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Thinking about going with Simple Mobile...

So I got my Vibrant and used t-mobile and loved the service but unfortunately I got it just before a change to pricing plans and now I have some other options. I am actually considering moving to Simple Mobile, right now they will give a 3g Unlimited talk/text/web for 50 a month (no clue data cap but I do mostly wifi at home and avg 2-3gb streaming at most). Comparing plans and coverage It looks like Simple Mobile might be a good option for me right now but I just found out about them today at the mall.
So the first thought I had was to come here and see if others have any experience with the Vibrant on their network and if so how it worked out for them. So what do you guys/gals think of them?

back to the front page with this...

Simple Mobile is really good.... its month to month so no contracts...just bring your vibrant and buy the sim card and plan and ur set. Ive been using simple mobile for about 4-5 months using the unlimited everything for $60 and had no problems once you set the APN settings. If you tend to flash roms all the time, you should download an app called APN Backup and once you set the APN you want on the phone, you can back it up for easy restore after you flash a new rom.
In MMSC replace h**p with http
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APN Settings:
Name: Simple Mobile
APN: simple
Proxy: 216.155.165.050
Port: 8080
MMSC: h**p://smpl.mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS proxy: 216.155.165.050
MMS port: 8080
MCC: 310
MNC:260
APN type: internet + mms

Any data cap?
Sent from my T959 using XDA Premium App

Simple Mobile runs on T-Mobile's network, so you get the same coverage. They don't tell you but there's a 1GB data cap. If you go over it several times, they cut off your service.

Product F(RED) said:
Simple Mobile runs on T-Mobile's network, so you get the same coverage. They don't tell you but there's a 1GB data cap. If you go over it several times, they cut off your service.
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Wow that sucks
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So if I have gotten to where I use the data away from WiFi only on rare occasion the data cap would not be a factor. thinking I might give it a try, if i don't like it i don't have to "re-up" i guess. anyone else have anything to say about them?

If you want unlimited data, you need to go with Sprint. They're the only carrier that actually offers unlimited Data.
Also, Sprint is pushing to remove bloatware from their devices, something the other carriers won't even think of (and that's a factor for some people).

Don't even think about it.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

unknownnoob said:
Simple Mobile is really good.... its month to month so no contracts...just bring your vibrant and buy the sim card and plan and ur set. Ive been using simple mobile for about 4-5 months using the unlimited everything for $60 and had no problems once you set the APN settings. If you tend to flash roms all the time, you should download an app called APN Backup and once you set the APN you want on the phone, you can back it up for easy restore after you flash a new rom.
In MMSC replace h**p with http
Code:
APN Settings:
Name: Simple Mobile
APN: simple
Proxy: 216.155.165.050
Port: 8080
MMSC: h**p://smpl.mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
MMS proxy: 216.155.165.050
MMS port: 8080
MCC: 310
MNC:260
APN type: internet + mms
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What he said... only I've only been trying it for about 2 weeks. So far I've found that T-Mobile's 3G/4G networks are juuuuust out of range of my house. The 2G speeds seem better than ATT though as long as I stay on the device and don't try any ToS violations with the laptop. The data caps don't thrill me either but as was said they all have them. I'll just have to go to Starbucks to download my Linux distros I like to play with.

Does anyone know if you gotta be unlocked for this? ??
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younix258 said:
Does anyone know if you gotta be unlocked for this? ??
Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.
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Nope. Any tmobile branded phone will do.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Don't know if this was said or not, but Simple Mobile operates using tmobile's towers, which is why 4G/3G works on the phones from Tmo. Tmobile doesnt own them, unlike Boost Mobile+Sprint which are actually together.

Anybody know if I have a tmobile branded phone, will I be able to get 3g with the $50 plan?

Dattack said:
Anybody know if I have a tmobile branded phone, will I be able to get 3g with the $50 plan?
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If you have a T-Mobile branded phone or phone that supports 850/1900 MHz (both), you should get 3G. 4G (HSPA+, which is really also 3G) is 1700 MHz/2100 MHz.

I just realized that after going into the tmobile store they have a $50 plan prepaid also for unlimited (up to 2gb).

Dattack said:
I just realized that after going into the tmobile store they have a $50 plan prepaid also for unlimited (up to 2gb).
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You can go past 2GB, but they'll throttle you to EDGE speeds and sometimes slower for the rest of the billing cycle if you do.

Product F(RED) said:
You can go past 2GB, but they'll throttle you to EDGE speeds and sometimes slower for the rest of the billing cycle if you do.
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It's pretty much the same as simple mobile. I usually use only around 2gb anyways and i love the wificalling feature.

Dattack said:
It's pretty much the same as simple mobile. I usually use only around 2gb anyways and i love the wificalling feature.
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Actually I read somewhere that buried in the fine print, Simple Mobile reserves the right to terminate your number if you keep going past 1GB of data a month.

I was with simple mobile for two months and it was painful. I just loved being threatened every day to have my account suspended because I hit the 2gb limit in the last week of both my months. Texts from them everyday. I don't teather either.
Plus I had to hack the mms apk to have the user agent changed for it to work. They never tell you they block it without the hack. They just keep you trying same settings over and over. Did the hack and default apn worked work mms immediately.
I am with t mobile prepaid and much happier. More data I barely even get close to capping and better customer service.
Simple mobile didn't even care to try keep me when I had then verify my account info so I could do a transfer. They asked me why I wanted to verify it. Stop I told them
With calling mart discounts I only pay 4-5 bucks more. At most.

[Q] Nexus 4 Slow Data Speed

I have AT&T and I just got the Nexus 4. My previous phone was the Samsung Galaxy S II and I was getting data speeds of about 8Mbps. Now that I switched to the Nexus 4 it is acting like I am capped. I am getting data speeds of 7kbs down and 1.2Mbs down. For some reason every speed test I run results in 7Kbps down.
Why is this happening? On the galaxy S II I could flash different modems. Does the Nexus 4 have modems and could that be my problem?

Do a little searching and you will find your answer. I recently made a thread about this myself.
It has to do with the way the Nexus 4 shows up in AT&T's system. Call them and tell them you just switched to a Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (an LTE phone) and give them this IMEI: 357288040480105. They will reprovision your data to the fastest allowed speeds including LTE and HSPA+ when LTE isn't available. After you get off the phone with them go to you APN settings page and go here. Add the APN 3 on that page and combine APN 5 with it (MMS). Delete any other APNs you have after you save that one. Restart your phone and you'll be good to go!

spitefulcheerio said:
Do a little searching and you will find your answer. I recently made a thread about this myself.
It has to do with the way the Nexus 4 shows up in AT&T's system. Call them and tell them you just switched to a Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (an LTE phone) and give them this IMEI: 357288040480105. They will reprovision your data to the fastest allowed speeds including LTE and HSPA+ when LTE isn't available. After you get off the phone with them go to you APN settings page and go here. Add the APN 3 on that page and combine APN 5 with it (MMS). Delete any other APNs you have after you save that one. Restart your phone and you'll be good to go!
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You're a Godsend.
I'm still deciding on if I'm going to use my N4 on T-Mobile or AT&T, but if I can get those mythical 20-30MB download speeds that I've seen some people with their N4 on AT&T, I'm going there.

spitefulcheerio said:
Do a little searching and you will find your answer. I recently made a thread about this myself.
It has to do with the way the Nexus 4 shows up in AT&T's system. Call them and tell them you just switched to a Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (an LTE phone) and give them this IMEI: 357288040480105. They will reprovision your data to the fastest allowed speeds including LTE and HSPA+ when LTE isn't available. After you get off the phone with them go to you APN settings page and go here. Add the APN 3 on that page and combine APN 5 with it (MMS). Delete any other APNs you have after you save that one. Restart your phone and you'll be good to go!
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Why do I give them that IMEI? Can I not just tell them I got the Nexus 4 or do I need to lie and tell them I have the Skyrocket?

morejaylesswar said:
You're a Godsend.
I'm still deciding on if I'm going to use my N4 on T-Mobile or AT&T, but if I can get those mythical 20-30MB download speeds that I've seen some people with their N4 on AT&T, I'm going there.
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If I helped you out, hitting the Thanks button would be awesome
jedinegotiator said:
Why do I give them that IMEI? Can I not just tell them I got the Nexus 4 or do I need to lie and tell them I have the Skyrocket?
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I explained it in depth in the message I sent to you. Basically it has to do with AT&T not having our phone in their system so they drop us onto a ****ty standard 3G plan.

jedinegotiator said:
Why do I give them that IMEI? Can I not just tell them I got the Nexus 4 or do I need to lie and tell them I have the Skyrocket?
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Its not about lying to them, its about their system needs an IMEI to determine what plan to put on your account, i.e. the reps cant just 'pick' from a list of data plans, they input an IMEI and the system tells them 'you get this plan'. You need to have a smartphone 4G or LTE dataplan on your account to get faster speeds.

Obligatory:
http://gdgt.com/discuss/how-i-was-finally-provisioned-for-4g-on-my-atandt-galaxy-nexus-i8z/
Just create your own "4G" IMEI, call AT&T, give it to them, reboot, enjoy HSPA+.

spitefulcheerio said:
Do a little searching and you will find your answer. I recently made a thread about this myself.
It has to do with the way the Nexus 4 shows up in AT&T's system. Call them and tell them you just switched to a Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (an LTE phone) and give them this IMEI: 357288040480105. They will reprovision your data to the fastest allowed speeds including LTE and HSPA+ when LTE isn't available. After you get off the phone with them go to you APN settings page and go here. Add the APN 3 on that page and combine APN 5 with it (MMS). Delete any other APNs you have after you save that one. Restart your phone and you'll be good to go!
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Thanks for the info. Actually the same thing is happening to me but in tmob. Any ideas or help there?
Sent from my Nexus 10 using xda premium

spitefulcheerio said:
Do a little searching and you will find your answer. I recently made a thread about this myself.
It has to do with the way the Nexus 4 shows up in AT&T's system. Call them and tell them you just switched to a Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (an LTE phone) and give them this IMEI: 357288040480105. They will reprovision your data to the fastest allowed speeds including LTE and HSPA+ when LTE isn't available. After you get off the phone with them go to you APN settings page and go here. Add the APN 3 on that page and combine APN 5 with it (MMS). Delete any other APNs you have after you save that one. Restart your phone and you'll be good to go!
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AT&T is catching on.
Pat Simpson: So, I see on the internet that IMEI is the one to give AT&T to get a Nexus to work on our network.
Me: Yes.
Pat Simpson: Well, AT&T is trying to make our network more compatible with Non-AT&T phones. But we are getting inundated with these requests and have been told not try to correct the accounts by putting false information in the system.
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Dammit!

Does this apply to T-Mobile also?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

pistonrod said:
AT&T is catching on.
Dammit!
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I took the IMEI number to the AT&T store and they were able to put me on a 4G LTE plan. :good:

I would suggest going to an AT&T store to do this now. They want to sit back and rob us of our full experience with their network
If you're on TMobile, try the APNs found here. They may work, they may not work. Also, go into your MyTmobile account and make sure your phone is listed as a Nexus 4

Should I call At&t?
Hi Guys,
I am getting on avg 6mb down and 1.5 up is that normal for HSPA+ in the Boston area? The phone does change to HSPA+15 when data is being used.
If this is normal or "good" should I bother with calling At&t and change my imei back to my old Inspire 4G?
Thanks for you help on this....

After calling AT&T wireless and providing them an IMEI number for a 4G LTE device, and created a new APN (Listed below are the settings), my device is working amazingly better. Not only is the Speedtest.net app working perfect now, I am now reaching download speeds of 9359 kbps, and upload speeds of 608 kbps.
APN Settings:
Name: AT&T HSPA+
APN: pta (NOTE: IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN LTE PLAN, CHANGE THIS TO "PHONE")
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS Proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80 (NOTE: IF MMS ISN'T WORKING, CHANGE THIS TO "8080")
MCC: 310
MNC 410
Authentication type: Not set
APN type: default,admin,fota,mms,supl,hipri
APN protocol: IPv4/IPv6
APN roaming protocol: IPv4/IPv6
Bearer: Unspecified
Hope this helps folks who are having data speed issues.
Matt

fsufan1200 said:
After calling AT&T wireless and providing them an IMEI number for a 4G LTE device, and created a new APN (Listed below are the settings), my device is working amazingly better. Not only is the Speedtest.net app working perfect now, I am now reaching download speeds of 9359 kbps, and upload speeds of 608 kbps.
APN Settings:
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Hope this helps folks who are having data speed issues.
Matt
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Hey guys. I have the same problem, my Nexus shows me 3 kB/s download speed — which is slow even by 1996 year standards. I'm using prepaid $25 plan with a data package on it. I wonder, would this «new IMEI» trick work with my prepaid plan? Or have I switch to a slavery commitment plan first? Please answer because this is the only thread on the internet I have found with some sense on the topic. Thanks.

monster598 said:
Hi Guys,
I am getting on avg 6mb down and 1.5 up is that normal for HSPA+ in the Boston area? The phone does change to HSPA+15 when data is being used.
If this is normal or "good" should I bother with calling At&t and change my imei back to my old Inspire 4G?
Thanks for you help on this....
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That sounds about right for AT&T HSPA+.

monster598 said:
Hi Guys,
I am getting on avg 6mb down and 1.5 up is that normal for HSPA+ in the Boston area? The phone does change to HSPA+15 when data is being used.
If this is normal or "good" should I bother with calling At&t and change my imei back to my old Inspire 4G?
Thanks for you help on this....
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Ajfink said:
That sounds about right for AT&T HSPA+.
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Agreed. My speeds are similar.

pistonrod said:
Agreed. My speeds are similar.
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Just curious how are you guys testing your speed because whatever app i use fails when i look at my settings though it says hspa 10, hspa +15 mostly hspa 10
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fsufan1200 said:
After calling AT&T wireless and providing them an IMEI number for a 4G LTE device, and created a new APN (Listed below are the settings), my device is working amazingly better. Not only is the Speedtest.net app working perfect now, I am now reaching download speeds of 9359 kbps, and upload speeds of 608 kbps.
APN Settings:
Name: AT&T HSPA+
APN: pta (NOTE: IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN LTE PLAN, CHANGE THIS TO "PHONE")
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS Proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80 (NOTE: IF MMS ISN'T WORKING, CHANGE THIS TO "8080")
MCC: 310
MNC 410
Authentication type: Not set
APN type: default,admin,fota,mms,supl,hipri
APN protocol: IPv4/IPv6
APN roaming protocol: IPv4/IPv6
Bearer: Unspecified
Hope this helps folks who are having data speed issues.
Matt
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This doesn't work, I have a 4g provisioned plan and my phone keeps connecting and disconnecting from hspa plus over and over again. I cannot get 1 damn APN to work the correct way with AT&T. I've had issue after issue and no fix. I cannot get this connection issue corrected. I've had an LTE plan with LTE APN nothing, a 4G plan with 4G APN and nothing. The only thing that works is the default settings but speed test errors so I'm not even sure what speeds that is now.

inseconds99 said:
This doesn't work, I have a 4g provisioned plan and my phone keeps connecting and disconnecting from hspa plus over and over again. I cannot get 1 damn APN to work the correct way with AT&T. I've had issue after issue and no fix. I cannot get this connection issue corrected. I've had an LTE plan with LTE APN nothing, a 4G plan with 4G APN and nothing. The only thing that works is the default settings but speed test errors so I'm not even sure what speeds that is now.
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Welcome to the club i dont feel im getting horrible speeds im just not sure if im getting what im paying for bc i can't Guage my data speed
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Nexus 4 AT&T SLOW Data

I just got my Nexus 4 yesterday. I bought a sim adapter for a nano sim. The sim came from my iPhone 5 and I put it in my Nexus 4. The cell service picked up and worked, however data did not.. After scouring the internet I found some APN settings that would actually get my on the data network. However, it is really slow..
Android 4.2.2
Rooted (Using Nexus Toolkit)
AT&T iPhone Unlimited Data Plan
I have attached screenshots of my APN settings.. I am only getting around 300K for download speed.. On my 4S I can get 12Meg in the same area.

svfusion said:
I just got my Nexus 4 yesterday. I bought a sim adapter for a nano sim. The sim came from my iPhone 5 and I put it in my Nexus 4. The cell service picked up and worked, however data did not.. After scouring the internet I found some APN settings that would actually get my on the data network. However, it is really slow..
Android 4.2.2
Rooted (Using Nexus Toolkit)
AT&T iPhone Unlimited Data Plan
I have attached screenshots of my APN settings.. I am only getting around 300K for download speed.. On my 4S I can get 12Meg in the same area.
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After reading.. it looks like my phone does not show up in AT&Ts system and I need to go in the store because I am locked in a crappy "3G" zone.

svfusion said:
After reading.. it looks like my phone does not show up in AT&Ts system and I need to go in the store because I am locked in a crappy "3G" zone.
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once you get your plan set to -smartphone 4g- check out this apn, its what i used to get up to 11mbs pretty consistently around the dc area..
http://www.reddit.com/r/nexus4/comments/14g245/psa_nexus_4_att_and_you_how_not_to_get_screwed/
i already had an sgs3 on a 5gb a month lte plan.
all i did was call up att and get them to switch me from an lte plan to a smartphone 4g plan. i believe they already have the correct imei for the nexus 4 now as opsed to the major pain in the butt everyone went through back when the n4 first came out.
rooted my phone and when i flashed a cyanogemod nightly.. upon boot it had the "wap.cingular" apn which gave me hspa+ but only max speeds of around 6mbs down 1mbs up, pretty consistently..once i changed to the "phone" apn in the link i provided you my speeds went up to 11mbs down and aroud 1.5 up..hope this helps a little

Johnny424 said:
once you get your plan set to -smartphone 4g- check out this apn, its what i used to get up to 11mbs pretty consistently around the dc area..
http://www.reddit.com/r/nexus4/comments/14g245/psa_nexus_4_att_and_you_how_not_to_get_screwed/
i already had an sgs3 on a 5gb a month lte plan.
all i did was call up att and get them to switch me from an lte plan to a smartphone 4g plan. i believe they already have the correct imei for the nexus 4 now as opsed to the major pain in the butt everyone went through back when the n4 first came out.
rooted my phone and when i flashed a cyanogemod nightly.. upon boot it had the "wap.cingular" apn which gave me hspa+ but only max speeds of around 6mbs down 1mbs up, pretty consistently..once i changed to the "phone" apn in the link i provided you my speeds went up to 11mbs down and aroud 1.5 up..hope this helps a little
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These are the settings I use, but at the end I use IPV4 only. I found that having the 4/6 setting selected, is getting random times of data cycling on and off rapidly. The 4 only setting has been great so far.
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NEXUS 4 ATT Slow download fixed
Here is my APN setting:
Name : AT&T HSPA+
APN : phone
username: [email protected]
Pasword CINGULAR1
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN Type: default,admin,fota,mms,supl,hipri
APN Protocol: IPv4/IPv6
APN Roaming protocol: IPv4/IPv6
With this I get speed between 6-8 MBPS.

[Q] INSANELY slow AT&T speeds.. (4kbs down)

I got my Nexus 4 last week and used my nano sim from my iPhone 5 using a adapter. I was getting around 1-2Meg down on most speed test.. Sometimes I would get 5-7Meg. However, lately it has been around 800kbs. I took my phone into AT&T and they didn't really know what was going on or had anything to say.. They gave me a MicroSim and changed my phone from "SkyRocket" to "Nexus 4" in the system. It seems after that.. that is when I can't get above 70K down on speed test. Any idea what I can try to do?
My APN settings are,
Name: AT&T HSPA+ (this can be whatever you like)
APN: phone
mmsc: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
mms proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80
APN type: default,supl,mms,hipri

ATT probably has your data partitioned incorrectly. YOu are no longer on an "4g" plan. There is a thread in either this section or general section on specific ATT issues. Would take a look at that thread.
hope that helps
edit here is the link. i would suspect when they gave you the new card and updated your device in their system is when it got worse for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2139537

Thanks.. I just got off the phone with FOUR different ATT people and still can't get anything work.. none of them have even heard of a Nexus 4.. I am cancelling my contract and going to T-Mobile..

lol it's funny how none of them heard of the nexus 4. Ive applied so many times and they never hired me. -.-. W.e Im with solavei now.
I thought this issue would be an APN thing. Guess not. Now one thing to look at is Coverage. Hopefully you'll be happy.
If you want, Join solavei. We're a Tmobile MVNO with some differences. We have 4GB HSPA+ speeds and the rest is EDGE (compared to many who offer 2GB of HSPA+) and LTE APN is in the works. Of course unlimited talk and text. And another thing we have is conditional call forwarding which many other MVNOs dont have and that allows your calls to be forwarded. That allows me to use Youmail Visual Voicemail or Google voice for others. All for $49 + Taxes or free if you want.
Yes we are MLM but you don't have to do it if you dont want to.
What ever you choose, Hope you are satisfied

[Q] Nexus 4 on AT&T $50 Unlimited GoPhone?

I have had a Nexus 4 since it first went on sale, and have used it on various carriers. First, I used Straight Talk (AT&T), but after being throttled to barely-dial-up speeds, I switched to the $30 unlimited text, data, 100min T-Mobile plan. Bad Idea. After switching, i was unable to access full T-Mobile '4G' speed, because apparently it is not available in my area, even though it is advertised as such. I get good data speeds for my area, and the service is okay. The trouble begins when i leave the area, and it doesn't end until i come back. There is absolutely no service, only roaming.
I have ordered an AT&T MicroSim, and am wondering how i would be able to activate the $50 Unlimited GoPhone (Dumb Phone) plan using my Nexus 4.
I know they offer a smartphone plan for $25 with 250mins and unlimited texting, with the option to add data for up to $25/1G, but to be honest I use way too much data for any addon option to be feasible. If it requires using less data to make the $50 unlimited option work, that is fine.
I have an Lg Vu (Dumb Phone) and a Samsung Note I i can use for IMEIs and activation, but am wondering exactly how to do it.
My Micro Sim will arrive within a week, so hopefully I can activate it when i receive it.
Thanks in advance!
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AustinRawr said:
I have had a Nexus 4 since it first went on sale, and have used it on various carriers. First, I used Straight Talk (AT&T), but after being throttled to barely-dial-up speeds, I switched to the $30 unlimited text, data, 100min T-Mobile plan. Bad Idea. After switching, i was unable to access full T-Mobile '4G' speed, because apparently it is not available in my area, even though it is advertised as such. I get good data speeds for my area, and the service is okay. The trouble begins when i leave the area, and it doesn't end until i come back. There is absolutely no service, only roaming.
I have ordered an AT&T MicroSim, and am wondering how i would be able to activate the $50 Unlimited GoPhone (Dumb Phone) plan using my Nexus 4.
I know they offer a smartphone plan for $25 with 250mins and unlimited texting, with the option to add data for up to $25/1G, but to be honest I use way too much data for any addon option to be feasible. If it requires using less data to make the $50 unlimited option work, that is fine.
I have an Lg Vu (Dumb Phone) and a Samsung Note I i can use for IMEIs and activation, but am wondering exactly how to do it.
My Micro Sim will arrive within a week, so hopefully I can activate it when i receive it.
Thanks in advance!
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AT&T is extremely strict about the smartphone vs dumbphone plans. I doubt there is a way to get it to work. You likely will have to go with the smartphone plan. If you would like you can mess around with the settings or just activate the plan using a dumbphone and switch the SIM card over after activation.

Might as well go with StraightTalk on T-Mobile's network.

AustinRawr said:
I have had a Nexus 4 since it first went on sale, and have used it on various carriers. First, I used Straight Talk (AT&T), but after being throttled to barely-dial-up speeds, I switched to the $30 unlimited text, data, 100min T-Mobile plan. Bad Idea. After switching, i was unable to access full T-Mobile '4G' speed, because apparently it is not available in my area, even though it is advertised as such. I get good data speeds for my area, and the service is okay. The trouble begins when i leave the area, and it doesn't end until i come back. There is absolutely no service, only roaming.
I have ordered an AT&T MicroSim, and am wondering how i would be able to activate the $50 Unlimited GoPhone (Dumb Phone) plan using my Nexus 4.
I know they offer a smartphone plan for $25 with 250mins and unlimited texting, with the option to add data for up to $25/1G, but to be honest I use way too much data for any addon option to be feasible. If it requires using less data to make the $50 unlimited option work, that is fine.
I have an Lg Vu (Dumb Phone) and a Samsung Note I i can use for IMEIs and activation, but am wondering exactly how to do it.
My Micro Sim will arrive within a week, so hopefully I can activate it when i receive it.
Thanks in advance!
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There are quite a few people using the Nexus 4 on AT&T's $50 GoPhone plan without any issues. You can either activate it on-line or go into an AT&T store and have them activate it for you which is what I did. No need to use another phones IMEI as the Nexus 4 isn't a 4G phone as defined by AT&T (they mean LTE) and can use the GoPhone plans. Don't let a store rep or CSR tell you differently as they will try and up sell you into a more expensive plan saying the phones not supported which is a lie.
And 1 GB of data is the max you can get with this plan. Not sure if you can add more data in a month if you go over or if your stuck paying the $0.05/Kb. Maybe they just cut your data off but I doubt that.
And when you renew your package every month if you use the Kiosk in the AT&T store you pay just a straight $50, no taxes or fees.

scream4cheese said:
Might as well go with StraightTalk on T-Mobile's network.
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I have T-Mobile now. It sucks. And I switched from Att on straight talk because of the low(1-1.5G) throttle limit.

kzoodroid said:
There are quite a few people using the Nexus 4 on AT&T's $50 GoPhone plan without any issues. You can either activate it on-line or go into an AT&T store and have them activate it for you which is what I did. No need to use another phones IMEI as the Nexus 4 isn't a 4G phone as defined by AT&T (they mean LTE) and can use the GoPhone plans. Don't let a store rep or CSR tell you differently as they will try and up sell you into a more expensive plan saying the phones not supported which is a lie.
And 1 GB of data is the max you can get with this plan. Not sure if you can add more data in a month if you go over or if your stuck paying the $0.05/Kb. Maybe they just cut your data off but I doubt that.
And when you renew your package every month if you use the Kiosk in the AT&T store you pay just a straight $50, no taxes or fees.
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They are using the $50 Unlimited plan for dumb phones? What APN do they use? I've heard the data doesn't work without the right settings.

AustinRawr said:
They are using the $50 Unlimited plan for dumb phones? What APN do they use? I've heard the data doesn't work without the right settings.
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I used the default AT&T APN that was on the phone when I put the microsim in, ATT WAP (wap.cingular). Its not a dumb phone plan its a 3G/HSPA+ smartphone plan, I get HSPA+15 speeds in my area. AT&T reps will tell you the plan doesn't support 4G phones and what they mean is LTE phones not HSPA+ phones.
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Here is another GoPhone thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195150&highlight=gophone
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Server: cingulargprs.com
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com/
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AustinRawr said:
They are using the $50 Unlimited plan for dumb phones? What APN do they use? I've heard the data doesn't work without the right settings.
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no. the one you are talking about is 50$, everything unlimited? im pretty sure the one kzoo is talking about, and the one i was also using, is 25$ for 250 minutes and unlimited txts. then you have to buy a data package, I had one for 25$ for 1 GB. so.... 250mins, unlimited txts, 1GB = 50$. att doesnt like to advertise this because in their gophone brocure, they talk about a smartphone plan for 65$, saying you need it for a smart phone. then if you look at the little asterisk about the 25$ plan, it says you need a data package for it to work and it also says it works with a smartphone. almost like false advertising to me, i would like to beat their execs heads against concrete along with verizons.

AustinRawr said:
They are using the $50 Unlimited plan for dumb phones? What APN do they use? I've heard the data doesn't work without the right settings.
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kzoodroid said:
I used the default AT&T APN that was on the phone when I put the microsim in, ATT WAP (wap.cingular). Its not a dumb phone plan its a 3G/HSPA+ smartphone plan, I get HSPA+15 speeds in my area. AT&T reps will tell you the plan doesn't support 4G phones and what they mean is LTE phones not HSPA+ phones.
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Here is another GoPhone thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195150&highlight=gophone
APN
Name: ATT WAP
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
Port: 80
Username: not set
Password: not set
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
APN Roaming Protocol: IPv4
APN enable/disable: APN enable checked but line is grayed out
Bearer: unspecified
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Let me help clear this up. OP, I believe you are referring to their $50 unlimited data and minutes plan for feature phones? I have heard of people getting that to work with their N4, but since it is for feature phones, the data is usually throttled at 2G speeds. If you aren't happy with being throttled on Straight Talk after a gig, then this is worse as it's right away.
What I'm doing is using their $25 plan with 250 minutes and adding a gig of data for another $25, coming to a total of $50/month (actually, kzoodroid helped me set that up for myself in another thread, thanks kzoodroid!). I read that any add-on plans wouldn't work for you because you use a lot of data so that might not work for you.
What I would recommend, and what I'd do if I ever found that a gig wasn't enough for me, is go post-paid. I was quoted around $70/mo for like 400 minutes and 3 gigs of data on their post-paid network. You don't have to sign a contract to go post-paid btw. That is also good because during peak hours where they need to throttle people, they tend to favor post-paid so you most likely will never be throttled. That isn't a problem in my area as I live in a relatively sparsely populated area.