Help picking prepaid service for streak - Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was going to go with simple mobile but then saw I would only be able to get EDGE so I was thinking about getting a gophone and using that so I can get 3G. I went to go pick up a go phone simply and saw the 50 plan says its not for smartphone.
Will my internet work if I just get the monthly unlimited plan? Are there any other options and if i was to just go with simple mobile simple is EDGE that slow?
Any help is appreciated!!!

have you looked into h2o wireless? Last i heard they functioned on at&t network so you'd get full 3g

Yea I have looked at H20 and I'm not sure how long 1gb of data is gonna last for 60 a month. I know in the past I saw people using go phone sims with iphones and just wanted to know lf it's still working while getting internet on the 50 a month plan without buying a data plan also..l

hey this is off topic but, your talking about these data plans etc, ive seen a few posts on here regarding this. in my opinion they all seem a little pricey?
what exactly are you getting for 50 or 60 dollars a month?? here in the uk for 15 usd(10 gbp) i get 250 mins any network, unlimited texts any network, and unlimited data, which is hsdpa (7.2mbps) or 3g in lower signal areas
so my question is what are you getting for your money and why so expensive?
also im pay as you go, are your plans contract or pay as you go?

Only att is pricey, if you have metro pcs or simple mobile its only 50 a month with unlimited talk text and web.

But why is it so pricey?? I guess its a contract??
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I really don't know.
Does anybody know if using the sim from a e71 with straight talk still working?

I use 3 in the UK
The One Plan.
2,000 any network minutes
5,000 Three-to-Three minutes
5,000 texts and All You Can Eat internet ( With no "fair usage" policy, you can use all the data you want at no extra cost. )
£25 p/m
And tethering is allowed

Anybody else got any info???

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[Q] AT&T GoPhone SIM card data speeds too low?

I'll be spending some time in the US and got the $50 AT&T unlimited GoPhone plan. Everything looks fine except my data speeds are too low. I get 500 kbps, while the signal says H+. (Btw I had to call them to put my IMEI in their database so that the data is enabled). In Serbia I'd get 4-5 Mbps with H+, sometimes higher. What's the deal?
I found the same thing with the Rogers/Fido network in Vancouver. Galaxy S II only gets 3 Mbps where as on the Bell network it had over 8 Mbps.
If you don't have an agreement with AT&T are there any other networks you can try that may offer better speeds in your area?
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The Goplan has a data speed cap, that's why it's so cheap.
I wouldn't call $50 a month cheap... but anyway, is there any way around it?
Deusdies said:
I wouldn't call $50 a month cheap... but anyway, is there any way around it?
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You'd have to switch to a post paid plan instead of prepaid.
Except there's a 2 year contract requirement and I'm only going to be here by the end of december.
If you read the fine print the $50 unlimited is only for non-smart phones. The sgii will not work, you will have to add a data plan to use the internet. I'm kind if in the same boat (I'm on a gophone plan), I can no longer send mms without enabling data. They ran a sweep and found out which phone I was using. The sgii is not supported on the network, or so I was told because it is a 4g phone. So I'm back to the inspire.

ATT GoPhone Sim Card compatible with LG Optimus T?

So I bought an Optimus T to use with simple mobile and the data speeds suuuuuck. I was looking on amazon and saw that you can buy a GoPhone Sim card. Could I buy the sim card and activate the $50 unlimited plan with ATT prepaid on my Optimus T if I unlock it? I just can't stand these data speeds and I need a good deal cause I'm a 17 year old student with not much funds and pay for all my own needs and help pay household bills since my dad is outta work. Any tips and good ideas to fix my problem are greatly appreciated!
God bless and merry christmas!
You need to unlock it first, just search "lg optimus t unlock" on ebay for a code. I believe on AT&T you can only get 2G data and not 3G because the Optimus T doesn't have the right band.
T-Mobile prepaid has unlimited data for $30/mo. and 3G works with T-mobile.
TehNomad said:
You need to unlock it first, just search "lg optimus t unlock" on ebay for a code. I believe on AT&T you can only get 2G data and not 3G because the Optimus T doesn't have the right band.
T-Mobile prepaid has unlimited data for $30/mo. and 3G works with T-mobile.
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Is it unthrottled? I'm assuming yes because it's t-mobile lol
I heard somewhere though, if I switch to the 60 dollar plan, it'll unthrottle the data speed and give me relatively reliable speed, any idea if that's true?
*edit: it says on the website that on the 30/mo plan you get 4g speeds up to 5gb, but my phone is only 3g, so will they throttle me?
alexdemonumber3 said:
Is it unthrottled? I'm assuming yes because it's t-mobile lol
I heard somewhere though, if I switch to the 60 dollar plan, it'll unthrottle the data speed and give me relatively reliable speed, any idea if that's true?
*edit: it says on the website that on the 30/mo plan you get 4g speeds up to 5gb, but my phone is only 3g, so will they throttle me?
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I don't know if t-mobile will sell just a sim card,I bought p-509 prepaid $50 mo. unlimited data and it works great untill they throttle me back after 400mb then it works like simple mobile.p-509 is NOT a 4G phone, but at full speed with t-mobile it is pretty DAMN fast.They offered me a upgrade to full speed unlimited for $60 mo.If that is the plan your offered "go for it"[email protected]? not sure, I forgot my speedtest results but I rember it was acceptable at full speed.
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I don't know if t-mobile will sell just a sim card,I bought p-509 prepaid $50 mo. unlimited data and it works great untill they throttle me back after 400mb then it works like simple mobile.p-509 is NOT a 4G phone, but at full speed with t-mobile it is pretty DAMN fast.They offered me a upgrade to full speed unlimited for $60 mo.If that is the plan your offered "go for it"[email protected]? not sure, I forgot my speedtest results but I rember it was acceptable at full speed.
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Yeah I'm going in to pay my bill today and I'm considering switching to either the 60 dollar Simple Mobile plan or the 30 Dollar T-Mobile plan. I tried my sisters T-Mobile similar card in my phone and was getting 2.5mbps right off the bat. but I need the unlimited calling that the simple mobile 60 dollar plan includes so we'll see how this goes.
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[Q] Moving from Europe to US... and my International Note?

Hi all,
I've been hanging in the International Note forums as I have a GT-N7000... I love it!! And running ParanoidAndroid it's awesome!!
Anyways, I will be moving to the US (San Francisco) next month and I have a few questions for my fellow Note'rs:
-Will I be able to use my International Note in the US with at least 3G speeds and/or HSDPA speeds?
- Is there a carrier that will let me use my phone and give me cheaper prices?
- For new voice+data plans, can I get unlimited for cheap somewhere with good coverage?
Any other topics or gotcha's you can think of will be appreciated!
See you soon !!!
You can use Straight Talk unlimited voice text data $45 US. Its monthly, and you buy refill cards.
Your phone supports the AT&T frequencies. You will get at least 3g. But you can go to their site to see a map to verify that.
You will have to purchase the sim card ahead of time, as not many stores sell the sim.
bcn_nospam said:
Hi all,
I've been hanging in the International Note forums as I have a GT-N7000... I love it!! And running ParanoidAndroid it's awesome!!
Anyways, I will be moving to the US (San Francisco) next month and I have a few questions for my fellow Note'rs:
-Will I be able to use my International Note in the US with at least 3G speeds and/or HSDPA speeds?
- Is there a carrier that will let me use my phone and give me cheaper prices?
- For new voice+data plans, can I get unlimited for cheap somewhere with good coverage?
Any other topics or gotcha's you can think of will be appreciated!
See you soon !!!
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yup, straight talk sim, as stated above. and you could always throw me that international version and take my U.S version and get 1/2/3/4G LOL.
BTW, there is no such thing as an Unlimited GSM/HSPA data plan in the USA. Voice, yes, SMS/MMS, yes, mobile data, no.
Straight Talk say their data is unlimited but they cut you off after 2GB/mo. Although I have read that ST will turn it back on it you call them up and profess to not using the data for file downloading, running a server or business using it.
Thanks, Straight Talk sounds like a good fit...
Is the quality good? Or at least as good as the competitors'?
>they cut you off after 2GB/mo
Do you mean that they throttle speed down or do they cut it off and no more data is flowing?
To give you an idea, I am on Vodafone Spain at the moment (living in Spain heheh and my plan is €120 per month (=approx. $150 per month), I get 1000 minutes in the day, 1000 minutes nights and weekends, and 1 GB of data.
So Straight Talk will be a good bargain!!!
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...Do you mean that they throttle speed down or do they cut it off and no more data is flowing?...
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The latter. go over 2GB and no data.
Wow that's radical...
Here with Vodafone when I go above 1GB of data they I go into "Best Effort" mode when I cannot be guaranteed the speed of the connection, it can be HSDPA, it can be 3G... or it can be GPRS...
But I'll have a connection...
But again it costs an arm and a leg!!
So Straight Talk seems like the best deal...
If you don't mind...trade your International Note for an unlocked AT&T and get Tmobile monthly 4G for $30 and get 5GB's of 4G data. After 5GB they throttle you. Still way better and cheaper than Straight Talk's plan. But you will be on Tmobile's Network...but i heard Tmobile speeds are pretty fast in the bay area. If you use your current International note on Tmo's network you'd only get 2G coverage...not the biz. Good luck on relocating!

[Q] {Q} Straight Talk vs. AT&T go phone

I have been using gophone service for the last year or so and it's so epensive. My mother on the other hand has been paying 45 bucks for unlimited talk/text. I pay 60 bucks a month for a 2gb data unlimited tet/talk package + 2 gig's of add'l data (80-90 bucks total a month)...She just got this 45 dollar package that contains 4 sim card's (2 micro/standard sim cards & 2 nano sim cards). Well I got her phone working (it wasnt hard, it's not a smartphone)..I used a micro-sim card, inserted it into the slot...The phone tells me to reboot so I did..I expect to see bars or something but nothing happens. I than went to the apn settings and it has att, att phone, att broadband, att lte, straight talk & straight talk.mnvo...None of them work and all of them are forcing me back to the 3g selection instead of LTE preferred...How can I active a sim card that isnt showing me the right apns to give my phone (lg optimus g e970) data ? I really have no desires to go back to at&t go phone service....ST would give me 2.5 gb of high speed data + unlimited data/text for 45 bucks a month (a big difference in money)....once you use up the 2.5 gb of data it switches to using 2g data for data....when you use all your data with gophone, you have to buy another 1gb data package (10 bucks)...I dont have wifi....
You may wanna be concise in your description of issues. Too much unrelated stuff mixed in, my eyes are losing track
Try this:
Name: straight talk
APN: tfdata
MMSC: http://mms-tf.net
MMS PROXY: mms3.tracfone.com
MMS PORT: 80
MMS:80
Authentication type: PAP
APN type: default,supl,mms,hipri
Also you may need to call straight talk to activate the sims
yeah that apn was already included, I selected it. I went back to the mobile settings menu and selected LTE as preferred than pressed the back button. I went back to mobile settings and it was on 3g...No bars, ...I guess I do need to call ST just to activate the card...the pack my mother got contains onlye 1 service pin card but comes with 4 different sim cards (all with different serial numbers)...I really thought Id be able to stick the sim card in my phone and it show me if I actually get 4g LTE service on this phone thru ST...I didnt want to pay the 45 or 60 bucks for a plan for it to not work than have to pay an additional 60 bucks for ATT go phone service. When ST did not work...I did check the compatibility thru the straight talk website. It did say the phone was compatible with the e970. If you have a 4g LTE phone, wouldnt you want 4g LTE and not just 3g or HSPA+
I'm on straight talk too. You get att 4g lte with straight talk on this phone
This isn't a shared plan, you and you mom can't both use one 45 dollars plan. If your mom use a dumb phone she can use the All You Need plan through straight talk, which is even cheaper than this.
Also don't get too excited, the 4g lte you get through straight talk isn't gonna be as fast as att customers.
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I'm on straight talk too. You get att 4g lte with straight talk on this phone
This isn't a shared plan, you and you mom can't both use one 45 dollars plan. If your mom use a dumb phone she can use the All You Need plan through straight talk, which is even cheaper than this.
Also don't get too excited, the 4g lte you get through straight talk isn't gonna be as fast as att customers.
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Im not sure Ive ever heard that before, but thanks for the heads up...I guess Ill stick with att go phone. So why did you choose straight talk and not att go phone ? the only reason I was thinking about getting ST was b/c of the 2.5 gb's of data given to the 45/60 buck plan and the fact that you still have data when you've used up the 2.5 gig's...With att go phone, you get 2 gb's with the 60 dollar plan...You have a choice of buying an additional 1gb package of 10 dollars...So say tommorrow when I get paid...Ill end up having 4 gb's of data...but all of that data is a constant speed, there is no cap on speed....I watch what I download, dont usually download anything over 10mb's when using data....Ive watched porn a few times (streams) but im not sure how much data is used to stream a short clip or a continuous stream....I know FB is a huge data hog, so I try to limit my time on FB...There is wifi around my neighborhood but I only use it when Im downloading roms
jxcorex28 said:
Im not sure Ive ever heard that before, but thanks for the heads up...I guess Ill stick with att go phone. So why did you choose straight talk and not att go phone ? the only reason I was thinking about getting ST was b/c of the 2.5 gb's of data given to the 45/60 buck plan and the fact that you still have data when you've used up the 2.5 gig's...With att go phone, you get 2 gb's with the 60 dollar plan...You have a choice of buying an additional 1gb package of 10 dollars...So say tommorrow when I get paid...Ill end up having 4 gb's of data...but all of that data is a constant speed, there is no cap on speed....I watch what I download, dont usually download anything over 10mb's when using data....Ive watched porn a few times (streams) but im not sure how much data is used to stream a short clip or a continuous stream....I know FB is a huge data hog, so I try to limit my time on FB...There is wifi around my neighborhood but I only use it when Im downloading roms
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I had go phone long time ago. It was expensive so got rid of it for virgin mobile. Their beyond talk plan is 35, 300 minutes was not enough anymore, also tired of cdma phone so switched to ST. With ST you still get 2.5 gbs of data and unlimited 2g data after 2.5 is exhausted. The saving is what's real, man. Looks like you also work, so I'm sure you understand this. Prepare myself for an hour on the phone with ST retards if your switching your # over too
I stuck with at&t gophone....might do the switch later down the road..no idea, start college in may...do minds focused on that and everything
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optimusv45 said:
Also don't get too excited, the 4g lte you get through straight talk isn't gonna be as fast as att customers.
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It is here. I compared my ST speeds to two coworkers AT&T LTE phones last month. (Yeah, we're reeeeaaal productive some days.) Using the same servers, my speeds were nearly identical to one S4 and we were both a hair faster than a Samsung Note (3?) that we borrowed for the test.
All three were much faster than I was getting with a T-mo SIM for Simple Mobile, whether on LTE or or not. I'm leary of anything at Walmart, and I did have issues signing up and porting my number, but I've been happy with my three months on ST, especially after seeing more consistent coverage when travelling. I was mostly happy with T-Mo's network before I had an LTE-capable phone, but I'll stick to ST/AT&T.
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On vacation in Europe, data plan dropped to 2G

Hi all,
I'm vacationing with my family to Disney Paris and T-Mobile has a nifty feature of unlimited data and texting in foreign countries included in my plan.
Awesome!
Unfortunately the data is only 2G. Makes it impossible to use GPS. Surf the web or send pictures attached to a text.
Is there a mod that can bump that back up to 4G?
Thanks,
NJ
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njdevils28 said:
Hi all,
I'm vacationing with my family to Disney Paris and T-Mobile has a nifty feature of unlimited data and texting in foreign countries included in my plan.
Awesome!
Unfortunately the data is only 2G. Makes it impossible to use GPS. Surf the web or send pictures attached to a text.
Is there a mod that can bump that back up to 4G?
Thanks,
NJ
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That's the reason why it's free
GPS should work fine though. You can pay to get 4G data, but it's so expensive for so little data, I wouldn't bother. Try looking for free wifi hotspots.
njdevils28 said:
Hi all,
I'm vacationing with my family to Disney Paris and T-Mobile has a nifty feature of unlimited data and texting in foreign countries included in my plan.
Awesome!
Unfortunately the data is only 2G. Makes it impossible to use GPS. Surf the web or send pictures attached to a text.
Is there a mod that can bump that back up to 4G?
Thanks,
NJ
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Free mobile app
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Go to your T-mobile account and buy a one week 200 MB data for $25 (or 2 weeks 500 MB for $50). This is fast data, the free one is 2G only.
The best data prices when traveling abroad usually entail getting a local SIM card. Prepaid or sometimes a regular (cancel anytime) plan. For example, the last time that I looked SFR France had a 1 GB data plan (3G+) for 8 Euro.
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fffft said:
The best data prices when traveling abroad usually entail getting a local SIM card. Prepaid or sometimes a regular (cancel anytime) plan. For example, the last time that I looked SFR France had a 1 GB data plan (3G+) for 8 Euro.
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Totally forgot about this. OP, do this. Europe is so much cheaper than here for cell service, you can get something that will cover you for an entire month for about $10. You do have to make sure that your phone is unlocked though. If it isn't and you've had the phone for more than 40 days on the same tmobile account, you can ask mobile to give you the unlock code. If you haven't had it for more than 40 days, then you can just pay for one online.
njdevils28 said:
Hi all,
I'm vacationing with my family to Disney Paris and T-Mobile has a nifty feature of unlimited data and texting in foreign countries included in my plan.
Awesome!
Unfortunately the data is only 2G. Makes it impossible to use GPS. Surf the web or send pictures attached to a text.
Is there a mod that can bump that back up to 4G?
Thanks,
NJ
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Free mobile app
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That is exactly what is supposed to happen. Your connection may range from 2G through LTE when roaming internationally, however on the "free" plan you will be capped at 128kbps. Which isn't great, but it is fine for email, light web-lookups, most apps even skype calls!
You are lucky that the S5 worked out of the box. I was in London last week on an LG G3 and it took hours of fiddling with the APNs to get the damn phone to roam over there. So much of a hassle to have to find the perfect combination of mobile network/APN, that I just gave up and traded for an S5. I'm hoping that like my old iPhone 5s the data will just plain work without any fiddling.
T-mobile's free data plan may sound slow, but compared to roaming plans that existed before, this is the best thing since sliced bread! Imagine landing in a foreign country and immediately having working data...without having to hunt for a local SIM? Priceless. For folks who travel to many foreign destinations for short times, this is perfect.
lordhamster said:
That is exactly what is supposed to happen. Your connection may range from 2G through LTE when roaming internationally, however on the "free" plan you will be capped at 128kbps. Which isn't great, but it is fine for email, light web-lookups, most apps even skype calls!
You are lucky that the S5 worked out of the box. I was in London last week on an LG G3 and it took hours of fiddling with the APNs to get the damn phone to roam over there. So much of a hassle to have to find the perfect combination of mobile network/APN, that I just gave up and traded for an S5. I'm hoping that like my old iPhone 5s the data will just plain work without any fiddling.
T-mobile's free data plan may sound slow, but compared to roaming plans that existed before, this is the best thing since sliced bread! Imagine landing in a foreign country and immediately having working data...without having to hunt for a local SIM? Priceless. For folks who travel to many foreign destinations for short times, this is perfect.
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I agree with your statement that the Tmo roaming works right out of the box, no fiddling. Where I go in the Caribbean, you step off the plane and everything just works (slowly).

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