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ATT S3 Data Problem (Having my cake and eating it, too)

Several years ago I got a unique data plan for an off-contract Xperia X1A phone from ATT. It was the unlimited data for 'smartphones' for $15. My phone was not recognized by their system and I got unlimited 3G data.
A year or so ago, my Xperia broke down and I got an HTC Vision off-contract with ATT's 3G networks. It worked well and immediately connected to 3G.
The screen recently broke and while I've ordered a replacement, I realized it was getting a little long in the tooth so I decided to get an S3 with no contract from Amazon Wireless.
I sliced down my Sim card into micro size and it fit (yay) and the phone service works...
But no data. Not even 3G.
Halp?

Have you updated your APN's for the phone? I dont know the ATT APN's off hand but Im sure you can google them and find them right away

Here's the apn from my Att s3

You probably need to use wap.cingular

mrhaley30705 said:
Here's the apn from my Att s3
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Hi,
I don't see the thumbnail; can you please give it another shot?

mrhaley30705 said:
Here's the apn from my Att s3
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Okay - now I see them and they are the same on this phone. Hmm.

justDave said:
You probably need to use wap.cingular
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awww ****! That seemed to work. May you please name a charity for me to make a $20 donation?

justDave said:
You probably need to use wap.cingular
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Ah - however, I only seem to be getting 3G speeds, not LTE speeds. Ah, that's a fair compromise.

I don't know if att is the same as rogers in Canada but I had to get a new lte sim card which would suck for you. I hope they never take your plan away.
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Ah - however, I only seem to be getting 3G speeds, not LTE speeds. Ah, that's a fair compromise.
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Best I can tell, LTE needs a plan change. If you try to swap SIM cards, it still won't work. Worse, they'd detect you trying to connect to LTE and they may slam you to one of the new plans. Ask me how I know.
It's up to you to decide whether LTE is worth the price increase. Nice to be able to choose.
If you're feeling charitable, either XDA or Cyanogen seem appropriate.

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Best I can tell, LTE needs a plan change. If you try to swap SIM cards, it still won't work. Worse, they'd detect you trying to connect to LTE and they may slam you to one of the new plans. Ask me how I know.
It's up to you to decide whether LTE is worth the price increase. Nice to be able to choose.
If you're feeling charitable, either XDA or Cyanogen seem appropriate.
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This is correct. If you start using a LTE phone and don't have a LTE plan, you'll start getting texts and emails from AT&T asking you to contact them so they can update your plan. They'll probably give you a new micro sim, as your old cut down sim isn't LTE enabled.
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KentuckyHouse said:
This is correct. If you start using a LTE phone and don't have a LTE plan, you'll start getting texts and emails from AT&T asking you to contact them so they can update your plan. They'll probably give you a new micro sim, as your old cut down sim isn't LTE enabled.
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Well... today they actually did upgrade me to the 3gig/$30 data plan. I called them and told them I was going to stop using this phone, return it, and go back to my non-smartphone. They put me back on the old data plan - but I'm not sure for how long.
I'm waiting on my screen replacement for the HTC Vision to arrive, in which case I'll see if they try to force the upgrade again. If they DO, I will again tell them to put it back and send back my S3 and go back to the HTC Vision.
I wonder, though, if there is some way to prevent them from knowing it is a Galaxy S3. Mybe if I bought one from Telus or Bell? My HTC Vision was not released for ATT and I got it from some Canadian company with the same network settings, I think.
Besides, if they are going to FORCE me onto the plan, I may as well take a subsidized phone.

Motokorth said:
I don't know if att is the same as rogers in Canada but I had to get a new lte sim card which would suck for you. I hope they never take your plan away.
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I walked into the store with my backup - a moto F3 - and told them I lost my old sim card and needed a microsim. The rep wanted to test that it worked so I asked for some tape and taped it into place. I told him that the phone was foreign and used a rare sim size but a micro could work with tape. They bought it.
So I got home and put the new micro into the S3 and no data using the ATT APN but 3G using the Cingular. So let's see if they try to switch me back again.
REally wish I could get LTE on my current plan. Hmm.
I'm increasingly unhappy with this phone, though, and may end up returning it anyway.

justDave said:
Best I can tell, LTE needs a plan change. If you try to swap SIM cards, it still won't work. Worse, they'd detect you trying to connect to LTE and they may slam you to one of the new plans. Ask me how I know.
It's up to you to decide whether LTE is worth the price increase. Nice to be able to choose.
If you're feeling charitable, either XDA or Cyanogen seem appropriate.
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Done. $20 to Cyanogen. Too bad I couldn't earmark it to S3 development but nonetheless, I have been using their stuff for a while so a donation is in order.

[Q] where can I get a nano Sims card

I am getting the a Note 4 from Sprint and I know that it requires a nano Sims card. I just wanted to know if anyone knows where I can get one , like a good one that i know for sure will work for my phone. Please someone help me out!

Get one from Sprint.

Liyah234 said:
I am getting the a Note 4 from Sprint and I know that it requires a nano Sims card. I just wanted to know if anyone knows where I can get one , like a good one that i know for sure will work for my phone. Please someone help me out!
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You get one from the only place you can.. You get it from Sprint, it comes with the phone when you buy it.
Are you sure you are not meaning the SD Card? If that's the case just buy any one, preferably a major brand just to be safe. Also those are not nano, they are micro sd cards.

Solarenemy68 said:
You get one from the only place you can.. You get it from Sprint, it comes with the phone when you buy it.
Are you sure you are not meaning the SD Card? If that's the case just buy any one, preferably a major brand just to be safe. Also those are not nano, they are micro sd cards.
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Yes I contacted the Samsung company and I asked if a Sims card or SD Card was required for the phone and I was told that it needed a Sims card but not a SD card

If you're getting your Note from Sprint it will have a sim card with it

The SIM should be included if purchased through a retail location or through telesales/online. A service and repair sprint location may carry the SIM card you need, but I would call ahead of time to check. Www.storelocator.sprint.com will show locations near you and list them as an eligible repair facility. I would avoid third party stores (those listed as "Sprint by _____") unless absolutely necessary. I know the SIM's SKU you need ends in 206R if that helps you clarify with the sales rep/technician you will be talking to in the near future for the correct SIM you need for your device.
Now if your device is displaying No SIM and a SIM is in fact installed (located directly by the battery to the left and is white with small numbers printed on it) then you are probably looking at trying to hard reset or replace your device. If you are within your 14 days of purchase, I would recommend just pushing for them to exchange it for a brand new one out of the box. I just saw this today and was unable to successfully fix the issue, though the person I was working with did not want to wipe their device until they backed their phone up to their personal computer.
Good luck!

If you are getting the Note 4 from Sprint, it will come with a sim card. If you are getting one from someone else and the sim card doesn't come with the phone, you can ask Sprint for a sim card.

You need to call sprint order support/telesales for a ICCID card

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You need to call sprint order support/telesales for a UCCID card
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Unlike T-Mobile, the card in the Note 4 is not a UUCID card but is an actual SIM card necessary for Sprints LTE side of their network. It even says SIM on the card. All Sprint phones that use LTE come with the SIM card when you buy them. There is no need to acquire one unless you got a phone in some shady method.

Solarenemy68 said:
Unlike T-Mobile, the card in the Note 4 is not a UUCID card but is an actual SIM card necessary for Sprints LTE side of their network. It even says SIM on the card. All Sprint phones that use LTE come with the SIM card when you buy them. There is no need to acquire one unless you got a phone in some shady method.
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I am a store manager at sprint. I activate phones all day long. Its a ICCID card. Go to your about phone > status and under MEID will be ICCID and that is the same number that is on the card. Also if you look at the barcodes on the box it'll also say ICCID under the barcode and have the same number. When the card is only needed for LTE registration it's a ICCID hence whe you still get 3G and voice coverage without it. If it were a SIM card you would get zero coverage with out it.

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I am a store manager at sprint. I activate phones all day long. Its a ICCID card. Go to your about phone > status and under MEID will be ICCID and that is the same number that is on the card. Also if you look at the barcodes on the box it'll also say ICCID under the barcode and have the same number. When the card is only needed for LTE registration it's a ICCID hence whe you still get 3G and voice coverage without it. If it were a SIM card you would get zero coverage with out it.
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Thats nice, too bad Sprints LTE service is crap on this phone.
Oh and my comment was about a UCCID which T-Mobile uses, not an ICCID which IS the same as a SIM. While a UCCID is not.

Its technicalally a UICCID Card. And Actually in Spark areas I get amazing download speeds and non spark areas i get a respectable ~20mbps down

adrianr514 said:
Its technicalally a UICCID Card. And Actually in Spark areas I get amazing download speeds and non spark areas i get a respectable ~20mbps down
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According to the Sprint coverage map I live in the heart of Spark coverage in the North Dallas Area and I am lucky if I get over 2 on the down and over 1 on the up. It is like this all over DFW for me and Sprint says Samsung is at fault and Samsung says it is a Sprint/Tower issue and I am caught between them with a turtle phone.
In either case on topic, the phone comes with the card when you buy it. If it did not then you are getting ripped off or the phone has been stolen if you are not buying it new.

Solarenemy68 said:
According to the Sprint coverage map I live in the heart of Spark coverage in the North Dallas Area and I am lucky if I get over 2 on the down and over 1 on the up. It is like this all over DFW for me and Sprint says Samsung is at fault and Samsung says it is a Sprint/Tower issue and I am caught between them with a turtle phone.
In either case on topic, the phone comes with the card when you buy it. If it did not then you are getting ripped off or the phone has been stolen if you are not buying it new.
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I got pretty good coverage the last time I visited my dad in Dallas and he's never complained about his S4 not getting good coverage.

bosswick said:
I got pretty good coverage the last time I visited my dad in Dallas and he's never complained about his S4 not getting good coverage.
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Only the Note 4 has this issue and Samsung has even released a tech doc to the higher level techs at Sprint stating this. But you won't know this unless you finally get to talk to a top tier support person like I did after three weeks.
Even though it has been stated though, neither wants to step up and take the blame as the backlash for both would be devastating to business.
The tech told me that samsung has admitted that some note 4 phones have an issue connecting to Sprint towers properly. The claim a reflash MIGHT fix it. I took it to my local Samsung service center who kept it for 2.5 hours claimed the checked it and reflashed it and could find nothing wrong with it.

Solarenemy68 said:
Only the Note 4 has this issue and Samsung has even released a tech doc to the higher level techs at Sprint stating this. But you won't know this unless you finally get to talk to a top tier support person like I did after three weeks.
Even though it has been stated though, neither wants to step up and take the blame as the backlash for both would be devastating to business.
The tech told me that samsung has admitted that some note 4 phones have an issue connecting to Sprint towers properly. The claim a reflash MIGHT fix it. I took it to my local Samsung service center who kept it for 2.5 hours claimed the checked it and reflashed it and could find nothing wrong with it.
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I just remembered the last time i was in the dallas area, i still had my note 3... But assuming you are outside your 14 day return period, I would either ask for a replacement through the TEP program (free - if you have TEP) or through Samsung (you'll have to contact Samsung for this, not Sprint) if this is the case. The TEP replacement most likely won't be a refurb since the phone hasn't been out that long... Probably an open box return, which happens quite often or a rep grabbed the wrong phone and opened it, so it'd be a brand new phone. If sprint gives you trouble at the store level tell them to look at your account notes and they will see a note for each call to tech support. That's my best recommendation as someone who works in a sprint store.

Liyah234 said:
I am getting the a Note 4 from Sprint and I know that it requires a nano Sims card. I just wanted to know if anyone knows where I can get one , like a good one that i know for sure will work for my phone. Please someone help me out!
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Its not a nano Sim, its a micro Sim card.
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Jeez guys I get roughly 65ish down in the Flint area. Seems like some of the phones don't work great on it and others do

Liyah234 said:
I am getting the a Note 4 from Sprint and I know that it requires a nano Sims card. I just wanted to know if anyone knows where I can get one , like a good one that i know for sure will work for my phone. Please someone help me out!
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I am 99% sure this guy is not talking about a SIM card since he refers to a good one and there are no good or bad SIMS, you get what your provider gives you. What I believe he is talking about is a Micro SDcard. If that is the case then just get any major brand and it should be fine. I have a Samsung 64GB in mine and it works great.

Activating Device

Did anyone else have trouble activating their device on At&t? I gave them the IMEI and the representative said that it is not recognized as a smart phone in their system. Some BS.

Just popped the sim card out of my moto X, and into the 5x. Worked without any hassle. Didn't have to call them or anything.
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I used a sim that I cut to micro sim, then to a nano sim when I got the phone but I didn't get LTE since its an old sim. Went to the store and got a nano sim, activated it over the phone and gave them the imei worked fine. This was the first weekend when phones were shipping.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/co...esnt_work_with_att_lte_bands/?sort=confidence
This should help. In particular the comments.
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I have lte and service but the representative told me that it will probably go away until they fix the "name". She said my data plan would have to change from " iPhone data plan" to "Smartphone Data plan"
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Did anyone else have trouble activating their device on At&t? I gave them the IMEI and the representative said that it is not recognized as a smart phone in their system. Some BS.
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I had an issue... I use it as my work phone, so I asked them to activate it. However, they came back a couple of hours later noting that they were unable to do it and that our AT&T rep suggested taking it into a corporate store. I did and they were able to activate it over the phone (stores can't mess with corporate accounts directly). Didn't hear why they were unable to do it through the usual channels. Good luck.

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I had an issue... I use it as my work phone, so I asked them to activate it. However, they came back a couple of hours later noting that they were unable to do it and that our AT&T rep suggested taking it into a corporate store. I did and they were able to activate it over the phone (stores can't mess with corporate accounts directly). Didn't hear why they were unable to do it through the usual channels. Good luck.
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I got it resolved. When i went in the store, the rep told me that my unlimited data plan had been taken off. He put it back on and everything was working. At&t is on some bullsh*t! Must be mad, Google is selling it unlocked

I had no problems when I walked in to the AT&T store (not authorized retailer, actual AT&T owned).
I told the rep that I needed to switch phones. Handed him my new Nexus 5X, commented it needed a nano sim, he grabbed one, scanned the barcode on the back of the phone, waited for his system to update, popped in new sim and within a few seconds the "LTE" came up and he said when it finished (initial) booting I would be good to go, I could hang out until then or leave if I needed to. He was correct. When I look online at my AT&T account my phone shows as an unknown device. - wait, just logged in to double check the terminology, it now is back to showing my old Galaxy S4.... that's strange. I clicked "manage my device" and it comes up with no phone image and just says "DEVICE". Either way, just go get a new SIM, they will scan the code and it will be golden.

Is the galaxy s9 from straight talk unlocked out of the box?

Just wondering if anyone here knows if the Galaxy s9 from Straight talk is unlocked out of the box (as it’s been discussed here by different users in regards to the s8)
I have been looking for an answer all over the place but I still can’t seem to find a concrete answer

Yes it is unlocked, as long as 1. You bought it from walmart (not straight talk directly) and 2. you DON'T turn on the phone with the Straight Talk simcard inserted.
Make sure to remove the sim first then you can insert any other provider's sim and the phone will update itself to that carrier's settings automatically.

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Yes it is unlocked, as long as 1. You bought it from walmart (not straight talk directly) and 2. you DON'T turn on the phone with the Straight Talk simcard inserted.
Make sure to remove the sim first then you can insert any other provider's sim and the phone will update itself to that carrier's settings automatically.
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Have you done this yourself?
I'm thinking of buying a straight talk Galaxy S9 Walmart, but I don't see anybody else saying that it is unlocked, from what I've read all of the straight talk phones are locked...
Model number is: STSAG960U1CP

Yes, I have done this twice with two ST S9's from walmart. One working perfectly with verizon postpaid and the other with t-mobile postpaid.

Amazing! This is the one to buy then?:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-Samsung-Galaxy-S9-LTE-Prepaid-Smartphone-Black/358819316
(I want to make sure I get the right one)
Thanks so much!

charter3554 said:
Amazing! This is the one to buy then?:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-Samsung-Galaxy-S9-LTE-Prepaid-Smartphone-Black/358819316
(I want to make sure I get the right one)
Thanks so much!
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Thats the one.

I got mine the stupid expensive way from Rent a center and I just turned it on and popped my straight talk SIM card from my old phone into the slot on the s9 and within a few seconds my service bar went from just having 4 or 5 bars with nothing to 4 and 5 bars with a big LTE above it. Don't even have to restart the phone for the changes to take effect.

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Thats the one.
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Still works?

keeepinitgansta said:
Yes it is unlocked, as long as 1. You bought it from walmart (not straight talk directly) and 2. you DON'T turn on the phone with the Straight Talk simcard inserted.
Make sure to remove the sim first then you can insert any other provider's sim and the phone will update itself to that carrier's settings automatically.
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Still works?

Question Using an eSim without a physical Sim on AT&T

Hi, I'm trying to use an eSim only (without inserting a physical sim) on my pixel 6 pro on AT&T, however I cannot get it to work. When I say not get it to work, I mean with eSim only there is no cell signal and no data signal. Physical sim works fine on both signal and cellular service. If there's another Us AT&T pixel 6 pro user who's using only the eSIM for service please respond and let me know whether or not eSim only works for you. Thanks.

Not an AT&T user here, am using a European carrier, just from anecdotal perspective: I also use eSim only and never had an issue on my P6 Pro. So it appears to be something carrier related.
I remember that I had to activate my eSim, maybe you also have to do this? Did you try out the eSim/your contract before using this phone?

Morgrain said:
Not an AT&T user here, am using a European carrier, just from anecdotal perspective: I also use eSim only and never had an issue on my P6 Pro. So it appears to be something carrier related.
I remember that I had to activate my eSim, maybe you also have to do this? Did you try out the eSim/your contract before using this phone?
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Yes, I tried 3 times with the help of AT&T and we couldn't get it to work. I'm going to return the device for a new replacement to see if that fixes this issue. Thanks for replying.

d.cortez said:
Yes, I tried 3 times with the help of AT&T and we couldn't get it to work. I'm going to return the device for a new replacement to see if that fixes this issue. Thanks for replying.
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Before going through the hassle of returning the device for a potential fault - do you have a family member or friend, whose simcard/esim you could try out? That way you can find out if your phone truly has a defect or if its your contract/the specific esim. Of course you can always let them replace your device, but that will take a couple days, maybe there are faster ways to narrow the problem down.

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Before going through the hassle of returning the device for a potential fault - do you have a family member or friend, whose simcard/esim you could try out? That way you can find out if your phone truly has a defect or if its your contract/the specific esim. Of course you can always let them replace your device, but that will take a couple days, maybe there are faster ways to narrow the problem down.
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i tried again today at another AT&T corp store and walked out of the store with it working as expected (wait till the end). the person helping did additional research on my issue and discovered the P6P shipped to me "was not activated" with the inserted physical sim (which i removed when i received the device). apparently, AT&T will park (or associate) a new device with a specific number when shipping to you vs. walking in to buy a device on an existing line. nonetheless, i'm going to return the phone because the data connection isn't working consistently; data is on and then after i go to website, data turns off. i'm probably going to send it back to AT&T next week.

Finally got the phone working, but will get an unlocked version later; this one is still going back to ATT.

I'm using an ESIM on AT&t and even originally got the phone My plan was to have a physical TracFone SIM card and my AT&t esim which is exactly what I had on my Pixel 5 and it worked great. Both SIM cards work great... when the other ones not active or inserted. It is impossible to use with both SIM cards like I did on my Pixel 5. Constant signal loss and the majority of the time. No signal at all. But as soon as I deactivate or remove a SIM card it starts working perfect.

I had a problem with provisioning eSim on my TMobile, well technically its sprint still, says tmobile esim but I am on sprint billing. Anyways, you need to maybe try to do it on another WiFi access point or something. I had issues with mine activating over Viasat2 satellite internet. I live in that area, its either LTE or satellite for internet. Had to tether to my work verizon phone to activate it on sprint/tmobile lol. If the connectivity to the esim server is not great, you'll split hairs until it is.

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I'm using an ESIM on AT&t and even originally got the phone My plan was to have a physical TracFone SIM card and my AT&t esim which is exactly what I had on my Pixel 5 and it worked great. Both SIM cards work great... when the other ones not active or inserted. It is impossible to use with both SIM cards like I did on my Pixel 5. Constant signal loss and the majority of the time. No signal at all. But as soon as I deactivate or remove a SIM card it starts working perfect.
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Exactly the same issue/behavior I had with my AT&T P6P on the AT&T network so I returned mine today. I'm contemplating a Fi version to see if it works for my use case.