I really need help with this one. I just bought an ATT Samsung galaxy note i717 to use with simple mobile. Unfortunately, simple mobile data speed is so slow that I decided to go with Straight Talk. I got the Straight Talk sim card last night and immediately pop it in my galaxy note. Signal strength look excellent, call quality was also great.
My excitement ended when I decided to set up my data through the APN. Unfortunately, when I open the APN tab, ATT appears but when I try editing so as to make the necessary changes, the APN cannot be edited!! I have tried everything and now am at a lost! I have called ST and they say it should work since infact my phone is an ATT phone. This phone is also unlocked. When I place the simple mobile sim card in the phone, I can definitely edit T-Mobile in the APN settings. I called Samsung Customer service, and was told that Straight Talk is not part of their support network.
Please people, I really need help configuring this problem. Any help out there will be highly appreciated!!
Kormasah7410
What happens if you hit the menu button ? Do you have the option to ADD APN ?
kormasah7410 said:
I really need help with this one. I just bought an ATT Samsung galaxy note i717 to use with simple mobile. Unfortunately, simple mobile data speed is so slow that I decided to go with Straight Talk. I got the Straight Talk sim card last night and immediately pop it in my galaxy note. Signal strength look excellent, call quality was also great.
My excitement ended when I decided to set up my data through the APN. Unfortunately, when I open the APN tab, ATT appears but when I try editing so as to make the necessary changes, the APN cannot be edited!! I have tried everything and now am at a lost! I have called ST and they say it should work since infact my phone is an ATT phone. This phone is also unlocked. When I place the simple mobile sim card in the phone, I can definitely edit T-Mobile in the APN settings. I called Samsung Customer service, and was told that Straight Talk is not part of their support network.
Please people, I really need help configuring this problem. Any help out there will be highly appreciated!!
Kormasah7410
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Instead of editing.....MAKE A NEW ONE...lol
Do a search for ST or Straight Talk in the Note threads. I seem to remember reading something about the proxy needs to be deleted. Anyway, I think your answer is here. Just search some. Good luck.
EDIT: Here, I found something that might help. Try the second post suggestion, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630402.
Im alsothinking about making the switch to straight talk. The speeds for SIMPLE MOBILE throttle from 6 Mbps to 120 Kbps on download speeds. Its truly not consistent. I got the SAUROM ROM with the Tmo_SGH_T989_VKL1_radio_ATTNOTE.zip tmobile modem at first. I called simple mobile and told them y the hell is my speeds to damn slow. As usual, they give the run around. So I to think it was the modem. So I change from GB to ICS and had the same result from different radio bands. I just purchase this sim card yesterday. On the 05/02/12. So I will be paying attention to this thread for answers.
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Im alsothinking about making the switch to straight talk. The speeds for SIMPLE MOBILE throttle from 6 Mbps to 120 Kbps on download speeds. Its truly not consistent. I got the SAUROM ROM with the Tmo_SGH_T989_VKL1_radio_ATTNOTE.zip tmobile modem at first. I called simple mobile and told them y the hell is my speeds to damn slow. As usual, they give the run around. So I to think it was the modem. So I change from GB to ICS and had the same result from different radio bands. I just purchase this sim card yesterday. On the 05/02/12. So I will be paying attention to this thread for answers.
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Good luck i never went over edge speeds with any of the mods hopefully is not the same for you was on simple moved to t-mobile prepay
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I have been running my i717 note on straight talk for the past month or so and am loving it. Had an Infuse before that. I am getting great speeds. All I did was add a new APN and then put the dot next to it once done.
I had tried simple mobile before though on a G2x but it was just horrid on speed. I tested the phone on the SM sim and an actual t-mobile sim. Difference in day and night. The SM one was actually faster if you forced edge speed!
Samsung Galaxy Note i717 Data Setup Problem on Straight Talk
Thanks so much guys for all of you advice. I was able add a new APN and it all workout. Infact I am currently enjoying 4G speed with clear reception on my i717 galaxy note since infact I am on ATT network. Super fast speed people! Simple mobile network was giving edge speed. ST is way better. Thanks again people.
kormasah7410 said:
Thanks so much guys for all of you advice. I was able add a new APN and it all workout. Infact I am currently enjoying 4G speed with clear reception on my i717 galaxy note since infact I am on ATT network. Super fast speed people! Simple mobile network was giving edge speed. ST is way better. Thanks again people.
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C an you please share your APN settings?
I just got my Note!
Awaiting my sim card from ST, so I am very glad to hear things are working out for you!!!
uckfay said:
C an you please share your APN settings?
I just got my Note!
Awaiting my sim card from ST, so I am very glad to hear things are working out for you!!!
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Your Sim will come with a pink card/insert with everything you need to know... My little brother just took my inspire over to straight talk and he has no complaints.
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uckfay said:
C an you please share your APN settings?
I just got my Note!
Awaiting my sim card from ST, so I am very glad to hear things are working out for you!!!
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The instructions are printed on the card the SIM comes with. You can also find it on http://www.straighttalksim.com/support.php click on the Phone Programming tab.
Hey I'm waiting on my Straight Talk Sim that I ordered on 6/7. I havent even recieved a tracking number yet. But I wanted to know if any rom would work with Straight Talk? Also has anyone in the previous post gotten kicked off yet?
kormasah7410 said:
Thanks so much guys for all of you advice. I was able add a new APN and it all workout. Infact I am currently enjoying 4G speed with clear reception on my i717 galaxy note since infact I am on ATT network. Super fast speed people! Simple mobile network was giving edge speed. ST is way better. Thanks again people.
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Can u post a speed test?
By the way, you can still use simple mobile with 4G speed, just flash a tmobile modem
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Hey I'm waiting on my Straight Talk Sim that I ordered on 6/7. I havent even recieved a tracking number yet. But I wanted to know if any rom would work with Straight Talk? Also has anyone in the previous post gotten kicked off yet?
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Why would you get kicked off? Do you mean for excessive data usage?
I've been on it for a couple of weeks, no problems here. But, I don't use a lot of data either. I try to stay on wifi when possible.
here are links for the modems
http://forum.androidspin.com/showthread.php/9154-MODEM-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-i717-Modems
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Thanks so much guys for all of you advice. I was able add a new APN and it all workout. Infact I am currently enjoying 4G speed with clear reception on my i717 galaxy note since infact I am on ATT network. Super fast speed people! Simple mobile network was giving edge speed. ST is way better. Thanks again people.
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hey man i hope you can help me out here i have a unlocked samsung galaxy note 1 sgh i717 and i am having the same problem you was having my talk is great but im having issues on my data my phone is 4g LTE smart phone but i can only seem to get g or e how can i get 4g? if you can help me out i would really appreciate it..my email is [email protected]
make sure you put:
"mms2.tracfone.com"
for the MMS proxy I stopped having issues receiving MMS after doing that not sure if they put that in their documentation yet with the SIM but one of the customer service agents told me to do that and it works for me.
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So after having this g2x for 2 years now I decided to Root it, all was well, it could access wifi and basically run like a phone without being connected to a plan (I recently upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S3). Well after rooting it and whatnot my girlfriend broke her ipod touch so I offered to give it to her and to put it on Net10 because my job now sells it. But when I put the SIM card in that's when things kind of went down hill, the phone, whenever I would place a call would start clicking and when I answered it with my phone the clicking continued on my end as well. I called Net10 Customer service and they didn't really help, so I put it back to stock everything except for the recovery menu. Still it doesn't work, the dude said that the t-mobile towers were having problems and that, that was the problem. I don't know if I trust that because my phone plan is with T-Mobile and I was talking with him just fine. So enough about my issues and on to the questions. Are there any Net10 friendly ROMs available and if so what are they? Is it the g2x that's being stupid or is it the network? Also my data stops working after I put in the Net10 APN. Any help would be greatly appreciated. To answer a question that I know some of you might have, yes I'm a rooting/ROM noob but I did it on my Galaxy S3 and it works like a charm. Thank you for your time.
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Hello everyone, I bought a Verizon S4 a little over a week ago. I put in my ATT simcard and it worked fine. I added the ATT APN settings and it worked. I was getting 4g. A few days ago, I was trying to see what LTE speeds I can get in my area, so I put it in my Note 2. It worked, I put it back into my S4. That's when the Data stopped working. I scrutinized my APN settings and nothing worked. I talked to ATT tech support and they don't know either. The data works on my Note. And the weird thing is I'm still able to receive MMS without wifi/data. Can any of you help me? I'd be utterly grateful! Thanks!
How do I unlock a Verizon Galaxy S4 to use with Straight Talk?
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How do I unlock a Verizon Galaxy S4 to use with Straight Talk?
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It's getting to be time for a sticky about this. Search the forums for "Straight Talk" - using their SIMs is pretty easy.
The Verizon Galaxy S4 is not SIM locked. Install the SIM, set the APN, and done.
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It's getting to be time for a sticky about this. Search the forums for "Straight Talk" - using their SIMs is pretty easy.
The Verizon Galaxy S4 is not SIM locked. Install the SIM, set the APN, and done.
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I have but don't understand. I have zero knowledge/experience.
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I have but don't understand. I have zero knowledge/experience.
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I'm not sure how to respond to this, but here's a try.
You change from one carrier (Verizon is a carrier) to another (Straight Talk is another carrier) by removing the Verizon SIM from your phone and installing a Straight Talk SIM into your phone. A "SIM" is a Subscriber Identity Module that tells your phone what carrier to use and what your phone number is.
You asked about unlocking. You don't have to, since the phone will accept a SIM from any carrier.
For data to work, your phone has to be configured to use your new carrier's network. That's configured by setting up the Access Point Name corresponding to that new carrier.
The "Search" suggestion was because there's already an active thread in this forum discussing using Straight Talk on the I545. Since this is not a tutorial site, you should follow that thread and ask questions there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50880216
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I'm not sure how to respond to this, but here's a try..
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I couldn't have explained it better myself. Alot of people get so grumpy about "noobs" coming in and asking questions.
+1 to you for not chewing him out for asking a noob question.
At Least he put it in the Q&A section though not in a general or dev. thread right...
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How do I unlock a Verizon Galaxy S4 to use with Straight Talk?
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Straight Talk Wireless uses the AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint networks. You want to check with Verizon to see if you can register your phone with Straight Talk using the Verizon network. Just go to the Straight Talk Wireless web site.
You’ll enter your phone’s serial number and your location and check if it is possible to transfer your phone to Straight Talk. I have never used a Verizon phone on Straight Talk. They also use the Sprint network. You might want to confirm with Straight Talk support that they won’t register your phone on the Sprint network. I looked it up, your phone should be a SCH-I545 model, which I doesn’t look like its compatible with Sprint. You can call them and ask.
I’ll also mention that as far as I know the Straight Talk’s Verizon network is 3G only, not 4G LTE. Supposedly, Verizon doesn’t allow any of the prepaid cellular services to use their LTE network. If you get 4G LTE service where you live on Verizon, you may notice a difference in data speeds. If your S4 is still active on Verizon, install the SpeedTest app, and see what types of data speeds you are getting on Verizon.
You don’t need a SIM card to use your phone on Straight Talk. In the US, we use two different cellular technologies: CDMA and GSM. Verizon and Sprint use CDMA. AT&T and T-Mobile use GSM. Since there is not AT&T service where you live it doesn’t matter but If you want to use a Verizon phone on the AT&T or T-Mobile network your phone model needs to be compatible with the network you want to use it on and the phone needs to be SIM unlocked.
You might want to take a look at Verizon prepaid as well.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions or need more help. I’d also love to hear how it works out for you.
Ok sooo I got my sprint galaxy s8+ unlocked and I put in an active straighttalk sim... it let me make calls and send text. But no mobile data. I’ve tried putting in different apn... didn’t work. I’ve tried to look at other threads and I see stuff about changing firmware and whatnot. I don’t know what any of that is or how to do it. Can someone please guide me in what to do so the phone will fully function on straighttalk? I need the mobile data to work for work purposes... please help
I'm having a similar issue. My data works fine but I can only make and recieve texts/calls when roaming domestically.
You have 2 choices. Go to straight talk's website (https://www.straighttalk.com/wps/portal/home/help/apn) and follow instructions. Or flash the phone to Straight talk's firmware.