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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Hi all,
I'm headed over to the US for a couple of weeks for work. I tend to visit every ~6 months or so. My last couple of trips I have used just my normal Australian SIM with International roaming, and it gets pretty expensive and I tend to avoid using data to keep costs down. So If I can get something that I only use and pay for this trip, and then use it again next visit, that would be good.
This trip I've decided to get a pay as you go/prepaid/30 day plan type of SIM card.
I just want to make sure I am looking at good plans, and that they will work with my Nexus 4. Please let me know if there are better options
T-Mobile SIM - http://www.walmart.com/ip/T-Mobile-Micro-and-Standard-Combo-Sim-Card-Activation-Kit/34443771
T-Mobile Unlimited - http://www.walmart.com/ip/Email-Del...0-MB-at-up-to-4G-speeds/15443360#Q&A+Exchange
Straight Talk SIM - http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-AT-T-Compatible-Dual-SIM-Activation-Kit/34565627
Straight Talk Unlimited - http://www.walmart.com/ip/Email-Del...k-and-Web-Access-30-Day-Service-Card/15443344
Straight talk is going to be a little cheaper, but only by $30 or so. I hear that it can be quite restrictive? But I think it uses AT&T.
International calls/texts are good for me, but then again if I have unlimited data Ill just use Viber or something.
Any advice would be appreciated
Thanks!
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Hi all,
I'm headed over to the US for a couple of weeks for work. I tend to visit every ~6 months or so. My last couple of trips I have used just my normal Australian SIM with International roaming, and it gets pretty expensive and I tend to avoid using data to keep costs down. So If I can get something that I only use and pay for this trip, and then use it again next visit, that would be good.
This trip I've decided to get a pay as you go/prepaid/30 day plan type of SIM card.
I just want to make sure I am looking at good plans, and that they will work with my Nexus 4. Please let me know if there are better options
T-Mobile SIM - http://www.walmart.com/ip/T-Mobile-Micro-and-Standard-Combo-Sim-Card-Activation-Kit/34443771
T-Mobile Unlimited - http://www.walmart.com/ip/Email-Del...0-MB-at-up-to-4G-speeds/15443360#Q&A+Exchange
Straight Talk SIM - http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-AT-T-Compatible-Dual-SIM-Activation-Kit/34565627
Straight Talk Unlimited - http://www.walmart.com/ip/Email-Del...k-and-Web-Access-30-Day-Service-Card/15443344
Straight talk is going to be a little cheaper, but only by $30 or so. I hear that it can be quite restrictive? But I think it uses AT&T.
International calls/texts are good for me, but then again if I have unlimited data Ill just use Viber or something.
Any advice would be appreciated
Thanks!
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You can use the T-Mobile activation kit you linked to and go to T-Mobile's website and activate their 30 dollar 5gb data, unlimited texts, and the only downside being 100 mins.
You can also check out simple mobile which is owned by the same people that own straight talk. It uses T-Mobile's towers. You can pick up their Sim card at a number of phone retailers. You can check on their website the closest retailer to you. They have a couple of cheap plans. $40 for 1gb and unlimited everything else. They also have some plans that have international for i believe 10 dollars more.
Keep in mind that the data allotments listed above are technically "unlimited" in that you'll only be throttled to edge speeds. Extremely slow.
Right now I'm alternating between the $30 T-mobile plan i listed above and the $50 Simple Mobile with 3gbs of data and unlimited everything else.
Feel free to ask me any other questions.
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Thanks mate, appreciate your thoughts.
I think Ill just grab the T-Mobile starter kit, the low minutes isnt too bad for me as I will do most of my talking over data anyway. 5gb seems to be reasonable!
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Thanks mate, appreciate your thoughts.
I think Ill just grab the T-Mobile starter kit, the low minutes isnt too bad for me as I will do most of my talking over data anyway. 5gb seems to be reasonable!
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Great choice. Here is the link the plans is kind of hidden. Scroll near the bottom. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans
Just noticed international texting is included in the plan now.
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Not on one of the big 4 here in the USA with your Angler? Since the Nexus 6p is mostly not carrier subsidized, I'm thinking this is a good place to find out what MVNO's people are using to save money.... If so for you, please tell us who your with, what plan your on with them, and why your with them!! And anything else you care to share both good and bad...
In the last year I have been on the following MVNO's...
Ting - Sprint
Ting - T-Mobile
Straight talk - T-Mobile
Straight talk - Verizon
Straight talk - AT&T
Google Project Fi
Cricket - AT&T
Page Plus - Verizon
Verizon Prepaid
AT&T Gophone
And have signed up for Harbor Mobile AT&T and Red Pocket Mobile Verizon. Haven't received the Sim's yet for the last 2.. Let me know if you have questions on any of these. Will be happy to report my results
In addition to that, I was in contract with the real big red dollar sucking Verizon and also was on the real big Orange AT&T on a company business plan.
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Not on one of the big 4 here in the USA with your Angler? Since the Nexus 6p is mostly not carrier subsidized, I'm thinking this is a good place to find out what MVNO's people are using to save money.... If so for you, please tell us who your with, what plan your on with them, and why your with them!! And anything else you care to share both good and bad...
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Been using Straight Talk AT&T for about 3 years now.
Reasonable price ($45), 5GB of 4G data, and a strong AT&T network keeps me with them.
I switched from Sprint post-paid on December 2013 back when I bought my Nexus 5 and decided to go with Simplemobile to pay half of what I was paying with Sprint. It all went well up until 5 months in when all of a sudden I lost data connection for the better part of a month, as usual with MVNO's the customer service is flaky so I couldn't find out what was wrong.
I then switched to t-mo $30 plan but the whole 100 minutes per month had me cutting people's conversations short or forcing them to use wifi calling apps. It became too much of a hassle so I decided to go with Straighttalk using t-mobile's service. I used them for a whole year without any issues, however I kept looking for cheaper service and that's when I discovered Cricket. For $35 a month (taxes and fees included) I get everything I need and since I don't use much data, 2.5GB a month is more than enough for me.
Once this month is up I'm going to try project Fi, since I use less than 1GB of mobile data I would probably end up paying less than with Cricket.
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Been using Straight Talk AT&T for about 3 years now.
Reasonable price ($45), 5GB of 4G data, and a strong AT&T network keeps me with them.
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Yeah, I really like Straight talk AT&T as well.. Did you know that they have a new plan, 10gb for 55$ !! Cant hardly beat that! Here are the details.
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I switched from Sprint post-paid on December 2013 back when I bought my Nexus 5 and decided to go with Simplemobile to pay half of what I was paying with Sprint. It all went well up until 5 months in when all of a sudden I lost data connection for the better part of a month, as usual with MVNO's the customer service is flaky so I couldn't find out what was wrong.
I then switched to t-mo $30 plan but the whole 100 minutes per month had me cutting people's conversations short or forcing them to use wifi calling apps. It became too much of a hassle so I decided to go with Straighttalk using t-mobile's service. I used them for a whole year without any issues, however I kept looking for cheaper service and that's when I discovered Cricket. For $35 a month (taxes and fees included) I get everything I need and since I don't use much data, 2.5GB a month is more than enough for me.
Once this month is up I'm going to try project Fi, since I use less than 1GB of mobile data I would probably end up paying less than with Cricket.
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Yup, Customer service is the number 1 complaint with MVNO's.. If you live where Sprint and T-mobile have good coverage and you aren't a heavy data user then Fi is an excellent choice!! I currently have it on one of my phones and really like it except that where I live both Sprint and T-mobile have less than ideal coverage. Also, FI has excellent customer service!
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Yeah, I really like Straight talk AT&T as well.. Did you know that they have a new plan, 10gb for 55$ !! Cant hardly beat that! Here are the details.
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Thanks, that's good to know but for now 5GB is enough.
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Thanks, that's good to know but for now 5GB is enough.
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:good::good: Good for you I can never have enough data for cheap lol I take way to many speed tests
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:good::good: Good for you I can never have enough data for cheap lol I take way to many speed tests
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Speaking of speedtests Post your here!
I'm on the MetroPcs $60 unlimited plan. Both me and my wife are on it so I get $5 off each line. Its comes down to $110 a month. They throttle after 23gb but I always end the month at about 20gb.
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I'm on the MetroPcs $60 unlimited plan. Both me and my wife are on it so I get $5 off each line. Its comes down to $110 a month. They throttle after 23gb but I always end the month at about 20gb.
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Same here.. I've been using way more than 23gb though and have never been throttled... My data speed is faster than my wifi so I'm always using my mobile data
So can any one please confirm that with the Nexus 6P on Metro PCS... Does WiFi calling and VoLTE both work OK?
Im on MetroPCS I can confirm Wifi Calling works great although you have to delete all the apns then change the APN on GPRS to MetroPCS from fast.tmobile... To fast.metropcs... VoLte is enabled too not sure how to test it though. Also visual voicemail might work also in stock dialer but Im on PureNexus rom can anyone confirm it works? I flashed Google Fi Dialer.
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Im on MetroPCS I can confirm Wifi Calling works great although you have to delete all the apns then change the APN on GPRS to MetroPCS from fast.tmobile... To fast.metropcs... VoLte is enabled too not sure how to test it though. Also visual voicemail might work also in stock dialer but Im on PureNexus rom can anyone confirm it works? I flashed Google Fi Dialer.
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Cool! Post some screen shots of your APN settings please!! One way to test to VoLTE is check and see if you have mobile data while on a phone call. What about roaming to AT&T where T-Mobile has no coverage? Any luck there? T-Mobile had finally turned up LTE in my area and I'm considering using them in my back up phone. I have FI now, but to expensive if you use lots of data and FI has no mobile data while on the phone.
Visual Voicemail works in the stock dialer also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/wifi-calling-metropcs-t3247414
(Instructions listed on page 4 of that thread)
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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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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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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
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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
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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.
AndroiderM said:
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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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?
I am curious to know which provider will the essential phone never most from? I'm thinking about getting away from mvno's and going with someone like Verizon, att, TMobile, etc. I'm looking for best overall provider. Price wise, as well as coverage and data. Thank you.
I decided to go with Verizon's prepaid. They have a deal $40 for 3gb but if you sign up they double it, plus roll over data. Which should be great because I only use like 2gb a month.
Of course Mint sim . 25$ for 10 gb .
I use straight talk. 55$ for unlimited. They used to be pretty good but I've noticed recently it's been painfully when I'm around a lot of people on their phones. Also one thing I've noticed is my essential doesn't get as good of WiFi or cell service as my s8+ did.
I used total wireless $35 plan for a while. Good if you can deal with the 5mbps limit, if they still have that limit.
I'm now using straight talk $55 unlimited with Verizon SIM, actually my total wireless SIM. On ST you are heavily deprioritized BUT you have good speeds at night and early mornings... Depending on your area of course.
From all I've read Verizon works best with this device, usually.
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I'm usually happy with my usmobile plan, seems to work great with the essential phone, so far.
"never most from'"
What the hell does that even mean?
I'm using Verizon and get 7 GB of data a month plus unlimited calls and texts for $50.00 a month. This includes roll over data as well. I'm not a huge fan of any cellular provider but where I live Verizon has the best overall coverage although their network speed sucks compared to T-Mobile.
I get about the same performance using my S8+ or PH-1.