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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] scootier:
I wish I could do this and leave Verizon but it's CDMA or nothing where I live.

Thanks for the helpful guide. Will send the useful info to my brother who can utilize this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] McTerry:
You'll be fine. None of the S4's have an unlocked bootloader. That's why we use Safe Strap.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jivetrky:
Well, I actually had the earlier build which didn't require safestrap...but either way, it still worked! I used the AT&T SIM and set the APN settings and it worked immediately after reboot! SMS, MMS, H+ data (I thought I read somewhere that it's maybe possible to get LTE? Maybe with an updated modem or something? Is that a possibility?)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SonyPony:
What SIM card did you bought?

I thought I couldn't do it because the website told me that the phone is incompatible, I check at walmart and the guy told me the same thing, so I called ST and the same -.- In my area ST uses verizon towers so I don't see the issue..... After looking at your post I really want to try it on my phone. Which SIM card or activation kit did you bought? Did you got it online or at walmart? I don't know which to get because the phone said incompatible and didn't give any option except for buying a phone -.-

Also, did you do something to your phone (unlocking, rooting) prior switching to ST?

I really appreciate your help!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alphastorm1:
I know it might be a lot to read but go this thread and read all of my posts. It's been explained before. (I've only made about 3-4 posts in this thread so it's not much reading at all).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] todd3835:
If straight talk uses Verizon in your area, you are out of luck. The BYOP plan for SIM Cards uses either AT&T or T-Mobile. My guess is those companies have little or no coverage where you live. Best bet is to check those companies coverage maps. Verizon isn't totally GSM so they offer CDMA service to straight talk. The phones that you get from straight talk that run on Verizon are on CDMA. Only option is to try to get straight talk to add your phones serial # to their database, but usually they won't.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] McTerry:
todd3835 is absolutely correct. If the only ST towers in your area are VZW, then this won't work for you. You need the AT&T or TM SIM card from Straight Talk to connect to those towers and use the GSM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] McTerry:
Update 30th April 2014 at 06:36 PM:

Got a new job that takes me all over the state of California and can absolutely confirm that I have 4G LTE from ST on this phone, with the above APN, when I am in an area that supports it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alphastorm1:
I have 4GLTE as well. Check out my speed test:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] McTerry:
You shouldn't need to update the modem. I grabbed 4G LTE on mine once I made it to a location that had ST LTE service.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jivetrky:
Well, I upgraded my modem either way. But in any case, I DID get 4G. I get H+ in most places but in my local (SMALL) town as well as up a major interstate, I get 4G. So it definitely works!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FordNate:
If we do not have a vzw plan anymore how does this work? can i still go to ST?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alphastorm1:
Yes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swordmastr54:
Does anybody know if you can use Verizon towers on straight talk?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] scootier:
All that I've read in this thread says no.

I too want to move away to save $$ but need cdma towers where I live.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lb32:
Ok so does anyone know if you actually have to root the verizon i545 galaxy s4 or not.?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cmlucht:
no root needed at all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jivetrky:
I've been having a problem for a couple days. I was messing around and hit the "Network operators" menu under Mobile networks. Well, since then my s4 will not stay on Global. It's in the menu (along with a ton of other options) but it won't "stick". It's like the phone is half in CDMA mode or something.

I'm using the AT&T SIM. And to be clear, I can still make phone calls, send and receive texts, and data seems to be working fine. But I cannot receive calls. Is there some setting that can be changed? I thought of calling Straight talk to see if maybe it's the SIM. But since they don't "support" the S4, I am afraid they won't help.

EDIT: I was browsing the Play store from my PC browser and went to install something to my phone. Normally it says "At&T i545...blah blah" but now it says "no carrier i545 blah blah"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bfmv1390:
help

I need help. I bought an s4 off craigslist and a st sim card thats att compatible. I followed your instructions and my phone works. My phone isn't rooted like you said. But I keep having problems with it. It will work great and then the data won't work and I can't make calls or send texts. Ill reset it and it will work gain. But then it will stop working again within a half hour of turning it off and back on. Do you know how to fix this?

Oh and I'm not good this kind of stuff... so if you can simplify the instructions as much as possible... that'd be great lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AmberDawnLCA:
question about question mark in corner

First I wanted to say I am so thankful to have found this thread and thank you so much OP for the wonderful help and advice you have shared with us. Very well written. :) I have had straight talk for some time now, purchased a used Verizon Galazy S4, the BYOP Straight Talk kit, and inserted the ATT sim card, followed OP's instructions, but I have a question mark in the left corner and it states this sim card is from an unknown source. Any way I can fix this? I am in Grand Rapids Michigan and I get the H+ signal, have sent and received texts (through another straight talk carrier) and can make and receive phone calls. Apps seem to be downloading and I am hoping all goes well.

Also, does anyone root remotely? Thank you for everything!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alphastorm1:
You're in the wrong thread. This is for Verizon s4 to Straight talk. Not At&t To Straight talk.

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Sounds like a faulty s4. Probably a hardware issue.

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Hit info, clear data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jivetrky:
No, I have a Verizon s4. I meant that I used the At&T SIM for ST.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] burghfan3:
There are remote flashing services on eBay that can put your S4 onto Straight Talk, using Verizon towers. Anywhere from 40 to 60 bucks. I've had it done with a Sprint S3, and worked fine. Also, look for a 3rd party wireless company in a mall. Where I live, there is a store that will hide the 4G capabilities, so that it can be used on Verizon prepaid or Straight Talk. This is a 50 dollar one time fee, but it's not remote. It's done right in front of you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] scootier:
LTE is very handy not sure it's worth giving that up. Thanks for the info tho
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] burghfan3:
I only posted that because he needs cdma, and wants to cut his bill
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] swordmastr54:
I looked at my local Walmart and they have the CDMA sim kit I was going to try that and see if I could get it to work with Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] burghfan3:
The SIM kit will only allow it to work with AT&T or T-Mobile. To put it on ST using Verizon towers, you have to get someone to hack it, either to "hide" the 4G capabilities, or change ESN. I bought a 15 dollar SIM on eBay, registered the SIM on ST website, waited for current phone to quit working. 30 minutes later, I was using my Verizon S4 on AT&T through ST
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lexbian:
Thanks for this info! Was just discussing the merits of ST with a friend the other day. These APN settings are going in my backup files for future reference.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] burghfan3:
When I had my Sprint S3 flashed to ST using Verizon towers, I usually got 0.3 mbs in this particular spot. Using a Verizon S4 on ST with an AT&T SIM, I get this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cbalde04:
Worked great. Had a Verizon s4. Put in the activated Straight Talk SIM, and added the APN. Works like a dream. Verizon changed my plan without approval, and it's nice to stick it back to them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JCBiznatch:
Worked like a charm for me. Only one thing I only get the H+ sign. Is that normal? If not how can I fix it? ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JCBiznatch:
How? Mine won't work.

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No. Says the same for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] untruestory:
I did ST and PPC in the past. Verizon is now offering LTE on prepaid. 45 unlimited with 1gb if you do auto pay. $20 buys 3gb that doesn't expire for 90days.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JCBiznatch:
Officially tested 4G LTE, only thing I noticed is you have much less coverage of 4G since only using one band of AT&T's coverage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alphastorm1:
ST is still better. I get mine for $43 after tax. That verizon deal is $45 before tax. Plus we get 2.5GB and Verizon charges an exorbitant amount of taxes, not just sales tax. Verizon can goto hell. What a rip off.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] untruestory:
If you get good coverage with GSM or don't go over the 2.5 then ST is a better deal. Neither is the case for me. Also, I paid the same for ST as I do for vzw now. It's just another option.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alphastorm1:
How are you paying the same? Verizon costs a lot more. ST is a fixed price everywhere. Verizon tells you it's $45 but after taxes it's more like $55-$60 depending on which state you live in.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] untruestory:
Verizon prepaid not contact service. Contract service has hidden fees. Prepaid doesn't. When I had contract service is was over $100 w/ 4gb. It's $65 w/ 4gb on prepaid or, if 1gb it's $45. LTE and free roaming w/ data and the data doesn't expire every month.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alphastorm1:
Data doesn't expire meaning it will roll over to the next month?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] untruestory:
Yup. Pretty cool huh? Makes you wonder why anyone would ever sign a contract. To boot you still get customer service at vzw stores. I screwed my data settings and fried my sim flashing roms I shouldn't have and brought it down to the store. They threw in a new sim and reprogrammed my phone free of charge. It took an hour of waiting but hey, bad service is better than none at all :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] alphastorm1:
Well about time they match at&t but unfortunately it's only 1 GB data. ST probably has the worst customer service I've ever encountered but I realize I can get things to work without them. So customer service isn't something I worry about.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] McTerry:
Updated APN

Updated APN on Original Post.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sconnell80:
Ok so I got my wife's Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 up and running on Straight Talk. I have everything working with the same APN settings but all I can get for service is H+. Also I can only get at the most 0.99 Mbps download and 0.30 upload. AT&T has 4G LTE service where I live. How do I get LTE instead of H+? Thanks for any help in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JCBiznatch:
It will only pick up 4glte after your in the area and if the band is running. I know I only pick it up in certain areas.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sconnell80:
Anybody know how to find out what LTE bands are in your area or surrounding area?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JCBiznatch:
Advanced signal status off the play store!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Darkmatter2420:
I switched to ST with my Verizon s4 everything works great. 4g lte and h+. I use a lil different APN settings tho : Everything is the same except I leave Proxy EMPTY and APN Type i add hipri . The no proxy is so speed tests will work and the hipri is High Priority. The hipri might be why mine stays on 4g lte most of the time and some of you dont. I dont know for sure. The H+ im getting is Dual Cell HSDPA (DC-HSDPA), known also as Dual Carrier 42.2 Mbit/s so even if I didnt have 4g lte here i wouldnt care.

PS:

I also enabled all LTE bands in service menu (*#27663368378#)

LTE Band 4 is whats picking up 4g.

LTE: Straight Talk

BAND 2= 1900MHZ

BAND 4= 1700MHZ

BAND 12= 700MHZ

BAND 17=also 700MHZ Freq

AWS 1700 and PCS 1900 band

I thought i seen Band 14 active for a second but I can not confirm.

These are the MAIN BANDS you will get:

GSM 850/1900,

UMTS 850/1900,

LTE bands 17/4

ALL:

LTE (4G)

750 Upper 700 (Verizon) / band 13

1700 AWS / band 4 (IV)

WCDMA (3G / 4G)

850 Cellular / band 5 (V)

1900 PCS / band 2 (II)

2100 IMT / band 1 (I)

CDMA (2G / 3G)

850 Cellular / BC0

1900 PCS / BC1

GSM (2G)

850

900

1800 DCS

1900 PCS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djdmbrwsk:
Thoughts on if this would work on cricket wireless?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djdmbrwsk:
Just FYI...I decided to go for it. My Verizon Galaxy S4 works just fine on Cricket Wireless...didn't have to do anything special.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bswides412:
Could you explain what you mean by enable all LTE bands? Are some off my default? I had tried Cricket last month and was able to get service and data, however my phone never kicked into 4g where I knew there was service. Fastest connection I got was H+. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Darkmatter2420:
In the service menu find the lte bands and select ALL. Go to phone dialer and type (*#27663368378#) i forget where it is so just look around theres all kinds of stuff you can do.

P.S.

Cricket might not let you use lte i know Red Pocket wouldnt let me use it only h+. That is why i switched to Straight Talk.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CC850:
I just contacted Straight Talk customer service via chat yesterday and asked if Verizon sims were available for 4g Verizon phones. They asked for the MEID and said that my Verizon S4 qualified for the BYOD program. Their customer service said I could put the Verizon S4 on their network. I double verified that I was not going to be sent an AT&T or T-Mobile sim and was told it was a sim for Verizon 4g LTE phones. So, I guess we'll see in the next 7 to 10 days if it is an actual Verizon sim.

I know they sell Verizon LTE branded Straight Talk phones, so it seems possible. It's kinda of vague when you go on their site to purchase a BYOD sim if your getting a Verizon sim, but they require you enter the MEID and when I tried it I was prompted that my phone qualified. So, that's when I got on the chat to see if this was acurate.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jivetrky:
Please update when you get it so we all know for sure :) Would sure rather use Verizon's network rather than ATT
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chadwicked666:
Yes, please do because my Verizon S4 is on ST but I bought the Sim kit at Walmart and had to pick between AT&T and T-Mobile.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Randomlord:
After chatting with tech support

I asked if my phone was compatible, in which he said yes but this is the answer I got about buying the BYOP pack and trying to figure out which carrier my phone would be on after activation.

"Unfortunately, we are unable to determine which carrier network your phone will work on. Upon completing the activation of your phone, the system determines which carrier will be used to service your phone. We have no control over this nor do we have any access to any carrier information."

I'll be going to Walmart to pick up the BYOP package today and will report back as I don't get great signal with Verizon at my house.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CC850:
SIM came in FedEx today, and it's a Tracfone CDMA SIM. I haven't activated it, curently shows 3g in the notification bar.

I was looking around on-line yesterday and found a few pages mentioning Verizon Pre-paid $45 dollar plan giving you extra data. The plan comes with 500MB, but if you are a new customer and purchase the SIM from Wal-Mart you get an additional 500MB....and if you sign up for auto pay you get an additional 500MB. So 1.5GB per month going that route. The thing that's very tempting is from what I've read Verizon Pre-paid is not throtteled at 2-5 Mbps like Staight Talk or Pageplus.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Randomlord:
Ok, it took a few Walmart store hopping to find a BYOP packet but all is well and good. My packet had both CDMA and GSM SIM cards in it. I do get the "4G" to light up (used the CDMA SIM) and it is throttled at 5Mbps on the download but other than that, it works and was painless.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CC850:
The CDMA SIM I got from StraightTalk showed 4G once it was activated and was throttled at 5Mbps down as well. The Verizon Prepaid SIM I got was unthrottled and got a smoking 42.84Mbps down and 20.75Mbps up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jivetrky:
You mean a StraightTalk using Verizon SIM or actual Verizon Prepaid service?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CC850:
StraightTak (Tracfone) CDMA SIM on Verizon network: 5Mbps down, 2Mbps up.

Verizon Prepaid SIM on Verizon network: 42Mbps down, 20Mbps up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dscblu:
I switched from Verizon to straight talk with straight talks byop (bring your own phone) program. When going from WiFi to cellular data I sometimes have to toggle airplane mode but other than that I have no issues with it and all I did was use the CDMA Sim that came in the byop package, no APN changes at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Solisdf:
I just switched from a AT&T SIM on ST to their CDMA LTE on my Galaxy S4 since the coverage is supposedly better where I am for Verizon than AT&T.... But now my data doesn't work at all. It gets a 4G signal and I can make calls and send MMS messages but the phone says the mobile data network is disconnected. I've tried toggling airplane mode, toggling the mobile data setting, restarting it, dialing *22890, re-flashing to an un-rooted ROM... Straight Talk's online support were useless. Any advice? I'm on hold for them now but I suspect their telephone support will also be useless.

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Just figured this out, had to change my APN name from tfdata to vzwinternet. Weird considering how everything says you don't need to change your APN settings at all. Oh well!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] heatherlyn:
So everything works (Thank You) but

So everything works (Thank You) but when i dial the number for service menu i get "connection problem or invalid MMI code" I also cannot get rid of the "this card is from unknown source" in notifications. And on my status menu my mobile network type is hspa is that ok normal or ?? and one more thing i cannot update software TY :laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RashaMatt:
For real? That's not a typo?

Are you saying that everywhere they asked you for the phone's IMEI, you entered the SIM card# instead?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] McTerry:
That is correct.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RashaMatt:
The obvious question is... Why?

I must be missing something here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] McTerry:
Updated OP with new APN's.

Still going strong!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] McTerry:
The SIM takes the place of the actual phone MEID/IMEI for this process. I have no clue why exactly, it just does.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dolarica:
Hello!!!

I have one question, it is possible to go back to 4.2 or 4.3 after install 4.4.2?

If yes, how can I do this?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
No.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mar10o:
It is possible, but it will change your KNOX status to 0x1 and this could void your warranty.
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TommyTab:
Any way around Sky Go not working on rooted devices ?:confused:
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nonta72:
./././.....

Damn,,,, :silly:

Sent from Gallifrey using TARDIS
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariel123:
is there any way of unrooting the galaxy note 3 and resetting knox completely to stock?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graydiggy:
Questions belong in the QA section.

Yes you can unroot.

No you cannot reset Knox back to 0x0

Are you sure you tripped knox?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariel123:
not sure but i took the phone to samsung mobile at bestbuy and when they plugged it in to there system it shows i had been rooted even after unrooting. do i really have to hard reset after the unrooting process i never flashed to any roms
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graydiggy:
Your flash counter must have been tripped.

You will need to reroot and use triangle away to reset it. Then unroot and restore back to stock if possible. There is a guide in the general section.

The 2 rooting methods I know of do not trip knox.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chemicalx50:
i updated to the 4.3 ml2 and now i have no imei or base-band. my friend has a z3x and octopus unlocking that can repair efs, vm and imei but the 4.3 has to be rooted which you all know is not possible im located in Jamaica on the network Digicel im seeking a efs to flash to my phone in order to regain my base-band because i really need to use to phone. thanks for any assistance or advice
[Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphabeast:
same thing bro

since i stupidly update to 4.3 with the ota file my pone got the same bull**** and there is no way to get it back until some1 root this mother ****er software. so just keep waiting bro
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
hii all

I need a free recording app that record my collage courses so please could answer my following question ?

1. whats the best recording format ?

2. advice me with best free app ?

thanks !
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinedoc:
I just use my Note 3 as a "tablet", so it just sits in my pocket all day unless I want to browse the internet, play a game or watch a video. It has no sim card in it, I just tether it to my main phone. Anyway, sitting in my pocket unused, not connected to tether, and with no activity by the end of the work day it's down to 60-70%. That doesn't seem right.

I'm on NB4, it's unrooted and pretty much stock. I've checked battery and it says for the last 11 hours, 59 minutes:

Google services 25%

cell standby 16%

exchange services 15% (hmm, I just installed outlook, I'm assuming that's the push service)

Android OS: 14%

Device Idle: 12%

Screen: 11%

Chrome: 3%

Android system: 3%

Wifi: 2%

Anyone have any idea where I should start? Ideally I want to root and uninstall or freeze some of the samsung bloat, but I'm holding out until kitkat before I root.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrAzzy:
Can cut back some of it - make sure power saving is enabled (it was by default for me), and under location services settings (long-press on GPS icon after pulling down status bar), uncheck use wireless networks.

On recent versions of Android, that causes the phone to periodically wake to check local wifi networks, with a marked adverse impact on battery life, shows as Google Play Services.

Hopefully the exchange service won't use that much power now that you've got it all set up..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graydiggy:
OP, do you happen to use clean master on your device?

I ask because I recently discovered that it was killing my battery.