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[General Topics] wideasleep1:
Sometimes carriers will treat a number as its own rather than as part of a plan after some given contract duration, and the ETF may only be on your line if you still 'owe', while the main holder may have an upgrade in waiting, for example. If its not too expensive just do it..crunch the numbers to see the better deal. :)
[General Topics] wirelessFREAK:
I'm using the DC area LTE network on the $30 plan, and it's pretty good.

I use grooveip

I have my GV forwarding to another Sim in my nexus 4 (to test connectivity on the n5), and I've noticed a few calls not going through.

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I think this combo will not work in may2014, when Google kills 3rd party apps and services using GV. Am I wrong??
[General Topics] sirxdroid:
Does anyone know for sure when/if these cards expire? Is it 90 days from the purchase date or the date when the card is redeemed and added to the TMobile account? Can one buy say card for 6-12 months for the $30 plan or would they expire before being able to use them?
[General Topics] herosemblem:
Let's say I'm locked in with my current ATT plan for another few months and I don't want to pay a $250 early termination fee...

However, I'd still like to get started with the $30 T-Mobile deal right now. I buy the Micro Sim, I buy the refill card, and I'm assigned a new T-mobile phone number.

Question: Can I port over my old number whenever my aforementioned contract ends, or is the porting-over process only permitted during the initial setup process of the $30 T-Mobile deal?
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
You can port anytime you possess the number to port.
[General Topics] herosemblem:
Thank you for the quick reply :good:. I'm now going to research "how to port a number" to an existing T-Mobile prepaid setup...

If you have easy pointers on how this works, I'm all ears. (I basically intend to sign up for the $30 plan right now, and will port over my ATT number in a few months when I am released from my ATT contract.)
[General Topics] expertzero1:
They are killing all third party apps because they will be integrating it with hangouts or whatever . they said early next year I think or qauter 1
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
Recall that you can sell your old phone to help cover the ETF...which should be pro-rated. Did you call ATT and verify $250? Porting later requires a call to 611 and account info from ATT and your billing details are ' supposed' to stay the same..but you said you weren't the prime on the contract. I'd call TMO prepaid support in advance to be sure , but I see no barriers to doing it later.
[General Topics] Prothetik:
Left verizon the other day. I had a tough choice, ATT or T-Mobile prepaid. After hearing that ATT had terrible service in my area, and T-Mobile was on-par to verizon in service quality, I had to switch. I pay so much less now and I get exactly what I use. I should have done this such a long time ago :/
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
Also you can forward your ATT calls to your 'new' number, additionally the easiest is to grab yet another SIM kit and activate/port when the time comes and abandon or gift the 'old' TMO plan/number after you activate and port.
[General Topics] herosemblem:
Good points.

I have not called ATT to verify whether an ETF will be involved. I'm waiting for the right opportunity where the prime and myself can sit down and call ATT support, or visit an ATT store together to see how I can remove my # from the family plan and what it will cost. My phone is a dumbphone that I've had for probably six years now, so it's probably worthless as a trade-in to offset the possible ETF :D. My Tmo MiscroSIM kit is supposed to arrive late next week in the mail. I'll keep you guys posted.
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
6 yo dumb phone shouldn't have an ETF on that line. Even if it did, worst case is the contract had a $325 fee on initiation and assuming $10/mo prorate over 22 mos means the most you pay is $105. Might save more than that over 2 mos on TMO 30/100 min plan.
[General Topics] Letitride:
+ 1 ... For herosemblem, depending on how much you are paying each month on the shared secondary or additional "dumb" line that's been kept for 6 years, unless the line was used for a smartphone upgrade & contract renewed within last 18 to 24 months, it might be on a month-to-month already. (On our former VZW line, the main line was already out of contract. mo-to-mo but secondary had remaining terms for 2 months - dragging it out longer than necessary due to ETF & all the hassle involved)

Look into the possiblity of porting the "old" number into Google Voice first - for $20 - and get a new number from AT&T WS (it's free @ Big Red) to keep that shared line till expiration of contract. Then, link the GV with that ported number with this new T-Mo $30 plan (and/or its own new assigned # - setup Talkatone, etc.) - or, depending on how much you are spending now each month on AT&T, downgrade the service to the lowest minimum.

We have no regrets leaving Big Red, paying $30/mo + taxes/fees alone for data plan then & locked into 24 months contract ...
[General Topics] robstunner:
I did what your considering, and T-Mobile is great here in chicagoland suburbia. my only issue is the 100 mintues. Im sure I can get it to work for me but my wife is on it about 400min a month, and uses 2gb of data. Whats everyone doing? I was considering magicjack but it looks so wonky with those adverts.
[General Topics] dazz87:
Why don't you install groove IP and use ya Google voice for making calls. Only issue is that it only work on wifi. This will not eat into your 100 min. This is what I'm using right now at home and work
[General Topics] robstunner:
You know wives, they can't handle complications. I'm confident I can get by with the 100 for myself though.
[General Topics] whitedragonz83:
Work that many minutes, get the $60/mo plan for unlimited minutes. Actually, with 2 people it's only $100/mo. Unlimited minuets and 2.5gb data. Might be worth $10 more (60+30 otherwise)
[General Topics] dazz87:
Weird issue since moving over to Tmobile 30 bucks plan, ported my number over from GoPhone. I am getting alot of telemarketing calls. Eating into my minutes.......Never had these calls when I was on GoPhone....Damn Tmobile trying to eat into my minutes....:silly:
[General Topics] Letitride:
+1 and LOL on that, sounds like mine here but she is usually under 100 minutes as I analyzed her calling patterns over the last 6 to12 months and she's not going to go over her 5GB data usage even with gaming enabled.

I'm less than a week into this plan and using Talkatone, sound quality is good except that somethings, the other party claimed to have trouble hearing the whole conversation and possibly WiFi signal dropping out. I've it configured to run on both mobile data (using that 5GB) and WiFi to see how it go on the move.

One of my niece noticed that my GV # is now popping out on the Caller ID screen when I call out to her so I need to reconfigure it back to my old & long-established mobile # from Big Red that we ported over. I could selectively use the minutes or WiFi data via Talkatone to make the calls and see whether the 100 minutes will be enough. Retrieving VM stored on T-Mo is a challenge unless I turn it off & rely on GV's own VM instead.

So far, I'm impressed with T-Mo at home, signal quality & strength are better than VZW and stronger than AT&T's 3G/4G as I have another mobile line on AT&T to compare with.

To insure that we can make calls in excess of 100 minutes, I loaded an extra $10 to each of our account when we funded or loaded it to start our month's services - for next month, will either add another $30 to top it off (or $40 if we used more during this billing cycle.) $10 now available would be applied plus $20 from the new funds for the $30 mo, leaving a fresh balance of $10 to cover excess/add'l charges - at 10 cents/min, we will have 200 mobile minutes. As the balance get low, T-Mo sysem will auto-generated SMS alert to refill to the devices. Refills are good for up to 90 days with unused balance rolling over with a new refill - that's my understanding.
[General Topics] robstunner:
Yes, I was planning on loading an extra $10 on each line just in case we need to go over. I guess she call Skype or Google talk/video with her parents which takes a majority of the minutes. T-Mobile LTE is 30mbps at home, where the att service hits a sold 8mbps down. Clear winner of you ask me
[General Topics] hoktrillian:
First, add your telephone number to National Do Not Call Registry

Second, do not answer telemarketing call or caller ID is not known to you, let those calls go to voicemail will not cost you air time.
[General Topics] kayone73:
I purchased a $100 calling card from callingmart.com and deposited in my prepaid acct. My $30/month auto deducts off my CC every month but the $100 (1000 minutes) prepaid card pool of overage minutes is good for 1 yr upon activation. And this pool rolls over from month to month so I don't have to worry about overages (I use 200-400 min/month based on my past year of usage) ill look at my usage for the next several months and if I continually dip into the pool then I might consider switching to the $70 unlimited plan jnstead but if I'm spending no more than $50/month then ill stick with the current setup.

I live in a major metropolitan area and have been reasonably pleased with TMo signal reception and data speeds for what I expected. My cell coverage is actually better than AT&T in some situations and a little worse in others (certain office buildings). My 4G data speeds haven't been as impressive as AT&T but when I get LTE or H+ its usable more of the time vs AT&T where I can get a strong data signal in a very crowded area but it's effectively useless because there are so many active users simultaneously eating up bandwidth. With T-Mobile data and the same scenario, I feel like Im competing with far fewer users for bandwidth.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[General Topics] hoktrillian:
Voxox offers unlimited minutes of incoming calls and refill your balance back to $1 credit every month that means up to 100 minutes of free calls within Canada and United States. In the event you go over 100 minutes, it is only 1¢ per minute for calling regular DIDs within Canada and United States. Free to call toll-free numbers within Canada and United States. All use data either Wi-Fi or cellular data, no cellular air time minute will be used.
[General Topics] hoktrillian:
Are you using mobile airtime minutes when you are driving? Or, you are still using VoIP with mobile data especially LTE when you are driving.

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People with Nexus 5 are not going to Nexus 4 forum or any other device forum. In other words, since this site has forums by each device (and with service provider if device is sold by provider) people simply visit the exact device forum they are using, will not visit forums for device they do not have.
[General Topics] slowpok22:
Anyone getting the mobile visual voice mail to work? Have it installed and know that I have a message but not showing in the app, and it says sync failed when I try and sync.
[General Topics] hoktrillian:
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) protocol for VOIP and other text and multimedia sessions, like instant messaging, video, online games and other services. You can use netTALK App or magicJack APP for outgoing calls. Incoming calls you can use Voxox. All these apps only use Wi-Fi or mobile data; they do not use mobile voice minute.

Above options have nothing to do with Google whatsoever so whatever Google will do will not affect above methods of making and receiving calls without using mobile voice minute.

It will apply to all carriers support Nexus 5.

It is not add-on. Instead, it is one of T-Mobile Pay in Advance Mobile Internet plans.
[General Topics] tylerwatt12:
What are the chances of T-Mobile killing this plan all together? Since isn't no-contract, they can change our prices at any time
[General Topics] hoktrillian:
It is possible, chance is very slim though as we can see T-Mobile keep moving toward what consumer wants and lower prices. Therefore, T-Mobile may offer more voice minutes in this plan rather than killing this plan all together.:fingers-crossed:
[General Topics] Ajfink:
Possible. More likely they would up the cost by $10 and then throw in more minutes or the international roaming.
[General Topics] robstunner:
I'd be more than happy to do that
[General Topics] Ash359:
Has anyone tried redphone? It's primary purpose is secure encrypted calling however it says it uses your regular phone number and uses data instead of your mobile minutes.

[EDIT] It only works for calling other redphone users. Nevermind

Sent from my Jedi Master Note II
[General Topics] sirxdroid:
Both parties need to be using RedPhone to have encryption. Otherwise I don't see how the app is useful, it doesn't look like it can make VOIP calls to regular numbers.
[General Topics] Ash359:
Yeah I just figured that out :(

Sent from my Jedi Master Note II
[General Topics] herosemblem:
I misplaced the IMEI sticker that was on the back of my phone when it was new.

I see that the retail packaging has another sticker that contains an IMEI #. I'm assuming this # should also work when I see up my account etc. Your thoughts? Thank you.
[General Topics] edd247:
The one on the box should be the same, also the # is on the back of the sim tray
[General Topics] letsplaay:
Can I get this prepaid plan on a T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3?

I've searched the internet and this thread, but could not find the answer. I'm planning to buy a T-mobile Galaxy Note 3 and was wondering whether it would be possible to get the $30/month (5GB data, 100 min. talk) plan with the Note 3?

Also, is it possible to buy the Note 3 with the 24-month payment option instead of full pay with the prepaid plan? Thank you all! :D

Wrong thread!
[General Topics] sirxdroid:
Could someone please clarify the deal with the refill cards bought from Target, do they expire? I'm trying to see if it's worth buying more than 1 at a time. Thank you.
[General Topics] hammester:
You can also get this number under settings - About Phone.
[General Topics] Letitride:
These prepaid refills (similar to ones that you buy at Walgreen, 7-11's, Walmart & online from Callingmart, etc.) generally have a "shelf life" of about 90 days (or longer) - so you can hold them without loading them into your prepaid account. Once you add them to your mobile # account at T-Mo, $10 refill will expire in 30 days whereas those above (i.e. $30, $50, etc.) will be valid for 90 days - BUT, if you add more new fund to the same account - any remaining "old" & unused balance will roll over, for another 90 days and so on.

That's how it has been working for me on the PAYG (by the minutes/day plans) for the last 5 years. I ususally buy them online from Callingmart & their advice/recommendation is to not much more than you need for say 3 or 6 month's worth at any given time, even when it's on sale (discounts are gone with them, except as available sometimes at Target with the RedCard - they charge sales tax here in NY)

If an unused balance already in the T-Mo account are gone and/or missing, call T-Mo 611 CS as soon as possible once you notice them, and they usually can review & restore the balance if there is an error of some kind.
[General Topics] slowpok22:
I looked at callmart and saw 4 different types of cards, but none specifically for this plan, which one do we get?
[General Topics] jaybeeunix:
They all work -- They just add money to your account.
[General Topics] Daps:
Ok guys let me make sure I've got this right.

I've got the Tmobile sim kit and the Nexus 5 should be here in a few days for a Christmas present.

When I'm ready to activate it. I can go online put the information in and the chose the $30 100min,unlimited text 5gb data plan. Will I be required to have it automatically withdrawn every month?

If not when I'm ready to fill it for the next month, do I go online at tmobile and under the acct I created during activation buy the $30 plan there?

Are the cards you buy at the stores or online are just refills for minutes but doesn't add data or text but you still need to pay the $30 a month original plan. Is that correct or do I just go to callingmart.com each month and buy the $30 refill card and it'll give me the 100 minutes, unlimited txt, 5gb for the next month since I orginal set up on the $30 plan

If I use the callingmart.com site. Which tombile option do I use? The monthly plan or the top off?

ETA: I think if I'm reading the post above mine. All I have to do is buy a $30 refill card and since I signed up originally with the $30 100m,unlimited text plan the $30 will refill that option.

Should I do the autoload or the other option on callingmart.com
[General Topics] kentoe:
This isn't complicated as some make it out to be.

Get your SIM activation kit and your Nexus 5 when you're ready.

1. Go to T-Mobile's activation site.

2. Select the $30 plan

3. Set a card to charge monthly for your $30.

Done.

Unless you don't want a card to charge monthly, I'm not sure why the extra effort is wanted to get refill cards rather than just paying directly.
[General Topics] Daps:
Thanks but if I don't want a card to be charged monthly. I can just log into my Tmobile account and buy it there or use a refill card right?

The reason I don't want to use a card to charge directly is because for one it's going to be used for my son and he's a good kid but I still rather not run the risk of him running through mins or data and me not catching till weeks later. Also I'm not too keen on keeping my card numbers stored on website servers :|
[General Topics] kentoe:
No problem, understandable then!

I can confirm there is a refill account button:

Which leads you to here:
[General Topics] Daps:
Thanks. That makes life simple :) I wasn't sure how you had to go about it

Now I need to figure out if the store cards charges tax. If so I'll just use callingmart.com and get a card/pin :)
[General Topics] Letitride:
Depending on the states, stored-purchased & T-Mo (auto-refilled / via online account) refill cards are charged sales tax (including NY) so we do ours via callingmart (or similar vendors like mobirefill dot com - currently on sale, $28.95 for $30 face value and $42.95 for $50 refill, which is a great price)

T-Mo will collect sales tax on the auto-refill with a credit card, but it is convenience in case one is away/traveling & don't want a gap in service or losing out of this $30 special.

Back on the plan & usage, 8 days into the current billing cycle and I've managed to used about 40 mobile minutes with add'l minutes via Talkatone, and about 600 MB data (some of it for running speedtest.net benchmarks and also tethered the Nexus 7 while sitting in the Macy's parking lot (too far / outside for its free in-store WiFi) with the "hacked" built-in WiFi Hotspot & also Youtube watching, nice speed or no timing out or redirect to T-Mo tethering homepage, etc.

Projecting ahead, looks like I will likely go over the 100 mobile minues allowance, maybe spending $5 extra for another 50 minutes for a total of 150 minutes. Wife's minutes are fine - our costs for the 30 days billing cycle will run about $73 for 2 lines (up to 5 GB data on each line including WiFi calling on Talkatone plus mobile minutes) - not bad at all, in fact - huge savings vs. Big Red's billing of $143 from previous months with only 3G data.
[General Topics] Daps:
From callingmart do you use the refill to phone,monthly plan or to go plan?

I guess paying on Tmo would be $33 vs $30 not too big a deal.
[General Topics] Gaffadin:
Something to bear in mind is that you can set Callingmart to automatically debit your payment and apply it to your T-Mobile account, and you won't pay sales tax there. Or you can just have it set to notify you on a certain date, which is what I'm doing for now.

After having this plan for almost a month I can say it's a ridiculous good deal on a ridiculously good phone.
[General Topics] Daps:
Which of the four callingmart prepaid options do you use.

It's nice that they have a reminder feature but if I activate it Dec 25th it won't be too hard to remember as my AT&T bills is due on that same date
[General Topics] Gaffadin:
I used the "T-Mobile Monthly Plan" for $30 to initially activate my account. I've set it to remind me for the "Auto Load to Phone" this month and next I will probably just set it and forget it for auto-pay.

I was just making sure they weren't some fly-by-night operation that were going to give me bum codes or anything first, since I hadn't heard of them.
[General Topics] Letitride:
As far as callingmart is concerned and T-Mo for that matter, it really doesn't matter - the long 12+ digits PIN for refill are monetary credit that will be posted/credited to your mobile # as registered, so make sure it is correctly entered - and the refilled amount will be in the account, usually within minutes (it's always good to check & verify, then call CS immediately if there is a problem or error to get it fixed/resolved)

I have been using CM for about 5 years to fill my AT&T Gophone & T-Mo PAYG accounts as needed and they've been around, their fraud detection will block a purchase & attempt to contact you by voice calling or email if there is a problem with the transaction (or, your credit card company would) - establish your account online with them as you get "credits" that you can apply to offset future purchases (works like cash-back)

As to how much, you would need at least $30 for each 30 day payment/billing cycle - so you will need at least $30 in face value for the refill. I started funding mine with $40 last month, with a $10 balance for any excess minutes at 10 cents per minute. It will be valid for 90 days and can be rolled over - later this month, I might add another $50 to each line (ALERT - 15% off now a mobirefill dot com on $50 refill) - giving each line $60 to be deducted - assumed that I used extra minutes & $5 get deducted, it will leave enough for 1 full month in January - plus $25 remaining. For Jan. 2014's refill, another $50 is added - restoring the new balance to $75 and I will have 2 full month's worth of credit to be applied, plus $15 unused for any extra minutes - enough to cover thru March, as those refills will merge with the old unused balance & be good for another 90 days in rolling over. Not as complicated as it is written here - potentially saving enough on sales tax each year to get an extra month for free.

Besides, T-Mo's automated reminder system will auto-SMS your mobile # of your available balance with a reminder to refill, etc.
[General Topics] sirxdroid:
Does Callingmart still offer any discounts on TMo refills?
[General Topics] Piero88:
Hello,

I currently have an unlimited plan data with T-Mobile and would like to turn my Nexus 5 into a free tethering hot spot for my laptop/tablet...

Is it possible to do such thing ?

Thanks
[General Topics] Gaffadin:
When I purchased from CM for the first time three weeks ago they did indeed hold my order since I hadn't ordered from them before. They called me within one minute of my order and asked me to verify my name, address, etc. I guess for fraud detection.

I have no problem with companies doing that for the first couple of orders, it makes us all safer.

CM no longer offer discounts on T-M cards (i.e. $30 cards cost $30) but they don't charge sales tax, so you save a little there.
[General Topics] Trueglich:
if you have any current TMO plan except the $30 plan tethering is included . its $15 extra in the $30 plan. You can do it without paying but its detectable (unless you do something i will not discuss ) and most likely will end up paying for it anyways,
[General Topics] Piero88:
It's not included, I have a limit of 2.5gb

I mean, in Italy I was used to that thethering was included in my plan, and it's limit was the same as the cell phone plan, so for example if I had 5 gigs, when I used thethering, it was included in my 5 gigs, here with TMO, I have unlimited data, but only 2.5gigs of tethering..