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I've read with android v4.1.2, this phone is factory unlocked. If I cancel my contract with verizon, can i switch directly over to Straight Talk (on AT&T network)? Is there something more I need to do besides maybe a factory restore? I would appreciate any help or if this topic has been shared already and i have over-looked it, please point me in the right direction.
Thank you.
You'll have to have it flashed to ST. PM Viper32. I'm gonna get him to do mine when this month is up.
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So this can be done now? Anyone got any instructions on how to do this? This would be greatly appreciated.
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I need to do this as well. My Verizon contract is up and I want to take my S3 over to Straight Talk.
Verizon S3 on Straight Talk
jbass350z said:
I need to do this as well. My Verizon contract is up and I want to take my S3 over to Straight Talk.
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Guys, I just installed Beanstown Build 16 and applied these APN settings. That will get data and MMS working:
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As far as I've heard, the data connection is EDGE only without 3G or 4G. Is this correct?
CrustyMcLovin said:
As far as I've heard, the data connection is EDGE only without 3G or 4G. Is this correct?
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I've got 3G, or what seems like 3G on it. But I've yet to achieve 4g, and it'll probably never happen with this phone.
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cj2566 said:
I've got 3G, or what seems like 3G on it. But I've yet to achieve 4g, and it'll probably never happen with this phone.
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How much data are you using? The talk around town is that breaking 2gb will get you the boot. What's your experience?
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How much data are you using? The talk around town is that breaking 2gb will get you the boot. What's your experience?
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My honest opinion? With these speeds, you'd be hard pressed to use that much data. I can't speak on ST policy or know why they'd boot you. Seems a bit ridiculous. Unless you go over your plan?
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cj2566 said:
My honest opinion? With these speeds, you'd be hard pressed to use that much data. I can't speak on ST policy or know why they'd boot you. Seems a bit ridiculous. Unless you go over your plan?
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I manage to do between 2-5 on 3g myself
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I used to be a Straight Talk customer with my HTC One X. I left them due to the terrible service, and not having the same reception and priority as AT&T, even though I had an AT&T SIM in it. You be warned and dropped if you use over 2Gb of data. You can be warned and dropped, if you use streaming video (youtube etc...)
Their plans simply arent designed for that. And you cant blame them.... as youre only paying $45/month here in the U.S. If you want more data. If you want more data without limits on how you use it (streaming video etc...) then you need a bigger plan from a different carrier. You cant expect it all, for $45/month.
Also, I dont think any company like straight talk, will give you 4G. They are piggybacking off of the towers of big carriers.... those carriers dont want you clogging up their 4G network through Straight Talk (or any other) for only $45/month
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SilverFox66 said:
I used to be a Straight Talk customer with my HTC One X. I left them due to the terrible service, and not having the same reception and priority as AT&T, even though I had an AT&T SIM in it. You be warned and dropped if you use over 2Gb of data. You can be warned and dropped, if you use streaming video (youtube etc...)
Their plans simply arent designed for that. And you cant blame them.... as youre only paying $45/month here in the U.S. If you want more data. If you want more data without limits on how you use it (streaming video etc...) then you need a bigger plan from a different carrier. You cant expect it all, for $45/month.
Also, I dont think any company like straight talk, will give you 4G. They are piggybacking off of the towers of big carriers.... those carriers dont want you clogging up their 4G network through Straight Talk (or any other) for only $45/month
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I have an unlocked Motorola Atrix HD (AT&T) Ive been using on ST for close to a year. At first, I only had "fake 4g" aka hspa+ which isnt terrible. My speeds were between 4-6 mbps.
The day I heard att was allowing lte on st I bought a new lte compatible sim from st for $7. I threw it in my phone, updated my apns and have been running lte ever since. Speeds are between 8 - 16 mbps now.
Only issue is sometimes ppl dont get my texts. Its really random so it hasnt been enough of an issue for me to change anything. I probably just need to tweak my apn but its fine for now.
As for streaming, I stream music quite a bit, youtube any time I want, and even netflix a time or two. Never had an issue. Now I also use less than 2gigs a month. For whatever all thats worth
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This info is hard to find, there's been wonderment here so here's my settings. Mms send/receive as well as data work just fine. Set, save, select, reboot, done.
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thanks for this, Did you have to buy a specific phonelike the E71?
where did you get it?
Yeah, my sim is from an e71 from Wal Mart. Make sure sim doesnt end in T5. Thats tmobile
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I went the two apn route with a few different settings and I have everything working as well. This way is a little easier. May change mine to this.
So how is the coverage, I heard straight talk uses VZW towers. Is there anything special that needs done to the captivate?
PeteSeiler2010 said:
So how is the coverage, I heard straight talk uses VZW towers. Is there anything special that needs done to the captivate?
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The cheap phones use verizon. The e71 uses att. If you buy a phone make sure it doesn't say CDMA in the bottom front left corner on the box.
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So how is the coverage, I heard straight talk uses VZW towers. Is there anything special that needs done to the captivate?
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They use VZW and GSM (AT&T and some TM). To use your captivate you have to buy one of their nokia GSM smartphones and use the sim out of them. The phones cost $200 from Walmart. Plus you can't sell the nokia because the SIM is tied to the nokia and if someone else tries to activate the nokia they'll deactive your sim. It's a great deal for $45 a month unlimited everything using AT&Ts network.
You could buy a damaged St e71 on eBay and return yours but keep sim. Then when they cut it off call and say Hey! The phone was bad! Here's the imei of the phone I'm using (damaged St e71 imei). They'll say Oh! Sorry! Well send you a new sim! Then when you get it, activate and you're good to go.
Its not going to get you into heaven or make you friends but it works. Just saying.
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This is so genius. My girlfriend has a 6790. I might steal her phone for testing purposes, see if the SIM works, and buy her a Captivate for her birthday if it works
MaxRabbit said:
This is so genius. My girlfriend has a 6790. I might steal her phone for testing purposes, see if the SIM works, and buy her a Captivate for her birthday if it works
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It'll work if it doesn't end in T5 I believe it is. That's T-Mobile service. Otherwise just change APN settings and you're g2g
It worked, but you may want to see this:
From their ToS
You may not remove your SIM card or use the SIM card on any other wireless phone. Any violation of the restrictions on the use of your SIM card that are contained in this section may result in the immediate termination of your service without notice.
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does this work on android 2.2 froyo?
itchy18 said:
does this work on android 2.2 froyo?
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Yes of course.
joe3681 said:
This info is hard to find, there's been wonderment here so here's my settings. Mms send/receive as well as data work just fine. Set, save, select, reboot, done.
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The info was pretty easy to find for me....I used Howard Forums website to find the info. Are you sure everything is working properly? Mine is the same except for the MMS Proxy....mine is "proxy.mvno.tracfone.com"...which makes sense since Tracfone actually owns ST. I can definitely verify mine is working in all respects.....been using my Inspire with ST for months. Problems that you could run into if it's wrong would be with multimedia messaging. If yours is ok then I guess we have two working settings here.
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It worked, but you may want to see this:
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Yeah I saw that too. The problem wouldn't be with ST though...not really. AT&T is the only one losing out in this situation. The big thing is not to abuse the data usage. There a few idiot noobs out there who decided to use the tethering to basically replace their home internet connection.....umm....can you say stupid? They, of course, ended up with their data cut off. I have been using my Inspire on ST for months with no issues....and I tether and do everything you'd want to do with a smart phone. I just don't stream internet radio and Netflix 24/7(yes....people are doing this....then they get cut off). Bottom line, if your smart about it, it's doubtful ST will ever do anything about you using a different phone. Hopefully, others don't ruin it for the rest of us.
this is awesome. i had looked at tracphone plans before but you dont get much, i was unaware strait talk had smart phones on att with data plans. i will have to try this.
Just adding a little info here. This will work with just about any AT&T GSM phone as long as you are able to change the APN info on it. Black berries won't completely work since they have their own special network for some services(at least as far as I know....there could be some settings to allow for this too, but I doubt it). Android phones and Iphones are the most common. Some andoid phones use one APN and some use two. If you get it wrong then you may notice you have no MMS. Also, in some cases people have had issues with MMS when they don't delete the AT&T APN. On Iphones you'll have to be jailbroken to change the MMS settings...but you can get everything else to work without it. On Iphone 4 you'll have to cut the SIM card to a smaller size since the use micro SIMs...special cutters are on ebay for that along with adapters to allow the SIM to fit back into the larger slots should you ever change your mind.
Also.....never call ST customer service with the SIM card in the phone.....use the ST phone....they CAN see your imei number at that point and will know that you are using a different phone. Also, you HAVE to keep your ST phone....if someone else tries to activate it on another account your SIM will get deactivated. More info is at the Howard Forums website...just google that along with 'Straight Talk Android' or 'Straight Talk Iphone'...it should get you to the right info.
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Does the Captivate have to be unlocked before using the Straight Talk sim?
I thought of doing this months ago and posted on here asking if it was possible and everybody responded "no".
Glad to see it works. Unlimited everything for $45/month is awesome!
derek4484 said:
Does the Captivate have to be unlocked before using the Straight Talk sim?
I thought of doing this months ago and posted on here asking if it was possible and everybody responded "no".
Glad to see it works. Unlimited everything for $45/month is awesome!
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No the Captivate doesn't have to be unlocked or even rooted for that matter. The SIM is unlocked. Just the APN has to be changed and that can be done with APN Backup and Restore from the market. Backup the AT&T APN just in case you want it later, then delete it. After that you just need to create a new APN for Straight Talk.
Remember....this only works with the Straight Talk smart phones that sell for about $200 at Walmart...they are the only ones on AT&T.....and they have to use the $45 service card.
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Cant seem to get my mms working all the settings the same as pictures any idea what it could be?
It's Official the TB has been flashed to cricket by me proof down below
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A thunderbolt doesn't belong on such a crappy network lol.
My friends EVO on Cricket running Jiminy Rom sucks balls
Why buy a 4G phone to backtrack to a 3G network?
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Why buy a 4G phone to backtrack to a 3G network?
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And only have 1x on top of that
Why waste your time? You could be doing something productive like curing cancer instead? Cricket of all carriers!
LMFAO guy guys guys i got ppl that want the phone flashed so i found a solution ppl want nicer phones on cricket im workin on 3g solution but for now we have 1x so please i dont have VZW money so i have cricket and cricket right now is doin it big
Yeah I used to have cricket too.....then I got a job.....what a waste of a good phone.....smh
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I think its kinda cool....its a good thing for the people that don't have money
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If you're on cricket cause you can't afford Verizon maybe you should just get a flip phone.... Save the food stamps for food, not thunderbolts....
In all honesty though, I don't even know what cricket is. Lol.
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I'll stick to vzw, but good job none the less.
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Here is a description in a nutshell: bit.ly/3QllHi
It's a way for anybody with bad credit to get a phone. A lot of my employees have it because they can't afford a security deposit with Verizon or any other large carrier.
Do they ride the bus? Do they call *every* Android device the "Google Phone" or "Droid"? Are they familiar with government assistance? Well sir you have yourself a Cricket customer.
Flashing a Thunderbolt over to Cricket is like parking your Maserati at a swap meet. What a waste.
That's like putting unleaded fuel in a Dodge Viper. She it looks at fancy but its gonna run like crap. Flash a US Cell phone or something. Not a 4G device! Waste!
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LMFAO guy guys guys i got ppl that want the phone flashed so i found a solution ppl want nicer phones on cricket im workin on 3g solution but for now we have 1x so please i dont have VZW money so i have cricket and cricket right now is doin it big
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I appreciate doing this just to do them, and this is cool and all, but if you don't have "Verizon money" then honestly you don't have thunderbolt money either.
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Well all u haters love this if im not mistaken can you talk and surf the web at the same time i dont think so i have flashed this fone to cricket as of this morning with 3g and the ability to use DATA while in an active CDMA fone call
I don't understand the outrage here, but everyone is entitled to their opinion, I suppose. I, for one, think it's a nice development for the select few who may want it--or even if only to say it has been accomplished. Good work, dexter.
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Well all u haters love this if im not mistaken can you talk and surf the web at the same time i dont think so i have flashed this fone to cricket as of this morning with 3g and the ability to use DATA while in an active CDMA fone call
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Ummm... Yes... We can talk and use data on LTE.
Edit: and its spelled phone. Not fone.
But hey, cool that it can be flashed over onto cricket.
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Fadingintofall said:
Ummm... Yes... We can talk and use data on LTE.
Edit: and its spelled phone. Not fone.
But hey, cool that it can be flashed over onto cricket.
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im sry i type short hand if u can read fone then dont try to lol
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im sry i type short hand if u can read fone then dont try to lol
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Seriously if someone buys a Bolt retail without contract you're paying north of $600 on retail outlets like Amazon. So you get a Bolt from VZW for $150 (maybe even $99 when they run sales) plus you pay for a month of service + data and cancel ($175) and you're still around $400. That's a lot of wasted money to get a Bolt that's not going to be using LTE. This kind of kills the affordability of Cricket.
Have you seen Cricket's data coverage map? I think I can step in and out of it no matter where I am. One step to the left...coverage. One step to the right...no data.
Android plan on cricket is $55/mo too so you're not saving a ton of money per month for Crapit I mean Cricket.
Alright I'm off my Cricket soapbox but seriously nice work getting it working on their network.
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Seriously if someone buys a Bolt retail without contract you're paying north of $600 on retail outlets like Amazon. So you get a Bolt from VZW for $150 (maybe even $99 when they run sales) plus you pay for a month of service + data and cancel ($175) and you're still around $400. That's a lot of wasted money to get a Bolt that's not going to be using LTE. This kind of kills the affordability of Cricket.
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VZW Cancellation fees are $350 for a phone, plus $150 for the phone, another $100 for a month of service. Making the total price 600+. Either way he was paying 600+.
But if you can pay $600+ for a phone, but can't afford a monthly plan from verizon, you are doing something wrong.
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im sry i type short hand if u can read fone then dont try to lol
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Typing in short hand is akin to only speaking monosyllabic words... People can understand you without issue, you just look like an idiot more often than not. Especially doing so while making an untrue claim.
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all:
a few days ago I received the infamous 5% email. I am currently sitting at 4.9GB of data usage on the unlimited LTE grandfathered plan. when all of a sudden my up/down is now at 100k/100k almost symmetrical.
wanted to check with a panel of my peers. have any of you experienced this?
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Wrong section for this post. I'm sure plenty of other people are going to tell you momentarily.
only issue is that this is the only forum for the lte device and figured you guys would be the proud few who would use data similarly.
lol I'm only 10days in to the Billing period.
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only issue is that this is the only forum for the lte device and figured you guys would be the proud few who would use data similarly.
lol I'm only 10days in to the Billing period.
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No this is the Dev section of the Skyrocket, you want Q+A or General
yup my mistake, got used to reading the forums from favorites.
mod please move
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Moved to general
Be glad you even have 5GB! I got moved from unlimited to 2GB
know any mods who can close / delete this
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thnx
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This is completely and utterly wrong! They can't compare LTE customers to HSPA in terms of data usage. Verizon has had LTE network for a year with 180 million americans blanketed, tons of LTE devices, and they've never bothered their LTE with crap like that. I've used 80GB at one point, no issues. They actually prefer their customers getting on LTE and offloading their EvDO network.
I'm at about 3.5Gb on my Skyrocket, so far so good, but then again, I only have HSPA+...
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Be glad you even have 5GB! I got moved from unlimited to 2GB
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A phone call is all it takes to get unlimited back.
I found a work around that you can test to see if it works on your device. I too was throttled down to 100k after receiving the texts. I now am getting HPSA speeds...better than 100k...so I'm getting around 2-7 mbps..which will be sufficient til the end of my billing cycle.
Got the message from AT&T as well. The problem that I have I can't check how much data I've used so far. I moved from my Infuse to the Skyrocket, login to the AT&T website and I am sitting @ 2 GB. This is just ridiculous. When I had the Infuse, I was burning anywhere from 12 to 14 GB per month and AT&T never sent me any messages.
2745.65 of 10238976 used
This is what it shows in the AT&T website. I don't think I will ever be close to that number, but come on, 2 GB. This is a joke.
PS. I am still using their LTE network though, I am just wanna see if they really will throttle my speed.
LTE Rules!!!
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A phone call is all it takes to get unlimited back.
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How does that work?
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How does that work?
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You are not supposed to loose it over a device swap. That is / was a mistake and can be corrected. call 611 and get data support.
Hey opencipher, what is the work around for anyone that has been throttled?. I am afraid that I am getting close to the 5GB limit and don't want to have 100kb connections. In my area HSPA+ connections are pretty good so I wouldn't mind if I can switch back while throttled.
Thanks!!
haven't seen many of you experiencing the issue.
att has an app that will auto connect you to am att wifi hotspot if one its avail. I use it to also check my usage.
this is more of an annoyance than anything, luckily I have a vzw charge a well, with unlimited data and unlimited tether/hotspot. glad I jumped on that!
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Hey opencipher, what is the work around for anyone that has been throttled?. I am afraid that I am getting close to the 5GB limit and don't want to have 100kb connections. In my area HSPA+ connections are pretty good so I wouldn't mind if I can switch back while throttled.
Thanks!!
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Change the APN. Go to Settings. Wireless Networks. Mobile Settings. Access Point Names
Click on the Settings button and add a New APN.
Name it whatever. I used the settings from another thread and named it ATT HSPA+
APN: Phone
APN Type: Internet.
Left everything else blank. You won't get MMS but you have to create another APN for that, but even doing that I still can't send/receive MMS. But, I'm willing to sacrifice that for the speeds until the end of my cycle when I switch back to the normal ATT APN.
Now, here is the weird part and it takes some trial and error. When I switch to the new APN, reboot, I have to call the phone and let it sit there for a few minutes. Also disable Juice Defender. Not sure if it has anything with Juice Defender cutting the radio on and off. After a few minutes it switches to the other APN and will not access the LTE APN at all. And for some reason I get normal HSPA speeds. You can mess around with it and see what happens.
Some times it would take about 15 minutes to see the speed change..sometimes it happens right away. Not sure why..but its working for me.
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You are not supposed to loose it over a device swap. That is / was a mistake and can be corrected. call 611 and get data support.
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You're assuming that's why Da_G got moved from Unlimited to 2GB. That's not why he lost his unlimited plan...
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You can dial *data# to get your usage texted to you.
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Kadin said:
You're assuming that's why Da_G got moved from Unlimited to 2GB. That's not why he lost his unlimited plan...
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What happened?
For those of you who don't like shelling out the gobs of cash to AT&T...I have the link for you!
http://www.straighttalksim.com/
I received my AT&T sim in the mail from Straight Talk along with the new APN information...and voila...I'm getting the same (if not faster) download speeds than I was with AT&T. Actually, I've been strangely getting more bars than I was w/AT&T. Not sure why...since it's the same network. Anyways...this transformed my bill from $130 per month to $45 per month for unlimited talk, text and web. I don't work for Walmart or anything...I just wanted to share some savings info with those who are interested! When they say on the website "cut your phone bill in half" they're not kidding! I wonder how Wally World can get away with sending AT&T roms...offer the same service...for half the cost? I dunno...but I'm not complaining!
Now...I doubt you'd get 4G speeds....but I've never truly had 4G speeds...so I'm not missing anything.
Thinking about doing this just to activate the inspire I have laying around with a cracked screen. Its between this, and redpocket
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Maybe the new sim gave you a better signal?
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I did this last month. Best decision I ever made. The only catch I've found is that the data isn't really unlimited, it's a use it but don't abuse it policy. I believe they will throttle you if you hog too much.
What radio are you using? I think I need a new one, mine keeps switching between 3G and H.
Been thinking of doing the same thing as soon as my contract is up.. Any activation fees or anything like that? What'd they charge for the sim?
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I have been using Straight Talk for 6months with a sim card from a Nokia E71. This is known as the old sim swap method. Works great roams and all. From everything I've researched this uses the AT&T postpaid network.
The new sim card program they have charges you $14.95 for the sim card, and they had free shipping. NO activation fees or anything else.
This is the best data speed I've gotten though it's not usually this good. I'm using the 12.56.60.25P_26.10.04.03_M radio
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Been thinking of doing this myself. But I have some worries. What happens when one day you decide to stream some video or audio and Straight Talk up and cancels your account? I would hate to lose a telephone number I have had for the last 12 years.
Agoattamer said:
Been thinking of doing this myself. But I have some worries. What happens when one day you decide to stream some video or audio and Straight Talk up and cancels your account? I would hate to lose a telephone number I have had for the last 12 years.
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Good point. Also I average 9.6gbs with att now....who knows what straighttalk would say about that every month lmao
I got your 10 char right here
Rocking Abso bacon...ics style
Agoattamer said:
Been thinking of doing this myself. But I have some worries. What happens when one day you decide to stream some video or audio and Straight Talk up and cancels your account? I would hate to lose a telephone number I have had for the last 12 years.
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The word is if you keep it under 2gb a month and 170mb a day you should be good. Just use 3g watchdog and monitor it. I stream stuff all the time, just be aware of how much data you are using. I've had no problems though I've never exceeded the so called limits.
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cwhitney24 said:
Good point. Also I average 9.6gbs with att now....who knows what straighttalk would say about that every month lmao
I got your 10 char right here
Rocking Abso bacon...ics style
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WOW! That's a lot of data! I would think they will have to come up with some limits if they are going to cut off service because you are using too much so called "unlimited" data. Guess we'll have to wait and see once this thing gets going full bore. If you can keep your usage to 2gb a month and 170mb a day then this is a great deal! If not I wouldn't risk it at this point..
A few months ago another carrier said unlimited data was unlimited but they could make changes if they saw fit for the network. And everyone thought it meant nothing then. Straight Talk says no media streaming and only download from their network. They could turn on you tomorrow too. I see nothing in writing about 2GB.
Agoattamer said:
A few months ago another carrier said unlimited data was unlimited but they could make changes if they saw fit for the network. And everyone thought it meant nothing then. Straight Talk says no media streaming and only download from their network. They could turn on you tomorrow too. I see nothing in writing about 2GB.
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Great point...ok ill be staying with "lovely" att
I got your 10 char right here
Rocking Abso bacon...ics style
UR right nothing in writing about 2gb, but it has been good for me for the last 6 months. If you read the terms they say they can cut you off at anytime pretty much! You're right they could turn at any time. Guess it all depends on your situation, for me I'm willing to take the risk. lol
I keep my friends close (straight talk ) and my enemies even closer (AT$T).
At least the beast is predictable ....
I'll watch this thread with great interest for a while ....
Thank you for the information ....g
gregsarg said:
I keep my friends close (straight talk ) and my enemies even closer (AT$T).
At least the beast is predictable ....
I'll watch this thread with great interest for a while ....
Thank you for the information ....g
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You have a way with words my man
I looked at Straightalk, too. Wish they had a pay as you go plan, rather than monthly, with similar discount. I like options. There are several of of these non-contract companies but not much chat about them. Thanks for starting the thread, op. I have also heard similar talk about the 2Gb. cap, so that poster didn't just make it up. It might not be in writting but it seems to be what the users are experiencing.
I have decided to go Verizion as soon as my contract is up, ATT sucks. No 4G network and I cannot even get service at my house.
kraze1994 said:
I have decided to go Verizion as soon as my contract is up, ATT sucks. No 4G network and I cannot even get service at my house.
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ATT sucks because they don't have phone service in your area? No phone carrier has service everywhere. You never should have stayed with ATT in the first place if you didn't have service. And ATT has a 4G network, at least as much as T-mobile does and as the FCC now defines it. They also have LTE which is faster than Verizon's LTE. And what does your post have to do with Straight Talk?
I too have been thinking of going to ST. I don't go over 5gb. I wonder if that is still to much for them. I don't like att as much as the next person but I do have good signal and do get 4G in my area. Has anyone found anything about the 2gb?
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Switching to ST
hi guys, just got htc inspire not long ago and flashed with Energy ROM yesterday, currently using t-mobile, switching to ST this monday!!!
Ephemeralness said:
I did this last month. Best decision I ever made. The only catch I've found is that the data isn't really unlimited, it's a use it but don't abuse it policy. I believe they will throttle you if you hog too much.
What radio are you using? I think I need a new one, mine keeps switching between 3G and H.
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For the record, AT&T's is like that too. They throttle you if you're in the top 5% of data users.
Im going to leave sprint and go to AT&T. Now Im new to AT&Ts phones, and I was wondering a few things.
1. How are the speeds in general? With sprint I'll usually pull only .500-.700 mb under 3g but 4g is 5+mb in a good area. Usually I cant get 4g though.
2. Im unsure on their phones, so which phone is the top contender now? Anything new coming out soon that I should wait for?
Thanks guys.
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Im going to leave sprint and go to AT&T. Now Im new to AT&Ts phones, and I was wondering a few things.
1. How are the speeds in general? With sprint I'll usually pull only .500-.700 mb under 3g but 4g is 5+mb in a good area. Usually I cant get 4g though.
2. Im unsure on their phones, so which phone is the top contender now? Anything new coming out soon that I should wait for?
Thanks guys.
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I get an average of maybe 5MB/s on HSPA+ (AT&T's enhanced 3G or socalled 4G network) and an average of 30MB/s-50MB/s on LTE...It's crazy. I'll post screenshots.
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And as of right now, The 2 big contenders are the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket (Around $150-200) and the Samsung Galaxy Note ($300) which are co-existing with eachother and have the same Processer and RAM etc, but the Note has a HUGE (maybe even too big for you) 5.3" S-AMOLED 1280x800 display and the skyrocket has a 4.5" S-AMOLED PLUS 800x480 display.
thanks. I seen the note yesterday. lol Not bad for a womens purse, but not for a pocket.
Also we can still root these right? Nothing different from any other android, super user, wireless tether etc
mroneeyedboh said:
thanks. I seen the note yesterday. lol Not bad for a womens purse, but not for a pocket.
Also we can still root these right? Nothing different from any other android, super user, wireless tether etc
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Not at all, although you need to root and freeze an app called tethermanager.apk to tether, or just install a custom ROM. What phone do you come from anyway?
yeah how hard is the rooting? Im coming from the htc evo. Which IMO and others opinion is still a pretty strong contender.
what about the htc one x? Seems like you CANT remove the battery on this one.. Both cool, and unsettling.. What if the battery ****s the bed?
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yeah how hard is the rooting? Im coming from the htc evo. Which IMO and others opinion is still a pretty strong contender.
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Pretty simple to root with the easy guides around here.
Coming from the evo, the biggest thing you should think about is the availability of roms. It's not the communities fault but the lack of leaks and Samsung support.
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I havent looked around yet on here or any other AT&T phone's availability of roms. So based on that, there isnt much for the samsung phones Im guessing. The HTC one x might be where its at then.
I came from Sprint 3 weeks ago and purchased a skyrocket. I have the 5 gig plan and have no problem keeping under cap. Ive only used 1200mb. Just make sure you always use wifi when possible and dont always download huge files.
You never have to worry about roaming indoors and slow slow speed and ping
Okay, thanks man. Yeah I dont need 5gb of data, but it would be nice. Just more than I wanted to spend. Id like to keep my bill around the same price now.
mroneeyedboh said:
Okay, thanks man. Yeah I dont need 5gb of data, but it would be nice. Just more than I wanted to spend. Id like to keep my bill around the same price now.
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Go for 2 gig... And if you are coming from sprint, you are gonna see a major speed increase.
I can get the 3gb from AT&T or 4gb from verizon.
They work out to be the same price give or take a few bucks. And generally, they have the same speeds.. right?
mroneeyedboh said:
I can get the 3gb from AT&T or 4gb from verizon.
They work out to be the same price give or take a few bucks. And generally, they have the same speeds.. right?
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I had verizon for 7 years and had to get rid of it because I had no signal. It was good back in my hometown but I moved and had to start traveling for work and then it sucked. At&t is faster and has better coverage areas for me and I travel a lot.
Depending the time of day I can pull 5-10mb on just 4g. LTE isn't available here yet. I've seen some LTE hit 30-50+ easy without breaking a sweat
Go with the Skyrocket or Note. The Note may be a little too large for you(or anyone....)
Sent from mobile. Skyrocket in flight!
I hear that and then I hear verizon is great. I knwo in my area of DC metro area, its pretty good. But AT&T boasts they have better speeds
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I hear that and then I hear verizon is great. I knwo in my area of DC metro area, its pretty good. But AT&T boasts they have better speeds
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All I can offer you is, for me, At&t is faster and has better coverage in the areas I travel through. Which is a lot of back and forth from Pensacola, FL to New Orleans. I also frequently drive up to northwest PA and at&t works much better than my verizon did. Like I said I had verizon for a lot of years and now at&t for the last 2 years.
Thanks for your honest review. I think two guys at work have both verizon and one has AT&T. I'll see what their data speeds are.
With HSPA+, I get between 2-7 down. Can't speak for LTE, don't have it where I live. I think you'll be glad coming from Sprint
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Thanks for your honest review. I think two guys at work have both verizon and one has AT&T. I'll see what their data speeds are.
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Yes, I would ask them how their signal is throughout the day and their speeds since they live where you do, and that would be the most accurate feedback you could receive.