account page is different. The whole thing is kind of unprofessional if you ask me (not complaining about the cost though, as long as it comes through okay).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
I never had to deal with anyone . I just followed in instructions in the start up packet. All online and was very simple and speedy. I couldn't be happier so far. I have heard about other having a more difficult time with setup . I hope it works out for you Hip.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hipsterdo0fus:
I'm sure it will be fine. I also try to avoid talking to people on the phone when I can though so I'm annoyed that their email support is so slow. I think if I ran a company, I'd have super speedy email support to encourage people to use that - its just easier in a lot of instances.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Vintage144:
I switched a month ago from att , running Galaxy Note i717 & Galaxy sII i777 , gotta say this is a way better deal than anything att could offer , I bought my phones off of ebay (was running two windows 7 phones focus on att) , made the switch 45 /month , on att it was $175 /month , I gett better signals ,even in the house and I live rural , on att (there own network that st uses) I got no signal in the house , wanna save money ,make the switch , and they dont throttle unless your watching movies all day long or streaming music the whole day (att would too) .For the Note I used the Nexus settings and it was a boost ,didnt have to on the sII but all these phones have different settings , some dont have the same functions even , but the regular apn setting work just fine for sII
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hipsterdo0fus:
Could some of you that have it maybe get the speedtest.net app or something and give me a general idea of what speeds you are getting on data? Again, I'm not a good judge, but so far I haven't been overwhelmed with the data.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Here's one I just did. My 1st ever. Lol;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] aviris:
I've been on ST with my i777 for three months now. It has been flawless. It was hard giving up Verizon but for the $45 a month, I had to do it. I'm on at&t network, rooted, AOKP. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hipsterdo0fus:
Not sure if it's just me or not sk8ordie0, but I don't see the picture!

edit: nevermind, I see it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mimicthis:
I saw a commercial about this and it looks like a good deal. After reading this thread I think I might make the switch
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] clockcycle:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36410024

I'd suggest reading my recent experiences with limitations and throttling practices on straight talk before switching.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
I read across the board . Completely happy. I'm a light data user. Always on WiFi everywhere I go. I stream music in the car and nav if needed. Why waste your money and be in a contract. Screw at&t and contract wireless is just plan bs this day in age.:D

You can always try it and if it doesn't work out you spent 15$ on a sim and you paid for a month of service that you probably used. Plus there are other prepaid providers to use and did I mention the by pass of proxy info.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hipsterdo0fus:
I'm mostly in the same boat. In fact, we are planning on watching usage and if it isn't too heavy, switching my wife to the $30 plan since neither one of us are used to having data. Her importance is more on the texting.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Thank you for sharing the link and your post. We all have concerns and thoughts about making the switch, throttles and capouts. Making it aware that it can happen to anyone. Especially heavy data users and abusers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bailey37821:
ST since December 2009

I have been with straight talk since december 2009 on both of our phones.

* Yes I have had some hiccups here and there since then. Mainly with porting a # from a ST phone on the Verizon network to a ST phone on the ATT network. Nothing too major though. The worst experience I had was early on when I spent 30 minutes on the phone and the issue was not solved until the next day.

* I have never experienced a data throttling issue, although I have hit 300 mb plus in a day (on the network). I would however say though that most of my data gets sent over WIFI at home or other hotspots. So I could see how it might be possible to get a warning or something if you use a huge amount of data because you don't have WIFI at home, etc.

I currently have my s-2 and my wife's android on ST. Mine on an ATT sim and hers on a T-Moble sim. In this area and for a 200 mile radius of here (southern va, western NC, eastern TN)...

ATT sims tend to do much better on both speed and reception.

Both sims were active and old phone #'s were ported over inside of 3 hours. Both phone's APNs are set as per ST's web site. The following is what I am using on my S-2 (777)

NAME	straight talk

APN	att.mvno

PROXY	proxy.mvno.tracfone.com

PORT	80

MMSC	http://mmsc.cingular.com

MMS PROXY	66.209.11.33

MMS PORT	80

I hope this helps...if you have a different question; you can PM me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dmnall:
That would be the APN for net10 straight talk uses Att.mvno . I am on net10 and while some hiccups it has been better than Att plus Att screwed my bill up royally that I have been fighting them to fix it where I cannot port my numbers, plus when I switched my plan to the share everything and they double billed me... Plus setting up 2 lines under net10 with auto refill breaks it down to 43.5 a line with a savings in my book of $ 50 per line!

Cheers,

Charlie
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Damn iPhone 4gs nothing but problems on ST. Apn setting keep screwing up then ST said they don't support MMS and I need to contact apple. Well to make a long story short I talked my wife into the s3 mini. Just received it! 362.99 after shipping off amazon. I told her she would like this much better. Hopefully I can get her happy. S3 mini is pretty sweet bit smaller than the s2 about like the iphone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] swsl:
Best deal

Just noticed this thread. I've been using ST on an Exhibit II from TMO for a while, now switching to an SII I777. Mostly has worked ok. Was having lost data connection back a few months ago, many did. But it seemed to be some switchover in progress that is now done.

They were shutting people's accounts down for heavy usage, now they are just throttling, it seems..

By the way, to save money, buy your refills at Walmart.com and get three months for a discount. If you live in CA, you don't even pay tax on that purchase.

Cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tlopez1973:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

Or you could try these website to refill it's much cheaper than Walmart www.refillmobi.netwww.crazygametime.net:)

project-butter-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

Just wanyed to say ST is working very well . No issues . Good service and speeds . :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jeboo:
There was a recent story about ST and ATT. Apparently the ATT option is no longer available on their site. There's a lot of speculation as to what is going on..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

Guess that makes me and you lucky! ;)

And if not then my next phone will be catered to whatever is affordable with no contract........like net 10, t mobile ST on international gs4 or whatever. I got my wife the international s3 mini so she is good for a while:victory:

Post anything you hear about that here please.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hipsterdo0fus:
Wow hadn't heard that but if you go look at the site now, you are correct, there isn't a reference to AT&T anymore. Wow I was only in a month or less before that went down.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpapa1086:
few reasons this could be happening...

1. new unlocking laws?

2. its a move from ST to renagotiate contractr (they did start offering the sim only in feb last year) so that makes it 1 year

3. they broke ties with att

4. OR (and im hoping its this) .. they are releasing new sims with the corrected apn's for mms and such since now they are offering the verizon iphone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Thanks everyone for pointing this out; here's the link to the article I read about this.

http://www.phonenews.com/tracfone-removes-att-sim-cards-from-byod-offering-22257/

And I just switched from AT&T 2 weeks ago, so I'm going to be glued to this news.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpapa1086:
Most likely our st/att service will continue even if they don't renegotiate a new contract.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

That's what I would think....guess we will see. Thanks for posting guys and post up any future findings. Much appreciated .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eddies92:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

I too have been using straight talk on att. And speeds are great. A little sad to see att get dropped. I think we could always just go to net10 worst case
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpapa1086:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

Net10 has also dropped at&t
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

:eek: I just hope we don't get the boot my wife will kill me after making her drop at&t. Grandfathered in on ST :fingerscrossed:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

That's EXACTLY my fear.

Sent from the i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpapa1086:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

St/att was such a success I just think its all moves from st to make att renew contract .. They will be back sooner or later .. And for us on att , we should be OK ... Believe me, ST will not survive solely on T-Mobile or sprint ... (maybe Verizon if they get better droids)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wrs223:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

I'm thinking about going to ST as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ARPwizard:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

Wow this some real BS. I just switched to ST/AT&T in November. I hope we all don't lose our service
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpapa1086:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

We will be fine according to a ST rep on howardforums ..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiftyincher:
You can still buy the ATT SIM and micro SIM from walmart.com. I read a few comments on Straight Talk's facebook page and the rep there said the walmart ordered ones would still work fwiw. Earlier I also read there that they'll put the ATT SIMs back up as soon as possible. I've been using ST for 8 or so months and recommend it to anyone who will listen so hopefully nothing changes with current customers:highfive:

ATT Micro SIM - http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-Post-Paid-Micro-SIM-AT-T-Bring-Your-Own-Phone-Card/21550826

ATT SIM - http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-Post-Paid-SIM-AT-T-Bring-Your-Own-Phone-Card/21550824
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eddies92:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

Thanks for the input. I'm sure it's as long as Walmart has them in stock. They probably won't reorder
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bludiamond:
The mini sim is already out of stock
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fiffan86:
Walmart out of both types of ST BYOP sim cards

im glad i got my wife her sim card for straight talk a few weeks ago, since walmart is out of regular and micro sim cards now. I just checked right now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VyCariously:
I wonder if this is why I can't get ST APN to work on JB ROMS

I've just tried two different phones in the past two days (Samsung Infuse and GS2), I tried everything I could to get the data and mms working on a Jellybean ROM on both of them, but no dice. Trust me, I searched every forum and tried every option I found, and it just wouldn't take.

I've given up and gone back to ICS.

I sure hope that they get things straightened out, whatever is going on. I love my service right now (especially for this price!).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Vpr2006:
I have my S2 running AOKP 4.2.1 and I just put my wife's stock Nexus 4 (4.2.2) on straight talk and both are working fine. I just had to setup the APNs and reboot the phones and data and MMS are working. My APN is setup like this:

Name: StraightTalk AT&T

APN: att.mvno

MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com

MMS proxy: 66.209.11.33

MMS port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

APN type: default,supl,mms

APN protocol: IPv4

APN roaming protocol: IPv4

All other settings are "Not set"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

I have been using jb on my i777 with ST with zero issues and ad he just stated you need to create a APN with the correct info and all will be well. Also I believe the info carries over to the next ROM because I never have to recreate a new one...... I'm a flashaholoic.lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

Couldn't have said it better, exactly my experience as well.

Sent from the i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

Are you following me? :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Re: Straight talk on i777? Time to switch?

Of course I am.:cool:

Sent from the i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Changed op. Added what device are you switching to on straight talk. Now if you wanna share what your next move will be feel free! :)

I ended up making out great on my switch from at&t to straight talk. We canceled our plans (wife and I) and never received a cancelation fee. (after 15 months of service) "knock on wood!"

I was planning on getting the gs4 as my next phone with straight talk. But, at this point I'm really not sure. A lot of great devices out there and I really like custom roms so my choice depends on that as well! Xperia,nexus,gs3,gs4? What will you do? :what:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
2 months in and I've had no issues with Straight Talk. Haven't been throttled and actually have conversed with two people in their customer service who were fluent in English!

So, my thinking is my next device will be as high end as I can get on ST. Wasn't impressed with the S4, and apart from my cracked screen my plan is to hold on to my i777 for as long as possible. It's been a tremendous phone.

Sent from the i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
I haven't gotten throttled yet. I don't use very much data as I'm always on WiFi. My brother in law travels everyday for work and consumes a lot of data and I can say yes @ around 2 GB's it will happen.

I hate you got a crack. I hope it wasn't from excitement due to candy or buns. Lmao! If so I don't have insurance on the thread.:p

About the next device. Do you ever run Sammy based Roms ? If not for 380 or so you can get the nexus 4 from Google play. My brother in law loves that phone. (16gb) they have a 8gb for cheaper too. I'm gonna see what the gs4 sells are like and hold off for now. My s2 is in great shape. I don't use my power button anymore. It totally works, lol! I just don't wanna end up with issues. Sept/ Oct will be 2 Years on this bad boy. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
That's EXACTLY what happened.;)

I do run Sammy roms, currently bouncing from Slim (obviously) and Alliance (love it), but Samsung roms won't influence my choice of device. I plan on keeping this phone for at least another year, can't afford to buy anything outright just yet. Have a 2 year old, which means diapers, so that's where all my money goes!

Sent from the i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Oh hell no! Take 3 days to devote potty training. No diapers just real underwear. Potty book for bathroom and your phone timer. They don't like to be nasty so when they pee on themselves they dont like it. Time the interval in between pee times . ask them around final count down on timer. This cycle over and over again for 3 days straight in the house will cut your diaper bill way back. Except nighttime pull ups. That takes a little longer. My son was good at late stages of yr 1 . I just bought you a shiny! Lol!;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
Yeah, a shiny what, though - that's my problem: indecision! Thanks for the advice, my friend.

Sent from the i777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
HTC one is looking really nice!!!!! :drool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Just wanted to let everyone know out there how straight talk has worked out for me.

I had issues with my wife's iPhone 4gs(at&t model) due to the sim card would not allow MMS to function properly. We did the sim card swap trick but setting wouldn't stick. Long story short we sold that phone and got her the s3 mini. Nice device small about the same size as the iPhone. She hated it. I never heard the end of it and she threatened to go get Verizon on me a couple times. Well once they unleashed the straight talk iPhone 5 my interests were sparked. I did a little research and with the help of my brother in law we figured out that since the iPhone 5 is unlocked and is available to run all networks that we could have her phone number that was on the at&t straight talk sim (in the s3 mini) ported to the new phone 5. I called straight talk and of course had to explain what needed to happen several times. Once the lady understood she gathered the phone number from the sim and the meid from the Idevice and told me it would automatically change over within an hour. ( max 24hrs.) About 25 mins later the iPhone was good to go on Verizon ( ST) towers with everything fully functional including Imessage and MMS.

Signal strength seems about the same as at&t(ST)

With that being said there is no reason why you couldn't actually use a Verizon phone and port the number to it unless its locked in some fashion. I just wanted to share my experience with you all. I have never had any issues with my service and they inform me every month as I'm on auto refill for me and my wife's number.

What will your next move be??? ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hipsterdo0fus:
My father-in-law switched to straight talk after we talked to him about it and he hates it. Unfortunately he was forced to the T-mobile network and we are on AT&T. I think he if had gotten on the AT&T network he'd be fine but T-mobile is very weak around here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
Very true. T-Mobile is known for less signal strength but higher data speeds. In most areas that is. I have at&t (ST) and its the exact same service as at&t . :rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sk8ordie0:
OK I invite you guys to come on a Note 3 journey! I don't own a tablet and I'm jumping on the big bandwagon! Great battery life with insane 1080 display about to drop on this bad boy. I spend a lot of time reading, texting , downloading , viewing images (of course for my wallpapers!) So why not do it all on something you can see well? Everyone raves about the note 2 and the gs4 is pretty slick. Note 3 is it for me. If it stacks up like the gs4 then bet your buns I'm picking one up,.....straight talk style baby! Lol:D:D:D:p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SteveMurphy:
If you can get that to work on ST, let let me know! Where would you get an unlocked version, anyway?

Sent from the i777