Nexus 5 on the Consumer Cellular System

[Oliver Kasper]

Does anyone have APN that works? Can you post the details? Everything works except the MMS, send and recieve.

 

[uh60james]

Try these settings, found them for the Nexus 4. Oh and next time you might want to post this somewhere other than the accessories forum.

Name: Consumer Cellular
APN: att.mvno
Proxy: 66.209.11.32
Port: 80
User Name: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not Set
MMSC: Not Set
MMS Proxy: Not Set
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: Not set
APN Type: default
APN Protocol: IPv4
APN Enabled (check)
Bearer: Unspecified

 

[yoterryh]

I just found this article that details the specific settings required.

Off Topic: Google Nexus 5 APN Settings for Consumer Cellular | CMS Report

I haven't tried them yet, but I'm just about to order two Nexus 5's.

 

[Gekko]

is Consumer Cellular a value? my brief research seems to show it's a rip off and they prey on non-tech savvy old people.

 

[lastephey]

I have had them for about two years and I am happy with them. They don't charge you fees if you exceed your data or talk limits-- you just bump up to the next plan. Also, their service is no-contract and you can use any unlocked phone.

 

[Gekko]

I have had them for about two years and I am happy with them. They don't charge you fees if you exceed your data or talk limits-- you just bump up to the next plan. Also, their service is no-contract and you can use any unlocked phone.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...A%2F%2Fwww.straighttalk.com%2F&token=nZ03sBQG seems to be a far better value.

 

[josh358]

Consumer Cellular's target audience is people who use their phones only lightly. The other light usage plans force you to use a dumbphone, or charge ripoff fees if you do use data. The AARP recommended it, and the surge in sales led them to direct their marketing at elderly people. Straight Talk is a better deal for people who use their phones heavily enough to need a quasi-unlimited plan.

As it happens, Straight Talk was ideal for me. I use my landline for most calls and WiFi for most of my data so even $45/month would be ridiculous. Consumer Cellular costs me about $15/month, but gives me leeway to use more talk and data if I'm traveling or service goes out in a storm. It's the only plan I found that fits my needs and uses a reasonable network (actually the best coverage where I am). Now, all I have to do is figure out how to get LTE working . . .

 

[mrsmumbles]

Consumer Cellular's target audience is people who use their phones only lightly. The other light usage plans force you to use a dumbphone, or charge ripoff fees if you do use data. The AARP recommended it, and the surge in sales led them to direct their marketing at elderly people. Straight Talk is a better deal for people who use their phones heavily enough to need a quasi-unlimited plan.

As it happens, Straight Talk was ideal for me. I use my landline for most calls and WiFi for most of my data so even $45/month would be ridiculous. Consumer Cellular costs me about $15/month, but gives me leeway to use more talk and data if I'm traveling or service goes out in a storm. It's the only plan I found that fits my needs and uses a reasonable network (actually the best coverage where I am). Now, all I have to do is figure out how to get LTE working . . .

Not all of the AT&T mvno's provide LTE service. I don't know about CC but some if the others don't...

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk 2

 

[ccsmoker]

I have MetroPCS, and have to say that I am quite happy with them. I have no trouble what so ever.

 

[camanokid]

Here are my CC settings...where they are different from yours.
Update: I highlighted my changes in red color text
Customer Support was VERY helpful.

Name: Consumer Cellular (ConsumerCellular) no space
APN: att.mvno
Proxy: 66.209.11.32 (proxy.mvno.ccmobileweb.com)
Port: 80
User Name: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not Set
MMSC: Not Set (http://mmsc.cingular.com)
MMS Proxy: Not Set (proxy.mvno.ccmobileweb.com)
(I added: MMS Port:80)
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: Not set (PAP)
APN Type: default
APN Protocol: IPv4
APN Enabled (check)
Bearer: Unspecified

MVNO type (none)
MVNO value (not set)

I am a limited user and very happy with my Nexus 5 and CC.
You might want to visit this link to see my suggestions on Nexus 5 settings for a Limited Plan User:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-5/345462-limited-data-plan-consumer-cellular.html

 

[camanokid]

Here are my CC settings...where they are different from yours.
Customer Support was VERY helpful.

Name: Consumer Cellular (ConsumerCellular) no space
APN: att.mvno
Proxy: 66.209.11.32 (proxy.mvno.ccmobileweb.com)
Port: 80
User Name: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not Set
MMSC: Not Set (http://mmsc.cingular.com)
MMS Proxy: Not Set (proxy.mvno.ccmobileweb.com)
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: Not set (PAP)
APN Type: default
APN Protocol: IPv4
APN Enabled (check)
Bearer: Unspecified

MVNO type (none)
MVNO value (not set)


I am a limited user and very happy with my Nexus 5 and CC.
You might want to visit this link to see my suggestions on Nexus 5 settings for a Limited Plan User:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-5/345462-limited-data-plan-consumer-cellular.html

 

[Mack Ledgerwood]

I was looking at Straight Talk's website and came across this coverage map, which has a non-Android map and an Android map. See link below. I haven't seen coverage before that depends on the kind of phone you have. Anyone know why that would be the case with Straight Talk?

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...support%2Fservice%2Barea%2Bmap&token=MlJTxT4X

 

[bmolloy]

Straight Talk has different maps because the are an MVNO that has both CDMA phones that use verizon's service and GSM phones that use AT&T's and T-Mobile's service (you pick if you want T-Mobile or AT&T when you buy the sim). It looks like the "android" map is the T-Mobile map, and the other map is the Verizon CDMA map. For a while Straight Talk stopped selling AT&T Sim cards so it would make since that they did not have the AT&T map up. The started selling AT&T compatible sims again a few months ago, but I do not see a map that reflects that.

One thing to note is that if you select AT&T with straight talk you get AT&T's LTE bands as well. I have done this with my nexus and can confirm it works just fine. I have not, however, tried to see if T-Mobile LTE works with that sim.

 

[Meredith_1]

Do any of these settings work for sending and receiving pictures properly?

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Oliver, have you gotten your MMS to work?

 

[Dan Weiss]

I just switched from Verizon (2 Galaxy S3's), to T-Mobile (2 new Nexus 5's), to Consumer Cellular. I had been a 15 year customer with Verizon and was tired of their costly plans for 2 smart phones. I too thought CC was just for "old folks" (my mother has used it for 2 years) and they wouldn't support "Smart Phones", so I went to T-Mobile. Saved $40/month over Verizon. I soon learned that their coverage was terrible, even though their coverage maps seemed to indicate otherwise. Only could get Edge data most of the time and would have no cell coverage in quite a few places (live in Tucson, Az.) Discouraged, I looked at CC more closely. Found out they do indeed support Smart Phones and particularly the Nexus 5. Joy. So I signed up, they sent sim cards (2 day delivery - FREE). Put one in and used the other phone to call them and get activated. Reversed the process and it all works great. Now, I didn't expect this: I have LTE data and I live 20 miles from the city in the country. The cost is WAY less than Verizon and less than T-Mobile. Better cell coverage and better data coverage.
Here are the APN settings they gave me:
If I don't mention a category, it's blank - "None" or "Not set". Everything works, i.e. LTE data, SMS, MMS, etc. And the Data is FAST.
Name = ConsumerCellular
APN = ccdata
MMSC = http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS proxy = proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS Port = 80
MCC = 310
MNC = 410
APN type = default, mms, supl (there is a space after each comma, as they instructed me to do - I tried it without the spaces and it would not work)

- - - Updated - - -

I just switched from Verizon (2 Galaxy S3's), to T-Mobile (2 new Nexus 5's), to Consumer Cellular. I had been a 15 year customer with Verizon and was tired of their costly plans for 2 smart phones. I too thought CC was just for "old folks" (my mother has used it for 2 years) and they wouldn't support "Smart Phones", so I went to T-Mobile. Saved $40/month over Verizon. I soon learned that their coverage was terrible, even though their coverage maps seemed to indicate otherwise. Only could get Edge data most of the time and would have no cell coverage in quite a few places (live in Tucson, Az.) Discouraged, I looked at CC more closely. Found out they do indeed support Smart Phones and particularly the Nexus 5. Joy. So I signed up, they sent sim cards (2 day delivery - FREE). Put one in and used the other phone to call them and get activated. Reversed the process and it all works great. Now, I didn't expect this: I have LTE data and I live 20 miles from the city in the country. The cost is WAY less than Verizon and less than T-Mobile. Better cell coverage and better data coverage.
Here are the APN settings they gave me:
If I don't mention a category, it's blank - "None" or "Not set". Everything works, i.e. LTE data, SMS, MMS, etc. And the Data is FAST.
Name = ConsumerCellular
APN = ccdata
MMSC = http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS proxy = proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS Port = 80
MCC = 310
MNC = 410
APN type = default, mms, supl (there is a space after each comma, as they instructed me to do - I tried it without the spaces and it would not work)

 

[Dan Weiss]

I just switched from Verizon (2 Galaxy S3's), to T-Mobile (2 new Nexus 5's), to Consumer Cellular. I had been a 15 year customer with Verizon and was tired of their costly plans for 2 smart phones. I too thought CC was just for "old folks" (my mother has used it for 2 years) and they wouldn't support "Smart Phones", so I went to T-Mobile. Saved $40/month over Verizon. I soon learned that their coverage was terrible, even though their coverage maps seemed to indicate otherwise. Only could get Edge data most of the time and would have no cell coverage in quite a few places (live in Tucson, Az.) Discouraged, I looked at CC more closely. Found out they do indeed support Smart Phones and particularly the Nexus 5. Joy. So I signed up, they sent sim cards (2 day delivery - FREE). Put one in and used the other phone to call them and get activated. Reversed the process and it all works great. Now, I didn't expect this: I have LTE data and I live 20 miles from the city in the country. The cost is WAY less than Verizon and less than T-Mobile. Better cell coverage and better data coverage.
Here are the APN settings they gave me:
If I don't mention a category, it's blank - "None" or "Not set". Everything works, i.e. LTE data, SMS, MMS, etc. And the Data is FAST.
Name = ConsumerCellular
APN = ccdata
MMSC = http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS proxy = proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS Port = 80
MCC = 310
MNC = 410
APN type = default, mms, supl (there is a space after each comma, as they instructed me to do - I tried it without the spaces and it would not work)

 

[Dan Weiss]

I just switched from Verizon (2 Galaxy S3's), to T-Mobile (2 new Nexus 5's), to Consumer Cellular. I had been a 15 year customer with Verizon and was tired of their costly plans for 2 smart phones. I too thought CC was just for "old folks" (my mother has used it for 2 years) and they wouldn't support "Smart Phones", so I went to T-Mobile. Saved $40/month over Verizon. I soon learned that their coverage was terrible, even though their coverage maps seemed to indicate otherwise. Only could get Edge data most of the time and would have no cell coverage in quite a few places (live in Tucson, Az.) Discouraged, I looked at CC more closely. Found out they do indeed support Smart Phones and particularly the Nexus 5. Joy. So I signed up, they sent sim cards (2 day delivery - FREE). Put one in and used the other phone to call them and get activated. Reversed the process and it all works great. Now, I didn't expect this: I have LTE data and I live 20 miles from the city in the country. The cost is WAY less than Verizon and less than T-Mobile. Better cell coverage and better data coverage.
Here are the APN settings they gave me:
If I don't mention a category, it's blank - "None" or "Not set". Everything works, i.e. LTE data, SMS, MMS, etc. And the Data is FAST.
Name = ConsumerCellular
APN = ccdata
MMSC = http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS proxy = proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS Port = 80
MCC = 310
MNC = 410
APN type = default, mms, supl (there is a space after each comma, as they instructed me to do - I tried it without the spaces and it would not work)

 

[BigBoyMS]

Thanks, Dan Weiss! I've been struggling to find out why my Nexus 5 would only connect to a HSPA network and never would give me LTE. I've tried every setting to be tried in the last 4 weeks. I had read this thread a couple of times before and just luckily my wife had me come back and check it tonight. The Consumer Cellular setting for APN on their support page and everywhere else that I have found it was APN= att.mvno. I changed to the APN= ccdata that you have and FINALLY! I have LTE service! Thank you again!

I hope Oliver got his Nexus working since we haven't heard any more from him. I have found that only about 5-6 of the fields are needed to get data and mms working.

 

[JoeCool87TC]

Here's the settings that got my N-5 working perfectly. These were given my by a second tier tech. There was also something they had to change at their end, don't really know what it was. My settings exactly as presented by ther phone:

Mobile network settings
Data enabled <checked>
Data roaming <checked>

Access Point Names
cci ccdata <checked>

Name: cci
APN: ccdata
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: Not set
APN type: default,mms,supl
APN protocol: IPv4
APM roaming protocol: IPv4
APM enable/disable: Greyed out, but APN enabled is checked
Bearer: Unspecified
MVNO type: None
MVNO value: Greyed out but not set

I sincerely hope this helps someone.

 

[luvboox]

This is what finally worked for my sister, after I had been through every APN setting I could find:

Name: ConsumerCellular
APN: ccdata
Proxy: blank or not set
Port: 80
Username: <Not set>
Password: <Not set>
Server: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: PAP or None/Not Set
APN type: default,mms,supl,agps,fota
APN protocol: IPv4
APN roaming protocol: IPv4
Bearer: Unspecified
MVNO type: None

LTE works great, finally. Hope this helps.