T-Mobile $30 Prepaid Plan Users Thread
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No kid...anyone having trouble signing up for this plan doesn't know how to follow basic instructions...again from T-Mobiles website
What part is so difficult to understand?
Last year there was a huge batch of SIM cards that couldn't be activated on this plan. It would take a lot of phone tag with multiple T-Mobile agents to get them to activate it manually. But other than that, if you buy the SIM on T-Mobile.com or Walmart, then there is generally no issues activating it.
I just activated my wife's Nexus 5 to the T-Mobile $30, 100 min prepaid plan. All works fine but I have a question.
I installed the T-Mobile app. On my phone the account status appears in the notification bar but it does not on my wife's phone. Is there a hidden setting I am missing?
I installed the T-Mobile app. On my phone the account status appears in the notification bar but it does not on my wife's phone. Is there a hidden setting I am missing?
Yeah, it's in the options, something about 'show in notification bar' or something; it's not plainly obvious, you've got to click around a bit.
Why are you asking in a Nexus 5 thread? You phone is sim locked. You must get a sim unlock code for your phone.
Just a heads up, sim cards from T-Mobile are free right now.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/22vvu7/just_a_heads_up_sim_cards_from_tmobile_are_free/
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/sim-card
http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/22vvu7/just_a_heads_up_sim_cards_from_tmobile_are_free/
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/sim-card
Make sure the box is checked, I unchecked mine because I don't like seeing it in my status bar
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Not all Sims work for the $30 100 minutes, unlimited data, unlimited Internet Walmart plan.
I am currently on that plan with my Nexus 5 phone and it works fine. So when my wife got her own nexus 5 phone I ordered one of the free sim kits from T-Mobile. When it arrived I inserted it into her phone and activated it on the T-Mobile website to the $30 plan that I thought was mine. Two days later I looked at her phone and saw it was for only 100 free messages, *not* unlimited messages like my Walmart plan.
So I called T-Mobile customer service and according to the agent this sim could not be used for the Walmart plan I have. She said that to get that plan I need to buy another sim from Walmart!
Problem is none of the Walmarts in my area have it in the stores. That is why I ordered it on the web from T-Mobile. For my phone I had also ordered it online for the same reason (none in the stores). Maybe I had ordered it from Walmart online. Don't remember but I remember that it had not been scanned before packaging and I had to go to a Walmart store where, after much confusion, they "returned" it and I repurchased it so they could scan it and make it work.
So....... Does anyone know what I have to do to make this sim work for the $30 100 minutes, unlimited data, unlimited Internet Walmart plan? Or where to get a sim online that will work for the Walmart plan?
They really don't want people to get this plan!
I am currently on that plan with my Nexus 5 phone and it works fine. So when my wife got her own nexus 5 phone I ordered one of the free sim kits from T-Mobile. When it arrived I inserted it into her phone and activated it on the T-Mobile website to the $30 plan that I thought was mine. Two days later I looked at her phone and saw it was for only 100 free messages, *not* unlimited messages like my Walmart plan.
So I called T-Mobile customer service and according to the agent this sim could not be used for the Walmart plan I have. She said that to get that plan I need to buy another sim from Walmart!
Problem is none of the Walmarts in my area have it in the stores. That is why I ordered it on the web from T-Mobile. For my phone I had also ordered it online for the same reason (none in the stores). Maybe I had ordered it from Walmart online. Don't remember but I remember that it had not been scanned before packaging and I had to go to a Walmart store where, after much confusion, they "returned" it and I repurchased it so they could scan it and make it work.
So....... Does anyone know what I have to do to make this sim work for the $30 100 minutes, unlimited data, unlimited Internet Walmart plan? Or where to get a sim online that will work for the Walmart plan?
They really don't want people to get this plan!
Actually any SIM from T-Mobile.com will work. The reason you have to get another is you can't switch to this plan from another plan since it is for new activations only. It sounds like you selected the wrong $30 plan when you signed up. Sometimes if you are insistent you can escalate it with the CSR and get them to attach the correct plan.
Call again. Sims purchased from the T-Mobile site CAN be activated on that plan as long as it's done online. "100 minutes talk | Unlimited text | First 5 GB at up to 4G speeds...
This plan is only available for devices purchased from*
Wal-Mart or devices activated on T-Mobile.com."
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans --quoted from this site. You have to be careful as there are several $30. plans. If you should get the "Walmart" story again, just politely add "or activated at T-Mobile.com." Repeat as needed.
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This plan is only available for devices purchased from*
Wal-Mart or devices activated on T-Mobile.com."
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans --quoted from this site. You have to be careful as there are several $30. plans. If you should get the "Walmart" story again, just politely add "or activated at T-Mobile.com." Repeat as needed.
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The issue is the sim card is already activated on another plan. It is pretty difficult to get them to switch to this plan as it isn't technically allowed.
Almost any SIM...TMO does carry a data-only SIM (and even Walmart carries that one) that cannot be activated on any calling plan. So long as folks choose a SIM not represented as a DATA plan SIM, they should be good, and yes, it needs to be a new SIM.
If you don't want the hassle of dealing with T-Mobile CS (you made a mistake and are trying to correct it, and you were given incorrect info, ie Walmart-only sim), just order a new sim today while they are still free. Technically speaking, ALL THE PHONE SIMS ARE THE SAME! Either immediately, or at the end of the 30 days, try to activate the new sim. I say try, because in the past there has been chatter about the plan only being for new customers. I've read that previous customers have been able to activate on that $30./100 minute talk plan.
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'New customers only' is misinformation. New SIM is the only requirement*...you can even port your other TMO plan phone number, effectively killing that plan.
*new SIM AND online/phone activation, sorry.
That's why it was reported as chatter--probably out of date, too.
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The plan definitely includes music freedom I'm using it now and it never touches my 5gb of LTE
I've made calls and taken calls with my Google number through hangouts on Wi-Fi and LTE without costing me any plan minutes.
The calls go over LTE for me and use almost no data
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VOIP over a good WiFi connection is very solid, and I've also had pretty good luck on mobile networks, as long as latency is <100ms and packet loss / jitter is low. Don't expect it to be great when you're driving, movement presents some significant challenges for mobile broadband, which digital voice networks (such as GSM/CDMA in voice mode) go to great technical lengths to address. However with good (not overloaded) 4G (HSPA+/LTE) service in a stationary state both T-mobile and AT&T's networks do better than I had expected.
One thing I found today is that T-mobile's network appears to have a fairly short UDP NAT timeout, somewhere in the order of 5-10 minutes. CSipSimple has a default SIP register timeout of 30 minutes, meaning it re-registers the connection with the server every 30 minutes or so. Changing this to 4 minutes was necessary to ensure incoming calls always came through, otherwise the NAT mapping would expire and incoming calls wouldn't come through as the SIP packets weren't making it back to the device.
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I was hoping to do just that, but I guess their system was completely hosed when I tried -- Gave me an error on the clickthrough to activate, didn't even get started. Between that an the lack of numbers for my area code problem, I guess I picked the wrong day to activate.. Ah well, at least it's done. Still stoked at the quality of service for $30/month for 5gb.
Awesome! Glad to be of help
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1.) RAM has improved. The first phone I tried VoIP calling on was a Samsung Galaxy Exhibit II. It had maybe 1GB of RAM. Issues like the phone not waking out of sleep quick enough for me to answer were major issues.
2) Integration is better: Things were hit and miss with other providers but with Voice and Hangouts in-house, the compatibility is a lot more evident.
3) LTE: My Nexus 4 experience was better than my Galaxy Exhibit II but my Alcatel Idol 3 w/ all T-Mobile bands is even better. I made an international VoIP call while walking around for 40 minutes and it was great. Before, I could make a decent call over HSPA if I stayed stationary, but LTE allows much more freedom.
I feel like I am becoming a cheerleader for Hangouts, but you really owe it to yourself to try it again imo. Especially since it is free. Project Fi uses Hangouts for all Wi-Fi calls so you can also check there to see if any complaints are being lodged by Nexus 6 users,4
XVoicePlus just came out on the 5th. You do need Xposed framework though to use this. It acts like Voice+ in that you send from your Google voice number while using hangouts.
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