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I am due for an upgrade from my old Rhodium.
If I buy the Vivid will AT&T force any changes to my existing $15/month data plan due to the LTE feature?
My understanding is that LTE can not be turned off is this true?
In a non LTE area (SoCal) would the phone just connect at a lower speed and consume less battery?
Does this phone need a new sim card and would that be for my cost?
Sorry for the newb questions.
There might be a chance that you could keep your plan, but the MediaMax isn't really for smartphones. The best chance of keeping your plan is to do your upgrade through the website so that no one will review your account, because once someone checks it and changes it for you, there is no turning back even if you speak to a supervisor.
Samsat, you tried it yet? Did it let you use MediaMax with the Vivid or AT&T detected the IMEI and switched you to a smartphone data plan?
Actually LTE is running in many parts of Socal
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Unfortunately those old media data plans that att/Cingular offered years back will not be grandfathered to New smartphone unlimited plans. You'd have to.choose between the three that are currently offered (200mb, 2gb, 4gb)
Also, an LTE data plan and LTE compatible SIM card are required for data to work at all on the LTE devices. Not even a hspa+ data plan would work
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I went thru this too just get the phone don't do anything go to a att store tell the clerk what you wanna do as in keeping the unlimited but switching it to the LTE and he or she will fix u up I'm running LTE and still have my unlimited
Sorry I miss read the question no it should not
so what would happen if I take an AT&T sim card out of a 3g dumb phone and put it into a HTC vivid?
-Sim card won't be recognized?
-Sim card recognized but data won't work?
-Or data (EDGE/3g/LTE) works but it detected IMEI and require upgrade to a smartphone data plan?
sna said:
so what would happen if I take an AT&T sim card out of a 3g dumb phone and put it into a HTC vivid?
-Sim card won't be recognized?
-Sim card recognized but data won't work?
-Or data (EDGE/3g/LTE) works but it detected IMEI and require upgrade to a smartphone data plan?
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ATT sim out of any phone without the LTE plan won't work. I went from the SGS2 to the Vivid and my data didn't work till they added the LTE plan. You also need the Visual Voicemail added too. I went back to a SGS2, but haven't tried putting the sim back in the Vivid yet though.
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Also, an LTE data plan and LTE compatible SIM card are required for data to work at all on the LTE devices. Not even a hspa+ data plan would work
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THAT is not true.
The vivid will get data with the old Sim. HSPA+ in fact. But it won't get LTE.
The skyrocket will get no data.
I saw proof of this, this week when a coworker with a vivid could not understand why my vivid had LTE and his did not... He went to the AT&T store and they realized he had a non LTE Sim.
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ATT sim out of any phone without the LTE plan won't work. I went from the SGS2 to the Vivid and my data didn't work till they added the LTE plan. You also need the Visual Voicemail added too. I went back to a SGS2, but haven't tried putting the sim back in the Vivid yet though.
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AT&T 3g data plan will be a problem.
The Sim should work, but you will start getting "hate texts"from AT&T telling you that you need a 4g data plan because they will see the hspa data transfer.
There is actually no difference in the plans and I had no issue getting hspa, but I think it's a mechanism so AT&T can catch people who are trying to do exactly what is being suggested here.
This happened to me when I went from my Dell streak to the sgs2
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Thanks for the replies.
With all the Vivid hate speech (locked bootloader, CIQ, whose returning etc.) going on I still have not done an upgrade.
ATT told me though that the phone comes with a new sim card in the box. I have an existing 200MB data plan which I plan to continue if and when I get the Vivid.
Hopefully the dust will settle soon and I can then decide which phone to get (definitely not Iphone) but maybe Skyrocket, Vivid, Nitro or something else.
No it will not work on hspa without the LTE plan. I've done this a million times for people
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works for me and I'm on a blackberry plan, just added a differant apn to the phone and clicked the radio button, on hspa+ here.
What if I buy the Canadian Bell version of the phone "HTC Raider" it has all the necessary bands, I just wonder if the imei number will be the same as the Vivid. If it's not the same, I'm pretty sure I can at least get 3G without changing data plans. I'm on the old ATT unlimited medianet plan. Can anyone confirm if the Imei is the same?
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What if I buy the Canadian Bell version of the phone "HTC Raider" it has all the necessary bands, I just wonder if the imei number will be the same as the Vivid. If it's not the same, I'm pretty sure I can at least get 3G without changing data plans. I'm on the old ATT unlimited medianet plan. Can anyone confirm if the Imei is the same?
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The IMEI is unique in each device is like a serial number of the phone itself, but to answer your question the IMEI number of the Canadian bell HTC Raider won't show up in their system as a valid HTC VIVID and you won't be able to have an LTE data plan unless you get an IMEI from someone else HTC VIVID and give it to them by phone so the could put the LTE plan on your account, but in the other hand you might get away with the medianet data plan!!!
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The IMEI is unique in each device is like a serial number of the phone itself, but to answer your question the IMEI number of the Canadian bell HTC Raider won't show up in their system as a valid HTC VIVID and you won't be able to have an LTE data plan unless you get an IMEI from someone else HTC VIVID and give it to them by phone so the could put the LTE plan on your account, but in the other hand you might get away with the medianet data plan!!!
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Thanks..to be honest I would be fine with 3.5G speeds, cause I've been stuck with this European Desire HD that only gets Edge speed!!
I went from the Tilt 2 (Rhodium) to the vivid and am loving the phone. I had an unlimited data plan and I live in an non-lte area. I didn't have to change my plan and they upgraded my sim card no issue.
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I went from the Tilt 2 (Rhodium) to the vivid and am loving the phone. I had an unlimited data plan and I live in an non-lte area. I didn't have to change my plan and they upgraded my sim card no issue.
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I had the same results, though LTE is not available in my area I was allowed to keep my unlimited data plan but given an LTE sim and LTE access. My store representative told me they will not be pushing unlimited customers to tiered plans for LTE.
I do not necessarily believe him hence why I took an early upgrade and paid more for my phone.
My advice is to talk to the representative first and hope an an LTE phone immediately if they go with your request.
Before I got my Vivid, I had an iPhone 3GS. I have the Unlimited Data plan, which I get to keep since I was grandfathered in. When I did the upgrade, the AT&T rep had to change my data plan from an "iPhone Unlimited Plan" to a "4G LTE Unlimited Plan" He also had to change my Voicemail plan from "iPhone Visual Voicemail" to the AT&T visual voicemail system. The 4G Unlimited Plan exist, but its only for those people who upgrade from a smartphone such as an iPhone to a 4G phone and are grandfathered in to unlimited data. Also, I think an AT&T rep actually has to do the switch, I dont think its something you can do online, although I haven't tried so I'm not really sure about that one.
Hi!!
I have HTC Inspire with unlimited data plan and dicide to buy a HTC vivid, swap sims cards and notice that the internet didnt work. So I called Att customer service and they said that my Unlimited data plan is not compatible with Vivids "4g Lte" beacouse of my unlimited DATA. Therfore they said if i wanted to use the phone i have to change my plan and pay for each gig.. Any way iam determine to use my phone beacouse i just paid $200 for it (NEW out of the Box hell of a deal!! ).
Any ideas
how i can use the internet?
or change vivids 4 lte to H+ like my Inspire? ***I tried to set my network type WCDMA preferred, GSM only, WCDMA only, GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto, LTE only. But i cant chage to non of them just WCDMA.
At this moment Iam using an diferrent apn that i found in the XDA forum and my mobile internet works (DL Speed 5 to 7 megas), but my Wifi Thether wont give me access to the internet. (At this moment the phone is rooted and haves super user and is s-off).
Plz anyone can help be very aprecited!!
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Hi!!
I have HTC Inspire with unlimited data plan and dicide to buy a HTC vivid, swap sims cards and notice that the internet didnt work. So I called Att customer service and they said that my Unlimited data plan is not compatible with Vivids "4g Lte" beacouse of my unlimited DATA. Therfore they said if i wanted to use the phone i have to change my plan and pay for each gig.. Any way iam determine to use my phone beacouse i just paid $200 for it (NEW out of the Box hell of a deal!! ).
Any ideas
how i can use the internet?
or change vivids 4 lte to H+ like my Inspire? ***I tried to set my network type WCDMA preferred, GSM only, WCDMA only, GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto, LTE only. But i cant chage to non of them just WCDMA.
At this moment Iam using an diferrent apn that i found in the XDA forum and my mobile internet works (DL Speed 5 to 7 megas), but my Wifi Thether wont give me access to the internet. (At this moment the phone is rooted and haves super user and is s-off).
Plz anyone can help be very aprecited!!
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If use this APN Setting http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338109
If you have unlimited data, you should be able to upgrade to lte unlimited data and pay what you are now. I did. Talk to someone else at att.
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If you have unlimited data, you should be able to upgrade to lte unlimited data and pay what you are now. I did. Talk to someone else at att.
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I had to do this but it has its downside. On my att account online it reads number of mb used out of 10238976 mb so it's not really unlimited. I was also informed when I went into my att store to get an explanation, that I would be moved from my unlimited plan to the tiered 4gb data plan if I went over 4gb in a billing cycle. I'm not sure if it's true or not but I'm afraid ill lose my "unlimited" at 30 a month if I push my luck. I never wanted lte since its not available in my area but they moved me to the lte by "accident" since I bought an lte phone. No going back once they switch you so be careful. I'm constantly at 2gb a month anyway so it looks I won't be using my phone as a modem when I travel.
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I will ask some one else and see if i can stay with my same contract... the thing is that they want to change my contract.
Definitely speak to someone else. You do not have to switch from your "unlimited" plan to a tiered plan to use the Vivid.
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I had to do this but it has its downside. On my att account online it reads number of mb used out of 10238976 mb so it's not really unlimited. I was also informed when I went into my att store to get an explanation, that I would be moved from my unlimited plan to the tiered 4gb data plan if I went over 4gb in a billing cycle. I'm not sure if it's true or not but I'm afraid ill lose my "unlimited" at 30 a month if I push my luck. I never wanted lte since its not available in my area but they moved me to the lte by "accident" since I bought an lte phone. No going back once they switch you so be careful. I'm constantly at 2gb a month anyway so it looks I won't be using my phone as a modem when I travel.
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If I'm correct I believe 10238976 mb translates into 1 Terabyte, and you will likely be throttled way before you reach 1tb. It is essentially unlimited (of course you could argue that 1tb is not unlimited, but if you really do go over 1tb, you're a douche for hogging up THAT much data)
If you are going to be sticking to LTE phones, I do highly suggest you change your plan to LTE Unlimited as the speed is just awesome Even at one bar LTE hits 7 ~ 10 down and 6 ~ 8 up, which is something that HSPA+ needs full signal to achieve.
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If I'm correct I believe 10238976 mb translates into 1 Terabyte, and you will likely be throttled way before you reach 1tb. It is essentially unlimited (of course you could argue that 1tb is not unlimited, but if you really do go over 1tb, you're a douche for hogging up THAT much data)
If you are going to be sticking to LTE phones, I do highly suggest you change your plan to LTE Unlimited as the speed is just awesome Even at one bar LTE hits 7 ~ 10 down and 6 ~ 8 up, which is something that HSPA+ needs full signal to achieve.
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Not a data hog like you suggest but I do use about 16 gig + when I travel. Have not been throttled yet so I'm not sure when they penalize you for using a service that you pay for
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Not a data hog like you suggest but I do use about 16 gig + when I travel. Have not been throttled yet so I'm not sure when they penalize you for using a service that you pay for
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For usage such as that I would expect throttling in the future, however its based on market averages.
As for OP, what the rep told you is flat out untrue. Simply goto a cor store or call care say you purchased a new phone and want to register the imei and change to the appropriate data plan. Once the rep inputs the imei he will be able to switch you to the LTE version of what you have. As for apns use the pts once they change it.
Drew
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I too swapped my phones and all the rep did was register my IMEI and switch me to the LTE version of my plan.
Yup, unlimited data here as well. AT&T will do what they can to get you off of that plan.
After I upgraded my phone, when I called in to get Visual Voicemail setup, the girl I spoke with told me "it was all done". A few hours later, I started getting notifications that I was reaching my limit of 200MB on my data. She had actually switched me to the 200MB plan and never told me. I called back, spoke with a supervisor, he was very apologetic and put me back on the unlimited plan with the Visual Voicemail. They definitely have the power to do it but will try and talk you out of it.
What AT&T doesn't tell you is that they use the same Sim cards on all of their phones, even if they do not have LTE (obvious exception would be the iphone 4). So go into the store and request a new sim. they may be petty and charge you but it is better then losing unlimited data
At&t reps get paid on feature values, they could care less whether you're on an unlimited or a capped data plan. Just go to a corporate at&t store and them them change your unlimited hspa+ data plan to unlimited LTE.
If you are to lazy/stupid to figure that out then use these apn settings. Go into settings, wireless and networks, mobile network settings, apn settings.
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wireless.cingular.c0m
Port: 80
Username: wap.cingulargprs.c0m
Password: cingular1
Server: Leave blank
MMSC:htt p://mmsc.cingular.c0m
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.32
MMS Protocol: wap 2.0
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN Type Leave blank
What you should is leave att thats what ima do att sucks
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I always hated AT&T until I got to North Texas. The store guys are great & many know more than the upper level/tier tech support folks.
I got my Vivid on release day & kept the all time best plan ever which I have had for awhile now. Family unlimited data + messaging. For $45 I get unlimited data including LTE here in North Texas, + unlimited SMS & MMS on four different lines. It was a plan from back in the messaging/data war days. My rep. here in Allen is great & they no what's a good deal & actually tell customers what is best for their situation. Over my many upgrades they have always either told me to hang on to my plan, or just known better & not mentioned it.
I'll tell you one thing for certain, dealing with the stores in Texas sure beats the hell out of the California reps or anyone at 611 support. Whenever I have issues or need anything, I go into my local store & have always gotten great service. They've even involved me with sales a time or two when a customer says something like "well you just want me to buy that one because it is more expensive to upgrade", & I'll simply all what they want the device for mostly & then explain that AT&T still pays more for the high end device, so you may as well make them pay the highest subsidy & spend a few more bucks to get a device that will last & is likely to see a few updates. Buying a Vivid, SkyRocket or something like the upcoming Sony Ion, even if you have it for two whole years, it will likely perform better in spite of age & a few drops than the free or 29.00 dollar pan tech that will never see ics, let alone any update at all.
Other stores I've been in, when living in California, I'd get dirty looks for talking to customers, here they almost encourage it.
Well, I did all you guys told me to do.. change my apn, change sim and talk with customer service. After 3 days and continued fight with ATT, my unlimited data plan is not compatible ltg. I tried talking with att supervisor, Ing, and Customer Service "every body" and the answer is "not Compatible".. Those SOB even change my plan to $30 2 gig and now i am fighting back my unlimited data. I field a case and in Feb 2 i will have my unlimited data again...
Iam really pissed off with they had done to my contract. it was a big mistake in switching my insire for a vivid ltg.
If any one had this problem please replay...
PS: for the dude how told me stupid/lazy i am not neather of those and i did all i can in my reach, for matter of fact i use about 30 gig a mounth my insire.... So ill doing anything to protect my contract.... There for iam not JAJAJAJ
Hi all. A friend of mine was looking to get an Android on Straight Talk. Before picking up one of the abominable offerings, I noticed that Straight Talk takes unlocked AT&T and T-Mo phones. I wanted to double check if anyone could confirm that it works. Can anyone fill me in?
YamiYaiba said:
Hi all. A friend of mine was looking to get an Android on Straight Talk. Before picking up one of the abominable offerings, I noticed that Straight Talk takes unlocked AT&T and T-Mo phones. I wanted to double check if anyone could confirm that it works. Can anyone fill me in?
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it doesnt have to be unlocked... i havent tried the vivid, but i did sell my inspire to a co-worker and he had no issues using it on straight talk.
Tell him to order the sim for att...from st8talk... and it will work no problem
Straight Talk is actually an MNVO (mobile network virtual operator) that runs on the AT&T towers, so any AT&T device is compatible on a basic level. You will need to change the apn for data access. I think it is att.mnvo or something similar. I have read that your data speeds will likely be throttled to a lower speed. If data speed is important, you may also want to check to see if you will have access to LTE and/or HSPA+ networks.
MM
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Straight Talk is actually an MNVO (mobile network virtual operator) that runs on the AT&T towers, so any AT&T device is compatible on a basic level. You will need to change the apn for data access. I think it is att.mnvo or something similar. I have read that your data speeds will likely be throttled to a lower speed. If data speed is important, you may also want to check to see if you will have access to LTE and/or HSPA+ networks.
MM
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yea exactly... i just set a phones apn up with st8talk and their website has a lot of info on what they require
Mad Medik said:
Straight Talk is actually an MNVO (mobile network virtual operator) that runs on the AT&T towers, so any AT&T device is compatible on a basic level. You will need to change the apn for data access. I think it is att.mnvo or something similar. I have read that your data speeds will likely be throttled to a lower speed. If data speed is important, you may also want to check to see if you will have access to LTE and/or HSPA+ networks.
MM
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Thanks for the EXCELLENT reply. That was extremely helpful. I do have a couple followup questions.
Straight Talk is accepting T-Mo phones as well. Would those also run off the AT&T network still?
Also, she alleges that she doesn't have AT&T service where she lives. She is currently using a Wal-Mart purchased Straight Talk flip phone. Can someone explain that???
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Thanks for the EXCELLENT reply. That was extremely helpful.
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You're welcome!
YamiYaiba said:
Straight Talk is accepting T-Mo phones as well. Would those also run off the AT&T network still?
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Yes, so they would have to be network unlocked. Also, since T-MO and AT&T have some differences in frequency bands and data transmission protocols for high speed, most T-MO phones won't be able to access high speed data.
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she alleges that she doesn't have AT&T service where she lives. She is currently using a Wal-Mart purchased Straight Talk flip phone. Can someone explain that???
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I have read that AT&T and T-MO have roaming agreements for voice (not sure about data) and that these agreements only apply for monthly plans, not pay as you go. It could be that the monthly plan MNVO users also have the benefit of the roaming? If you are curious, ask her to check her network settings and it should indicate if she is connected to at&t/smart talk or if it is t-mo. Since it is covered under agreement, I don't know if it shows up as a roaming status on the main screen. Assuming she is correct about the AT&T thing to begin with...
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Right now, she's just using an old dumb phone her parents picked up from Walmart, so information is limited at best. Doubly so since I'm in Tennessee and she's in Alabama.
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Do you have the model and brand of the phone she is using?
If it is AT&T Sim from Straight Talk will operate on ATT towers. If it is TMO sim will operate on T-Mobile towers.
If her area is not covered by T-MO or ATT, then she may be using a Straight Talk CDMA phone which could run on another provider like Verizon.
I have the Vivid with Sraight Talk and no problems. I do have an issue sending MMS messages, which is an issue with my phone (I switched the SIM to a Galaxy and to HTC Inspire and I was able to send MMS).
Does anybody know why? (I'm using the APN recommended by Straight Talk).
To clarify a few things: I too have Straight Talk on my brothers Vivid with. Att SIM. I do NOT suggest getting a Tmo SIM. Reception is awfull if you aren't in a large city. Also you can NOT roam the ATT towers with the Tmo SIM. Data Speeds are NOT throttled at all and I regularly hit 700-1000KB dl or 6-8megs however you calculate. Straight Talk will throttle you if you repeatedly use over 2GB of data a month buy for 45$ a month you can't lose. Hope this helps
Vivid and MMS?
Nate,
Are you able to send MMS messages with your Vivid?
I'm able to connect to Internet and make calls. I configured the APN correctly and I still can't send MMS. If I switch my SIM to any other phone, I'm able to send MMS. Any idea on this?
Thanks!!
PS. And yes, $45 per month is awesome!
Hi gifr, yes mms works perfectly. It may be an issue with your Rom, your Texting App, or an apn setting. That's the only thing I think it could be.
I have been thinking of doing this with NET10 which it is my understanding is the same thing as Straight Talk and works with both AT&T and T-Mobile towers.
Is the data really unlimited or are you slowed down after a certain amount?
Does Visual Voicemail work?
Can specified only for AT&T and T-Mobile apps be installed and used?
Visual voice mail doesn't work on my vivid but everything else does.
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Visual voice mail doesn't work on my vivid but everything else does.
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Please can someone share a link to the apn configuration where the most features work?
Like if I could get everything but VisualVoicemail working that'd be amazing...
The device is an HTC VIVID, currently running PACman ROM...
PLEASE, any/all help is greatly appreciated. He really needs his phone working again...
Thank you all...
Handcent SMS app now has the option to set APN specifically for MMS. That's what it took to get MMS working on my Vivid on Straighttalk. My setup is:
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
Proxy: 66.209.11.33
Port: 80
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Handcent SMS app now has the option to set APN specifically for MMS. That's what it took to get MMS working on my Vivid on Straighttalk. My setup is:
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
Proxy: 66.209.11.33
Port: 80
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That is a depreciated APN... You wanna use the 'phone' or 'pta'...
You'll have data drops and places where MMS won't send with that
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To clarify, those are the settings I use in Handcent. The screenshots are of my data APN.
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To clarify, those are the settings I use in Handcent. The screenshots are of my data APN.
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FWIW these are the settings currently supplied with the AT&T 4G enabled SIMs that Straight Talk has just begun selling. Work fine on a S4 Google edition.
Can anyone confirm this?
This is huge if it is true.
UPDATE:
What we know so far...
1. Yes, LTE does work on the ATT straight talk.
2. You need the newer sim card, which was rolled out Aug of 2013.
3. You need to be on the tfdata APN.
I will post more info as it pours in.
SO far confirmed working in the Chicago area.
If you want to enable your nexus for LTE follow this thread ----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358931
HIT MY THANKs BUTTON
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the sims sure are different, they now have 4gLTE logo on them.
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the sims sure are different, they now have 4gLTE logo on them.
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Well, according to this article, it might not be necessary to buy a new sim:
http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2013/09/lte-now-available-with-straight-talk-at.html
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Well, according to this article, it might not be necessary to buy a new sim:
http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2013/09/lte-now-available-with-straight-talk-at.html
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thats awesome.. now i need lte capable device lol
I got one of the att sim cards a month ago.
Can anyone confirm if it works on those sim cards?
I read on phandroid that you just need to enter some new apn settings with the current SIM cards.
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Anybody have the new APN? I have a old att Sim that I got cut down like 7 months ago. I can test the LTE cause I'm in Chicago. I think that's an att LTE area
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Here is the new apn
Name: Straight Talk
APN: tfdata or tfdata 1
Port: 80
MMSC: http://mms-tf.net
MMS Proxy: mms3.tracfone.com
MMS Port: 80
For me it works with tfdata 1, with horrible ping and throttled. Back to old for me, I'm 1 hr NW of chicago let us know if you get it working.
Tfdata 1 does give me a data connection. Only H+ though. Went into phone info it was on LTE/GSM switched to lte only and no data at all. I'm at work but live closer to the city. Will see what's up when I get home.
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Well, according to this article, it might not be necessary to buy a new sim:
http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2013/09/lte-now-available-with-straight-talk-at.html
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I don't know what this author is talking about, as I went over to that forum and there is no indication as to when that person bought their sim card. Indications seem to point to that it has to be a fairly new sim card, but that is not definitive yet. Pretty much a moot point for me anyway as AT&T LTE isn't available too many places, and in addition the Nexus 4 has crippled LTE (missing components), so why bother.
I thought the nexus 4 didn't support AT&T lte bands? I purchased a straight talk sim less than a week ago, have those apn settings with tfdata (no1after), and am getting hspa+ speeds. And I'll be honest, it's fast as ****. I'm regularly getting 10mbps or more so absolutely no complaints here.
Here's speed test results with a fresh one from 5 minutes ago added...this is in Poughkeepsie ny where were blanketed by AT&T lte, but I'm definitely seeing it on my device.
So after reading this thread I did some research, and it turns out Poughkeepsie ny is a band 4 lte market for AT&T. I'd love to test this out to see if the straight talk sim supports lte. What settings would I have to change on the device to enable lte at this point? It's stock/unroofed.
Straigh Talk Lte Iphone 5
Im currently located in Tampa. I live 5 blocks from Raymond James Stadium. I activated my Iphone 5 on straight talk Saturday morning.( I did use a sim cutter to make my sim nano size). I had purchased my sim from Walmart.com last month when the Att sims were made available. Due to the fact that tmobile service here, does not work well. On Sunday morning I noticed the LTE bar was on. By Sunday afternoon it was off as the area was flooded with people going to the Bucs game. As of this morning I have had full time LTE everywhere I have traveled in Tampa. Using the sim swap method I used the following APN settings. Which I found on a video on Youtube: tried to post but cannot post urls yet newbie! added it as txt.
Man that's crazy fast for a phone. One suggestion I recommend is easy on the speed test, straight talk is very anal about data usage. If your speeds suddenly drop to a few kb/s then you got throttled lol
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I'm planning on buying a note 3 at&t branded because I'd be using it on at&ts network but through cricket wireless. Does anyone have any exp in doing this? Does everything work? And LTE?
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I think you'll be one of the first to test this. Cricket use to be cdma style communication whereas at&t is gsm. I believe at&t just merged aio wireless and cricket thus changing cricket from cdma to gsm. If this is true you won't have any problems whatsoever. Just pop in the SIM and it will probably update the apn settings automatically. You can find the apn settings on crickets website and enter them yourself if it doesn't.
Just to clarify I am already using aio/cricket for months on this device. All will work fine if you have been reading up on aio and cricket merger you would know att is killing off crickets cdma line and will be using GSM, op just make sure you let SM-N900A is UNLOCKED and that you get a sim card and you should be fine. As per 4g/4g lte you may as well go elsewhere you will get 4g/4g lte where available but remember AIO/CRICKET is throttled data, so no matter what you will be limited to a lower speed. If you need any help let me know I've been on aio for months (pre merger to the point I have an aio sim but cricket in the top left).
I'm from the Pittsburgh area but now I'm in savanna Georgia and I've had lte almost the whole way..... I'm on cricket wireless also and I've had no problems with them.... I get lte almost everywhere I go
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Why to go with "Criplet" if you can have this with AT$T Note 3 on $30 T-M prepaid (the radio chip is much better than T-M original)
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Why to go with "Criplet" if you can have this with AT$T Note 3 on $30 T-M prepaid (the radio chip is much better than T-M original)
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Not to he offensive but tmobile sucks. Tmobile only has coverage (4g/4g lte) in major cities, aio/cricket runs off of AT&T network so you already get better coverage. Speeds may be throttled but I can do everything off it on these speeds, youtube, milk music, pandora no problems. When I had tmobile I was constantly on "edge"/2g, but on aio/cricket 75% of the time I'm on 4g lte and the rest I'm on 4g. OP unless you plan on never leaving a major city, just get aio/cricket.
I was on AIO for about a month, and now am on the merged Cricket with an Unlocked Note 3 (for another month). The 4g LTE data speed is capped at 8mbps. I have no problem streaming whatever I want. I had Verizon and most of the time I only got around that speed anyway. I looked at about every MNVO and provider for a cheaper way to do smartphones, and for 3 smartphones, I am at only $115 a month total with 2.5gb per line. I put out about $700 on a Note 3 and 2 S4 phones, and am saving about $115 a month on what it would cost me with AT&T or Verizon. The coverage for AT&T in my area is excellent. I have also found that the online chat is very quick and helpful with any questions. So far I am very pleased.
AT&T basically threw out Cricket and merely put the brand onto their existing AIO wireless. Given that there are so many more Cricket stores, it makes sense.
I am looking to purchase a note 4 either with T-Mobile, Verizon, or Att Wireless and use it on Cricket Wireless since you guys have done this with the Note 3. Will I be able to pop the Cricket sim card in and let it update by air or will I have to unlock all of these phones for this to work.. Also any suggestions for mms .. 4g LTE..etc will be appreciated..
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Not to he offensive but tmobile sucks. Tmobile only has coverage (4g/4g lte) in major cities, aio/cricket runs off of AT&T network so you already get better coverage. Speeds may be throttled but I can do everything off it on these speeds, youtube, milk music, pandora no problems. When I had tmobile I was constantly on "edge"/2g, but on aio/cricket 75% of the time I'm on 4g lte and the rest I'm on 4g. OP unless you plan on never leaving a major city, just get aio/cricket.
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They have nicer phones
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I am looking to purchase a note 4 either with T-Mobile, Verizon, or Att Wireless and use it on Cricket Wireless since you guys have done this with the Note 3. Will I be able to pop the Cricket sim card in and let it update by air or will I have to unlock all of these phones for this to work.. Also any suggestions for mms .. 4g LTE..etc will be appreciated..
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If you get the N4 AT&T branded phone and plan to use cricket, you just put in SIM. Within minutes, you will get the configuration message, install and you're ready to go. No unlocking needed. With the Verizon and T-Mobile phones, you'll have to unlock. However, with any phone, unless you are on that branded phones service, you will not get OTA to new OS versions. This is not that big of a deal since you are already on xda, you can just go to your forum and more than likely find a flashable. [emoji3]
Im also doing the same now, just got a ATT note 3 to use it on cricket.. i have a note 3 on sprint but i just switched jobs and dont have reception at all, im trying it and if it works i might go to ATT later on, or who knows i might stay at cricket.. is way cheaper and 8mps is good for what i use it.. 55 per month with 10 GB thats a hell of a deal, I use about 8 to 10 on sprint right now
Wow...
Ctfu, yeah, give me a sweet device with crappy coverage... That makes SOOO much sense? AT&T/Cricket/AIO all they way! Funny stuff, keep it comin'!
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They have nicer phones
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Just to clarify I am already using aio/cricket for months on this device. All will work fine if you have been reading up on aio and cricket merger you would know att is killing off crickets cdma line and will be using GSM, op just make sure you let SM-N900A is UNLOCKED and that you get a sim card and you should be fine. As per 4g/4g lte you may as well go elsewhere you will get 4g/4g lte where available but remember AIO/CRICKET is throttled data, so no matter what you will be limited to a lower speed. If you need any help let me know I've been on aio for months (pre merger to the point I have an aio sim but cricket in the top left).
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How does one unlock their phone?
vicdamon1001 said:
I am looking to purchase a note 4 either with T-Mobile, Verizon, or Att Wireless and use it on Cricket Wireless since you guys have done this with the Note 3. Will I be able to pop the Cricket sim card in and let it update by air or will I have to unlock all of these phones for this to work.. Also any suggestions for mms .. 4g LTE..etc will be appreciated..
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I'm not too much of a phone geek, but I just started using my ATT Note 3 on Cricket. My APN settings didn't automatically set with the Cricket SIM, but that was an easy change.
I'd suggest the ATT N4 just because ATT bought Cricket, and they're using the same towers now. All things the same, I think it would be the path of least resistance.
BTW, I was paying $120/mo. for Unlimited everything with a 20% corporate discount with ATT. I was only using an average of 1.8GB per month. That also included a partially subsidized phone every 2 years with a new contract.
Now my bill is $35/mo but I'll have to buy my next phone. I'm only on day 2 of the change, but it's a big deal for me after 14yrs with the same company.
-Kevin
I am currently using a AT&T branded Note 3 on Cricket, switched from Tmobile months ago. No need to unlock a AT&T branded phone or at least I didn't have to with my 3.
You can just put a SIM in and change the APN settings to Cricket's which are available on their website.
I've never had issues with dropped calls or losing data with Cricket. I'm paying 150 a month for 3 lines unlimited calls, texts and 10g data on each line.
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