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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?

Inconsistent LTE network connection?

Ok so I have been using the skyrocket since the released date on Sunday and so far it's the LTE network has been nothing but a joke to me. When LTE picks up, it does run pretty fast at avg 15-20 mps. But the problem is it keeps hanging at not loading and it doesn't appear like it would pick up the HSPA+ speed as promised by AT&T. Spent counterless times with AT&T reps and they are useless. Swapped a brand new skyrocket with a new LTE sim card and still the same problem.
I live in Boston and we do have LTE network. Does anyone else have this problem with their LTE network? Or maybe it's just the Samsung skyrocket problem? I'm thinking of switching to the HTC vivid but I wonder if any Vivid owners are having the same problem too.

It's not the phone. At&t is restricting certain web site, streaming ect. Check your plan. I'm having the same issue pretty much everyone with an unlimited grandfather data plan.
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Dxtra said:
It's not the phone. At&t is restricting certain web site, streaming ect. Check your plan. I'm having the same issue pretty much everyone with an unlimited grandfather data plan.
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That's not what I'm encountering though. I'm just talking about facebook, espn or their default att/yahoo websites. They are hanging for minutes and wont load at all. I have to restart the phone every single time to get it to work again but it happens again in a few minutes later. It seems like AT&T LTE is not fully deployed yet.

digitalnrg said:
It seems like AT&T LTE is not fully deployed yet.
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You think?
Other then data cards these are the first phones to use LTE and the first real time, the Network is really going to be tested.
And this is ATT we are talking about. You want a good network switch to the big red.

I am having the same problem. i am in a non LTE area.
is there a way to change the apn so it only uses the HSPA+?

digitalnrg said:
That's not what I'm encountering though. I'm just talking about facebook, espn or their default att/yahoo websites. They are hanging for minutes and wont load at all. I have to restart the phone every single time to get it to work again but it happens again in a few minutes later. It seems like AT&T LTE is not fully deployed yet.
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I'm having the same problem as well. Certain website, Facebook ect. I notice is not the data speed or so. How is it possible that I could load certain one but not others. If the data is not working nothing would load period. So my guess at&t is restricting us.
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Dxtra said:
I'm having the same problem as well. Certain website, Facebook ect. I notice is not the data speed or so. How is it possible that I could load certain one but not others. If the data is not working nothing would load period. So my guess at&t is restricting us.
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I agree.
I am having the same problem.
-AG

Wasn't the whole point of 3.5G to ease the drop off from LTE when you're not in a coverage area? Instead the drop off is from LTE to no connection at all. Well played at&t.
I don't think I've seen my SR try and use 3.5G yet. It just sits there trying to load over LTE forever.

I don't think is LTE related. I'm having the same issue on HSPA+
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Dxtra said:
I don't think is LTE related. I'm having the same issue on HSPA+
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NOPE.
def helped me with changing to a HSPA apn

djarpit said:
NOPE.
def helped me with changing to a HSPA apn
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Which apn did you use? Is it for 3G or 3.5G?

slic33 said:
Which apn did you use? Is it for 3G or 3.5G?
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this is what i used
Under you Access Point Settings click on each APN you already have then in the menu, delete them.
Next create a new APN:
Menu Key, New APN.
Name : AT&T HSPA+
Important step: tap APN and enter exactly : phone
That's it! It's literally just "phone", not kidding. Leave everything else blank including Username and Password!
Scroll down to APN Type, Select Internet only
Hit the Menu Key, and hit SAVE
Your will return to APN settings, go to the APN you just created called AT&T HSPA+, tap the dot next to the APN and make sure it turns green!
Now for the MMS settings
Step 2 : MMS Settings
At the APN settings hit the menu key again and create a new APN, call it MMS
Under APN again just type : phone
go down to MMSC and fill the fields as follows
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN type: MMS only
Now again hit the menu key and save. This will be your default MMS setting and you will not need to select it.
Once your back at the APN menu with the fields you just created, make sure AT&T HSPA+ still has a green got by it.
Now hit the home key, then turn your phone off and back on.
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Inconsistent results in the Boston area. At home in NH on regular 4G I can surf the web, go anywhere, do anything without problems. When I'm in Boston on the LTE network during work hours it's really hit or miss as to whether or not I can reach any website. Speedtest.net says there's a "network connection error. "And when I do, it's slow....4-5 Mbps download as opposed to 17-23 Mbps I was getting 2 days ago.

Yeah it's clearly AT&T LTE in certain areas are not fully deployed yet. I live literally minutes from downtown Boston so this is a shame on AT&T. They should fix the "hanging on LTE" problem, instead switch it back to HSPA+ like they advertise.
Obviously I can just change the network to HSPA+ only and problem solved, but it defeats the purpose of having LTE network.

digitalnrg said:
Yeah it's clearly AT&T LTE in certain areas are not fully deployed yet. I live literally minutes from downtown Boston so this is a shame on AT&T. They should fix the "hanging on LTE" problem, instead switch it back to HSPA+ like they advertise.
Obviously I can just change the network to HSPA+ only and problem solved, but it defeats the purpose of having LTE network.
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As I said a thousand time apparently no ones read. Is not just an LTE issue. I having the same issue on a none LTE market.
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Dxtra said:
As I said a thousand time apparently no ones read. Is not just an LTE issue. I having the same issue on a none LTE market.
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That's weird. I was using HSPA+ for last few months with Atrix, LG Thrill without any data network hanging problem. I'm giving up on AT&T. I would jump ship to big red if I didn't have 5 lines already

djarpit said:
this is what i used
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Thanks.
It's sad that we're reduced to manually switching from LTE to H+
Anyone feel like making a widget that will change the apn settings for us automagically? That way we can switch back and forth quickly

digitalnrg said:
That's weird. I was using HSPA+ for last few months with Atrix, LG Thrill without any data network hanging problem. I'm giving up on AT&T. I would jump ship to big red if I didn't have 5 lines already
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And you'd have a whole new list of complaints.

crawlgsx said:
And you'd have a whole new list of complaints.
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+1 to that!

I'm having similar issues. Sometimes the data will work, other times it won't. I have contacted AT&T tech support numerous times now, they have a ticket open for me so we will see where it goes.
I have tried the new apn settings, resets, etc but nothing seems to work for me.
I'm in a non-LTE market with grandfathered unl data

[Q] LTE not working on grandfathered ALLTEL plan

I currently have an unlimited data plan called Connect Pack 1 from my Alltel plan that transitioned over onto the Aria that I was given as a replacement for the Moto Q that I was using.
Anyway, when I got the Skyrocket, they tried to make me transition to an ATT data plan, but I wouldn't go for it. I bought the phone outright, expecting to at least get the 3g working, but they said they couldn't.
I used the apn settings from the aria, and I do get 4G but for whatever reason, the
LTE icon isn't showing up in the notification area. I live in Houston, and we are supposedly one of the area's with it.
The settings I used are the wap.cingular settings that I see are listed elsewhere on here. Is there something additional I need to do to get the LTE to work.
Will the phone look like an Aria to ATT or am I going to be getting a notice to upgrade my account shortly?
Thanks

You need an LTE sim and the LTE plan to be able to access the new network. Maybe see if they can change your sim and plan?

Thanks for the prompt reply
I don't want to change the plan. Right now my data plan is cheap, and I want to keep it that way.
If I get a new sim, is there a chance that the LTE will work using the settings listed on wap.cingular? If it does work, how long before you think I would start getting some notices about it from ATT?

I live in Houston too.. and I have unlimited data.. I do get the lte icon beneath the 4G.. but it looses signal when left alone for a while.(sleep). And I have a regular hspa sim card.. I will go to att today and see what I can find out...
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hope you hear something positive. The Cingular settings give me stable 4G which is actually better than I expected after my discussion with the att store about getting the phone. All they seemed to be interested in was getting me to sign an att 2year contract (haven't been under contract for years) and transition to a limited data plan. Not what I wanted so I just bought the phone off craigslist and entered the apn settings myself.
All I am truly worried about is if they update the data plan themselves if they notice the 4G phone on a 3G plan. I'm hoping since my original phone and the skyrocket are both android it won't raise any flags. I would love LTE but I am pretty happy with hspa+ for now.
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I also am a former alltel customer and was moved to an aria. It recently broke and I got a skyrocket whick is great, but I live in Carlsbad NM and don't get lte anyway. So today I'm going to return the skyrocket and switch back to my alltel plan(at&t already said they could dueto buyers remorse). The guys at the local at&t here gave me the same crap about the skyrocket being unusable, which as we all know is bull. I have a galaxy s II gt-I9100 internationalversion on the way. I will also try my apn settings from my aria. Thanks to everyone who actually assists people unlike corporate customer care.

KNON2000 said:
Thanks for the prompt reply
I don't want to change the plan. Right now my data plan is cheap, and I want to keep it that way.
If I get a new sim, is there a chance that the LTE will work using the settings listed on wap.cingular? If it does work, how long before you think I would start getting some notices about it from ATT?
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LTE uses the new pta APN.
Runs through proxy.mobile.att.net

Galaxy skyrocket 4g/lte connection issues

My galaxy skyrocket has issues with 4g/lte connections. Certain locations i cannot access internet but can make calls. And at times the 4g/lte logo disappears and reappears after a min or 2. Anyone can
Help me with this. Thanks
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Are you running a custom ROM? Even if you're not, if you have an LTE plan, then make sure your APN name is set to ltemobile.apn in your mobile network settings, if it is then restore to defaults in your mobile network settings too... see what that does.
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Yes, i am ruining custom rom. Is the Ltemobile.apn for Rogers? Cause my plan is for AT&T?

Ah sorry bud, yeah that's for Rogers sorry... Just Google AT&T lte apn and you should find the settings pretty easily. Make sure you have the right one set, apart from that maybe restore to default from the menu while in mobile networks?
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Thanks. i did some research seems that there are more people with the same issue has me. There is a problem with AT&T LTE and so called AT&T is working on it. I think changing the APN settings to other than lte should work.

Same problems with my skyrocket. Ever since LTE came to my area my Skyrocket has slowed down significantly. After doing everything ATT has said to do i was told to go to the nearest service center where they played with the phone for over 2 hours only to tell me that the issue has been escalated to the next level. Its not the phone or sim card but how the account is set up to use LTE. I'm lost in the never ending customer service hell of ATT.

been having with lte network for the last 2 weeks myself. Speedtest shows it's as low as 150kbps download. That's slower than EDGE speed for bleep sake. Spent hours with them on phone and they finally told me they have network problem until the 21st. I don't even know if this is true.

Using Straight Talk AT&T BYOP sim

I'm currently using byop att sim from straight talk w/ the nexus 4. If you're about to go this route using the nexus 5, how's the LTE connectivity and overall signal quality w/ the phone? Think there may be APN issues? Or MMS challenges? I'm interested in upgrading cuz the lte piques my attention the most. But I wanna see what the straight talk crowd experiences first.
Edit: Here are APN settings gathered from this thread for Straight Talk ATT byop for your convenience.
Name: Straight Talk
APN: tfdata
Port: 80
MMSC: http://mms-tf.net **OR** http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS proxy: mms3.tracfone.com **OR** 66.209.11.33 **OR** mms2.tracfone.com
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: leave blank **OR** PAP
APN type: default,supl,mms **OR*** default,supl,mms,hipri **OR** leave blank
APN protocol: IPv4
APN roaming protocol: IPv4
From other forums I've read, if you're on an SIM that uses att.mvno for APN data, it means you're not provisioned for LTE network and need a newer SIM that uses tfdata for APN data.
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cdigga101 said:
I'm currently using byop att sim from straight talk w/ the nexus 4. If you're about to go this route using the nexus 5, how's the LTE connectivity and overall signal quality w/ the phone? Think there may be APN issues? Or MMS challenges? I'm interested in upgrading cuz the lte piques my attention the most. But I wanna see what the straight talk crowd experiences first.
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You realize no one can answer this yet, right?

cdigga101 said:
I'm currently using byop att sim from straight talk w/ the nexus 4. If you're about to go this route using the nexus 5, how's the LTE connectivity and overall signal quality w/ the phone? Think there may be APN issues? Or MMS challenges? I'm interested in upgrading cuz the lte piques my attention the most. But I wanna see what the straight talk crowd experiences first.
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I use Net10 Wireless with AT&T, $45 a month unlimited text, talk, web...what do you pay directly through AT&T a month for unlimited everything? I thought when I looked at them directly AT&T was quite a bit more so went with Net10.

cdigga101 said:
I'm currently using byop att sim from straight talk w/ the nexus 4. If you're about to go this route using the nexus 5, how's the LTE connectivity and overall signal quality w/ the phone? Think there may be APN issues? Or MMS challenges? I'm interested in upgrading cuz the lte piques my attention the most. But I wanna see what the straight talk crowd experiences first.
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Most are still waiting on the phone. Going to be a few days before they start arriving at people's doors.

LoL. Fully aware. There could possibly some lucky person who may have ordered swiftly and might receive it soon so u never know.
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KrazyAttack said:
I use Net10 Wireless with AT&T, $45 a month unlimited text, talk, web...what do you pay directly through AT&T a month for unlimited everything? I thought when I looked at them directly AT&T was quite a bit more so went with Net10.
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Straight talk's $45 also, a prepaid like net10.
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cdigga101 said:
LoL. Fully aware. There could possibly some lucky person who may have ordered swiftly and might receive it soon so u never know.
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Yeah that's what I figured, no difference so no reason to switch.
I've seen some mention a $30 TMobile option but couldn't find that, as cheap as possible with just unlimited text/web is what I want, I rarely talk at all, maybe 50 minutes a month total, at most.

KrazyAttack said:
Yeah that's what I figured, no difference so no reason to switch.
I've seen some mention a $30 TMobile option but couldn't find that, as cheap as possible with just unlimited text/web is what I want, I rarely talk at all, maybe 50 minutes a month total, at most.
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In my area, T-Mobile doesn't have as diverse a coverage than AT&T. So I went w/ the AT&T side of Straight Talk. Even if I'm in a situation where I got no data connection, I gotta at least be able to send a regular txt message. That $30 price was hard not to look at though but I'm happy w/ my current choice.
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KrazyAttack said:
Yeah that's what I figured, no difference so no reason to switch.
I've seen some mention a $30 TMobile option but couldn't find that, as cheap as possible with just unlimited text/web is what I want, I rarely talk at all, maybe 50 minutes a month total, at most.
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http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans
Bottom, left of that page in small print. This choice will be available during sim activation. Micro Sims (including shipping) seemed to be free at this moment. This plan works great for my son in strong T-Mobile area. T-Mobile doesn't work for the rest of us.
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ritchea said:
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans
Bottom, left of that page in small print. This choice will be available during sim activation. Micro Sims (including shipping) seemed to be free at this moment. This plan works great for my son in strong T-Mobile area. T-Mobile doesn't work for the rest of us.
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Wow, thank you for posting that, the free sims right now part.
No reason not to go ahead and get the micro sim while it's free, and for $30 why not try it out for a month and see how it is? Have a feeling TMobile will be bad here, but worth a try for $30 a month, and if it's terrible just go back with AT&T.
Shipping is also free, so it's completely free. The N5 still uses a micro sim right? Didn't even check that and ordered one already, but assumed it does.

KrazyAttack said:
Wow, thank you for posting that, the free sims right now part.
No reason not to go ahead and get the micro sim while it's free, and for $30 why not try it out for a month and see how it is? Have a feeling TMobile will be bad here, but worth a try for $30 a month, and if it's terrible just go back with AT&T.
Shipping is also free, so it's completely free. The N5 still uses a micro sim right? Didn't even check that and ordered one already, but assumed it does.
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Report here confirms micro sim.

The big advantage for ST is that you can occasionally buy 6 month cards for less than retail. I got a 6 month refill card for $220 through an amazon reseller. That brings my cost per month down to $36.67!
The deal is not always available, but if you use one of the deal sites (I like slickdeals) you can catch it.

I do the same thing. I look for deals on the 3 month cards and my monthly average so far is 37 bucks. I just have an itch to try the LTE network. The pings on hspa+ are a bit slow.
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cdigga101 said:
I do the same thing. I look for deals on the 3 month cards and my monthly average so far is 37 bucks. I just have an itch to try the LTE network. The pings on hspa+ are a bit slow.
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I'm on TMO but once you get the low latency of LTE (<40ms, and usually closer to 20ms) you'll never want to go back to HSPA

I have been using Straight Talk for a year and a half now and have the next year paid for getting a good deal on the cards.

[email protected] said:
You realize no one can answer this yet, right?
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It's quite possible someone is using an N4 with LTE on ST right now, and I'd assume that LTE on the N5 won't be any different than on the N4.
I guess the better question would have been "How is ST's LTE, in general, regardless of phone".

wvcadle said:
It's quite possible someone is using an N4 with LTE on ST right now, and I'd assume that LTE on the N5 won't be any different than on the N4.
I guess the better question would have been "How is ST's LTE, in general, regardless of phone".
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I have a T-Mobile and Straight Talk (ATT) sims waiting here to try them both out on my N5.. I'll report back. Apparently I should have "Excellent" coverage in Green Bay, WI 54302 on T-Mobile and the same on ST (ATT).
I'm going to go with whoever has the faster LTE service...

apristel said:
I have a T-Mobile and Straight Talk (ATT) sims waiting here to try them both out on my N5.. I'll report back. Apparently I should have "Excellent" coverage in Green Bay, WI 54302 on T-Mobile and the same on ST (ATT).
I'm going to go with whoever has the faster LTE service...
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TMO doesn't have LTE here in Springfield but AT&T does, but I'm still going with TMO for $30 month compared to $45.
I get 22-26mbps download on HSPA+ on TMO and 28-32 on AT&T LTE, so it's worth the extra $15 savings per month for that reason.

Did anyone get Straight Talk to work with the micro ATT sim card with the Nexus 5?

adma84 said:
Did anyone get Straight Talk to work with the micro ATT sim card with the Nexus 5?
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I will be trying this tomorrow. I'm wondering if I have to order a new ST SIM card for the LTE to work. I have an older ST ATT SIM now, but I've heard conflicting reports about the old cards working.