Prepaid services T-mobile or ATT - General Topics

Hello everyone, tommorow morning i leave on a roadtrip to USA. ill be gone for 21 days mostly will be driving on i5 highway and will stay 5 nights in VEGAS and 6 nights in LA. I have the note 2 T889 Same as t-mobile version but from Mobilicity and its already unlocked. what would be a good prepaid service for me to use? unlimited calling , unlimited text and atleast 2gb of good speed data. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

att prepaid..... go with either net10 or straight talk
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Seeing as how you will be staying in major cities I would recommend a T-Mobile mvno or prepaid plan.
Hey, if youre from Canada I'm going there over the summer... What would you recommend for a 2 week vacation? Probably staying in montreal
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I use prepaid Net10 (AT&T) on my Captivate. Works great, and if you buy your cards off of ebay you save 10-15 bucks.

t-mobile

tmobile is garbage go with att mvno cards they're bigger and better than tmobile ever will be..... tmobile is going out
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I'm currently I'm Verizon and debating on jumping ship to a prepaid service. Can anyone make any suggestions on which one and anything other info?
Thanks!
EDIT: Also anyone had any luck with the ThunderBolt on and of these?
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I've heard that Page Plus uses the VZW network so you'd at least have good coverage. Other than that, I don't know.
There are instructions here on how to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21905932
Page plus will work but you won't be able to get 4G. I believe there are currently no prepaid phone companies that can use Verizons 4g.
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You could just get your Thunderbolt flashed to Verizon prepaid unlimited everything for $50 a month.
You can't get 4g, only 3g but it's unlimited and only $50 a month, what else can a person ask for

Straight talk at&t no longer supported

I'm on tmobile prepaid on an at&t phone, I was trying to get straight talk but I didn't have the money til now.. Well I'm tired of paying 76 dollars a month for 2g/edge coverage so who can I use that's cheap and gives me unlimited calls, data, text and I'll get 4g speeds.
Btw, don't use tmobile prepaid... If your not in a big city than its completely pointless. You won't get 4g service using tmobile. I'm in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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Jrhodes85 said:
I'm on tmobile prepaid on an at&t phone, I was trying to get straight talk but I didn't have the money til now.. Well I'm tired of paying 76 dollars a month for 2g/edge coverage so who can I use that's cheap and gives me unlimited calls, data, text and I'll get 4g speeds.
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As far as I can tell there will still be AT&T SIMS based off what I have read. The problem is them getting in stock. You may have to wait things out a bit though. Cheap is fading. Welcome to the unfortunate circumstances of a corporate controlled industry dominated by only a few.
straight talk
Jrhodes85 said:
I'm on tmobile prepaid on an at&t phone, I was trying to get straight talk but I didn't have the money til now.. Well I'm tired of paying 76 dollars a month for 2g/edge coverage so who can I use that's cheap and gives me unlimited calls, data, text and I'll get 4g speeds.
Btw, don't use tmobile prepaid... If your not in a big city than its completely pointless. You won't get 4g service using tmobile. I'm in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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straight talk is 45$ a month you will need to by a sim card for the phone first (yes the t-mobile sim works for it) and its unlimited everything the only problem will be getting ur internet on but after that it should be fine
If you go to a 3rd party retail shop they sell ATT sim cards but you have to go to ATT to get the plans. I also thought I noticed, that while it says everything is unlimited, that they throttle your speed after Xmb. I could be wrong but i thought i saw that on the fine print somewhere.
U can get straight talk att Sims on ebay for around 40 bucks that's what I did I got 2 for 65 bucks as a bundle so I use one now in my one X and have a spare for a backup just I case
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enigma2446 said:
U can get straight talk att Sims on ebay for around 40 bucks that's what I did I got 2 for 65 bucks as a bundle so I use one now in my one X and have a spare for a backup just I case
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After you got your SIMS from Ebay, did you get the service from ST or ATT shop?
From straight talk you can activate the Sims online and then ur done..... I got the att versions of the Sims..... Witch they don't sell no more on straight talk that's why I went to ebay.... Straight talk switched to t mobile so they stop making them... Be care on ebay ake sure it says for the att network.
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My Inspire was an at&t phone and I switched to net10. $50 gets you the same deal as SS.
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(OFF TOPIC) Verizon customer switching to AT&T.

Thinking of switching family over to AT&T. For one thing,to follow the new HTC one the is going to be released soon. And another is my monthly bill. Question is....how is the service compared to Verizon? I live in the sandhills of NC, near Fort Bragg.
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This would go better in the general discussion forum
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Isn't that where it is posted?
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From what I've been through (only 14), when I go to buy a new phone the employees at the att stores are really nice. (San Antonio)
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I'm on AT&T, 5 lines, 4 smartphones. On the 700 minute plan all 250mb data plan was around $260 a month. Now we're on the mobile share 4gb and it's $300. The switch was due to lines going over data and adding charges. If you don't use data a lot, don't go with mobile share. Service is very reliable here in NJ. If anything, customer service is superb.
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In Houston/Galveston area in tx, love my AT&T service...no probs at all. Came from T-Mobile, pay a bit more but totally worth it. They don't support their phones update wise too well, but that's why we got XDA right?! I'd jump ship from big red
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elfysrfr said:
In Houston/Galveston area in tx, love my AT&T service...no probs at all. Came from T-Mobile, pay a bit more but totally worth it. They don't support their phones update wise too well, but that's why we got XDA right?! I'd jump ship from big red
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I'm in the Houston area as well (so this may not help you for NC as much), but the coverage here is much better than T-Mobile. Talking with friends, it seemed like Verizon does have slightly better coverage (usually outside the city at retreat sites, camping sites, etc.), but in the end I would have ended up paying about 30 dollars more for a slightly better plan on Verizon that I wouldn't take advantage of (unlimited talk mostly, whereas I currently have 1 line, 400 anytime+rollover, 5000 nights and weekends, 3GB data and never come close to my minutes limit).
To be fair, the One X isn't available on Verizon, so with the exception of Rogers/Telstra customers, almost all of us are on AT&T, so there may be a little bias. Not that we all LOVE AT&T, but we're at least satisfied enough to stay (e.g., there aren't any major issues).
I'm in the San Antonio area. Coverage is great. But nexus 4 doesn't support LTE my hox did, but with 200 MB a month I always just used HSPA+
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Let's go Texas
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Just left Verizon and have zero complaints. Costs the same per month but better value plans. Zero problem with services either... Plus... GSM is the way to go with the Nexus devices in the future.
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Awesome input .....thanks to everyone. Please keep them coming.
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I left Verizon for AT&T when the iPhone 3G came out and haven't looked back.
AT&T can be annoying at times, but when it comes to bloat and lockdowns, Verizon has always been a lot worse. Verzion has in the past tried to send updates that locked your phone if it detected root access.
Not going to lie, I think Verizon has better customer service and reception/speeds. But it's also highly localized. In SoCal, Verizon is assumed to be the best. I've heard in NYC AT&T is the best so it's probably best to see what those in your home town think.
As far as customer service, I'm not a fan of AT&T but they aren't as terrible as they are made out to be. But then again I've never had problems that required much service.
And for what it's worth, I'm not a fanboy on any service/phone/OS. I've had Sprint, tmobile, AT&T and verizon over the last 6 or 7 years in L.A. and overall I would probably rank at&t 3rd or 4th here. That being said I'm mostly satisfied with what I have. I'm on wifi more than LTE and let's face it, most of us aren't using voice calls as much now as 5-10 years ago.
I'm in the western part of NC and have zero problems with AT&T service
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KayxGee1 said:
I'm on AT&T, 5 lines, 4 smartphones. On the 700 minute plan all 250mb data plan was around $260 a month. Now we're on the mobile share 4gb and it's $300. The switch was due to lines going over data and adding charges. If you don't use data a lot, don't go with mobile share. Service is very reliable here in NJ. If anything, customer service is superb.
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Co-sign with the service in NJ being good. Never had much of an issue with them since 2009
rizorith said:
Not going to lie, I think Verizon has better customer service and reception/speeds.
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Verizon's customer service was indeed pretty good. My beef was the corporate attitude toward their customers, which was "You'll take our bloatware infested, locked down devices and like it because we're Verizon."
AT&T still locks things down, but doesn't seem to care that much if you root and unlock (e.g., plenty of people have gotten warranty replacements despite having bricked via flashing the wrong stuff). Verizon has a history of actively trying to stop people being from being rooted.
Also live in Houston and LTE is phenomenal. Now I work in Odessa and as long as your close to the Midland/Odessa area, you can get reliable 3G coverage (3-7Mbps down) . As soon as you start to move out towards the boonies and their supposed 2G coverage area, this is where Verizon outshines AT&T.
I work in the oil field sector and most of the time when we're at a remote location in West Texas, the only ones who normally have consistent coverage are Verizon customers. Too bad their selection of android devices are horrid.
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[Q] About Nexus 5 on AT&T and T-Mobile

So my contract is up at AT&T, I have been thinking about switching to T-Mobile but I am scared that T-Mobile will not work inside my building at work. I don't want to cancel my AT&T until I know because I have the grandfathered unlimited data.
What I decided to do was to buy a Nexus 5, go to T-Mobile get a plan and try it out for a few weeks to see how the service is. My question is if I decide I do not want to move to T-Mobile and stay with AT&T is it as easy as cancelling the plan because I own the phone, and switching the sim card from T-Mobile to an AT&T?
milleirish said:
So my contract is up at AT&T, I have been thinking about switching to T-Mobile but I am scared that T-Mobile will not work inside my building at work. I don't want to cancel my AT&T until I know because I have the grandfathered unlimited data.
What I decided to do was to buy a Nexus 5, go to T-Mobile get a plan and try it out for a few weeks to see how the service is. My question is if I decide I do not want to move to T-Mobile and stay with AT&T is it as easy as cancelling the plan because I own the phone, and switching the sim card from T-Mobile to an AT&T?
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Yes. Grab a prepaid sim and pay for one month service from T-Mobile. If you don't like it go back to att.
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Thanks for the info
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If you don't need the unlimited data (and it sounds like you don't if you're willing to switch to T-Mobile), another option to consider is the at&t pre-paid route. The GoPhone service is reasonably priced (2gb data for $60), and you'll be staying on the same at&t network.
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T-Mobile offers an unlimited data plan for 70 a month.
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T-Mobile offers an unlimited data plan for 70 a month.
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why waste money on a new device, unless you really want to upgrade to a Nexus 5?
unlock your current S3, test the t-mobile service
I have to say that tmobile's building penetration is indeed poor... enough at my desk near a window, but not enough inside the window-less room in the middle of the building
but it's cheaper than the other plans available by the other carriers. but if you are on a grandfathered plan, evaluate whether it's worth staying
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why waste money on a new device, unless you really want to upgrade to a Nexus 5?
unlock your current S3, test the t-mobile service
I have to say that tmobile's building penetration is indeed poor... enough at my desk near a window, but not enough inside the window-less room in the middle of the building
but it's cheaper than the other plans available by the other carriers. but if you are on a grandfathered plan, evaluate whether it's worth staying
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Bought a Nexus 5 because either way I'm upgrading my phone with out a contract.

Switching to T-Mobile or ATT

New data stats for 2014 are out and it looks like ATT is giving VZW a run for their money with T-Mobile trailing as a close third. ATT data plans are a little cheaper than T-Mobile, but they do not have an unlimited tier, T-Mobile does however and they finance the Nexus 5. From my understanding, ATT supports the Nexus 5, but don't offer financing, so buying it retail from Google or second hand is the only option, which I plan on doing in a few months.
I'm thinking about switching after the holidays and was wondering if the GS3 for VZW is compatible with either carrier's data bands. Has anyone successfully switched to ATT or T-Mobile using the GS3 subsidised by VZW?
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Can't, Vzw is cdma. Att and T-Mobile are gsm
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Just sell the gs3 for $225 on swappa add $125 of your money and buy a n5.
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elrichmeister said:
Can't, Vzw is cdma. Att and T-Mobile are gsm
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Restola said:
Just sell the gs3 for $225 on swappa add $125 of your money and buy a n5.
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Well that sucks, VZW is like communist Russia or something lol.. I would just sell it however its like a year old with some wear.. Doubt I'd be able to get more than $150 for it. I don't mind paying retail, figure switch to a cheaper carrier, keep the GS3 for 4-5 months and save the monthly difference for a new N5.. Guess that's not possible since they use different bands.
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elrichmeister said:
Can't, Vzw is cdma. Att and T-Mobile are gsm
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Not quite true. You can, but you be stuck on Edge (no HSPA+ or LTE AFAIK). But as previous posters have stated, your best off selling the verizon device and picking up a Tmo one (Most Tmo devices work on ATT and Tmo, Many ATT devices are locked to ATT).
And I would compare Verizon to totalitarian Russia, but message received. =)
None of this matters for those who need all over cell service. I travel all over the midwest, att, tmobile, and sprint all suck for coverage area. If they are good in your area and you dont travel, go for it. You will have little to no rural coverage which also means no data in those areas.
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donnyp1 said:
None of this matters for those who need all over cell service. I travel all over the midwest, att, tmobile, and sprint all suck for coverage area. If they are good in your area and you dont travel, go for it. You will have little to no rural coverage which also means no data in those areas.
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I'd stick with VZW if they still supported nexus devices and weren't trying to lock down everything else, guess there's no incentive for them to do so. ATT has a little over half the amount of towers VZW has with faster data transfer, T-Mobile has about a third and Sprint's LTE is still in infancy.
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From what I've read, you sacrifice 4g by using this phone on T-Mobile. That's all.
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Shibby87 said:
I'd stick with VZW if they still supported nexus devices and weren't trying to lock down everything else, guess there's no incentive for them to do so. ATT has a little over half the amount of towers VZW has with faster data transfer, T-Mobile has about a third and Sprint's LTE is still in infancy.
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No incentive indeed. Big red is losing points with me fast.. especially since losing my unlimited data. Sprint's LTE is an absolute joke at this point, but it seems the silver lining is T-mobile's expanding network. If they support your area and you don't need to travel much, an unlocked Nexus 5 on their $30/mo plan is looking very tempting. The 100 minutes a month thing sucks, but there's always voip alternatives.
Probably best here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886399

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