Verizon S3 to Straight Talk

[STARGATE]

Running Jelly Bean 4.1.2, and have put in all correct APN settings for AT&T on Straightalk, phone still not receiving data and phone says it's roaming while on network...help, don't know what I'm doing wrong. Even re-rooted phone to see if that would fix problem, not.

Have you followed all the steps mentioned at the beginning of this thread?

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[Mr_DeejayLee]

Thank you Stephan Blake and Jaytenberg for your posts, I finally made the switch from Verizon (S3) to Straight Talk w/ an AT&T sim card. It was as easy as stated!!

Everything works except Voice Mail, any suggestions?
(Current setting is #86 / Verizon'x factory setting)

 

[GSDer]

Everything works except Voice Mail, any suggestions?
(Current setting is #86 / Verizon'x factory setting)

Perhaps you missed it in the previous posts, but that code is Verizon specific - to access your VM now just dial your (new) phone number.

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[Mr_DeejayLee]

Perhaps you missed it in the previous posts, but that code is Verizon specific - to access your VM now just dial your (new) phone number.

I noticed that... However I had never setup my VM when I was with Verizon, so I have no idea how to set one up now!

Does anyone have any ideas on how to proceed?

 

[Jack Parris]

Hey, I just switched over to ST, and I did all the steps in the post on the first page, but I'm still having trouble getting the MMS to work. I'm using the T-Mobile SIM because the AT&T one wouldn't work. Any suggestions?

 

[STARGATE]

I noticed that... However I had never setup my VM when I was with Verizon, so I have no idea how to set one up now!

Does anyone have any ideas on how to proceed?

Follow the steps below to see if you get it to work.

Hello Shy, welcome to AC!

Many people with that same phone are having the same issue but they got it solved using YouMail.

Before you download YouMail try this on your phone:

Go to
*Settings
*Call
*Voicemail settings
*Voicemail number
Here you need to edit the "Voicemail number" to your cell phone number.

After that, try it to see if it works.

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[STARGATE]

Oh, and welcome to the forums Mr_DeejayLee!

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[STARGATE]

Hey, I just switched over to ST, and I did all the steps in the post on the first page, but I'm still having trouble getting the MMS to work. I'm using the T-Mobile SIM because the AT&T one wouldn't work. Any suggestions?

Welcome to the forums "forgotten" Doctor Who!

Please read all the posts, there are some answers in different pages here not just the front one. I would really help you more but I'm busy at the moment.

Also, have you tried Google hangouts or other third party apps for mms?
I know others have done that.

Good luck and let us know what happens.

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[Jae Chatfield]

Good morning, everyone!

I also recently acquired a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3. I am still undecided as to whether or not I will continue with my current AT&T StraightTalk SIM (currently being used in an iPhone 4) or switch over to Verizon service. StraightTalk offers me unlimited talk/text and "data" for $45/mo prepaid - but seems to slow data after around 2GB of usage - and Verizon offers a single-line plan of unlimited talk/text and 1GB of 4G LTE data for $65/mo - but I'm concerned about data overages.

In any case, the APN settings I found in this thread were not helpful in my particular situation, however elsewhere on the web I found the following settings which allowed me to send/receive MMS/Picture messages and use data. Perhaps this will help others:

Name: StraightTalk
APN: att.mvno
Proxy: proxy.mvno.tracfone.com
Port: <Leave Blank>
Username: <Leave Blank>
Password: <Leave Blank>
Server: <Leave Blank>
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS proxy: mms2.tracfone.com
MMS port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: <Leave Blank>
APN type: default,supl,mms
APN Protocol: Leave it set to default

I still have three weeks of my prepaid StraightTalk service left and my Verizon SIM is supposed to be arriving today via USPS ready to activate on the $60/month plan.

My own question is this: I notice in the Mobile Network settings that the Galaxy S3 shows non-editable frequency settings, and (perhaps unrelated) my call quality was very poor using the ST AT&T SIM in comparison with the quality I've been getting on my iPhone 4. Is it possible that the Verizon SIM slot - intended to be used for data services only - is not really meant to support voice/calling services, and hence my call quality will never improve?

Thank you in advance for any information anyone can provide regarding the switch from Verizon CDMA voice service to ST GSM, and I hope the information I found on the internet regarding APN will be helpful to others in getting MMS/Data working on your S3's.

 

[STARGATE]

Welcome to the forums Jae!
I'm glad you're helping others.

About your question, I'm not sure, I'm not very familiar with Verizon. But as I understand, that phone should have:
-- 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
-- 3G UMTS/HSPA+ (21 Mbps down, 5.76 Mbps up) 850, 1900, 2100 MHz.
-- 4G LTE 700, 1700 (AWS) MHz.

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[dpham00]

Welcome to the forums Jae!
I'm glad you're helping others.

About your question, I'm not sure, I'm not very familiar with Verizon. But as I understand, that phone should have:
-- 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
-- 3G UMTS/HSPA+ (21 Mbps down, 5.76 Mbps up) 850, 1900, 2100 MHz.
-- 4G LTE 700, 1700 (AWS) MHz.

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4GLTE on band 13 only
Does not support band 17(att) or band 4 (tmobile).
When I used my tmobile s3 on tmobile, I was only able to get EDGE.


The sim was capable of more as when used on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 3, I was able to get EDGE, h, h+, and 4GLTE on tmobile

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[STARGATE]

4GLTE on band 13 only
Does not support band 17(att) or band 4 (tmobile).
When I used my tmobile s3 on tmobile, I was only able to get EDGE.


The sim was capable of more as when used on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 3, I was able to get EDGE, h, h+, and 4GLTE on tmobile

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So, he should be okay with voice services on T-Mobile with that phone. Right?

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[dpham00]

So, he should be okay with voice services on T-Mobile with that phone. Right?

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Yes, voice and edge works. I didn't try text on my s3(the sim I had was not activated)

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[Shy Monroe]

This didn't work! Maybe I'm doing something wrong...help

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[dpham00]

This didn't work! Maybe I'm doing something wrong...help

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Do you have the latest update from Verizon? Originally, the Verizon s3 was shipped sim locked but was unlocked via update. Simply popping the sim in should at least get voice to work. Apn setting change would be needed for data. Apn info for StraightTalk can be found here

http://m.straighttalkbyop.com/view/page/p/113846/straighttalksim-data-apn-settings

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[Jared Colbert1]

I can't get this to work for me I don't have a Verizon SIM card so I never had one in it i have a tmobile straight talk sim and I've set the apn and set the phone to gsm I have the global version sg 3 and its up to date with updates but I just can't make this work any suggestions?

 

[Jared Colbert1]

A little more info I did a hard reset when I got the phone and I don't have a verizon SIM card so I bypassed activation and went in and switched it to gsm turned the phone off put in my straight talk t mobile sim turned it back on anni got nothing so I went and clicked the gsm thing again and it keeps asking me to to put it in global mode so I clicked cdma and it asked me to put it in global mode again and I clicked gsm again and it keeps asking me to put it in global lol guess this just isn't going to work for me I can't think of any other solution but if y'all can think of something let me know I ordered a AT&T straight talk SIM and it should be here tomorrow but I didn't order the micro so I ordered a SIM cutter from eBay and I'm going to activate that SIM and try it too but i just can't get it to work

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[Shy Monroe]

So I just need to change the settings using the verizon sim?

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[Jae Chatfield]

@Jared Colbert1

I also purchased a used Galaxy S3. I was using a AT&T (cut) micro-SIM, (originally a full-size SIM) from my StraightTalk Nokia E71. Changed to GSM in the network settings, turned phone off, put my ST SIM in and when I turned the phone back on it found the ST network (although it took a few minutes.) I was able to immediately send text messages and make calls. Data and MMS did not work. I had a hard time finding the settings for the APN; the settings found most placed on the interwebs didn't work for me. I posted above the settings that allowed me to use EDGE data/MMS on an (older) A&TT ST SIM. I would bet once you get your new SIM I think you'll find the proper settings in this thread, whether the ones originally posted or the older settings I posted. Good luck!

 

[Jared Colbert1]

This just isn't working for me I got my straight talk AT&T SIM today and put it in and still nothing so T-Mobile and AT&T sim cards are not working for me. . Could it be because my phone never had a Verizon sim card or would that not matter. . It just keeps asking me to put it into global mode I'm getting no where with it lol

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