Straight Talk

kwilsonjr

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Well, I decided to be the guinea pig and give it a try. Bought the cheap Straight Talk GSM phone ($39) and an unlimited plan ($45) - Activated the service using ST phone, made sure it was working, then transferred SIM to the Note. Error during boot-up

'SIM Card Crashed - Call Customer Service'

I put it back in the ST phone and no probs. I'm playing around with it now, but I have a feeling these SIMS are somehow locked to the phone you buy.
 

illuminatie

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The only ones that work on straight talk are Nokia e71, Nokia e5, and Nokia 6790. All of them come with an unlocked sim card. I have the e71 and it has worked in every at&t phone that I've put it in including blackberrys.
 

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I'd like to read your opinions about Straight Talk $45 UL plan vs Simple Mobile $60 UL plan. I'm now on the $30 100 minute 5G TMobile plan. I love the data allowance, and the price of the plan, but the 100 min is a deal killer (tried Skype, Groove IP, Vonage to help with minutes, but I'm sick of feeling embarrassed when people ask me what's wrong with my phone, no consistent quality with calls). So I'm considering my options, even if a little higher in price. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Also, if I'm missing other companies or plans out there, please let me know about them too.
I have a rooted Exhibit II 4G
 

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I talked to ST this morning and they said I could use any unlocked at&t or t-mobile phone. I am seriously considering it. I am tired of paying verizon $100 a month. Is there any thing bad about ST. It just sounds to good to be true.
 

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there shouldn't be any issues w/ StraightTalk on android phone. Recently they allow you to bring any android device. I have ST on my galaxy nexus w/o any issues, going on 5 months now.
 

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you can always sell the note on ebay and come out about even. That is what I do. Worse case scenario is that you lose $25-$50. I buy and sell phones all the time this way.
 

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I ordered the sim and a Note from amazon so I'll soon find out if it works. I still have my GSII on contract with Sprint so I'm covered if it doesn't work out.
 

bobvanjr

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I just did it with an International Note and it was super easy setting it up online. I immediately speed tested it and was getting dl speeds of 5.5mbps!!!!!

Goodbye Sprint with 100kbps!!!!
 

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So now that you have the note on straight Talk what is everyone doing for insurance?

Sent from my sorry ass EVO 3D
 

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I just did it with an International Note and it was super easy setting it up online. I immediately speed tested it and was getting dl speeds of 5.5mbps!!!!!

Goodbye Sprint with 100kbps!!!!

If your getting those speeds, once my att contract is up. Im going to straight talk.
 
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bobvanjr

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That's what I've been getting but speed test quit working so I don't know what's up with that. I can tell it's still super fast just by how fast Web pages load and stuff like that.

As far as insurance... I'm being VERY careful.
 

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