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Straight Talk Nexus 5 Usage

thisiskeg said:
My N5 is working on LTE in Salt Lake City right now. My APN settings are as follows:

Name: Straight Talk
APN: tfdata
Port: 80
MMSC: http://mms-cf.net
MMS Proxy: mms3.tracfone.com
MMS Port: 80

Getting those out of the ST phone support was like pulling teeth - I practically had to explain the concept of APN settings
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Doing anything over the phone with Straight Talk is like a root canal.
 
kflanegan said:
I've not experienced bad or spotty data connection. I live about half hour south of Birmingham, AL and get solid LTE at home and work. I never use much more than 1 or 2GB's a month so haven't ever been throttled but I imagine that would be painful if you plan on trying to tether or just stream YouTube out Hulu a lot. Good luck!
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Don't ever tether on ST! I got away with it for a month but the next month they didn't throttle me they CUT my data off completely after 2 days/1.5GB. The rest if the month royally sucked...
 
PHP: 
Straight Talk APN: T-Mobile

Name: straight talk
APN: wap.tracfone
MMSC: http://mms-tf.net
Multimedia message proxy: mms3.tracfone.com
Multimedia message port: 80

This one worked for me as well.

SM-N9005
 
The nexus 5 on straight talk is not a bad option but you are most likely better off going with AIO wireless or if they have Metro PCS in your area then go with that.
 
So Straight Talk stinks with CS, but it has higher speeds than AIO, right? Isn't AIO capped at 8/mbs or something like that? Also, arn't both on ATT networks?
 
I switched from Verizon to Straight Talk to use the Nexus 5 with an AT&T SIM and so far I have been very pleased. They gave me a hard time about porting my number since the area code of my old number didn't match my current address, but being on the phone with them was so bad I didn't try very hard to keep it, so I just got a new number (root canal analogy is putting it mildly).

Coverage in my area (Carrboro, NC) with the AT&T SIM is excellent, voice quality is great. I'm not a heavy data user so I'm not worried about hitting the cap, but mobile data seems faster to me compared with what I was getting with Verizon (could be the new phone though)
 
Gatman said:
I got my N5 this morning and activated new service with Straight Talk. Ported my number from Verizon, and I am getting LTE. I went to apn.straighttalkbyop.com and put in my phone and zip code (I had to select Nexus 4 if I remember correctly, since Nexus 5 wasn't an option). I entered what came up, powered the phone off and back on, and had LTE.

I've seen it switch between LTE and HSPA a couple times, but my speedtest on LTE pulled down 16-17 mbs and up was about 6.

I did have problems activating though. I entered everything on the website, and I got an error message saying the card I entered for my first month of service had already been used. Had to call customer service, and had a hard time understanding the gal I was talking to. I clled back to be sure there was indeed a month of service on my account, and the second rep confirmed there was. While I was on the phone with rep #2 my old phone quit working and my port was complete (took about 30 minutes to port from Verizon). Entered the apn info, and all has been well.

~Gary
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Hello. I'm a little confused...did you order the micro sim that is "supposedly for 'ATT compatible phone'?"

Cause on ST's website, there is a micro sim for ATT or T-Mobile (unlocked) compatible...
 
Metro PCS is Metro Piece of S**t. Lol
I've never heard anyone announce to others about how good or great it is and that they should switch.
 
Network performance is completely based on location. Just because it is great/terrible in your location doesn't mean the same holds true elsewhere
 
dmarco_ said:
Hello. I'm a little confused...did you order the micro sim that is "supposedly for 'ATT compatible phone'?"

Cause on ST's website, there is a micro sim for ATT or T-Mobile (unlocked) compatible...
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Yes. I ordered the AT&T micro sim.
 
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