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problem with att data plan?

hello, i got to att store the other day i have problem to active a data peronernal plan for the sim card. how to you guys do to get it active in the att store? please help..

holyking said:
hello, i got to att store the other day i have problem to active a data peronernal plan for the sim card. how to you guys do to get it active in the att store? please help..
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I think there are changes you have to make to the settings.
I would check NotionInkHacks forums to find the threads on that.
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this may or may not be related to your problem, but did you add in the AT&T APN into your NI and have you tried your SIM card into a phone that can handle data on the AT&T network?
To input the APN info goto settings, Wireless & network settings, Mobile networks, access point names. Click your second to last button and click New APN. If the info for the field isn't provided below, leave it blank.
APN info:
Name: whatever_you_want_the_name_to_be
APN: wap.cingular
Username: [email protected]
Password: cingular1
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
I can confirm this works. The tablet does everything except receive phone calls.

Adam + AT&T Data only plan for Tablets.
I went to the store asked about this, the rep didn't know how to activate the Tablet Plan on a 3rd party Tablet. He suggested I call Customer Service. I asked him for a SIM to take with me when I call so I could save time and get it working.
I called CS, talked to about 6 reps~, they tried. The main issue was getting past the accepting the terms and conditions via the phone system (IVR), it kept coming back with Unable to process due to technical problems with their system and it would transfer me back to a rep. Reps tried this themselves with me on the line.
BTW, the reps bent over backwards to help. One of the most helpful, I got disconnected while calling another department and working with a supervisor. She called me back a few mins later, says she didn't call me back right away because she wanted to finish her call and have a definitive answer.
She said I would have to return to the store and have them set me up with a dummy tablet to activate the account, then make the appropriate changes in their system.
So today I went to a AT&T retail store once again, but armed with those notes in the account. The rep called, they told him he couldn't do it. So he called another department, had them activate my account using a dummy phone under a voice plan.
Once active he made changes in the account, entered a dummy tablet IMEI then changed to the $25 /2G data plan.
I popped in the SIM, ran through the steps of enabling it on the Adam. 3G icon appeared, tested surfing Google.
I had already added an APN, only editing two things, name AT&T, APN broadband, left everything else default and it worked (this is for data only, voice/data plans require more info edited).
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Am on Att prepaid w/no text/MMS ability. So frustrated

Has anyone else had this problem.
I've tried every Apn I know of.
Att is of course no help.
Thanks

rockky said:
Has anyone else had this problem.
I've tried every Apn I know of.
Att is of course no help.
Thanks
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list your apn settings, ill tell you where you've gone wrong. i'm on prepay and it's working very well.

Thanks. If you can help I'm grateful eternally lol.
Thing is it WAS working then just stopped a few days ago!
Don't get it.
Was working on the Broadband settings..just Broadband name and broadband apn...that's it.
Anyway.I'm using the conventional apns now:
Name: AT&T APN: wap.cingular Proxy: leave blank Port: leave blank Username:[email protected] Passwordi dont have one)CINGULAR1 Server: leave blank MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com MMS Port: 80 MCC:310 MNC:410 (note. this could also be 310, 41 or 15) APN Type internet and mms

You need to put wireless.cingular.com under the first proxy and change the mms proxy to 66.209.11.32. Everything else is fine.

Leave the username, password and mms port blank. that worked best for me. what that guy above wrote doesn't work, i've tried it; he might be talking about post paid.

switch to straight talk, 5 bucks cheaper and I am getting 5MBPS downloand speeds here in miami

I think it has sometjing to do with google voice incompatability id been lookibg into. Gotta check it out

PolishDude said:
switch to straight talk, 5 bucks cheaper and I am getting 5MBPS downloand speeds here in miami
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You'll get the same speeds with straight talk and AT&T since straight talk uses AT&T network. It just comes down to how congested you're network is.
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Will there be a problem with google voice and ATT $15/mo non-smartphone unlimited....?

PickleHead said:
Will there be a problem with google voice and ATT $15/mo non-smartphone unlimited....?
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Google voice goes over data, and does NOT support MMS at all.

rockky said:
I think it has sometjing to do with google voice incompatability id been lookibg into. Gotta check it out
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Spartan2x said:
Google voice goes over data, and does NOT support MMS at all.
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yeah but he said something about google voice incompatibility and I need my google voice to work perfectly!!! I got a little scared

Halp please
Is activating the sim ON a dumbphone necescary if we are using custome apn/settings?
Ive never done this but, isnt it more likely to be flagged if ANYTHING is different from activation phone to GNOTE?
I want to just buy a SIM from ATT claiming I have a GOPHONE ? and that would require ?"medianet" will that work?
AND obviously if this fails I buy a Straight Talk phone with SIM?
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You will definitely need to activate that sim in a dumb phone or they will catch it right there.

[HELP] Got AT&T sim into International S3, calling works but data doesn't work

I got an international S3 from India and went to AT&T store to get a micro sim.
Got that installed and then the phone calling works fine but data (internet) doesn't work.
They said they would have to register my phone's IMEI but it still doesn't work. They put in a new APN, and still same. They called their tech and they couldn't help. Their last suggestion was to try calling Samsung, but I had to leave to get to work.
I believe there are already people using International version with AT&T for the S3. So any ideas what could be wrong?
Thanks!

Try factory resetting your phone. Other than that, make sure you have the $10/month data plan (unlimited messaging required) or the $15/month data (no messaging required). To do that you'll have to call into customer care and say you have an unlocked non-smartphone. If you go into the store to do this they'll give you the more expensive internet because they'll see you have a smartphone. If you're changing data plans it CAN take 24-48 hours for it to be effective, although it usually doesn't take that long. After that's done go into Settings, More Settings (under Wireless and Network settings), Mobile Networks, and then Access Point Names. Make sure there is an Access Point Name titled "Cingular 410". If there isn't then press Menu, and then "+ New APN". The settings should look like this:
Name: Cingular 410
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
User name: [email protected]
My Password field is auto-filled, so I don't have that. Try leaving it blank, but if that doesn't work call customer care and get that information.
Server: cingulargprs.com
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS port: Not set
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: Not set
APN type: default,supl,mms
APN protocol: IPv4
Enable/disable APN: Checked (this field is grayed out for me, but it is checked)
Bearer: Unspecified
This should fix it. The only thing I'm unclear on is the Password part.

Password is (all caps): CINGULAR1

Look at the thread in my signature.
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Well now my SIM is completely unregistered, can't even make calls. Operator asked me to go to the store and get a new SIM Card.
So, this won't work without the switch to the non-smartphone data plan? It is going to be hard to pull off when I am in the store.

kumarshah said:
Well now my SIM is completely unregistered, can't even make calls. Operator asked me to go to the store and get a new SIM Card.
So, this won't work without the switch to the non-smartphone data plan? It is going to be hard to pull off when I am in the store.
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It should work just fine on the smartphone data plan, and you should be able to switch to the non smartphone data plan afterwards.
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joshnichols189 said:
It should work just fine on the smartphone data plan, and you should be able to switch to the non smartphone data plan afterwards.
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Ok, thanks. What should I tell the AT&T store people today when I go in the evening?
It feels like they did something on the account to screw it up. Would it help to suggest that they get this working on an AT&T HTC OneX and then transfer the SIM to my phone?

It could be that you have a defective SIM card. Take it one step at a time. Replace the SIM card. Make sure you have functionality with other services (such as voice and messaging). Check all the APN settings to make sure those are correct. Make sure you have a data plan for AT&T.

I'm on another carrier but I had the same problem at first, only phone call and sms working. I had to change my APN for the Data to work.

maxcc said:
I'm on another carrier but I had the same problem at first, only phone call and sms working. I had to change my APN for the Data to work.
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What did you change your APN too?
Edit: nvm, you said another carrier

kumarshah said:
What did you change your APN too?
Edit: nvm, you said another carrier
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All of the APN settings for AT&T are in my first response. Double check that yours look the same.

kumarshah said:
I got an international S3 from India and went to AT&T store to get a micro sim.
Got that installed and then the phone calling works fine but data (internet) doesn't work.
They said they would have to register my phone's IMEI but it still doesn't work. They put in a new APN, and still same. They called their tech and they couldn't help. Their last suggestion was to try calling Samsung, but I had to leave to get to work.
I believe there are already people using International version with AT&T for the S3. So any ideas what could be wrong?
Thanks!
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What are the APN settings you input, did you save and select it afterwards?
EDIT: Check the settings in the screenshots on the first posts of this thread, yours should match.

Thanks, I went back to the store. We got my original S2 working and this time switched to micro sim without making any IMEI/etc changes and it worked.
Anyone know what extra steps need to be taken to get the voicemail working?

Google Nexus 4 net10 APN Settings for AT&T

I've finally got data and MMS sending and receiving working on my Nexus 4 on net10. Just wanted to share the APN settings that worked for me to hopefully help someone else out since it took me a bit of time to get working.
APN: tfdata
Proxy: proxy.mvno.tracfone.com
Port:80
MMSC: http ://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.33
MMS Port:80
all other fields I just left as they were.
Please let me know if this works for you! :good:

vanvalks said:
I've finally got data and MMS sending and receiving working on my Nexus 4 on net10. Just wanted to share the APN settings that worked for me to hopefully help someone else out since it took me a bit of time to get working.
APN: tfdata
Proxy: proxy.mvno.tracfone.com
Port:80
MMSC: http ://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.33
MMS Port:80
all other fields I just left as they were.
Please let me know if this works for you! :good:
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worked for me - thx!

May I ask what plan are you guys using. And is there throttling?
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yoyo_58 said:
worked for me - thx!
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oops, spoke too soon. images not being received vis mms

This has worked for me just fine for a couple of months now. No other settings have ever worked. Try mms2 if you're still having issues.
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Warbuff said:
May I ask what plan are you guys using. And is there throttling?
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using net10, pretty sure there's throttling at some point
the following settings gave me everything including receiving mms
Name: Net10
APN: tfdata
Proxy: proxy.mvno.tracfone.com
Port: 80
Username: (Not set)
Password: (Not Set)
Server: (Not Set)
MMSC: h t tp://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: mms2.tracfone.com
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication Type: (Not Set)
APN Type: (Not Set)
APN protocol: IPv4
APN roaming protocol: IPv4
Bearer: Unspecified
here's the link to where i found it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40188181&postcount=49

doesn't work for me
I tried both versions of this APN , both with the MMS proxy name an IP address. I am still unable to receive a text from a Verizon CDMA iPhone 4.

txkcraig said:
I tried both versions of this APN , both with the MMS proxy name an IP address. I am still unable to receive a text from a Verizon CDMA iPhone 4.
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C- troll job

If you're on Net10 with an AT&T sim card they say upfront that they throttle you at 1.5gb of data in any given month. I have yet to be throttled, but i'll probably hit 1.5gb this month with about a week left so we'll see what throttling is all about. Not sure if they just slow down the connection or completely cut it off, but I should know soon enough!

Be careful!
vanvalks said:
If you're on Net10 with an AT&T sim card they say upfront that they throttle you at 1.5gb of data in any given month. I have yet to be throttled, but i'll probably hit 1.5gb this month with about a week left so we'll see what throttling is all about. Not sure if they just slow down the connection or completely cut it off, but I should know soon enough!
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I hit some arbitrary limit before they had the 1.5gb cap. I was throttled and it stayed that way for months. I got jerked around by the phone support, email support and even their Facebook page staff for hours trying to get it lifted. It finally took a call to their "executive escalation" call center to resolve. I found that number on Howard Forums. The one that worked for me was 8008765753.

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I hit some arbitrary limit before they had the 1.5gb cap. I was throttled and it stayed that way for months. I got jerked around by the phone support, email support and even their Facebook page staff for hours trying to get it lifted. It finally took a call to their "executive escalation" call center to resolve. I found that number on Howard Forums. The one that worked for me was 8008765753.
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What kind of data speeds did you have while you were throttled?

vanvalks said:
What kind of data speeds did you have while you were throttled?
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Usually extremely slow, ~4KB/s (kilobytes). Sometimes a little better, like ~10KB/s. Pretty useless.

Just posting some information in case it helps other people who might be searching like me...
The settings here from Net10 (scroll to "AT&T Network settings") result in no data:
http://www.net10wirelessphones.com/FAQ.html
The settings here from Net10 (click on "Phone Programming" and then "IF YOUR CARRIER IS AT&T") allow data, sms, and MMS:
http://net10sim.com/support.php
HOWEVER with these settings I still have intermittent data issues. For example:
Open Chrome, go to google.com = fast
Search for something = fast
Click the first result = hang, data connectivity lost (Chrome times out and says I am offline)
The settings here from xda behave the same as above:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40188181&postcount=49
To be clear: sms, mms, and data "work" with the xda settings but I still have problems with data dropping. So I'm actually using the settings from "net10Sim.com" instead because they behave the same and require less editing.
I've put in a request with Net10 support to get real, valid, official APN settings but who knows if I'll really get anything.

Seeing the same thing on straight talk...
Now straight talk and net10 are sharing the tfdata APN settings... (Some straight people have been migrated to this tfdata, some are still on att.mvno)
Its really hit or miss... and seems to get better at night..
I can do a speed test and get 6 Mb down in Tulsa ok area, then not be able to load a web page.. I can tell when its acting up because the plus sign next to the H cycles.. On At&t and Net10 (At&t simm) for me that did not used to happened until just a week or so ago. Tmobile's + sign would cycle all the time. Now when I am having difficulty with a page loading I see it cycling.. When things are going "good" (fast page loads, consistent speedtest.net tests) + sign doesn't cycle at all.
Its frustrating to say the least..
Bigtuna00 said:
Just posting some information in case it helps other people who might be searching like me...
The settings here from Net10 (scroll to "AT&T Network settings") result in no data:
http://www.net10wirelessphones.com/FAQ.html
The settings here from Net10 (click on "Phone Programming" and then "IF YOUR CARRIER IS AT&T") allow data, sms, and MMS:
http://net10sim.com/support.php
HOWEVER with these settings I still have intermittent data issues. For example:
Open Chrome, go to google.com = fast
Search for something = fast
Click the first result = hang, data connectivity lost (Chrome times out and says I am offline)
The settings here from xda behave the same as above:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40188181&postcount=49
To be clear: sms, mms, and data "work" with the xda settings but I still have problems with data dropping. So I'm actually using the settings from "net10Sim.com" instead because they behave the same and require less editing.
I've put in a request with Net10 support to get real, valid, official APN settings but who knows if I'll really get anything.
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Has anyone else been seeing grey bars on the signal icon lately? My phone will shows H+ and full signal, but grey bars which means it's not connecting to google services. Have the apn settings changed recently?

vanvalks said:
Has anyone else been seeing grey bars on the signal icon lately? My phone will shows H+ and full signal, but grey bars which means it's not connecting to google services. Have the apn settings changed recently?
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I got this all the time, it means the phone can't connect to Google services... Usually also means internet is broken or to slow, when it happens to me nothing would load for several second. Switched to AT&T GoPhone and haven't had a single issue with that again.
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It's only been the past month or so that it's been doing that, before that it was fine. I've seen on another thread that the apn settings have changed after the roll out of LTE or that I might need a new sim card possibly.

vanvalks said:
It's only been the past month or so that it's been doing that, before that it was fine. I've seen on another thread that the apn settings have changed after the roll out of LTE or that I might need a new sim card possibly.
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To be honest, mine started doing it in early August (although MMS has never worked) and I gave up after 4 hours on the phone with their tech support telling me it was an issue with my phone and not their problem. Switched to GoPhone and haven't had a single issue since.
Not sure if this is it either, but an AT&T wireless tech (I work in telecom, this is an actual tech that works on switches and tower sites), that the towers give priority to certain customers like AT&T post/pre paid accounts over MVNOs and if the equipment gets busy it will actually block "nonessential" services like data to lower grade APNs. He said they have seen traffic increases much more than expected from MVNOs in the last couple months... Take it for what's worth I guess.
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Well finally got mms working for first time in 2 years. Downloaded a free app that gives you Correct apn settings. It tells you to create two separate apn's, one for mms and one for data. Worked great. It's called tweaker apn.

Shamrock6699 said:
Well finally got mms working for first time in 2 years. Downloaded a free app that gives you Correct apn settings. It tells you to create two separate apn's, one for myself and one for data. Worked great. It's called tweaker apn.
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2 years?? Wow i wish i would have known. I could have helped you out. I figured this problem was already taken care of. Glad to know you got it working tho.

New NEXUS 4 APN Settings

NEXUS 4 APN Settings
Has anyone seen APN settings like theses and can you explain why they work?
Name: Straight Talk
APN: wap.tracfone
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.32
MMS Port: 80
I live in Columbus,Ga using a T-Mobile sim on straight talk and tried everything I could find even ST customer service and nothing worked well. Then 1 night on straight talk CS chat the rep gave me this and now I get HSPA+ and 4G all over the area. What I don’t understand is the APN: wap.tracfone and the MMSC with cingular in it. All of the other APN’s I found at XDA, the net or straight talk never used those two items. Also I am using a hybrid radio flash but have been using various combinations of APN’s and radios since I got the phone and the APN is what made the difference.

I'm in Tmobile classic plan and my data has been slow the past week or so, not sure why. I am gonna try this APN just to see what happens, it is working, but I'll see how fast it is.

ahunter said:
NEXUS 4 APN Settings
Has anyone seen APN settings like theses and can you explain why they work?
Name: Straight Talk
APN: wap.tracfone
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.32
MMS Port: 80
I live in Columbus,Ga using a T-Mobile sim on straight talk and tried everything I could find even ST customer service and nothing worked well. Then 1 night on straight talk CS chat the rep gave me this and now I get HSPA+ and 4G all over the area. What I don’t understand is the APN: wap.tracfone and the MMSC with cingular in it. All of the other APN’s I found at XDA, the net or straight talk never used those two items. Also I am using a hybrid radio flash but have been using various combinations of APN’s and radios since I got the phone and the APN is what made the difference.
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if it's cingular, then you probably actually have or they converted you to, AT&T

notbrodie said:
if it's cingular, then you probably actually have or they converted you to, AT&T
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Thanks, that explains the cingular and Straight Talk does have, or had ATT, sims I have a T-mobile sim. I still don't see how an ATT APN works with a T-Mobile sim.

MMSC = multimedia messaging service center. Data does not use this unless it is MMS related. How is your MMS working? The other fields could be standard and you would actually be going thru T-Mobile for data.
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fernandezhjr said:
MMSC = multimedia messaging service center. Data does not use this unless it is MMS related. How is your MMS working? The other fields could be standard and you would actually be going thru T-Mobile for data.
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My data is fine now, where before I was getting no data Again with this new APN I am getting data coverage in my area where until I changed to this APN I could not get coverage. I even asked at the local T-Moile store about coverage and they said that in my specific area coverage for data is not good but w/this change I am a happy customer.

was working. may be my fault i try again
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Any Status Updates...?
stevew84 said:
I'm in Tmobile classic plan and my data has been slow the past week or so, not sure why. I am gonna try this APN just to see what happens, it is working, but I'll see how fast it is.
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Any status report on whether this new APN configuration improved T-Mobile classic plans Data speed?