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[General Topics] namartlu:
"My Account" app not working?

Moved over from N4 to N5, re-install "My Account" app. It launches but can't pull account information. Is server down or some issue with N5 and the app?
[General Topics] tomciopaluch357:
Thats what i did

I had no problem online
[General Topics] Lythandra:
I'm pretty happy. I had a full size sim that I had gotten for my GN about 1.5 years ago. I got it chopped to a micro in a local TMobile store but wasn't sure if it would work for LTE. Actually, I wasn't sure I even had LTE in my area. Imagine my pleasant surprise when the phone booted up to a nice LTE signal at my house. It blazing fast compared to my old HSPA GN which I didn't think was slow. Faster is better tho.
[General Topics] quadomatic:
What kinds of speeds are you all pulling on this? I'm testing this while I still have AT&T service, and while I pull 30 Mbps+ on AT&T LTE, I'm only getting about 1 or 2 Mbps on T-Mobile LTE.
[General Topics] Ajfink:
How strong of a T-Mobile signal are you getting, and where do you live?

I get upper-20sMbps on T-Mobile frequently. T-Mobile doesn't throttle based on plan, to the best of my knowledge, until you hit your 4G data limit.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[General Topics] quadomatic:
Sorry, I meant to edit that to 8 Mbps down. I'm in Manhattan. It seems to be varying really heavily though (first time was 1 or 2 Mbps down, then 8 Mbps down, then 3.6 Mbps down).
[General Topics] lopri:
No throttle on LTE, but I've been getting EDGE speed on HSPA+. (~1.0 Mbps) It depends on coverage areas.
[General Topics] Ajfink:
Interesting...last time I was there I got between 15-27Mbps. Maybe the load has picked up a lot on their LTE or you're in bad spots.

Hopefully the MetroPCS spectrum helps out with that sooner or later.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[General Topics] quadomatic:
It probably depends on where in Manhattan. I'm on the upper east side/east harlem, but I think I typically get better speeds here than elsewhere.
[General Topics] adrman:
Manhattan varies quite a bit. I was getting 13mbps at around 7am and about 4 or 5 at 2 in the afternoon.
[General Topics] Ajfink:
Sounds like load.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[General Topics] quadomatic:
I'm sure load makes a difference, but I popped my AT&T sim back in, and I'm getting 26 Mbps down, 10 Mbps up. That gain is pretty substantial.

Damn, I'm not sure if I'm willing to switch to T-Mobile and drop down to those speeds. Didn't T-Mobile supposedly just increase they're LTE capacity in like 40 major markets?
[General Topics] adrman:
Yup. Too many phone zombies walking about. ?
[General Topics] lopri:
It's not that T-Mobile got worse, but rather AT&T has improved this year. By A LOT. In NY/NJ area I used to get 2~3 Mbps on AT&T and 5~7 Mbps on T-Mobile until early this year (HSPA+). Sometime during the summer AT&T's speed improved and now I get 5~10 Mbps HSPA+ and 20~30 MBps LTE. T-Mobile, on its part, now services LTE. So where I get LTE, it's usually anywhere between 5~20 Mbps. But its LTE coverage is sparse, esp. once you go to suburbs. Usually T-Mobile LTE is strong around major highways and busy commercial areas. But not in residential areas.
[General Topics] wafermagnet:
People in this thread are saying they want 5 gb LTE on this plan. I though the T mobile 30 dollar plan didn't give you LTE?
[General Topics] paperWastage:
it does
[General Topics] TiltedAz:
It's 4G capable, you get LTE or HSPA+ whichever flavor tower is there.
[General Topics] newtooroot:
link to $30. plan?

Link to $30. plan? Looking at their site haven't found it so far.
[General Topics] paperWastage:
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans

control-f
[General Topics] newtooroot:
been trying for over an hour online

I get to the final pay screen and it tells me (ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM?)

Theres no calendar to select from...........

Billing information

There is a problem with some of the information you entered.

No auto pay calendar date selected

The following field is required:

Auto pay amount

EDIT

(i think u might have to pay with a refill card, the only way maybe)
[General Topics] d1pham:
Refresh you page, tab through each field and click on the amount you want to add to your account. Keep trying it will eventually go through.
[General Topics] quadomatic:
Somewhat off-topic, but for those of you who use VoIP with a ported GV number, is there additional latency added by GV (relative to calls made directly through your VoIP provider)?
[General Topics] unknown1205:
got the exact same problem and posted in several pages back. i opened up a new tab and signed up for an account at my.t-mobile.com and then when your account is created, it brings u to the billings page where you can add a credit card and fund your account and set up autopay.

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got this problem with the app as well. anyone else??
[General Topics] newtooroot:
next problem

received my free microsim last week.

get this message. pain in the buttttt.

Oops—this isn’t a valid Activation Code. Please try again.

The Activation Code should be 11 digits long. You can find it on your Activation Card
[General Topics] mtpktz:
My understanding is that the 100min, Unlimited Text, 5GB of 4GLTE $30 prepaid is offered by Family Mobile, a subsidiary of T-Mobile.

I believe Family Mobile only uses ~75-85% of the towers that postpaid and corporate purchased prepaid ($30 for 1500talk/text) use.
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
'My understanding' and 'I believe' do not serve as proof for me and I've never heard of this. The only limitation I"ve seen repeatedly mentioned is roaming on pre versus postpaid.
[General Topics] Morphling27:
That depends on many things including the app you're using and your connection and such. Back when I bothered having GV set up through voip for myself and a friend, it wasn't terrible. LTE will obviously be better than UMTS because of latency and all, but too many factors. Many people find that it's acceptable on the $30 a month Tmobile plan, even before LTE.

Just remember, EDGE and 1xRTT networks have pretty high latency compared to now and they were fine with voice calls, no?
[General Topics] skinien:
Is anyone having problems getting HSPA only? I'm in San Diego and specifically in an "excellent LTE coverage area". I can't seem to get LTE. I have LTE selected in the network settings.
[General Topics] mtpktz:
I should have clarified; the information came from an upper level management within corporate T-Mobile.

There's a reason for the large discrepancy between the $30 prepaid plan offered by corporate T-Mobile stores (1500talk/text with 30MB) vs the 100min/unl text/5gb 4G data that is not offered in corporate T-Mobile stores.
[General Topics] br0adband:
I've been on the $30/month plan (the popular one) for just a few weeks shy of 2 years now, never heard anything even remotely similar to what you're saying. It's not offered in stores because 2+ years ago when they created that plan they didn't actually want people to even know about it - it's a pretty ironic thing: create the best prepaid plan on the market for the cost (arguably, but that's my opinion) and then basically hide it from view. I still don't know why T-Mobile has this plan but after ~2 years of using it I'm damned glad they do.

The question now is: how much longer will this plan remain in effect and if they do decide to toss it for something else, will they allow those of us already on it (especially people like myself that have used it almost since inception) to continue with the pricing and service or drop us and make us sign up again under some other more costly plan with less capabilities.

It's a very weird thing, honestly.
[General Topics] jamjr74:
whats my best bet?

Im on Verizon and opened a tmobile $30 prepaid from tmobile to ry the nexus 5. I am going to switch to tmobile but am unsure if the $30 plan will cut it as I use about 400 minutes a month. I was planning on using groove ip with my google voice number or hangouts once it's available for calls. The catch is I wanna keep my number from verizon. I was thinking of porting to google voice to use the groove ip but am I better off just porting to tmobile? Any work arounds or suggestions would help greatly. Thanks
[General Topics] SteveG12543:
Well, got my sim kit on Monday. Just gotta receive the phone and I'll be on this plan. Such a great deal, I'll be saving about $50/month switching from vzw to this :D
[General Topics] doubleatheman:
I reactivated my old tmo Sim with the $30 plan. (That was a pain to get that plan provisioned on that old prepaied Sim, but customer service finally did it for me.)

Disappointingly LTE on my $30 Sim and plan is behaving poorly. LTE will max out at 30mbps but the. Scale back to 4mbps or less. YouTube videos will buffer many times. I have a feeling I'm getting the same issue as others reporting that to is throttling prepared, but each person this happens to, it only lasts a few days.

My main sim is Solavei but that is HSPA only. It is throttled to 15mbps, but its always right at 15mbps and consistent.

I want to play around with LTE and have fun, but I just get this annoying throttle issue.
[General Topics] newtooroot:
wifi

theres an article on cnn that says wifi calling won't work on the nexus 5.

has anyone tried?

wondering if it still works using programs such as groove ip

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57611578-94/t-mobiles-nexus-5-wont-support-wi-fi-calling/
[General Topics] slowpok22:
I don't have my sim yet and have been using talkatone and it works fine, I can even receive calls made to my Google voice number, using the home wifi.
[General Topics] whatsitsnamenow:
Try the service but don't port the number to T-Mobile yet. If you do port port to Google voice first, then when you are satisfied with service, you can port to T-Mobile.

The 100 minutes plan is only good if you don't plan to talk a lot. Voip doesn't work that well on T-Mobile when your mobile (ie driving). It is not reliable enough.
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
FWIW, I'm getting anemic LTE results too...3-6mbps down, 3-11 mbps up, BUT!!!...I reinsert my SIM back into my N4 running exact same APN but with a hybrid radio (one of morislee's earliest .33/.54) and I'm right back to low 20's up and down. I think it's a radio issue, presently...

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Skype works fine...interested in seeing Hangouts.
[General Topics] 2.0t03speed:
Nice i saved $58 per month by switching

Thats odd i just went and tried to test out my LTE to see if i get any issues with throttling. i was able to stream an hd youtube video of the nexus 5 vs iphone 5s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_CDkERRNEw&feature=c4-overview&list=UUR0AnNR7sViH3TWMJl5jyxw) ;) and then i did a speed test to see what my actual LTE speeds were and they were 10-13mbps. This is all with only 2 bars of LTE. Hope your issue gets worked out.

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i use the sip internet calling in the native android dialer for google voice and it works just fine. Been using it since i got my n5 on monday so i now have unlim minuets.
[General Topics] doubleatheman:
When I pull that 30mbps initial burst, its in an area where I only get 2 bars LTE. I know it has the potential to go super fast. I'm not too cebcerned because its not my main Sim. I don't think its radio or phone specific. It's plan and Sim related.
[General Topics] 2.0t03speed:
yea it could be your reprovisioned sim. i got a brand new sim from tmobile for my n5
[General Topics] Lockeskidney:
got the phone (yay LTE finally) and i went a little nuts with the speed tests.

they throttled me last night. pretty much instantly. I dont get how some people report going on 5gbs and nothing happens. I've done it twice and its been instant
[General Topics] quadomatic:
Have you tried flashing a different radio to your Nexus 5?
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
Not yet...a recent update radio has a later date but an earlier revision number so I thought I'd let someone else play guinea pig...keeping my eyes peeled though.
[General Topics] Beauenheim:
When the Nexus 5 comes out, I'm dropping Cricket, I pay 35 dollars a month for unlimited minutes (call drops after an hour and a half no matter what) and unlimited SMS (not MMS) and absolutely no data.

I flashed my Gnex to Cricket, and use wifi.

It is such a pain to never have data or mms available.

Definitely selling my gnex and buying a Nexus 5 and picking up this plan. I'd just forward the calls to google voice and use my data if that'd work.

Does MMS work with the 30 dollar plan?
[General Topics] skinien:
Yep, MMS works.
[General Topics] Cronis:
Yep they do... if ya look at the AT&T sim area they say its LTE/4G capable.

http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/bpd...ction=view&productVariantExtensionId=17638350
[General Topics] :
That link didn't work (session expired) but I found out that LTE works via a Google search. How is your experience with LTE on ST? Do they still throttle at around 1.5 GB??

I have been considering porting my number to Google Voice and getting the T-Mobile 30$ plan and just doing all calls with GrooveIP...

I mean saving 15 bucks a month translates to 190 a year... And being a broke college sstudent, every penny counts..
[General Topics] Cronis:
Well according to their front page its 2.5 gigs of high speed data, then they throttle you to 2G for the remainder of the pay period.

http://www.straighttalk.com/wps/por..._dwoLwsA3Lv8cA!!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/

and yea sorry about that I suspected the session might time out on the other link just because you have to give zip code and stuff for the AT&T sim info.

I'm going to try out both plans though since im kinda curious how the speeds/coverage compare. I think I can get LTE in my area with AT&T but im not sure about Tmo.
[General Topics] :
Its all good :) I ordered the Tmobile SIM off their site to try the 30$ plan. cant wait to switch. I dont mind the 3.5mb/s im getting but I absolutely hate the ping times (around 250ms) Im currently getting on HSPA with ST. I herd the ping times are pretty bad on ST even with LTE. Hopefully I can get lower than 100ms with tmobile.

Ive been liking the direction that T-Mobile is going recently. These guys are swinging hard at ATT and Verizon. I think ATT and Verizon are getting Anti-Consumer day by day, while Tmobile just rolled out free international data and texting for postpaid consumers. Not to mention they only throttle data after you hit the limit without any overages.

Seems like T-Mobile is PRO consumer. im planning to get a few family members on a family plan with them if their service seems good. Never tried T-mobile.
[General Topics] aohus:
I'm selling my Unlimited Grandfathered Data Plan from Verizon for the T-Mobile $30/month plan.

My account can go for up to $700 on eBay via AoL (assumption of liability). Most likely I'll sell my existing Verizon plan, then jump on T-Mobile.

Tired of your crap Verizon.
[General Topics] hoangtung619:
lte speed

how fast is tmo lte speed in $30 prepaid plan guys? i live in san jose, i tried this plan before on my s3 but it isnt fast at all, i want a recommendation from xda users, im using gOsmart with $30/month unlimited everything also 4g lte, but the data really slow. Thinking about go back to this TMO $30 plan or switch to Net10 or Straightalk, any suggestion guys? I'm using TMO Note3
[General Topics] ryukiri:
does this mean no more $30 a month? :(

http://phandroid.com/2013/09/30/t-mobile-kills-off-classic-plans-at-3rd-party-retailers/
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
No. That refers to Classic Plans. Not Pre-Paid.
[General Topics] ryude:
I plan on using this for the Dell Venue 8 Pro, but for my phone I use Straight Talk (Tracfone). Unlimited everything for $45/mo, I actually need minutes so the 100 from tmobile wouldn't work.
[General Topics] ddpacino:
State sales tax for me when I add my $30+ (MD). That's about it.
[General Topics] Ajfink:
I get over 20Mbps often. There is no throttling whatsoever until you hit the 5GB limit. These plans are the bait and hook to draw the tech-savvy away from Verizon and AT&T - and it works pretty often (they got me with it).

The only reason not to go with T-Mobile is the admittedly poor rural coverage. In my small town near Harrisburg, PA I am still on 2G and the signal strength isn't that great. A ten minute drive gets me 20Mbps+ LTE. Go figure. I have WiFi at home so it's only annoying for MMS.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[General Topics] hoangtung619:
It really nice to here that, i live close to san jose CA. Hopefully lte speed will work well
[General Topics] kwazytazz:
Does the $30 plan have any unlimited tmobile to tmobile or night time minutes of that sort?
[General Topics] Zainiak:
as far as I know, no.

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I consistently get over 30 mbps down, and around 12 up. Depends on your area, congestion, etc.
[General Topics] kwazytazz:
Thanks, probably will have to use grooveip or something similar if I jump on this plan, while I don't use a lot of minutes but I do use more than 100 a month
[General Topics] Zainiak:
Hangouts will be getting calling soon, so you could just use that. I've been using groove for about a year now. I don't really like it, but its the best at what it does. until hangouts gets the update
[General Topics] kwazytazz:
That sounds awesome but i'm also assuming the other person will need to have a android device too, unless the hangouts calling option is able to call landlines/phones also.

Just checked the t-mobile site for their family plans, the data portion of their plans was such a rip off, even with unlimited you only get 2.5gb of 4g before throttled, then on the 2nd line and so on, you only get 500mb!*oops* I misread it, its 2.5gb for hotspot lol but unlimited 4g access
[General Topics] Zainiak:
Nope, it should act like a voip service. Just like grooveip. So you can call iPhones, landlines, etc.
[General Topics] ohmimpotence:
Family Mobile, this sounds like the company they forward me to when I was trying to order this service over the phone. 1877-7608760 myfamilymobile after I just googled it. This makes sense now though they made it seem like they had nothing to do with TMobile and ended up just wondering why I was calling them.
[General Topics] spitswap:
maybe the guy is retarded?

Roaming. That makes sense. It costs them money. Only using 75% of what is yours doesn't

and like was already posted, it isn't available in T-Mobile stores.
[General Topics] RacerX780:
I ordered a free sim card from the website, but I ended up buying it instore.

So I have a sim starter kit that I have no use for.

If anyone would like it, I'd be happy to mail it out to you on monday morning.

Just let me know - email would be best but I'll try and keep an eye on the thread here too.

racerx782@gmail.com (slightly diff. then my forum name)
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
I'll take it...apparently need to troubleshoot my LTE issue and see if it's a IMEI issue...PM'd
[General Topics] RacerX780:
Alright..
[General Topics] doubleatheman:
So I just loaded up my old Nexus 4 and flashed the hybrid .84 radio to it, The same throttling issue is going on.

It starts around 22mbps then trails off to 6mbps download.

My Nexus 5 Starts around 30mbps then trails off to 5-7mbps download.

Just weird things going on with my $30 5gb sim/plan.
[General Topics] jamjr74:
So I can port my number out of google to tmobile?
[General Topics] whatsitsnamenow:
Correct. It cost you $20 to port to Google Voice, but nothing to port out.
[General Topics] jamjr74:
OK cool. Thanks
[General Topics] quadomatic:
Why not just call T-Mobile and have them update the IMEI number being used for that SIM card?
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
I'll need a new SIM for the N4, a hand-me-down to the wife. I'll activate it on my N5 first, test, and plug it (or my 'slow' SIM) into the N4. She'll never know the speed difference anyway. :p
[General Topics] P.Mobile:
wish text messages were included
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
Huh? Unlimited.
[General Topics] br0adband:
The $30/month plan we're discussing - for the bazillionth time - has:

- 100 minutes of actual talk time for making phone calls, if you need more they are $.10 (ten cents) a minute and you'll need funds in the account to cover them if you go past the given 100

- 5GB of data accessible at up to 4G/LTE speeds (basically the max your phone is capable of given you connect to their network using that mode of operation) - once you hit the 5GB "cap" it will throttle the speed down to 2G/EDGE speeds which are typically 50 to 250 Kilobits per second which works out to 8 to maybe 30 Kilobytes per second (takes a while to do a solid megabyte, basically) but the data connection is never killed or disconnected hence "unlimited" at least from the standpoint of having the data connection; yes it's slow but it does work and depending on your area even VoIP and audio streaming is easily doable over 2G/EDGE

- and of course what you're wondering about: unlimited texts - there is no limitation on the number of texts you're allowed to send, either SMS or MMS (no limits that I'm aware of, that is) - MMS messages may reflect on the data connection which is probably the case, I can't say with absolute certainty that MMS messages are truly unlimited as well but probably are

This has been covered dozens upon dozens of times in multiple threads for years now.
[General Topics] george241312:
Tmobile is now shipping free Sim card starter kits ... Why are you guys still paying for Sim cards ?
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
Deal ended...$10 now. Free Deal usually returns every few months.
[General Topics] br0adband:
They WERE free for a week or two but that ended last week, now they're back to the standard cost of $10 per, for any prepaid SIM activation kit, from the T-Mobile website.

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/...ro-SIM-Card-Activation-Kit-No-Annual-Contract

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phone/T-Mobile-Nano-SIM-Card-Prepaid

and so on.
[General Topics] howardroark:
br0adband, can you call 800 numbers with your VOIP setup? Mine hangs up immediately when the automated prompt starts.
[General Topics] br0adband:
Honestly I can't say that I ever did since I don't have a phone at the present time. I don't recall ever dialing an 800 or any other toll free exchange so, maybe someone else can offer their experience if they've done so using GV + whatever VoIP/SIP client they work with.
[General Topics] adrman:
I've had issues both on my mobile trunk and home trunk on voip.ms with certain toll free numbers not connecting. Very few of them behave this way though. However, the call just won't connect. Nothing freezes up.
[General Topics] HaveSomeVodka:
Has anyone else have trouble ordering a SIM from T-Mobile? I had to try and order 7 times and every time the website said it was unable to process my order. I finally spoke to a rep and they said they had to verify my identity, but after that, I was able to refresh the page and my order had already been completed.
[General Topics] br0adband:
When T-Mobile makes those SIM cards free of charge (and free shipping too), it generally tends to overwhelm their ordering system more often than not especially after a few days as the word spreads fast (HowardForums is usually the first notice, then SlickDeals, and so on). They get literally hammered for orders for the whole time they're available so, if you get one, fantastic, if you don't it's just $10 and over time you'll end up recouping that measly sum pretty quickly by the savings compared to other providers (since we're speaking about the $30/monthly plan in this thread).
[General Topics] howardroark:
Sorry, I didn't mean freeze up. I meant that the call seems to connect, but then drops the call when the automated system of the company takes over. It's not just 800 numbers. For example, I called my local Target which has a local number and an automated system. That dropped my call right when the automated system was about to kick in. I then tried my company's meeting place 866 number, which did the same thing.