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Straight Talk Unlimited with Captivate

My dad canceled my phone service so I was thinking of using the Straight Talk Unlimited pre-paid plan on my Captivate. Will I be able to call, text, and use 3G with this without problems on my Captivate?

No. Straight talk is CDMA through Verizon. End of story

Are they GSM?
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vaiol123 said:
No. Straight talk is CDMA through Verizon. End of story
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Wrong! It's mixed CDMA (Verizon) and GSM (AT&T) depending on the phone. There's a ginormous HowardForum thread on using (GSM) iPhones on ST, which should guide the OP in using any AT&T Android as well.

Straight Talk only supports GPRS data, so not really useful for a smartphone.

Who cares? You need an internet, or a speedy one? And GSM networks have larger coverage, than UMTS...

ryude said:
Straight Talk only supports GPRS data, so not really useful for a smartphone.
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Also totally wrong!
Seriously, where is all this nonsense coming from?

s44 said:
Also totally wrong!
Seriously, where is all this nonsense coming from?
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Because I've used it, and it never goes above GPRS.

Straight Talk is on three different networks (yes, T-Mobile also, in some parts!) overlapping all over the country... Your experience in one place isn't representative of the entire coverage.
This guy wasn't on GPRS.

I'm using my Captivate on ST and I'm getting 3mg down and 1.2 up. There's others getting better down/up speeds depending on your coverage area. It uses AT&T's 3g network. I was with AT&T prior to ST and my speeds are the same. Basically any GSM phone will work but if it's a T-Mobile phone you'll be limited to EDGE.

it can be done!
Hey i am new here but i found on a different forum a mobileconfig file (for iphones) to set up their phone for straight talk. read in the same place that some people are using iphones and some androids on straight talk. the story is that you have to buy one of the straight talk's smart phones, ie the nokia e71 or whatever its called. the sim cards that are included with these phones are the only ones that will work (with the mobileconfig settings, and the unlimited 45$ plan being mandatory as well) tried looking through the mobileconfig file but i have never seen or used one before, so i am unable to decipher all of the settings... would be great if someone with some know-how with these type of files could decipher them and fill us in on what settings need to be made! here is the mobileconfig file

Captivate with a ST sim installed-- my experience
I too have the Captivate and when I installed a working sim from a ST phone I recived the error "Sim Card Crashed" Can anybody enlighten me as to what is causing this error and if there is a way around it? Thank you very much.

jadams47 said:
I too have the Captivate and when I installed a working sim from a ST phone I recived the error "Sim Card Crashed" Can anybody enlighten me as to what is causing this error and if there is a way around it? Thank you very much.
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Only the two Nokia smart phones have unlocked SIMs. The rest are locked to the device.

Try simple mobile. Their unlimited plans are cheap and its gsm 3g.

sicmadek said:
Try simple mobile. Their unlimited plans are cheap and its gsm 3g.
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T-Mo bands only. Since the Cap doesn't have 1700 it'll be stuck on EDGE.

now this is what ive been looking for,but how would i do it without spending 200 dollars for a new phone? would a used one from ebay work? or if i found a used sim card from one of the straight talk smartphones?

Well when i was ar best bhy today i noticed they now sell sim kits for h2o and some other company.

Buddy has straight talk sim in iPhone 4. You'll be fine. Just buy E71 phone
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Ok so i did this today, went to Walmart picked up the nokia 6790 (could have gotten the e71 as well) called att asked for the phone pin / password (Straight talk asks for this when porting a number) was told it is the last 4 of my social. logged onto straight talks website ported my number 3 hrs latter my new nokia was working. Put the sim in my cappy changed the data and mms settings and i was up and running.
i called att yesterday to try and get them to price match but they couldn't. was on the phone with them for 30 min wile they tried, poor guys i was a member of there service for 10 years.

Straight Talk Info
as ( s44 ) said Straight Talk Is a Mix Of ( CDMA - Verizon & GSM AT&T ) But let me Also Toss This in There they also have ( Verizon GSM Network ) Also .
Go To Local Wal-Mart This is How you Can Tell What Network - Provider you are purchaseing
On Box Picture of ( US Map in RED = Verizon ) Network ( GSM & CDMA ) Note it Tell you on Bottom of Box if it is a ( CDMA Phone or GSM Phone )
Now For AT&T
On Box Picture of ( US Map in BLUE = AT&T ) ( ONLY --> GSM )
With That Said i Can Also Confirm ( Only Purchase Nokia E71 Phone )
as it has Been Said in this Tread All other GSM Phones The Sim Card is "LOCKED"
I Have a ( Straight Talk E71 Sim Card ) in my ( AT&T - HTC Aria )
Incomeing & Outgoing Calls & Text Work Perfect
Have not Found Setting's For ( Internet ) yet i have downloaded and looked at the ( iphone config ) but im not shure how to rework to ( Android )
HTC Aria / rooted / Cyanogen 7 / NOW Just need Straight Talk Setting's For my Phone and ill be Set

Convincing my SIM card that tablet is mobile phone

Hello
I am happy owner of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, Samsung Galaxy S3 and 3G Contract for unlimited internet and phone calls sim card. Due to recent policy changes, those greedy dummies blocked all internet access on devices other than mobile phones. As I am really in need to have internet connection on Tablet (mobile phone is not working) I would liketo ask You if it is possible. I need to convince my SIM card that Galaxy Tab 2 is a phone, best if Galaxy S3. Would that be possible and could You help me? I use Cyanogen mod on Galaxy Tab 2

Sfinksu21 said:
Hello
I am happy owner of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, Samsung Galaxy S3 and 3G Contract for unlimited internet and phone calls sim card. Due to recent policy changes, those greedy dummies blocked all internet access on devices other than mobile phones. As I am really in need to have internet connection on Tablet (mobile phone is not working) I would liketo ask You if it is possible. I need to convince my SIM card that Galaxy Tab 2 is a phone, best if Galaxy S3. Would that be possible and could You help me? I use Cyanogen mod on Galaxy Tab 2
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i would also like to know this as well people, i'm on Sony Xperia Tablet Z ???

using mobile phone sim in tablet
N1NJATH3ORY said:
i would also like to know this as well people, i'm on Sony Xperia Tablet Z ???
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Yep, me too. I can't find anything. Ihe only way is to use the mobile as hotspot so far, but that is not what i want, please help.

thedarkgirl said:
Yep, me too. I can't find anything. Ihe only way is to use the mobile as hotspot so far, but that is not what i want, please help.
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Bump. I've got an extra unlimited data phone plan that I want to use with a tablet, and Verizon keeps trying to tell me that even though the phone and the tablet use the same LTE antennas and protocols, they can't program my phone data plan onto a tablet. Personally I think it's a scam to get more money, and all the carriers seem to be playing by the same rules.
Edit: I spent some more time digging for loopholes in Verizon to use my phone LTE with my tablet. One of the reps said, "You can actually take the sim card from the phone with the 2GB plan, put it into the tablet, and it would work. However, if you tried taking the sim card from one of your unlimited data devices, and tried to put it into the tablet, here's what would happen: The device would recognize the LTE plan, connect with Verizon services, and as soon as the Verizon service recognizes that it's a tablet device on an unlimited data plan, Verizon would discontinue the LTE connection from our end." So essentially, you CAN swap an LTE card from a phone to a tablet, but Verizon monitors this, and does not provide the service if it realizes you have an unlimited data plan on a tablet. Wow, that's very low. Unfortunately, if the same holds true for all the other carriers, then they're all just as bad.
So does anyone happen to know how I can trick the Verizon service into thinking that my tablet is still the same device that the unlimited data sim card came from?

No answers, no answers. 3 UK does the same, they block it themselves.
They want to avoid competition from themselves, as they internet plans would be at disadvantage - 3 offers unlimited broadband for most expensive cell plans.

[MUST READ] Notice for those trying to use i535 on AT&T/ST

I just looked and the model SCH-I535 will only work on AT&T's 2G/Edge service. I've been looking around for hours how to fix it but after looking at the supported bands for AT&T's LTE and 3G, I have discovered that the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 I535 can NOT be used on AT&T's 3G or 4G services.
This would also be correct regarding Straight Talks service unless your using T-Mobile.
THERE IS NO WAY TO GET AROUND THE ISSUE SO DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY IN SCAMS
PROOF:
Check Attachments - Compatible Bands
Check Attachments - What AT&T Supports (3G and 4G)
Hope this helps anyone that has been having issues.

Dunno why people even do this..Only 1 of the bands is the same and it is ancient...There are much better options with t-mobile galaxy devices if you want to keep it cheap thru ST ATT...Plus BYOP thru straight talk uses verizon, so just sign it up thru "straight talk verizon" otherwise I would get a different phone and look at the freq's it can broadcast and recieve on. cause 2g is ancient..If it is the only thing you have then sell it and buy one with the right network.

vizionforever said:
Dunno why people even do this..Only 1 of the bands is the same and it is ancient...There are much better options with t-mobile galaxy devices if you want to keep it cheap thru ST ATT...Plus BYOP thru straight talk uses verizon, so just sign it up thru "straight talk verizon" otherwise I would get a different phone and look at the freq's it can broadcast and recieve on. cause 2g is ancient..If it is the only thing you have then sell it and buy one with the right network.
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Technically it does use verizon yes but in the package for straight talk it only includes the sim cards for T-Mobile and AT&T
From my CM11 S3

Looking for info/advice on the i535 (flashed to verizon prepaid)

I broke my current phone "optimus zone" and i am looking for a new phone so i decided to get the galaxy s3 well im on verizon prepaid so i need a galaxy s3 that will work on prepaid verizonm and i need it to be rooted so i can use as a hotspot. i did some research and found that the i535 can be flashed to verizon prepaid "I Think" and it can also be rooted.
so i did some looking on ebay and found 3 things
1 i535 verizon unlocked - i looked at what a unlocked phone was and found out it just means it can be used with any compatable service provider. Can this be used with verizon and if so how?
2 i535 verizon - If i got this one can it be flashed to verizon prepaid? Can it get 4g on prepaid?
3 i710 sprint - i already ordered a sprint flashed to verizon prepaid one and found out u needed add on apps to use the sms and it cant get 4g so im woundering , if the' i535 verizon would be a better choice. i would have to learn to flash but thats no big deal.. i havent recieved the one i ordered yet but when i do i think im going to return it...
I have looked all over and can not figure out if the verizon i535 will get 4g after its flashed to verizon prepaid and i havent found out 100% that it can be flashed to verizon prepaid. Im posative it can be rooted i think lol. Or can i buy a unlocked i535 and use it on verizon prepaid somehow, easier than learning to flash???

Just sign up with Page Plus. They've been offering Verizon 4G LTE for a month now
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I can't get survice with anyone but verizon i dout page will work in my area. And I'm not really really consurned about 4g i just hate to have a sprint phone that only gets 3g if the same phone on another carrier can get 4g... but i just need to know yes pr no can the i535 be flashed to prepaid verizon?? And if it can it be used on 4g or only 3g like the sprint one after flash... i live in a rural area and i bairley get signal as it is... i hear that this page plus provider uses verizon towers.. i don't understand does that mean it will get the exact same signal as verizon prepaid cuz that's thr ONLY provider i can use.. pleas let me knoq if the i535 can be flashed to prepaid verizon and can it get 4g yes or no please let me know I'm without a phone and really need to know what to do... i feel like i made a mistake buying the sprint one...
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If they're truly Verizon towers I'd say page plus should work fine. I was told however by a guy with a local shop (I live in the boonies), that because we have so many towers around here that are owned by a regional carrier appalacian wireless that have an agreement with Big Red, that page plus would Roam more whereas Selectel wouldn't. Now, I don't know if the guy was telling the truth or not. I do know from Selectel's website that if you sign someone up to selectel and that person continues to use Selectel and re-ups through the website or whereever, the original person who signed you up gets a cut of the profits. Page Plus may not offer such a deal, so I don't actually know 100% either way. I'm looking to find something cheaper than Big Red myself. I have two phones with them at the moment with a bill of 105.00 or 107.00 but with only 250Mb of data and 1GB free for a year. I can get by with little to no data, I really don't use much, but I'd like to have it available should I need to go out of town and use the internet or use navigation which I suspect would drink the data. I know you can pre download maps with many apps these days though.
Let me know what you find out. I have the Verizon sch-i535 sgs3 with a broken power button but otherwise it's a good phone. Still does what I need it to, and development hasn't stopped yet, it's still going pretty strong on the aosp side..
Edit: I recently had my phone flashed to selectel wireless. If you have a cdma phone you can do the activation from their website. However, I think it must be a phone without a sim such as a DX or DX2. a cdma only phone. I had to take my s3 to a local selectel dealer who did the flash and got me on selectel. I went with selectel because it will roam on the regional towers in my area albiet voice and texting only not data. So, when roaming I won't have data. Pageplus from what I've read on both their site and another forum will roam but they will charge you quite a bit to do so. If you don't have the issue of roaming like I do and are near verizon towers all the time, I'd probably go with another MVNO.
I tried tracfone BYOP with my DX2 and spent a small fortune in service and gas going from here to there trying to get it activated. First they said to go to a town about 25min away from home. I did this and no dice. I called them twice using a wifi app (hangouts) and spent about 4 hours in this town trying to get the activation to work to no avail. I called again from home and was told to go to another town about an hour away. The next day I did just that. They had me dial *22891 *22801 this time activation went smooth and I was able to use data and make and receive calls perfectly. If I had known this in the closer town it would have worked there but the rep never told me that. To top things off when I got home I had no service at all. Zip None. When I called I was told that a BYOP android phone would not roam on the regional towers although a feature phone would. I was also told incorrectly I believe that if I had purchased an android tracfone from a local store that it would roam. This too from what I've read is incorrect. No android tracfone will roam on regional towers, they will only work on genuine verizon towers. I was hoping to purchase the moto e from ebay with a 400min card which tripled to 1200 min for 99 bucks. This would have been a great deal since the 400 min card alone is around 90. I never did find out the entire truth about roaming with tracfone android phones. But from what I read on the other forum and another site dedicated to tracfones, that they would not roam period. What a freaking ripoff. The same goes for a lot of other MVNO's they simply won't roam. Even Verizon perpaid phones won't work on any towers other than verizon. Again, this came from someone who supposedly had experience with this.
The bottom line is beware of MVNO's if you require roaming. Straight talk may or may not work I do not know if they roam or not. But either way selectel was cheaper. Granted it sucks that I can't get data when roaming but at least I can make and receive calls and texts. At least SMS. I haven't tried MMS and I'm guessing it won't work due to it requiring data. Remember your results may vary and I'd certainly like to hear from others who use a MVNO that is Verizon based. Or even MVNO that is ATT based ATT's coverage map says there's coverage in my area, and i know there is across the stateline where I live. A friend used to have an ATT phone a few years back and he had zero service when he crossed the line by about a half a mile, probably out of range of the ATT tower. He now has NET10 using ATT and has the same coverage.
Good luck and keep me posted please on this.
Thanks

I don't wunt page plus i need to be able to use on verizons prepayed network... can the i535 be flashed to prepayed verizon.. or is there some way to use a verizon sim to get prepayed please let me know thank you
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Nexus 5 on Cricket Wireless

Initiating a new thread as Cricket WIreless has succeeded AIO
Nexus 5 on AIO wireless thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/nexus-5-aio-wireless-thread-t2598309/
I see Cricket is advertising new prepaid plans including a 10GB per month data plan (Pro plan with AutoPay at $55/month). And SIM's are $0.99 (for a limited time). I assume no activation fee.
Since all of StraightTalk's plans only support 3GB data per month (throttled thereafter) I'm considering moving from ST to Cricket. I assume they operate on the exact same network (AT&T) so I assume there should have no coverage differences. Is that a good assumption?
Can anyone please post the APN info for CricketWireless?
Anyone else change from StraightTalk to Cricket? Any issues to report?

Straight talk has 4g... I used to use them.
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31ken31 said:
Straight talk has 4g... I used to use them.
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The "3GB" in the OP refers to the per month "high-speed allowance" (data).

Cricket Wireless referral
Can anyone PM me for a referral?

FunDionysus said:
Can anyone PM me for a referral?
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Sent.
EDIT:
Oh yeah, I was going to include the APN in this post. I'll just edit it in.
Name: Internet
APN: ndo
Proxy: Not Set
Port: Not Set
Username: Not Set
Password: Not Set
Server: Not Set
MMSC: http://mmsc.aiowireless.net
MMS Proxy: proxy.aiowireless.net
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 150
Authentication type: Not Set
APN type: default,mms,fota,hipri,supl
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The correct APN settings are on their website. Can't post the link because low post count. Just search their site for "apn" and it will show up.
I switched to Cricket from Straight Talk (AT&T) last summer and don't regret it one bit. My bill is a flat $35/mo, coverage is great, no issues with SMS/MMS (my main reason for ditching ST). They just upped the low tier limit to 1GB from 500MB, but I'm on WiFi 99% of the time so it didn't matter much to me anyway.
Aio's capped speeds still apply, 8Mbps for LTE, 4Mbps for HSPA+. After you hit the data cap those speeds are 128Kbps and 64Kbps. I've only hit my cap twice, and my phone was still usable on LTE. You can purchase an extra GB for $10 as many times as you want.
Their account app actually works, customer service is top notch (the other reason I ditched ST).
If you're not a speed queen, and are in an area with good AT&T coverage I would absolutely take Cricket over ST.

I've had Aio/Cricket for a while now. Overall, I'm satisfied. My biggest issue is the occasional MMS outage and the lack of any kind of communication about it.

One year ago I had cricket wireless on a Huawei Android phone. I live in Florida and the data rates were pathetic, seriously between 40kbit and 120kbit.
However, Muve Music app was decent. Can't believe they are selling it to Deezer.
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Thanks for the info above.
Follow-up questions. Any observations regards to how well Cricket works with Hangouts and/or Google Voice?
And any issues with tethering on Cricket?
I could sign up for a month to test myself, but I want to port my number at the same time I sign up for Cricket. I've heard there are problems porting phone numbers from ST to Cricket if you try to do it later (I'm employing extra caution as I've never previously ported a number).

FunDionysus said:
Thanks for the info above.
Follow-up questions. Any observations regards to how well Cricket works with Hangouts and/or Google Voice?
And any issues with tethering on Cricket?
I could sign up for a month to test myself, but I want to port my number at the same time I sign up for Cricket. I've heard there are problems porting phone numbers from ST to Cricket if you try to do it later (I'm employing extra caution as I've never previously ported a number).
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Hangouts and Google Voice work fine for me. As well as any other carrier. Cricket doesn't officially support tethering, but I have had no issues doing it with a small change in the settings DB.

eunichron said:
Their account app actually works, customer service is top notch (the other reason I ditched ST).
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I disagree. CS has been far from top notch. Wait times were horrible and I got disconnected multiple times to resolve a billing issue where my debit card didn't have an address or name associated with it so it got denied but still went through as pending and didn't have phone service because of it. I called in a total of about 10 times on a Sunday and each time I got hung up on or the call dropped.

That sounds like straight talk cs

FunDionysus said:
Thanks for the info above.
Follow-up questions. Any observations regards to how well Cricket works with Hangouts and/or Google Voice?
And any issues with tethering on Cricket?
I could sign up for a month to test myself, but I want to port my number at the same time I sign up for Cricket. I've heard there are problems porting phone numbers from ST to Cricket if you try to do it later (I'm employing extra caution as I've never previously ported a number).
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I only use Google voice/hangouts integration for texts and it works great... the reason I left straight talk a long time a go is they close ports after they've been idle for a while. Ie if I haven't sent or received a hangout in x amount of time they close the port and I won't get any more messages unless I reset my connection yo Google or use Wi-Fi... It was really annoying when I relied on push through gv and hangouts and never used normal texts...
Plus the service has been out standing for be single aio days.

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I disagree. CS has been far from top notch. Wait times were horrible and I got disconnected multiple times to resolve a billing issue where my debit card didn't have an address or name associated with it so it got denied but still went through as pending and didn't have phone service because of it. I called in a total of about 10 times on a Sunday and each time I got hung up on or the call dropped.
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That's weird, that was my experience with ST. MMS wasn't working on my Nexus 5, and their only answer was that my phone didn't support MMS and that I had to buy a new phone from them. I told them that it had worked fine on T-Mobile (I switched because I was moving to an area with no T-Mobile service). The reps were rude and ignorant.
When I switched to Cricket Straight Talk messed up porting my number. They had somehow generated a cancel request on their end, but still released the number, so Cricket wasn't able to pick it up. I went to a Cricket corporate store and they did everything they could to help fix it. One of the reps even called me on her day off to help try to fix it. Eventually I lost the number and had to start my account with a new one, but the store reps jumped through hoops to help me out. They even gave me credit for a month of service for the problem that ST caused.
The only other time I had to call tech support was to get some account information changed. It took all of 5 minutes, including hold time, and the rep was really nice and straight forward.

FunDionysus said:
Initiating a new thread as Cricket WIreless has succeeded AIO
Nexus 5 on AIO wireless thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/nexus-5-aio-wireless-thread-t2598309/
I see Cricket is advertising new prepaid plans including a 10GB per month data plan (Pro plan with AutoPay at $55/month). And SIM's are $0.99 (for a limited time). I assume no activation fee.
Since all of StraightTalk's plans only support 3GB data per month (throttled thereafter) I'm considering moving from ST to Cricket. I assume they operate on the exact same network (AT&T) so I assume there should have no coverage differences. Is that a good assumption?
Can anyone please post the APN info for CricketWireless?
Anyone else change from StraightTalk to Cricket? Any issues to report?
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Their APN info is on their website, however since Lollipop, it appears to be baked into the OS. I was able to wipe my device and when I rebooted, all Cricket Wireless info was preloaded.
Here is the link regardless:
https://www.cricketwireless.com/sup...ice-byod/customer/bring-your-own-android.html

Tethering on Cricket?
Appreciate the feedback.
I'm holding off moving from ST to Cricket until I can obtain clarification on the following two items:
1. If there are any issues with 'tethering' on a Cricket prepaid plan. I occasionally need to tether my laptop to my Lollipop N5 and so far have not observed any issues doing so on ST..
(It has been reported T-Mobiles newly announced pre-paid plans do NOT allow any tethering.)
2. Since I will lose roaming with Cricket, I don't know.if that will impact me or not. How can I tell if with my recent ST usage, if I was always/mostly connecting to AT&T towers, or if sometimes I switched to roaming on Verizon and/or T-Mobile towers? I want to be certain that most of my recent local connections were to AT&T towers, especially at my residence and general vicinity (rural area 10 miles from town).
In regards to CS, with Cricket having a store not too far from me, I figure most of my CS interaction will be via their store. So that should beat ST non-existent CS (after all, ST is Tracfone in Walmart clothing).

FunDionysus said:
Appreciate the feedback.
I'm holding off moving from ST to Cricket until I can obtain clarification on the following two items:
1. If there are any issues with 'tethering' on a Cricket prepaid plan. I occasionally need to tether my laptop to my Lollipop N5 and so far have not observed any issues doing so on ST..
(It has been reported T-Mobiles newly announced pre-paid plans do NOT allow any tethering.)
2. Since I will lose roaming with Cricket, I don't know.if that will impact me or not. How can I tell if with my recent ST usage, if I was always/mostly connecting to AT&T towers, or if sometimes I switched to roaming on Verizon and/or T-Mobile towers? I want to be certain that most of my recent local connections were to AT&T towers, especially at my residence and general vicinity (rural area 10 miles from town).
In regards to CS, with Cricket having a store not too far from me, I figure most of my CS interaction will be via their store. So that should beat ST non-existent CS (after all, ST is Tracfone in Walmart clothing).
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I've tethered a few times and never had any problems. But admittedly it's rare.
If you have an att ST SIM then you were only on ATT. If you had a tmobile ST sim then you were only on T-Mobile. And the nexus 5 doesn't support Verizon, so you definitely weren't roaming there either .

frigidazzi said:
I've tethered a few times and never had any problems. But admittedly it's rare.
If you have an att ST SIM then you were only on ATT. If you had a tmobile ST sim then you were only on T-Mobile. And the nexus 5 doesn't support Verizon, so you definitely weren't roaming there either .
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Hmm...it's been suggested in this thread and elsewhere that ST supports roaming. Maybe I'm confused on this.
Is there a diff in how roaming works for voice/text service versus data service, as far as ST is concerned?
And how would that differ from what Cricket offers (or doesn't offer)?

FunDionysus said:
Hmm...it's been suggested in this thread and elsewhere that ST supports roaming. Maybe I'm confused on this.
Is there a diff in how roaming works for voice/text service versus data service, as far as ST is concerned?
And how would that differ from what Cricket offers (or doesn't offer)?
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I just read the whole thread. That's no mention of roaming.

frigidazzi said:
I just read the whole thread. That's no mention of roaming.
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Duh! On a non-XDA thread I recently read, It was suggested roaming would be lost if I moved from ST to Cricket. Now I understand that info was bogus. So it appears I have had no roaming capabilities and thus have been connecting via AT&T facilities all along. That has been a satisfactory experience for me. Although I do only occasional texting, so not sure if ST texting has been working efficiently.
I have the AT&T SIM that came with the ST BYOB kit purchased at Walmart. So besides buying a $0.99 SIM from Cricket, setting up the N5 on Cricket should hopefully be straight forward.
First, I need to gain a bit more confidence that tethering won't be an issue. If tethering is ok I'll make the jump.
Also I think I should first sign up for a new Google Voice number to minimize porting issues (present and future). After I got my N5 set-up on ST last year I wasn't using my old Google Voice number so Google expired it on me last month. Darn me.