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Just wanted to jump in, and let anyone know, that my locked to tmobile SG2 running Dark Slide works 100% with Straight Talk's new Bring Your Own Phone.
I even ported my number, took 4 hours for everything including data to be working 100%, and I am still getting 4G speeds.
And my phone is still locked to tmobile.
Hope this helps.
Wait you still get 4g? How? Straight talk doesn't offer any 4g plans.
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what kind speed are u getting? i might dump my tmobile once i get the unlock code from them
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Wait you still get 4g? How? Straight talk doesn't offer any 4g plans.
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ST uses Tmo, or ATT towers, so when I ordered my sim, I specified I had a TMO-Compatable phone.
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what kind speed are u getting? i might dump my tmobile once i get the unlock code from them
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Mines still locked to TMO, no need to unlock.
U sure ur getting 4g speeds? I thought we could only get edge speeds w ST?!
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Please be kind enough to post a speed test
I'm a little n00b at straight talk, but do they offer unlimited data or something?
Sorry, Ive been busy.
Average results for speed....
Now, keep in mind, im in the middle of nowhere in north texas, so standing in the living room might get better than going outside, or 3 feet to the left..
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.77 .62
1.21 .98
.82 .67
6.90 1.38
6.20 3.21
5.33 1.16
.88 .38
6.55 3.44
so, it is all over the place, but then again I am a 1000 miles from nowhere, next time I go to say, Mkinney, or even the Plano area, Ill probably get the 21+ speeds. Also, I flashed the Blaze Modem, switched to the WCDMA settings, just kinda messing around for now to see what I may get, Ive never really monitored my speeds while on TMO, phone is always connected wifi at home, and even then, ill use my tablet, so data doesnt matter to me.
Voice and SMS/MMS are flawless, and that matters to me.
So can the phone roam on att towers?
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I'm on ST with an unlocked t989 using att towers.. can post tests later its 4g as well
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Zoen22 said:
I'm on ST with an unlocked t989 using att towers.. can post tests later its 4g as well
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That's awesome, I might have to switch to straight talk.
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I prefer my unlimited 4G 100 calling minutes unlimited texting for $30 tmobile plan
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I prefer my unlimited 4G 100 calling minutes unlimited texting for $30 tmobile plan
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I've been reading at the Howard forums and a lot of folks are saying they get unlimited data even at 4g speeds. I'm gonna order the sim and try it out
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I've been reading at the Howard forums and a lot of folks are saying they get unlimited data even at 4g speeds. I'm gonna order the sim and try it out
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I plan on making the switch as well, I actually talked to them last night and the lady told me that all I have to do is just order the sim for Tmobile. Can't wait to see if this is just as good as Tmobile.
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I'm happy with it so far, going from 220.00 a month for 2 lines to under 100.00 makes me happy.
However, wife's G2X has no data connection, gonna have to spend some time on her phone tonight.
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Quick question, are you still able to tether?
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I heard they only give you about 3gb of data but I'm considering it now since they have unlimited everything for $45 and I have had a tendency to eat my 100 minutes these past two months.
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I just ported my number tonight. I gave up lte for a 45 a month plan. I switched to att in 08 for the iphone 3g. I paid 70 unlimited talk, 30 unlimited data, 5 for 200 texts add taxes around 120. 120×12=1440 a year opposed to 45×12=540. That's a 900 savings a yr. I can buy a phone with no contract with what I save. I'll give up lte speed for 900, I still get 4g with around 2-3 mbps download and 1 mbps upload. I'm on wifi at home and even if I do a little tethering on my cm9 touchpad at work I wont go over straight talks watchful eyes for people who have 4-10 gb of data usage a month. I definitely broke the att shackles tonight and have no complaints. Even if someone has to pay back early termination fees you have to do the math and see if you're still saving over a year or two. 1440 a year ×2= 2880; 540×2= 1080 for 2 years of a contract I will have saved 1800.
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Quick question, are you still able to tether?
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Yes, as long as your phone can. BUT, they don't allow it and I've read they have cut services off for people who rack up 4-10 gb of data usage a month.
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I heard they only give you about 3gb of data but I'm considering it now since they have unlimited everything for $45 and I have had a tendency to eat my 100 minutes these past two months.
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I would say go for it.
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has anyone seen this yet? i just ran across it by accident.
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=galaxy_nexus_hspa
i know it's not an et4g, but its new to me to see it there. also its the gsm, still kinda cool.
u have to open it in a browser, not the store app.
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Any good prepaid GSM plans lol
I do believe there's a GSM carrier named Simply Mobile that sells 2GB data, etc. etc. for $45/mo. They're a rebranded reseller of T-Mobile service and it includes HSPA+ meaning you'll have download speeds unlike anything Sprint could ever hope to provide to us and our phones.
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Any good prepaid GSM plans lol
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Straight Talk or Simple Mobile.
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webran61 said:
I do believe there's a GSM carrier named Simply Mobile that sells 2GB data, etc. etc. for $45/mo. They're a rebranded reseller of T-Mobile service and it includes HSPA+ meaning you'll have download speeds unlike anything Sprint could ever hope to provide to us and our phones.
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My friend is using a GNex on Simple and was loving it until they started throttling the hell out of his service
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My friend is using a GNex on Simple and was loving it until they started throttling the hell out of his service
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Straight Talk rocks in my opinion. Been on them for the last 2 months and loving every minute of it. $45/mo unlimited - and I don't have to deal with data throttling.
Tmobile prepaid plan includes unlimited web 5gb full speed after that they gonna start throttle unlimited texts and 100 voice talk for just 30dollars. I am really considering this plan with gsm 399 nexus.
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Straight Talk rocks in my opinion. Been on them for the last 2 months and loving every minute of it. $45/mo unlimited - and I don't have to deal with data throttling.
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Can we use gsm nexus with that? What's the speed on 3g and 4g?
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digweed4me said:
Can we use gsm nexus with that? What's the speed on 3g and 4g?
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+1, curious to know as well.
It burns when I Tapatalk...
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Tmobile prepaid plan includes unlimited web 5gb full speed after that they gonna start throttle unlimited texts and 100 voice talk for just 30dollars. I am really considering this plan with gsm 399 nexus.
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My wife hardly uses her phone and used the 100 voice talk in less than 3 weeks. And you can't autorenew just the minutes. You're out of luck until the beginning of the next month.
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Can we use gsm nexus with that? What's the speed on 3g and 4g?
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Yes. Go to http://www.straighttalksim.com and buy a SIM card from them, either for AT&T or T-Mobile. The Unlocked GSM Nexus can do both. Make that decision based on the coverage areas for both.
The speeds are spectactular - again faster than you'll get with Sprint (for the most part) on either 3G or WiMax and you get better coverage in buildings.
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Tmobile prepaid plan includes unlimited web 5gb full speed after that they gonna start throttle unlimited texts and 100 voice talk for just 30dollars. I am really considering this plan with gsm 399 nexus.
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Seems like a pretty good deal to me. I dont talk on the phone too much either.
I'm lucky enough to also have an AT&T employee plan for $30/month with 2000 mins unlimited text and unlimted data. GNex bought and patiently waiting.
I wanted to get the note and go on straight Talk but it would take me two years to break even. Even with selling my evo and et4g :-/
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kawaski47 said:
I wanted to get the note and go on straight Talk but it would take me two years to break even. Even with selling my evo and et4g :-/
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How? What are you paying Sprint?
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How? What are you paying Sprint?
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See, I didn't know they offered unlimited plan. I bet development on a GSM GNex is just insane. Something else to consider before I upgrade! Lol
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Hey Jerdog! So how is straight talk treating you? What kind of speeds do you get with them compared to sprint and are they consistent?
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Hey Jerdog! So how is straight talk treating you? What kind of speeds do you get with them compared to sprint and are they consistent?
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Won't matter their slow speeds will still beat sprints fast speeds ....
I would do this but Tmobile coverage in AZ is horrible....
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Hey Jerdog! So how is straight talk treating you? What kind of speeds do you get with them compared to sprint and are they consistent?
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It is great tbh. Never going back to contract life.
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Won't matter their slow speeds will still beat sprints fast speeds ....
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This ^^
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Ok cool. But when looking at the straight talk smartphone coverage map I get worried...
Although, isn't straight talk the same EXACT coverage as VZW or ATT?
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Hello guys, my girlfriend has the Samsung GSII T989 for tmobile and tmobile carrier.
Her mom cancelled the 4g plan because it was too expensive for them, but she had the previous 3g plan. Is there a way to use the 3g network instead of the 4g network????
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Hello guys, my girlfriend has the Samsung GSII T989 for tmobile and tmobile carrier.
Her mom cancelled the 4g plan because it was too expensive for them, but she had the previous 3g plan. Is there a way to use the 3g network instead of the 4g network????
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I believe only 2G/4G work on this phone, sorry for the inconvenience.
Aww man, cant you force it to use the 3g data instead of 4g D: !! aww man
Tmobiles 4G is 3G....its HSDPA short for high speed data packet access. I don't believe T-Mobile sells data by "speeds", she either has data access or she doesn't. What I think is going on is she got her data plan downgraded to a lower tier and she had already gone over her allotment and is now throttled
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Ok re edit my post. She was on the old plan with no 4g data because her old phone didn't support it, but now she got the phone with this 4g does it mean she has to upgrade her plan for the internet with 4g data???
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Ok re edit my post. She was on the old plan with no 4g data because her old phone didn't support it, but now she got the phone with this 4g does it mean she has to upgrade her plan for the internet with 4g data???
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No, there is no 4G. Whatever data she has is all tmo offers. It's just that some phones are capable of running faster than others.
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Ok re edit my post. She was on the old plan with no 4g data because her old phone didn't support it, but now she got the phone with this 4g does it mean she has to upgrade her plan for the internet with 4g data???
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Depends, did she have a smartphone prior to T998? If not then the T-Mo sales rep should have upgraded her at the store, same thing online or over the phone. All smartphone data plans work the same, they offer a certain amount of data at "4G" speeds (200MB, 2G, 5G, or 10GB) but afterwards she will be throttled (meaning she will experience dial-up speeds). However if she did not have a smartphone before and her data plan has not been upgraded (which is unlikely) then she will have to upgrade her data plan.
No Android internet no internet period.
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No Android internet no internet period.
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What?
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xcrazydx said:
What?
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I think he refers to the Android internet required for smartphones. If a user does not have that data plan then data will not function properly. The old data plans are what flip phones used to use....
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I think he refers to the Android internet required for smartphones. If a user does not have that data plan then data will not function properly. The old data plans are what flip phones used to use....
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I have such a hard time understanding him. Sometimes I swear he's trolling, I dunno
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I have such a hard time understanding him. Sometimes I swear he's trolling, I dunno
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Lol I hear ya
So I have wifi available at home and at work, and my wife owns a wifi hotspot. I dont need data for my phone.
Would one of net10's minutes only option work for the GNexus?
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So I have wifi available at home and at work, and my wife owns a wifi hotspot. I dont need data for my phone.
Would one of net10's minutes only option work for the GNexus?
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BUMP! There are like 1000000 posts a day going on right now about JB lol.
Anyone have any idea about the minutes?
Anything would work on an unlocked nexus
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The Net-10 sim cards only work with the $45 unlimited plan.
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The Net-10 sim cards only work with the $45 unlimited plan.
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I talked w/ a Net-10 CSR and was told the same thing today. Shucks!
Prepaid plans with unlimited minutes, like the Straight Talk $45 plan, are an amazing deal and you still get data. You don't need to gimp yourself with a minute-only plan.
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So I have wifi available at home and at work, and my wife owns a wifi hotspot. I dont need data for my phone.
Would one of net10's minutes only option work for the GNexus?
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http://puretalkusa.com/ I used this with my G2x after my contract was expired
10$ a month....if you go over the minutes then it goes up to the next tier
Get the sim card and they give ya extra minutes too (instead of the free phone)
Hey all,
Coming from a Fascinate, and just got a used Nexus. I know if I buy a subsidized phone on Verizon, I'll lose my unlimited. But if I activate this phone (since it's 4g), will I lose unlimited? If so, that sucks, and guess I'll be getting rid of it!
I believe you don't lose your unlimited that way.
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It's my understanding that as long as you dont buy the phone subsidized from VZW that you can keep your unlimited.
That's my understanding also, but it wouldn't hurt to go into the store and make 110% sure that that's the case. Sometimes an unknowing CS rep will change your plan in the move to provision an LTE SIM for you, and you can't get the unlimited data back. Not gonna happen often, but you still hear stories.
I think you'll lose it going from 3g to 4g... there doesnt exist a 4g unlimited plan anymore.
You'll likely be limited to 3g or forced to move to a share everything plan.
Activated it at Verizon with no problems, and kept unlimited data.
Another question - it's been activated now for about 45 minutes, but I can't send/receive messages. I can use the internet, but messages and calls all fail. She said that it could take up to 2 hours. I've NEVER had a phone take more than 5 minutes until I was able to use it. What's going on here?
Faulty 4g sim possibly
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Faulty 4g sim possibly
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Would Verizon swap that out for free, or try to charge me for it?
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Would Verizon swap that out for free, or try to charge me for it?
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They should swap it for free. When I first activated my 4g card, 4g service was down, so i needed to activate my old 3g phone thus rendering my new sim card useless. Took it to vz and they just swamped out the 4g sim.
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It can sometimes take a little bit for the full activation to go through with the SIM card. SMS and calls run over the 3G/1X network, and I believe the part you need to process is what takes the longest. I got a new SIM and it took about an hour or two for full service to come back, though data worked immediately.
Got a new sim from Verizon, and nothing.. Still have internet access, but no cell. I've only given it a half hour or so, so I'll give the two hour thing a shot.
Have you updated to 4.1.1 yet? Because when I got my phone I rooted then activated it and didn't update and I could not keep data connection for the life of me.
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Have you updated to 4.1.1 yet? Because when I got my phone I rooted then activated it and didn't update and I could not keep data connection for the life of me.
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Let it sit for a while and flashed a new ROM, and once it came back on, it was flooded with texts! So not sure if it was a ROM problem or just cause it was activated for about an hour. Thanks everyone for the help!
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