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[Nexus 5 General] AlanXO:
They also have the $50 plan too, gives 2.5GB I believe.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Thanks,

Yes your correct. I'm always on WiFi at home. Only use Data outside of my house, so I'm pretty sure 2.5GB is more than enough.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
I'm paying 55 for unlimited everything through a family plan.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Awesome,

So if I'm currently in a family plan my $40 plan should be $35!..

Hmm, I'm going to have to give Metro a call, lol.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
3 dollars difference isn't bad when you're not getting throttled at 500megs. By the way, is the bill date the day when your plan gets reset ban to zero days usage? So if my bill is due the 20 then on the 20 is when my throttle gets removed?
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Yes the bill date is when your Data usage gets reset back to zero.

Maybe I'm not getting throttled due to it being the first month. We shall see what happens next month. :/
[Nexus 5 General] dba12913:
Hey guys. I've been with Metropcs on and off for the past 4 years, and I can finally say I'm happy with the service. I'm on the 60 dollar plan. With unlimited LTE, it makes it totally worth it without having to worry about my data usage since I'm on my phone a lot at work. I'm in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Thanks for sharing. MetroPCS is doing great with their plans and pricing.

I think you broke a record on that speed test, 48mbps down!!
[Nexus 5 General] eon01:
thinking of switching

Hey I'm on sprint and bought myself the nexus 5 from the play store thinking that if I enabled the lte bands for sprint spark it would make a huge difference. Service isn't good anymore since the days of my old evo 4g in my basement and data never gets past 3mb dl. But my girl is on tmo and she has great service and her 4g never disappears unlike mine. I know metro uses the same towers as tmo and I've been reading the 60$ a month plan is truly unthrottled, no data caps no slow downs. For those of you with this plan can you confirm it? Have any of you gotten passed a 5gb data usage in a month and not seen a slow down? I pay the same for my sprint plan and its the only reason I've stayed because of unlimited data and hoping they would boost the speeds but nothing has changed. Any feedback is appreciated, thanks guys.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
The 60$ plan has no throttle limit on 4G at all. I've seen people put up pictures of themselves using 30 something gigs which is a crazy amount and not have been throttled.
[Nexus 5 General] eon01:
thanks for the reply. if i make the switch i will put up the speed test results.

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When going in for that 60$ plan do you need to ask for anything in specific? I know the phone itself requires a micro sim but do I have to ask for an lte enabled sim or anything like that?
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
It's better if you order the simcard from the metro website. The Sims already come lte enabled. You get charged 15$ to activate it in the store and it's free through the phone if you do it at home.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Sadly it seems like I've been throttled, last night it happened briefly then it went away. Now I'm throttle again but don't think it will go away this time.. Lmao.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
You can even see it here in my history, last night Jan 18 look at the speeds. Then a while later they went back up.

1.45GBs on the 500mb plan! :D
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
You got so lucky getting 1.5gigs out of it. Try the wcdma thing and try to see if you can stream music through Google music.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Yeah I did get lucky, watch the throttling go away by tomorrow.. ;)

Tried the WCDMA, I get 3G but as soon as I use Data it jumps me to H, which is throttled..

Negative on the streaming music, got iHeartRadio open and it hasn't even begun playing... Its been like a min, Lmao.. #fail #throttled4life

Edit: Volume was down, Lmao.. music streaming is working!!

Web browsing is painfully slow, but it works for checking up on forums on Tapatalk pretty well.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
So music streaming actually works? I wish they gave us 50kB instead of 15.
[Nexus 5 General] Rob4828:
I have unlimited everything on T-Mobile. Is metropcs using the exact same network? I'm happy with T-Mobile but I'll switch if I get the same network for a cheaper price.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
50kbps, it should be capped at 1mbps. What they are doing is just not right, its inhumane. Lmao.

Yes you will get the same network.

T-Mobile bought MetroPCS!

Plans on Metro are usually $10 cheaper.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
This is incredible guys, I'm now not being throttled. Its like they are unsure if they should throttle me or not..

Did 2 speed tests because I couldn't believe it! :D

1.72GB of Data used. Guess I'm staying on their $40 plan. ;)
[Nexus 5 General] P.Mobile:
hey i been with sprint for a while but my contact is up in a few months.. was thinking about going to metro because its cheap.. say i wanted to use my N5 on metro.. what would i have to do to get it up and running on metro??
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Hey,

Just order the N5 straight from Google Play store, and order a Sim card from MetroPCS they run about $10. Then once your get your N5 and the Sim pop it in and follow the activation instructions.

Very simple, pleasant experience. They will instantly have you up and running. You pay about $10 less than T-Mobile but get to use their network. :)
[Nexus 5 General] P.Mobile:
yea i already have the n5 from play store.. now i just need to wait till me contract is up!! thanks
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
No problem, hope to see you soon on Metros network. :thumbup:
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Come to the dark side it's nice.
[Nexus 5 General] mamorgan1:
Google Voice Voice Mail

Has anyone been able to get their Google Voice voice mail to work on Metro PCS yet?
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Have you tried it? I only remember it being for sprint.
[Nexus 5 General] mamorgan1:
It worked fine for me on Verizon.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Try it and let us know.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Haven't tried it..

Having trouble with normal voicemail?
[Nexus 5 General] Rob4828:
Is there an activation fee?
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
If you do it at the store it's 15$. If you do it over the phone it's free. It depends if you want to pay someone 15$ to call metro and read out your imei or if you want to do it yourself.
[Nexus 5 General] Rob4828:
Do you have to pay the first month upfront or later when activating?
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
I don't remember if I did. I've been on Metro for a few years now.

JD, the t-mobile visual voice-mail works perfectly for metro on our Nexus 5s. here is the apk if you want to try it out or put it in the OP.

https://copy.com/c20OuDxP0cD7Za3
[Nexus 5 General] edd247:
You have to pay the first month up front. Had to give them my credit card # and they also charged me a $3 processing fee.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Thank You!
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
If I recall correctly the 1st month of service is free! :)
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
My fastest speeds so far.

Downgraded to the 2.5GB plan and I'm throttled after 2 days lol.

What settings did you change to get past the throttle?
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Great speed test, T-Mobiles network is doing very well IMO.

Unfortunately I haven't done anything to get pasts the throttle, it just comes and goes for me. Last night I was throttled, this morning up to now I've had full LTE speeds. Currently at 1.94GBs data usage.

Sorry I didn't reply earlier, somehow I hadn't seen it..
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Yeah, the same thing occurred to me. My speeds were throttle and now back to almost full regular speeds. I changed my apn to Ipv4 though because I use vpns and it lowered my speed around 8mbps but I don't need that much does on my phone anyways.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
I really wish they wouldn't throttled us that low. Its inhumane, and completely unnecessary, lol. :(

But glad to see I'm not the only one being throttled on and off.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Here's a work around to get tether working on t-mobile through the native wifi Nexus 5 tether app. This should work the same for us and I'll try it now. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47203432

I hope I don't get throttled when I restart my phone.
[Nexus 5 General] akmsr:
that has nothing to with throttle. that is for going past the tethering block that att/sprint/t-mobile puts. as metro does not allow tethering at all on their unlimited plan i thought it will definitely be necessary for me to tether. imagine my surprise when i noticed that settings.db fix is not needed at all for metro.

data use is unlimited albeit down to 256k speed. depending on the time of the day and the amount of data used that speed varies. no way really to get around it.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Looks like the t-mobile work around doesn't work.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Wow, these guys don't play, lol.
[Nexus 5 General] akmsr:
as i said before you don't even need the workaround. just use a user agent switcher for your browser.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Yup that worked! I installed the user agent switcher extention and it let me tether. Thank you
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Here's some more speed tests. I haven't been this Happy with my provider in forever. Sprint sucked so bad!
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
-Speed Test from this morning to prove my un throttled state:

-Current Data Usage:
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
You've got great signal in your area, or so it seems. Those speed tests are consistently above 25mbps!
[Nexus 5 General] RainMotorsports:
Thats on MetroPCS? So they aren't throttling you guys over T-Mobile? I was thinking about switching from the 30 a month T-Mo plan to the 60 a month Metro PCS plan as opposed to paying T-Mo 70 a month. But quite often MVNO's throttle to make up the difference.

Yeah sprint was HORRIBLE.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Hey,

If you choose MetroPCS $60 unlimited plan you will not be throttled. You will have unlimited 4G from T-Mobile.

I've been throttled for 2 nights, but I'm on the $40 plan. My limit is 500mb 4G and I've used 2.2GBs this month. They don't wanna throttle me! :D

But if you wanna be truly unlimited without worries of being throttled, the $60 plan will suit you well. Definitely recommended.
[Nexus 5 General] MkVsTheWorld:
Anyone getting HD voice? I'm thinking of switching from GoPhone to the $60 MetroPCS GSM plan.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Check the coverage in your area for T-Mobile before you switch. The service is great and voice quality is amazing over H+.
[Nexus 5 General] RainMotorsports:
Haha only get H+ when I am inside the freezer at work. LTE all the way!
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Yeah I get LTE everywhere lol. I was referring to voice though. T-mobile does not offer voice over LTE only voice through H+ and Under for now. This is why even though when you're on LTE and receive a call it drops to H+. The same thing applies for when you dial out. Also forcing LTE on through a rom causes all calls to be forwarded to Voicemail and disables your ability to call.
[Nexus 5 General] RainMotorsports:
lol stupid me being stupid while trying to be stupid. I wasn't even thinking voice call at the time. I was thinking VOIP.
[Nexus 5 General] MkVsTheWorld:
T-Mobile is actually the best where I live and work. I only left because it's spotty (or on EDGE) near my sister's. I got a Verizon prepaid phone in my car for when I am in a really rural area. So, Metro PCS is looking nice now.

Has anyone tested and verified that HD voice is working on Metro PCS? I heard other T-Mobile MVNOs didn't get HD voice.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
What exactly is HD voice? Is that an app or are you referring to call quality? Call quality is excellent since its on H+.

Edit : After a Google search the Nexus 5 does support it on t-mobile. Metro gsm runs on t-mobile towers so it'll be enabled by default.
[Nexus 5 General] MkVsTheWorld:
It's not an app, it's a network implementation that T-Mobile deployed a while back. The LG Nexus 5 is a device capable of doing HD Voice, it's just dependent on the carrier. In addition, it's been stated that T-Mobile MVNOs haven't gotten HD Voice, which Metro PCS technically is now one. But, I wanted to see if T-Mobile had allowed this on Metro PCS. Here's where you can get a decent explanation of HD voice:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideband_audio
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
I've been running so many speed tests lol.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
You beat me, but same here! Lol
[Nexus 5 General] eon01:
Question

Do you have to factory reset or anything like that if you are switching from another carrier and swapping sim? Or does the phone automatically setup all the proper settings in order to have it fully functional with LTE? To my knowledge you just call metro and tell them you want to activate your sim and the phone does the rest is this correct? Thanks in advance for the replies.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
All the information is on the SIM card. You just have to call the provider and give them your phone imei.
[Nexus 5 General] Rob4828:
I have the T-Mobile 70 plan. My last bill was 88 dollars ..... 18 dollars in taxes. This is why I'm leaving for metropcs.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Remember metro doesn't include roaming outside their coverage area. That's the good thing about t-mobile prepaid is that the included roaming.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Don't give up so easy. Try calling them and see why they are charging you more.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
[MENTION=1632145]FuMMoD[/MENTION] You ever seen that? I've never seen taxes charged on Metro.

[MENTION=4339129]Rob4828[/MENTION] Oh now I understand your post, that's why you wanna switch to Metro. Definitely do that, plans are $10 lower on Metro and no hidden fees. Plus you'll still be on T-Mobiles network.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Nope metro is a flat rate. The real difference between the two is the roaming feature.
[Nexus 5 General] edd247:
Switched to metro a couple months ago and couldn't be happier. I'm on the $60 unlimited plan and last month used up about 20gb. Here is my best speed so far here in Los Angeles
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
You just broke a speed test record in my book! Wow. :D

Thanks for sharing.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Holy!! That's how speeds started out here when byod was launched. I wish we still had those speeds.
[Nexus 5 General] es0tericcha0s:
Weird. I was on T-Mobile just 4 months ago or so and was on the $70 plan. And I never got charged more than $70 or $71. I was on prepaid and not post paid though. Wonder if that makes a difference...
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
[MENTION=1632145]FuMMoD[/MENTION] It works, pretty cool. Thanks!
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Still unthrottled and going strong, 3GBs on data usage on 4G LTE.

Took a small trip today and I love seeing the coverage I get!

I continue being one happy MetroPCS customer!
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
This phone and the new t-mobile powered metropcs has been the best phone experience I've had so far. I was on lame sprint for quite some time.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Yes, Our Nexus 5s and T-Mobile are an excellent match. I'm set on buying every single Nexus phone from here on out!

I look back to the MetroPCS CDMA flash days, when folks dedicated so much time trying get 3G to work. Look how easy and simple it has gotten, pop a Metro sim card in, activate it, and your set with 4G LTE!

I must say, I'm proud of how far MetroPCS has gone. :D
[Nexus 5 General] RainMotorsports:
I dunno about all that. If Huwaei makes the next one I am out. I wasn't exactly happy about LG making the N4.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
No chance in hell they're making the next one lol. It would be cool to see an oppo Nexus.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Highly improbable.

LG is doing fine, lol.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
I had a few scares where I thought they disconnected my mobile network but it just looked like maintenance at late hours. My network would go down for less than 5 minutes and it would refresh with a stronger signal. I also noticed in Hollywood, FL in areas that I only had 2 bars inside buildings I now get full bars and it went from Hspa to LTE. I'm loving this every day even more!
[Nexus 5 General] giant22000:
Over at HoFo forum members confirm that MetroPCS T-Mobile does indeed receive talk/text roaming? Are you referring to data roaming or are you saying there's is no talk/text roaming either?

Just trying to figure this out.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
I'm not exactly sure on that since I haven't roamed yet. If people confirmed talk and text work then that's pretty good. If data does roam that would be awesome.
[Nexus 5 General] giant22000:
From what I understand what people what were saying over at hofo was that the only difference in level of service was the international data and WiFi calling. Everything else is the same.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Well that's not a bad trade off lol. The Nexus 5 isn't capable of wifi calling yet.
[Nexus 5 General] giant22000:
Anybody experienced MetroPCS not recognizing your imei here? I've read that a lot of people have been told to go to a corporate store for help and they were able to add there imei to there database and move forward with MetroPCS service. Problem is there isn't a corporate store within 300 miles of me...
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
No its usually the agent on the phone messing it up. Use the imei on the box. If you can't activate it then ask to speak to a supervisor.
[Nexus 5 General] DroneDoom:
Don't waste your time and gas with that. I had the exact same problem when I ordered a SIM card online. I tried numerous times to put in the imei on the activation site and then I tried going to a corporate store and they were doing exact same thing I did. Call metro's mobile transfer department, I'm not sure what the number was because I was calling them with a unregistered SIM. Anyways keep talking to a rep to get them to put in your imei (this took me five times, five reps...). You must have your SIM number as well so they can register it. If they couldn't do it try again and get a different rep, maybe they'll have a better updated system.

This eventually worked for me.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Strange..

I had my Nexus 5 activated through *228 immediately, no issues what so ever.
[Nexus 5 General] DroneDoom:
I tried everything. I had to get a rep to register the sim for me. Now I'm just enjoying the cell service.
[Nexus 5 General] hyelton:
That makes no sense.... *228 is a CDMA thing. Not GSM so that's not possible
[Nexus 5 General] DroneDoom:
Yeah no matter what number you dial you will just get redirected to metro's main customer service line. On a unregistered SIM of course. Press 132412341234, you'l get redirected, theres no *228.....
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Understandable,

But that is the 1st thing I did once my Nexus 5 was fully charged.

Proof below; 1st number I dialed on my N5:
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
That sucks man.
[Nexus 5 General] DroneDoom:
It's all good that's all behind me. The unlimited data plan is amazing, I wish i never canceled my service (lost my $55 promo plan for unlimited). In the end I've learned to deal with metro only by phone or online.
[Nexus 5 General] hyelton:
Yea but the person below me said that anything you dial on an unregistered sim will call customer care
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Great.

Well in my case I was on the 4 for $100 plan. Called up Metro, asked Metro if I was able to activate and stay on the family plan. Chick says Yes so we continue. Seconds after activation I get a text saying changes were made to my account and the new balance was at $117. So they upped me to the $40 plan, can't really complain because I'm getting unlimited 4G.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Yeah, he seems to be correct. :)
[Nexus 5 General] hyelton:
If I could just cancel my line so I don't have to pay 2 bills I'd try it out :/ but my line is under contract
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
T-Mobile offers the etf waiver if you switch. It's the same network as metro pretty much.
[Nexus 5 General] hyelton:
I think that's for an entire family plan. There's 4 lines total. Only me would be moving

And I would have to purchase a device which I'm not willing to do
[Nexus 5 General] RainMotorsports:
I walked into a store today to get service. Ended up fine but the inbetween was a little hairy. Girl at the counter had never heard of my phone she kept asking questions while we waited for it to work just in general about what kind of phone it was etc was even puzzled when the CM logo came up on boot.

Remember your IMEI is on the SIM Tray if you need it but I still had my sticker so I just handed that to her. It took about 15 minutes for the service to actually start working and in the mean time they seemed all worried lol.

I actually decided to get the T-Mobile 70 a month plan instead after having several incidents with stores closing hours before what the website said. But after waiting a half hour at t-mobile I headed across the mall to the MetroPCS store there for one last try. Will miss the 2.5 GB of legit tether but thinking of setting up a VPN on one of my servers to make up for it.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Hey guys,

Paid my MetroPCS bill on the 27th of last month, already past my 500mb and still not throttled. :D

How are you guys doing?
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Double post. #fail
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
I get throttled as soon as I hit 501 but I manage to get by lol!
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
That sucks, I guess I will get throttled eventually.

You used that much data throttled? Or you never got throttled?

Lol
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
It comes and goes on LTE. On 3g Hspa it stays throttled no matter what so I just stay on LTE.
[Nexus 5 General] JD2589:
Okay,

25GB is a lot of data!!
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
It's mostly streaming music, downloading roms, streaming YouTube videos, rom backups and Netflix.
[Nexus 5 General] RainMotorsports:
I see someone using PrivateTunnel! You just using it on the device to use it or have you managed to actually get tethering to work with it active? I am using it on my laptop itself but can't get it to work while on the device instead.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
I use vpns on my phone and all you need to do is change to ipv4 in your apn settings.
[Nexus 5 General] RainMotorsports:
I bought the phone from TMO not sure if thats why it has the Metro and T-Mobile APN's already. The metro apn is already set to IPv4 not sure what else is wrong.

APN is IPv4, doesn't matter if I am using USB or Wifi Tethering and doesnt matter if i start the tether before or after the vpn. Works fine without the VPN, VPN works windows side instead for the laptops purposes. Traffic is fine locally on the VPN on the phone.
[Nexus 5 General] dmillerzx:
Pretty satisfied MetroPCS / Nexus 5 user here. Only downside was you have to pay an additional $5 per month if you want to use Google Voice to handle your voice-mail. Apparently conditional call forwarding is a premium feature -_- Still $55 a month isn't bad :)
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
The sim card brings both the metropcs and t-mobile apns. Apn protocol has to be "ipv4" and roaming "ipv4/ipv6".
[Nexus 5 General] RainMotorsports:
Alright I will give it a shot again later because they are both on ipv4 I will change the roaming option which seems weird since well roaming on prepaid :p

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Oh well dude I even added the other missing settings you have for mvno type and value its still a no go. Seen the issue on other phones the response is always the same one person suggests this and the rest never get it to work. The moment the VPN becomes active phone side the traffic stops for the tethered device but not the phone. Its just apparently not going to work for me.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
I don't tether while on a vpn. I read that as if I got vpn working on my phone sorry. I'll try later to see if it works for me while tethered.