Straight Talk Unlimited with Captivate

bravomail · Apr 11, 2012

chiming in

I had horrible issue with my StraightTalk sim card.
Had to transfer my number, which worked.
Texting and data both didn't work. And the customer support was not helpful.
Then I went to ST facebook page and their Florida office phone. Facebook was useless.
All of them kept saying that simcard/phone is fully provisioned and all 3 components of calls/data/sms should work. They also said that "service is not guaranteed".
Florida Tracfone office called in some techsupport and they submitted Level 2 (L2) ticket. Their backoffice DB had only call record, but not data or text. WTF. They finally fixed it in next 5 days.
The whole nightmare took two weeks.
I have data working, MMS working, SMS working.
Beware of not going over 2GB limit. ST can cancel your contract and you will lose your phone number.
But for unlimited calls and text and some data - 45 is a good price. Beware!

dchawk81 · Apr 11, 2012

Yeah they cut my data off once but I called in and got it reinstated after answering a few questions about my usage.

MrBooMY · Apr 12, 2012

I've been running an E71 sim for over 2 years. They only rescently started warning me about usage which baffles me because I went WELL over 2GB my first month or two and they didn't bother me. Now as soon as I get CLOSE to 2GB they call me. For what I'm paying I'll live with it. I've got most of my family to switch over. Everyone is loving paying $48.15 a month (tax included 7%) instead of $80+ for the cheapest family member.

visionlogic · Apr 16, 2012

br0adband said:
Seriously... when did "unlimited" suddenly get redefined as "limited based on what we decide" ?

It is standard operating procedure. Your government lies to you, corporations lie to you, advertising lies to you, society lies to you (and to itself), individuals lie to you, the law lies to you. Your entire life is a quagmire of lies and deceit. To actually be told the truth is the most shocking thing of all.

jmtheiss · Apr 16, 2012

visionlogic said:
It is standard operating procedure. Your government lies to you, corporations lie to you, advertising lies to you, society lies to you (and to itself), individuals lie to you, the law lies to you. Your entire life is a quagmire of lies and deceit. To actually be told the truth is the most shocking thing of all.

Honestly, that's a depressing paragraph.

bravomail · Apr 20, 2012

Just caught u lying!

jmtheiss said:
Honestly, that's a depressing paragraph.

jjadus · Jun 4, 2013

harpo1 said:
I'm using my Captivate on ST and I'm getting 3mg down and 1.2 up. There's others getting better down/up speeds depending on your coverage area. It uses AT&T's 3g network. I was with AT&T prior to ST and my speeds are the same. Basically any GSM phone will work but if it's a T-Mobile phone you'll be limited to EDGE.

Hi I know that this is an old post but I have a Captivate and just signed up to ST a week ago. I got the data working but so far I am only getting Edge service not 3g but I think I was sent a Tmobile sim from ST not an AT&T sim. Could you or anyone post the APN settings that worked with your Captivate and ST and 3G. Thanks

s44 · Jun 4, 2013

jjadus said:
Hi I know that this is an old post but I have a Captivate and just signed up to ST a week ago. I got the data working but so far I am only getting Edge service not 3g but I think I was sent a Tmobile sim from ST not an AT&T sim. Could you or anyone post the APN settings that worked with your Captivate and ST and 3G. Thanks

ST doesn't offer AT&T SIMs any more -- everything is T-Mo. So you can't get 3G on their service unless you're in an area that T-Mobile has refarmed the 1900 band in already.

Either switch to a T-Mo phone or buy an AT&T ST SIM on eBay (they're pricey).

jjadus · Jun 5, 2013

s44 said:
ST doesn't offer AT&T SIMs any more -- everything is T-Mo. So you can't get 3G on their service unless you're in an area that T-Mobile has refarmed the 1900 band in already.

Either switch to a T-Mo phone or buy an AT&T ST SIM on eBay (they're pricey).

So I was thinking about upgrading to a Galaxy S2 or S3. Is there a way I can be sure an unlocked S2 or S3 may work and give me G3 or G4 service with ST? I know I have to cut the sim to accommodate these two phones. Thanks

s44 · Jun 5, 2013

jjadus said:
So I was thinking about upgrading to a Galaxy S2 or S3. Is there a way I can be sure an unlocked S2 or S3 may work and give me G3 or G4 service with ST? I know I have to cut the sim to accommodate these two phones. Thanks

The T-Mo S2 will give you 3G on T-Mo based ST. With the S3, either the T-Mo or the AT&T model will work -- you can just flash the AT&T one to become a T-Mo one.

International S2 (i9100) or S3 (i9300) will *not* work.

rmntruexjr · Jun 5, 2013

s44 said:
ST doesn't offer AT&T SIMs any more -- everything is T-Mo. So you can't get 3G on their service unless you're in an area that T-Mobile has refarmed the 1900 band in already.

Either switch to a T-Mo phone or buy an AT&T ST SIM on eBay (they're pricey).

Since when exactly? I just switched to straight talk this month and purchased two standard size at&t compatible sim cards and activated them with no issue. I also got a third standard t-mo compatible sim from ebay, because in a few months I will be working in an area that only has t-mo for service. I did a google search for the right t-mo APN to get 3g working for the cappy on t-mo and others said it worked for them, but again, I haven't tried it myself yet.

Edit: Just to clarify, I purchased the at&t sims from the wallmart website.

Edit2: Nevermind, guess it was recent as I ordered my sims a few months back but I see they aren't listed now.....Funny that they still activated them for me and never mentioned anything about it.

jjadus · Jun 5, 2013

s44 said:
ST doesn't offer AT&T SIMs any more -- everything is T-Mo. So you can't get 3G on their service unless you're in an area that T-Mobile has refarmed the 1900 band in already.

Either switch to a T-Mo phone or buy an AT&T ST SIM on eBay (they're pricey).

rmntruexjr said:
Since when exactly? I just switched to straight talk this month and purchased two standard size at&t compatible sim cards and activated them with no issue. I also got a third standard t-mo compatible sim from ebay, because in a few months I will be working in an area that only has t-mo for service. I did a google search for the right t-mo APN to get 3g working for the cappy on t-mo and others said it worked for them, but again, I haven't tried it myself yet.

Edit: Just to clarify, I purchased the at&t sims from the wallmart website.

Edit2: Nevermind, guess it was recent as I ordered my sims a few months back but I see they aren't listed now.....Funny that they still activated them for me and never mentioned anything about it.

Hi would you mind providing a link to the AT&T sim at Walmart or did you call? Thanks

rmntruexjr · Jun 5, 2013

jjadus said:
Hi would you mind providing a link to the AT&T sim at Walmart or did you call? Thanks

Sorry, s44 was correct. I got mine a few months back so they stopped recently. I edited my post after I realized, and I apologize for posting before I double checked.

You can still get them on ebay for around $50

neo_sg · Jun 6, 2013

rmntruexjr said:
Sorry, s44 was correct. I got mine a few months back so they stopped recently. I edited my post after I realized, and I apologize for posting before I double checked.

You can still get them on ebay for around $50

You can get it online from there web site.

Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app

jjadus · Jun 6, 2013

s44 said:
The T-Mo S2 will give you 3G on T-Mo based ST. With the S3, either the T-Mo or the AT&T model will work -- you can just flash the AT&T one to become a T-Mo one.

International S2 (i9100) or S3 (i9300) will *not* work.

Hi thanks for the reply. I have had this Captivate for over two years and have never flashed it. Can this phone be flashed to become a T-Mobile phone? And if it can could you direct me to a Howto or tutorial on how this would be accomplished? Or flash an S3 or where I could purchase an S3 unlocked that is already a T-Mobile? Sorry for all the questions. Thanks Joe

s44 · Jun 6, 2013

neo_sg said:
You can get it online from there web site.

No you can't. Try ordering one.

jjadus said:
Hi thanks for the reply. I have had this Captivate for over two years and have never flashed it. Can this phone be flashed to become a T-Mobile phone? And if it can could you direct me to a Howto or tutorial on how this would be accomplished? Or flash an S3 or where I could purchase an S3 unlocked that is already a T-Mobile? Sorry for all the questions. Thanks Joe

No, you can't change the radio on the Cap. It is what it is.

At this point, for an S3 I'd get an AT&T one off Swappa. Not only is it cheaper secondhand than the T-Mo, with the mod it actually has LTE on T-Mo's network that you need to buy the special LTE version on T-Mo to get otherwise.

flashing the AT&T S3 to work on T-Mo

neo_sg · Jun 28, 2013

Looks like straight talk stop providing att&t. Compatible simcard.

Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app

sysbus6 · Aug 19, 2013

neo_sg said:
Looks like straight talk stop providing att&t. Compatible simcard.

Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app

I just bought a ST sim for my cappy for my girlfriend. Works great! had to change the apn on the phone to get data. She was not sure she wanted a smartphone, and it seemed like a good test for her without signing up for a contract. I have a rooted cappy with a collective rom.

I got this online from ST last week.....

htrowpiks · Aug 29, 2013

Ive been using ST sim on the cappy for about a year now, and while i live pretty far outside chicago, when I do get back there i do get great data connections with this phone.

magnamagna · Sep 2, 2013

Can someone tell me why everything thinks that ST stopped selling ATT sims?

http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/bpd...&locale=en&market=GSM4&productFamily=simcards

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