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[Nexus 5 General] Zargon335:
I tried dozens of different settings and nothing worked. Until I stumbled upon these settings from a Reddit thread:

http://imgur.com/a/obkzL

Now mine works fine. If you haven't tried these settings yet, it's worth a shot.
[Nexus 5 General] Trel:
Sadly, I have tried those as well.

What works

-LTE

-Voice

-SMS

-SENDING MMS

What doesn't work

-Receiving MMS
[Nexus 5 General] secretasianman:
Under APN Type I just use "default,mms"
[Nexus 5 General] shark1987:
Yea, I had the exact same thing, and like I already posted the only thing that worked for me was getting a new SIM.

I tried all options I found (including the reddit post above, lol). New APN settings, Wiping entire phone, flashing settings through a .zip.

Nothing worked for me until I got the new SIM.

One thing that I didn't wait for was for my next month to kick in, apparently if you want to wait that long that is the only chance it will fix itself.

I just couldn't see myself signing up for another month without being sure that MMS was going to work, so I just went ahead and ordered the SIM. It comes really fast though. (2-day shipping was free I think). I would have liked to get it from a local Walmart but none sold AT&T sims.
[Nexus 5 General] :
I am able to receive MMS with sliding messaging and the following settings. Maybe try the same as an APN.

Sent from Nexus 5 on Slimkat
[Nexus 5 General] Trel:
I ordered the replacement SIM yesterday.

It wasn't free $4 for shipping (3 day). Hopefully that fixes it. Otherwise I'm probably not staying with straight talk.
[Nexus 5 General] nchadwick:
Off the MMS topic, has anyone had problems with data notifications and speed overall?

I'm using ST on ATT in Ithaca NY. The whole place, according to ATT map, is essentially covered in 4G LTE, yet I rarely ever receive an LTE signal. And when I do, it's either 1 or 0 bars. The one time I was able to catch it on LTE, I got 3 down, 0.5 up, which is really pathetic. I've averaged a bit under 1 down/up on my HSPA tests with ~250ms pings. I'm not really a huge consumer of mobile data, this isn't a big problem, but I can't help it's related to the next problem.

Push notifications are either noticeably delayed(one sent 13 minutes ago just notified as I was writing this) or don't come at all. I'm sitting on my computer at work going between my exchange client and gmail browser tab sending emails with the timestamp in it. My VZW phone(postpaid) lights up almost immediately. On wifi, it's a tad bit delayed, but I'm talking seconds and it's only because I'm watching it like a hawk that I notice it.

That wifi working makes me think it's something to do with cellular data. Either 4.4.2's implementation, ST's service, or ATT's towers around here. I really wish I had a better way to diagnose it. Any one have any suggestions?

I'm new to using SIMs and APNs. Can someone explain which part of the APN settings apply to the data connection?
[Nexus 5 General] frigidazzi:
I can't comment on your speed or lte signal, but here in Salem /Portland Oregon area I get lte practically everywhere, but it's usually 7 to 12 mpbs which is fine for me.

However, the push delay I can. I have the same problem and there's several on the st forums with the problem. It appears that st closes down the Google ports after x amount of time. Up to like 28 minutes. (Probably closes other ports too, but this is the one I notice). This link uses an app that will mostly fix this problem by refreshing the Google connection more often (I set mine to 2 minutes).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2142503
[Nexus 5 General] nchadwick:
Is there a difference between root and non-root versions in terms of efficacy? And would this effect exchange email notifications too?

Another one came in 26 minutes late as I was writing this.
[Nexus 5 General] frigidazzi:
I'm not sure what the difference is. I think the root one just modifies the file in system and doesn't do anything else to work (android normally refreshes every 28 minutes on data automatically. This just changes the file to refresh to what ever time you set) . I think the non root app runs in the background to manually do it each time.

But I've only tested the root version. If exchange uses Google push to deliver messages then it should work. I'm not sure what it uses it. I have never used exchange myself.
[Nexus 5 General] nchadwick:
Ok, maybe this is my problem. I did the "*#*#8255#*#*" recommended by the app's author. I have no idea if this little snippet was written in a previous version of the gtalk service monitor, but when I execute that code, I basically get nothing. I have a grey button titled "Send heartbeat to server", of which pressing seems to do nothing(still waiting on a gmail notification as writing this), and the three button sub menu has "Dump to log", "Verbose logging(check box)" and "reconnect". Last two seem to do nothing. First one results in a little message "Not Running".

Is all of this described above what I should see, or should there be something more? I'm starting to think the apps restored from VZW phone caused a problem. Going to try a factory reset and clean install tonight. Might try an earlier image too to see if some of the other radio apks improve my reception.
[Nexus 5 General] frigidazzi:
No no that code is for the old Google heartbeat. It's not integrated into okay services. Use this code to see what the settings are. Then use the app to change the heart beat. Then you will see then changed in Google play services.

*#*#426#*#*

This Code is in the post. You just probably have to do a bit if reading to find it.
[Nexus 5 General] nchadwick:
Yeah, I believe you're correct about the port closing. After installing that app, gmail messages are coming in under 2 minutes(and after I respond on my computer, getting removed relatively soon), while exchange notifications are still really slow. Since this is ST closing the ports on their end, there's really no fix on our end besides this hamfisted constant reopening? Kinda defeats the purpose of a push notification service and one of the prime advantages of smartphone(to me).

Is there a compendium of services similar to ST but don't close ports so aggressively? While I don't want to keep paying VZW $157/month, I also don't want to twiddle my thumbs thinking I might have missed an email from work or a gvoice text from my wife.
[Nexus 5 General] frigidazzi:
St is the only one I know of that closes then, but I've only experienced the big 4 besides st.
[Nexus 5 General] dan46n2:
I'm also using ST on ATT in Ithaca/Cortland and I don't get very good 4G coverage around here. Cortland is fine but Ithaca is very spotty. I'm also experiencing the issue with push notifications as well.

I left a grandfathered unlimited data plan on Verizon because I wanted an N5 so bad but the coverage for ATT around here is making me regret leaving VZW (but I love the N5!). Pretty sad when I'm less than 2 miles from Rt13 and no signal...
[Nexus 5 General] nchadwick:
Have you considered AIO wireless or gophone? I'm wondering if ST Wireless just isn't allowed on some ATT towers. Don't really feel like throwing away more money hopping around different providers or MVNOs just to discover they suck in a different way. VZW costs too much, ST Wireless has horrible data performance. What will the next one be?

It's kinda sad seeing my GNex load pages faster than my N5.
[Nexus 5 General] dan46n2:
Haven't considered either of those because I was under the impression that if ATT had that much LTE coverage, I'd be all set with ST.

Going by ATT's coverage map, I should never be away from LTE between Cortland and Ithaca but that's not the case. I'm still baffled that I actually drop calls within 2 miles of the airport. I have noticed that my data speeds lately using LTE had gone to crap (at the end of my month but I haven't come close to going over the 2.5GB "cap". I was getting 192kbps down and 4912kbps up through OpenSignal and 0.49Mbps/4.54Mbps with Ookla Speedtest...WTF?

Looking at GoPhone, I don't care for their plans under $60/mo just because the data amount isn't worth it. I switched to ST for the Nexus 5 and figured it was a good way to spend less $$ a month (going to take a year to break even due to upfront phone cost) but if I were to go back to the $60 a month then I'm not saving as much...but at least I get a decent amount of data.

AIO is a little better with the amount of data...$5 less than GoPhone too... coverage map (again) shows LTE in this area but I'm not holding my breathe...

I dunno, might have to switch to one of them just to find out the scoop.
[Nexus 5 General] nchadwick:
I'd still consider the high pings a killer when loading something like a webpage. It loads in little pieces and that high ping will destroy whatever throughput the speedtest may have indicated.

$60/month may be higher, but it's still a decent amount of savings compared to a share plan on VZW or even ATT. You can get 10% off the gophone plan and it doesn't have taxes or fees, the share plans do.

I'm leaning away from AIO now that I know they forward all data through a proxy in Florida. Yay for high pings!

Funny bit of information, I remembered one of my colleagues has ATT postpaid. She gets 2-3 bars of HSPA+ sitting near me, further in the building. While I get 1-3 bars of HSPA -or- 0-1 bars of LTE rarely. I've never seen HSPA+ while at work. Makes no sense unless ST wireless SIMs are restricted from certain towers.
[Nexus 5 General] bekyndnunwind:
I'm up in Syracuse and I'm on AIO (owned by AT&T like GoPhone) and when I visit Ithaca I get VERY decent coverage. I've never had a dropped call. I think you should give AIO or GoPhone a try depending on your preference. I also got rid of Verizon with unlimited data and I don't regret it one bit!!

Straight talk cannot use all AT&T towers, they only lease the towers and don't pay for more remote ones.

I have a ping of ~170 usually. What kind of ping do you get with ST? You do realize your ST data is being routed through a proxy (in Arizona) right? I don't notice any delay or slow data at all. It is blazing fast and webpages load instantly. Unless you're using your phone to tether your Xbox for gaming or something absolutely ridiculous the ping is fine.

Here are the speeds I'm getting (GoPhone would be even faster, but they cap your data - personally I like AIO's model better):

Also I don't know how your GNex is loading webpages faster than the N5. LOL are we using the same phone even??
[Nexus 5 General] :
Maybe you should flash a different modem for Ithaca. Last poster what modem are you on?

Sent from Nexus 5 on Slimkat
[Nexus 5 General] nchadwick:
bekyndnunwind, I feel like that should be me made a lot more obvious(the towers thing). I'll admit, I probably should have suspected it. Just feels a bit disingenuous for ST wireless to not point that out blatantly.

A ping of 170 is on the low side. I'd say it's closer to 250 most of the time. Yes, I'm aware of the rerouting through a proxy. I think if the speeds were better the ping wouldn't be quite as detrimental.

It's not the phone that's the difference in my comparison, sorry for being misleading. Verizon 3G gets much better ping and comparable speed, so the page loads faster. That's why it's disappointing.

You're referring to the radio apk? I've been looking for something like that but have only found a few scant references to that helping.
[Nexus 5 General] :
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2514095

[MODEM] [EFS] Nexus 5 Flashable Modems and EFS Backup

Experimenting with different modems CAN make a big difference. On my Samsung GT-N7000 one radio modem will give 1 bar of service with straight talk, and with a different one it will give 2 sometimes 3 bars

Just my experience in Los Angeles on my old device.

Maybe it will do nothing, but won't hurt to try since you can always flash back the old one. Of course backup your EFS before screwing around with this.

Sent from Nexus 5 on Slimkat
[Nexus 5 General] dan46n2:
I think that after my current month is up (not until Feb 12th) I will try out AIO and see how their coverage is compared to ST.
[Nexus 5 General] Examiner19:
Does AIO still throttle LTE to 8Mbps maximum?
[Nexus 5 General] dan46n2:
Yes, according to this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2511152
[Nexus 5 General] Calkulin:
Here's the difference of Straight Talk LTE and AT&T LTE at the same location. Practically everywhere I tested(not shown) has been about the same difference, 2x better and at work, the difference is even more, 40Mbps vs 12Mbps with 3.5x better pings

EDIT: This is basically to show that even though Straight Talk uses AT&T towers, it's either throttled or the proxy is a performance killer

First 3 are Straight Talk LTE, last 3 are AT&T LTE
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
Are those speeds on 4g or LTE? My straight talk LTE results are consistently been 10-12 mbps.
[Nexus 5 General] Calkulin:
I should've clarified a little more, that's all on LTE. Those speeds are at home, at work I use to get 12Mbps on Straight Talk, now I get over 40Mbps
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
Could be a regional effect? Or due to different numbers of straight talk users accessing the leased bandwidth? I'm sure AT&T limits the amount that MVNOs van pull from any given tower at one time.

Edit: Straight Talk is faster than Verizon (even Verizon LTE) where I live and work, so no complaints from me about network speeds.
[Nexus 5 General] :
All I know is that slower speeds are worth it for no contract and better costs to me

Sent from Nexus 5 on Slimkat
[Nexus 5 General] digiblur:
Same here and if I have at least 2 or 3 megabit then browsing and other things works just fine for me.

I can't say the same for Sprint LTE around here. Regardless of signal it is less than half a megabit. Most of the time it doesn't even work. One site you can have full signal with -80 and watch your pings of 12,000ms kicking. So, straight talk has been awesome for me!
[Nexus 5 General] cbutt:
does anyone know if it's possible to track the minutes you've used? i understand that it's an unlimited plan, so there really is no minutes balance, i'm just trying to gauge my usage to see if i can drop down to the tmo $30 plan.
[Nexus 5 General] dan46n2:
I use an app called OpenSignal and there's a function in there for it to keep track of your minutes used, data, and texts.

I mainly use it to track my signal strength in particular areas but the other features are nice.
[Nexus 5 General] erics88:
Tested different areas around my neighborhood (Pittsburgh - North Hills area) and avg 55 mbps download & 23 mbps upload on my Nexus 5. Very happy with Straight Talk. T-Mobile was pretty good in Pittsburgh but not that great in the suburbs.

Using the FCC app.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Wow. I get like 2 mb in los Angeles

Sent from Nexus 5 on Slimkat
[Nexus 5 General] svengalis:
it kinda sucks having a lte phone though and not being able to use it.
[Nexus 5 General] Javeline4:
Dallas Area

Does anyone have ST (AT&T) in the Dallas area? I wonder how it compares to a regular AT&T account. I have the myAT&T mobile share plan. Awesome 4g LTE coverage in the DFW area. I have absolutely no complaints about it, except maybe it is a bit expensive ($80/month with corporate discount... come out to around $75-80 after taxes and fees).

I am SO happy I left Sprint after 2 1/2 years of misery. :victory:
[Nexus 5 General] cbutt:
anyone in ny, specifically Westchester experiencing poor speeds?
[Nexus 5 General] mwallin:
I've been back and forth between Westchester and Putnam and data has been terrible or non-existent. Also, I can't seem to get MMS messages to go through. Tried a few APNs, but no luck.
[Nexus 5 General] TiltedAz:
I'm not sure how it compares to ST but ATT is now offering a no contract family plan for $160/mo, 4 family members, 10GB of shared data, unlimited everything else. Prices are finally starting to come down.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...ireless-plans-40-in-escalating-price-war.html
[Nexus 5 General] cbutt:
Thanks, I thought it was just me. I just switched my husband over to the tmo $30 plan & his speeds are great. I wanna stay with something that has at&t coverage, but this is bad. I've been with st for a long time & have never had these speeds. I have speed tests from when I first got my n5 that are great. Don't know what's up...
[Nexus 5 General] Winesnob:
I see the jumping off point at 4 lines of service. I'd much rather pay $160 for AT&T than $200 for ST. Anything less than 4 lines of service and ST is the better deal.
[Nexus 5 General] pconway:
Happy with my ST service using AT&T towers in IL. The higher ping doesn't affect my experience much. View attachment 2555757
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
T-Mobile map shows 4G service not available in my location, only 2G. So going to try out ST, which is a Tracfone service marketed by Walmart. Tracfone website only provides a national map which cannot be zoomed in on. A bad omen I think.

Will need to purchase a ST micro sim card/activation kit which is $7 at Walmart.com. Not sure if I can acquire at brick & mortar Walmart? And need to figure out how to obtain a new phone number thru Straight Talk?
[Nexus 5 General] RainMotorsports:
Refer to the coverage map for the actual network you will be on. Since T-Mobile isn't an option and your in the AT&T thread your looking to get a ST sim for AT&T check their coverage map for relevant equipment in your area. Many walmarts carry ST activation kits, around where I am they all do but very few carry for some carriers such as MetroPCS those are limited to stores with dedicated mobile stores inside.
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] digiblur:
Everywhere on AT&Ts map that showed LTE coverage for me I had it on Straight Talk. I have heard the activation kit has several SIMs and is not straight forward on which is which for AT&T so check the numbers against the Internet.

I ordered my SIM from their website as it was cheaper at the time.
[Nexus 5 General] dingokevin:
SIM off the ST Web page 4$ free shipping, that was at the end of October when I got a new 4g SIM
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
Oops!
[Nexus 5 General] :
Which APN are you using?

Sent from Omni Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
APN does not impact voice service/reception.
[Nexus 5 General] cbutt:
If you scroll down in your APN, there should be more settings filled out...

& I'm not trying to be a nasty or anything, but it is pretty much common knowledge that straight talk is a tracfone product.

My APN looks like this ( but hey this doesn't have to be the correct one, I know they seem to be pretty finicky for a lot of users):
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
APN does not impact voice service/reception. Not sure what makes some posters on this board think otherwise.
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
Questions answered.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Change to a non-ST APN on certain Roms and notice how on some Roms you will get zero bars for a while if not indefinitely

And it was a suggestion. Not a definitely solution. Its called troubleshooting.

Sent from Omni Nexus 5

---------- Post added at 09:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:37 AM ----------

How is tmobile reception in your area? You can buy a T-Mobile Sim and ST will switch your network

Sent from Omni Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
Signing up with AT&T will have to be my solution for now.
[Nexus 5 General] godleye:
I recently purchased a Red Nexus 5 for straight talk and have been a straight talk user for almost 3 years. The only phone I ever used with them before the Nexus 5 was a flip non android phone that happened to be Verizon tower based. The Signal was always 4-5 bars withe flip phone (Verizon) even though I live a rural area. However when getting the AT&T Sim card connected to the Nexus i found that it was a 1 bar or less on coverage (Horrible signal!), but the signal was only the beginning of the problem.

First off let me say I would not wish the experience of straight talk customer service on anyone! Since my last phone was a Verizon and my new phone at&t the web site wouldn't let me port my number over (according to the rep) and that she would do it over the phone. Well all she did was activate the phone with a new number and then told me i had to wait till next month to get it ported. Yeah this went over well..... So I ended up getting my number ported over to Google voice after spending another 20 bucks and forwarded it to my phone. Only problem with Google voice is i don't receive any MMS from them.

I have manged to get my phone working with 2 bars (Sometimes even 3) but i have a feeling straight talk isn't using all of at&t's towers. The AT&T coverage map however shows great signal at LTE speeds in my area. Next month I will be switching over to AIO and see how they fare.

Heres a list of things I did to improve my Cell Reception with Straight Talk.

1. There is a List of Modem Drivers on XDA that I downloaded and flashed each one separately after testing the signal strength using an app called Network Signal Info (Lower dBm is better). After a tedious hour of flashing each driver and monitoring the dBM i found that the .15 Driver (D820 KRT01B) was what improved the reception the best for me with .17 a close second. This of course does require root.

NOTE: PLEASE!!!!

Backup your EFS

by following the guide located at the above "Modem Drivers" link. You do not want to lose that info as it's married to your phone.

2. I Found a set of AT&T APN settings that were different from the rest I saw posted here. Not sure if it improves for you but they seem to work for me.

Name: STRAIGHT_TALK

APN: tfdata

Port: 80

MMSC: http://mms-tf.net

MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.33

MMS Port: 80

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

APN Type: default,supl,mms,hipri,agps,fota,dun,entitle

APN Protocol: IPV4

APN Roaming Protocol: IPV4

<Insert Standard Disclamer Here> aka "Use at your own Risk, Im not Responsible)
[Nexus 5 General] digiblur:
Straight Talk uses all of AT&T's towers just like AIO does. They don't just leave ones out here and there to screw with people.
[Nexus 5 General] Moscow Desire:
Attention K-Mart Staff, Clean-up in aisle 6!

Knock it OFF please, and post in a civil manner. No need to get all hot-headed. I'm sure both of you can find more "literate" ways to discuss things.

Last 3 posts were deleted due to being argumentative. So if any useful info was in there, well, sorry, I'm not going to spend time editing your posts. You can re-post in a more civil manner.

Cheers and carry on.

MD
[Nexus 5 General] Ubelsteiner:
i've been using AT&T through straight talk for the past year or two on my galaxy nexus. I ordered a AT&T micro SIM from straight talk when i ordered my N5. When they arrived i put the SIM card in and got on the website to transfer my service from my Gnex to my N5 and ran into an issue doing so because I kept getting an error that the serial number i was entering for the SIM wasnt a valid one, even tho I was certain that it was. So I called up straight talk and, after explaining the problem to 2-3 different (what i'm assuming to be) reps from India i was transferred to someone in US support and they did something on their end and my new SIM's serial was accepted.

I'm on AT&T 4G LTE in the Pittsburgh area and loving the speeds compared to the HSPA+ with my Gnex
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
Of course APN settings impact data/internet and messaging services. But those services were not the issue. Voice connectivity/reception/quality was the issue.

Deleted ALL APN settings from the phone, and phone connected to voice service as usual. :cowboy:
[Nexus 5 General] KidCuda:
So I have my MMS proxy set to mms3.tracfone.com, would it be better to switch it to that IP address? I've had other people on vanilla AT&T not receive my mms sometimes.
[Nexus 5 General] godleye:
It's the same.