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Straight Talk BYOP Working with locked SGS2

Just wanted to jump in, and let anyone know, that my locked to tmobile SG2 running Dark Slide works 100% with Straight Talk's new Bring Your Own Phone.
I even ported my number, took 4 hours for everything including data to be working 100%, and I am still getting 4G speeds.
And my phone is still locked to tmobile.
Hope this helps.

Wait you still get 4g? How? Straight talk doesn't offer any 4g plans.
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what kind speed are u getting? i might dump my tmobile once i get the unlock code from them

hunterhp said:
Wait you still get 4g? How? Straight talk doesn't offer any 4g plans.
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ST uses Tmo, or ATT towers, so when I ordered my sim, I specified I had a TMO-Compatable phone.
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what kind speed are u getting? i might dump my tmobile once i get the unlock code from them
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Mines still locked to TMO, no need to unlock.

U sure ur getting 4g speeds? I thought we could only get edge speeds w ST?!
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Please be kind enough to post a speed test

I'm a little n00b at straight talk, but do they offer unlimited data or something?

Sorry, Ive been busy.
Average results for speed....
Now, keep in mind, im in the middle of nowhere in north texas, so standing in the living room might get better than going outside, or 3 feet to the left..
Down Up
.77 .62
1.21 .98
.82 .67
6.90 1.38
6.20 3.21
5.33 1.16
.88 .38
6.55 3.44
so, it is all over the place, but then again I am a 1000 miles from nowhere, next time I go to say, Mkinney, or even the Plano area, Ill probably get the 21+ speeds. Also, I flashed the Blaze Modem, switched to the WCDMA settings, just kinda messing around for now to see what I may get, Ive never really monitored my speeds while on TMO, phone is always connected wifi at home, and even then, ill use my tablet, so data doesnt matter to me.
Voice and SMS/MMS are flawless, and that matters to me.

So can the phone roam on att towers?
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I'm on ST with an unlocked t989 using att towers.. can post tests later its 4g as well
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Zoen22 said:
I'm on ST with an unlocked t989 using att towers.. can post tests later its 4g as well
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That's awesome, I might have to switch to straight talk.
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I prefer my unlimited 4G 100 calling minutes unlimited texting for $30 tmobile plan

Tynen said:
I prefer my unlimited 4G 100 calling minutes unlimited texting for $30 tmobile plan
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I've been reading at the Howard forums and a lot of folks are saying they get unlimited data even at 4g speeds. I'm gonna order the sim and try it out
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hunterhp said:
I've been reading at the Howard forums and a lot of folks are saying they get unlimited data even at 4g speeds. I'm gonna order the sim and try it out
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I plan on making the switch as well, I actually talked to them last night and the lady told me that all I have to do is just order the sim for Tmobile. Can't wait to see if this is just as good as Tmobile.
"Cocaine Is One Hell Of A Drug" You Know I Keep That White Girl

I'm happy with it so far, going from 220.00 a month for 2 lines to under 100.00 makes me happy.
However, wife's G2X has no data connection, gonna have to spend some time on her phone tonight.
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Quick question, are you still able to tether?
My White ICS

I heard they only give you about 3gb of data but I'm considering it now since they have unlimited everything for $45 and I have had a tendency to eat my 100 minutes these past two months.
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I just ported my number tonight. I gave up lte for a 45 a month plan. I switched to att in 08 for the iphone 3g. I paid 70 unlimited talk, 30 unlimited data, 5 for 200 texts add taxes around 120. 120×12=1440 a year opposed to 45×12=540. That's a 900 savings a yr. I can buy a phone with no contract with what I save. I'll give up lte speed for 900, I still get 4g with around 2-3 mbps download and 1 mbps upload. I'm on wifi at home and even if I do a little tethering on my cm9 touchpad at work I wont go over straight talks watchful eyes for people who have 4-10 gb of data usage a month. I definitely broke the att shackles tonight and have no complaints. Even if someone has to pay back early termination fees you have to do the math and see if you're still saving over a year or two. 1440 a year ×2= 2880; 540×2= 1080 for 2 years of a contract I will have saved 1800.
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Quick question, are you still able to tether?
My White ICS
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Yes, as long as your phone can. BUT, they don't allow it and I've read they have cut services off for people who rack up 4-10 gb of data usage a month.
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jonathan3579 said:
I heard they only give you about 3gb of data but I'm considering it now since they have unlimited everything for $45 and I have had a tendency to eat my 100 minutes these past two months.
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I would say go for it.
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Is there a way to force 4g roaming?

I live in phoenix arizona with no 4g coverage. We had to get rid of our home internet so no ponger able to use our airrave. I have roam control which works on every ics rom ive used but of course 3g speed isnt fast at all.. is there a way to 4g roam whether it be changing my prl or anything?
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elliwigy said:
I live in phoenix arizona with no 4g coverage. We had to get rid of our home internet so no ponger able to use our airrave. I have roam control which works on every ics rom ive used but of course 3g speed isnt fast at all.. is there a way to 4g roam whether it be changing my prl or anything?
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4G is WiMax, which is a completely separate radio. What you're asking is like saying, "Is there a way to enable Bluetooth roaming". Clearwire is the only WiMax provider anyways, so even if there was a way, there's no where else to run to.

there isnt anything else to roam off of....
short answer, not doable in any way shape form or fashion

thanks.. wasnt aware of the technology but that makes sense.. looks like ill be using slow 3g speeds lol, i can finally put my unltd data to use.. whats a good prl to use for 3g roaming since my house is a complete DEAD zone for sprint service lol.. i need to be able to download new roms or im screwed.. luckily i downloaded the cm9alpha3 this morning and right now on nocturnal venum v1.0 lol.. and i can now test my tethering

elliwigy said:
thanks.. wasnt aware of the technology but that makes sense.. looks like ill be using slow 3g speeds lol, i can finally put my unltd data to use.. whats a good prl to use for 3g roaming since my house is a complete DEAD zone for sprint service lol.. i need to be able to download new roms or im screwed.. luckily i downloaded the cm9alpha3 this morning and right now on nocturnal venum v1.0 lol.. and i can now test my tethering
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If you roam onto Verizon too much, Sprint will terminate your contract. Just a head's up.

Product F(RED) said:
If you roam onto Verizon too much, Sprint will terminate your contract. Just a head's up.
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Lol yea.. they can do that and i can go with a carrier that has service in my house.. i use almost no data at the moment and under 100 mins talk time a month.. i literraly have used less than .5 gb every month.. only will be roaming while home
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elliwigy said:
Lol yea.. they can do that and i can go with a carrier that has service in my house.. i use almost no data at the moment and under 100 mins talk time a month.. i literraly have used less than .5 gb every month.. only will be roaming while home
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they will only boot you if you are consistently using over 300MB a month in data while roaming or if 80% of your minutes are used while roaming (if you use a lot of minutes).
i use roam control everyday and have no issues and never have

Success100 said:
they will only boot you if you are consistently using over 300MB a month in data while roaming or if 80% of your minutes are used while roaming (if you use a lot of minutes).
i use roam control everyday and have no issues and never have
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Correction:
For data there's no set limit but around what you stated is a reasonable assumption. The 300 MB limit is for laptop cards and data-only plans. As for minutes, if more than half are used roaming, for 3 months in a row, you get a warning letter. Then you get the boot. I'm a former sprint employee who also received the warning letter lol
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Also, what is the point of buying a service that doesn't provide coverage where you live?
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Product F(RED) said:
Correction:
For data there's no set limit but around what you stated is a reasonable assumption. The 300 MB limit is for laptop cards and data-only plans. As for minutes, if more than half are used roaming, for 3 months in a row, you get a warning letter. Then you get the boot. I'm a former sprint employee who also received the warning letter lol
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It is clearly statrd in the TOS that 300mb/month is the limit for roaming.
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Also, what is the point of buying a service that doesn't provide coverage where you live?
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They have service here.. just not when im inside my house.. step outside and i get good reception.. doesnt matter because i will get internet soon and i don use my sprint data at all or the phone hardly ever.. there just is no 4g coverage
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bman55 said:
It is clearly statrd in the TOS that 300mb/month is the limit for roaming.
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That's for 3g cards/data only plans, on a phone plan its done by percentages and not a hard limit its 80%of total mins/month or 50%total data/month
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prepaid

can the galaxy 3 be use on tmobile prepaid and or the 50 dollar plan
plus how is the 3g speed

Yup in using tmobile prepaid with mine
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mrej201 said:
can the galaxy 3 be use on tmobile prepaid and or the 50 dollar plan
plus how is the 3g speed
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yes why would it not be able to?
If you are looking to save money but still want 4g speeds, check out the t mobile value plans..
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Packages/ValuePackages.aspx
my contract is up in december and i will most likely go with the 500 min, unlimited text, unlimited data (2gb 4g included) for only 49.99$
right now i have a classic plan with them, unlimited minutes text and data with 2gb of 4g included and i pay 78$. checked my bill the last three months and i never go over 500 minutes... so yea

HOWS THE 3G SPEED after u pass the 2gb

Yes, works fine. I'm on the 5gb 4g data, unlimited texts and 100 minutes for $30 a month and don't have any complaints. I haven't gone past the 5GB yet so don't know how the throttled speeds will be.

txnr70 said:
Yes, works fine. I'm on the 5gb 4g data, unlimited texts and 100 minutes for $30 a month and don't have any complaints. I haven't gone past the 5GB yet so don't know how the throttled speeds will be.
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Same here full 4g speeds
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The throttled speeds are below 2G, so be warned. My little brother hit them once while away from home for an extended time.

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HOWS THE 3G SPEED after u pass the 2gb
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I actually never went past my 2 gb mark so idk. I have wifi everywhere I go.. house work gf family.. the closest I got was 1.6 gb... so its perfect for me.
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mrej201 said:
HOWS THE 3G SPEED after u pass the 2gb
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Horrible seriously Horrible its less then 2G speeds i would know happen to me bunch of times, i do speed test i get around 0.02 mbps 0.08 its the worst.

xxjrsmith3xx said:
Horrible seriously Horrible its less then 2G speeds i would know happen to me bunch of times, i do speed test i get around 0.02 mbps 0.08 its the worst.
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If you keep passing the 2gb mark then that means you should upgrade to 5 gb.
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Crisisx1 said:
If you keep passing the 2gb mark then that means you should upgrade to 5 gb.
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This was a while ago when the 200MB was out and you didn't have to pay extra lol, was around January.

xxjrsmith3xx said:
This was a while ago when the 200MB was out and you didn't have to pay extra lol, was around January.
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Oh true what plan do you have now ?
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Att throttled my data after lte turned on, help

So I got lte 3 days ago, and im suddenly getting 500kps, att says because of excessive data usage.im only at 8 gb for the month, I have never had a month without hitting 20ish gb of use and until lte ive never been throttled before...I can use a company phone, they wont be throttled but they use iphones...I cant use an iphone....please help
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Att throttles unlimited data after 5 g of lte
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halfman21 said:
Att throttles unlimited data after 5 g of lte
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Yup. I'm suprsied you have been throttled before. 5gig and your throttled.
So using your phone so much.

yes im aware that they throttle lte after 5 gigs,my area just got lte,ive been on hdspa until now,can i disable lte so i can just use 3g+?

Wouldn't matter. In the system it shows you with an LTE data plan. System automatically throttles at 5gb.
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Ive always had an lte data plan on my skyrocket then my og note, was never throttled before lte was turned on
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Weird. Ive always been throttled. Had those same three devices. Was able to get 8-10gb on skyrocket before throttle. Then ATT changed the policy to 5gb for lte and 3gb for 3g/hspa+ while I had my note. Since then I've been throttled every time.
Also just had lte turned on here a couple months ago.
There were a couple threads in the note(and I think skyrocket) threads that were showing how to bypass throttle. I never had any luck.
Found the thread if you want to try it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517663
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hiii_imkris said:
Weird. Ive always been throttled. Had those same three devices. Was able to get 8-10gb on skyrocket before throttle. Then ATT changed the policy to 5gb for lte and 3gb for 3g/hspa+ while I had my note. Since then I've been throttled every time.
Also just had lte turned on here a couple months ago.
There were a couple threads in the note(and I think skyrocket) threads that were showing how to bypass throttle. I never had any luck.
Found the thread if you want to try it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517663
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The APN trick only worked when AT&T had a soft cap (top 5% of users in the area I think it was). When AT&T switched to a hard cap of 3GB/5GB, the APN swap trick stopped working.

Makes sense why it didn't work then. Only way to fix would be to change in the system then. But then the data wouldn't be provisioned correctly.
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I had a cingular life untamed plan and it got changed by mistake.good thing I called 72 hours is how long the csm said It would have taken for it to be non recovarable, so my data is untamed again. Thanks for help guys
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To put it simple..... that's the way it is

not really,and for future reference,any old cingular business customers should look at their contracts, is it mentions untamed then they cant throttle your data

want to trade verizon unlimited data for att unlimited data

Im trying to trade my verizon unlimited data plan for an att unlimited data plan. I cant post on howardforums,or android central due to i dont have enough post...Does anyone have any ideas? I know this is in the wrong section but i need suggestions...

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Im trying to trade my verizon unlimited data plan for an att unlimited data plan. I cant post on howardforums,or android central due to i dont have enough post...Does anyone have any ideas? I know this is in the wrong section but i need suggestions...
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I wouldn't have a clue on how to do this, but why would you go from Verizon to Verizon Jr.?

DroidOnRoids said:
I wouldn't have a clue on how to do this, but why would you go from Verizon to Verizon Jr.?
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one reason the 4g coverage sucks and the 3g speed is a joke....Att 3g speed is just as fast as verizons 4g coverage here when i do get it....

Here's a funny fact about att you probably dont know. After 3gb a month on unlimited grandfathered. They throttle you to 2g speeds. Enjoy.
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He's right, though- HSPA+ (what AT&**** claims is 4G) gets around the same download speeds as LTE... In general. LTE wins with ping and upload every time though. And HSPA+ really only makes it to 10-15mbps down, whereas my LTE down record is 64 mbps.
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He's right, though- HSPA+ (what AT&**** claims is 4G) gets around the same download speeds as LTE... In general. LTE wins with ping and upload every time though. And HSPA+ really only makes it to 10-15mbps down, whereas my LTE down record is 64 mbps.
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Im just in a jam i understand that att throttles you down...but my roommates speed on att 3g just kills my 4g when it is available ....Geez just may just stick it out...

This really is a first world problem haha... But Verizon vs. AT&T is a no brainer for me, especially when Verizon's LTE is held to FCC equality standards (among other things, Verizon cannot throttle you on their LTE, AT&T of course, can).
Why do you think they guy you want to trade with wants unlimited on Verizon?

Try craigslist
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