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Note 3 and Straight Talk

Gonna be buying note 3 here in a few days and this is the one that I'm gonna get...
http://negrielectronics.com/samsung-galaxy-note-3-32gb-lte-t-mobile-unlocked-black.html
Tmo has unlocked BL as well and has the 850 and 1700 freq unlocked. Is this the one that I should order on The 3rd?
Was gonna get a note 2 but figures since I'm buying out right might as well get the best.
MB865/ATT-ST/4.3 Slimbean

Yup, looks good.

mircury said:
Yup, looks good.
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How come they are so cheap stateside, they are 749€ here in Europe

PaulGG said:
How come they are so cheap stateside, they are 749€ here in Europe
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I bet the carriers had something to do with the pricing and Samsung with the international models doesn't want to under cut them. There is also regional pricing. Whatever they feel like is a good price considering the competition and people I guess.

We know that from the FCC papers that Tmobile version will work on AT&T LTE but what If those specific bands were locked or not turned on in their radio? We dont have a real world proof yet.

Gonna order mine in 2 days... will post when I get it from time I order to in my hand. I have the new LTE sim cards from STart as well so I can see what happens. I am not LTE yet but hopefully soon. Thanks for the input. ?
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amynjimmy said:
Gonna order mine in 2 days... will post when I get it from time I order to in my hand. I have the new LTE sim cards from STart as well so I can see what happens. I am not LTE yet but hopefully soon. Thanks for the input. ?
MB865/ATT-ST/4.3 Slimbean
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Which sim are you using(ATT or Tmobile) and model of the note?

Gonna get the one from the link on negri the one I posted above. I'm using Att ST sim
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Looks like the wait is on for another week before shipped out!!!
rooted,recovered,and rebooted from the ol' i777.......

I got a ST AT&T sim, waiting on TM phone from Negri. Got one question, will wifi tethering work with this setup?

mdcarter67 said:
I got a ST AT&T sim, waiting on TM phone from Negri. Got one question, will wifi tethering work with this setup?
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It will work but you are going to get throttled.............
They have actually set a cap on it now and it is 2.5 gigabytes.....
rooted,recovered,and rebooted from the ol' i777.......

I'm also interested to see how this goes. I might wait a few weeks to get the phone, but I do plan on getting one that can work on AT&T's 3G/LTE bands on ST, since T-mobile coverage in my area is pretty poor. Keep us updated, OP, and thanks.

sk8ordie0 said:
Looks like the wait is on for another week before shipped out!!!
rooted,recovered,and rebooted from the ol' i777.......
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I wonder when negri is gonna start shipping.... I'm not the pre order type.... has anyone used negri b4 and how reliable are they.
All the shipping dates have changed to coming soon.... that's wierd
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Do NOT Tether with Straight Talk
mdcarter67 said:
I got a ST AT&T sim, waiting on TM phone from Negri. Got one question, will wifi tethering work with this setup?
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I have ATT LTE Straight Talk sim card. if you notice their policy changed. you only get 2.5GB of unlimitted data at LTE speeds then you are dropped down to 2G Edge speeds until the next billing cycle. If I were you I would try a few of the other carriers. (MVNOs) Be aware that over the past week quite a few of them have changed their policies to allow on y the first 2.5GB at LTE speeds. You can always go to Simple Mobile and pay $60 to get 5GB at LTE speeds. Target just opened up BrightSpot Mobile which has a decent plan for $60 5GB of LTE data. There are alot of MMVNOs to consider.

Any updates
Just wanted to see if anyone could post any updates of how there experience has been with this phone on Straight Talk? Thanks!

loffer said:
Just wanted to see if anyone could post any updates of how there experience has been with this phone on Straight Talk? Thanks!
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Mine has been awesome!
In Ohio with AT&T on the N9005.
They WILL throttle you after 2.5GB, but only during peak hours for your tower
I was able to use all data I wanted (HSPA+. no LTE since I have N9005 and not N900T or N900A) without being throttled at my house out in the boonies. As soon as I go into the city, data speed drops to 250kbps once I've used my 2.5GB. Speed is around 6mbps when I'm not throttled.
PS. My parents have ST on their Nexus 5's and they get 30-50 mbps when not throttled and 250kbps when throttled. If you have the N900T ot N900A, you could expect a similar speed on LTE.

Ting

Anyone have a Nexus 5 they have been able to activate on Ting?

Solutions Etcetera said:
Anyone have a Nexus 5 they have been able to activate on Ting?
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Have there been any updates on this front? Per my searches, haven't found evidence of a successful flash to an sprint mvno

Solutions Etcetera said:
Anyone have a Nexus 5 they have been able to activate on Ting?
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I've been on Ting with my N5 over a month...works great!
You need to have a Sprint SIM (Ting sells them for $10). Then, just go to their pages and activate. If you're already on Ting...the best bet is to give them a phone call...they'll step you thru the process to activate.
https://ting.com/blog/time-to-bring-your-nexus-5-to-ting/

Vegasden said:
I've been on Ting with my N5 over a month...works great!
You need to have a Sprint SIM (Ting sells them for $10). Then, just go to their pages and activate. If you're already on Ting...the best bet is to give them a phone call...they'll step you thru the process to activate.
https://ting.com/blog/time-to-bring-your-nexus-5-to-ting/
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whats the deal with ting? how much is it and what do u get??

P.Mobile said:
whats the deal with ting? how much is it and what do u get??
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All you need to know - https://ting.com/

I have my N5 on Sprint MVNO Ringplus.
It works great.

booda3000 said:
I have my N5 on Sprint MVNO Ringplus.
It works great.
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I have been using TING on my N5 for a couple weeks.
TING is very good - but be cautioned that I am only running 3G - not getting LTE. This is a coverage issue though - and not a TING or N5 issue.
I was getting 4G on my E4GT - but with my N5 I am now getting worse data speeds as LTE is not in my area
One of the things I really like about the N5 and TING - is I can switch to AT&T or TMobile at any time if LTE doesn't come around on Sprint soon enough!

I've been on Ting for about a week now with my N5. They claim you can only use those bought directly from Google Play and you need to buy a Sprint SIM card (they'll sell you one for $10+tax which is pretty much at cost).
Mine works fine.. gets LTE and everything. Just keep in mind if you use voice or mobile data a LOT then Ting might not be your best choice.. but if you rarely use mobile data or voice (and are in a wi-fi area the vast majority of the time) you can save some serious coin.
I bought my g/f a Purple Galaxy S4 and she bought me a N5 for Christmas. I have both phones on the same Ting account (you can only use Galaxy S4 or HTC One phones that you actually bought from Ting). We text with them more than anything else and have wifi at home and at work and at most restaurants.. and for both phones looks like our bill this month is going to be well under $40 total.

Ting ran out of sim cards No restock till mid January and my N5 is supposed to arrive tomorrow. Really bummed

oaliaso said:
Ting ran out of sim cards No restock till mid January and my N5 is supposed to arrive tomorrow. Really bummed
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You can possibly pick up those cards on Ebay, I picked one up there and worked great. It is a Sprint Model: SIMGLW206R

I ended up finding a local Sprint repair shop that just gave me one when I asked nicely Love the N5... but I have the same service issues I did with the HTC One when it had a CM/AOSP/GE ROM installed. At this point I'll ride that out and see if it gets better or if I need to find a different provider.

[Q] Nexus 5 on AT&T - not going to LTE

Earlier this week, I went to AT&T to get a new micro sim for my Nexus 5. It works fine on HSPA+. However, I never see it go to LTE. Using the speedtest app, my d/l speeds max out at 2.5Mbps.
I am in an LTE coverage area. I stood right next to a couple of my co-workers with a Moto X and iphone 5. Both of their phones say LTE.
I called 611 (AT&T customer service) to make sure I had LTE coverage. According to their system, both my phone and plan say LTE.
Am I missing anything? Do I need to do anything (play with any settings) to make LTE go on?
Help...

Is it set to LTE and CDMA/GSM?

LTE is selected

Interesting I'm getting mine today and will be using AT&T I'll let you know if I have the same problem

Very weak LTE for me too. I'm a little disappointed in that, but I'm getting 5-8Mbps down with HSPA+

My LTE works fine on AT&T, I've ran some tests and seen 30Mbps

is your account provisioned for LTE?

htcvividnoob said:
My LTE works fine on AT&T, I've ran some tests and seen 30Mbps
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Same here
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I'm getting LTE with no problem. I'm getting about 20 down and 12 up. The only so far I don't like is the speaker volume. It may be YouTube, but it's horrible.
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mine is correctly provisioned, and i do see LTE, but it's very weak for me where friends with a Moto X and iPhone 5 see full LTE coverage.

My Nexus 4 on T-Mobile would stay on LTE all day, but my Nexus 5 gets off LTE and goes back to HSPA+ when it drops to 2 bars or less. I am very aggravated. I can get it on LTE if I show it that there is LTE around by going to the secret dialer menu and enabling LTE only, but it is like it doesn't want to get on LTE unless it is 4-5 bars.
I need to see how my wife's Nexus 5 operates and I may end up RMAing mine.

I have yet to see my Nexus 5 on LTE (AT&T), i'm coming from an HTC One and that has connected to LTE without issues, not sure what the issue is, if AT&T is blocking it because its an 'unknown device' or what, has anybody discovered anything new on this?

cbcharlie said:
I have yet to see my Nexus 5 on LTE (AT&T), i'm coming from an HTC One and that has connected to LTE without issues, not sure what the issue is, if AT&T is blocking it because its an 'unknown device' or what, has anybody discovered anything new on this?
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Works great on AT&T's LTE network on the n5, SIM originally from a Lumia 920 also LTE.

No problem here with SIM out of S3. I did notice that he automatically changed my APN's. It only pulled ATT Phone and ATT WAP. Its set to Phone. I am roughly same speed as s3

Showme1 said:
No problem here with SIM out of S3. I did notice that he automatically changed my APN's. It only pulled ATT Phone and ATT WAP. Its set to Phone. I am roughly same speed as s3
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I'm using a new micro sim since I was previously using a galaxy nexus. I'm thinking that it might be an apn setting issue. If there any way you (or someone else) could list their apn settings? A screenshot would be great.. Thanks in advance.

Works fine for me using the stock APN

I walked in my AT&T store, handed my Nexus 5 still in the box to a tech, she unboxed it, put in a sim booted it up, download SpeedTest app and with a LTE tower right next to the store these were the numbers I got.
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Artexman said:
I walked in my AT&T store, handed my Nexus 5 still in the box to a tech, she unboxed it, put in a sim booted it up, download SpeedTest app and with a LTE tower right next to the store these were the numbers I got.
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exactly the same experience. walked in today with my N5, handed it to the tech, transferred my # (coming from VZW), activated a new sim, put it in and off i went into LTE land. no issues at all

I've had the same issue since I got my Nexus 5 last Monday. Went to store, she put in LTE sim. Mine only show H. That's it just "H". Called at&t several times. They tried different settings on the phone. Suppose to send me another sims card in the mail. Also, said they "escalated" my case to a specialist. I should have it resolved by Nov. 11th.

I just simply pop in my sim from my s4
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Google Nexus 5 in Verizon, yes or no?

Hi All, I'm a verizon user currently with a Galaxy S3, however in a few days my contract ends and I need a new phone (my S3 screen broke and I don't plan on fixing it) and I was wondering, is the Nexus 5 capable of fully running in Verizon network? is someone using it in verizon?
Sorry if this question has been asked many times, but I trully can't find a decent and recent answer to it.
Thanks,
Rodrigo

No, and no.
sent from my hammerhead

Never going to happen
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Leave VZW.

wideasleep1 said:
Leave VZW.
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This
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rhaces said:
Hi All, I'm a verizon user currently with a Galaxy S3, however in a few days my contract ends and I need a new phone (my S3 screen broke and I don't plan on fixing it) and I was wondering, is the Nexus 5 capable of fully running in Verizon network? is someone using it in verizon?
Sorry if this question has been asked many times, but I trully can't find a decent and recent answer to it.
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Rodrigo
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It only supports sprint's CDMA bands and of course pretty much any gsm carrier. As far as Verizon.. Nope

Thanks all for your quick answer.
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It only supports sprint's CDMA bands and of course pretty much any gsm carrier. As far as Verizon.. Nope
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So it supports T-Mobile LTE?

rhaces said:
Thanks all for your quick answer.
So it supports T-Mobile LTE?
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Yes.

It supports LTE on T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, and any MVNO/pre-paid with access to those carriers' LTE networks. I'm using it on AIO Wireless with LTE.
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rhaces said:
Hi All, I'm a verizon user currently with a Galaxy S3, however in a few days my contract ends and I need a new phone (my S3 screen broke and I don't plan on fixing it) and I was wondering, is the Nexus 5 capable of fully running in Verizon network? is someone using it in verizon?
Sorry if this question has been asked many times, but I trully can't find a decent and recent answer to it.
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Rodrigo
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Absolutely not on both counts. The Nexus 5 is a GSM phone, Verizon's network is CDMA. If I were you I would ditch Verizon for either T-Mobile or AT&T, of if you prefer, you can buy service from an MVNO that uses one of their networks.
List of United States mobile virtual network operators

This is the reason I switched to T-Mobile after 9 years of Being on Verizon. Been with Verizon since right before my 18th bday (27 now) and after all those years of basically being pretty damn happy with my service, they let me down too many times in the last 2 years. First by the fiasco that was the Verizon version of the Galaxy Nexus, 2nd by not getting the Nexus 4 and then finally, not getting the Nexus 5.
So The fact that they, in my opinion, are ruining Android on CDMA networks, and them not carrying the Nexus 5, was just the final straw and I suspended my account until I can afford to early terminate my Two lines (which are up soon anyways, so I may just un-suspend and let them run their course) and I switched to T-Mobile, got my Nexus 4 while I waited for the 5 to be in Stock, and then Got my Nexus 5.
I also traded in the Note 3 I had on Verizon (with a locked Bootloader) for a T-Mobile version that has an unlocked bootloader.
Case in Point, Verizon is worthless for Android users.

Silicon Knight said:
This is the reason I switched to T-Mobile after 9 years of Being on Verizon. Been with Verizon since right before my 18th bday (27 now) and after all those years of basically being pretty damn happy with my service, they let me down too many times in the last 2 years. First by the fiasco that was the Verizon version of the Galaxy Nexus, 2nd by not getting the Nexus 4 and then finally, not getting the Nexus 5.
So The fact that they, in my opinion, are ruining Android on CDMA networks, and them not carrying the Nexus 5, was just the final straw and I suspended my account until I can afford to early terminate my Two lines (which are up soon anyways, so I may just un-suspend and let them run their course) and I switched to T-Mobile, got my Nexus 4 while I waited for the 5 to be in Stock, and then Got my Nexus 5.
I also traded in the Note 3 I had on Verizon (with a locked Bootloader) for a T-Mobile version that has an unlocked bootloader.
Case in Point, Verizon is worthless for Android users.
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But I'm kinda confused here. The Nexus 4 and 5 are cdma capable (for sprint), but not in Verizon's band, is this a Verizon issues? I mean couldn't google be blamed by not having the hardware that supports Verizon's specific band?
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rhaces said:
But I'm kinda confused here. The Nexus 4 and 5 are cdma capable (for sprint), but not in Verizon's band, is this a Verizon issues? I mean couldn't google be blamed by not having the hardware that supports Verizon's specific band?
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No verizon is to blame for messing up the Galaxy Nexus so bad that Google wont let them carry Nexus devices anymore, and before you ask about what htey did with the Galaxy Nexus that was so bad, use GOOGLE ! lol
oh and the hardware would support Verizon, Verizon just doesn't support the hardware

The Nexus 5 is a Sprint phone. Sprint phones can work on Verizon. How do you that? You make work through illegal methods (EXTREMELY DIFFICULT). Which is what I'm working on. My parents won't let me leave Verizon easily. So I kinda have no choice technically. But I ordered a T-mo Sim card anyways and I might just leave without saying anything. But I'm still working on it till it arrives.
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Dragn4rce said:
The Nexus 5 is a Sprint phone. Sprint phones can work on Verizon. How do you that? You make work through illegal methods (EXTREMELY DIFFICULT). Which is what I'm working on. My parents won't let me leave Verizon easily. So I kinda have no choice technically. But I ordered a T-mo Sim card anyways and I might just leave without saying anything. But I'm still working on it till it arrives.
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Cloning to get a Nexus 5 to work CDMA on Verizon is a total waste....Evdo access only -you would be better off using a different device to WiFi hotspot and just use the Nexus 5 as a tablet until you can leave Verizon. Even if you had a friend internally add the MEID you would still be missing out on the LTE coverage. Big hassle to be going backwards in terms of data connectivity. You could make Google Hangouts calls over the tethered connection and utilizing Google Voice you can forward all calls to Google Talk/Hangouts so it would be like using a WiFi Phone.

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Cloning to get a Nexus 5 to work CDMA on Verizon is a total waste....Evdo access only -you would be better off using a different device to WiFi hotspot and just use the Nexus 5 as a tablet until you can leave Verizon. Even if you had a friend internally add the MEID you would still be missing out on the LTE coverage. Big hassle to be going backwards in terms of data connectivity. You could make Google Hangouts calls over the tethered connection and utilizing Google Voice you can forward all calls to Google Talk/Hangouts so it would be like using a WiFi Phone.
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The Nexus 5 does has Band 13 secretly built in. And I do have a friend who works as a Verizon representative. Thanks for the discouragement but I don't care I really have nothing else to do at home.
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Dragn4rce said:
The Nexus 5 does has Band 13 secretly built in. And I do have a friend who works as a Verizon representative. Thanks for the discouragement but I don't care I really have nothing else to do at home.
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I was unaware of the Band 13 support. (I know Verizon's Band 4 LTE AWS is supported)
If you have your Nexus 5 showing Band 13 support and a Verizon rep willing to add your MEID into Verizon's approval list...then I do not see a dilemma with having a full functioning Nexus 5 on Verizon. (Nothing Illegal this route)

mariano3113 said:
I was unaware of the Band 13 support. (I know Verizon's Band 4 LTE AWS is supported)
If you have your Nexus 5 showing Band 13 support and a Verizon rep willing to add your MEID into Verizon's approval list...then I do not see a dilemma with having a full functioning Nexus 5 on Verizon. (Nothing Illegal this route)
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Not illegal I suppose but might get your friend fired for adding an officially unsupported device onto the VZW network on your behalf...

rhaces said:
But I'm kinda confused here. The Nexus 4 and 5 are cdma capable (for sprint), but not in Verizon's band, is this a Verizon issues? I mean couldn't google be blamed by not having the hardware that supports Verizon's specific band?
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There's no nexus 4 on Sprint I'm pretty sure . But the Nexus 5, yes.
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Verizon S3 on Straight Talk

Just received my SIM card from straight talk for the i535 all I did was go to straight talk web site activate the phone using the phone imei number then start phone with SIM card installed> Once SIM card was activated I restarted the phone and had LTE with no need to setup APN settings.
I just shut off the verizon service right before setting up the phone on ST so I do not know if thats has effected anything but hopefully it doesn't.
Also I had to contact Straight Talk using their facebook page to get the SIM card and it was shipped for free.

highspeedfelon said:
Just received my SIM card from straight talk for the i535 all I did was go to straight talk web site activate the phone using the phone imei number then start phone with SIM card installed> Once SIM card was activated I restarted the phone and had LTE with no need to setup APN settings.
I just shut off the verizon service right before setting up the phone on ST so I do not know if thats has effected anything but hopefully it doesn't.
Also I had to contact Straight Talk using their facebook page to get the SIM card and it was shipped for free.
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Good to know, I get my sim card from straight talk tomorrow. I didn't imagine it was that hard to setup. You did the smart thing and went to facebook, like an idiot I called them and it took well over a week for them to send it
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ShapesBlue said:
Good to know, I get my sim card from straight talk tomorrow. I didn't imagine it was that hard to setup. You did the smart thing and went to facebook, like an idiot I called them and it took well over a week for them to send it
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Oh it took them a while to send it to me also. I had even told them to cancel it and thats when I went to Verizon. I was told at one point that the SIM cards should be in stores around December 5th,

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Oh it took them a while to send it to me also. I had even told them to cancel it and thats when I went to Verizon. I was told at one point that the SIM cards should be in stores around December 5th,
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Yea the kit they sell at Walmart doesn't currently include it only the T-Mobile and AT&T sims which we can't use. Mine will Thankfully be here today
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Can you explain what you mean by "shut off Verizon services*?
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Can you explain what you mean by "shut off Verizon services*?
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What he's saying is he had a VZW phone on VZW and cancelled his service to go with Straight Talk I believe

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What he's saying is he had a VZW phone on VZW and cancelled his service to go with Straight Talk I believe
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That's correct. I am now with straight talk with a VZW S3
All I had to do was get the sim card from straight talk and call them to activate it. It was a pretty simple process
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So you didn't have to hack the phone or anything?? Verizon is CDMA and Straight Talk is GSM, how did that work? Especially without setting up a new APN?
Oh and did you get the AT&T or TMobile sim? I think straight talk still has the option for either.

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So you didn't have to hack the phone or anything?? Verizon is CDMA and Straight Talk is GSM, how did that work? Especially without setting up a new APN?
Oh and did you get the AT&T or TMobile sim? I think straight talk still has the option for either.
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It does but straight talk told me the AT&T and T-Mobile sims won't work for this phone. They sent me a CDMA specific sim card, and cmda phones will indeed work on straight talk, not every single one but most
And no I didn't have to do anything with the phone, didn't have to edit apn settings or anything. I'm still running off the Verizon network
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ShapesBlue said:
It does but straight talk told me the AT&T and T-Mobile sims won't work for this phone. They sent me a CDMA specific sim card, and cmda phones will indeed work on straight talk, not every single one but most
And no I didn't have to do anything with the phone, didn't have to edit apn settings or anything. I'm still running off the Verizon network
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Wait, Straight Talk has Verizon SIM's now??? Meaning Verizon is one of their MVNO's? I always thought it was just TMobile and AT&T and Tracfone leased off Sprint for CDMA based phones.

jayjr1105 said:
Wait, Straight Talk has Verizon SIM's now??? Meaning Verizon is one of their MVNO's? I always thought it was just TMobile and AT&T and Tracfone leased off Sprint for CDMA based phones.
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Tracphone owns straight talk for one. It's a straight talk sim... But they piggy back off all 4 networks. VZW, ATT, TMobile and sprint
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What type of speeds you getting with straight talk on the 4G LTE VZW network? Speedtest?

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What type of speeds you getting with straight talk on the 4G LTE VZW network? Speedtest?
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Are you referring to me?

I was. However I hooked my Old S3 up for a family member. I can confirm that the VZW S3 will get 4G LTE on the Verizon network with the CDMA Sim that comes with the starter pack. Ran a speed test at full signal strength and had an initial burst for ~9-10 mbs and stabilized at ~5mb both up and down. This is way more than the user of the phone will need but also not a bad number.
For comparison sake my personal phone on a VZW unlimited plan still gets 40+ mbs during speed tests in the same location. Appears that ST is speed limited but at 5mbs still more than 99.9% of users will ever need/notice at one time.

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I was. However I hooked my Old S3 up for a family member. I can confirm that the VZW S3 will get 4G LTE on the Verizon network with the CDMA Sim that comes with the starter pack. Ran a speed test at full signal strength and had an initial burst for ~9-10 mbs and stabilized at ~5mb both up and down. This is way more than the user of the phone will need but also not a bad number.
For comparison sake my personal phone on a VZW unlimited plan still gets 40+ mbs during speed tests in the same location. Appears that ST is speed limited but at 5mbs still more than 99.9% of users will ever need/notice at one time.
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Yea I'm not worried about speed as I'm 99% of the time on wifi so I could care less now. The initial starter pack didn't come with the CDMA sim. Card which is a pain but now it does
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Quick question for those that have done this already - I have just ordered the Galaxy S3 I535 from walmart because i'm cheap and it was on special - Would it be wise to at least activate the phone on Verizon and entering the details on ST's site to make sure it will work before getting the sim or just ordering it (they are on special right now for .99c) I'm glad they are doing the CDMA sims because i had read that folks were only getting edge for data using the AT&T sims and was prepared to limit myself to being on the Verizon prepaid plan and just sucking it up...

warlordxxx said:
Quick question for those that have done this already - I have just ordered the Galaxy S3 I535 from walmart because i'm cheap and it was on special - Would it be wise to at least activate the phone on Verizon and entering the details on ST's site to make sure it will work before getting the sim or just ordering it (they are on special right now for .99c) I'm glad they are doing the CDMA sims because i had read that folks were only getting edge for data using the AT&T sims and was prepared to limit myself to being on the Verizon prepaid plan and just sucking it up...
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If its the prepaid version it may not work, the prepaid version doesn't utilize a sim card where as the contract version does
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Thanks Shapes it's the prepaid but i'll wait til it gets here and check it out

warlordxxx said:
Thanks Shapes it's the prepaid but i'll wait til it gets here and check it out
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Probably a good idea. I'm truly unsure if it will work or not. I have the S3 contract version and it works great on straight talk. Another user informed me the prepaid version doesn't utilize a sim which in most cases at least for VZW means no 4G
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