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[Q] Getting 4G Speed On unlocked Verizon s3 from Straight Talk

Getting 4G Speed On unlocked Verizon s3 on Straight Talk
i have only been getting 2g speeds on my unlocked verizon s3 from straight talk i believe i have the tmobile sim card from them my apn setting i believe are correct because im getting the 2g speeds. does anyone know what i have to do to get the 4G speeds working?
i have read that if you have a verizon phone on straight talk you can only get edge data is this true?

ody12 said:
Getting 4G Speed On unlocked Verizon s3 from Straight Talk
i have only been getting 2g speeds on my unlocked verizon s3 from straight talk i believe i have the tmobile sim card from them my apn setting i believe are correct because im getting the 2g speeds. does anyone know what i have to do to get the 4G speeds working?
i have read that if you have a verizon phone on straight talk you can only get edge data is this true?
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your using a Verizon s3? i dont think you can unlock the sim... im not 100% sure but i think you have the international version.. if you look under the battery there is a model number. if it say SCH-I535 then you have the verizon. and i think sprint is l710 . and what color is the sim card from straight talk

Timothy08 said:
your using a Verizon s3? i dont think you can unlock the sim... im not 100% sure but i think you have the international version.. if you look under the battery there is a model number. if it say SCH-I535 then you have the verizon. and i think sprint is l710 . and what color is the sim card from straight talk
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yes it sais under the battery SCH-I535V it is the international version and the sim card color is white

ody12 said:
yes it sais under the battery SCH-I535V it is the international version and the sim card color is white
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and the one on the other side of it there is another one i think.

Timothy08 said:
and the one on the other side of it there is another one i think.
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the other side of what? the sim? its pink

ody12 said:
the other side of what? the sim? its pink
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yeah you have tmobile sim.. but im not 100% sure but i think the gs3 only gets 1x but i would try the att sim and see if you have a difference.. do like speed test via speedtest.net and then compare

Sorry
The i535 doesn't have the radios in it to work with T-Mobile 3G or 4G.

I dont think the international version even supports 4G LTE
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wkm001 said:
The i535 doesn't have the radios in it to work with T-Mobile 3G or 4G.
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OK thanks anyway i here now that ST works with cdma and i just need to buy a network access code that's what they told me when i emailed them so ill look into that hopefully like that i can get my 4g working

Well?
ody12 said:
OK thanks anyway i here now that ST works with cdma and i just need to buy a network access code that's what they told me when i emailed them so ill look into that hopefully like that i can get my 4g working
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So did you do that and did it work? I have the same problem and I gotta get this figured out. Edge is cold dookie.

How did you get your sch-i535 working on straight talk I cant get it going with a T-Mobile sim or AT&T sim from straight talk
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verizon and straight talk
Check out Mrhunter. He is tha man

I haven't tried it yet, have you? I've been in school lately so I haven't got around to doing it yet. When I get a chance I'll do it and let you know.

electrojas said:
So did you do that and did it work? I have the same problem and I gotta get this figured out. Edge is cold dookie.
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I haven't tried it yet, have you? I've been in school lately so I haven't got around to doing it yet. When I get a chance I'll do it and let you know.

JColbert87 said:
How did you get your sch-i535 working on straight talk I cant get it going with a T-Mobile sim or AT&T sim from straight talk
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I got mine working and 2 others. (Well everything working exept the 4g) Exactly which part are you stuck at?

I did it
ody12 said:
I haven't tried it yet, have you? I've been in school lately so I haven't got around to doing it yet. When I get a chance I'll do it and let you know.
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I'm tellin you this works man. I was leary about it at first because all I have ever heard is that its impossible to get anything but edge on straight talk with a Verison S3. Its not true. This guy knows exactly what he is doing it took about 30 min from start to finish but what he did worked perfect. No 4g but 3g works like a charm. I highly recommend this for anyone needing it. heres the link to the post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=250809

electrojas said:
I'm tellin you this works man. I was leary about it at first because all I have ever heard is that its impossible to get anything but edge on straight talk with a Verison S3. Its not true. This guy knows exactly what he is doing it took about 30 min from start to finish but what he did worked perfect. No 4g but 3g works like a charm. I highly recommend this for anyone needing it. heres the link to the post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=250809
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What's this link? I don't think you posted the correct link?

here
ody12 said:
What's this link? I don't think you posted the correct link?
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just email this dude and look at his posts on here.
[email protected]

electrojas said:
just email this dude and look at his posts on here.
[email protected]
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Thanks, I did send him an email but that link you posted its not a link to one of his posts?

Got 3g
I had mine done about a week ago and its still working perfect. I know how to unlock the bootloader root custom recovery and flash the ROM and all that on this phone but for the life of me I couldnt figure this one out. Mrhunter knows.
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ody12 said:
Thanks, I did send him an email but that link you posted its not a link to one of his posts?
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Forgive me I thought I copied and pasted the link that I found it on. Im sorry dude. When I go to the page this is what shows up in my address bar: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2508090 but your right that doesnt go to this link......wierd man. Just go to Verizon Galaxy S3 Q&A forum and its like just a few posts down.

[Q] vzw s3 used for straight talk.

hello i just want to start off by saying i have searched everywhere for an answer on this. so i recently got a s4(free upgrade)and i want to let a friend use my s3. they have straight talk so im trying to figure out how to make it work. i tried to call verizon to get an unlock code but they said there was no such code they could give me and referred me to samsung. so all im wondering is how i can get this phone working on straight talks cdma towers. i know the 4g doesnt work but im not worried about it. if i have to root it i also dont mind just please point me in the right direction. i know its possible. it would be cool to be able to put a straight talk rom or something that will make it like the s3 that ST sells. thanks
Edit: This is a Samsung Galaxy SCH-I535

dizzlekrew said:
hello i just want to start off by saying i have searched everywhere for an answer on this. so i recently got a s4(free upgrade)and i want to let a friend use my s3. they have straight talk so im trying to figure out how to make it work. i tried to call verizon to get an unlock code but they said there was no such code they could give me and referred me to samsung. so all im wondering is how i can get this phone working on straight talks cdma towers. i know the 4g doesnt work but im not worried about it. if i have to root it i also dont mind just please point me in the right direction. i know its possible. it would be cool to be able to put a straight talk rom or something that will make it like the s3 that ST sells. thanks
Edit: This is a Samsung Galaxy SCH-I535
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Unsure about straight talk roms myself but as far as getting the phone to work on straight talk it's not all that complicated. I know you have to go to there website or contact them to get one of there sim cards. I'm looking into moving to straight talk myself soon, I'm tired of the high bills. As far as roms don't quote me on this but I think as long as it's bootloader unlocked you can use almost any rom that's d2lte which is basically a universal rom for all the d2=S3 us versions
And from what I've found on there website they do have 4GLte as they use verizon towers
From my CM11 S3

ShapesBlue said:
Unsure about straight talk roms myself but as far as getting the phone to work on straight talk it's not all that complicated. I know you have to go to there website or contact them to get one of there sim cards. I'm looking into moving to straight talk myself soon, I'm tired of the high bills. As far as roms don't quote me on this but I think as long as it's bootloader unlocked you can use almost any rom that's d2lte which is basically a universal rom for all the d2=S3 us versions
And from what I've found on there website they do have 4GLte as they use verizon towers
From my CM11 S3
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Well the only sim card i would be able to get would be a $g sim card as CDMA phones don't use reg sim cars and i'm almost positive ST does not offer 4G through their verizon towers. I really just want to find out how to unlock it and activate it. I went on the ST website and they said to enter in the IMEI and then send an activation kit but it says not available in my area code. So im stuck atm.

dizzlekrew said:
Well the only sim card i would be able to get would be a $g sim card as CDMA phones don't use reg sim cars and i'm almost positive ST does not offer 4G through their verizon towers. I really just want to find out how to unlock it and activate it. I went on the ST website and they said to enter in the IMEI and then send an activation kit but it says not available in my area code. So im stuck atm.
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Interesting because I input my IMEI and my info and it didn't say anything about it being a 3g sim card. Mine came up as compatible
From my CM11 S3

ShapesBlue said:
Interesting because I input my IMEI and my info and it didn't say anything about it being a 3g sim card. Mine came up as compatible
From my CM11 S3
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What is your zip code i want to try it with my IMEI and see what it says. Currently my zip says its not available. Thanks.

dizzlekrew said:
What is your zip code i want to try it with my IMEI and see what it says. Currently my zip says its not available. Thanks.
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Sorry man I don't give out personal info. If you want to shoot me a PM with your IMEI I'll be glad to report back what it says to you
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Straight talk SCH-S986C

So I snagged a straight talk galaxy S3. I've already got it rooted running official cm12 for the Verizon varient. Is it at all possible to get this thing to pick a verizon/page plus sim? From looking around I've come to the conclusion that the Verizon S3 is the most similar. What would be the options?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Anyone?

brd912 said:
So I snagged a straight talk galaxy S3. I've already got it rooted running official cm12 for the Verizon varient. Is it at all possible to get this thing to pick a verizon/page plus sim? From looking around I've come to the conclusion that the Verizon S3 is the most similar. What would be the options?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Is there a slot for a sim card? If so then you'd have to get a CDMA sim card from straight talk
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ShapesBlue said:
Is there a slot for a sim card? If so then you'd have to get a CDMA sim card from straight talk
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There is a sim slot. I actually have Verizon contract. After flashing everything an changing a few settings I have talk, text and data but its steady roaming..I wonder if I'll get charged for roaming? Anyways I'm sure if everything is working there's gotta be a way to stop it from roaming.

brd912 said:
There is a sim slot. I actually have Verizon contract. After flashing everything an changing a few settings I have talk, text and data but its steady roaming..I wonder if I'll get charged for roaming? Anyways I'm sure if everything is working there's gotta be a way to stop it from roaming.
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So let me understand this, you have a straight talk S3 on Verizon? What sim card do you have?
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Yup. Just using a Verizon 4G LTE sim.

brd912 said:
Yup. Just using a Verizon 4G LTE sim.
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The only thing I can think is the straight talk S3 isn't playing well with verizon. I had a verizon S3 that worked great on straight talk, I truly don't know what the fix could be
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ShapesBlue said:
The only thing I can think is the straight talk S3 isn't playing well with verizon. I had a verizon S3 that worked great on straight talk, I truly don't know what the fix could be
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Maybe a modem? Been scared to try it because I'm confused as to what will cause my boot loader to lock.

Don't know why it worked but *228 just fixed my roaming problem. I thought you couldn't *228 a LTE phone? I know the straight talk S3 has 4G disabled but I'm still running a 4G LTE sim card. This is really strange lol. Never in a million years would I have thought I could get a prepaid phone running on Verizon contract. Maybe pageplus will work as good so I can get away from these high bills and get unlimited internet.

brd912 said:
Don't know why it worked but *228 just fixed my roaming problem. I thought you couldn't *228 a LTE phone? I know the straight talk S3 has 4G disabled but I'm still running a 4G LTE sim card. This is really strange lol. Never in a million years would I have thought I could get a prepaid phone running on Verizon contract. Maybe pageplus will work as good so I can get away from these high bills and get unlimited internet.
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Wow that's great, I haven't used *228 in years. That's a possibility but I couldn't tell you for sure. I know there's a page plus thread around here
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Maybe a modem? Been scared to try it because I'm confused as to what will cause my boot loader to lock.
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That might be it but seeming as how it's a straight talk phone you'd only be able to use a straight talk modem update, as least I would think that would work anyways
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Been running good for a few days but I can't pull in 4G..I wonder if it takes more than just a ROM flash and APN changes. From what I've read, straight talk disables 4G on this phone. Anyone know what it would talk to enable it?

brd912 said:
Been running good for a few days but I can't pull in 4G..I wonder if it takes more than just a ROM flash and APN changes. From what I've read, straight talk disables 4G on this phone. Anyone know what it would talk to enable it?
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Seeing how it's a straight talk phone it should have LTE/4G enabled. Try calling straight talk maybe... Other than that I'm out of ideas
Sent from my Nexus 5

Wondering what it takes to make this phone a full Verizon phone. It runs off the Verizon towers, its running a Verizon ROM and recognizing it as a i535. What else would need to be changed? And exactly where do they disable 4G? In the modem or physical hardware of the phone? Maybe someone will help! I do not want to use this s4 anymore. Locked bootloaders kill me lol.

brd912 said:
Wondering what it takes to make this phone a full Verizon phone. It runs off the Verizon towers, its running a Verizon ROM and recognizing it as a i535. What else would need to be changed? And exactly where do they disable 4G? In the modem or physical hardware of the phone? Maybe someone will help! I do not want to use this s4 anymore. Locked bootloaders kill me lol.
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Buy a GSM unlocked phone in that case. I do love my old S3 but it was time to move on
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Well I'm making the switch to straight talk today. Hopefully cdma workshop can get 4G working. I've searched and searched and I can't find any explanation as to why or where the 4G is deactivated. by the process of elimination, I've come come to the conclusion that it has to be in the physical hardware. I'm going to try one more thing before I start tinkering with cdma workshop. I'm going to try to flash a d2lte rom to see if that does it. anyone know of a lollipop d2lte rom?

brd912 said:
Well I'm making the switch to straight talk today. Hopefully cdma workshop can get 4G working. I've searched and searched and I can't find any explanation as to why or where the 4G is deactivated. by the process of elimination, I've come come to the conclusion that it has to be in the physical hardware. I'm going to try one more thing before I start tinkering with cdma workshop. I'm going to try to flash a d2lte rom to see if that does it. anyone know of a lollipop d2lte rom?
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I didn't find any with a search but If I come across one I'll post it here, the two d2vzw lollipop roms I seen are both lollipop but not & d2lte roms.
I think the issue with the straight talk S3 is indeed the hardware, they managed to remove the 4G option on this variant and the VZW prepaid version also
Sent from my Nexus 5

ShapesBlue said:
I didn't find any with a search but If I come across one I'll post it here, the two d2vzw lollipop roms I seen are both lollipop but not & d2lte roms.
I think the issue with the straight talk S3 is indeed the hardware, they managed to remove the 4G option on this variant and the VZW prepaid version also
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I'm wondering if the process they used is the same process page plus retailers used on 4G devices..because my girlfriend had a Verizon s3 that they had to flash to 3G so it can be used on pageplus..when she switched to a note 2 a few weeks ago they told her they offered Verizon's 4G coverage now and she would get it on her note no flashing required. Worked right outta the box. We took her old s3 and hooked it up for my mom. They said that it had to be flashed back to 4G so I'm wondering if straight talk flashed this phone to 3G only with flashing software..if so, is there a free program anywhere to do this? The CDMA workshop trial has never given me the outcome I was looking for.

brd912 said:
I'm wondering if the process they used is the same process page plus retailers used on 4G devices..because my girlfriend had a Verizon s3 that they had to flash to 3G so it can be used on pageplus..when she switched to a note 2 a few weeks ago they told her they offered Verizon's 4G coverage now and she would get it on her note no flashing required. Worked right outta the box. We took her old s3 and hooked it up for my mom. They said that it had to be flashed back to 4G so I'm wondering if straight talk flashed this phone to 3G only with flashing software..if so, is there a free program anywhere to do this? The CDMA workshop trial has never given me the outcome I was looking for.
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I would like to know how you got a straight talk phone on Verizon prepaid? That's the first ive heard of this model going yo Verizon, its not supposed to be possible. Explain.

N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
I would like to know how you got a straight talk phone on Verizon prepaid? That's the first ive heard of this model going yo Verizon, its not supposed to be possible. Explain.
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About 2 weeks ago I was using this straight talk s3 on Verizon postpaid, not prepaid. I just flashed a Verizon ROM and setup the apns and threw my Verizon sim card in and it worked. It stayed in a roaming state but it worked fine. Calls, texts and data. I think I did dial *228 to get it to lock onto the network. I still have the line if you would like to see some proof

brd912 said:
About 2 weeks ago I was using this straight talk s3 on Verizon postpaid, not prepaid. I just flashed a Verizon ROM and setup the apns and threw my Verizon sim card in and it worked. It stayed in a roaming state but it worked fine. Calls, texts and data. I think I did dial *228 to get it to lock onto the network. I still have the line if you would like to see some proof
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If you are saying that you were on Verizon because you had the Verizon wireless showing in your status bar or because it said it in your phone somewhere then no you weren't on Verizon, your phone showed that stuff because it has that stuff in your build.prop, that doesn't mean you were on Verizon, the only way to actually be on Verizon is if you actually setup an account with them and activated the phone on their network. Supposedly Verizon won't let you activate a straight talk phone on Verizon account, this device is not able to carrier unlock and that's what you have to do to actually switch carriers and use your IMEI on another network. It shows SCH-I535 because of the build.prop, all of that Verizon stuff and the i535 stuff can be edited in the build.prop, that has nothing to do with who you actually have service with, that's just there because its written in the ROM.

[Q] Galaxy S3 SCH-i535 to Straight Talk

Hey my brother has a Galaxy S3 on verizon and hes not real tech savy so im going to flash it to Straight talk. Right now he has safestrap recovery and is running superliterom. His bootloader is locked. He got an straight talk activation kit from walmart and has the verizon-straight talk sim card into the phone. He has no mobile data but can still get regular phone signal. Can someone tell me how to completely flash the phone to straight talk from verizon?

JamesB3 said:
Hey my brother has a Galaxy S3 on verizon and hes not real tech savy so im going to flash it to Straight talk. Right now he has safestrap recovery and is running superliterom. His bootloader is locked. He got an straight talk activation kit from walmart and has the verizon-straight talk sim card into the phone. He has no mobile data but can still get regular phone signal. Can someone tell me how to completely flash the phone to straight talk from verizon?
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Its merely a matter of contacting straight talk and giving them the IMEI of the phone and the sim card which you already have. No need to change apn or anything else
Sent from my Nexus 5 SkyDragonRom

ShapesBlue said:
Its merely a matter of contacting straight talk and giving them the IMEI of the phone and the sim card which you already have. No need to change apn or anything else
Sent from my Nexus 5 SkyDragonRom
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He did that though and now he doesnt have mobile internet at all.

JamesB3 said:
He did that though and now he doesnt have mobile internet at all.
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I'm not sure then. I got the CDMA sim from straight talk put it in the phone and contacted straight talk. Only a few hours later everything was working
Sent from my Nexus 5 SkyDragonRom

ShapesBlue said:
I'm not sure then. I got the CDMA sim from straight talk put it in the phone and contacted straight talk. Only a few hours later everything was working
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Nevermind he had the dual sim card in there for a single sim phone -_- well while i got this thread open can u tell me if its possible to go from superliterom on stock 4.4.2 to a custom rom like cyanogenmod?

ShapesBlue said:
I'm not sure then. I got the CDMA sim from straight talk put it in the phone and contacted straight talk. Only a few hours later everything was working
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Which sim am i supposed to put in there?

JamesB3 said:
Which sim am i supposed to put in there?
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When I got the straight talk kit they didn't have the CDMA sim cards. But from what I've been told they now have them. There were only two sim cards when I bought the kit. One for TMobile and one for AT&T
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Could you guys , anyone, tell me if you can roam on regional towers like verizon does with straight talk smart phones? I've tried selectel in the past and have had nothing but trouble thus far.
I tried activating an old droid x2 on tracfone and when I got it home it wouldn't roam on regoinal towers where verizon and tracfone dumb or feature phones will roam. I was told that tracfone android phones will only operate on verizon towers only. Since I had verizon before, and the tracfone coverage map covers my area, I assumed it would work. After a lot of back and forth travelling 45 min one way to activate on a verizon tower, and it finally did, I had zero coverage once I got about 30 minutes from home and then again none at home either. A tracfone rep as well as other forums said that tracfone androids only operate on real verizon towers, and at my home there's only regional towers.
So does anyone know if straight talk will roam on towers that verizon normally does? I know selectel did without data, voice only, at home on those regional towers, then something screwed up and it now only works on verizon towers or verizon network extenders which I don't own. Since selectel released their 4g sims, my selectel dealer said that would fix it. But no it didn't . I've been unable to get a straight answer from either selectel or the selectel dealer in my area, he originally flashed it to 3g only which he guaranteed me ws not illegal, but I wonder about that. Anyway, They can't get it fixed back properly.
If I can get a straight talk monthly plan cheap enough, I'd gladly switch as long as it roams on regional cdma towers that I have both voice and data on with verizon.
I just can't afford big red anymore, at the moment.
Thanks for any and all responses.

Nope - Straight Talk doesn't do roaming. You pay less, you get less... Don't expect ST to do OTA updates either - they won't!

ScottDB said:
Nope - Straight Talk doesn't do roaming. You pay less, you get less... Don't expect ST to do OTA updates either - they won't!
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No need for any OTA updates really. As a former VZW user I found out early to never take an ota from big red
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Straight talk Verizon

What's up guys ?hopefully everyone is good!
Anyways I need some quick replies ... I am selling my Nexus 5 to a buddy of mine and he wants to run straight talk Verizon on it and I'm wondering if anyone is doing that and if it is any good .. I was gonna suggest he run the Att sim in it for straight talk but he needs the Verizon version to get service at his house.... Is anyone using the Verizon version sim for straight talk and if so can you lead me to some APN settings for that. ?... Please and thank you. Cheerz homies

No Nexus5 has CDMA radio hardware, therefore no Nexus5 will work at all on the Verizon network.
Right ?
I run mine on T-Mobile and Cricket pre-paid sims with no problem, but not my Verizon SIM. Doesn't StraightTalk have an AT&T option ? If so, the N5 should work on that.
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Yes you are right... I did some research and found it won't work..... Yes I run my N5 on Straight talk ATT sim and its blazing fast... My buddy just has bad service unless his phone is on Verizon.
I bought a N6 so I'm selling my N5 to him.. Maybe I can get it to have service at his house... Fingers crossed... Thanks for the reply

shayneflashindaily said:
Yes you are right... I did some research and found it won't work..... Yes I run my N5 on Straight talk ATT sim and its blazing fast... My buddy just has bad service unless his phone is on Verizon.
I bought a N6 so I'm selling my N5 to him.. Maybe I can get it to have service at his house... Fingers crossed... Thanks for the reply
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I've had an N5 on ATT for a while and just got the n6p. I tried to activate it on VZW with a very good tech support person and we just couldn't. I even have a pre activated sim on another phone, popped it in but could only get LTE data and no cellular network. We were close but couldn't get the phone to call. I believe it's the radio and not anything sinister. The phone did activate on the network the tech saw it activated. Just no cell service.