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[General Topics] idigg:
Here is what I do with my Nexus 4 (soon to be Nexus 5).

Tmobile $30 plan (5GB 4g, unlimited texts and 100min/month) - I get refills on eBay/Craigslist for $27-$28, no tax.

I have VOIPO home phone service ($185 for 2 years), which allows SIP connections. I use CSipSimple on N4 to allow SIP calling over Wifi/data.

I save the 100 minutes for emergency

I was paying AT&T $110/month for 2 smartphones, now I pay $56/month to Tmobile, love it.

If anyone is interested in VOIPO let me know (free month of service to referral and referee)

Cheers

idigg
[General Topics] ryukiri:
Hi where is the link to the 30$ a month plan? I don't see it anywhere on their website..

Thanks!
[General Topics] skinien:
It's hard to find on their website. Sometimes I find it, sometimes I can't. You either have to call or go to WalMart to get the $30 pre-paid plan.
[General Topics] ryukiri:
ohh, so everywhere i go, they will have it if i ask?
[General Topics] skinien:
Finally found it!

Check the link and search for "Wal-Mart".

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans
[General Topics] :
I have straight talk right now, but I thought they didn't have LTE?
[General Topics] skinien:
Straighttalk is now compatible with at&t LTE.
[General Topics] kayone73:
Where is the link to order the free TMo sim?
[General Topics] Shinyhead:
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/sim-card
[General Topics] ppcpirate:
Found this step by step tutorial on how to switch to the tmobile $30 prepaid plan. it's for the htc one but also applies to the nexus 5.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2281639
[General Topics] dz1:
Hey guys can you guys tell me the speed you get after being throttled from your personal experience I know it says 2g. Thank you
[General Topics] 954wrecker:
It's almost useless for anything but notifications. I've tested edge before throttling and it's definitely not edge after the throttling. 25kb a second if your lucky. I speed test everything the night before my plan refills just to keep them honest.

Sent from my HTC One XL
[General Topics] br0adband:
What you just said makes no sense because it IS 2G/EDGE and your speed of (what I'm assuming should say) 25 Kilobits per second is within the range of 2G/EDGE technology capability - around 20 to 250 Kilobits per second (divide that by 8 and get the Kilobytes per second) and there will be a huge variance in that range based on location. Yes, it's slow, but it's functional, and yes that means it takes longer to do things but it does work. If you're in an area that has incredibly bad 2G/EDGE coverage (which is the oldest working cellular technology used today) then chances are you're in an area that has somewhat crappy 3G/4G and probably no LTE service at all.

Every cell tower on the planet has 2G/EDGE capability at this point, not every one of them can do 3G/4G/LTE worth a damn.

It's slow, yep, but at least it works. 2G/EDGE is being phased our or the equipment is being pushed towards use for other purposes aka refarming - that's what T-Mobile is currently doing: their 850/1900 MHz bands were traditionally used for nothing but 2G/EDGE technology and now they're repurposing it towards 4G HSPA+ and LTE technologies.
[General Topics] 954wrecker:
I love this plan and I wish you all much luck achieving your goals
[General Topics] 2.0t03speed:
Got mine setup with the $30 dollar plan last night =D. Everything is running smooth and fast. hspa+ is as fast as verizons lte in my area and it seemed to have better coverage while i was driving. The LTE on t-mobile is even faster =D
[General Topics] buur11:
I activated the plan last night. Had no problems activating it on the site and the porting of my Verizon number only took a couple of hours (ported after activating so I could change my Verizon number and not pay an ETF). So far at work and home I am getting very good coverage and very good speeds.

Now to find a buyer for my unlimited data Verizon account...
[General Topics] KrazyAttack:
I'm doing this as well.

Been using Net10 (AT&T sim) on my N4, $45 a month unlimited everything.

I only use maybe 50 minutes a month tops, sometimes not even that, so when I first saw that TMO had $30 with 100 min I was sold.

TMO is spotty here at best so hopefully 2G gets me service in areas 3G/4G doesn't, namely in my house, which AT&T sucks as well (1-2 bars at best inside house, some spots no service).

Bought the free sim kit on Friday, and it's out for delivery as I type this. Phone gets here tomorrow, so works out perfect, do have AT&T paid through the 26th though so probably won't activate until then.
[General Topics] br0adband:
Ah, ok, that's a bit clearer than the previous post you made. Seems a bit odd that it would "throttle" even the 2G/EDGE bandwidth since it's so little that T-Mobile and most every other carrier doesn't even give a damn about it anymore hence all the "unlimited" cheap plans available now that all fall back to or are selling 2G/EDGE from the gitgo.

T-Mobile has a new offshoot called GoSmart Mobile (like AT&T has their GoPhone, etc) just for the prepaid stuff and they too have a $30/month plan but it's pure 2G/EDGE unlimited talk and text, no data at all. For $35/month you bump up to unlimited everything at 2G speeds, and for $45/month you can get unlimited everything with the 5GB up to 4G/LTE then 2G/EDGE afterward.

So if people choose that plan they're paying $15 more just to be able to have unlimited talk - since I use Google Voice + Talkatone for VoIP calls that kind of "waste" in terms of cost seems a bit ridiculous to me. :)

But for as slow as 2G/EDGE can and typically is, having even that throttled... ouch. :p
[General Topics] jmetal88:
I used to have the $30 T-Mobile plan. Very affordable, and I generally liked it, but the coverage wasn't that great in my area (for example, I couldn't call my roommate from Wal-Mart to ask him if I needed to pick up any groceries for him), so I had to switch to an AT&T-based carrier recently. Although they have some issues as well, so I'm considering going with real AT&T now, even though it'll be double what I was paying before.
[General Topics] dansan382:
i currently have verizon with 2 phones (GS4 & GS3) on unlimited plans and a dumb phone. I grabbed 4 sim cards during the $1 sim card and free sim card sale. I plan on activating the $30 plan and throwing it into my GS4 which i recently flashed with the newest modem to access band 4 LTE. Going to use the GS4 to test out t-mobile coverage where I go on a normal basis and see if its something I can handle depending on how good/bad the coverage is. only downside is I wont be getting any texts or calls to my verizon number since it will technically be "off". Just the same as going overseas, pulling the verizon sim and throwing in a sim from over there. I plan to only do it for maybe a day or 2 a week depending on where I go. I might just do the daily plan unless i plan on using it more than 10 times a month (daily plan is $3 a day i think).

does anyone know if there is a way, after I have test tmobile and i feel okay with switch to port my number to tmobile WITHOUT cancelling the verizon account? I know once you do the port thats the signal to verizon to kill it, but I rather have it give my verizon number a new number but let me port over my original verizon number. I want to be able to sell the unlimited plan via AoL so I can make some money off the switch, pay for the phones basically.
[General Topics] mihalich1:
What area are you in where the coverage wasn't great?
[General Topics] Lockeskidney:
i know some people by prepaid cards in bulk and they get discounts on them which brings the $30 plan down. Anyone know where to get these and their respective discounts. I know i see people on slickdeals doing it
[General Topics] timtlm:
Just a little FYI for those people planning to use GrooveIP or Talkatone, Google is shutting down the ability to login to hangouts/talk using xmpp protocol. This affects these programs and also the obi boxes. So, as of May 15, 2014 these free voip call solutions may no longer work with Google Voice. It is possible Google will open up another way for 3rd party clients to login, but they haven't said anything yet.

http://androidcommunity.com/groove-ip-shutting-down-due-to-google-voice-changes-20131104/

Unfortunately, this plan probably won't work for me. It looks like I use 150-200 minutes per month now, and that's pretty surprising to me since I don't do much talking on the phone.
[General Topics] buur11:
I was able to do this yesterday. After activating and making sure the coverage was good I called Tmobile and requested a transfer. They asked for the phone number, Verizon account# and pin then they initiated the transfer. Almost immediately after I got a text saying the number had transferred and checking the status on my phone I confirmed it was the correct number. Went on the Verizon site and requested an immediate phone number change before they caught onto the port. Now i have a Nexus 5 with my Verizon phone number and an unlimited Verizon line for sale.
[General Topics] muyoso:
Just an FYI for people who have the Tasker/Secure Settings setup that automatically switches airplane mode on when connected to WiFi so that you get only the incoming VOIP call and not both the VOIP and Tmobile, Secure Settings is going to need to be updated to work on 4.4. Currently it cannot enable Airplane Mode or much of anything else.
[General Topics] dansan382:
Awesome, thanks for the tip. Basically I need to port and request a new number right away. Good to know.
[General Topics] .jond:
How about Skype?

Something like $8 for 400 minutes that never expire...

You can call any cell phone landline, etc.
[General Topics] nicotheandroidguy:
Is your Nexus 6 on H (HSPA+) on the call or LTE? If it's on HSPA+ it is not HD voice, if it's on LTE it is a HD Voice call over VoLTE.
[General Topics] andy o:
That's interesting, hadn't thought of that. Pretty sure it was connected to wifi though, which I also thing my friend's G3 was, so I couldn't tell. I'll test tomorrow again, thanks.
[General Topics] nola mike:
Actually, I now have the ability to group message through hangouts. Not sure why. Also, the issue with using 2 GV accounts with hangouts seems to be on the google end--you can't have 2 GV #'s forwarded to the same real number. Also, you can't forward one GV number to another.
[General Topics] forrestcate:
Can you group message through SMS or only to others who have hangouts installed on their devices?
[General Topics] nola mike:
Crap, Now I don't know what's going on. Took some unintuitive keypresses to be able to add Multiple people to what I thought was an MMS message . However, it doesn't appear that the sent message ever goes through. I'm definitely still able to do it through Google voice though . Take a look at the screenshot. I cropped out the names of the contacts that I sent to, but there were several.
[General Topics] forrestcate:
I never get mms as an option in lower left. it's either sms or hangouts.
[General Topics] nola mike:
Yeah, it's weird. send a message to someone; I think they need a hangouts account. At that point you're sending the default hang out message. There is an option there to invite someone else. Now change the message type to SMS. Then you can still invite other people , and if you choose their cell phone numbers it will show up as an MMS. But again, at this point when you hit send it doesn't seem to work.
[General Topics] TheDannemand:
Hangouts has three different types of messaging:

1) Hangouts, like the old Google Talk chats. All participants must use Hangouts. Here you can have a group of multiple participants, voice calls, video calls -- all on data, no phone numbers involved.

2) SMS/MMS through the carrier number. All participants must use SMS/MMS through a mobile number. Here you can have multiple participants (add more recipients under People and Options) for which it will use MMS (SMS only supports a single recipient). You must have Group Messaging enabled in Settings.

3) SMS/MMS through GV. All participants must use SMS/MMS through a mobile number. But GV itself is actually a landline, and only partially supports MMS. Here you can NOT have multiple participants -- at least I have not been able to. The icon to add more recipients doesn't show up under People and Options.

If someone is able successfully send a (single) GV message to multiple recipients from Hangouts, I would love to hear it.

Annoyingly, Hangouts makes it difficult to manually control which type of message you send, particularly if Merged conversations is enabled in Settings. If a specific number (carrier or GV) is selected under Send SMS from it will of course use that, but it can cause strange behavior when you receive messages on any other number.
[General Topics] TheDannemand:
As mentioned above, Hangouts can group message actual hangouts discussions as well as messages from your carrier number. But I will be surprised (and very happy) if you are able to group message from your GV number in Hangouts.

About forwarding multiple GV numbers to the same mobile number: That was always a deliberate restriction in GV, and quite annoying in my opinion. As we discussed earlier, you want to disable call forwarding in GV settings itself (accessed from the browser) and only forward to Google Chat. Otherwise it will use minutes. That way you should be able to receive calls from multiple GV numbers in Hangouts (at least theoretically, I haven't tried adding multiple accounts in Hangouts).

If you forward calls to your mobile number AND enable Incoming phone calls in Hangouts Settings, you will receive calls to your GV number BOTH as an incoming carrier call (using minutes) AND as a data call (through Hangouts). It gets messy very quickly.

The moment you attach a picture or add more recipients (which you can only do when sending hangouts or from your Carrier number, and only if Group messaging is enabled in Settings) it should convert the message to MMS.

If you send from your GV number and attach a picture, it will NOT convert the message to MMS, but rather upload the picture to a Google server and include a link in the message. Again, GV is a landline and doesn't fully support MMS.
[General Topics] forrestcate:
So anyway to send from carrier number but have it show up as gv number to recipients?
[General Topics] TheDannemand:
That would be spoofing your number (but in your case for a legitimate reason). I don't know if there is a way to do that.

Instead of letting Hangouts handle your GV messaging, you could try and go back to handling it through the GV webpage and/or the GV app. Maybe they have the ability to send to multiple recipients. I do remember reading some (long) time ago that GV gained that feature, but I never used it myself. Now that I switched over to Hangouts, GV itself no longer lets me send or view messages unless I Opt Out again from using Hangouts. Otherwise I would be happy to test it for you :o
[General Topics] forrestcate:
I think I'm resolved to have one number for text and one number for phone calls. Pretty happy with dialer update today BTW. It was annoying not to be able to use hangouts from other apps for phone calls
[General Topics] TheDannemand:
I can see that working in some cases (two numbers).

I hadn't downloaded that Hangouts Dialer update yet and didn't realize they had fixed that. That was indeed very annoying. Thank you for pointing it out :)

Hmmm... I still cannot make a Hangouts call from Contacts. Can you?
[General Topics] forrestcate:
Not sure about from contacts. But say from a website or text or email. Click on it confirm use hangouts to make call and voila minutes free calling
[General Topics] TheDannemand:
Yes, I saw that in the release update notes. Hopefully it's just me who cannot make Hangouts calls from Contacts (or People). If they forgot about that, it is the final proof that nobody at Google uses Android phones themselves. After all, users do call more people from their Contact list than from websites and maps :rolleyes:
[General Topics] nola mike:
Yeah, you're right I think. I managed to get it to look like I was messaging mult recipients with my GV number, but I don't think it actually did it. It took a lot of poking around in the settings just to get the ability to MMS with my cell #, though that works. Confirmed that MMS works as intended with the GV app. Which makes me question what the advantage is of hangouts (if you're only using it for SMS/VOIP). Also wondering why google wouldn't include a basic function in hangouts, when they have it in their presumably deprecated voice app already...

Oh, and as to why google won't let you forward mult #'s to the same landline--they'd rather you pay them $20 to combine several GV numbers under one account (which you can do)
[General Topics] Telemachus13:
Actually, it is possible to have multiple Google Voice numbers forwarding to the same mobile/landline number, but you have to set the number as a "work" number on all of the accounts you forward to it from. This removes the option to forward text messages to that number through SMS, although the Google Voice and Hangouts apps will still work for texting just fine. My family has been using this trick to forward our old landline number to our cell phones in addition to having each person's individual Google Voice number forward to their phone.

Sent from my Moto G LTE
[General Topics] adrman:
Calls from contacts is not working for me either.
[General Topics] baiju2012:
Same for me. But it worked when I clicked a phone number link from the chrome browser. It gave the choice with the hangouts dialer.

Nexus V Lollipop
[General Topics] TheDannemand:
Yeah, it's confirmed: They didn't change Contacts. So we can initiate calls from other apps (which is nice) but still not from Contacts (the logic of which escapes me).
[General Topics] QkTreasures:
Happy Holidays ppl!!!! :sly:
[General Topics] emd2009:
Just purchased a nexus 6, whats the process for getting a nano Sim ? Currently have nexus 5
[General Topics] baiju2012:
Check with a T-Mobile store. You may get lucky and they will exchange your Nexus 5 micro SIM. Or you can cut the micro SIM to nano size.
[General Topics] emd2009:
Why do I have to be lucky ? Is this not a standard procedure?
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
My store wants a tenner for a Sim unless you buy some accessory...then it's free.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[General Topics] baiju2012:
There is nothing standard about this plan. If you were on a regular postpaid plan, then the standard concept would apply. Just cut the SIM to nano and roll. All other ways will require you to spend some money.
[General Topics] ski522:
Or $15 online http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phone/T-Mobile-Mobile-Broadband-SIM-ONLY-KIT-Kit-Nano-SIM. Is $10-$15 really that big of a deal for people...
[General Topics] emd2009:
if i order online, how do i switch my service from the micro sim to the nano? i am currently on this $30 plan
[General Topics] wideasleep1:
If you already have this plan do this in store. It will cost you anywhere from 0 to 15 dollars for the sim based on store and they will need your PIN to verify your ID and account they scan the new sim and off you go.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[General Topics] adrman:
Just call customer service and give them the info from the new sim.
[General Topics] forrestcate:
Just get a converter tray?

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http://m.miniinthebox.com/nano-sim-...EkxzcSh390u2QVprlMt_Y3NGBAJhEKqtmRBoCgRvw_wcB
[General Topics] baiju2012:
My T-Mobile app suddenly stopped working after the last update. Now, it is not available on play store. Anybody wise affected ?
[General Topics] forrestcate:
Not me
[General Topics] macallik:
The website went down Saturday night (the day I was scheduled to pay my monthly bill. I had no service on my phone when I went to sleep around 4am but it was back by 10am when I woke up. Unsure if it is related. I just bookmarked their my account page personally. App was too intrusive and buggy
[General Topics] 954wrecker:
They changed some plans recently if you look they have some strange plans that cap the max download to 8mbps.

http://explore.t-mobile.com/unlimited-prepaid-plans?icid=WMD_TM_Q115CYRN_XI8Q628GCDF1528

I wonder if the ftc fining tracphone for throttling people on unlimited data plans will affect this plan.

http://phandroid.com/2015/01/28/ftc-fines-tracfone-40-million-dollars-for-throttling-data/

When I do get throttled it is the slowest Internet I've ever had since the days of dial up.

I know the fine print says up to 128k when throttled but I've never gotten more than 12k when they throttle me.
[General Topics] Batmensch:
Throttled to 64kbps!

Just ran over my 5 GB limit, and they throttled me to 64 kbps! That's what it said in the text I got from T-Mobile about it. As I remember, I was promised "3G" which to me suggests at least EDGE performance. A little deceptive, to my mind.

Also, be aware that if you go over your 5 GB limit, there is no way to refresh your data; you just have to wait for the next billing period to start to get 4G/LTE speeds back. I called T-Mobile about it and support told me the $30/mo plan is "promotional" and that there is no mechanism available to them to turn your fast speeds back on.

This is not going to make me change to a different plan, but something to keep in mind.
[General Topics] ski522:
Don't know who promised that but it's always been that you get throttled to 2G when you go over your 4G limit.
[General Topics] macallik:
Also I think technically you can force your bill to be restarted via the website if you are very desperate.
[General Topics] 954wrecker:
Anyone else that never tethers notice your Hotspot usage start creeping up recently? I got tired of watching it happen so I tested every app I use daily to see who the culprit was. My results surprised me to find out tapatalk is 100% responsible for it. No matter what version I tried using (older, newer, newest) xda free even had the same results I just checked.
[General Topics] baiju2012:
Yes, I have seen it. Generally, it is very insignificant amount and I don't use much tethering, so it does not bother me.

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Also, XDA Free App was becoming a joke, popping ads willy-nilly. Bought the paid version. No ads anymore. Peace.
[General Topics] James62370:
I was wondering why it shows usage even though I never enabled it. That is very strange that Tapatalk increase hotspot usage, even though it is a very small amount. Thanks for sharing.
[General Topics] 530farm:
Updating sim?

So i'm currently enrolled in this plan, using a oneplus one. I get a nexus 6 tomorrow which will use a nano sim instead of the micro sim i'm currently using. I have an extra t-mobile nano-sim however I can't seem to find how to update my sim card on my account. Any idea?
[General Topics] 954wrecker:
Call customer service *8646 give them the new nano sim number and they will transfer your account right over. I just did this 2 weeks ago and I was surprised how fast they activated it. Phone call took 2 minutes and then in another 2 minutes the new sim was active.
[General Topics] macallik:
T-Mobile announced today that on 3/22, Simply Prepaid T-Mobile users will be eligible to have data rollover like the postpaid users. Would be great if this were also available to us Walmart plan users but I guess we will have to wait and see.

http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/issues-insights-blog/prepaid-data-stash.htm
[General Topics] :
If I max out my data, is there a way I can refill it so I can get more or do I need to wait until my cycle date?
[General Topics] 954wrecker:
I've never gone over in all my years until I do it on purpose the night before my plan renews. When I hit the button to add more data it just gives me the other available plans. I've heard you can call in and renew the plan early but no choice for that online that I could find.
[General Topics] baiju2012:
http://www.tmonews.com/2015/06/mobi...ed-on-all-active-t-mobile-plans-from-june-12/