For those of you using straight talk are we allowed to bring our galaxy nexus' onto their carrier? I really can't afford to get rid of this baby
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vince7 said:
For those of you using straight talk are we allowed to bring our galaxy nexus' onto their carrier? I really can't afford to get rid of this baby
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As long as it is a GSM Nexus, then yes. They use either ATT or TMobile towers.
This thread might help you also:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
Well I have the Verizon model so I assume they won't let me?
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vince7 said:
Well I have the Verizon model so I assume they won't let me?
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CDMA does not work on GSM. period.
Damn that really sucks
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So this Verizon phone will only work on a Verizon network?
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vince7 said:
So this Verizon phone will only work on a Verizon network?
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yes.
vince7 said:
So this Verizon phone will only work on a Verizon network?
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You could try and flash it to cricket, boost mobile, Virgin mobile, page plus, etc. Some people have seemed to get it to work.
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brooksyx said:
You could try and flash it to cricket, boost mobile, Virgin mobile, page plus, etc. Some people have seemed to get it to work.
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Do I do this myself or do I ask them to do it?
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vince7 said:
Do I do this myself or do I ask them to do it?
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This is something you will need to do yourself. There are a few tutorials floating around here.
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brooksyx said:
This is something you will need to do yourself. There are a few tutorials floating around here.
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Thank you very much I saw a tutorial for cricket and I might do that
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OK so for final thoughts I can either sell this phone and get the international galaxy nexus for straight talk or flash this current phone with a carrier such as cricket yes?
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vince7 said:
OK so for final thoughts I can either sell this phone and get the international galaxy nexus for straight talk or flash this current phone with a carrier such as cricket yes?
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Basically yes.
-Brought to you by Marino's Galaxy Nexus-
vince7 said:
For those of you using straight talk are we allowed to bring our galaxy nexus' onto their carrier? I really can't afford to get rid of this baby
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Yes you can bring any AT&T or T-Mobile compatible device to Straight Talk. Just choose at the time of order whether you want AT&T or T-Mobile service. The GSM GNex can do either one.
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vince7 said:
OK so for final thoughts I can either sell this phone and get the international galaxy nexus for straight talk or flash this current phone with a carrier such as cricket yes?
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Basically those are your two options. Considering you won't get LTE when you leave Verizon, and its a huge hassle to flash, I'd just sell it buy a GSM model and put it on a GSM prepaid carrier. Faster speeds and less hassle on your end.
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Yes you can bring any AT&T or T-Mobile compatible device to Straight Talk. Just choose at the time of order whether you want AT&T or T-Mobile service. The GSM GNex can do either one.
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Basically those are your two options. Considering you won't get LTE when you leave Verizon, and its a huge hassle to flash, I'd just sell it buy a GSM model and put it on a GSM prepaid carrier. Faster speeds and less hassle on your end.
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Is it really a huge hassle? I've never heard of anyone doing it
And also cricket has very cheap unlimited data plans for are the plans like for the per paid card?
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vince7 said:
Is it really a huge hassle? I've never heard of anyone doing it
And also cricket has very cheap unlimited data plans for are the plans like for the per paid card?
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Ya its a big hassle when compared to just buying a Straight Talk (or any other carrier) SIM and just putting it in the phone.
Not to mention that on Cricket you'll be stuck on EVDO 3G, which is quite slow often.
Where can I check out gsm pre paid cards? Are these expensive and have 4g speeds?
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And does straight talk have close to 4g? And I keep seeing hspa what is that?
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vince7 said:
And does straight talk have close to 4g? And I keep seeing hspa what is that?
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I have at&t straight talk and I get hspa+ speeds a lot. Some people call it 4g. I would consider it like 3.5g. But I can pull like 4Mb down, which is fast enough for me
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Where can I check out gsm pre paid cards? Are these expensive and have 4g speeds?
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Check out the massive prepaid thread. Popular options right now are T-Mobile Monthly 4G, Straight Talk, Simple Mobile and Net10.
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And does straight talk have close to 4g? And I keep seeing hspa what is that?
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You get HSPA+, the faster-than-normal-3G connection. Plenty of info out there about it. No LTE on prepaid carriers just yet. The GSM Galaxy Nexus doesn't have LTE either way though, so the only way you'll get LTE is to go Verizon (or Sprint lol).
Speeds will be dependent on your area and network saturation. YMMV, I'd expect 2-7mbps down / 1-4mbps up.
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How good is the reception on this phone with T-Mobile sum card???
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ilaf0106 said:
How good is the reception on this phone with T-Mobile sum card???
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This depends entirely on T-Mobile's service in your area, not the SIM card.
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This depends entirely on T-Mobile's service in your area, not the SIM card.
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What he said.
It's pretty much the same as your existing T-Mobile phone, if not.. better.
what he said, but.....
it also depends on which radio you have installed. Samsung has a handful of different5 radios depending o where the phone was originally marketed for. All are basic GSM 5-band capable but each one has minor tweaks for specific networks. There are several threads on here debating which radio works best. Do a search if you are interested. For mine, the XXKK6 radio it arrived with (ordered from the UK) gets comparable reception to any other phone I have used on T-Mobile. You can see the radio version under settings .. about phone .. baseband version. Changing radios is easily done if rooted and you have basic mod skills.
My service wasn't the best at first but after I flashed UGKL1 radio my data speeds on HSPA+ went from 2mbs down up to 10mbs consistently.
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As good as any other quality T-Mobile phone.
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So this phone is compatible with T-Mobile with no problems right?? I'm debating on the galaxy nexus n the white T-Mobile gs2
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Everyone said yes..
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joshnichols189 said:
Everyone said yes..
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Thank you!!
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Is there any way to increase data speeds on the GN on sprint? I have horrible speeds I'm in Miami and on CM9 nighty here is a screenshot.
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Yes, there is: use the phone in the early morning or late at night.
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joshnichols189 said:
Yes, there is: use the phone in the early morning or late at night.
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Sounds about right ^^
I just moved from sprint to T-Mobile and I couldn't be any happier
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I need to find a way out of my contract are data speeds a good reason? Anyone know a good reason
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godefoy said:
I need to find a way out of my contract are data speeds a good reason? Anyone know a good reason
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When did you start your contract and if you keep pushing it you can but is a lot calls for it to get you out free in the other hand the price of the GN should be enough to get out of ETF( that's what I did)
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godefoy said:
I need to find a way out of my contract are data speeds a good reason? Anyone know a good reason
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http://lifehacker.com/5913869/how-t...hone-contract-without-paying-termination-fees
i just renewed last month. dam so sell the phone for 300 and that should pay the eft fee.
As has been posted here and all over the web several thousand times, Sprint's 3G data speeds are terrible pretty much nationwide. They have a few markets that are ok, but many aren't
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i just renewed last month. dam so sell the phone for 300 and that should pay the eft fee.
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Well you could get closed to 400$ but I would try to see if sprints lets you go without fee
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Yeah dude ur in Miami and ppl here hate sprint since its slow as fuuuuh
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flash a Verizon prl on your phone and consume alot of data and sprint will boot you after a month or two of alot of roaming etf free. Its what I am doing.
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brekec88 said:
flash a Verizon prl on your phone and consume alot of data and sprint will boot you after a month or two of alot of roaming etf free. Its what I am doing.
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Yeah that sounds good too
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I would do that as well. But I have three phones on one account and that means buying all new phones and 2gnexs and an epic 4g won't pay for new phones and contracts. Unfortunately I'll have to deal with it. Until LTE hits me. At least I hope it does.
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when you sell your sprint phones when they cancel your service it will more than cover your new phones. You would actually come out ahead a little.
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Yeah I think I'm going the straight talk route.
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Or att go phone
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brekec88 said:
Or att go phone
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AT&T GoPhone is one of the worst choices for prepaid smartphones.
Unlocked gsm nexus might wait until thanksgiving for the new 5 nexus devices
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this is precisely why i'm leaving Sprint and going to T-Mobile. the 4G Wimax is fast (5000kbps) but none of the newer Sprint phones are using Wimax anymore and Sprint's 3G is crawling at <500kbps. Can't wait to activate my nexus on T-Mobile when my SIM comes in!
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AT&T GoPhone is one of the worst choices for prepaid smartphones.
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The only problem I had with it was on the unlimited everything plan for $50, they booted me when they found out I wasn't using a dumb phone but that was after trying to download a ROM haha. Switching to another European phone put data right back on.
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So I have a Verizon galaxy nexus and I'm flashed to cricket. I've searched for this but none on the galaxy nexus...can someone help me remove their throttle? Thanks
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The throttle is most likely carrier sided, You can't do anything about it yourself if it's on the carrier's side.
There is other threads of people doing it by flashing a zip but that was for the zio...he said he was at around 3 gigs over what he was suposed to get. Something in the build.prop
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If it's anywhere, it's in build.prop. I think, well in Verizon's case, there's a folder called "throttle" or something to that effect. The method should not vary by device, possibly android version though.
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Mines a. Verizon one but has sprint ROM and CDMA radio for the flash to cricket
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Mines a. Verizon one but has sprint ROM and CDMA radio for the flash to cricket
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I flashed my VZ GNEX using primes script but I have no MMS, do you have working MMS and what did you do to get it?
Can the nexus be flashed to cricket? I can get a used one in great cond for $150.
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yes its fully flashable
Thanks dude, im on verizon with gnex, but wife has cricket for unlumited to venezuela. She wants my phone
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donnyp1 said:
Thanks dude, im on verizon with gnex, but wife has cricket for unlumited to venezuela. She wants my phone
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I flashed a Sprint Galaxy Nexus to Cricket.
It was a little complicated and uses a few programs I have not used before and it took me a few tries but I got it.
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I flashed a Sprint Galaxy Nexus to Cricket.
It was a little complicated and uses a few programs I have not used before and it took me a few tries but I got it.
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I can pay $35 to flash a phone to cricket here. Its for my wife, I think ill buy the phone. I won't be rom flashing her phone, got mine for thst!
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I've read several posts of people saying they are able to get Lte on At&t GoPhone but I cannot I live in an lte area but I have yet to pick it up is there something special I am supposed to do? Any help would be greatly appreciated cuz I'm stuck
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Mine come with the Cingular.wap APN I changed it to the Lte pta it lost internet connection
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You need to change your APN to the ATT LTE and make sure it's set to LTE/GSM. Got a friend's T-Mo S4 up and running on ATT.. everything works flawlessly.
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You need to change your APN to the ATT LTE and make sure it's set to LTE/GSM. Got a friend's T-Mo S4 up and running on ATT.. everything works flawlessly.
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I found a T-Mobile SGS4 but i have AT&T will it pick up LTE if i unlick it?
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sickkside13 said:
I found a T-Mobile SGS4 but i have AT&T will it pick up LTE if i unlick it?
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Unlock + correct APNs and yes it will.
Thanks buddy idk if i should try to return it the owner but then i always wanted a SGS4.
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sickkside13 said:
Thanks buddy idk if i should try to return it the owner but then i always wanted a SGS4.
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If you "found" it, then yes you should do the right thing and try to get it back to them. In any case, if/when the owner reports it as lost or stolen, the IMEI would be blacklisted and you'd have a useless GS4.
Yeah that's true. Well it don't matter i got my nexus 4 and Motorola Atrix HD all running official CM10.2
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