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[Nexus 5 General] bennyreyes715:
I did the same. Jumped ship from Sprint and went to Straight Talk, mainly because of the savings and Sprints bogus 3G & WiMax 4G. Tried t-mobiles $30 plan but the cell reception in my area was worse than what i had with Sprint. I was skeptical about going back to At&t as I had them before i had Sprint and was getting charged way more than i should have been paying for one line. I went with Straight Talk At&t and i have LTE coverage, a very reasonable phone bill, and no worries about extra charges. Definitely recommend to anyone whos looking for a reasonable bill and doesnt have good t-mobile coverage.
[Nexus 5 General] imablackhat:
Me and two of my friends got nexus 5s and att st Sims and two of us networks say home. The other says at&t -_- good service none the less.
[Nexus 5 General] jimburke57:
Mine says home. It has said that for the past two years that I have been with them. Its not a big deal.
[Nexus 5 General] djkurious:
Anyone able to get the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to work? I have seen threads where the N5 and T-Mobile users has gotten it to work but none for the ST ATT users.
[Nexus 5 General] Vincent Vegas:
I dropped Sprint with another six months left on my contract, so it will cost me about $120 in fees, but it's worth it. I'll save almost $ 40 a month, so after just three months the ETF would have been paid off, and I really start saving.

I'm very happy with Straight Talk AT&T. I have superior data speeds, and my calls are clear with no drops.

My mobile hotspot works, too.
[Nexus 5 General] ketjr81:
I've used a few different pre paid plans the last few years but none of them have been this good. At first I went for the cheapest plan but with low minutes thinking I would use voip or something but I would get extra charges.

Only thing I've worried about with this plan is data limits, but they cleared that up with an actual limit now. I don't really download that much anyways and have a lot of Wi-Fi access.
[Nexus 5 General] mfenske:
Absolutely. I downloaded FoxFI but it looks like it's unnecessary.
[Nexus 5 General] frigidazzi:
I'm quite happy with att st for the most part (Salem Oregon). Tmobile data speeds are 2 to 3x faster, but limited service in doors of course.

The one problem I've had with strait talk that I've seen others confirm is the push delay. After an unknown amount of time of inactivity (usually a few minutes) the Google services port on st closes and you won't get new emails or hangouts ect until you refresh or the Google heart beat refreshes (up to 28 minutes).

Fortunately there's an app that lets you manually change the Google push ping to keep it alive. So I'm usually not more than 2 minutes behind on hangouts.
[Nexus 5 General] djkurious:
What are some of yall using for the hotspot feature?
[Nexus 5 General] enigma2446:
If your on a custom Rom then the native hotspot works without any problem. Although alot of people use FoxFi.

< Coming to you live from the planet One X >
[Nexus 5 General] Vincent Vegas:
I am on rooted stock and have been using the built in hotspot with no problems.
[Nexus 5 General] mfenske:
I've used FoxFi and that seems to enable the factory hotspot. In any case it works.
[Nexus 5 General] JustGetTheGun:
One thing hardly anyone is mentioning is that Straight Talk cripples video streaming on 4G and LTE. Watching YouTube videos is pretty useless unless you switch to 3G which is still pretty crappy. Another thing is that MMS can be hit or miss on Straight Talk. Sometimes its fine and other times it won't work.
[Nexus 5 General] djkurious:
I am rooted and have tried FoxFi, the native Hotspot and neither work. It connects but won't let any data pass through.
[Nexus 5 General] RED ZMAN:
I did my first month on the Nexus 5 with Straight talk, really have no complaints at all. AT&T's coverage is not anywhere near as good as Verizon, but it's damn well better than Sprint or T Mobile. I left straight talk for h2o Wireless as there's very little LTE out here with AT&T anyways. The data cap was just too small on straight talk.

H20 wireless $60 a month fit unlimited everything, no throttling.
[Nexus 5 General] jimmyjoebob:
I have read that H2O throttles that $60 plan after 3GB.
[Nexus 5 General] korsjs:
I am glad someone started an att straight talk thread. Can anyone with a VPN tell me if it works with att straight talk? I use a pretty common VPN provider which works no problem on WIFI but has very frequent dis-connects while on mobile. It is pretty much unusable while on mobile.
[Nexus 5 General] imablackhat:
Yeah so I've heard they throttle.

The way I figure it. Att is best in my area.

45$ a month for unlim text. Minutes. And 2.5gb data. Is still cheaper then if I wanted to go sign a contract with att for service. I'd have capped minutes. Maybe unlimited text. And 2gb data. Not even unlimited with slow speeds...

So I get an extra 500mb. Free mins. And such. And its cheaper and no contract..

And I haven't found anything better yet.
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
There should be, but there is not.

I should have searched a little better before I posted. Several threads in N5 forums explain how to tether wireless. Very easy. Just need to edit a db file with a sql editor. No apps to install (unless you need an SQLite editor).

Start at post #70.

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-5-tethering-block-t2512674

Wireless tethering sucks down your battery quick.
[Nexus 5 General] Ken C:
In my Playstore under settings there's an option as to whether you want to be notified of updates for apps you have installed. Actually it's the first option on the list. (I just checked ?) of course it doesn't give you an option as to what data connection you have, but I guess you can't have everything. Lol
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
Speed is very dependent on location. In Oak Harbor, Washington I could get 7 down/2 up at best with LTE. Currently in Dayton, OH pulling 22 down/5.5 up.
[Nexus 5 General] a5pe4:
So currently I'm under the t-mobile $30 plan and I'm looking to try out AT&T straight talk. Would I be able to port over my number to the AT&T sim? Also if I didn't like the service could I go back to t-mobile and port my number back? Thanks for any help
[Nexus 5 General] cbutt:
Yea you can port your number to & from straight talk. When you leave straight talk/ make sure you know your account #, pin & whatever else you will need to leave. I had a hard time porting my husband's # from straight talk to tmo because I had no idea what his info was.
[Nexus 5 General] illr:
So I payed my monthly and my data is still slow. Called customer service and she said I went over my data cap.... That's impossible in a 4day span... :/ they do not monitor exact usage but I am on WiFi majority of the time.... Apns are correct. F straight talk. Anyone have this issue after refilling?
[Nexus 5 General] 93foxgt:
Didn't mean to hit thanks. No I have never had that issue. Been using straight talk since December and not once have I been throttled.
[Nexus 5 General] optimummind:
The other person already answered your question but I just wanted to comment that I recently switched over from the $30 T-Mobile plan to Straight Talk and I'm liking it a lot better. Better voice and data coverage, more consistency in data coverage, less handover to 3G, and much faster 4G LTE speeds.

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Nexus 5 General] a5pe4:
Thanks! I'm conflicted on this because t-mobile is so much cheaper but obviously AT&T has much better service. I'm spoiled by callingmart as well. $29.70 a month! But I think I've got to give straight talk a shot...
[Nexus 5 General] rabaker07:
Replacement Nexus 5

I just received a replacement Nexus 5 for my previous one with cracked screen. Now do I simply move the SIM from the old phone to the new?
[Nexus 5 General] :
Yes. And setup the tfdata apn again.
[Nexus 5 General] suspect32:
Hi. I'm hoping someone here can help me.

I just picked up a nexus 5 yesterday and when I input my ST APN settings they don't save. The APN just goes back to being blank. And yes I hit the 3 dots and hit save. I googled searched but didn't find anything. Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] jhax01:
If you use a lot of data, you'll end up getting throttled, otherwise I never had any issue with Straight Talk at all. Just went to T-Mobile for the truly unlimited stuff...
[Nexus 5 General] :
Are you on stock ROM?

Try deleting one of the existing APN, rebooting, and try adding again. If that doesn't work post back.
[Nexus 5 General] suspect32:
yes i was on the stock rom. there are no exisiting apns on the list. I updated to the latest android l preview this morning but the apn list is still blank and it still wont save if i create one.
[Nexus 5 General] fonephanatic:
Anyone else having trouble with mms since updating to lollipop? I hadn't paid it much attention but the other day I got a picture message but it just stayed "downloading" didn't think anything of it as I was in a rush.

Now I am still getting the same thing.they send fine and I receive them just can't open them.any help? APN I use is what is posted on the straight talk site.thanks
[Nexus 5 General] mike102871:
No problem with mms here. sending or receiving. I bet you have a setting not quite right
[Nexus 5 General] mike102871:
I have over 50 Mbps download over 17 up. I don't run test often because it uses data on st
[Nexus 5 General] tech7:
I just got straight talk att omg 59 down and 18 up wow and I already used 1.5 gigs just doing stock updates and one app for speed test
[Nexus 5 General] Austexcat:
AT&T experience

I've been with AT&T for some years now. Prior to this I was with Nextel. That shows you how long ago I changed. AT&T has been pretty good. Since i've never used Verizon or T Mobile it's hard to say who is better. Coverage for me is pretty good. I live around Austin, Texas and there are some dead spots in the middle of some of the busiest roads. Doesn't make sense. Right now I have a rooted Nexus 5. Prior to this it was a rooted Samsung Note 1. Love both phones but the Nexus 5 is the best phone i've ever owned. And that includes an Iphone. The Note 1 was a really good phone, but since it was an AT&T phone I had to dump all the bloat ware. That made a huge difference. I will never get another phone through a carrier. It will always be from the Play Store. All said, you should be happy with AT&T. As phone companies go they have been alright with me.
[Nexus 5 General] tech7:
After 3 hours on straight talk att i did 10 gigs and next day throttle grr I new it oh well but that network is fast and stable wish att still had unlimited data
[Nexus 5 General] counterfeit187:
I was debating dropping sprint and getting a nexus 5 on straight talk, but one of my biggest concerns is people claiming that you can't activate on a used phone. Something to do with IEM numbers I believe. These comments were about the nexus 5 in particular. I don't already have a N5 but was planning on buying a used one through Amazon and an ATT sim, has anyone else gone this route successfully, or did you all buy the phone brand new?
[Nexus 5 General] datallboy:
Is the new Messenger MMS working for anyone? I've tried receiving and it doesn't work, but sending does. I do have correct APN because I can get MMS in hangouts.
[Nexus 5 General] mike102871:
Yep, works just fine
[Nexus 5 General] datallboy:
You do anything or did it just work? I tried setting port to 80 because I read it on Reddit, but it didn't work.
[Nexus 5 General] mike102871:
No nothing special. It just worked. Download stt app and be sure your APN is completely correct.
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
Not sure if this is something fixed in Android 5.0.1 or if AT&T is giving ST more bandwidth, but out in central PA I used to get half of these speeds on LTE...
[Nexus 5 General] mike102871:
Last week was over 50
[Nexus 5 General] mike102871:
Stt
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
Just received a text message that my BYOP account is being upgraded to 5GB data. While reading through the linked web page, decided to review the ToS with regard to tethering. Looks like they've gotten a bit more specific:

e. STRAIGHT TALK UNLIMITED PLANS CANNOT BE USED FOR: any applications that tether your device to a laptop or personal computer other than for the use of Wireless Sync.

It doesn't say anything about tablet devices (either permitted or forbidden), which tells me they are allowed to be tethered.
[Nexus 5 General] mike102871:
Get more data on cricket for same money . I tether when I want
[Nexus 5 General] ShapesBlue:
Got the same text earlier today. And truthfully how will they even know if we tether. We could just be playing a game or doing something on the net

Sent from my Nexus 5

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Other than tethering where I am the service for cricket is insanely horrible. Sprint is the only one around here that is worse

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
They can see the header info from the browser frame - very different when using a PC than when using a tablet/small mobile device.
[Nexus 5 General] ShapesBlue:
Interesting, I don't tether much if at all. So they are basically spying on us?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] mike102871:
Umm. You to realize cricket is same att service towers you have on stt right?
[Nexus 5 General] ShapesBlue:
AT&T is a carrier like sprint, VZW and TMobile. I'm nearly sure cricket piggy backs off of someone like most mvnos

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] zelendel:
This is well know. Carriers have the right to monitor all traffic that uses their network
[Nexus 5 General] ShapesBlue:
That only makes sense. It is odd though that it's kind of like spying. It's like verizon with my gf who called them up one day and they knew what app she updated the day before. Now to me that's quite creepy

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] zelendel:
Yeah it is but as they still own the device until it is payed off, you really cant blame them. With people pulling warranty on modded devices you can expect it to get worse. Now even HTC can tell if you unlock the bootloader even if you did use their site to do so.
[Nexus 5 General] ShapesBlue:
That makes sense. I bought my Nexus 5 outright and own it though

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] zelendel:
Still won't stop them from telling if your tethering or not. I used it once about 6 years ago and after that never really needed to do it again. I don't even touch the basic amount of data on my phone as is. Last I checked I use less then 500mb of data a month due to being around home wifi when I do use any data. The rest is mostly gmail syncing when I'm not at home.
[Nexus 5 General] ShapesBlue:
I'm on wifi but only at home. Tend to use about 1.5gb of data

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] zelendel:
Yeah that's the only wifi I am on as well. One bonus I have is that the min you leave town you lose data for hundreds of miles. In some cases you lose signal completely. Like my camping trips. No cell signal for days lol hell even GPS don't work lol
[Nexus 5 General] ShapesBlue:
Oh wow. That must be frustrating for sure

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
Anyone had trouble with MMS messages after the M update? I've got LTE but can't send or receive and MMS message.
[Nexus 5 General] ShapesBlue:
No issues here but I'm on a custom rom.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
Turns out there is a problem with MMS and being signed into Pushbullet on the Nexus 5 running stock MRA58K. Sign out of PB and messages transmit normally.
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
Pushbullet fixed, still had problems with MMS while connected to Wi-Fi. These APN settings fixed the problem http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...issue-correct-apn-settings-3.html#post3756679
[Nexus 5 General] cas8180:
That must be a YouTube only thing cause I actually watch Netflix on mine all the time without a hitch.

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I was thinking about switching to them from straight talk cause I do want the unlimited data but I also heard they don't support LTE?
[Nexus 5 General] SDHank:
OpenVPN issues with Straight Talk

Has anyone else tried running an OpenVPN setup on Straight Talk? I set up a server on a VPS and I'm able to successfully connect and maintain a connection through WiFi. But when I connect through LTE my data connection drops after a minute or two. It's not just the VPN that drops, the whole LTE data connection bounces. I suspect that since AT&T or Straight Talk can't block TCP over port 443 they do deep packet inspection looking for OpenVPN traffic and then literally bounce the wireless data connection to kill it. I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this.
[Nexus 5 General] korsjs:
Same problem, see my earlier post.

Pretty sure it is straight talk. I had T-Mobile last month but had to switch to att because T-Mobile has spotty coverage in my area.
[Nexus 5 General] RED ZMAN:
nope. They did until like the beginning of November. The new 60 dollar plan is truly completely unlimited. Just no LTE.

H20 is AT&T. No throttling.

Yup. After my month on straight talk though I found out how little LTE AT&T actually has. So now I'm happy with unlimited data on there HSPA plus.
[Nexus 5 General] cas8180:
Awesome thanks! I get really good att LTE in my area I am wondering if I would get it on H2O or if they just genuinely don't support it.
[Nexus 5 General] RED ZMAN:
As I said, no LTE on h20. That's why you get real unlimited. Hspa+ with AT&T is EVERYWHERE though, and damned day enough.
[Nexus 5 General] :
ST in Los Angeles working well...

Sent from Nexus 5 on Slimkat
[Nexus 5 General] frigidazzi:
I have this problem with hot spot shield. I think they block vpns. I can however use ssh to funnel traffic to my home router with different ports
[Nexus 5 General] imablackhat:
H20 throttles after 3gb of LTE...
[Nexus 5 General] RED ZMAN:
For what I think is the 4th or 5th time in this thread. No, they don't throttle . They used to about 2 months ago, the new $60 unlimited plan is completely unlimited. There also is no LTE. I will say again no LTE. Also said 4-5 times already.
[Nexus 5 General] :
But you get LTE with the $60 unlimited plan right? :)

Sent from Nexus 5 on Slimkat
[Nexus 5 General] RED ZMAN:
Only on days that end in the letter F.

:D
[Nexus 5 General] dpaine88:
So I just got my Straight Talk activated on here.

It says an H in the corner for reception.

I talked with ATT and they said I was in their 4gLTE area, should it say H or LTE?

EDIT: Just switched to LTE !

Getting 8.67mb down, not too shabby!
[Nexus 5 General] jdawg0024:
Just switched to ST today and I am getting great speeds on LTE (ATT Sim) how ever i can not receive MMS (tried numerous apn settings) I also keep getting a text from 55330 (Straight Talk) that says "To Update your settings on an Android device. please visit http://bit.ly/st_apn!" the link is invalid, but if I delete the"!" at the end of it it will take me to the playstore to install the Straight Talk Data Settings App. Apparently this app is suppose to set the APN for the device, but on Newer devices it can not do this automatically. So it gives step by step instructions on what the APN settings should be. I have done this, but I am still getting the text (every 30 mins) ST customer service is horrible and they tell me that it will eventually stop. Has anyone else experienced this?
[Nexus 5 General] godefoy:
I used these. All works well
[Nexus 5 General] xyzzyman:
I've been on StraightTalk AT&T with Nexus 5 for 2 weeks now here in Syracuse, NY. Best speed test has been 25/6, but average 8/5 in most places.
[Nexus 5 General] djkurious:
my picture messaging start working on the second bill cycle or you can call them and have them reset your bill cycle then it will start working.
[Nexus 5 General] jdawg0024:
Thanks for the tip. I will try to call them

Also the Text I was getting every 30mins has stopped
[Nexus 5 General] dpaine88:
I just put in another SIM and transfered it and now MMS works fine...after a few days of major MMS bs not recieving and trying every APN known to man
[Nexus 5 General] jdawg0024:
Did they send you one or did you have to order one?
[Nexus 5 General] birdy3636:
I had no mms until i used this APN:

Name: STRAIGHT_TALK

APN: tfdata

Proxy not set

Port:80

Username not set

Password not set

Server not set

MMSC: http://mms-tf.net

MMS Proxy: mms3.tracfone.com

MMS port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC:410

Auth Type: PAP

APN type: default,supl,mms,hipri <---- no spaces

IPv4

IPv4

Bearer:uspecified

MVNO type: None
[Nexus 5 General] drigerott:
il

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] dpaine88:
I basically had an extra one laying around. CS is effin useless...told me to contact phone manufacter.

Told them they were dumber than a retarded 5 year old a few times and took matters into my own hands. I still cant believe theres people that stupid on the earth...

Once I activted new SIM, it worked instantly.

Also heard it working once your billing cycle updates but being a new customer I wasnt gonna wait 30 days to get MMS.
[Nexus 5 General] jdawg0024:
Can you post your APN settings. I bought the Activation kit and I'm thinking of cutting the reg. sim down to micro sim size and switching to it. since thats the only other SIM I have.
[Nexus 5 General] dpaine88:
Just using the stock APN ones they tell you to use.
[Nexus 5 General] Alex1123:
Just in case some where wondering how its like after you reach your 2.5gb of unlimited data, when throttled you can still load pages, load instagram and all but very slow, snapchat is nearly impossible to use and will send multiples of the same thing, also Pandora streaming is horrible loads about a second and then buffers and then plays for another few seconds.
[Nexus 5 General] jdawg0024:
I want to Thank you for this info. I cut the Reg SIM down to Micro size switched it on my ST account and now is all working great.
[Nexus 5 General] Wdustin1:
The only fix I have found is reflash the ROM and sometimes I have to reflash twice but eventually it works.
[Nexus 5 General] shark1987:
I just went through the same thing. Just got my new sim card today and transferred through their website, now MMS is working just fine.

I do have one question for you, what does Network Provider does it show for you?

Before, on the first SIM card with MMS not working it showed "HOME" for me. Now on the new SIM card that MMS works it shows "AT&T". I'm just trying to figure out if that has something to do with it or not.
[Nexus 5 General] ngabdala:
I just ordered the AT&T Straight Talk Sim Kit from the Straight Talk Website. There were two options for SIM sizes. I ordered the Micro-Sim. Will this fit the N5 or does it need to be cut?
[Nexus 5 General] JDAapps:
Micro will fit. Probably should have asked before ordering though lol.

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Mine has always shown HOME and my MMS has always worked. Using APN right on byop website.
[Nexus 5 General] digiblur:
No, the micro will fit fine. That's what I ordered.

I am impressed with all the places AT&T has LTE. My other Sprint phone will be roaming but this one is full LTE.
[Nexus 5 General] frigidazzi:
I agree. Att has lte everywhere here and all the surrounding cities it seems too (Salem/Portland Oregon).
[Nexus 5 General] Trel:
When I absolutely cannot get MMS to be received (but can send ok) with any of the APN settings here, should I assume I just haven't found the right combination, or should I go ahead and order a new sim card?

Basically at this point, how likely is it to resolve itself vs just getting and switching to a new sim?
[Nexus 5 General] embhorn:
It can't hurt to try a new card. Is MMS the only thing not working? Does LTE work?

AFAIK, the only thing that a new card enables is LTE, and even then, its just because it's easier to get a new card than deal with ST customer support to provision an old card for LTE in their system.

I had problems with MMS until I deleted the APN and created a brand new on, following the instructions on the ST BYOD site.