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[Nexus 4 General] dougeeebear:
The user who got 100GB in one month was using a Straight Talk T-Mobile SIM.

Post #1 in the thread:

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...day-and-still-nothing?p=15055992#post15055992

Post #118 in the same thread:

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...day-and-still-nothing?p=15062052#post15062052

Good for him I guess, but I wouldn't recommend it.

People that do things like that only hurt the rest of us.
[Nexus 4 General] 1slow4G:
Exactly. Those are the people that ruin it for the rest of us. So damn greedy. Smh.

Sent from my Galaxy S3 using neighbors wifi :P
[Nexus 4 General] persheshhater:
Lol stupid idiots. Anyway somebody that uses 100gb internet data on the phone got no life, that's for sure.
[Nexus 4 General] TravisBean:
Common now, really ? I tried to restrain myself from responding to this comment, Are you guys 12 year olds ?

If he takes full advantage of the advertised "Unlimited" data, don't be a hater. My hat's off to him for getting all he can get.
[Nexus 4 General] TurboFool:
Can anyone confirm that the AT&T SIMs are still being honored for new activation?

I just bought a kit at Walmart which included all three cards (1x T-Mobile mini-SIM, 1x AT&T mini-SIM, and 1x AT&T micro-SIM). I used the T-Mobile because I wanted their data speeds and claimed higher tolerance for data usage, but my girlfriend currently has AT&T as her carrier and doesn't want to switch coverage, but IS interested in the cost savings. So we might give her one of those AT&T SIMs for her iPhone in the meantime. But I don't want to go through a lot of setup hassle only to find out it's a no-go.
[Nexus 4 General] MkVsTheWorld:
Yes, as so was I. My original posting was regarding the T-Mobile SIM, you can see that I quoted another commenter about it.
[Nexus 4 General] TurboFool:
I almost said similar, but as I'm new to this sub-forum (just moved from Epic 4G Touch) I decided not to start off with waves. But I've never particularly liked the attitude of, "hey, stop treating your unlimited plan like it's actually unlimited; you're being selfish."
[Nexus 4 General] GalaxySII_newguy:
Yes I use them. I got $100 refill for 365 days expiration. Calling mart facebook at some percentage off no taxes. I can't confirm if they do roll over for top-ups.

5 cents per minute and 5 cent sms, and 33 cent data, no problems so far. It's great
[Nexus 4 General] affiatic:
I am just going to throw this out for fun. You can research it if you want because I don't know if it is true or not. If I remember correctly att owns a large percent of the parent company of net10, straight talk, trackfone, etc.

http://www.americamovil.com/amx/en/cm/about/struct.html?p=28&s=37

Says at&t owns 24.5% of the company.

And the #1 owner is the richest man in the world. The company is facing some new anti monopoly stuff. Does this have anything to do with sim cards? I don't know. I do know it means I should quit googling and go to sleep once in a while
[Nexus 4 General] hoppermi:
You would be the richest man in the world also if you could get the government to give you 2 billion dollars a year. #Obamaphone
[Nexus 4 General] affiatic:
Yes we should probably blame Obama for something started under Clinton and expanded to cellphones under Bush. Bushphone just doesn't have the same ring to it I guess. I was simply pointing out att owns a large share in american movil. So they do want straightalk and net10 to make money. I think it all comes down to what is more profitable for them as it always does.
[Nexus 4 General] kzoodroid:
Actually it was started in 1984 under Ronald Reagan and doesn't provide free phones.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp
[Nexus 4 General] Zaiaku:
Too bad I got this info late I actually needed a at&t straight talk sim for my mom to elp her save money. After finally conivencing her just now found out.
[Nexus 4 General] FSRBIKER:
Just buy a Net10 At&t sim card on Ebay, they are only a few bucks. The plans are virtually identical excpet Net10 has a hard data cap of 1.5gb but no daily limit that might get your throttled for the rest of the month like ST. I buy my ST refills from RefillMobi.com or Ebay sellers for a discount and they also sell Net10 refills at a discount.
[Nexus 4 General] aygriffith:
I just attempted to activate a Walmart AT&T kit I got at the last minute in Feb and it would not activate. It says the technology was not available in my area or something along those lines. I'm in Salt Lake and already have one AT&T Straight Talk SIM so I assume its related to it being an AT&T SIM and nothing to do with the area. Its too bad, I was really hoping to get my girlfriend's OG Galaxy Note on the plan. I guess I waited too long. :crying:

Love to hear if anyone else has a better experience.
[Nexus 4 General] Febby:
Did you try a different zip code?
[Nexus 4 General] GalaxySII_newguy:
I bought bring your own phone from ebay, was able to activate at&t
[Nexus 4 General] uToTMeH8:
I attempted to switch from a Straight talk T-Mobile sim to Straight talk AT&T sim, but the port/migration did not go through. I called customer service and they said the zip code didn't match my phone number's area code and the port would not go through? I've ported this number in and out of all four major carriers (including the current Straight Talk sim and google voice). When I look at my account online there is still a port in progress it says and cannot even check my service end date. Has anyone been through this or have any idea what to do? Dealing with them over the phone is a nightmare and took 2 hours for them to tell me that I would need a new phone number or cancel the port. I think this is just a way to lower the AT&T sim activations.
[Nexus 4 General] aygriffith:
No, I had activated mine this past summer with the same 84103 zip code. Are you saying to try to activate it outside of the T-Mobile area. Say Wyoming or Montana zip? Will they even let this happen?

Before or after my post about attempting to activate? I typed that post immediately after attempting to activate the SIM Card Activation Kit.
[Nexus 4 General] Febby:
It shouldn't matter to them. Just activate the sim card under a zip code where T-Mobile doesnt service. Hopefully that should iron out issue. :)
[Nexus 4 General] GalaxySII_newguy:
A few days after your post
[Nexus 4 General] Drtro:
I just paid $35 for a AT&T Straight Talk sim card off eBay. It will work right?
[Nexus 4 General] Febby:
It should. No reason as to why. :)
[Nexus 4 General] Drtro:
I haven't previously activated anything on the phone. T-Mobile has coverage in the area but only 2G.
[Nexus 4 General] GalaxySII_newguy:
do you have att coverage?
[Nexus 4 General] clk0704:
cutters

there is a cutter out know that cuts your sims card to fit the att straight talk phones...i used one today and believe it or not it worked? .i found mine on ebay...you can look around online for them and find out more about them...hope this helps some for you
[Nexus 4 General] TravisBean:
There is a bunch on ebay, Can you provide the link that you used ?
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Cut it yourself..

Use this http://www.thechinacellphone.com/micro_sim_template.pdf

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] mikec628:
I talked to a ST rep at my local walmart. They had a big tent and trailer with all there phones. I asked her about the ATT sim cards and if they was coming back. Her words (ATT is being a b***h about the sim card deal). (There in talks but theres no word if it will be back).
[Nexus 4 General] Preciosa0826:
SIM Card Cutters

Best buy has the different size cutters and will cut your Sim Card for free.
[Nexus 4 General] Bubbaho:
I got two excessive data use phonecalls from straight talk in two days. Called them back, they were dicks. T-Mobile for me. Current ATT straight talk users my be next. My excessive use was 848 mb in three weeks.
[Nexus 4 General] TravisBean:
I've been using an average of 2 GB a month with no complaints from ST.
[Nexus 4 General] capathy21:
As I understand it ATT is not allowing ST to sell ST sim kits. Couldn't I just purchase a cheap Android ST phone and cut the sim to fit my Nexus or has ST stopped providing all ATT services? I have 2g T-Mobile coverage in my area or I would definitely go that route. Thanks.
[Nexus 4 General] capathy21:
Well currently I have ATT postpaid service but I am tired of paying so much monthly. I was all ready to switch to ST in June when my contract is out but it doesn't look like an option anymore:(
[Nexus 4 General] mjpado:
att sim

You might be able to find an art Sim at the ST web site. Go to the purchase phone and switch the number 5 (or 4) to a 4 (or 5) in the web address. (I can't remember which number is in the line 4,5) This will bring you to other phones, some of which still have attached SIMS in them. This was still doable a month ago. You can purchase the phone that other people have mentioned earlier in this thread. Good luck. The info is here in XDA on how to do it.
[Nexus 4 General] DJPrelude:
Check out the Aio wireless thread or goto aiowireless.com.

It's a new prepaid actually owned by AT&T with prices real close to Straight Talk
[Nexus 4 General] capathy21:
Thanks! That looks like it will work great for what I need. I had to use the Florida zip from the xda thread to look at rate plans and such. It's a few dollars more a month than ST but will still save me over 40 bucks a month. Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] DJPrelude:
Your welcome. I actually have an st att sim but I'm tired of being throttled and poor customer so I've been looking for other options and this sounds perfect
[Nexus 4 General] dan in la:
Or you can try Net10. You can buy their AT&T network Sim cards on eBay for $1. Service is $50 per month, but if you do auto-refill it's $45, and you can usually buy refill PINs from crazygametime.com for $42.50. They have a hard cap of 1.5 GB per month, but as long as you don't go over that, they don't seem to throttle you.

With the high price of a sim card and the unpredictable throttling, it just doesn't make sense to sign up for ST AT&T anymore.
[Nexus 4 General] capathy21:
Well I normally use about 2.5 gb a month of data but if it meant paying only 45 bucks a month on net 10 I could just be a little more conservative on data usage and come out with more money in my pocket:)
[Nexus 4 General] dan in la:
Just be careful with that, because some people have reported having trouble with getting their Net10 data turned back on if they go over 1.5 GB the previous month. It might not be worth the trouble to save a little cash. For me, I almost never use that much data, so it's not an issue.
[Nexus 4 General] FSRBIKER:
I was ready to move from ST At&t to Aio until I saw in the fine print speeds are capped at 4mbs.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Febby:
Is there a huge draw back for you at 4MBPS?... That seems to be good enough for most mobile experiences that you should need like Netflix streaming, YouTube, or any other application. ;)
[Nexus 4 General] FSRBIKER:
Maybe not but it's a scumbag thing to hide this stipulation in the fine print. I understand not offering lte but to throttle their hspa+ speed while no other prepaid does this and not being upfront about it is something that should bother people. Considering they will be marketing this service and comparing it to other prepaid services there is no way they will compare speeds. I hope this issue is pointed out by their competitors, blogs and tech sites.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] parkhill456:
I just called St and asked for a at&t sim and they sent one in the mail for free
[Nexus 4 General] FSRBIKER:
Do you currently have ST At&t service?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] parkhill456:
Yes I do I have been using T mobile St for a year but got a att s3 and called them up and asked to buy one and they said they would send it for free because I am an existing customer.
[Nexus 4 General] berrywr:
It is important to remember that AT&T has a 24.5% vested into America Movil who owns Tracfone. There are no restrictions that I'm aware of that prevent a buyer from obtaining a AT&T compatible SIM card with Straight Talk. When this law first went into affect; yes, but it is understood that ST users do not have access to AT&T's 4G LTE speeds and are locked in at HSUPA Category 6 at best. If you happen to own a HTC Titan like me then you know AT&T has us stuck on category 8 with no known way to change it despite HSPL and Interop/Developer Unlocked and my wife's HTC One is maxing out at 6.8 and 6.9 Mbps according to Speedtest. Here's the link - http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/bpd...cards&zip=31830&market=GSM4&locale=en&lang=EN
[Nexus 4 General] BretskiSmith:
Does anyone notice their T-Mobile service with straight talk being less than If I went to T-mobile directly? in terms of coverage and speed?
[Nexus 4 General] nick314:
For those of you that need to stay with AT&T towers and can live with 2GB of data, I highly recommend jumping to GoPhone, then using callingmart for your refills. $57.60. No tax, no throttling BS.
[Nexus 4 General] Lucas_Skyline:
Guys, I have a Galaxy S4 I9505, which does not work on T-Mobile 3G in Indiana (HSDPA 1700), and so I use AT&T.

So, do you think I can use Straight Talk here?

Thank you.
[Nexus 4 General] Febby:
Yes you can. You can also use redpocket, airvoice, net10, or gophone. :)
[Nexus 4 General] Lucas_Skyline:
But do you think I'll get 3G signal here? I'm only concerned because I read that ST is selling only T-mobile sim cards, and I already tested a T-mobile sim card here, getting only 2G signal.

Thank you very much.
[Nexus 4 General] theandrewgordon:
I bought a Straight Talk ATT card off ebay for like $30 because you can buy ST 6 month packs for $220 on ebay, almost all the time.
[Nexus 4 General] unsivil_audio:
WTF? ST sims live again on Walmart.com

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-...2960623540828&veh=aff&wmlspartner=tWsI2R5jHvk
[Nexus 4 General] silverramsrt:
On the ST website too

http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/bpd...&locale=en&market=GSM4&productFamily=simcards
[Nexus 4 General] Nibiru2012:
I just bought one off of Ebay for $40.01 in an auction last Thursday Aug. 1.

I did have a T-Mobile SIM card but my connection at my home was horrible and AT&T's coverage map showed much stronger signals for my area of Austin, TX.

T-Mobile's coverage in Austin is basically... horrible. Even though it cost me nearly three times the price of the standard SIM card, I'm glad I did it.

It did take Straight Talk over 36 hours to do the phone number porting, but other than that I am very pleased.

L8R - ~Nibs

:cool:
[Nexus 4 General] Febby:
You should have just bought directly from straight talk or Walmart for 14.99. They're back on order.
[Nexus 4 General] Yreka:
Damn!! Just hooked up w/ net10 too, would have preferred ST, but $0.99 x 2 vs $40 x 2 for AT&T sim tipped the scales.
[Nexus 4 General] Nibiru2012:
To the best of my research and understanding the AT&T Straight Talk SIM card was no longer available either through the Straight Talk website, at WalMart stores or online at WalMart as of last week now they are... darn it! Oh well... ce la vie!

Peculiar though... if one types in their Austin TX ZIP CODE such as 787** then only the T-Mobile SIM cards are shown.
[Nexus 4 General] seanandrsn:
Yes I noticed that as well. At my home it will give me the option for at&t SIM but my work zip will only give me a T-Mobile SIM. I was talking to a ST rep the other day because I was looking to upgrade my wife's Galaxy SII with a Nexus 4 and wanted to purchase a micro SIM he said I was out of luck for now but they would be selling the at&t SIM's again soon on their website but wouldn't give me a date.
[Nexus 4 General] Nibiru2012:
So I spent an additional $25.02 for what I normally would spend. That is TWO pizzas delivered!

At least my reception, and data speeds have improved significantly.
[Nexus 4 General] MkVsTheWorld:
Forget Straight Talk. I dropped them for GoPhone. At least I get a guaranteed 2 GB a month and LTE with them. I had constant data connectivity issues with Straight Talk AT&T and the worst call quality. I know AT&T routes data through a different APN than its GoPhone and Post Paid subscribers. I also suspected calls were routed to "different" circuits in other parts of the country.

Personally, I don't mind sacrificing roaming and a slightly cheaper cost. Being able to speak to someone on the phone or in a store about a problem offsets any true savings from using Straight Talk. I think the overall quality of service from AT&T prepaid is superior to any other AT&T MVNO.
[Nexus 4 General] A2Eric:
What phone are you using with GoPhone? I understood you can't use any smartphones on it? Nevermind, just checked myself and as I suspected you are limited to **** phones. No thanks. Straight Talk has worked very well for me over the past 9 months, I'll stick with it.
[Nexus 4 General] jawmail:
Not sure what you looked at, you can use smart phones on Gophone. Just switched my wifes GS2 from ST to GP.
[Nexus 4 General] MkVsTheWorld:
I'm using the Samsung Galaxy Express. It's not as good specs wise as the Nexus 4 but it's a good phone, especially for $250. I just saw a Tiger Direct special for like $220, not too shabby for prepaid. Anyways, AT&T GoPhone is BYOD-compatible. Just bring your phone to an AT&T store and they'll give you the SIM if you activate. I think you have to get the $40 or $60 a month package.
[Nexus 4 General] TravisBean:
AT&T learned that they can't "control" what people do to their phones once released/distributed. A smaller slice of the cellular pie is better than no slice at all, which is why they've started to sell the micro sims again.
[Nexus 4 General] norwoodesteel:
Just received my at&t straight talk micro sim card from Walmart.com
[Nexus 4 General] :
Does the sim instructions recommend APN settings thru att.mvno or thru tfdata?
[Nexus 4 General] norwoodesteel:
refers you to website.....tfdata
[Nexus 4 General] nelsonator1982:
I'm in a pickle and was wondering if anyone could help out.......I live in Detroit Michigan and I'm on T-Mobile $50 unlimited everything throttle after 500 mb to 2g.........I get lte and this phone is blazing fast with it.......my only problem is I travel a lot and often up north into roaming with only voice no data for days........is it worth it to switch to a art mvno and what one should I switch to
[Nexus 4 General] hoppermi:
I live near Lansing, also travel north, ATT is only GSM option for data. I use straight talk for now. Thinking about switching to go phone 2gb plan.
[Nexus 4 General] kzoodroid:
I would go with AT&T GoPhone too, I get HSPA+ all over West Michigan, but no LTE as it uses band 17 here. Since I don't use a lot of data I only get the $5 50 MB data plan and the $25 200 minutes and unlimited texting calling plan. For $30 a month I'm happy and you can add more data at any time once you run out.
[Nexus 4 General] TravisBean:
http://www.phonenews.com/net10-removes-att-data-caps-and-goes-back-to-unlimited-23238/
[Nexus 4 General] Z4nd4r:
Does anyone know if this also applies to other Tracfone services on AT&T, like Straight Talk? I know ST never had a hard cap, but they would really clamp down on high data users.
[Nexus 4 General] nelsonator1982:
I just wanted to say thanks made the switch to go phone so far I'm impressed
[Nexus 4 General] 1slow4G:
Att sims are back if anyone is wondering. Just recieved my 2nd one last week.
[Nexus 4 General] A2Eric:
Straight Talk started selling the 4G LTE sims for AT&T MVNO so I bought one but they have the same code printed on them as my sim I 'm using now for HSPA+ service. Anyone know if there is any difference in the sims or did I just buy one for no reason? LOL>

.

I'm using a N4 but haven't tried to access the 4G service on it as I don't know if the band is supported in my area.
[Nexus 4 General] Febby:
The nexus 4 can't access ATT LTE I think. Only tmobile lte (unofficially). :)
[Nexus 4 General] pjc123:
Yes it can, but only Band 4, which is not available many places.

With regards to the sim card question, there really is no consensus whether the (really) older cards will work or not. I have seen a claim that one person was able to get it to work after spending 3 hours on the phone with ST. Many claim that cards ordered before, but close to the LTE announcement date work. I had a very old card so I just ordered a new LTE card and am currently using it on ST AT&T, although the closest Band 4 usage is about half hour drive from me, so I have not been able to try it yet.
[Nexus 4 General] Febby:
Ah okay! I wasn't sure if ATT utilized band 4 much (I think part). My cousins LTE started working on an older att byod sim card after he refilled this month. I think its a hit or miss. What he did was let his service expire for a few hours past midnight, then reactivate.

I also tested this with my mothers net10 older sim cards ($1 ebay ones). Phone support had said I needed a new one so I let service expire, reactivate, then boom LTE.
[Nexus 4 General] pjc123:
I am not sure you care, but I figured out a way to draw out the coverage area according to frequency, location, service provider, etc. (Assuming it has been activated). That way I can see specifically where Band 4 has been allocated to AT&T (Post 202).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45710285&postcount=204
[Nexus 4 General] TravisBean:
Well, now it's official and in writing:

After 2.5 gigs of data you get throttled on both the AT&T sims, and the T Mobile sims;

I guess they came up with an inexpensive system/program to automatically track data usage without consuming too much of their own bandwidth/resources.
[Nexus 4 General] nigelhealy:
That is an increase? Wasn't it 2GB unofficially? So now 2.5GB is an increase?

I've been on ST for almost a year now and very pleased. In UK I swap SIMs to Giffgaff. UK is about half the cost of USA "like for like" so even though ST is quite a bit less than others like AT&T, it is still an inefficient locked-in inexpensive market in USA. More competition required.
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
You could always get the Verizon iphone5 from walmart for straight talk and get unlimited for $45 on a really good network at a crazy good price..

But yea, if you choose unlocked gsm you get these options..
[Nexus 4 General] threeclaws:
ATT uses 850/1900, why did they switch away from saying that locked ATT phones were compatible? I have no idea.
[Nexus 4 General] haydonxda:
So I haven't tried this but....

I suspect you can use an AT&T SIM on StraightTalk. The activation process has you enter the SIM # and all of that. The SIM, when you put it in your phone, looks and feels like an AT&T SIM. The APN settings are AT&T's default, etc. I bet it's just an AT&T SIM with different graphics.
[Nexus 4 General] tlgraber:
The AT&T SIM & micro SIM appear to be available on walmart.com again:

SIM: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-Post-Paid-SIM-AT-T-Bring-Your-Own-Phone-Card/21550824

Micro SIM: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-Post-Paid-Micro-SIM-AT-T-Bring-Your-Own-Phone-Card/21550826
[Nexus 4 General] buffalowolff:
Yep just got my order in. Interesting that its still not listed on the straight talk site.
[Nexus 4 General] boomn:
It is a little worrying that it's not just the SIM ordering page that has been changed. For example, all mention of AT&T information has been removed in the last week from this support page

Or maybe its just WalMart pushing StraightTalk to give them an exclusive on the popular AT&T cards. StraightTalk was created by WalMart in partnership with Tracfone and I wouldn't be surprised to see WalMart trying to change things more to their advantage
[Nexus 4 General] buffalowolff:
Yeah that is a little odd. Hopefully someone will say something meaningful soon. I don't trust the support rep I talked to as they are notoriously out of the loop with company decisions.
[Nexus 4 General] dardack:
Anyone hear anything more about this? Prolly not switching till my contract with Tmo is up, but I want an ATT sim, so if they aren't going to offer then in a couple months, tha'ts gonna suck.
[Nexus 4 General] TravisBean:
The rep I spoke to said ST will activate AT&T sims already purchased, but when they're gone they're gone. The AT&T ST honeymoon is over.