Want to switch to Att but data only - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

I would like to switch to Att since I get great speeds where I live. I have straight talk now on att but get throttled often. Is there a way to get the dataconnect 3gb for tablets to work on my phone? And just use Google Voice?
I have asked att chat services and they said I can't do that.
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just got my phone today need some help (simple mobile)

is anyone using this phone on simple mobiles network ?? im rooted but the phone tells me theres no valid sim , anyone using simple mobile and how did you get it to work ????
TIA
coming from a g2x
Never mind my Sim card is just bad thanks guys I searched then realized I was using my g2x without unlock duh me
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You shouldn't need an unlock code for the T-Mobile GS2..
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Yeah I figured I guess my Sim went bad :/
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Did ever get your sgs2 to work on simple mobile? I'm really hating Tmobile right now, cos they keep changing my payment due dates. Before it was the 30th, then 29th, then 25th, then 21st, and now they changed it again to 19th....
Because of this, i'm really planning on switching to simple Mobile. But, how is it working for you? HSPA+ Data speeds ok? is it capped?
Well simple mobile uses tmo as a network backbone.. Just an fyi.
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I've been on simple 2 months now yeah I got it working my sim went bad I had it in my pocket and I guess I did something to it got replacement and everything works well all u have to.do is change the apn but speeds are the same as if.on T-Mobile that's on the 60 dollar plan not sure if 40 one willl work just as fast if it.does I'm paying 20 bucks more for nothing
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Awesome...so whatever speeds i'm getting right now with tmobile i should be getting as well with Simple.
Another question, does Simple throttle you if you use too much data? I tried to find an answer to their website but couldn't find anything.
Simple is far more restrictive of their data usage and you get no roaming.
With Monthly4G you get voice/text roaming but no data roaming. higher data caps too. I would go with Monthly4G
Yeah they do but I'm not so.much of a data hog I use less than 2 gigs for a daily use phone its nice I use wifi when ever possible, they throttle after 2gigs , and for 2
Months I haven't had an issue for the price and no contract I like it
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heygrl said:
Simple is far more restrictive of their data usage and you get no roaming.
With Monthly4G you get voice/text roaming but no data roaming. higher data caps too. I would go with Monthly4G
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I think your right. Simple mobile is just reselling the T-Mobile $60 2gig plan by calling it an unlimited plan. This is technically true, as they don't ever cut off your data, they just throttle it.
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Yeah it's 60 straight up, I don't mind it so far good I get good reception and good speed I get service where some of my friends using att don't and I've never dropped a call,
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i had simple mobile on my galaxy s and the internet was so slow, it uses same T-Mobile phones and network but there is a big difference in internet speeds, i wouldn't recommend simple mobile. I live in atlanta , GA.
Tmo Galaxy S2
My speeds are good maybe its just the area ur at the? What plan did u have the 40 dollar one has slower internet speeds
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Can't decide.. Gsm GN or CDMA GN?

I may be selling my AT&T One X and giving AT&T the ax. I just have a few questions. Which would be the better Nexus to go with? Sprint or the Google Play GN Unlocked on something like straight talk? I really wanna use Jelly Bean so which phone has the better development and better JB experience?
Can you use Straight Talk or a different MVNO on the Unlocked GN? I'm in the US btw. Upstate NY.
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I may be selling my AT&T One X and giving AT&T the ax. I just have a few questions. Which would be the better Nexus to go with? Sprint or the Google Play GN Unlocked on something like straight talk? I really wanna use Jelly Bean so which phone has the better development and better JB experience?
Can you use Straight Talk or a different MVNO on the Unlocked GN? I'm in the US btw. Upstate NY.
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I can't speak for the sprint nexus but the Verizon one has pretty much everything the GSM one does. I have heard some things like mms can be finicky on the sprint version on ported roms though although they may have just been jellybean before the source came out. It all depends on what you want regarding carriers. The phones themselves are pretty much identical and porting roms takes only a matter of minutes for the most part.
The GSM gnex works on pretty much any GSM carrier worldwide including straight talk and t mobile.
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From what I have heard, the GSM variant is much more supported with updates and such.
You will be deprived of official OTAs from Google. As Samung and sprint make our updates. I actually plan on ditching sprint... selling my current nexus and getting the next nexus unlocked from Google I hope... and trying T-Mobile. Their starting price for a family plan is 130$ which right now I'm paying 230$ for sprint... and .20mbps of their poop 3G. Hoping to get better signal at least and save some money at the same time. Don't even use 1gb of data over a month so... 2GB isn't bad... and would take occasional throllting than unlimited poop.
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Gsm gets updates as soon as Google releases them. CDMA (Verizon) at least...we're still waiting for the official jelly bean and probably will be for a while
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From what I have heard, the GSM variant is much more supported with updates and such.
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From what it sounds like the op will not be running stock. The verizon version had a fully functional jellybean rom within an hour of the build leaking from Google io. I assume the sprint version had one as well. I would make this decision based on what carrier offers better service. The sprint one does have twice the storage though. Straight talk is a good option if your not a really heavy data user. I don't use that much data per month. Roughly around 500mb.
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Just go GSM and prepaid if you're interested in keeping the prices the lowest. There's nothing wrong with the GSM model.
Look at the prepaid thread for specific questions and answers. You can use the GSM Nexus on any of the GSM carriers (MVNO or otherwise) in the US.
Gsm
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From what it sounds like the op will not be running stock. The verizon version had a fully functional jellybean rom within an hour of the build leaking from Google io. I assume the sprint version had one as well. I would make this decision based on what carrier offers better service. The sprint one does have twice the storage though. Straight talk is a good option if your not a really heavy data user. I don't use that much data per month. Roughly around 500mb.
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I'm mostly on WIFI as it is.
I would go with the Sprint version because it's only $99 now but I'm afraid of their data speeds. Plus I think it would be nice to be without a contract for a change.
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I'm mostly on WIFI as it is.
I would go with the Sprint version because it's only $99 now but I'm afraid of their data speeds. Plus I think it would be nice to be without a contract for a change.
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I don't see why you'd ever consider joining Sprint at this point. Their 3G is atrociously slow and the hilarious part is even T-Mobile has a better coverage footprint nowadays.
Get the GSM on from the Play Store and go on the $45 Straight Talk or $30 TMobile plans
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Get the GSM on from the Play Store and go on the $45 Straight Talk or $30 TMobile plans
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Thanks. I think that's what I'm gonna do.
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Thanks. I think that's what I'm gonna do.
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Or SimpleMobile if you have a strong T-Mobile signal where you are. I need a strong connection everywhere so I am with Verizon. Plus, Sprint's GNex isn't listed under AOSP but Verizon's is ... sort of.
GSM > Verizon> Sprint
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I can't wait to move to t mobile
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sbrownla said:
Or SimpleMobile if you have a strong T-Mobile signal where you are. I need a strong connection everywhere so I am with Verizon. Plus, Sprint's GNex isn't listed under AOSP but Verizon's is ... sort of.
GSM > Verizon> Sprint
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The GSM is listed under AOSP? I have crappy T-Mobile signal. =(
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I don't see why you'd ever consider joining Sprint at this point. Their 3G is atrociously slow and the hilarious part is even T-Mobile has a better coverage footprint nowadays.
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I get 1.5-3mpbs on Sprint's 3G. No LTE in Utah yet though :-(
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(haha... yeah right)
Why I can't wait to drop sprint.
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sbrownla said:
Or SimpleMobile if you have a strong T-Mobile signal where you are. I need a strong connection everywhere so I am with Verizon. Plus, Sprint's GNex isn't listed under AOSP but Verizon's is ... sort of.
GSM > Verizon > Sprint
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If you have good T-Mobile coverage I just recommend you go with the Monthly 4G prepaid plans. They're the same prices as Simple Mobile but you get clear wording on where the throttle points are for data (Simple Mobile isn't so clear on that).
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The GSM is listed under AOSP? I have crappy T-Mobile signal. =(
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Of course the GSM model is in AOSP.
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Why I can't wait to drop sprint.
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That's rough man.
Downloaded a 139mb on that today... dropped 14%... took me 30 minutes.
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I have T-Mobile family plan. 3 lines with unlimited messaging, 2gb data for 90 a month. My speed just went from 6mb to 10mb. Is LTE rolling out?
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Straight Talk data speed test In Brooklyn?

Hey I'm thinking about switching to straight talk(atnt) from my current 5gb/100mins $30 t mobile monthly 4g plan.
The reason is because T-Mobile is very slow in my area of Brooklyn and I want to know if anyone can tell me their data speeds in Brooklyn. I have a T-Mobile galaxy s3 which is unlocked.
Thanks
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I would find out first if it is even possible to run 4Gfrom a T Mobile phone on the AT&T network. The reason i say this i know they have been unable to even get a connection to 3g to work on AT&T SG3's on the T Mobile network. There is a bounty thread on this here, which the last time i read into it was thought to not even be possible. That would make me wonder if what you are thinking of doing is feasible.
I've been reading around. The T-Mobile galaxy s3 supports atnt hspa+ network. But the atnt version doesn't support the T-Mobile hspa+ network because it runs on a different frequency.
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I have an unlocked Galaxy S3 with Straight Talk (AT&T) in Manhattan.. The speeds are downright despicable!! I never get more than 2mb down and 1 up... I just bounce off of remembered wifi's all day with Juice Defender..

Prepaid services T-mobile vs Straighttalk or ATT

Hello everyone, tommorow morning i leave on a roadtrip to USA. ill be gone for 21 days mostly will be driving on i5 highway and will stay 5 nights in VEGAS and 6 nights in LA. I have the note 2 T889 Same as t-mobile version but from Mobilicity and its already unlocked. what would be a good prepaid service for me to use? unlimited calling , unlimited text and atleast 2gb of good speed data. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
Trust me 2gb is more than enough for a month. I have unlimited 4g from T-Mobile and I never exceeded 2gb. Hope I helped good luck
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So your saying I should go with tmobile prepaid?
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I go over 2gb because I use my note 2 as a hotspot while im driving with my kids so that they can use their ipods to stream netflix or go on youtube. Im on the $30 plan with 5gb and 100 min. The most I've used so far is about 4.3gb of data and my min are always under 70 min. I do more texting than talk so im ok with this plan at this price.
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Are you prepaid?
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When you travel you going to use lots more data on cellular than you normally do. 2gb of data not enough.
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Are you prepaid?
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Yea im on prepaid. I wasnt talking about road trips or anything like that, just driving in town, dropping them off and picking them up from school while being stuck in traffic and so in.
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e46tuning said:
Yea im on prepaid. I wasnt talking about road trips or anything like that, just driving in town, dropping them off and picking them up from school while being stuck in traffic and so in.
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so should i buy tmobile or att prepaid? ya 2gb is alot for me. ill be only using it for whatsapp and browsing.
sofia-captivate said:
so should i buy tmobile or att prepaid? ya 2gb is alot for me. ill be only using it for whatsapp and browsing.
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If it was me, I'd get tmobile.
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I live out in the sticks (Oklahoma), but in my experience T-Mobile has terrible coverage along even the major interstates. I might suggest ATT if you're going to be driving quite a bit.
I don't think you can get an ATT Straight talk card anymore?
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Get either AT&T or an MVNO who uses AT&T's network
Hello,
My advice to you since you are travelling is to either use AT&T, AT&T Go Phone, an MVNO (H20, Net 10 {cousin of straight talk}) Now a few months ago I would have told you without a doubt to get straight talk but like inconceeeivable brought up, Straight Talk no longer sells sim cards that work on AT&T's network directly to the public. Now there are people who sell them on ebay but because they are rare now some people are charging a ton of money now (between 30 and 50 dollars per SIM when it would never go above 15 directly from the company itself) so I would buy from another mvno. If you search "mvno" on Wikipedia you'll find that there are plenty of different MVNO's that use AT&T's (& T-Mobile) network so if you search hard enough you'll have plenty of choices.
T-Mobile is improving faster now and is being aggressive but they have ways to go before they reach reliability status with AT&T.
Sooner than later Net 10 AT&T sims will be no longer (Net 10, straightalk, simplemobile, & tracfone are all owned by the same corporation) so I suggest you go get one. Their service is 50 a month. There is also Red Pocket & H20 but both of these options will run you 60 a month for unlimited talk, text, & web browsing (no streaming of movies and music)
I hope I was able to help.
I have the t mobile prepaid plan with the $30 100min/unlimited everything else plan. I love the pricing and this is truly a plan that fits my needs but damn I wish the service was better. They have always been great with me from a customer service perspective. Net10 on the other hand. ...
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for everyone that replied does anyone of you live in the area where the OP stated he was going to stay at? Los angeles, CA or Vegas, oh he also stated he was going to be traveling on the I-5??????????

[Q] Sprint Galaxy Note 2 on Straight Talk- can it be done?

I need help flashing a Sprint Galaxy Note 2 to Straight Talk. Any help would be appreciated. I have DFS already.
I know it can be done. I'm just debating doing it myself or paying $10 for a flashing service. I've heard both good and bad about one called cyberflashing and I don't know anything about any of the other services.
There are many different flashing services that have windows apps you run on a regular computer. You connect the phone to the computer running the app and they go in through the Internet and do everything. I haven't found cheaper than $10 and some are over $50.
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I know it can be done. I'm just debating doing it myself or paying $10 for a flashing service. I've heard both good and bad about one called cyberflashing and I don't know anything about any of the other services.
There are many different flashing services that have windows apps you run on a regular computer. You connect the phone to the computer running the app and they go in through the Internet and do everything. I haven't found cheaper than $10 and some are over $50.
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As long as your device has a clean esn you will not need to flash to straight talk. It will use sprint towers since it is a sprint phone. They do charge you 15 dollars to add your esn to their network via CDMA bring your own phone option. The service is cheap but they took forever to port my number over and customer service is a bunch of buffoons. Don't expect them to be very helpful, they are rude, always sound like they are partying and they can't answer many technical questions.
Will you get LTE with straight talk if you get them to add your esn
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juggamonkey said:
Will you get LTE with straight talk if you get them to add your esn
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I have had lte working on a d710 from sprint. So it should work on an L900. It worked as soon as it was activated and I used it until I got my L900 which I flashed to pageplus because the sprint coverage sucked so bad at my new place. You see it works on its native network on Straight talk so lte should work on your note2.
Ahh okI flashed my note 2 to Verizon prepaid and my unlimited 3g is fine for me but my mind keeps itching for 4g lte lol but I'm pretty sure sprints coverage sucks in my area in sc so I'll have to check before I switch
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