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I am planning on Straight Talk $45 unlimited 1mo plan.
https://www.straighttalk.com/secure/ServicePlans
From some internet research it looks like the best bet is to get the t-mobile compatible sim (since service prbs are with at&t compatible sim).
The problem is, t-mobile compatible sim is only full-sized - not for nexus 4 micro sim. Contracted their customer service, they confirmed no t-mobile compatible microsim.
Now I have two options:
1. get the at&t compatible microsim
2. get t-mobile full sized sim and then use sim cutter.
Which way to go?
siftekhar said:
I am planning on Straight Talk $45 unlimited 1mo plan.
https://www.straighttalk.com/secure/ServicePlans
From some internet research it looks like the best bet is to get the t-mobile compatible sim (since service prbs are with at&t compatible sim).
The problem is, t-mobile compatible sim is only full-sized - not for nexus 4 micro sim. Contracted their customer service, they confirmed no t-mobile compatible microsim.
Now I have two options:
1. get the at&t compatible microsim
2. get t-mobile full sized sim and then use sim cutter.
Which way to go?
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If you want T-Mobile I'm sure a T-Mobile store would cut the sim for you.
spencer88 said:
If you want T-Mobile I'm sure a T-Mobile store would cut the sim for you.
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I am not going to stay with t-mobile, I am talking about straighttalk t-mobile compatible sim.
http://www.straighttalk.com/ShopSims
Depends
It all depends on what you rather have. I personally will be going to Straight Talk too, but with the ATT sim.
ATT will offer better coverage (Also better wall penetration) in most parts of the USA, while T-mobile lacks in the coverage department they have great speeds in areas where they provide HSPA+. But as soon as you leave those areas if you travel a lot then you will be on EDGE a lot more.
I have seen people on the ATT Straight Talk getting 3mbs/1mbs to 7mbs/3mbs and those on T-mobile getting 7mbs/3mbs to above 10mbs/4mbs.
But like I said it really depends on what you want, I am leaving sprint so regardless of who I chose it would be a lot better.
If you go with T-mobile just cut the SIM.
I have straight talk and had tmobile b4. Where i live they both have strong signal get bout same speeds. I think tmobile will only help in bigger markets where they have the 42mbps towers not everywhere i tried to check the coverage where the 42 spots our cant really figure it out i live in a medium size market i dont get the 42 speeds here anyway so just something to think about.
siftekhar said:
Now I have two options:
1. get the at&t compatible microsim
2. get t-mobile full sized sim and then use sim cutter.
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You basically spelled it out right there. Which network do you want to use ATT or TMo. If ATT, pick option 1. If TMo, pick 2.
ATT has wider coverage, so you can go to rural areas and still get decent signal. TMo usually craps out when you leave the city.
TMo has better speeds in the city, since most cities' ATT networks are congested compared to TMo (more users). Add to that, since Straight Talk is an MVNO, it gets lower priority at cell towers compared to ATT postpaid and ATT prepaid customers. So you can stand beside someone with an ATT SIM and he has a signal, while your ST SIM gets nothing.
If you have the money to spare to buy 2 SIMs, try the ATT microSIMs first. If you're not satisfied, then get the TMo SI and cut it down. If you have the extra $60 to spare, get them both at the same time, buy a month's service for both, and so a side-by-side comparison.
siftekhar said:
I am planning on Straight Talk $45 unlimited 1mo plan.
https://www.straighttalk.com/secure/ServicePlans
From some internet research it looks like the best bet is to get the t-mobile compatible sim (since service prbs are with at&t compatible sim).
The problem is, t-mobile compatible sim is only full-sized - not for nexus 4 micro sim. Contracted their customer service, they confirmed no t-mobile compatible microsim.
Now I have two options:
1. get the at&t compatible microsim
2. get t-mobile full sized sim and then use sim cutter.
Which way to go?
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also, do you use google voice for voicemail? I believe T-Mobile MVNO's don't allow call forwarding (which is what Google Voice does for voicemail). I could be wrong though, so make sure you do your search on that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890301
As soon as my contract (and my wife's) is up on AT&T in March, we are going to get the Straight Talk sim for AT&T...mainly because of the reasons other people have mentioned in this thread... plus, when I had the G Nexus, I got a T-Mobile prepaid sim to test it out and T-Mobile HSPA+ was slower here than AT&T.... but go with the coverage that works for you.
For some reason, I'm experiencing very slow data speeds with straight talk ( att Sim) with my nexus 4. Called them to reset my data settings but still no good.
I cut my straight talk/tmobile sim to work in my nexus 4. i refused to use att side of straight talk. so far everything is good no complaints :good:
barondebxl said:
For some reason, I'm experiencing very slow data speeds with straight talk ( att Sim) with my nexus 4. Called them to reset my data settings but still no good.
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What are your APN settings? Delete the first proxy, test again. I had a to reset data, then set the phone in airplane mode and back and retested.
I have T-Mobile, have always loved it. The reception in my office had always been on the line, but most of the time, with all my other phones, I've been able to get 3/4g most of the time.
With the n4, I NEVER get 3/4g in my office. Quite frustrating. Thinking about getting st att based on most replies here. Sucks I need to change based on the phone
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You can always use a micro SIM cutter
AT&T SIM
Anyone getting better than 6 mbps on StraighTalk? If so, could you please post settings?
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Anyone getting better than 6 mbps on StraighTalk? If so, could you please post settings?
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I get that and also want to know. I realize we can't use lte apn but i expect faster for h+
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Anyone getting better than 6 mbps on StraighTalk? If so, could you please post settings?
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are you looking for att settings or tmobile settings for straight talk?
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are you looking for att settings or tmobile settings for straight talk?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1552324&stc=1&d=1355159626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1552325&stc=1&d=1355159626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1552326&stc=1&d=1355159626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1552327&stc=1&d=1355159626
I've been seriously considering the N4 with st8 talk but I've been a little hesitant because I want it to work everywhere I go i.e. work, home, parents house. if anyone has had the Verizon GNex could you respond with whether it works better or not? What would be the pro/con list? Everyone has opinions, I know, but please only from ppl who have the N4.
Folks, 6Mbps on AT&T's HSPA+ might be as good as you're going to get.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1552324&stc=1&d=1355159626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1552325&stc=1&d=1355159626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1552326&stc=1&d=1355159626
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1552327&stc=1&d=1355159626
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are these tmo setting or att&t?
Sparta507 said:
are these tmo setting or att&t?
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Looks like t-mobile to me.
If I'm using the T-Mobile Sim and APN then I should be able to get T-Mobile correct?
I get good coverage where I live except for my house. I'm think I can talk T-Mobile into a network booster and just go with them.
Just curious if anybody uses the $50 dollar Net10 plan. I'm on the T-Mobile $30 plan currently but the coverage isn't what I want it to be and 100 minutes keeps my calls short. I know LTE won't work unofficially supported because Net10 doesn't use band 4.
Basically just asking if anybody has any thoughts/experiences with this setup. I know at&t coverage is far superior where i live than T-Mo.
Go with straight talk they are $45 unlimited run on att network and reliable had them for years works on any phone!
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Non-chinese Lenovo K900.
mikey199 said:
Go with straight talk they are $45 unlimited run on att network and reliable had them for years works on any phone!
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Non-chinese Lenovo K900.
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I looked into ST but they removed at&t sims so you can only use T-Mo towers now. Both net10 and ST are owned by tracphone so they should be similar.
Lobster$ said:
I looked into ST but they removed at&t sims so you can only use T-Mo towers now. Both net10 and ST are owned by tracphone so they should be similar.
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http://mobile.walmart.com/m/phoenix#ip/Straight-Talk-AT-T-Compatible-Micro-SIM-Card/21550826
Still available, in fact just bought one a few weeks ago for a coworker with a nexus 4. Uses at&t towers and all.
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So my 2 year contract through Verizon finally ended thank God, and I decided to switch to Straight Talk through their BYOP Activation Kit at Walmart. I followed all the steps through the kit and found on the Web just to be safe and got it running on the T-Mobile sim. My only problem is that I cannot get 4G LTE. I get 3G but it will not let me do anything on 3G and when I try to do something involving data or messaging it switches to H+ just long enough to do these things. I have rooted the phone and ensured that Band 4 is activated through the Service Mode on my phone and still nothing. I have even tried multiple APNs. Is it maybe just that there is little to no T-Mobile 4G around here? Running Android 4.4.2 by the way.
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Bukimari said:
So my 2 year contract through Verizon finally ended thank God, and I decided to switch to Straight Talk through their BYOP Activation Kit at Walmart. I followed all the steps through the kit and found on the Web just to be safe and got it running on the T-Mobile sim. My only problem is that I cannot get 4G LTE. I get 3G but it will not let me do anything on 3G and when I try to do something involving data or messaging it switches to H+ just long enough to do these things. I have rooted the phone and ensured that Band 4 is activated through the Service Mode on my phone and still nothing. I have even tried multiple APNs. Is it maybe just that there is little to no T-Mobile 4G around here? Running Android 4.4.2 by the way.
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Try this Apn setting :
Switch to Global
Name : TmobileMMs
Apn. : fast.t-mobile.com
And leave everything else empty had a friend said it worked for him.
Just tried this, nothing works at all. Had to switch back to the Straight Talk APN. Oh I guess posting my APN might help.
Name: STRAIGHT_TALK
APN: wap.tracfone
MMSC: (http)://mms(.)tracfone(.)com
**remove the parentheses, being a new user I cannot post links.**
MMC: 310
MNC: 260
APN Type: default,mms,supl,hipri
*All other fields are blank or default.
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I am having a similar issue. It's the Verizon Note 3 on Straight Talk AT&T sim. I get H+ but no LTE. I am running stock 4.4.2 not rooted. I really like this phone but if I can't get my 4G LTE working on it I will sell or trade for a AT&T branded note 3 unlocked. I know what part of the problem is. It's the way Verizon sets up their phones. They are LTE capable yes, but Vzw makes sure those capable bands are with their sim cards and frequencies.
I'll have to do some searching on XDA but I think I remember seeing something about rooting the phone, getting into the hidden menu, and changing the bands to the st att sim will get 4G LTE. If someone could chime in here to verify this and point me in that direction it would be great.
On mine with root access I can get into Service mode and apparently by default since one of the latest updates from Verizon their Note 3 has Band 4 enabled. I know if you have AT&T you can select different bands through service mode as well however with my T-Mobile sim changing this simply makes it not work. Could that be what you're referring to?
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Yes but it's not working for me. I found out the ONLY way to get the Verizon note 3 to work on Straight Talk AND get LTE is to use the cmda part of the phone, I:E call ST, give them a cdma activation code, and have them switch your service over to the cdma part of the phone.
Well it looks like that's what I'll be doing then because H+ just isn't cutting it. Although it is better than Verizon 3G, considering I hardly got 4G through Verizon anyway.
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yeah I hear ya. H+ is ok, but 4G LTE it is NOT!....lol. Keep in mind Straight Talk still doesn't "Guaranty" 4G LTE service. Like most people, I have found that Straight Talk LOVES to quid pro quo themselves out of any responsibility for their service faults. They will blame it on your phone, your area, heck, they will even blame your lack of signal on you when they can saying you did something to your phone to make it not work.
Their customer service is their biggest downfall. But like most companies that have truck loads of money they can afford to not really care.
straight talk lte
Bukimari said:
So my 2 year contract through Verizon finally ended thank God, and I decided to switch to Straight Talk through their BYOP Activation Kit at Walmart. I followed all the steps through the kit and found on the Web just to be safe and got it running on the T-Mobile sim. My only problem is that I cannot get 4G LTE. I get 3G but it will not let me do anything on 3G and when I try to do something involving data or messaging it switches to H+ just long enough to do these things. I have rooted the phone and ensured that Band 4 is activated through the Service Mode on my phone and still nothing. I have even tried multiple APNs. Is it maybe just that there is little to no T-Mobile 4G around here? Running Android 4.4.2 by the way.
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Straight talk now has Verizon LTE Sim cards. Switch to the Straight Talk Verizon network and purchase their LTE Sim card and you will get a better Verizon coverage and get LTE working.
patrickpingpong said:
Straight talk now has Verizon LTE Sim cards. Switch to the Straight Talk Verizon network and purchase their LTE Sim card and you will get a better Verizon coverage and get LTE working.
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Well that's good to know. I ended up calling ST after making this thread and when I told them it was a Verizon phone they acted like it was impossible to activate 4G even after I explained it was a world phone. Once I requested to speak to a supervisor they told me they would "work on it and give me a call back". A few days later my phone mysteriously started getting 4G LTE haha.
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Got this up and running after some delays.
Basically just use the APN settings from their site...
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB424489&cv=820
When using the IMEI that shipped with the phone it put it under a basic phone plan.. (No VVM, no LTE). What I did was just use the IMEI from my old Galaxy S3 and 4G kicked on.
THIS WILL NOT SHOW LTE IN THE BAR BUT RATHER AS SIMPLY 4G.
CHEERS!:good::good::good:
Download lte discovery and see what band you are using please. Mine gets it on band 2 (1900) but that is it.
Band 2 is what it is here as well... Luckily i live in a place that has it.
4G LTE 2600(7) Not Working
Last week I went to Taiwan and get a ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML) 2GB, the firmware for Taiwan doesn't support this band, I downloaded the latest WW firmware, but no luck, any Idea?
So weird, it seems to have worked. Even though the settings are identical to what I had initially.
Losing hope here in Tucson AZ. All I can manage is a measly "H+" symbol and my speeds are a spotty 4mb down to .500 mb speeds... Is there any way to check what frequency the towers are in my area? I suspect we in the old pueblo only have the older ATT speeds for the frequency supported. (SIGH)
nickel911 said:
Losing hope here in Tucson AZ. All I can manage is a measly "H+" symbol and my speeds are a spotty 4mb down to .500 mb speeds... Is there any way to check what frequency the towers are in my area? I suspect we in the old pueblo only have the older ATT speeds for the frequency supported. (SIGH)
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AT&T is a pain to get working with it. At first, I popped in my Sim card straight from my Note 4, no luck. So I called AT&T and added the IMEI. Still no luck and found out they reprovisioned my SIM card for HSPA+ only. I popped my SIM back into my Note 4, it only showed 4G/HSPA+ and not LTE. Called AT&T to have them swap the IMEI back to the Note 4 and got LTE on my Note 4 Then swapped the SIM back into the ZF2 and I got 4G (LTE).
Tuanies said:
AT&T is a pain to get working with it. At first, I popped in my Sim card straight from my Note 4, no luck. So I called AT&T and added the IMEI. Still no luck and found out they reprovisioned my SIM card for HSPA+ only. I popped my SIM back into my Note 4, it only showed 4G/HSPA+ and not LTE. Called AT&T to have them swap the IMEI back to the Note 4 and got LTE on my Note 4 Then swapped the SIM back into the ZF2 and I got 4G (LTE).
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ATT boggles the mind. I use an MVNO w/ ATT (Net10/Tracphone) and I never have this problem. Wonder why the resellers are less hassle?
I have an old straight talk SIM on ATT with APN of att.mvno and I don't see any LTE. Will try a genuine AT&T SIM tomorrow and see what happens. I'm really not looking forward to moving my number to a tfdata ST SIM.
ddfault said:
I have an old straight talk SIM on ATT with APN of att.mvno and I don't see any LTE. Will try a genuine AT&T SIM tomorrow and see what happens. I'm really not looking forward to moving my number to a tfdata ST SIM.
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Newer straight talk sims will work on LTE with the zenfone 2.
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Newer straight talk sims will work on LTE with the zenfone 2.
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Correct. I now have a Zenfone 2 US version. My old ST SIM that used att.mvno still had zero LTE. I moved to a new ST SIM that uses tfdata and I now have LTE on band 17.
Any thoughts on how to get activated and working LTE working on my ZE511ML as a new customer with no previous GSM IMEI? I may be able to get a SIM from someone else but it doesn't sound like that's enough.
I had this problem with AT&T as well. AT&T will drop you to HSPA once you register your ZF2's IMEI with a new SIM cos their system doesn't recognize our ZF2 (or any unlocked device that they themselves do not sell) as an LTE device.
I went to the nearest AT&T store and got it sorted by telling the rep to delete my ZF2's IMEI and give me a new SIM.
If you're signing up for new service with them, tell them you don't have the phone with you and to just give you a micro SIM.
ddfault said:
Correct. I now have a Zenfone 2 US version. My old ST SIM that used att.mvno still had zero LTE. I moved to a new ST SIM that uses tfdata and I now have LTE on band 17.
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I just got my ZF2 today and tried my ST SIM it shows 4G. I was wondering what speed you guys getting in 4G AT&T I am in Northern KY area on band 17
MY ST sim in Iowa shows 4G and uses lte band 4 ( according to LTE Discovery ). Speedtest shows: 124ms, 17.3 Mbps down, 7.36 Mbps up.
So any workarounds with this? I have LTE and I'm picking up band 17, but only getting 4Mbps down. I like this phone a lot, but if I can't get LTE speeds it is basically useless.
I got 4 ZF2's and all of them work with LTE At&T. All I did was call a rep and told her the APN that she was giving me (nxtgenphone) was nto going to work for my phone and that I needed her to force the LTE plan. She forwarded that to an IT rep and everything worked. They will need your IMEI numbers to set it up.
gurusux said:
I got 4 ZF2's and all of them work with LTE At&T. All I did was call a rep and told her the APN that she was giving me (nxtgenphone) was nto going to work for my phone and that I needed her to force the LTE plan. She forwarded that to an IT rep and everything worked. They will need your IMEI numbers to set it up.
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What speeds are you getting? Because mine clearly connects to LTE, but the speeds are basically 3G.
Mine says 4G, doesn't LTE like my S5 but it faster than my S5 when on the net.
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Yes. 4G on this phone is LTE.
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