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Straight Talk BYOD!!!!!

Didn't know if this had been posted but ST just into'd new bring your own device plans! Now we can take our unlocked GSII's and use them on ATT network for $45 unlimited talk/text/web! Obviously this is not a big deal for those that live in Tmobiles 3g/4g footprint but it is for me since I don't.

I wonder if their data speeds are like simple mobile

SevenSe7enSeven said:
I wonder if their data speeds are like simple mobile
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What speeds are you getting with simple mobile? Here are some reported speeds from users on ST byod.--> http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1737642-Post-Your-Straight-Talk-Speedtests

Oh I'm not on simple mobile I just remember a thread about their 3g speeds being under 200kbps. Haven't heard much good or bad with straight talk

Is there data throttle caps?
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im switching to simple mobile this month, this month's TMO bill was 119.00 dollars, i say F to that when i can pay 60.

welcome to Simple! lol i keep trolling my presence wherever SIMple is talked about. sorry deah suh.

Yeah simple isn't bad I was getting good speeds I'm on T-Mobile prepay now just because I get to have a ringback tone
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Doesn't t-mobile have a 50 dollar unlimited everything for prepaid...?

tspx23 said:
Doesn't t-mobile have a 50 dollar unlimited everything for prepaid...?
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i think its unlimite talk and text and 200mb data
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Vinsane said:
Is there data throttle caps?
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Generally they begin capping around 2gigs. Not bad though for $45. Only reason this appeals to me is I can't get T-Mobile 3/4g service but I can get AT&T hspda service. As far as I know, this is the cheapest unlimited plan that runs on AT&T's network.

tspx23 said:
Doesn't t-mobile have a 50 dollar unlimited everything for prepaid...?
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It does, unlimited minutes and messages, 4G with speeds throttled after the first 2G - but it's only available as a family plan: 2 phones, 2 plans, 2 x $50 / mo.
Great if you've got a family member who's interested, and you both live in the t-m ob footprint.
The same plan's available BYOD for $60/mo, which is a lot more when you consider that the family plan includes phones.
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reocej said:
Didn't know if this had been posted but ST just into'd new bring your own device plans! Now we can take our unlocked GSII's and use them on ATT network for $45 unlimited talk/text/web! Obviously this is not a big deal for those that live in Tmobiles 3g/4g footprint but it is for me since I don't.
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I'm on the T-Mobile 'fringes', so, yeah, this is interesting.
I can use my T989 on ST? Is there an unlocker?
Got a link to the ST BYOD plan(s)?
Thanks!

Might be good add a back up

I used Simple Mobile's $40 per month plan and data speeds were horrible. It was so bad I switched to their $60 unlimited. Then this past weekend T-mo had that free phone giveaway thing for new customers, so I ended up signing up for the $60 plan for 2GB of data. Same price as Simple and I only really use about 2GB per month anyway, so it works well for me plus a free Galaxy S 2 is always cool with me.
The one thing about t-mo I really like is that if you call them there are a lot more options than what you see on the web. For example, I use Google Voice so I don't need SMS. That cuts $10 out of the bill right there, but you have to call to get them to take that out, can't do it via the web I don't think.

When is the Straight Talk SIM plan coming out?! Will they do 4G? God, I hope so, $45 bucks for all the **** they offer is a STEAL, especially if you use it with a smartphone... Unlike I am doing with GoPhone ATM

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The one thing about t-mo I really like is that if you call them there are a lot more options than what you see on the web. For example, I use Google Voice so I don't need SMS. That cuts $10 out of the bill right there, but you have to call to get them to take that out, can't do it via the web I don't think.
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I hadn't realized there were call-only deals. I'll have to call them. No idea if they're flexible on their BYOD plans (I don't need SMS either)

funziebear said:
i think its unlimite talk and text and 200mb data
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the 200mb is 4g, but its unlimited internet access just slows to edge. but the $60 optioin is better, comes w/2gb of 4g speeds then edge. About $64.80 after taxes on monthly 4g plan.

thebigcheese44 said:
When is the Straight Talk SIM plan coming out?! Will they do 4G? God, I hope so, $45 bucks for all the **** they offer is a STEAL, especially if you use it with a smartphone... Unlike I am doing with GoPhone ATM
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Knowing AT&T, if you use Straight Talk, the data speeds are probably capped at 512kbps.

Didn't work for me. I cannot even use SMS with their unlimited $45 plan. Data is down as well. I'm on Straighttalk AT&T SIM card. Customer support reset the options on their side twice, but it didn't help. I tried two different phones with this SIM card to no avail.

texts should be working but for data, did you put in the new APNs? Data wont just work if you just insert the SIM card in since AT&T and ST have different APN's

Leaving Unlimited LTE - Going Prepaid Nexus 4?

Who else is leaving Verizon and the comfort of Unlimited Data - LTE no less - and going prepaid?
I'm 99% certain I'm doing this. I'm more worried about coverage in the pre paid plans then about leaving Verizon. Good riddance! But still scary!
Who else is going through this and what plan are you going to try?
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Depends on which prepaid you are going for. I left my unlimited data since I could save a hell lot more money with prepaid. (around 40 dollars a month)

I abandoned my Verizon Galaxy Nexus (and ate the ETF) for a Play Store Galaxy Nexus and a Straight Talk (AT&T) prepaid plan in May. I haven't looked back since. Got all the updates and cut my bill in half. Good things with prepaid is you dont have to commit. I say try out AT&T and T-Mo based prepaid plans in your area and see if you'll be happy with the service. When the Nexus 4 is released, all I need to do is put my SIM card in it...done.

I'm leaving sprint with their unlimited data
.I work at a t mobile retailer and will probably use T-Mobile prepaid and get the phone..
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You should really make sure what type of coverage/data speeds you'll be getting on T-Mobile or AT&Ts networks before you make the jump. We all want the N4, but unfortunately, it's just not going to be viable for some people.
Cheers

I have a Straight Talk ATT Sim coming as well as T-Mobile Prepaid. I will try both and see. I only have the coverage maps to go by and a few friends. I live in Spokane Washington so if anyone knows about that area let me know!
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Go t mobile that way you get hspa 42
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emuneee said:
I abandoned my Verizon Galaxy Nexus (and ate the ETF) for a Play Store Galaxy Nexus and a Straight Talk (AT&T) prepaid plan in May. I haven't looked back since. Got all the updates and cut my bill in half. Good things with prepaid is you dont have to commit. I say try out AT&T and T-Mo based prepaid plans in your area and see if you'll be happy with the service. When the Nexus 4 is released, all I need to do is put my SIM card in it...done.
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I did this same thing about three months ago. Between me and my wife we are saving about $100 per month for smart phone service. I wont argue that Verizon is the king as far as coverage goes but they are just too proud of their services and they are punishing long term loyal customers which I won't stand for.
I would say we are receiving about 90% of other service we had with Verizon for about half the cost. It was a no brainer for me. Even with the etf, I'm already saving money!

Eddog4DROID said:
Who else is leaving Verizon and the comfort of Unlimited Data - LTE no less - and going prepaid?
I'm 99% certain I'm doing this. I'm more worried about coverage in the pre paid plans then about leaving Verizon. Good riddance! But still scary!
Who else is going through this and what plan are you going to try?
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Not going pre paid but going to t-mobile unlimited.

Straight Talk looks good but I keep hearing about strict data policies. I use like 1 gig a month usually. Its the 100 MB a day that seems limiting. Occasionally, I need that.
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Eddog4DROID said:
Straight Talk looks good but I keep hearing about strict data policies. I use like 1 gig a month usually. Its the 100 MB a day that seems limiting. Occasionally, I need that.
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Its more like 2gb a month. I don't put much stock in the 100mb a day thing because I've busted that bunches of times with no reprocussions. YMMV.
If data is a concern, get a T-Mobile sim if their coverage is good in your area. I read all the time about people using 5-7gb a month without being throttled.

I actually have a T Mobile sim coming as well. That 30 dollar plan looks awesome. I just don't know if I can do 100 minutes and how their coverage is.
I keep reading that pre paid plans do not have roaming either, does anyone know what that actually means? For example, what if I leave my state and I go to another city that has good coverage with the same prepaid carrier is that considered roaming?
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Eddog4DROID said:
Who else is leaving Verizon and the comfort of Unlimited Data - LTE no less - and going prepaid?
I'm 99% certain I'm doing this. I'm more worried about coverage in the pre paid plans then about leaving Verizon. Good riddance! But still scary!
Who else is going through this and what plan are you going to try?
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I am doing this. I have a plan for me and the wife. My contract is up in January so ill be buying a Nexus 4 in late december to test it out/port my number before my contract ends effective 2/2. If all is good my wife will be making the transition as well. Right now we pay $150 for our plan through Verizon for 700/unlmtd/unlmtd. We only use like 100 minutes a month so im paying for the data/messaging... all of which I cant use data inside my home, so its Wifi only, and messaging at home hardly works anyways... wifey stays home with the baby and only uses like 100mb a month on the data package.......
All said and done I cannot believe I didnt make this switch earlier. Ill be saving over $900 this year alone incl the cost of the devices. Cant beat that..
That said - Anyone interested in a Galaxy Nexus in Mint condition (I mean mint.. its a Refurb that just got sent to me last week and rebuilt 2 weeks ago, not a knick or scratch) or a RAZR Black 16gb

Anyone in SE Michigan using T-Mobile $30 plan? Checking the coverage map looks very sketchy once you get off the e-ways.
AT&T used currently, so Straight Talk is an option, but use hardly any minutes so the T-Mobile plan looks enticing, but do travel a bit to the UP and Minnesota which looks like it would be hit or miss on coverage compared to AT&T/Straight Talk.

T-Mobile's HSPA+ is faster than Verizon LTE. I wish T-Mobile had the coverage Verizon did though.

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T-Mobile's HSPA+ is faster than Verizon LTE. I wish T-Mobile had the coverage Verizon did though.
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H+ is such a sketchy network compared to LTE though. Very inconsistent and can be literally polar opposites in terms of data speeds in one spot to ten feet away. From my parking spot at work to the door I go from 8down to 1down with no obstructions. Same can be said in my house. With an LTE phone I don't see those kinds of fluctuations.

Eddog4DROID said:
I actually have a T Mobile sim coming as well. That 30 dollar plan looks awesome. I just don't know if I can do 100 minutes and how their coverage is.
I keep reading that pre paid plans do not have roaming either, does anyone know what that actually means? For example, what if I leave my state and I go to another city that has good coverage with the same prepaid carrier is that considered roaming?
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No that's not considered roaming. I used my gnex on straight talk at&t & postpaid t-mobile. Here is an example of roaming: when I go upstate, there is literally no tmo coverage. In those areas (about 3 hrs north of westchester county in ny), my postpaid tmo account will roam onto at&t. At that moment, I am a tmo customer roaming onto at&t. If I were on tmo prepaid, I would not get any service at all. I would not roam onto at&t. However, on my straight talk at&t sim, I had service up there. Data speeds are slower that tmo, but there at&t has a bigger footprint.
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emuneee said:
I abandoned my Verizon Galaxy Nexus (and ate the ETF) for a Play Store Galaxy Nexus and a Straight Talk (AT&T) prepaid plan in May. I haven't looked back since. Got all the updates and cut my bill in half. Good things with prepaid is you dont have to commit. I say try out AT&T and T-Mo based prepaid plans in your area and see if you'll be happy with the service. When the Nexus 4 is released, all I need to do is put my SIM card in it...done.
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You will need a new Sim, or have to cut your old one....
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Eddog4DROID said:
Who else is leaving Verizon and the comfort of Unlimited Data - LTE no less - and going prepaid?
I'm 99% certain I'm doing this. I'm more worried about coverage in the pre paid plans then about leaving Verizon. Good riddance! But still scary!
Who else is going through this and what plan are you going to try?
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I did just this about two weeks ago. I went with tmobile $50 unlimited and cut my bill in half. I'm really sorry I didn't do it sooner to be honest. I paid my ETF, but that's ok because I'll make it up in like 3 months of having a lower bill. It was worth it to me, because verizon's anti-consumer nonsense was really starting to bother me, and their customer service has never been great in my experience.
Coverage with tmobile has actually been pretty good in Indianapolis. However, I'm currently on an Iphone 4 and can only get edge speeds as the network farm isnt done in my area. I really like the iphone a lot, considerably better than my incredible 2, though I will probably grab a nexus 4 when it comes out, if only for variety. It's nice being able to pop a sim card out of one phone and into another without the hassle of dealing with locked up, overpriced phones.
Do it, but you might want to think about keeping a spare phone around in case you have to have your nexus 4 repaired. an older android im sure would be fine, assuming it's a model with decent build quality that can stand the test of time.

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No that's not considered roaming. I used my gnex on straight talk at&t & postpaid t-mobile. Here is an example of roaming: when I go upstate, there is literally no tmo coverage. In those areas (about 3 hrs north of westchester county in ny), my postpaid tmo account will roam onto at&t. At that moment, I am a tmo customer roaming onto at&t. If I were on tmo prepaid, I would not get any service at all. I would not roam onto at&t. However, on my straight talk at&t sim, I had service up there. Data speeds are slower that tmo, but there at&t has a bigger footprint.
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Tmo prepaid has voice/text roaming, just not data roaming.
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Net 10 vs straight talk in NC?

I've got just a few more months on my ATT contract. I searched and did not find a straight answer. Straight talk was my plan but it seems they are not selling the ATT sim cards anymore. I don't think the T-Mobile network is as good in the Charlotte area. What network does net 10 use? Is it as good as straight talk? Is anybody in the Charlotte area using the T-Mobile straight talk or net 10 on the nexus 4?
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Net10 bounces between AT&T and T-Mobile towers, making it an ideal third party hybrid service provider, since it supports both GSM networks.
However, from what I have heard they have daily data caps which when you hit it they will throttle you. Plus it's third party pre-paid, which means service will be bottom of the barrel. I'd rather pay $65 a month on AT&T prepaid if you don't want to go T-Mobile, which has $70 unlimited 4g.

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I've got just a few more months on my ATT contract. I searched and did not find a straight answer. Straight talk was my plan but it seems they are not selling the ATT sim cards anymore. I don't think the T-Mobile network is as good in the Charlotte area. What network does net 10 use? Is it as good as straight talk? Is anybody in the Charlotte area using the T-Mobile straight talk or net 10 on the nexus 4?
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Net10 and straight talk are the same service/company, both tracfone parent. Straight talk is just a deal with Walmart giving a slight discount.
Recently net10 announced att byop would no longer be unlimited and capped at 1.5g data.
Straight talk no longer offers the att byop Sim on their site. You can still find and activate them. So far st has not followed with any changes, although we know att does indeed throttle data speeds randomly at their whim.. YMMV
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2120957
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996686

Damn. Thanks for the info. I hate that ST stopped selling att sims. I would do T-Mobile but I don't think their coverage is as good in this area. More dead spots and such.
I'd definitely go net 10, but they are killing us with the new data cap. BS. I don't know what to do now. I already pay 150$ month for ATT unlimited with a 6 GB shared plan, 2 phones. I bought the nexus 4 intending to get away from their contract, but I don't want to get data capped on net 10, or get worse coverage with T-Mobile version of ST. I don't know what to do.
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steadly2004 said:
Damn. Thanks for the info. I hate that ST stopped selling att sims. I would do T-Mobile but I don't think their coverage is as good in this area. More dead spots and such.
I'd definitely go net 10, but they are killing us with the new data cap. BS. I don't know what to do now. I already pay 150$ month for ATT unlimited with a 6 GB shared plan, 2 phones. I bought the nexus 4 intending to get away from their contract, but I don't want to get data capped on net 10, or get worse coverage with T-Mobile version of ST. I don't know what to do.
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Well feeling kinda bad for you. So first are you off contract? You could try pay as you go on tmo for a month and see how it works out for you.
Another option if you're set on using att is you can buy an st byop att Sim on ebay or save money and buy a net10 att Sim. And activate it on straight talk.com instead. They should be interchangeable, and only cost $1+/- shipped..
I had att st couldn't stand being throttled randomly by att. St had no control over it either.
I switched to Walmart/tmo $30 plan which was passable.
Enough so I just switch back to st but on tmo.

I agree with clock on trying tmobile out for a month and seeing if it meets your needs. You can get a micro sim activation kit for free on the tmobile website on their deals page atm. I live outside of Charlotte(Gastonia, dont judge lol) and their reception can be hit or miss but most places i go i get 1-4 bars which is good enough for me. Even at 1-2 bars i get around 10Mbps down and 1 up with a ping around 500-600ms. On another note they are going to an uncarrier strategy(no annual contract on postpaid starting late March), so basically all plans start with $50 for unl talk and text and 500mb data, anything over 500 they will charge $10 for every 2gb up to 12gb cutoff. I think there will be a $70 unl everything plan that includes mobile hotspot. I hope this helps some.

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I agree with clock on trying tmobile out for a month and seeing if it meets your needs. You can get a micro sim activation kit for free on the tmobile website on their deals page atm. I live outside of Charlotte(Gastonia, dont judge lol) and their reception can be hit or miss but most places i go i get 1-4 bars which is good enough for me. Even at 1-2 bars i get around 10Mbps down and 1 up with a ping around 500-600ms. On another note they are going to an uncarrier strategy(no annual contract on postpaid starting late March), so basically all plans start with $50 for unl talk and text and 500mb data, anything over 500 they will charge $10 for every 2gb up to 12gb cutoff. I think there will be a $70 unl everything plan that includes mobile hotspot. I hope this helps some.
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I'm actually in Lowell, (close enough to Gastonia) but work in Charlotte. I do have a little bit of time left on one of the two contracts with ATT. I was going to try to buy out the remainder of the time and break the contract if I was going to save $50 on two phones because I'd make it back in a few months and get unlimited data along with the unlimited talk/text I already enjoy.
I may go ahead and try the net 10. The website still says unlimited data, I heard (on these forums) they announced a data cap but still advertise unlimited on their website. I'm not sure what's up with that. 10 down and 1 up is plenty for me. Usually I'm only downloading new ROMs to flash anyway along with general web and forum browsing.
About that plan with $50 and only 500mb, that would cost me usually 60$-70/month and at that point I might as well stay with ATT and not be on borrowed bandwidth.
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What is the best Prepaid AT&T/MVNO service for Nexus 4

Sounds like a stupid question, but I have been on Net10 and it is terrible... MMS receive doesn't work, data is spotty (excellent connection to HSPA+, just loses data flow) and their customer service is total crap, so I am looking for a different prepaid carrier but it must be on AT&T's network as T-Mobile has no service here (well, voice and 2G roaming, but they do not market here), so what are my options?
Currently I am looking at GoPhone and AIO Wireless, but what other options are there out there that will allow for a minimum of 1.5-2GB of data, 500 minutes/month, and and at least 1000 SMS/MMS messages per month that just works reliably for ALL services? BTW, this is Bismarck, North Dakota, so it pretty much has to be a nation-wide provider.

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Sounds like a stupid question, but I have been on Net10 and it is terrible... MMS receive doesn't work, data is spotty (excellent connection to HSPA+, just loses data flow) and their customer service is total crap, so I am looking for a different prepaid carrier but it must be on AT&T's network as T-Mobile has no service here (well, voice and 2G roaming, but they do not market here), so what are my options?
Currently I am looking at GoPhone and AIO Wireless, but what other options are there out there that will allow for a minimum of 1.5-2GB of data, 500 minutes/month, and and at least 1000 SMS/MMS messages per month that just works reliably for ALL services? BTW, this is Bismarck, North Dakota, so it pretty much has to be a nation-wide provider.
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I live in Pierre, South Dakota and I just bought my AIO SIM card yesterday. I was using GoPhone for a few months and I don't have one complaint about their service. Speeds were more than what I needed (I pulled down around 6-8 mbps around town). I simply wanted to try AIO because of their 3rd free month promo, plus I like switching service a lot just to test out options. If AIO doesn't work for me, I'll go back to GoPhone. So my advice? Go buy an AIO SIM + plan now, activate before Sept 29 to qualify for the third free month, then switch to GoPhone if AIO isn't working out.

i have had straight talk(att sim) no issues whatsoever in my area. Wifey has straight talk (Tmobile sim) with same results. My second alternative(if ST starts giving me crap) would be the new at&t $60 prepaid(gophone) plan. Cant go wrong with that.

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I live in Pierre, South Dakota and I just bought my AIO SIM card yesterday. I was using GoPhone for a few months and I don't have one complaint about their service. Speeds were more than what I needed (I pulled down around 6-8 mbps around town). I simply wanted to try AIO because of their 3rd free month promo, plus I like switching service a lot just to test out options. If AIO doesn't work for me, I'll go back to GoPhone. So my advice? Go buy an AIO SIM + plan now, activate before Sept 29 to qualify for the third free month, then switch to GoPhone if AIO isn't working out.
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Hmm... interesting, worth checking out...
It seems that promo requires you to buy 2 consecutive months up front though, so $110 for first three months then $55/month after that. Not sure if I am comfortable with that...
Offer ends 9/29/13. New customers only. One month free per customer. Auto-pay enrollment required for in-store activations. Purchase of two consecutive months of service on a qualifying Rate Plan required. Third month free applies to Aio's Rate Plans (Basic, Smart and Pro) and does not include features or other services...
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acejavelin said:
Hmm... interesting, worth checking out...
It seems that promo requires you to buy 2 consecutive months up front though, so $110 for first three months then $55/month after that. Not sure if I am comfortable with that...
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Hm, I interpreted that as you just buy the first two months when you need to, meaning $55 now, $55 next month, then the third is free. I could be wrong though, and if I am I guess I don't qualify. I assumed it was like that because I don't see any way to buy two months at once.

1slow4G said:
i have had straight talk(att sim) no issues whatsoever in my area. Wifey has straight talk (Tmobile sim) with same results. My second alternative(if ST starts giving me crap) would be the new at&t $60 prepaid(gophone) plan. Cant go wrong with that.
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GoPhone or AIO are really all I am hearing about here... Tracfone (and it's variations) are not going to be an option anymore for me, their service, for whatever reason, just doesn't work properly for me for receiving MMS messages, everything else is OK except the spotty data link (not HSPA+ link, that is always rock solid).
GoPhone I am fairly confident will work, AIO Wireless seems to have a fairly good rep as well.

go with gophone. its 2 or 3gb cant remember and unlimited everything else for $60 you get WAY better customer service. As far as coverage ive heard its the same as Tracfone or any other MVNO. I use to have gophone begining of last year and it was pretty much same coverage as my current ST att sim. Not sure if anything changed from then and now.

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go with gophone. its 2 or 3gb cant remember and unlimited everything else for $60 you get WAY better customer service. As far as coverage ive heard its the same as Tracfone or any other MVNO. I use to have gophone begining of last year and it was pretty much same coverage as my current ST att sim. Not sure if anything changed from then and now.
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It's 2GB on GoPhone, AIO wireless is also 2GB... AIO states you get 2GB at full speed and "reduced speeds" if you exceed it, extra data can be purchased at $10/GB and they will send a message if you hit 75% of your limit. I assume GoPhone does something similar? Also, although it's not for me, AIO has a 7GB/month plan for $70 per month.

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It's 2GB on GoPhone, AIO wireless is also 2GB... AIO states you get 2GB at full speed and "reduced speeds" if you exceed it, extra data can be purchased at $10/GB and they will send a message if you hit 75% of your limit. I assume GoPhone does something similar? Also, although it's not for me, AIO has a 7GB/month plan for $70 per month.
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That 70 gb sounds much better IMO. Depending on how much data you need. I personally dont use much, I have wifi available 90% of the time lol. Go to http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php/325-US-Prepaid-MVNO-Discussion, they have all the answers you might have.

1slow4G said:
That 70 gb sounds much better IMO. Depending on how much data you need. I personally dont use much, I have wifi available 90% of the time lol. Go to http://www.howardforums.com/forumdisplay.php/325-US-Prepaid-MVNO-Discussion, they have all the answers you might have.
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I only use about 1-1.5 GB per month, I broke 2GB once and that was when I was travelling for work for two weeks in one month about 2 years ago, other than that $70 plan would be a waste... Thanks for the HowardForums link, I used to use that forum long ago but it kind of got filed away and lost in my memory in the last few years.

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I only use about 1-1.5 GB per month, I broke 2GB once and that was when I was travelling for work for two weeks in one month about 2 years ago, other than that $70 plan would be a waste... Thanks for the HowardForums link, I used to use that forum long ago but it kind of got filed away and lost in my memory in the last few years.
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cool, yeah i dont even use 500mb a month lol, so yeah it would be a waste.

As I posted earlier, I used GoPhone for the past few months and it's great. I have the 2GB plan and it's more than enough. I bought an AIO SIM yesterday with the $70 plan just because it was $15 more. Being prepaid, if I can't find a way to reach anywhere near that, even being completely wasteful, I'll switch to the $55 plan.
Anyway, one thing to keep in mind OP: AIO throttles you before you reach your data limit. From their website regarding data speeds:
4G LTE service currently offers download speeds up to 8 Mbps and our 4G HSPA+ service currently offers download speeds up to a maximum of 4 Mbps. On our 3G HSPA/UMTS service, typical download speeds range from approximately 700 Kbps up to 1.7 Mbps.
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Those speeds are good enough for me, the most data I use is streaming Pandora and that might change now that I have 7gb to waste, but it's just something you should keep in mind when deciding.

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It's 2GB on GoPhone, AIO wireless is also 2GB... AIO states you get 2GB at full speed and "reduced speeds" if you exceed it, extra data can be purchased at $10/GB and they will send a message if you hit 75% of your limit. I assume GoPhone does something similar? Also, although it's not for me, AIO has a 7GB/month plan for $70 per month.
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GoPhone texts you when you're at 70% of data and you can add more data at any time. With GoPhone you have an AT&T account and go through their customer service, its their own pay-as-you go plan whereas they are trying to market AIO as a separate service.

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GoPhone texts you when you're at 70% of data and you can add more data at any time. With GoPhone you have an AT&T account and go through their customer service, its their own pay-as-you go plan whereas they are trying to market AIO as a separate service.
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GoPhone sounds like the way to go, think I will stop in the store Monday... Can't do that on AIO, here at least.
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GoPhone sounds like the way to go, think I will stop in the store Monday... Can't do that on AIO, here at least.
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Good Choice! I will switch to gophone in a heartbeat once i start getting crap from straight talk, its gonna happen eventually lol

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GoPhone sounds like the way to go, think I will stop in the store Monday... Can't do that on AIO, here at least.
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Another thing with GoPhone is you can use the self serve kiosks in AT&T stores to refill your account (or do it by phone, text, on-line or ask a customer service rep in the store to do it). Here in MI you don't pay taxes at the kiosks and I'm not sure if that works in other states.

What's wrong with straight talk? $45 a month, unlimited talk and text with your choice of at&t or tmobile sim. Data is supposed to be unlimited as well, but some users report being throttled after 2 gigabytes, others seem unaffected (google it). But seeing as how u don't normally go over 2 gigs, this sounds like the perfect plan for you! Other than some users being throttled after 2 gigs I haven't heard anything bad about straight talk. For $45 a month u can't beat it
Edit: Just to clarify, I'm currently using straight talk on my one x with no issues! Like the O.P. I'm mainly on WiFi and never go over 2 gigs of mobile data. ST is perfect for me and I am considering ST for my nexus 4 as well.
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What's wrong with straight talk? $45 a month, unlimited talk and text with your choice of at&t or tmobile sim. Data is supposed to be unlimited as well, but some users report being throttled after 2 gigabytes, others seem unaffected (google it). But seeing as how u don't normally go over 2 gigs, this sounds like the perfect plan for you! Other than some users being throttled after 2 gigs I haven't heard anything bad about straight talk. For $45 a month u can't beat it
Edit: Just to clarify, I'm currently using straight talk on my one x with no issues! Like the O.P. I'm mainly on WiFi and never go over 2 gigs of mobile data. ST is perfect for me and I am considering ST for my nexus 4 as well.
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Can't get MMS receive to work, tried every setting I could find, along with GoSMS and Handcent, worked with their tech support for half a day and the came back in the end with "sorry, but we don't guarantee MMS to work" after two tech support people and a supervisor failed to be able to fix my problem. Plus the data is unreliable, I am in an area with excellent coverage and the data stream just stops for minutes at a time well I have full signal, then just comes back.
I have just lost faith in Net10/Straight Talk to be honest.
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Can't get MMS receive to work, tried every setting I could find, along with GoSMS and Handcent, worked with their tech support for half a day and the came back in the end with "sorry, but we don't guarantee MMS to work" after two tech support people and a supervisor failed to be able to fix my problem. Plus the data is unreliable, I am in an area with excellent coverage and the data stream just stops for minutes at a time well I have full signal, then just comes back.
I have just lost faith in Net10/Straight Talk to be honest.
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Hm interesting, I did not know that thanks. It appears mms is a bit of a problem for many ppl when using tmobile prepaid, or straigh talk, with the nexus 4. But Many people were able to resolve their issues using the fixes suggested on this reddit thread http://www.reddit.com/r/nexus4/comments/1iwgx6/cant_receive_mms_messages_with_my_att_straight/ it appears to be random tho bcuz some still experienced issues after trying this.
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Hm interesting, I did not know that thanks. It appears mms is a bit of a problem for many ppl when using tmobile prepaid, or straigh talk, with the nexus 4. But Many people were able to resolve their issues using the fixes suggested on this reddit thread http://www.reddit.com/r/nexus4/comments/1iwgx6/cant_receive_mms_messages_with_my_att_straight/ it appears to be random tho bcuz some still experienced issues after trying this.
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Thanks for the link... I'll give that idea a shot, hadn't found it in my searching.
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Best prepaid option for AT&T Branded S7E?

Do any of you guys use your carrier locked at&t phone on a prepaid service. Who's got the best monthly deal, data speeds, etc. I've never been off contract so I'm really not familiar with my options. Would sim unlocking make my choices any better or a waste of money? AT&T and Verizon are the only two carriers that work well in my area so I need to use there towers.

I've pretty much narrowed it down to cricket or straight talk. Has anyone had experience with either?

AndroiderM said:
I've pretty much narrowed it down to cricket or straight talk. Has anyone had experience with either?
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It's really going to vary alot by area. You can shop prices no problem but I'd try to find someone in your area with the services you're looking at.
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Clienterror said:
It's really going to vary alot by area. You can shop prices no problem but I'd try to find someone in your area with the services you're looking at.
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From what I understand they both run on At&t towers but cricket run only on the at&t towers where as straight talk can roam on T-Mobile towers also. At&t coverage has always been fine in my area and I don't think my phone ever roams on my contract plan. Prices between the two plans are practically the same, just wanted to know if anyone had experience with them customer service, data throttling, etc

Gotcha, I know strait talk will throttle after 5gb on their unlimited data plan but other than that I don't know much. Good luck!
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i have cricket, 5gb LTE for 45$ a month, not bad. their LTE speed is limited 8mb download. it' really NOT that slow. it uses the same tower as ATT.

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It's really going to vary alot by area. You can shop prices no problem but I'd try to find someone in your area with the services you're looking at.
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netnerd said:
i have cricket, 5gb LTE for 45$ a month, not bad. their LTE speed is limited 8mb download. it' really NOT that slow. it uses the same tower as ATT.
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After some extensive research I ordered the cricket sim with the $70 unlimited plan. They say it is truly unlimited but some online users say they throttle after 18-20gbs. I really just want my hotspot to work for downloading large files 200+ gigs a month. Where I live my only options for home Internet is DSL at maybe 175kbs ⬇. I should get my sim in tomorrow I'll post back some speed test

AndroiderM said:
After some extensive research I ordered the cricket sim with the $70 unlimited plan. They say it is truly unlimited but some online users say they throttle after 18-20gbs. I really just want my hotspot to work for downloading large files 200+ gigs a month. Where I live my only options for home Internet is DSL at maybe 175kbs ⬇. I should get my sim in tomorrow I'll post back some speed test
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Is tethering included or are you using PDAnet or something? I'm interested in how this will turn out, I work for AT&T mobile and they would definetly do a deep packet inspection on you if you were trying to use anything over like 50 gigs a month and see your tethering. I hope it works for you, but if tethering isn't included there's no way you aren't going to throw some red flags with 200 gigs a month.
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Is tethering included or are you using PDAnet or something? I'm interested in how this will turn out, I work for AT&T mobile and they would definetly do a deep packet inspection on you if you were trying to use anything over like 50 gigs a month and see your tethering. I hope it works for you, but if tethering isn't included there's no way you aren't going to throw some red flags with 200 gigs a month.
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I hooked up my new sim yesterday and so far it's comparable to my at&t service as far as speed and coverage. The hotspot is not enabled on the unlimited plan, you have to pay an additional $10 a month to use it. Still not a deal breaker for me cause I use my phone for large torrents them copy over OTG to an external drive. I've already used about 10gb of data overnight last night and it hasn't throttled yet. I will be really testing the unlimited over the next 30 days to see if they throttle me down after alot of usage. From what I've read on cricket it's truly unlimited but they throttle your speed to 8mbs LTE and 4mbs 4G the whole time which isn't horrible by a long shot for your average user, for huge file download it's not great but still smokes my DSL so far I'm impressed and saving a ton of money compared to my at&t plan. The port of my number was painless didn't have to change apn or any other settings worked right out the box. $65 a month tax included with auto pay set up is hard to beat.
I use a VPN, when you say packet inspection does that mean they snoop to see where your usage is coming from? Will my VPN protect me from them seeing my activity?

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Chatted with cricket and they said no hotspot but I could use as much data to the phone as I want, even 200+gb. Taking this with a grain of salt but here's the chat log.

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Chatted with cricket and they said no hotspot but I could use as much data to the phone as I want, even 200+gb. Taking this with a grain of salt but here's the chat log.
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Yeah unlimited on your phone is fine if it's legit using 200 gigs a month but it will still throe red flags and they'll inspect your packets (and find you're being legit). But if you try to tether 200 gigs and they inspect you they'll see what you're doing.
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Yeah unlimited on your phone is fine if it's legit using 200 gigs a month but it will still throe red flags and they'll inspect your packets (and find you're being legit). But if you try to tether 200 gigs and they inspect you they'll see what you're doing.
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If I do use foxfi or another teether workaround with a VPN on each device can at&t/cricket see which device is using the data with there packet sniffing?

Question: I tried dropping my existing cricket SIM into my brand new AT&T S7 Edge. LTE works great, but if it goes to 4g for any reason (like during a phone call), it won't switch back to LTE unless I toggle airplane mode or reboot. I've done a couple factory resets and had cricket remotely refresh the SIM. No change. Even exchanged my phone today at Best Buy, thinking I'd gotten a bad one. Same issue.
Do I need to get a new SIM altogether, maybe? Any thoughts would be welcomed. I switched from the international version to get Samsung Pay, but I don't want a gimped phone because of it.
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Mootarjim said:
Question: I tried dropping my existing cricket SIM into my brand new AT&T S7 Edge. LTE works great, but if it goes to 4g for any reason (like during a phone call), it won't switch back to LTE unless I toggle airplane mode or reboot. I've done a couple factory resets and had cricket remotely refresh the SIM. No change. Even exchanged my phone today at Best Buy, thinking I'd gotten a bad one. Same issue.
Do I need to get a new SIM altogether, maybe? Any thoughts would be welcomed. I switched from the international version to get Samsung Pay, but I don't want a gimped phone because of it.
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Maybe a new sim and update imei on your cricket account. I haven't had this issue but when I ordered my sim I put my imei from s7e. I'm not sure that this is the issue or not.
Edit just tested this making a phone call goes to 4g but as soon as I hang up it jumps right back to lte instantly

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I'm exactly halfway through my billing cycle and have used 103 GB with no issues of throttling or losing service. Here's a screenshot

Hi, which website is recommended for unlocking?