Straight talk - Verizon Droid Incredible 2

Does anyone use the DINK 2 on straight talk and getting 3G

check ebay, you can remote flash your phone
there are listings on ebay where they will flash your phone remotely. You need to have it rooted and a data cable. i saw classified ad saying they did samsung phones for about 25-35 bucks. I texted them and they could do inc2 as well for 35 I even ordered the phone from walmart you need for the esn. I received it and was researching online and really think straight talk's big issue is cutting you off for going overboard on data usage. In some cases people lost their numbers.... I just activated my phone on page plus it $55 and only 2gb of data which could cause me issues. I downloaded a data usage monitor and have been on wifi since the port. I guess I can see how it goes the first 30 days and always try straight talk at a later date. By the way I was on Net10 before i switched to page plus on an att phone and it was awful. Verizon is so much better in my area. so i bought an inc2 on ebay and took the plunge... Hope I helped.

From what I read, this phone does not have the correct frequency to get 3G service on straight talk, so much for being a world phone.

Lino. said:
From what I read, this phone does not have the correct frequency to get 3G service on straight talk, so much for being a world phone.
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try to contact this seller i texted him and he said everything will work because they are using verizon towers.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FLASH-SAMSU...K-VIRGIN-MOBILE-/320872667153?forcev4exp=true

Lino. said:
From what I read, this phone does not have the correct frequency to get 3G service on straight talk, so much for being a world phone.
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The "world phone" part of the Inc2 was in reference to it working with the Vodafone service. A world phone does not mean that it will work everywhere you go in the world, all carriers operate under different frequencies. If you buy an unlocked GSM phone you have to make sure that it will work with the basebands of your carrier or else you may end up just getting Edge speeds instead of HSDP or HSDPA+.

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try to contact this seller i texted him and he said everything will work because they are using verizon towers.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FLASH-SAMSU...K-VIRGIN-MOBILE-/320872667153?forcev4exp=true
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Thank you for this link I am going to try to get a hold of this guy and give it a run
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Please let us know how it goes. Using AT&T ST SIM, data speeds are horrendous.
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woodmaster said:
Please let us know how it goes. Using AT&T ST SIM, data speeds are horrendous.
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I had sprint for years and noticed their service was getting worse in DC Metro area, went to Outer Banks, NC and couldnt make a call this past July 4th. I went to the Walmart to buy a temporary phone so i could work a bit while vactioning. The nice woman in Walmart said get the cdma-v Net10 phone (samsung proclaim) it will use verizon towers and that is really the best service around here. So i bought the phone used it a few days and ported my number to them. the one problem was that samsung phone was plastic and the earpiece sort of distorted the caller so I got an old att inspire 4g and bought a sim card ported my number to the sim card device (att) and couldnt believe how awful the service was. WOW, it stunk. I started reading up knowing I wanted Verizon service which in my area is far and away the best so I found Straight Talk and Page Plus could use verizon android phones and get the good service. I chickened out of signing up for Straight Talk only becaus I have heard of all the people getting service turned off so I signed up with Page Plus 55 plan which allows you to use the Verizon phones without flashing a new ESN. It works great but I am using the wifi now becaus the 2 gb limit could be an issue. I am going to give it 30 days to see how the data issue works out and if I am really having to change my habbits will probably try flashing to Straight Talk. So I am interested in seeing how it goes with someone on this forum instead random internet sites.

I have been checking into having it flashed, I think it's the best way to go, I'm going to hold off for a while before I decide to pay and get out of my contract.

Lino. said:
I have been checking into having it flashed, I think it's the best way to go, I'm going to hold off for a while before I decide to pay and get out of my contract.
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Do the math. Depending how long your contract is. I have another year and six months. I will save over 1200 bucks minis your 350 for breaking, and your still money ahead
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I have a incredible 2 flashed out to Verizon $50 unlimited and run over 25gb a month with the data hot spot and never had a issue you might wanna skip straight talk I did my dads Verizon phone to straight talk one month with a change to his data in how much he used and they were ready to kick him off. I've been running it this way almost a year best money I ever spent. EBay and the guys do remote flashing you won't regret it I promise.
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666syco said:
I have a incredible 2 flashed out to Verizon $50 unlimited and run over 25gb a month with the data hot spot and never had a issue you might wanna skip straight talk I did my dads Verizon phone to straight talk one month with a change to his data in how much he used and they were ready to kick him off. I've been running it this way almost a year best money I ever spent. EBay and the guys do remote flashing you won't regret it I promise.
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Please elaborate!
I am currently on Pageplus and have the 1200 Talk & Text plan (1200 minutes + 3000 texts + 100mb data).
I use WiFi almost exclusively because the data plan is all but non existent.
What do you mean by "flashed out to Verizon $50"?
What plan are you on with Verizon?
DO TELL!

I bought a $15 throw away and the guy from eBay flashed the esn into my incredible leaving Verizon thinking its a Samsung gusto and for that type of phone they have the prepaid $50 unlimited everything plan so if you do it don't be afraid to go balls to the wall. I do every month its my way of giving Verizon a bit back in the end lol.
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666syco said:
I bought a $15 throw away and the guy from eBay flashed the esn into my incredible leaving Verizon thinking its a Samsung gusto and for that type of phone they have the prepaid $50 unlimited everything plan so if you do it don't be afraid to go balls to the wall. I do every month its my way of giving Verizon a bit back in the end lol.
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And this is on ST
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No its on Verizon prepaid network. All the goods of Verizon without the contract. If you flash it dont activate the prepaid phone till its all flashed over to the incredible 2. I wish I was able to do the flash my self I got the software to do it I just don't understand how its all done. The guys that do this keep it hush-hush on the how to's. I've had a few done already for me and my wife and everyone I get done they all work flawlessly.
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666syco said:
No its on Verizon prepaid network. All the goods of Verizon without the contract. If you flash it dont activate the prepaid phone till its all flashed over to the incredible 2. I wish I was able to do the flash my self I got the software to do it I just don't understand how its all done. The guys that do this keep it hush-hush on the how to's. I've had a few done already for me and my wife and everyone I get done they all work flawlessly.
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They sell that deal to non 3G phones, right?
Are you getting 3G?
Also you said Samsung Gusto, I see these are expensive at the verizon website, the Gusto 2, but they sell the gusto phones on ebay cheap, 20 bucks, better than 200.
This thread has some valuable info.

The gusto 1 is new for $20 at wal-mart and so is the gusto 2 and both get 3g if they didn't you would get only what the gusto got in data.
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So yes I'm getting full 3g speed to use as my data and for my WiFi tether. The incredible2 doesn't act any different when its been flashed I have both mine and my wife's rooted we change custom roms all the time. Just make sure after the gustos esn sticker is placed in you incredible after the flash is done then snap the gusto in half cause if someone else trys to activate the gusto it throws a red flag up let's Verizon know you cloned the gusto to another phone so I break them into a few pieces so they can't ever be used. I hope all I said has and will be helpful to you all.
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Queston for people using GN on AT&T

If you are using a Galaxy Nexus from Europe on AT&T, does AT&T recognize the phone as a smartphone and force you into a smartphone data plan or can you go for the cheaper "dumbphone" plan?
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It shows up at a unknown gms phone
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If you are using a Galaxy Nexus from Europe on AT&T, does AT&T recognize the phone as a smartphone and force you into a smartphone data plan or can you go for the cheaper "dumbphone" plan?
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Dont tell 'em. If they ask tell them its an unlocked nokia n75 or something. They consider that a dumbphone and it was a great smartphone for it's time.
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I had an Atrix previously, and they told me, when I called to update my IMEI, that they had to switch my plan to a non-smartphone plan - unlimited for $10 month. I went for it to try it out. Same speeds as with my Atrix.
Then reading another thread about how ATT throttles the non smartphone plan, and you have to call and pester them into hooking you up to a 4G smartphone plan to pump up the speed, I did that. Now it's up another $35 a month, and guess what. NO SPEED DIFFERENCE. I called and asked to be switched back, and they tried a bunch of different settings to keep pulling that $35 out of my wallet, but they just couldn't produce.
Long story short, take the non-smartphone unlimited.
Alright, thanks guys. I guess I am going to get the Galaxy Nexus instead of the SGS 2 now
I guess the question is, how do you go about it?
I'm on tmo right now, need to move to ATT for signal reasons....how do I get this dumbphone plan? I mean I don't wanna enter into a contract so I'll have to go into the store to order it...won't I have to show them my phone and then they'll just be like "uh...that's not a dumbphone?"
I'm using a dumbphone plan with my Vibrant right now. All you have to do is go into the store with a non-smartphone, get a sim, and then put it in your smartphone.
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(Rumor)Verizon expected to eliminate "grandfathered" unlimited data plan

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57...nlimited-data-plans-for-existing-subscribers/
Just sharing w/ y'all.
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So everyone on unlimited...I'm gunna search for how to screw with my throttle and see if I can allow myself to pull the same speeds at all times...put my.phone on screen on and wake while charging...and download hundreds of gigs for weeks straight...anyone with me
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I seen this earlier over in the fascinate forums. I also so read in the evo 3D forums that us customs is delaying shipments of the one x and evo 4g lte cause of a possible infringement of a patient by apple.
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reaper540 said:
I seen this earlier over in the fascinate forums. I also so read in the evo 3D forums that us customs is delaying shipments of the one x and evo 4g lte cause of a possible infringement of a patient by apple.
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I can confirm from what I've seen from multiple outlets that both are true.
Reuters, HTC and various sources confirmed the One X and Evo LTE rumor and Verizon CFO has confirmed the other
Edit: Vzw link was to OP story. I sorry
TMOBILE Statement from Reuters News http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL4E8GG3ZV20120516?irpc=932
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x Eacott said:
So everyone on unlimited...I'm gunna search for how to screw with my throttle and see if I can allow myself to pull the same speeds at all times...put my.phone on screen on and wake while charging...and download hundreds of gigs for weeks straight...anyone with me
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There won't be anything you can do to your phone to keep them from throttling you.
The data will be passing through their network before it gets to your phone so they will just slow down the data passing through their network before you even see it.
No way around it unless you change carriers or use wifi.
D***...either way I'm having issues with their speed. I'm always pulling about 100kb/s as a down speed its unbelievable. I currently have 2 remedy tickets out because 3 outs of 4 techs can't do their freakn job right
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"Everyone will be on data share," Shammo said, according to Fierce Wireless. "When they migrate off 3G they will have to go to data share. That is beneficial to us."
Wow Verizon is sooooooo corrupt..
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Verizon is very corrupt. Remember back when they was trying charge ppl for paying ur bill a certain way
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Hey guys,
Glad this came up here. So I am grannyd in on my dinc2 (signed 2yr in July) along with a really good old verizon talk/text plan and with a business discount. So all in all things are peachy for me atm.
So here are the problems: the wife has long been up and needs to ditch her iphone from work. Wtf do I do?!
1. Do I wait this out to see what the family plans look like?
2. Or do I upgrade her now onto a 4g phone and get in before the family plans come out? Hell they might actually be ok if priced decently?!
3. Could I get a used 4g phone add that to my unlimited plan?!
4. Should I add her a data line and get her an off contact phone so we aren't locked in for 2yrs?! Is that possible?!
Jezus this is f'd up. These greedy mofos will go down at some point. And here is praying that Google does it from right under their own feet (their own network)
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There's a petition over on change.org. to try to get Verizon to change their minds
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I seen this earlier over in the fascinate forums. I also so read in the evo 3D forums that us customs is delaying shipments of the one x and evo 4g lte cause of a possible infringement of a patient by apple.
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It's true about the new Evo. I'm so sad. I would have had my phone today and activated it on a new line of service. I think that since the patent in question is not being infringed upon it won't take long to clear, but it still really sucks. It's been sucky having only Wi-Fi for my phone, and I was really excited to come home today and activate it. I really hope it doesn't take very long to go through.
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There's a petition over on change.org. to try to get Verizon to change their minds
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Internet petition wouldn't do anything honestly. Technically with that site, 1 guy can sign it 50 times. It's just gonna raise the awareness to Verizon "hopefully", but I doubt that's gonna do anything.
Unless like couple hundred of thousands people discontinue their contracts complaining about this issue, they won't do ****.
They never care and never will.
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xHoLyx said:
Internet petition wouldn't do anything honestly. Technically with that site, 1 guy can sign it 50 times. It's just gonna raise the awareness to Verizon "hopefully", but I doubt that's gonna do anything.
Unless like couple hundred of thousands people discontinue their contracts complaining about this issue, they won't do ****.
They never care and never will.
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i think we need to see an official statement about it from verizon before the real outrage from more users is present...besides those of us who read every internet post out there, 99.9% of verizon users probably arent aware of their intentions
but if there is enough of an outcry, who knows?
verizon has canned stuff before (sadly not the $30 upgrade fee) but the supposed charge for paying your bill online was shelved when people flipped out
but my interpretation of what the cfo said is this (obviously its my opinion)
your next upgrade post family data plans will force you off unlimited (or whatever tiered plan you are on if on a family plan) and into either tiered (for single line accounts) or family data plan (for those with multiple joined lines)
if you upgrade between now and when the plans start, you should be ok for the next 2 years....
however there is speculation if on a family plan (shared minutes currently, individual lines on the same account shouldnt be affected) if *anyone* on the family plan upgrades, everyone gets kicked onto a shared plan automatically (we ll see)
i *think* after family data starts, if you buy devices off contract (though if you buy directly from verizon at full price they may try to screw you) you should be able to keep unlimited data.....
but when you are off contract, verizon can (with prior notification) change the terms of your month by month status at anytime and since you are off contract and they dont have to forgive your etf (cuz there is none) its take it or leave it
id like to blame the iphone 5....funny timing that this happens when a lte iphone is looming and vzw is surely worried about the data usage that could bring
anyway, just how i see it
I'm just wondering how this is gonna affect me. I have a family plan with 700 shared minutes but on my line I have 5000 texts and unlimited data.
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There's a petition over on change.org. to try to get Verizon to change their minds
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Not going to happen, sorry.
Every carrier is moving to this model and Sprint wont be too far behind. This will impact 1% of Verizon customers the other 99% wont even notice the change. Why? Because right now they don't even know they have unlimited data or know how much the unlimited data is for. IF they were to call and complain it would take two seconds for a Verizon rep to point out they don't even reach 1Gb of data.
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npompei said:
Hey guys,
Glad this came up here. So I am grannyd in on my dinc2 (signed 2yr in July) along with a really good old verizon talk/text plan and with a business discount. So all in all things are peachy for me atm.
So here are the problems: the wife has long been up and needs to ditch her iphone from work. Wtf do I do?!
1. Do I wait this out to see what the family plans look like?
2. Or do I upgrade her now onto a 4g phone and get in before the family plans come out? Hell they might actually be ok if priced decently?!
3. Could I get a used 4g phone add that to my unlimited plan?!
4. Should I add her a data line and get her an off contact phone so we aren't locked in for 2yrs?! Is that possible?!
Jezus this is f'd up. These greedy mofos will go down at some point. And here is praying that Google does it from right under their own feet (their own network)
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1. Are you on a family plan? If not then there is no reason to wait.
2. If you move to a 4G phone now you will be on unlimited data until you upgrade your next phone
3. No. Any phone change will trigger the data change
4. You can add a line with any Verizon approved phone. You don't HAVE to buy one on contract when adding a line.
Right now I'm paying $60/month for two phones with unlimited data. If the family tier offers 3-5GB month at $50-$60 I wont sweat it. Since we both started working from home our data use has dropped dramatically. Even when we both commuted we both barely got over 3GB combined. With individual plans being 2/30 and 50/5 I can only hope the family one comes in somewhere in line.
What do the data plans start at now anyways? 4gb?
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What do the data plans start at now anyways? 4gb?
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tiered atm? (we have no clue about coming family plans at all)
2gb - $30
5gb - $50
10gb - $80
w/ $10 per gb over
randomly certain phones will have "double your data" deals to get 4gb for $30 w/ 2 year deal
Bummer. 2gigs would definitely nix any use of Pandora or Play music
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Bummer. 2gigs would definitely nix any use of Pandora or Play music
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If you adjust quality settings you can make it stick. I was using Spotify an hour a day with high quality streaming and was just going over 2GB.
As for current plans, if you're unlimited you have a 5GB cap.
Oh I agree. It's just the idea of watching every friggen byte coming through. They already have me for 130/month for Fios 80/wireless. Here a-holes take my whole paycheck and fight it out with my ex.

Switching from Sprint to Straight Talk

I know that my Sprint Gnexus would not work so I would have to buy new phones. But for those that have switched to Straight talk from Sprint. Are you glad you did? Have you ran into issues with using to much data? Do you find yourself with out voice coverage often? I was told that you are not able to roam on ST it would just say no service. If you leave a reply please let me know how long you have been using Straight Talk and if you don't mind what state you are using the service in. I will be using mine in Oklahoma.
I want to know as well because I plan to do the same when my contract runs out. I'm in Oklahoma as well at Fort Sill.
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You're right you don't get roaming, but you get about 99% of the AT&T footprint for coverage, as well as T-Mobile's voice coverage because ST operates on both networks, so you shouldn't have to worry about anything. That's a bigger footprint than Sprint nowadays.
I'd take a read through the Prepaid Thread, there's a ton of testimonial and questions asked/answered in there.
Sprint Conquer 4G to Straight Talk
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I know that my Sprint Gnexus would not work so I would have to buy new phones. But for those that have switched to Straight talk from Sprint. Are you glad you did? Have you ran into issues with using to much data? Do you find yourself with out voice coverage often? I was told that you are not able to roam on ST it would just say no service. If you leave a reply please let me know how long you have been using Straight Talk and if you don't mind what state you are using the service in. I will be using mine in Oklahoma.
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I have the phone unlocked and spc wrote to 0's. I have apn settings for all other phones on straight talks bring your phone. I am wondering how to get it activated the rewst of the way. Is there anyone that would remote me with teamviewer to possibly help me get this thing all the way flashed? Id love to contribute to whomever wants to put forth effort. thanks in advance.
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I know that my Sprint Gnexus would not work so I would have to buy new phones. But for those that have switched to Straight talk from Sprint. Are you glad you did? Have you ran into issues with using to much data? Do you find yourself with out voice coverage often? I was told that you are not able to roam on ST it would just say no service. If you leave a reply please let me know how long you have been using Straight Talk and if you don't mind what state you are using the service in. I will be using mine in Oklahoma.
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I use Straight Talk on my Gnex. I came from Verizon not Sprint but I figure they are pretty close. Im more than glad I did because I save about 50$ a month on cell service. I've never had any issues with using too much data. Although I've heard that they cap you out at about 2gb. I've never found myself without service on a trip or just ridding around. I live in Georgia and I've been as far as NC. No roaming or dropped signal. I think as long as you are in a metro area I think you will be fine. $45 a month compared to $90 i was paying with Verizon for basically the same service cant be beat.
I'm trying to do the same thing with my samsung conquer in the process I have gotten it unlocked and service programming code written to zero. After this some programming methods and activation through qpst software needs to be applied. This method should be quite similar with your sprint phone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36410024
I'd suggest reading my recent experiences with limitations and throttling practices on straight talk before switching.
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clockcycle said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36410024
I'd suggest reading my recent experiences with limitations and throttling practices on straight talk before switching.
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I can always flash back to cricket however, I have paid a month ahead because my data is now gone as well its not truly unlimited. Its not even insufficient towers or network its just bureaucratic crap infiltrated by dotheads but I just wanted to get the service on the conquer and then most likely xfer to cricket. Because of what I totally agree about what you are saying
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Telus Upgraded my Plan.

I have an S3 on Telus and I have had a crappy plan for the past year. A while ago they came out with an Unlimited Nationwide plan with 3GB of data, all for $60/month. Of course, this was for new customers only, so I was going to sell my S3, get the Note 2 and upgrade, but things fell through and I couldn't afford to get the Note 2.
Anyway, I called Telus and mentioned that I would like to upgrade my account to something like what they were advertising and lo and behold, they upgraded me to that plan.
For those with crappy or more expensive plans, give it a try.
Ian
Man im really happy to hear telus hooked you up. I pay around 120 an month and get 1gig of data and 200 mins. I get raped. I have two years left. I swear it will be cheaper for me to get a phone from the states and use it up here. and worse part about it I have lte in my town they just put up a new high tech tower and my house is a dead zone.
I hear you on the note 2. I want to upgrade my phone. but I think the wait for a note 3 will be best for me in the long run.
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Man im really happy to hear telus hooked you up. I pay around 120 an month and get 1gig of data and 200 mins. I get raped. I have two years left. I swear it will be cheaper for me to get a phone from the states and use it up here. and worse part about it I have lte in my town they just put up a new high tech tower and my house is a dead zone.
I hear you on the note 2. I want to upgrade my phone. but I think the wait for a note 3 will be best for me in the long run.
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Call them and switch your plan, dude. A while back I managed to get their unlimited plan with 6gb for $60. Jumped all over it.
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Yopkin1 said:
Man im really happy to hear telus hooked you up. I pay around 120 an month and get 1gig of data and 200 mins. I get raped. I have two years left.
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No offense, but how the hell do you pay $120/month and only get 1GB and 200 minutes? Yopkin1, are you in Quebec by any chance? If you are, all you have to do to cancel your contract is pay off your phone. Then you can look for the best contract and use your phone there.
If you don't want to do that, you should absolutely call Telus and speak to them and ask for the same plan I have, unlimited nationwide calling and 3GB of data for 60/month.
I also have 2 years left to go and now that I have the decent plan, I will keep the S3 until I need another plan (Galaxy S6?)
Ian
Ian
I think it depends where you are, in AB if you go to the page for Alberta it doesn't show a 3 gb plan at all....
Actually just checked all the provinces.... only Quebec gets a 3 gb plan for $60... all other provinces are $70 for a 2 gb plan.....
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Call them and switch your plan, dude. A while back I managed to get their unlimited plan with 6gb for $60. Jumped all over it.
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after taxes my bill comes to 120 don't as me how it works out to be that much it just does. I forgot to add I have north America 15 added to my bundle. when I went into telus store here in bc that's all I could get. Im not happy about it one bit but inless I wana pay out that's the best I can do. I have talked to customer loyalty and that's all they can do. When May 1st came out they also wanted me to pay for texting to the USA and wanted more money to have unlimited even though that was the main reason I put myself into the three year. From play wow I meet a lot of people down south that I talk to after quitting. there is not much I can do. trust me I call pretty much every month. They have hung up on me half way throw my phone calls to them a lot of times. I want to switch to wind but my town is owned by telus and bell. some times you have to accept what you can get.
They have done this for me a couple times the past few years . Not likely they will always do it, probably depending on the rep you get and if you are considered a good customer I guess.
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350Rocket said:
They have done this for me a couple times the past few years . Not likely they will always do it, probably depending on the rep you get and if you are considered a good customer I guess.
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Call Telus *311 on your phone I believe and ask for customer retention. They will give you a hard time before they patch you through but just say its about your bill or something. Once through, you will have a much easier time getting any rate plan changed.
I've done it countless times when wanted to upgrade phones or change to a better plan. Typically they will not let you change to a plan that they do not have advertised on their website so unless your're grandfathered into a better plan its worth the call.
Cheers
Actually I have the direct number for retentions on my phone. That probably helped
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Straight talk sims

Havent seen any posts about this or a clue when they brought them back, but straighttalk now has at&t sims. Got mine! Can be ordered also at walmart.com for a whopping savings of .04 cents.
pre4speed said:
Havent seen any posts about this or a clue when they brought them back, but straighttalk now has at&t sims. Got mine! Can be ordered also at walmart.com for a whopping savings of .04 cents.
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Seriously??? Thought they were done for good selling the at&t version? I'll have to check that out and buy a few for backups. Thanks!!
They started august 12
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Gophone att lets you get LTE data with their unlimited talk/txt/2gbs of data for 60. callingmart gets it down to 52. extra data is 10 bucks for 1gb!(optional if you need it)
Also you can use any att phone(including iphone 5) no jailbreaking or changing apn, everything will work out the gate!!! Go to corporate att store and get your sims for free! also have any issues you can go to the att store for help!
customer service is a million times better, and i got my s3 replaced through att cause it still had a year warranty through att. I bought the phone used of craigslist, and it stop charging after a month!
Also please note you dont get unlimited data with straight talk. while its cheap BUT with them turning off data for no reason, not telling people what the data limit is, horrible cs, As soon as i found out gophone was allowing ANY phone they sell on postpaid on prepaid(including iphone 5) AND allowing LTE data. i switched!!!!
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Gophone att lets you get LTE data with their unlimited talk/txt/2gbs of data for 60. callingmart gets it down to 52. extra data is 10 bucks for 1gb!(optional if you need it)
Also you can use any att phone(including iphone 5) no jailbreaking or changing apn, everything will work out the gate!!! Go to corporate att store and get your sims for free! also have any issues you can go to the att store for help!
customer service is a million times better, and i got my s3 replaced through att cause it still had a year warranty through att. I bought the phone used of craigslist, and it stop charging after a month!
Also please note you dont get unlimited data with straight talk. while its cheap BUT with them turning off data for no reason, not telling people what the data limit is, horrible cs, As soon as i found out gophone was allowing ANY phone they sell on postpaid on prepaid(including iphone 5) AND allowing LTE data. i switched!!!!
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You are correct sir! U only get about 2 gb a month with straight talk before u are throttled, happens to me every time at about my last week of service, and it is very annoying!! I will definitely be checking into this, but on another note, IPhone? Really??? I wouldn't take one if they were giving them away!! Hahaha...
903tex said:
Gophone att lets you get LTE data with their unlimited talk/txt/2gbs of data for 60. callingmart gets it down to 52. extra data is 10 bucks for 1gb!(optional if you need it)
Also you can use any att phone(including iphone 5) no jailbreaking or changing apn, everything will work out the gate!!! Go to corporate att store and get your sims for free! also have any issues you can go to the att store for help!
customer service is a million times better, and i got my s3 replaced through att cause it still had a year warranty through att. I bought the phone used of craigslist, and it stop charging after a month!
Also please note you dont get unlimited data with straight talk. while its cheap BUT with them turning off data for no reason, not telling people what the data limit is, horrible cs, As soon as i found out gophone was allowing ANY phone they sell on postpaid on prepaid(including iphone 5) AND allowing LTE data. i switched!!!!
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While you are right, I live no where near LTE so it doesn't bother me. And I don't call at&t for customer service anyway. They are useless there too. But gives people options. I'm still going for cheapest.
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You are correct sir! U only get about 2 gb a month with straight talk before u are throttled, happens to me every time at about my last week of service, and it is very annoying!! I will definitely be checking into this, but on another note, IPhone? Really??? I wouldn't take one if they were giving them away!! Hahaha...
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Yea i have a iphone 4s as a backup phone. As i was using it as a example because with st, you have to jailbreak to have mms, but with gophone everything works out the gate! which is a positive because alot of people may not want to tweak with their phone to get simple things to work. And what sold me was the warranty claim i got and im on prepaid! While i dont call customer service ever, it nice to know and a piece of mind that i HAVE cs when i need it. and with my area having lte it was a no brainer, and the fact that i can blow my data in a day if i wanted to. you pay for what your getting and KNOW what to except. i got throttled on st because one day i use over 100mb and some days later i get throttled to a useless speed that i cant do anything data wise without being around some wifi on my phone. The only thing st has going for it is it price, but for me and after tax with st, im paying 2-4 dollars more a month but im getting so much more in return!
I've had ST for a while now & I like the service. It's $90/mo after taxes for my 2 phones ( mine & my wife's ) since we pay $42.50/mo w/ the autopay discount deal they had @ the time.
No CS? No problem. I've had AT&T since 2000 until I moved to ST last year. AT&T's CS wasn't very good @ all... it took 3 days of the 5th degree & 3 "senior" techs to finally diagnose one of my phones as non-working... @ this was w/ a family plan that ran us $170/mo after taxes.
The other thing was the removal of my grandfathered plan of unlimited data + 1500 texts for $40/mo when I bought my GS3.
So.. $42.50/mo w/ 2 gigs of data ( throttled after ), unlimited talk & unlimited text is just fine for us. The Iowa City, Ia area doesn't have LTE & I can barely get stable 3G out here; so I'm not concerned about the loss of LTE.
I work at Walmart and we stopped carrying the straight talk/net ten carry over package because they don't sell and from what I've been told the only way to buy straight talk att sims was Amazon or eBay since st didn't sell them anymore. So don't expect to walk into wall mart and buy the sim, they don't do that anymore.
Just looked at the straight talk sight and they do have are "compatible" sims so now I can tell people to go buy it online and leave me alone 14.99 for a sim 45$ "unlimited" everything you'll be paying 63.59$ USD your first go round. In new York at least. Home to 8% sales tax
Don't expect 4g or to be able to use a 4g phone easily. From what st customer service told us is on iphones especially most features don't work, for instance MMS only works from one iPhone to another something im sure you could fix in the APN settings
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Theyre tmobile sims
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Theyre tmobile sims
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Actually they now have at&t Sims again as per my op.
http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/bpd...cards&zip=93535&market=GSM4&locale=en&lang=EN
903tex said:
Gophone att lets you get LTE data with their unlimited talk/txt/2gbs of data for 60. callingmart gets it down to 52. extra data is 10 bucks for 1gb!(optional if you need it)
Also you can use any att phone(including iphone 5) no jailbreaking or changing apn, everything will work out the gate!!! Go to corporate att store and get your sims for free! also have any issues you can go to the att store for help!
customer service is a million times better, and i got my s3 replaced through att cause it still had a year warranty through att. I bought the phone used of craigslist, and it stop charging after a month!
Also please note you dont get unlimited data with straight talk. while its cheap BUT with them turning off data for no reason, not telling people what the data limit is, horrible cs, As soon as i found out gophone was allowing ANY phone they sell on postpaid on prepaid(including iphone 5) AND allowing LTE data. i switched!!!!
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Any special promo codes needed for the $52? it's showing me $57.
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Any special promo codes needed for the $52? it's showing me $57.
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I've been using callingmart for a long time so when you have enough point you can use those points to knock off percentage
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I am using ST without issues. Happy with 4g service and 2gb data.
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Anyone on straight talk have to change their APN recently? I refilled the other night before my service ended at midnight, and I lost data. Next day, still nothing! Had to call customer service, and after about 30 minutes of garbage she had me switch my APN from wap.tracfone to att.mvno. Data came back?? I've uses wap.tracfone for a year with no issues!!!
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Anyone on straight talk have to change their APN recently? I refilled the other night before my service ended at midnight, and I lost data. Next day, still nothing! Had to call customer service, and after about 30 minutes of garbage she had me switch my APN from wap.tracfone to att.mvno. Data came back?? I've uses wap.tracfone for a year with no issues!!!
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I've had a few customers come into the store who needed an APN change it happens but not sure why
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thanitos said:
I've had a few customers come into the store who needed an APN change it happens but not sure why
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Is there a difference in data speeds or anything else?
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Anyone on straight talk have to change their APN recently? I refilled the other night before my service ended at midnight, and I lost data. Next day, still nothing! Had to call customer service, and after about 30 minutes of garbage she had me switch my APN from wap.tracfone to att.mvno. Data came back?? I've uses wap.tracfone for a year with no issues!!!
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I read somewhere (can't remember where) that anyone with the old apns had to change due to the change in contract with at&t.
Nope not that I'm aware of
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DMF1977 said:
Anyone on straight talk have to change their APN recently? I refilled the other night before my service ended at midnight, and I lost data. Next day, still nothing! Had to call customer service, and after about 30 minutes of garbage she had me switch my APN from wap.tracfone to att.mvno. Data came back?? I've uses wap.tracfone for a year with no issues!!!
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If you don't mind me asking, where do you live? Do you use YouTube? What are your typical speeds? Can you stream with no problems? Stories differ so much from person to person, I just want to make sure all questions are answered if I use this. I have the option of doing the family mobile deal with Walmart and getting an employee discount, which brings the monthly down to like $25, but as its T-Mobile I'll have to do one of the mods to be able to use it. I'm not ever in an area of LTE so I really don't care about that. I just want to make sure streaming (music, video, YouTube) is allowed with straighttalk. Also, if I take my number with me that I've had for 10 years and then find its not for me, do I lose my number?

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