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[Nexus 5 General] maucer:
Always On Push Notifications android app

I am not sure if anyone is following this thread anymore, but I switched to StraightTalk about a month ago, and have been experiencing huge delays in my google voice notifications as well (among other things). I've tried several different apps to get this resolved, but none have worked for me... so I decided to write my own. It was published to the google play store this morning (Android 2.3+ currently). If anyone sees this, please try it out, and let me know what you think.

It's called "Always On Push Notifications". I can't post a link right now because I haven't posted on these forums enough yet.
[Nexus 5 General] 903tex:
Great lte speeds for me and MMS works great! Work around for MMS on stock ROM is use gosms and enter your APN settings in the gosms advanced settings.
[Nexus 5 General] frigidazzi:
This is the exact reason I've switched from st to aio. I looked for your app, but it's not showing up in play store
[Nexus 5 General] maucer:
Sorry, I still can't post the link here, due to my current forum status... but I PM'd you. For others, if you go the the google play store, and search for "Always On Push Notifications", it looks like it's popping up around the 7-8th listing. You may have to "See more" results. Once I have 10+ valid posts, I will try to come back and get the link in.
[Nexus 5 General] :
PM it to him

Sent from Omni Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] datallboy:
What do these modems do? Increase signal strength? My signal is horrible inside building, I get no service. Id like to try something that might help.

What modem would I use for 4.4.2 (KOT49H)
[Nexus 5 General] maucer:
Thanks, I didn't even think of that I've been so distracted today. :silly:
[Nexus 5 General] wigginst:
Just activated mine on St and so far the Signal has been great and I am getting lte. A huge improvement coming from virgin!
[Nexus 5 General] truckroot:
Been on ST for almost a month now, no complaints here. Had been wanting to leave VZW for a number of years and finally pulled the trigger with getting the N5. Get great signal and love the price.
[Nexus 5 General] maucer:
Keep this app on mind in case you run into issues. I love my service too, but I couldn't stand the delayed push notifications and intermittent data.
[Nexus 5 General] eparico:
Hey all, I just made the jump to the Nexus 5 today but I've been lurking on these boards for the last week or so trying to get acquainted. I'm impressed with the number of ROM's that are available for this phone and can't wait to start tinkering.

So the point of this thread is Straight Talk which is what I'm considering switching to using an AT&T SIM so I figured this would be the best place to ask this question. Searching the web, I've seen a LOT of bad reviews about them, especially their customer service, or lack thereof. Stories of customers losing numbers they've had for years on end due to one reason or another (I've had mine since I first got a cell phone), payment problems, customer service and their inability to speak English (no offense meant to anyone here, just repeating what I've read), long waiting times to port numbers from other cell providers (currently with T-Mobile), you name it. My question to all of you is, have you had the same or similar experiences and is it worth the aggravation to make the switch to ST?
[Nexus 5 General] cbutt:
[MENTION=4697935]eparico[/MENTION] I ported from post paid tmo to at&t straight talk about 2 years ago. I have been happy with the service. (At&t for about $47/month is good in my book). I've never really needed to contact customer service for anything important. I did call because I can't change the expiration date on my visa online, but I just added my amex. It's not a HUGE deal, but a lite annoying as I would rather link it to debit. Whatever.

What was a pain in the ass was porting my husband from straight talk to tmo prepaid ($30 plan). When you sign up with straight talk byod program, the assign you an account number based on your Sim or something of that nature. Getting the correct info out of them was brutal, but I tried just about every combo of imei/pin/sim that I could & eventually got it.

I have also put both of my parents on straight talk for over a year with no problems.

I really can't complain much. I talk a lot (I'm a girl, it's what we do!), text a bunch & stay with the 2.5gb (WiFi at home & work).
[Nexus 5 General] eparico:
[MENTION=3489284]cbutt[/MENTION], thanks for the reply. It's been a long time since I switched providers and as far as T-Mobile and their customer service goes, I don't recall ever having an issue with them. I almost feel bad about moving on. I wouldn't even be considering switching if it weren't for their spotty service. My bill being cut in half is also an incentive...lol. I'm fine where I live but if I'm headed into a valley a few miles down the road, I can forget about having a signal.

When you switched, did you still have any time left on your contract? I still have two months left but from what T-Mobile told me, all I have to do is pay the early termination fee ($50) and I can port my number over. I guess I'm just concerned about losing a number I've had for a very long time, especially after the reviews that I've read. The last thing I want to do is have to reach out to who knows how many people to let them know about a new number if it happens. Top this off, I've given this number to vendors who I work with so it would cause a big mess.
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
Ported 2 numbers from Verizon in January with minimal problem. Because our numbers that we've had for years are from California and currently residing in Washington, I got an email about an hour after requesting the port online that they couldn't transfer across states (the local in "local number portability" apparently does mean something). Called them, got through within a few minutes and explained that we aren't here permanently and needed to keep our numbers. Gave him a California zip code to use, and within minutes my wife's phone was on ST with her old number. I requested my number port online a few minutes later (supplying a California zip code "where the phone will be used most"), and within minutes I was up with my old number. Our Verizon account was immediately suspended and received a bill for the ETF on the next cycle. No issues with coverage (better than Verizon's in most places) and getting solid LTE wherever available.
[Nexus 5 General] eparico:
Thanks for the reply, I hope my transition goes as smooth with T-Mobile as yours did. I ordered my SIM card yesterday, found a promo code for free overnight shipping and should be getting it tomorrow. At least I hope so!
[Nexus 5 General] godleye:
Different modems seem to better/worse depending on your carrier and cell tower locations. I went through and flashed each one and tested them and settled on the .17 one. I suggest flashing the .15 or the .17 to start with and go from there.
[Nexus 5 General] mrstealthusmc:
so i just switched to straight talk from verizon two days ago. I had my numbers transfered from verizon as well. i thought i would have a problem porting because my numbers were from ohio and i live in hawaii, but the numbers ported over with out any issues, and it only took about 10 minutes for it to complete. I had the Customer Sevice Reps from india when i called to port the first number, and i was able to communicate with them pretty easily. when i ported my second number i was able to speak to an english speaking rep! Score! I used some APN settings i found online and they work perfectly. I get really good LTE here, and 3g isnt bad either.
[Nexus 5 General] eparico:
After all these replies, it seems to me that not everyone has a bad experience with ST. Of course, bad news is always reported before the good news so perhaps taking the complaints with a grain if salt would be best. Regardless, I already took that jump and if I don't like what I see, I can always go back to another provider.

One last question and I'll leave the rest to first hand experience. The other issue I read about that's common with both ST and the Nexus (or so it seems) is MMS messaging. Anyone have troubles with that as well?
[Nexus 5 General] cbutt:
About MMS... I've had an issue every so often. I seem to have the issue moreso when on WiFi. My mom has a st at&t Sim & she doesn't have the issue. My dad has a st tmo Sim & had the issue a lot. He uses go SMS & that seems to solve the issue for him. I can almost always send/receive on mobile data, WiFi is a bit finicky.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Using sliding messaging pro resolves the MMS issues for me on ST ATT. It uses the actual ATT APN for MMS as opposes to the MMS one.
[Nexus 5 General] stebomurkn420:
So I'm really considering switching to straight talk... Where do I get a Sim? Walmart? do I just pop the Sim into my phone. Its T-Mobile version.. I'm running latest cm11 nightly...
[Nexus 5 General] eparico:
You can get one from Walmart or order directly from Straight Talk's website. If you choose to go through their website, search the web for promo codes and you can get one day shipping for free.
[Nexus 5 General] stebomurkn420:
Thank you much... Call and activate the Sim, then just pop it in the phone correct?
[Nexus 5 General] eparico:
So porting my number over to ST went kind of smooth...kind of. I made an attempt at porting my number through their website and at the very last step, it errored out on me and I ended up having to call them. They were quick to answer the phone and easy to understand for the most part and I'm horrible at understanding people who cannot speak English very well. Broken accents kill me for that matter.

All went ok with talking to them but I ran into a glitch with the service PIN they provided when I bought the SIM and first month package. Since I did most of the registration online, the service PIN was showing that it was already used so for the time being, they gave me 10 days and advised me to call back when the phone became active and they would give me the other 20 days. I have no idea why they did it this way and didn't ask either. I just chalked it up as a problem that occurred when attempting to register my phone online. So, the phone becomes activated, I call them back and within a few minutes, they added the 20 more days to my account.

A little bit of a speed bump to get there but otherwise, the process was mostly painless. Thanks to all who replied to me, I appreciate your feedback. So far, I'm loving how quick this phone is and for now have put CM11 on it. Perhaps I'll tinker some more this weekend, we'll see!

EDIT: I forgot one more thing. As of right now, I cannot receive MMS messages with wireless enabled so I'm going to see what I can do with the APN settings and also look into the sliding messaging pro as advised. We'll see what happens!

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Actually, I put the SIM in the phone before I called. The SIM number will be on a card that's about the size of a credit card so you won't need to wait to put it in.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Try this for the MMS APN. It works for me
[Nexus 5 General] eparico:
Thanks again. Being the absent minded person that I can be at times, I had forgotten one fundamental task when tinkering with settings...if all else fails, reboot. Working in IT, you'd think I'd remember that giving I say it to my co-workers all the time. Once I rebooted the phone, I was able to receive MMS. The signal is a bit hit and miss at home though, speed tests are turning out some pretty ugly results so far. Going to keep working on it, hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Yeah I get nothing near signal or speed wise as I did real ATT but I pay way less per month.
[Nexus 5 General] digiblur:
Signal will be the same as it is all AT&T.
[Nexus 5 General] ljwnow:
You won't get roaming tho. It is ATT prepaid coverage. I went with Sprint Framily and am paying 35 bucks including taxes and fees per month with roaming.
[Nexus 5 General] accelerus:
Switched from Verizon -- was hitting 100 dollars even AFTER my 20% discount via work.

There were some issues -- in the end I'm happy, so let's begin.

Ordered the phone and the SIM online, wasn't in a huge rush since I waited for my contract to end. When I started the porting/activation process I was met with some error on the website. Credit card was charged though but no porting/activation.

Did the process again - and this time it was successful, but only in terms of creating a brand new phone number and NOT porting my existing number. Card was charged a 2nd time.

We all know the support from India isn't going to win any awards... outsourcing sucks. I will give them points that it was easy and fairly quick to talk to a human being though. The thing they really need to fix? The automated system asks for me for my phone number <enter it>. The first human I talk with always asks for the number, and then again when I'm sent to another department they ask me for the number again. Basically having to say my number three times in the span of 2.5 minutes? Not cool.

They looked and saw the activation was not successful the first time, and that the porting failed the 2nd time.Then they said I will have to be sent a new sim card. Why? I just bought one and received it in the mail the day before. While all this is going on, I was freaking out because I was going into surgery the next day and had no phone. The people from india when asked if they could upgrade the shipping or even if i could PAY to upgrade the shipping... I Was told "no... you will get it in 3 to 5 days". For all their help I felt (at the time) like I just got double billed for nothing more than a kick in the balls. The tech troubleshooting was hilarious and sad. The phone itself (after successful porting of my old number) was only able to call straight talk support line.

I used the phone to call support and try to get things figured out, I got the one tech in the world that didn't understand that I only have one phone. No landline, friends are all at work, family is 100's of miles away. He just kept repeating his script "maybe you could borrow a friends phone".

The 2nd Sim arrived quickly thankfully, and finally all was good in the world when I popped it in. (not sure why they couldnt take the (old) brand new sim I'd just bought from them, and program it into their system to be activate.

After all that dust settled -- i got them to refund one of the charges that was a double billing. Note: if they tell you it will be returned in 24 hours, don't believe them. Mine took 72+ hours to show up on my card.

I'm glad to be saving 45+ dollars a month, I have LTE most places in dallas, and a fair signal in my home. The support and outsourcing are the weakest links in the Straight Talk chain.

Love my Google Nexus and will be modding it as I find the time. I can't imagine anyone having a worse initial setup than I did. I didn't have a phone on me for the day of the surgery, so I limped along with Wifi only at the hospital to keep in touch with family/friends.
[Nexus 5 General] datallboy:
Any receiving MMS fixes for hangouts? I'm able to send fine, but when I receive it doesn't download the picture. Wish it would automatically do it for people who are also using hangouts.

My APN settings are correct. Looked at plenty different ones and stuck with the most popular. Seems like the only solution that might be possible is porting my number to another Sim card and trying again.

Any helps appreciated. Thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
No problems here. Initially I had some issues, but installed the ST data settings app from the play store (which just walks you through the APN settings instead of actually setting them for you) and worked like a charm.
[Nexus 5 General] eparico:
Although I didn't have this problem with T-Mobile, it seems the signal strength inside my home isn't nearly as good with ST. I can still make and receive calls and I have wireless at home so it's not a real big deal. I got to work this morning and ran another speed test with much better results. I think I can live with this :good:
[Nexus 5 General] stebomurkn420:
I made the switch today and I can report I am getting LTE in Midwest rural area Ohio...
[Nexus 5 General] CrypticRook:
Has any one managed to tether to an Xbox 360? I tried but get MTU errors. Go through the settings though and the MTU values meet the minimum requirements for Xbox live. I've even gone through and changed the MTU values my self to no avail.
[Nexus 5 General] roadster92:
I used to get that speed 1st couple of months... but now into my 4th month. Last month and this month the speed drop to 3Mbps.

Have no idea why, nothing change and my APN is corrected. Call tech support... and guess what .. no clue.

Think now that I will go to T-mobile 30 plan.
[Nexus 5 General] stebomurkn420:
So I have definitely went over the 2.5 gigs of high speed data in fact I have used almost 7 gigs of data in the past 5 days and I am still not throttled. Well I mean I am somewhat throttled but not nearly enough to be in any way upset. The first couple days after I activated my sim card with the 45$/ month plan I went LTE crazy downloading movies, watching YouTube/Netflix and even tethering my ps3 to play COD. I used 4 gigs in 2 days. In which the whole time I received lte speeds of 20mb/s or better. After day 2 they did throttle me but I'm still receiving max speeds of 14mb/s and consistent downloading of data at a rate between 1.5 and 4 mb/s... So far I am very impressed...

P.S. My buddy has official AT&T service with an iPhone 5 and receives upwards of 50 mb/s at all times sitting in my living room. Lol. And I can also report that there was a lte tower activated on march 22,2014 in darke county Ohio.
[Nexus 5 General] Lobster$:
Push Delay

I am on Net10 and I had issues with push notifications so I got PNF which was working great. The past 2 weeks however I have not been able to get my notifications at all. Anybody know a solid fix?
[Nexus 5 General] simonb255:
Quick question shouldn't my carrier name say Home instead of AT&T ?
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
Not sure why it would say Home. Mine shows AT&T.

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I would check with someone using NET10. This is a StraightTalk thread.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Mine has ALWAYS said home. I am in Los Angeles. It must depend on region.
[Nexus 5 General] datallboy:
Hangouts 2.1 introduced in app APN settings. Should I set the APN to my straight talk one in the settings or leave it alone?

MMS didn't work my first month, but did once my second month started, that was before updating to hangout 2.1. I haven't tried receiving an MMS since updating, but just curious on what it should be.
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
I haven't changed anything since the hangouts update and MMS seems to be working.
[Nexus 5 General] stebomurkn420:
+1... MMS working on hangouts 2.1 for me too
[Nexus 5 General] cbutt:
Anyone else with st at&t getting these type of speeds? In new York...

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[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
no longer able to download Play Store manual updates via StraightTalk connection

Anyone else no longer able to download Play Store manual updates when connected to StraightTalk data connection. Up to about three weeks ago I was able to download updates via StraightTalk, but no longer. When connected to StraightTalk I still receive notifications app updates are available but they will not download, either individually or selected as a group ('update all'). When update is selected, the Play Store shows a download notification for a few seconds and continuously displays "downloading..." on the apps page but nothing else.

I can still download updates via wi-fi connection.
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
Haven't noticed any problems here in Washington.
[Nexus 5 General] grubbster:
Check your settings to make sure it is not set to download on wi-fi only.
[Nexus 5 General] eparico:
Mine is set to download over wifi only and I can still download from the Play Store after disabling wireless on my phone.
[Nexus 5 General] grubbster:
Yes, that makes sense. If you are set to download over wifi the data connection would not matter. FunDionysus said he could not download over data but could over wifi.
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
I cannot locate the settings as suggested above.

'Wireless & Networks' > 'Mobile Networks' >' 'Data Enabled' is checked

I have Google Play Store v.4.8.20.

Play Store app settings under 'General' > 'Auto Update Apps':

X Do not auto-updae apps (selected)

_ Auto-update apps at any time

_ Auto update apps over WiFi only

However these settings only have to do with "auto updates".

Trying to find a way to "manually" update apps (download the updates) via my cell data connection (StraightTalk). I get app update available notifications fine, but cannot download the update when on StraightTalk.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Is there a specific error you get?
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
No error msgs.

When clicking an update button for an app (which the Play Store indicates an update is available), the download process appears to initiate:

1. I'm asked to accept new permissions of the app;

2. The "Downloading..." label appears in the Play Store app entry and the blue horizontal scrolling download bar just continuously scrolls;

3. A "Downloading" arrow icon appears on notification bar, for about five seconds or so then disappears.

None of the update attempts appear to download a single byte.

This happens if I choose "update all" or update an app individually.

Everything else is working fine.

Just not able to download app updates from PlayStore when connected to StraightTalk (AT&T) data connection. Downloading updates via wifi works fine. But I'm almost always in an area without wifi access.

Anyone else having issues downloading PlayStore updates via a StraightTalk (AT&T) data connection?

Would running a Catlog help troubleshoot. Or are there any other diag tools which might help troubleshoot this issue?

Google Play Store 4.8.20

Android 4.4.4 KTU84P

Radio M8974A-2.0.50.1.16

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Check that. I allowed the update download attempt continue for ten minutes or so, and an error notification indeed finally shows up:

"Error

Update for "whatever app" could not be downloaded due to an error. (495)"

Googled "could not be downloaded due to an error (495)" and found some possibilities I need to research.
[Nexus 5 General] Ken C:
Try clearing data and cache from the playstore and google playstore services apps, then restart the device. You'll have to re-sign into your account.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Has anyone been able to get their account properly provisioned for att visual voicemail?
[Nexus 5 General] Ken C:
Not here, but I use Google voice for that myself
[Nexus 5 General] :
I do too currently, but the transcription is terribly inacurate. When I had true art with visual voicemail it was quite accurate. With GV I always have to actually listen to the message.
[Nexus 5 General] truckroot:
Did u check ur settings under play store as far as being set to update under WiFi only?

Happened to me before.

Sent from N5 or OPO
[Nexus 5 General] Ken C:
Lol.. I'll have to concede that point. Though you'd think with all the people doing Google searches with their voice they'd have better transcription results
[Nexus 5 General] HeartStrong07:
APN Settings

Thanks, I just noticed, I had spaces in the APN Type.