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ditch verizon for nexus with straight talk?

Im thinking about ditching Verizon and paying the $350 bucks! but i can probably make that back from selling my S3. But what are your guys thoughts about getting a nexus 4 with straight talk? has anyone used Straight Talk and is it really worth it or is it one of those deals that are either "too good to be true" or "you get what you pay for"? cause just buy switching even if i dont sell my s3 ill still be saving $500 a year. Also whats the speed difference between hspa+ and 4g lte?

Mark930 said:
Im thinking about ditching Verizon and paying the $350 bucks! but i can probably make that back from selling my S3. But what are your guys thoughts about getting a nexus 4 with straight talk? has anyone used Straight Talk and is it really worth it or is it one of those deals that are either "too good to be true" or "you get what you pay for"? cause just buy switching even if i dont sell my s3 ill still be saving $500 a year. Also whats the speed difference between hspa+ and 4g lte?
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I don't have experience with Straight Talk, but that's what I plan on doing with my N4 except I'm gonna try T Mobile prepaid instead. If I don't like it, I'll switch to Straight Talk AT&T. I have $200 to pay for my EFT from AT&T.
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I switched from Sprint [SERO Premium] to Straight Talk on my Galaxy Nuxus, & its been good so far (about three months so far). I'm in NYC, and i get about 5Mb down, sometimes slower and sometimes faster. Overall, the service is better than Sprint.
feel free to ask any specific questions.

tatical said:
I switched from Sprint [SERO Premium] to Straight Talk on my Galaxy Nuxus, & its been good so far (about three months so far). I'm in NYC, and i get about 5Mb down, sometimes slower and sometimes faster. Overall, the service is better than Sprint.
feel free to ask any specific questions.
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Did you port over your number? If so was it pretty easy. I don't know anything about gsm phones I've been on Verizon for about 7years. do you just but the phone pop in the straight talk sim and activate like you would on Verizon?
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Got 2 more questions if you forget to add more time to your account will you automatically loss your phone number and have to get a new one? Also if you decide to switch back to a carrier can you port your number back? I've been told that you can't port a number if you have a pre pay phone back to a carrier like Verizon or att.
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What about Solavei? Anyone with any experience with them? I heard they use TMO's network.

Mark930 said:
Did you port over your number? If so was it pretty easy. I don't know anything about gsm phones I've been on Verizon for about 7years. do you just but the phone pop in the straight talk sim and activate like you would on Verizon?
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The Galaxy Nexus was my first GSM phone, & I was with Sprint for over 10 years (my first cellphone was a Motorola Timeport).
I ported my number to Straight Talk, & it was simple*. My number was ported in about 24 hours, but it took about 48 hours to be 100% complete. During the process, I received a text message from at&t (I ordered an at&t compatible SIM card). I could make calls, but not receive any, & my friends couldn't receive the texts I sent. But after the second day, everything was ok. The phone showed 'no signal', for the first few hours (I started to think that my phone or SIM was defective).
Porting your number to Straight Talk effectively activates your SIM card with your old number. Just make sure you set your APN :Settings > Wireless & Networks > More > Mobile networks > Access Point Names (I left the "Proxy" empty)
*I was scared that I might lose my Sprint number to Straight Talk, so I ported it to Google Voice. Then I ported a custom number from another Google Voice account to Straight Talk.
Mark930 said:
Got 2 more questions if you forget to add more time to your account will you automatically loss your phone number and have to get a new one? Also if you decide to switch back to a carrier can you port your number back? I've been told that you can't port a number if you have a pre pay phone back to a carrier like Verizon or att.
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1. I'm not sure, you'll have to ask customer service. But I read somewhere that they'll give you a day or two to add time to your account. They'll send you text reminders two weeks before your service ends).
2. This seems odd, you should just ask Verizon if they can port a number out from a pre-paid carrier (or just port to google voice).
I had one problem with Straight Talk: I couldn't see my service end date on their website, or add time. I called customer service and they deactivated & reactivated my account, fixing the issue. The call was pretty painless.

Hey OP. Take a look at this thread from the Galaxy Nexus forum. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
It has all the info you would want to know about GSM Pre-Paid options.

google voice and straighttalk ATT

This is not Nexus 4 specific, but I think there are others whose purchase of this phone is their first venture into the world of prepaid cellular plans. Here is my experience.
My previous phone was a Nexus S4G, rooted,etc. I was with Sprint for many years on a 450 minutes/5G data plan. The data speeds weren't that great, but I wasn't attempting torrent downloads either. I tethered occasionally, and it was never a problem. The very few times I called CS were handled quickly and professionally.
On my new Nexus 4, I initially got the $30 T-Mobile plan. The speeds were quite good in downtown San Francisco, though the signal gets weak even in the bowels of the bar at the Drake hotel (Union square, tourist magnet, ground floor). When you get coverage, this is a very good option. Unfortunately, TM has a small groundprint. I live in a touristy area in coastal central California, and even a mile off the hotspots there is no coverage (no voice, not just no data).
So I got the Straight Talk ATT sim today. I use my Google Voice as my primary number, and forward calls to my new ST number. I also want to use Google Voicemail as my sole VM client. But, I find out that ST picks up before GM, *and* it is not possible to turn off ST voicemail.
I tried calling ST, but gave up after 60 minutes on hold.
I am almost ready to go back to post-paid, but some part of me screams at the unfairness of buying a 2 year contract after paying full price for an unlocked phone.
Question: Is there a way to disable StraightTalk Voicemail?
Rant over.

Just use the conditional forwarding GSM code for ATT. It works for me.

Solved here http://goo.gl/6vf9p
Had same problem
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Sorry, I wasn't clear in my op. I don't want to have my ST number call-forward to Google Voice. I have my GV number as my primary contact and it call forwards to ST. I want GV to pick up Voicemail, but right now my ST number does so.
During my brief interlude with T-Mobile pprepaid,my solution was to call TM and ask them to disable voicemail. However, Straight Talk apparently does not have that option. As I said,I called their customer service number, but no one answered after one hour on hold.

Thank you
Lttlwing16 said:
Solved here http://goo.gl/6vf9p
Had same problem
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Awesome. Thank you very much. Going into the settings worked for me!

bsteiner36 said:
Awesome. Thank you very much. Going into the settings worked for me!
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Can I get the actual link to that webpage? Goo.GL is blocked for me in Afghanistan.

MaxRabbit said:
Can I get the actual link to that webpage? Goo.GL is blocked for me in Afghanistan.
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=233506
[Problem] ST ATT GOOGLE VOICE
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wctom said:
Sorry, I wasn't clear in my op. I don't want to have my ST number call-forward to Google Voice. I have my GV number as my primary contact and it call forwards to ST. I want GV to pick up Voicemail, but right now my ST number does so.
During my brief interlude with T-Mobile pprepaid,my solution was to call TM and ask them to disable voicemail. However, Straight Talk apparently does not have that option. As I said,I called their customer service number, but no one answered after one hour on hold.
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If you need something of Straight talk your best option is to go to their Facebook page and post on there...they will give you a link that has to be opened from a computer or laptop....once there you can click toward top right something about submit a ticket....can't remember exactly....also you can private message the st person who posted the ticket post on fb.....weird I know but it works well....
http://m.facebook.com/home.php?refs...235&id=565888234&$MURI__user=0&soft=side-area
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[Q] Sprint->Google Voice->Tmobile move order?

Ok, so I currently have an HTC EVO on Sprint. I've ordered a Nexus 4 and plan to move over to T-Mobile, probably the $50/month plan. I want my existing number to still be the one everybody calls and is called by. My understanding is that if my existing number is ported to GV and my new phone has its own different number, as long as everyone calls the GV number, it will forward to the Tmobile phone transparently and calls from Nexus4 on Tmobile will appear as coming from the number which was ported to GV right? I don't want to give out anything new to anybody.
So, do I need to port my existing Sprint phone to GV first and then next week move over to Tmobile with that GV number? Or should I port my number to Tmobile first, and then GV?

You could port the number to gv and then give out that number to people. That's what I've been doing for a couple of years now.
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Doing the same thing but I have Galaxy Nexus.
Just subscribed to this thread and look forward to reading the answers. :thumbup:
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Warbuff said:
You could port the number to gv and then give out that number to people. That's what I've been doing for a couple of years now.
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ok, but I don't want to "give out a new number" to anyone. If I port to GV, my existing number becomes my GV number, and everybody calling me on that number is going thru GV right? Then once that is done, move to Tmo, whereby they will give the phone its own number and I just tell it to forward to GV so that no one know the number of the Tmo system, just the existing old number which is now being handled by GV, right? Or am I misunderstanding the situation?

Just gonna post this screenshot here..
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BakCompat said:
ok, but I don't want to "give out a new number" to anyone. If I port to GV, my existing number becomes my GV number, and everybody calling me on that number is going thru GV right? Then once that is done, move to Tmo, whereby they will give the phone its own number and I just tell it to forward to GV so that no one know the number of the Tmo system, just the existing old number which is now being handled by GV, right? Or am I misunderstanding the situation?
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That's what I said. Port your number to gv. Get the new one from tmo. Forward to the old number on gv. It'll be as if nothing happened.
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I was going to do exactly what you are planning on doing using gv. The problem is that gv doesn't support picture messages (MMS). For this reason I just ported my number from Sprint to T-Mobile.
http://googlevoice.com/google-voice-mms-for-sprint-users/
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To the OP - yes you've got it right, and it's works out pretty well if you do it right... see below.
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I was going to do exactly what you are planning on doing using gv. The problem is that gv doesn't support picture messages (MMS). For this reason I just ported my number from Sprint to T-Mobile.
http://googlevoice.com/google-voice-mms-for-sprint-users/
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Did you have integration enabled during the porting? Cause I receive MMS regularly through Gmail from Google Voice even though I use Tmobile, I just can't send them.
I used to have Sprint and GV each with their own #s, but they were "integrated" when that option became available with Sprint #s. But, I only used my GV # even though I couldn't get MMS. Then they activated inbound MMS via Gmail, for Sprint customers like a year after they started offering integration, and all was right with the world...
A year so later, when I went T-mob and a Galaxy Nexus, I didn't port cause I had my GV # before my Sprint #. So I Got my new Tmo # and added it to my GV account but didn't delete the Sprint # or integration from my GV account, because I didn't turn off my Sprint account for another month.
In that month of having all three #s I wanted to make sure I received all my messages to my old sprint # - they're weren't a lot going there since I used GV pretty much exclusively, but some contacts didn't get what GV was all about and managed to get my Sprint # along the way.
So I changed my GV settings to have it forward all SMS messages to the Gmail account associated with my GV account. To my surprise even after my Sprint service was deactivated, I have continued to receive MMS messages to my GV # via Gmail. See attachments for proof
I'm pretty sure if you do the integration, then port and make the settings changes I did and have it forward SMS to your email, inbound MMS will stick when you port - not a guarantee since you're porting, but it's still working for me.

If your current Sprint number is the number you want everyone to continue to call you at and you want to answer those calls on your soon to be N4 on T-Mobile, why aren't you just porting the number from Sprint to T-Mobile? Why complicate it with Google Voice and why have this extra number you are not going to use that is tied directly to your mobile phone?

Need some advice about getting on VZW

Hey guys. I've been highly considering this phone to replace my note 3. I currently have unlimited data on Verizon, don't plan on losing it. Have a few questions.
-Are there any limitations using this phone on Verizon?
-How do I get a sim card for it? 3rd party retail stores?
-Any significant things I should be aware of?
-If at some point I want to switch to Sprint, can I use the same phone?
Thanks guys appreciate the help

I am currently on Verizon and have had no issues. I used same sim card that I had in the Note3, just had to trim the card to fit.

Hi, I use this phone on Verizon and as far as I know you will be able to get a sim from any of Verizon's retail stores. It activated on the first try using the meid and the sim's iccid. This phone will also work on Sprint without any issues.

xFaultx said:
Hey guys. I've been highly considering this phone to replace my note 3. I currently have unlimited data on Verizon, don't plan on losing it. Have a few questions.
-Are there any limitations using this phone on Verizon?
-How do I get a sim card for it? 3rd party retail stores?
-Any significant things I should be aware of?
-If at some point I want to switch to Sprint, can I use the same phone?
Thanks guys appreciate the help
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saying that there are no issues isn't exactly right, I have mine on Verizon and for one the visual voicemail does not work.. There's also no way to get it to work.
There are some work around you can do to get visual voicemail with Google Voice, but if you want to use HD voice you have to turn those off.
The My Verizon Mobile app does not work on here, and the Nexus version that they made for the Nexus 6 does. Or at least it would if you are willing to go and change to one of their new plans. They actually have now pay wall the Nexus My Verizon Mobile app behind a plan change. If you don't want to change your plan, you cannot log into the app anymore.
Other than that no problems whatsoever for me. You can go get a SIM card if you want at any local Verizon or you can call Verizon explain to him what's going on and will send you one for free.
This is really a world phone, you can take it anywhere. I took mine with me on vacation to Belize earlier this year and used it just fine down there.

I'd rather not cut my card, because I don't think I'm that graceful where it won't get messed up. But at Verizon they can activate the sim, and I should still be able to keep my plan?

RED ZMAN said:
saying that there are no issues isn't exactly right, I have mine on Verizon and for one the visual voicemail does not work.. There's also no way to get it to work.
There are some work around you can do to get visual voicemail with Google Voice, but if you want to use HD voice you have to turn those off.
The My Verizon Mobile app does not work on here, and the Nexus version that they made for the Nexus 6 does. Or at least it would if you are willing to go and change to one of their new plans. They actually have now pay wall the Nexus My Verizon Mobile app behind a plan change. If you don't want to change your plan, you cannot log into the app anymore.
Other than that no problems whatsoever for me. You can go get a SIM card if you want at any local Verizon or you can call Verizon explain to him what's going on and will send you one for free.
This is really a world phone, you can take it anywhere. I took mine with me on vacation to Belize earlier this year and used it just fine down there.
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The majority of this post is correct and exactly my experience, except that you CAN have HD calling and Google voice for voicemail. I use it daily and have no issues. This was originally thought to be true but has since been proven to work.
I got my sim from a company owned Verizon store. They did give me a little grief saying if its not recognized by their system they can't activate it, but I verified on their site before-hand that it is recognized and they looked it up to find the same thing.

So you have Visual Voicemail working with HD voice also working?
How did you do that?

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So you have Visual Voicemail working with HD voice also working?
How did you do that?
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No he said HD and Google Voice.
I actually prefer GV over Verizon VVM.
I get a text with the VM contents. No need to even check VM.

tech_head said:
No he said HD and Google Voice.
I actually prefer GV over Verizon VVM.
I get a text with the VM contents. No need to even check VM.
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Exactly right. Seems to have a better grasp of the content over the VZW option as well.

I prefer Google Voice visual voicemail too (getting the texts/emails), but everything I saw when trying to get HD voice to work said that they don't and can't work together. So again I ask, how do you get those working together? I know what it is, I had Google Voice's version of it working fine before.

xFaultx said:
I'd rather not cut my card, because I don't think I'm that graceful where it won't get messed up. But at Verizon they can activate the sim, and I should still be able to keep my plan?
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I had no issues when I activated my 5X onto my account with unlimited data. My plan went unchanged. I simply walked into my local Verizon store and they activated a nano sim for my 5X. I moved over from a Verizon GSIII.
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RED ZMAN said:
I prefer Google Voice visual voicemail too (getting the texts/emails), but everything I saw when trying to get HD voice to work said that they don't and can't work together. So again I ask, how do you get those working together? I know what it is, I had Google Voice's version of it working fine before.
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There's nothing special that needs done. Just do the normal setup of GV and done. I've had Google voicemail and HD voice since day 1 when the phone launched.
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tommyg562000 said:
There's nothing special that needs done. Just do the normal setup of GV and done. I've had Google voicemail and HD voice since day 1 when the phone launched.
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This! I did standard setup and it worked fine for me with HD calling

Same here, Google Voice and HD calling, no problems. That's on all three of the family 6ps with unlimited data.

PROJECT FI on ONEPLUS 5 question. MODDERS assist in answer please.

Hello everyone! I'm going to cut right to the chase. I currently have a Nexus 6p. It's a great phone and functions fine however it may be time to upgrade to the 835 snapdragon as I perform more complex tasks with my phone. I am using Project Fi as my current cellphone provider because it is a great deal:
$20 a month for cell service and $10 for 1 gb of data = $30... and if you don't use it refunds you the unused amount so I pay roughly $24 a month for service, You can't beat it.
I want to keep Project Fi as my provider but I need to trick the ONEPLUS 5 into thinking it is a Google Pixel. I have thought of 2 solutions to this problem:
1: Is there anyway I can flash a Google Pixel rom or PureNexus to the OnePlus 5? (I feel this is unlikely but want to see if it's possible)
2: Edit init.sh file on the phone to trick the phone into thinking it is a Google Pixel.
Any assistance and solution to my Problem will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I too had the Nexus 6p running on Project Fi but switched carriers a couple of months ago so I could use a non Nexus/Pixel phone like the 1+5 which I was planning on getting since my 6p was already feeling sluggish on day to day use. I too thought that Project Fi's prices were unbeatable since I also normally use less than a Gigabyte of data a month but some months I would go over the limit and pay around $35. I actually found another MVNO that uses T-Mobile's service and is actually cheaper, with 2 Gigabytes of data monthly I'm currently paying less than $20 dollars a month for it.
As for using Project Fi on another phone like the 1+, you probably don't even have to modify the software, it should work right off the bat but with a few caveats. First, it will only work on T-Mobile only since the 1+5 doesn't support Sprint's network. Second, you probably won't get Project Fi's cellular to wifi calling hand off capability and third, you probably won't have Project Fi's app installed in your phone to monitor data usage and payments, unless of course it allows you to sideload it to your phone.

The problem I believe is the OP5 doesn't support Sprint, US Cellular, or even Verizon in the first place.

uHW4ke said:
Any assistance and solution to my Problem will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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What the others have told you is correct. You'll be able to use your Fi sim in the 1+5, but it will just sit on T-Mobile. The 1+5 doesn't have cdma capability. I retired my 6p last week when my 1+5 arrived and switched my service to T-Mobile. I know the service is more expensive than what I was paying with Fi, but I'm seeing better coverage and speed. Fi always wanted to keep me on Sprint. Another plus, the T-Mobile Digits service is like being back on Google Voice. As far as the phone, I'm loving the 1+5 compared to the N64.

HueleSnaiL said:
I too had the Nexus 6p running on Project Fi but switched carriers a couple of months ago so I could use a non Nexus/Pixel phone like the 1+5 which I was planning on getting since my 6p was already feeling sluggish on day to day use. I too thought that Project Fi's prices were unbeatable since I also normally use less than a Gigabyte of data a month but some months I would go over the limit and pay around $35. I actually found another MVNO that uses T-Mobile's service and is actually cheaper, with 2 Gigabytes of data monthly I'm currently paying less than $20 dollars a month for it.
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I use mint sim as well. T mobile mvno 10GB of data and unlimited talk and text for ~30 bucks a month depending on how long you up for. It's even less should you choose 2gigs.. Service has been amazing everywhere except my house. Never had such good signal anywhere else.
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Project Fi does not work straight out of the box. There may be some nifty work-around that I'm not aware of, so your results may vary.
Signed up for Project Fi (telling their system I had my own compatible device)
SIM arrives few days later
Install Project Fi app from Playstore. It's there and let's you install it.
BUT this is where the problem is...
Insert Fi SIM into Oneplus 5 and open Project Fi app to activate, per instructions (no way to activate on PC)
Getting continuous loop telling me my Google account yet associated with Project Fi and cannot proceed. (when it is. that's how I was able to get the SIM in the first place)
Clicking the button to "sign up" just cycles back to the error screen.
Google support chat tells me there is no way to manually activate the SIM and assign a phone number... Bummer

kevindena said:
Project Fi does not work straight out of the box. There may be some nifty work-around that I'm not aware of, so your results may vary.
Signed up for Project Fi (telling their system I had my own compatible device)
SIM arrives few days later
Install Project Fi app from Playstore. It's there and let's you install it.
BUT this is where the problem is...
Insert Fi SIM into Oneplus 5 and open Project Fi app to activate, per instructions (no way to activate on PC)
Getting continuous loop telling me my Google account yet associated with Project Fi and cannot proceed. (when it is. that's how I was able to get the SIM in the first place)
Clicking the button to "sign up" just cycles back to the error screen.
Google support chat tells me there is no way to manually activate the SIM and assign a phone number... Bummer
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In order for Project Fi to work in a non Fi compatible phone first you have to activate Project Fi using a Project Fi compatible phone. Once you have done that you can move the Fi sim card to any other T-Mo compatible phone and it should work. Back when I had Project Fi on my Nexus 6p I successfully used the service on Moto G3 and Honor 5x, albeit without the features that I mentioned in my previous post.

uHW4ke said:
Hello everyone! I'm going to cut right to the chase. I currently have a Nexus 6p. It's a great phone and functions fine however it may be time to upgrade to the 835 snapdragon as I perform more complex tasks with my phone. I am using Project Fi as my current cellphone provider because it is a great deal:
$20 a month for cell service and $10 for 1 gb of data = $30... and if you don't use it refunds you the unused amount so I pay roughly $24 a month for service, You can't beat it.
I want to keep Project Fi as my provider but I need to trick the ONEPLUS 5 into thinking it is a Google Pixel. I have thought of 2 solutions to this problem:
1: Is there anyway I can flash a Google Pixel rom or PureNexus to the OnePlus 5? (I feel this is unlikely but want to see if it's possible)
2: Edit init.sh file on the phone to trick the phone into thinking it is a Google Pixel.
Any assistance and solution to my Problem will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Thats not a great deal mate?
I pay about £28 and get unlimited calls, texts and 10GB of double speed 4G ?
Might be different in the states.

dladz said:
Thats not a great deal mate?
I pay about £28 and get unlimited calls, texts and 10GB of double speed 4G ?
Might be different in the states.
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Because you aren't in the US... We think the price you pay for fuel is an awful deal as well, but you can't compare two completely different countries with vastly different economies.

You also can't compare pounds and dollars - the exchange rates just screw everything up. I live in Australia where it's roughly $2AUD to the pound. You're telling me to pay $56/month when I can get a plan that is basically the same for $250AUD a year (Kogan plan - 10gb data/month and unlimited calls/txts) - the catch is you pay upfront for the year....

Depending on were you are, Ting is a great option if you don't have your heart set on Project Fi. There GSM network works fine with the 1+5 and would actually be either cheaper or around the same price. my current bill changes month to month(because the charge at the end of the month for how much you use) but mine comes out to either 15$ or 23$.

geoff5093 said:
Because you aren't in the US... We think the price you pay for fuel is an awful deal as well, but you can't compare two completely different countries with vastly different economies.
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whoa wasn't having a go, easy tiger.
Petrols one thing, but I'd have thought carriers were a little closer when it comes to deals and what providers offer.
PS: (Slight dig) I won't go into why i think you have cheaper fuels
Project Fi does sound interesting, but I don't think the deals are there yet unfortunately, however if the US carriers are offering less for more money then yea go for it man, sounds like a winner.

dladz said:
whoa wasn't having a go, easy tiger.
Petrols one thing, but I'd have thought carriers were a little closer when it comes to deals and what providers offer.
PS: (Slight dig) I won't go into why i think you have cheaper fuels
Project Fi does sound interesting, but I don't think the deals are there yet unfortunately, however if the US carriers are offering less for more money then yea go for it man, sounds like a winner.
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Fi isn't really a deal though, it's extremely expensive. Don't judge what we pay for data on that. All carriers offer unlimited data ranging from $60 to $80 a month.
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uHW4ke said:
Hello everyone! I'm going to cut right to the chase. I currently have a Nexus 6p. It's a great phone and functions fine however it may be time to upgrade to the 835 snapdragon as I perform more complex tasks with my phone. I am using Project Fi as my current cellphone provider because it is a great deal:
$20 a month for cell service and $10 for 1 gb of data = $30... and if you don't use it refunds you the unused amount so I pay roughly $24 a month for service, You can't beat it.
I want to keep Project Fi as my provider but I need to trick the ONEPLUS 5 into thinking it is a Google Pixel. I have thought of 2 solutions to this problem:
1: Is there anyway I can flash a Google Pixel rom or PureNexus to the OnePlus 5? (I feel this is unlikely but want to see if it's possible)
2: Edit init.sh file on the phone to trick the phone into thinking it is a Google Pixel.
Any assistance and solution to my Problem will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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No you don't need to do anything crazy to make it work on any GSM based device that's capable of receiving T-Mobile service. I'm currently using a OnePlus 5T on project fi after using the Nexus 6P which is the device I started my service with about 2 years ago. As long as you have already activated your service using one of the required phones which are supported by Google then you're good to go. You can even install the project fi app on any other Android device and it will tell you that this device is not supported for calls and text, however that isn't exactly true. Whichever device has your main Sim in it will be able to get calls and texts through the stock Android apps just fine.
A lot of people tell you that you have to use a Hangouts app in order to get SMS messages on unsupported devices but it's not true you can get calls and texts through the stock Android apps even with custom roms you just have to make sure that you go into the Hangouts app and you disable SMS messages for the account that's tied to your project fi service otherwise you'll only get your SMS messages through the Hangouts app. If you have Hangouts dialer installed then you have to make sure you also disable the option for incoming calls which can be found in the same section as the SMS option in the Hangouts settings for the email address that's used on your project fi account. Once you do that you'll be able to get calls and texts on the phone with the main sim card installed like you would in a device that's officially supported.
I should also mention that there are benefits to using the Hangouts app though. For instance let's say you have more than one device and you decide to order a couple data-only Sims, f you use the Hangouts app and you allow it to receive incoming calls and text messages for the email address tied your project fi account then what will happen is you'll be able to get phone calls and texts on any device that you use no matter what it is whether it's a tablet or a cell phone or an iPhone, just make sure you install Hangouts on each of those devices. You'll essentially be able to use whatever device you want but any phone that's using a data-only Sim will be using data in order to make phone calls and text no matter where you are so you got to keep that in mind. If you choose not to use the Hangouts app then the data Sims will only give you data coverage on your devices and you won't be able to use them as if they were like your normal cell phone. But if you choose to disable to Hangouts option then the device that has your normal SIM card in it won't have to operate over the data Network in order to use your calls and texts. It will even work on an iPhone and you'll be able to use I messages as well you won't be restricted to Hangouts app in order to get calls and texts but you can only do that with your main Sim on an iPhone. A lot of what Ive read on line is not true with regards to using unsupported devices.
If you choose to bypass the whole Hangouts feature and you only have one device and you follow what I said above then the only disadvantage you'll end up experiencing is that you won't be able to transition between the networks that project fi works on so your coverage will be limited to areas where there's T-Mobile coverage. In my specific area T-Mobile coverage is awesome and I've seen speeds of like 80 Mbps over lte.
Oh I should also add that if you happen to have any other Android devices with Hangouts installed you have to make sure that you disable SMS messages for your project fi account on all of your devices otherwise you'll still only get your SMS messages through Hangouts so if you're not getting your messages just make sure you check your other devices you sign out of there and then you're good to go.
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geoff5093 said:
Fi isn't really a deal though, it's extremely expensive. Don't judge what we pay for data on that. All carriers offer unlimited data ranging from $60 to $80 a month.
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I don't know what you're talking about what project fi is awesome and they only charge $10 per gigabyte used of data up to 6 GB and then after that you'll have unlimited data access without being charged anymore so the max you will ever pay per month is $80 and that's only if you use 6gb of data. You'll also receive normal LTE coverage up to 15 GB in a month after which time your speed will be throttled but they offer an option two then continue paying$10 per gigabyte for normal LTE speeds should you need them I pay on average about $30 a month for cell phone coverage and I've had this for about 2 years now I was with T-Mobile for 12 years and they were an awesome carrier but you can't project fi. And then they also offer data only Sims up 10 per line which can be used in any GSM based device whether it's a hotspot iPad or Android tablet or some other phone that you might have an any day too used on any of the 10 devices you might have is all counted as if it was coming off your regular phone so you don't have to pay any crazy extra amount of money to have tethering. In terms of their pricing structure and what they offer there is not a cell phone company in the United States that has a better rate then project fi and then when you take into account the fact that even if you don't use one of their supported phones you'll essentially beginning T-Mobile service which has the best overall speeds of any other dating network in the country I mean it's a no-brainer here.

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No you don't need to do anything crazy to make it work on the OnePlus 5T I'm currently using one coming over from the Nexus 6p myself as long as you have already activated your service using one of the required phones which are supported by Google and you're good to go all you do is take out your sim card from the Nexus 6p and put it in the OnePlus 5T the only difference is that it will operate exclusively on T-Mobile's Network.
A lot of people tell you that you have to use a Hangouts app as well and it's not true you can get calls and texts through the stock Android apps even with custom roms you just have to make sure that you go into the Hangouts app and you disable SMS messages for the account that's tied to your project fi service otherwise you'll only get your SMS messages through the Hangouts app. If you have Hangouts dialer installed then you have to make sure you also disable the option for incoming calls which can be found in the same section as the SMS option in the Hangouts settings for the email address that's used on your project fi account. Once you do that you'll be able to get calls and texts on the phone with the main sim card installed like you would in a device that's officially supported.
I I should also mention know that there are benefits to using the Hangouts though. For instance let's say you have more than one device and you decide to order a couple data-only Sims using those devices in order to get data coverage wherever you go if you use the Hangouts app and you allow it to receive incoming calls and text messages for the email address tied your project fi account then what will happen is you'll be able to get phone calls and texts on any device that you use no matter what it is it whether it's a tablet or a cell phone or an iPhone. You'll essentially be able to use whatever device you want but any phone that's using a data-only Sim will be using data in order to make phone calls and text no matter where you are so you got to keep that in mind. If you choose not to use the Hangouts app then the data Sims will only give you data coverage on your devices and you won't be able to use them as if they were like your normal cell phone. But if you choose to disable to Hangouts option then the device that has your normal SIM card in it won't have to operate over the data Network in order to use your calls and texts. A lot of what Ive read on line is not true with regards to using unsupported devices.
If you choose to bypass the whole Hangouts feature and you only have one device and you follow what I said above then the only disadvantage you'll end up experiencing is that you won't be able to transition between the networks that project fi works on so your coverage will be limited to areas where there's T-Mobile coverage. In my specific area T-Mobile coverage is awesome and I've seen speeds of like 80 Mbps over lte.
Oh I should also add that if you happen to have any other Android devices with Hangouts installed you have to make sure that you disable SMS messages for your project fi account on all of your devices otherwise you'll still only get your SMS messages through Hangouts so if you're not getting your messages just make sure you check your other devices you sign out of there and then you're good to go.
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I don't know what you're talking about what project fi is awesome and they only charge $10 per gigabyte used of data up to 6 GB and then after that you'll have unlimited data access without being charged anymore so the max you will ever pay per month is $80 and that's only if you use 6gb of data. You'll also receive normal LTE coverage up to 15 GB in a month after which time your speed will be throttled but they offer an option two then continue paying$10 per gigabyte for normal LTE speeds should you need them I pay on average about $30 a month for cell phone coverage and I've had this for about 2 years now I was with T-Mobile for 12 years and they were an awesome carrier but you can't project fi. And then they also offer data only Sims up 10 per line which can be used in any GSM based device whether it's a hotspot iPad or Android tablet or some other phone that you might have an any day too used on any of the 10 devices you might have is all counted as if it was coming off your regular phone so you don't have to pay any crazy extra amount of money to have tethering. In terms of their pricing structure and what they offer there is not a cell phone company in the United States that has a better rate then project fi and then when you take into account the fact that even if you don't use one of their supported phones you'll essentially beginning T-Mobile service which has the best overall speeds of any other dating network in the country I mean it's a no-brainer here.
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Dude... You quoted posts almost a year old, Fi didn't have unlimited data option then.

geoff5093 said:
Dude... You quoted posts almost a year old, Fi didn't have unlimited data option then.
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Well it does now, so anyone interested in going this route who sees your post will then have the correct info. I apologize If i seemed rude, that wasn't my intention. At the time you posted that you were absolutely correct in terms of their data pricing options.

uHW4ke said:
$20 a month for cell service and $10 for 1 gb of data = $30... and if you don't use it refunds you the unused amount so I pay roughly $24 a month for service, You can't beat it.
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I pay 4,84 euro/month, for 4G cell service & 20gb data.

dladz said:
Thats not a great deal mate?
I pay about £28 and get unlimited calls, texts and 10GB of double speed 4G ?
Might be different in the states.
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Even that's not cheap, I pay around $8 and get 86 Days of unlimited calls, and 1 GB 4G data each day!

Uzumaki said:
Even that's not cheap, I pay around $8 and get 86 Days of unlimited calls, and 1 GB 4G data each day!
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Actually mines just been upgraded, I now get 20GB for the same price.
Also bare in mind that the speed and coverage I get is second to none.
My max ever 4G down speed is over 240Mb
With an average of over 100Mb
Plus the customer service is the best there is, trust me I've tried them all.
Do you get anything close to that? Hows the customer service with your provider?

In France you can have everything unlimited for 1€/month ... ^^