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[Captivate General] jpcdeux:
Similar cards ending in T5 are tmobile.

My apn on my captivate powered by straight talk : att.mvno
[Captivate General] ryboto:
So let me get this straight...i can get the same 3g service that att provides through Straight Talk? With unlimited data???????? Why didn't i know of this sooner!? what's the catch?
[Captivate General] jpcdeux:
Yep. I use it now. I have full signal AT&T 3G everywhere I go. (Says "HOME" instead of AT&T though")

The catch is you have to buy the e71. If you try and take it back and keep the SIM theyll deactivate the phone which has SIM tied to it. So, you'll have a $200 Nokie e71 that you could only resell for maybe $100. It's a hefty initial investment but worth it if you think of the $ you save in the long run!!!
[Captivate General] GSMinCT:
No roaming, no phone subsidies, no support, no family plans. If you can deal with that, and if you use a lot of minutes, it could be a good deal for you. You also can't resell the phone because if someone else tries to use it, it will deactivate your SIM.

Personally, I'd really shy away from that just because of the excellent support I've received at AT&T corporate stores, and the price difference isn't as much as it first appears when you factor in the phone subsidy up front on contract AT&T.

Oh, and I highly doubt that ST is using Verizon GSM. That is an extremely small network in a few random, not very populated areas, like New Hampshire. I'm betting they are keeping the GSM and CDMA separate, with CDMA off of Verizon and GSM off of AT&T. Interestingly enough, Verizon is going to launch a similar thing for $50/mo, but with limited phone selection. If AT&T fires back with a GoPhone plan like that, it would be amazing, as it would have AT&T support, but with a cheaper pre-paid model.
[Captivate General] jpcdeux:
Ummm, $45 a month unlimited everything. Compare that price to AT&T. Two months you'd SAVE what you spent on a phone!

Let's see:

70/mo unlimited

45/mo iPhone 4gb Data Pro

20/mo unlimited messaging

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$135/mo for AT&T "Unlimited" (using iphone as example)

Straight Talk:

45/mo unlimited everything

$135

-$45

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$90/mo SAVINGS. Yeah, that's not really worth it at all.

I doubt it does too. Seeing as Verizon doesn't even have GSM. They're CDMA. There are CDMA StraightTalk phones which use Verizon. There's also GSM StraightTalk which uses AT&T and T-Mobile service.
[Captivate General] newter55:
@Joe, he clearly stated that if you use a lot of minutes and don't take advantage of family plans it may be ok for you.

Let me show another example, my four lines with low minutes because virtualy all are mobile to mobile, unlimited text (two teenage girls), and unlimited data on each line costs 220 / 4 = 55 less subsidies on new phones make it cheaper per line for me. Even before factoring in my discount which many people qualify for in one way or another. My bill per line is less than 45 after recess, etc. Not even considering the subsidies.
[Captivate General] GSMinCT:
For your average user, who would have the 450 plan, unlimited text, and 2GB data, it's a better comparison. Also, add in the cost of the E71 and whatever phone you're actually going to use (like Captivate), and it's not so clear. But for extremely heavy users who use almost all daytime non-mobile minutes, or really don't want a contract its an interesting option.

Verizon has GSM in a few areas of New Hampshire from Unicel. Postpaid AT&T roams on it. Certainly nothing nationwide, that's CDMA, EVDO, and soon, LTE. There's no way that Verizon GSM is involved in any prepaid. It's a legacy network that they pull roaming revenue in from because AT&T and T-Mobile don't own networks in a lot of the areas that Unicel covers, so they have a monopoly on GSM service. They're also sharing part of the CLR block with Verizon's CDMA network, so they have good low-band coverage, and because of the [lack of] population density in those areas, Verizon probably doesn't need more than 10mhz of the CLR block anyways, so it's found money for them. As AT&T builds out up there, however, Unicel's network will probably eventually go away, as Verizon won't want to maintain/upgrade it forever.
[Captivate General] Sea_Weed:
Straight Talk

I Just finaly got my ( AT&T ) HTC Aria

Fully Working All options Flawless

Last Month AT&T Nailed me For Overages Over Doubled my Bill

For what AT&T Nailed me for i Can ( Pre-Pay ) straight Talk For 7 Month's

Unlimited

( Voice / Text / MMS / 3g Data / ) Oh i Can also Tether Via ( USB / Blue Tooth / WIFI )

What a Deal !!

I will Do Full test for 1 Month And Then Tell AT&T So Long
[Captivate General] brd912:
My girlfriend has a cheap straight talk phone that is really screwing up. Lets say i went and bought the e71 and took the sim card out and put it up (for me later) then called straight talk giving her account info saying i bought the phone off ebay and needed a sim card for it. They done told me they would send a sim card if i could give them the esn of a e71. My question is if they would in anyway try to deactivate the orginal sim card that came with the phone?
[Captivate General] jpcdeux:
Sent via my Continuum 5 Cappy.
[Captivate General] jpcdeux:
Search for threads started by me. I posted screen shots of my working data settings.

Sent via my Continuum 5 Cappy.
[Captivate General] ryboto:
I wouldn't need unlimited minutes, as it is I'm on a 200/500 daytime/night-weekend plan with 2g data. I use google voice for texting. I could easily go beyond the 2gb cap, which is why this interests me...so, lets first do some math

-1 month @ $30/mo service + $25/mo data = $55

-subsidized Captivate cost - $200(bought it on launch day)

Straight talk unlimited

-$200 Phone + $200 spent on Captivate = $400

-$45/month unlimited plan

It would take 20 months for the cost difference in the plans to break even. So, I suppose this isn't worth it unless I could buy a SIM outright. Also, I'm not even taking into account I'd have to pay an early termination fee. Guess I really need to find an iphone and get unlimited data.
[Captivate General] brd912:
So ive been racking my brain on how to get straight talk to send me a sim card for the e71,and no matter what they kept telling me i had to have the serial of an e71. Im not down with paying 200 bucks for the phone just to get the sim card lol. So what i did was went to ebay and searched for nokia e71. Clicked on them all until i found one with the MEID number in the description. Called straight talk and gave it to them. They told me i would have to buy a service card to activate the sim card. I hung up,and called back. This time i told them that there was no sim card in the phone and i wasnt gonna buy a service card unless i had a sim card in my hand. The lady got her supervisor and asked him. He told her to send me an unactivated sim card and once i receive all i gotta do is go grab a service card,and activate it:D:D:D
[Captivate General] Mr. Clown:
@ brd912: This is fraud, please stop this conversation.

Thanks,
[Captivate General] topdentalguy:
Dell streak 5 using nokia e 71 straighttalk sim card

Can anyone give me the steps to set up my Dell streak to work with my straighttalk service via nokia e71 sim card?

Thanks

Byron
[Captivate General] topdentalguy:
yeah but that will probably screw up the person that has the phone info that you used cause that will deactivate their card..which could end up boncing back on you..
[Captivate General] jpcdeux:
Change apn settings. See my thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1045686
[Captivate General] brd912:
They didnt even use the serial number at all. There sending a unactivated,untied sim card. But yeah no problem
[Captivate General] MaxRabbit:
The settings from Joe worked perfectly for the SIM from my girlfriends 6790. However, this has me a bit scared:

From their ToS
[Captivate General] jpcdeux:
Read that too. Hasn't stopped me or countless others. All good things must end. Ill worry when it happens.
[Captivate General] dslayer83:
new here and stuck

I just bought a broke nokia 6790 from ebay which included simcard(for testing purposes). So when i put in the simcard in my unlocked HTC Kaiser with Android Rom it worked like a dream, in moments i was listening to Pandora and surfing/phone calls/txt. Now i went to change my service so they deactivated the phone and sent me a new card. well now this new card shows "no service" so now im totaly stuck how to get this thing working on the network.

PS. i know this is not in the right forum since its a HTC Kaiser but its only post with straightalk close to my problem.
[Captivate General] hd779:
I know very little about straight talk, but I am under the impression that in order for phone sim to work it must first be registered with the network in a straight talk phone. After that I believe you can move it over to your unlocked phone. At least that is what I understand.
[Captivate General] dslayer83:
resolved

Well i went ahead and shot for the moon. i put the card in my phone and let it sit for a while while i called them on my cheap phone i regrettly bought. Spent and hour on the phone trying to understand the CCR. Gave them the info they wanted they told me it could take up to 2 days, so i said ok, soon as i said that in mid sentence it dced my crappy cheap phone. moments later my new simcard made my kaiser reboot and got signal again from att and works like a charm.
[Captivate General] basbury326:
straight talk on captivate

i just finished my captivate on straight talk unlimited plan,it was super easy,i called at&t and got the unlock code but i didnt even need it,just put the SIM in and started working...but i didnt have internet or multimedia messages,but i found a video on youtube that shows how to change the APN on it and now im running 3G with internet no problems. it wont let me post links but search youtube for iphone on straight talk and its a video by newyorkerkid95. the first half of the video is about using straight talk on the iphone but he shows at the end how to change the APN and get your data and 3G working.
[Captivate General] dchawk81:
I wouldn't say there's no roaming. I was connected to an Indigo Wireless a few days ago.

The unlimited data is a load of crap though (sorta). I got cut off last month for "excessive use." I've since been reinstated but they gave me a line about how it's unlimited but I need to review their TOS. They also tried to tell me I need to do everything I can to not use data - like sign out of the Facebook app.

I'm not sure how long this will be a legit low-cost option...
[Captivate General] shadow65781:
Fyi the phone doesn't need to be unlocked, because the sim is unlocked.

A coworker took a stock captivate running eclair and put an e71 sim in it after tweaking the apn has been using it for almost a year.
[Captivate General] dchawk81:
They have also been selling SIMs for about 2 months now, and you can choose what kind of phone you have so you get the correct SIM. Mine is an AT&T but you can get T-Mobile SIMs as well.
[Captivate General] doodaa1:
Bought one yesterday for my Captivate, $56 all told and $45 is the optional monthly activation card. If it works as advertised this means you no longer have to shell out for the Nokia E71/6790 (which they no longer sell) to do what this thread and the one at Hofo say you have to

do to get a SIM. Support available at http://www.straighttalksim.com/

We'll see how it works, hopefully I won't live just outside the 4G coverage area like I did with the T-Mobile based plan....
[Captivate General] Toad858:
^^^Please confirm this asap as id like to do the same thing!
[Captivate General] ctechbob:
I'm doing the exact same thing. My SIM is sitting at home waiting for me to get there. We shall see how it goes. Hopefully AT&T lets go of my number.
[Captivate General] dchawk81:
Yes it works. They wouldn't be selling them directly if it didn't. You can buy the SIM for $15 by itself at first then add balance later.
[Captivate General] dchawk81:
There's been a law for several years now that prohibits carriers from holding numbers hostage.
[Captivate General] Toad858:
Well howd it go. Is 3g working now with that sim u bought online?
[Captivate General] ctechbob:
Ok, update time.

Straight Talk SIM came yesterday. I spent about 10 min setting up the phone, it took about an hour to port my old AT&T number over and its working like a champ.

They provide you with all the APN settings you will need. There is one thing I noticed though, and this happened on ATT as well. That is, if you put a proxy address in your APN settings, speedtest chokes on the data transfer sections of the test. If you take it out, it works fine. Either way, with or without you can browse the web just fine. Not sure what the conflict is there but there you have it.

Speeds are the same as they were yesterday here at work with AT&T(Same network, no surprise there) and everything works. Voice/MMS/Web.

I had unlocked my Captivate while I was back on GB, but I had ordered the AT&T sim and not the 'Unlocked Phone' one. I'm not sure if there is a difference or not. I have read that some people say that the phone doesn't need to be unlocked to use one of the sims, but I can't verify that.

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My issue with this was that my number was on our corporate account. It ported just fine though, although you do need the corporate account number, which I had since I was in charge of the phones here.

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I get so so speeds here at work, generally 1.5mb down and 800k or so up, I tested with the AT&T sim yesterday and got about that, got the same speed today with the ST sim.

Edit: I'm having a good signal day here apparently:
[Captivate General] dchawk81:
If the phone is unlocked you can use either the T-Mobile or AT&T SIM. They send the SIM you choose at checkout. If you have a locked AT&T phone and you choose a T-Mobile at checkout, you're an idiot and it won't work. If you have an unlocked AT&T phone and choose a T-Mobile SIM at checkout, you're an idiot and it'll work but only on EDGE.
[Captivate General] Toad858:
Thank you ctechbob. That confirmation was all i needed. As soon as my contract with at&t is up ill have my straight talk sim ready to go!
[Captivate General] doodaa1:
Short version - can't tell a difference so far.

Painless activation, service appears to be same as with ATT SIM, even says ATT in the service area. Data speed still shows as HSPDA, butt meter says it's just as fast as before, speedtest app says 1593/280 kbps. Email delivered uninterrupted. Took less than 10 minutes and a reboot to go active on a new number. I'm too askeered to do the number port yet, keeping the ATT SIM active in an old phone for a while.

Config ATT Captivate running Cyanogenmod 7.1 stable.
[Captivate General] dchawk81:
Porting is easy and effortless as well. Talk & text took about an hour, data about a day.
[Captivate General] br0adband:
Been considering this service plan since I first heard about it but, the restrictions in place in the Terms of Service say you can't do any streaming of any kind to the device, so that basically nullifies me using Pandora, iHeartRadio, Scanner Radio Pro (I listen to a lot of "police scanner" stuff around the world frequently), or any other type of actual stream of data - web surfing, emails, etc, all that is fine, but streaming is a no-no according to the ToS (both for Straight Talk and NET10 since they're owned by the same provider anyway, hence them being the same in the ToS).

I've been with NET10 for 6+ years now, figured I'd finally get on their BYOD offerings just like Straight Talk but, it looks like neither of them is going to be of any use to me at all. I don't care about the talk since I get plenty of minutes for $15/month with NET10, I don't care about the texts since I get plenty of those with NET10 on the same plan, I'm just pissed because they advertise that "Unlimited Data/Text/Talk" flat out right there in your face in the visual ads and yet the fine print will stab you in the back every single time - including the never actually mentioned or admitted-to 2GB cap on the data; cross that barrier and you're dead in the water, no throttling involved, just cut off completely.

Oh, it's a crappy world we live in when companies can say "Unlimited <etc>" in their advertising and then flip a coin and say "Ooops, you're out of luck, sorry" and pull the plug on you.

Seriously... when did "unlimited" suddenly get redefined as "limited based on what we decide" ?
[Captivate General] doodaa1:
Ever heard the story of the 800 lb gorilla?
[Captivate General] bravomail:
chiming in

I had horrible issue with my StraightTalk sim card.

Had to transfer my number, which worked.

Texting and data both didn't work. And the customer support was not helpful.

Then I went to ST facebook page and their Florida office phone. Facebook was useless.

All of them kept saying that simcard/phone is fully provisioned and all 3 components of calls/data/sms should work. They also said that "service is not guaranteed".

Florida Tracfone office called in some techsupport and they submitted Level 2 (L2) ticket. Their backoffice DB had only call record, but not data or text. WTF. They finally fixed it in next 5 days.

The whole nightmare took two weeks.

I have data working, MMS working, SMS working.

Beware of not going over 2GB limit. ST can cancel your contract and you will lose your phone number.

But for unlimited calls and text and some data - 45 is a good price. Beware!
[Captivate General] dchawk81:
Yeah they cut my data off once but I called in and got it reinstated after answering a few questions about my usage.
[Captivate General] MrBooMY:
I've been running an E71 sim for over 2 years. They only rescently started warning me about usage which baffles me because I went WELL over 2GB my first month or two and they didn't bother me. Now as soon as I get CLOSE to 2GB they call me. For what I'm paying I'll live with it. I've got most of my family to switch over. Everyone is loving paying $48.15 a month (tax included 7%) instead of $80+ for the cheapest family member.
[Captivate General] visionlogic:
It is standard operating procedure. Your government lies to you, corporations lie to you, advertising lies to you, society lies to you (and to itself), individuals lie to you, the law lies to you. Your entire life is a quagmire of lies and deceit. To actually be told the truth is the most shocking thing of all.
[Captivate General] jmtheiss:
Honestly, that's a depressing paragraph.
[Captivate General] bravomail:
Just caught u lying! :D
[Captivate General] jjadus:
Hi I know that this is an old post but I have a Captivate and just signed up to ST a week ago. I got the data working but so far I am only getting Edge service not 3g but I think I was sent a Tmobile sim from ST not an AT&T sim. Could you or anyone post the APN settings that worked with your Captivate and ST and 3G. Thanks
[Captivate General] s44:
ST doesn't offer AT&T SIMs any more -- everything is T-Mo. So you can't get 3G on their service unless you're in an area that T-Mobile has refarmed the 1900 band in already.

Either switch to a T-Mo phone or buy an AT&T ST SIM on eBay (they're pricey).
[Captivate General] jjadus:
So I was thinking about upgrading to a Galaxy S2 or S3. Is there a way I can be sure an unlocked S2 or S3 may work and give me G3 or G4 service with ST? I know I have to cut the sim to accommodate these two phones. Thanks
[Captivate General] s44:
The T-Mo S2 will give you 3G on T-Mo based ST. With the S3, either the T-Mo or the AT&T model will work -- you can just flash the AT&T one to become a T-Mo one.

International S2 (i9100) or S3 (i9300) will *not* work.
[Captivate General] rmntruexjr:
Since when exactly? I just switched to straight talk this month and purchased two standard size at&t compatible sim cards and activated them with no issue. I also got a third standard t-mo compatible sim from ebay, because in a few months I will be working in an area that only has t-mo for service. I did a google search for the right t-mo APN to get 3g working for the cappy on t-mo and others said it worked for them, but again, I haven't tried it myself yet.

Edit: Just to clarify, I purchased the at&t sims from the wallmart website.

Edit2: Nevermind, guess it was recent as I ordered my sims a few months back but I see they aren't listed now.....Funny that they still activated them for me and never mentioned anything about it.
[Captivate General] jjadus:
Hi would you mind providing a link to the AT&T sim at Walmart or did you call? Thanks
[Captivate General] rmntruexjr:
Sorry, s44 was correct. I got mine a few months back so they stopped recently. I edited my post after I realized, and I apologize for posting before I double checked.

You can still get them on ebay for around $50:eek:
[Captivate General] neo_sg:
You can get it online from there web site.
[Captivate General] jjadus:
Hi thanks for the reply. I have had this Captivate for over two years and have never flashed it. Can this phone be flashed to become a T-Mobile phone? And if it can could you direct me to a Howto or tutorial on how this would be accomplished? Or flash an S3 or where I could purchase an S3 unlocked that is already a T-Mobile? Sorry for all the questions. Thanks Joe
[Captivate General] s44:
No you can't. Try ordering one.

No, you can't change the radio on the Cap. It is what it is.

At this point, for an S3 I'd get an AT&T one off Swappa. Not only is it cheaper secondhand than the T-Mo, with the mod it actually has LTE on T-Mo's network that you need to buy the special LTE version on T-Mo to get otherwise.

flashing the AT&T S3 to work on T-Mo
[Captivate General] neo_sg:
Looks like straight talk stop providing att&t. Compatible simcard.
[Captivate General] sysbus6:
I just bought a ST sim for my cappy for my girlfriend. Works great! had to change the apn on the phone to get data. She was not sure she wanted a smartphone, and it seemed like a good test for her without signing up for a contract. I have a rooted cappy with a collective rom.

I got this online from ST last week.....
[Captivate General] htrowpiks:
Ive been using ST sim on the cappy for about a year now, and while i live pretty far outside chicago, when I do get back there i do get great data connections with this phone.
[Captivate General] magnamagna:
Can someone tell me why everything thinks that ST stopped selling ATT sims?

http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/bpd...&locale=en&market=GSM4&productFamily=simcards
[Captivate General] doodaa1:
Because they did stop selling them for a while. They've brought them back now. My guess would be that there was some sort of lovers spat over the MVNO agreement. My service was never interrupted throughout that time frame though.
[Captivate General] BigBoyPhone:
Just rooted ,unlocked and activated my buddies cappy with an att compatible st sim card today. Only prob i have is his complaint about lack of volume on the rom i flashed. Any ideas on rom with awesome volume hack and decent battery life. straighttalkbyopsim.com is where u look.
[Captivate General] neo_sg:
St back with ATT SIM.
[Captivate General] fireflyjune2014:
Years of ST use

Straight Talk uses both AT&T and Verizon. Also works on T-Mobile in some areas, but it depends on where you are. Blue USA Map is AT&T and Red USA map is Verizon. I have MANY of both from ST. I have even ended up with an ST Red USA map that(rare, hard to find, and almost unheard of) had a sim chip in it. Ive had several pre pay plans and ive also had a few contract plans also. NONE, have saved me as much $$$$$$ as ST has, and ive also had a few SMARTPHONES on ST.

From an Seven + Years ST User, now on VZ, going BACK to ST.

Note: ST also has a BYOP Option for people who want to switch but keep their phone.
[XPERIA X8 General] TarekSaber:
I bought the X8 a 3 days ago, get it updated to 2.1 and installed some apps , it works great but sometimes the phone hangs and the screen become unresponsive for about a minute,this thing annoying me so much

what can i do to overcome this problem ?
[XPERIA X8 General] romcio47:
Have you installed SetCPU or something like that?