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Sluggish data on the Sensation!!! WTF!

I must say this is more gripe venting then anything. The I got 2 sensations 1 for my wife and 1 for myself, and this has to be the most amazing hardware/software combo ive ever held in my hands...
But WTF is up with the sluggish DATA people are experiencing?
I was expecting these "bat outta hell" data speeds with all this hype about all these new 4G markets T-Mobile is pushing and the HTC Sensation 4G is suppose the benefit from the "beefed" up network. . . . B S!!!
I find myself waiting forever for web pages to upload, facebook refreshment takes ages to complete and as for some who waited months for this device to be release, I must say im not happy at all with this issue.
Now I'm not saying the phone is a bust, its something im willing to deal with until root/s-off is achieved..
I did not buy this phone for what it is as much as I did for what it will be!!
so lets hope root comes sooner then expected!!
BTW: I did try that "DATA LATENCY FIX" in the development section = NO SUCCESS

Are you using a new sim card?
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I assume you are on T-Mobile USA.
While T-Mobile USA DOES technically have the largest and fastest "4G" blanket in the US market...it's still few and far between. My HD2 and G2 both say [H] most of the time, and my downlink speed is usually between 3 and 5 MBps tops...which I might say is pretty damn fast.
We are not going to be getting these crazy ass speeds until T-Mo gets more coverage out in the wild.

299792458 said:
Are you using a new sim card?
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I was gonna ask the same thing. I also have a new sensation but using the old sim card from my hd2. I wanted to know if using a newer sim card would be beneficial?
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If you are using an ooollldddd T-Mobile SIM than yeah it might, but most of the time a newer SIM doesn't really change things.

I will say that thus far I have noticed that the data speeds on my Sensation aren't quite where they were on my G2X. Now don't get me wrong, my data speeds on my Sensation are not slow by any means but in comparison with the G2X it isn't as fast. My G2X at home pulls 7-8megs on the low end and about 11-12 on the high end, whereas the highest I've seen on my Sensation in the same place at the same time is around 9-10 megs on the high end and 3-4 megs on the low. Most often my Sensation pulls around 5 megs download, which to be honest I'm not happy with. My Nexus S pulled that, while my G2X pulls between 7-8 on average.

as noted by other posters, you aren't using an old SIM card are you?
I'm getting around 8-9 megs DL speed consistently.

New sim made a big difference for me. I kept the one that came with my second g2x when I returned it and put it in my nexus one. I was previously using the one that came with my g1 and always had stuck data issues. I lived with it all that time and finally after putting the new sim in my nexus one the radio rocked. Hardly ever had stuck data after that.
Needless to say I am now using the sensation, using the sim that came with it and radio works well. It holds 4g while traveling in areas where the nexus one would always drop from 3g to edge. I'm pretty happy so far.
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I would recommend trying a new SIM, but I have a feeling it's just bad coverage.

I did speedtest with a full on deathgrip, here are the results:
Test Date: Jun 19, 2011 3:20:50 pm
Connection Type: Hsdpa
Server: Burnaby, BC
Download: 7293 kbps
Upload: 2968 kbps
Ping: 81 ms
External IP: 208.54.32.209
Internal IP: 25.132.153.134
Latitude: 48.99451
Longitude: -122.75926
A detailed image for this result can be found here:
http://www.speedtest.net/android/61609180.png

I'd also try changing the APN settings. Whatever TMO put in their by default was all screwed up. I changed them and increased speed 2X. Now getting the same speeds as I do on the g2x and NS

I'm having a similar, but worse, issue: after the first two days of having a sensation (with sporadic data issues), it just stopped pushing/pulling data when on the mobile network... it says "4G", but nothing gets transferred. Forcing 2G doesn't help at all...
I exchanged the unit, and the same thing with my new one. While at the store, I asked them check, and they said I have one of the new SIM's. Customer support said that an update is coming "soon" (TM)...
I've tried the data latency fix from the dev section, tried copying APN settings from my N1 (which still gets excellent 3G speeds - 4-5 mbps average), also tried setting random combinations of APN settings... Nothing helps...
I hope that "soon" means like ~1 week, but in the meantime, does anyone have any other ideas to try?

jlevy73 said:
I'd also try changing the APN settings. Whatever TMO put in their by default was all screwed up. I changed them and increased speed 2X. Now getting the same speeds as I do on the g2x and NS
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OK, gonna ask a silly noob question here....how do you change APN settings?

bluemoon737 said:
OK, gonna ask a silly noob question here....how do you change APN settings?
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Settings -> Wireless & Network -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names
Then select the APN you want to change (or Menu->New APN to add a new one)

vetruvet said:
Settings -> Wireless & Network -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names
Then select the APN you want to change (or Menu->New APN to add a new one)
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Yep, found that...now for the next silly question. What "should" they be for TMO USA? And what all should be filled out?

bluemoon737 said:
Yep, found that...now for the next silly question. What "should" they be for TMO USA? And what all should be filled out?
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On my N1 (running CM7) there are 2: simple and T-Mobile US... Simple gets better data speeds (don't know why)
"Simple" settings:
Name: Simple
APN: simple
Proxy: 216.155.165.050
Port: 8080
Username : <not set>
Password: <not set>
Server: <not set>
MMSC: http://smpl.mss.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS proxy: 216.155.165.050
MMS port: 8080
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
Authentication type: <not set>
APN type: default,supl,mms
APN protocol: IPv4
T-Mobile US settings:
Name: T-Mobile US
APN: epc.tmobile.com
Proxy: <not set>
Port: <not set>
Username: none (actually "none", not <not set>)
Password: none
Server: *
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS proxy: <not set>
MMS port: <not set>
MCC: 310
MNC: 260
Authentication type: <not set>
APN type: default,supl,mms
APN protocol: IPv4
On my sensation, the values were the same as N1's T-Mobile, but without username, port, or server, and with the APN type a little different (don't know exactly -- SIM is in my N1)
Also, Sensation's APN settings for MMS seem to be split up from the others (and not set in the main one)

I tried changing the APN settings to simple but they were actually slower than the stock T-Mobile settings. I am not noticing a difference in data speed between my G2X vs. my Sensation. Sometimes the Sensation is faster and other times the G2X is faster.
Has anyone changed there APN settings and got noticeably faster speeds on the Sensation? If so. What did you change them too?

jrwingate6 said:
I tried changing the APN settings to simple but they were actually slower than the stock T-Mobile settings. I am not noticing a difference in data speed between my G2X vs. my Sensation. Sometimes the Sensation is faster and other times the G2X is faster.
Has anyone changed there APN settings and got noticeably faster speeds on the Sensation? If so. What did you change them too?
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Yeah I changed them and noticed a nice boost. I put my info into the latency data fix thread. You can see if that helps at all

I must have a lemon becuase im barely getting 1.974mbps download and 758kbps upload
the first time i did it today was 700down 300 up
trying a 3rd time and getting 2.326down just laying on my couch.
trying 4th time holding in my hand getting 2.946mbps down
tried 5th time angling it away from the window getting 1.6
im taking it back to tmo tomorrow also becuase it keeps resetting on me.

I'm using the sim from my HD2 (Got on release and thats when I joined Tmo) and other than having to change from a smartphone data to android data have had no major issues. I hit 9Mb down and 3Mb up the other night but am more consistent around 5 down and 1.5 up. Could be how I am holding it though.

Change your APN settings!

When i started using my Skyrocket i noticed my data was very patchy(would work here and there and not let me open certain websites and speedtest.net app was not connecting at all). I looked into the APN settings and noticed it said "PTA". I looked into this and found out that it was for the new LTE network. I do not live near a LTE area nor do i think ill be getting it anytime soon(i live in south new jersey). So i googled at&t hspa+ settings and found this forum that gave the settings for hspa+ and mms and rebooted my Skyrocket. Boom! Ping times down to 80 and speedtest.net app connects asap. Every single thing i do that involves internet is instant. If you dont have LTE in your area i highly recommend doing this.
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Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1109983
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I live in Maine, we don't even have "4g", let alone lte. I have not messed with my APN settings and data has been flawless for me. I get 3.5-4mb consistently at my house (3g) where I used t get anywhere from 500kb-2.5mb, with a rare spike of 3mb. I also have yet to try anything data wise on my phone that was "blocked" or didn't work.

This temporary solve the problem. At&t is behind this. Take a look at your plan. From I'm seen the Unlimited plan I was grandfather in has restrictions impulse . The 2GB data plan said you could freely stream, search ect. Calling at&t wtf is this BS. Piss off
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Data speeds vary so widely depending on 100's of factors. The "speedtest" apps themselves are barely reliable, you can run them 5 times in a row and get huge variations. You can't get true results based on one 5 second download. One time I get 10ms ping and 5 seconds later I get 9,500ms. One time I get .2Kbps and 5 seconds later I get 9MBps download.
Most of these speed test results and their fixes are just smoke and mirrors and the "results" are totally meaningless because they will vary from one SECOND to the next.

Dxtra said:
This temporary solve the problem. At&t is behind this. Take a look at your plan. From I'm seen the Unlimited plan I was grandfather in has restrictions impulse . The 2GB data plan said you could freely stream, search ect. Calling at&t wtf is this BS. Piss off
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Yep, it's probably to get you off the unlimited plan.
Just call AT&T and tell them what kind of bull**** is this, ***** for a long time, threaten to cancel your service and go to Verizon for an LTE network that's faster (lies) and spread out more, and I'm sure they'll come to some agreement.

I am on an an unlimited plan i have had many phones that never had this issue and my data was consistant. I knew it had to do with the APN. FOR ME this worked. It seemed like my skyrocket was picky about websites and facebook did not want to refresh and the issue with the soeedtest.net app wasnt its accuracy it simply would not connect AT ALL. It just never found a connection. When i would use wifi everything worked perfect for me and still does. I did not delete the stock APN so when lte comes around ill just go back but for now im back to my normal CONSISTANT bandwidth. And im clocking faster speeds at my house than any other phone ive used
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I am on an LTE data plan but I don't have LTE in my area so I tried switching this too. I was unable to get MMS to work, although my MMS works fine on both the pta apn and the wap.cingular apn.

to prove that it's "at&t conspiracy" to make grandfathered user to switch...
Anyone using the PTA APN with the 2GB "Unlimited" Plan have issues going to sites like.. say www.justin.tv?
I personally think the PTA APN is restricted and has NOTHING to do with which plan someone has.
Find someone with a 2GB Plan and ask them to use the PTA APN and see if they can get to ... www.justin.tv

mbze430 said:
to prove that it's "at&t conspiracy" to make grandfathered user to switch...
Anyone using the PTA APN with the 2GB "Unlimited" Plan have issues going to sites like.. say www.justin.tv?
I personally think the PTA APN is restricted and has NOTHING to do with which plan someone has.
Find someone with a 2GB Plan and ask them to use the PTA APN and see if they can get to ... www.justin.tv
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I tried it on mine, justin.tv wouldn't load on pta, phone, or wap.cingular apns. Then I switched back to pta, and it loaded.

mbze430 said:
to prove that it's "at&t conspiracy" to make grandfathered user to switch...
Anyone using the PTA APN with the 2GB "Unlimited" Plan have issues going to sites like.. say www.justin.tv?
I personally think the PTA APN is restricted and has NOTHING to do with which plan someone has.
Find someone with a 2GB Plan and ask them to use the PTA APN and see if they can get to ... www.justin.tv
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I've confirmed this with a friend of mine who is on the 2gb plan. It doesn't work for him either. And I'm on unlimited myself.
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Will someone do me a favor?
Someone not using the pta apn, ie someone using the "phone" apn, send a MMS and let me know the results.
I can only send MMS when using the pta APN. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Did I mess up the settings?

enkoder said:
Will someone do me a favor?
Someone not using the pta apn, ie someone using the "phone" apn, send a MMS and let me know the results.
I can only send MMS when using the pta APN. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Did I mess up the settings?
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I also have experienced the same thing.
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Kadin said:
I've confirmed this with a friend of mine who is on the 2gb plan. It doesn't work for him either. And I'm on unlimited myself.
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good so we can lay this to rest that
1) the new PTA APN is restricted, and it DOES NOT matter if you have an unlimited grandfather plan or a 2GB plan. it's JUST AT&T blocking certain website
2) there is NO secret/conspiracy with AT&T trying to get unlimited grandfather plan people to switch to the 2GB plan, because regardless which plan one has, if you are using the PTA APN... it's restricted.

I added the apn to my list and now I can access the Justin.TV site. Thanks for the input.

Driggity420 said:
When i started using my Skyrocket i noticed my data was very patchy(would work here and there and not let me open certain websites and speedtest.net app was not connecting at all). I looked into the APN settings and noticed it said "PTA". I looked into this and found out that it was for the new LTE network. I do not live near a LTE area nor do i think ill be getting it anytime soon(i live in south new jersey). So i googled at&t hspa+ settings and found this forum that gave the settings for hspa+ and mms and rebooted my Skyrocket. Boom! Ping times down to 80 and speedtest.net app connects asap. Every single thing i do that involves internet is instant. If you dont have LTE in your area i highly recommend doing this.
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Are you able to send and receive picture messages? If you can, can you please put the link to where you found the apn settings?
Thanks.

enkoder said:
Are you able to send and receive picture messages? If you can, can you please put the link to where you found the apn settings?
Thanks.
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No i dont have mms either just better data connection which will always trump mms in my opinion
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This is very strange, but I am now able to get MMS on the "phone" apn. Here are my settings:
Name: HSPA+
APN: phone
MMC: 310
MNC: 410
APN type: internet
Name: ATT pta
APM: pta
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN type: internet + mms
NOTE: HSPA+ selected.
I am not going to try and figure out why it works now, but I'm stoked. It wasn't working before when I just had "phone" apn, but seems to be working fine now.

yeah... i noticed some weird things and im in an lte market.
got a text that im at the top 5% of data users also, unlimited data and i cant connect to a lot of sites... weird.
i dont tether.
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Under the hspa apn I made, the market its really slow on downloading. Anyone else? How do I get the browser to stop refreshing on xda?

[Q] StraightTalk APN Settings not working

Okay I just bough a motorola atrix 2 and set up straight talk on it, the phone and messages work but not the internet, I have tried many different apn that i saw on google but non work at all the phone displays the 4g but no internet I searched everywhere but no luck looking for here for help

Straight Talk might not support the HDSPA(4G) network that the A2 is set to run. Did you flash it or how is it working on StraightTalk? We need more info.

Its your sim card. It has to have the 3g or 4g enabled on it. If you were on att they could do it at a store or talking to an operator. Since you are on straight talk i honestly don't know who could do it. I'm not familiar with straight talk do i don't know.
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Straight Talk Apn.
Name: Straight Talk
Apn: Att.mvno
Proxy: proxy.mvno.tracfone.com
Port: 80
Mmsc: http://mmsc.cingular.com
Mmsc proxy: 66.209.11.33
Mmsc port: 80
I usually pull around 4mb down and 3mb up. MY atrix 2 is also NOT unlocked. I purchased a sim card directly from straighttalk.com.
Hope this helps everyone!
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I followed the instructions that came with the sim and have had 0 probs. Did u get the card with the straittalksim
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Also, Straight Talk is going to open up their 4g network with the release of the Optimus 2x, cant wait to run my Atrix 2 on 4g.
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Thank you for all the replies the problem was with straight talk themselves now getting 4mbs

I personally have never had a problem with Straight Talk or their customer service. I'm glad they fixed it. How do you like the dl speeds? Personally I think that 4mb is plenty fast.
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DarkJatrix said:
Straight Talk Apn.
Name: Straight Talk
Apn: Att.mvno
Proxy: proxy.mvno.tracfone.com
Port: 80
Mmsc: http://mmsc.cingular.com
Mmsc proxy: 66.209.11.33
Mmsc port: 80
I usually pull around 4mb down and 3mb up. MY atrix 2 is also NOT unlocked. I purchased a sim card directly from straighttalk.com.
Hope this helps everyone!
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I didn't know you could do that now. i got the e71 when it first came out with them.

Yea, they got tired of people using work arounds and found or a way they can make loads of cash so now they sell Sim cards. They even sell micro Sim for iPhone 4 and 4s. Personally I think its genius.
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I had this same problem for straight talk using the at&t sim and followed the Starter KIT to every word but the internet failed to work. Finally figured it out and shared it here.
Basically what happens is that it tells us to set the Proxy to: proxy.mvno.tracfone.com
Do not do this, the internet will not work while everything else will. Leave it blank. I don't know why this is for my particular smart phone but i can assure you that is the problem you are having.

[Q] How Can i get Prepaid Data with Gophone unlimited sim? Device is rooted

Ok so i was told that if i root my phone i can use data on gophone sim i need help on how to do this step by step or to confirm if this is true thanks guys

bambamxx said:
Ok so i was told that if i root my phone i can use data on gophone sim i need help on how to do this step by step or to confirm if this is true thanks guys
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All you have to do is get a data plan.
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I do have data
i have the unlimited 50 dollar plan & it still does not work
zelendel said:
All you have to do is get a data plan.
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bambamxx said:
i have the unlimited 50 dollar plan & it still does not work
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Probably have to research what APN's you should be using for said provider, im at work so cant google it for ya. give that a go and see what you dig up.

i tried all apns
this is the apn i have everything works just not the web i called gophone service & they said they dont use 4g phones
Name: AT&T
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
Port: 80
Username:[email protected]
Password:CINGULAR1
Server: leave blank
MMSChttp//mmsc(dot)cingular(dot)com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.32
mms protocol: wap 2.0
MMS Port: 80
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN Type: leave blank

What phone is it? Worksnfinr on my inspire. He is right though. No LTE
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bambamxx said:
this is the apn i have everything works just not the web i called gophone service & they said they dont use 4g phones
Name: AT&T
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
Port: 80
Username:[email protected]
Password:CINGULAR1
Server: leave blank
MMSChttp//mmsc(dot)cingular(dot)com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.32
mms protocol: wap 2.0
MMS Port: 80
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN Type: leave blank
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This works for my stock Inspire (red) using a gophone sim. I don't get LTE, but I get HSPA+ at speeds as fast as 5-9 mbps at a cheap prepaid price.

im starting to lean toward a bad sim card?

its a HTC Inspire & it did work with other android phones, I called gophone & they said they dont have web for 4g phones i means if i dont get lte service it doesnt matter i just want to update facebook status or check email. wats your APN for gophone to try that

Here are mine. Mind you this is for a reg gophone not a Pick your plan.
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ok but your web works fine right? do you think it would work for the 50 dollar unlimited plan?

Yes it works when i pay one of their little data packages. I don't do it often as i have wifi everywhere so no need but it has never failed to work. Not sure about that plan.
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ok ill try it & let you know, Thanks for helping bro

did not work
Ok so i tried you apn settings & it didnt work is there something else i should try? i just paid the 50 dollers a month for everything unlimited

bambamxx said:
Ok so i tried you apn settings & it didnt work is there something else i should try? i just paid the 50 dollers a month for everything unlimited
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have you tried contacting them directly? I think they may be better at helping you with their service imo
no offense to zel of course.
I still am thinking the sim card is improperly configured on thier end and you should try getting a new one

I did call & this is what they said, we do not support 4G phones thats all they said i asked if there was some way unlocking it or something & they said no that they dont support 4g phones & they cant do anything about it.

i have a go phone pantech cell phone & the internet works fine there 2 so i dont know wats the problem wat should i do

You have to buy one of the data packs. The 50 unlimited is for non smart phones, smart phones require a separate data package try the smallest one and see if it works. I have a gophone Sim in my galaxy s2 and have no problems with data just don't get LTE.
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go phone not have any plan unlimited for SMART PHONES, the only way is if you pay for the expensive web package

[Q] G2x Straight Talk APN Settings w/ CM7

Does anyone know what the correct settings are for APN to get data and MMS working for the G2x with Staight Talk and a CM7 stable build ROM?
I have tried literally everything, and nothing works. I briefly saw Edge network for about 3 minutes one morning, but that's it. No 4G and no MMS.
Please let me know ASAP. Thanks so much!!

Apparently I have to post ten times before entering "outside links" (even though they're APN settings). So here goes a bunch of annoying bumps...

And I have to wait five minutes between each post? This is ungodly annoying. Anyway, here's the APN settings, sort of:
Name: StraightTalk ATT
APN: att.mvno
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: http//)mmsc(.)cingular(.)com
MMSC proxy: 66(.)209(.)11(.)33
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication Type: Not set
APN type: default,supl,mms
APN protocol: IPv4
APN enable/disable: APN enabled (tick mark checked but grayed out anyways)
Bearer: Unspecified
Because of this boards overly aggressive anti spam security, I had to put some of the characters in the addresses above in parentheses. Just remove the start and end parenthesis to deduce the setting.
I still am utterly lost as to why they need email verification + captcha + no web links + wait five minutes between posts. The captcha itself would suffice.

If you're using an att straight talk sim, u won't get 4g on the g2x. Different radio frequencies..
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Here's a pic of the settings that I got with my att st sim.
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rbryant1983 said:
If you're using an att straight talk sim, u won't get 4g on the g2x. Different radio frequencies..
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Well that's good to know. But I thought I could pick between T-mobile and AT&T with the same SIM, yes? I just have to choose the right MVNO, which it seems you're saying is the T-mobile one, yes?
Any and all help is very much appreciated!

No. You need a T-Mobile straight talk sim to get 4g service. With att straight talk sim you will only get edge. They give different sims for each gsm provider.
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rbryant1983 said:
Here's a pic of the settings that I got with my att st sim.
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rbryant1983 said:
No. You need a T-Mobile straight talk sim to get 4g service. With att straight talk sim you will only get edge. They give different sims for each gsm provider.
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Okay this is ridiculously good to know, as I'll be able to spend another 15 bucks and get the thing to work. Thanks so much I'll try this and see what happens...
... incidentally, when I purchased the phone, I just selected "GSM compatible phone" which apparently means AT&T and not T-mobile....

skibum1981 said:
Okay this is ridiculously good to know, as I'll be able to spend another 15 bucks and get the thing to work. Thanks so much I'll try this and see what happens...
... incidentally, when I purchased the phone, I just selected "GSM compatible phone" which apparently means AT&T and not T-mobile....
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Call them and see if they will send another sim, its worth a shot..
And technically gsm compatible phone could be att or T-Mobile. I think they assume att though because att provides better coverage.
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rbryant1983 said:
Call them and see if they will send another sim, its worth a shot..
And technically gsm compatible phone could be att or T-Mobile. I think they assume att though because att provides better coverage.
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Well, I got the new SIM (they didn't offer to send me one, btw), and I put in this information:
Name: Straight Talk
APN: wap.tracfone
Port: 8080
MMSC: http://mms.tracfone.com
Left everything else default/blank and sure enough, still no data. I just transferred the service over to the new SIM, so I hope this is just some sort of delay that is normal (the website says it could take 24 hours, but this seems kind of bizarre to me). Can anyone confirm?