Nexus 5 on AIO wireless thread

[kgeissler]

Quick question about LTE coverage. Am I correct in assuming that if I look at AT&T's coverage map and see LTE coverage , I will also have LTE coverage (albeit slower) on Cricket? Or is Cricket's LTE coverage less than that of AT&T?

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[unsivil_audio]

Naw, they are one in the same. At&t towers = Cricket Towers.

 

[bozzykid]

Quick question about LTE coverage. Am I correct in assuming that if I look at AT&T's coverage map and see LTE coverage , I will also have LTE coverage (albeit slower) on Cricket? Or is Cricket's LTE coverage less than that of AT&T?

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It is the same. The only difference with prepaid is that you don't have roaming. But you have full access to AT&T's network (except throttling your LTE/HSPA speeds).

 

[kellybrf]

thinking about switching my gf from T-Mobile. its great here (and weve got wideband lte now) but not so much at her moms place, where the cricket maps appear to blanket the area. i was thinking of setting up the $25 talk plan on my n4 to try it out. if I don't renew after the month and let the number die will I be able to reuse the sim and port her over, or will I have to buy a new sim kit?

 

[kjjjjshab]

Naw, they are one in the same. At&t towers = Cricket Towers.

Well except you need to look at the AT&T PREPAID map, otherwise you might be looking at T-Mobile data roaming coverage, not?

Cricket's coverage is most certainly less than AT&T proper because they are NOT all AT&T towers.

 

[imablackhat]

I've had cricket for some months now and personally no issues. Came over from straight talk. I like the referral program. Already referred 5. If you need one pm me
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[unsivil_audio]

Newer APN settings.

Just FYI, here are some new APN settings. I've confirmed them as working on my phone (including MMS!).

Name: ATT Phone
APN: phone
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
User name: 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: 150
Authentication type: None
APN type: default,mms,supl
APN protocol: IPv4
Enable/disable APN: APN enabled
Bearer: Unspecified

Oh, got them from Howardforums.

 

[frigidazzi]

Just FYI, here are some new APN settings. I've confirmed them as working on my phone (including MMS!).



Oh, got them from Howardforums.

Any benefit to using these over the older ones?

 

[bozzykid]

Just FYI, here are some new APN settings. I've confirmed them as working on my phone (including MMS!).



Oh, got them from Howardforums.

Those aren't new settings. Those are the default AT&T APN settings. Cricket has not announced any new settings, so I would be wary of changing to those.

 

[unsivil_audio]

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1835537-Cricket-Wireless-MMS-APN-settings
@frigidazzi probably not, I do get a lower ping with these settings, speeds are unchanged.

 

[kellybrf]

thinking about switching my gf from T-Mobile. its great here (and weve got wideband lte now) but not so much at her moms place, where the cricket maps appear to blanket the area. i was thinking of setting up the $25 talk plan on my n4 to try it out. if I don't renew after the month and let the number die will I be able to reuse the sim and port her over, or will I have to buy a new sim kit?

anyone?

 

[Johmama]

thinking about switching my gf from T-Mobile. its great here (and weve got wideband lte now) but not so much at her moms place, where the cricket maps appear to blanket the area. i was thinking of setting up the $25 talk plan on my n4 to try it out. if I don't renew after the month and let the number die will I be able to reuse the sim and port her over, or will I have to buy a new sim kit?

anyone?

I didn't respond earlier because I don't know how much help I can be.

I asked earlier about just switching numbers and I'm pretty sure you can't unless you buy a new SIM. That said, if you actually let the number and account expire, you might be able to. I can't find any option on their site to bring your own (expired) SIM, however. Going through the process of setting up a new account always seems to require me to buy their SIM card. If I HAD to come up with an answer for you, I'd say buying a new SIM kit would be required. Don't take my word as fact, though. Try using their help chat and asking a representative.

 

[kellybrf]

anyone want to send a referral to macadam dot jenn at gmail? tia!

 

[v3rk]

anyone want to send a referral to macadam dot jenn at gmail? tia!

I'll refer you, they ask for a name though. PM me.

 

[imablackhat]

I'll refer anyone just pm me

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[c47v3779]

What's the advantage of getting refereed by someone?

Thanks!

 

[frigidazzi]

What's the advantage of getting refereed by someone?

Thanks!

25 dollar credit to both parties after 60 days.

 

[kellybrf]

I'll refer you, they ask for a name though. PM me.

I'll refer anyone just pm me

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thanks guys, someone already hooked me up

 

[Vandyyy]

Just subbed a few days ago. Could someone PM me for referral, please?

 

[yazyazoo]

I am on AIO. Do I need to root the phone to get wifi tether working on the Nex 5? I saw on earlier posts that stock tether works. Does anyone have a guide on how to set it up and make it harder for AIO to detect that you are tethering?