Straight Talk Unlimited with Captivate
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Wrong! It's mixed CDMA (Verizon) and GSM (AT&T) depending on the phone. There's a ginormous HowardForum thread on using (GSM) iPhones on ST, which should guide the OP in using any AT&T Android as well.
Who cares? You need an internet, or a speedy one? And GSM networks have larger coverage, than UMTS...
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.
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it can be done!
Hey i am new here but i found on a different forum a mobileconfig file (for iphones) to set up their phone for straight talk. read in the same place that some people are using iphones and some androids on straight talk. the story is that you have to buy one of the straight talk's smart phones, ie the nokia e71 or whatever its called. the sim cards that are included with these phones are the only ones that will work (with the mobileconfig settings, and the unlimited 45$ plan being mandatory as well) tried looking through the mobileconfig file but i have never seen or used one before, so i am unable to decipher all of the settings... would be great if someone with some know-how with these type of files could decipher them and fill us in on what settings need to be made! here is the mobileconfig file
Hey i am new here but i found on a different forum a mobileconfig file (for iphones) to set up their phone for straight talk. read in the same place that some people are using iphones and some androids on straight talk. the story is that you have to buy one of the straight talk's smart phones, ie the nokia e71 or whatever its called. the sim cards that are included with these phones are the only ones that will work (with the mobileconfig settings, and the unlimited 45$ plan being mandatory as well) tried looking through the mobileconfig file but i have never seen or used one before, so i am unable to decipher all of the settings... would be great if someone with some know-how with these type of files could decipher them and fill us in on what settings need to be made! here is the mobileconfig file
Captivate with a ST sim installed-- my experience
I too have the Captivate and when I installed a working sim from a ST phone I recived the error "Sim Card Crashed" Can anybody enlighten me as to what is causing this error and if there is a way around it? Thank you very much.
I too have the Captivate and when I installed a working sim from a ST phone I recived the error "Sim Card Crashed" Can anybody enlighten me as to what is causing this error and if there is a way around it? Thank you very much.
Only the two Nokia smart phones have unlocked SIMs. The rest are locked to the device.
now this is what ive been looking for,but how would i do it without spending 200 dollars for a new phone? would a used one from ebay work? or if i found a used sim card from one of the straight talk smartphones?
Buddy has straight talk sim in iPhone 4. You'll be fine. Just buy E71 phone
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Ok so i did this today, went to Walmart picked up the nokia 6790 (could have gotten the e71 as well) called att asked for the phone pin / password (Straight talk asks for this when porting a number) was told it is the last 4 of my social. logged onto straight talks website ported my number 3 hrs latter my new nokia was working. Put the sim in my cappy changed the data and mms settings and i was up and running.
i called att yesterday to try and get them to price match but they couldn't. was on the phone with them for 30 min wile they tried, poor guys i was a member of there service for 10 years.
i called att yesterday to try and get them to price match but they couldn't. was on the phone with them for 30 min wile they tried, poor guys i was a member of there service for 10 years.
Straight Talk Info
as ( s44 ) said Straight Talk Is a Mix Of ( CDMA - Verizon & GSM AT&T ) But let me Also Toss This in There they also have ( Verizon GSM Network ) Also .
Go To Local Wal-Mart This is How you Can Tell What Network - Provider you are purchaseing
On Box Picture of ( US Map in RED = Verizon ) Network ( GSM & CDMA ) Note it Tell you on Bottom of Box if it is a ( CDMA Phone or GSM Phone )
Now For AT&T
On Box Picture of ( US Map in BLUE = AT&T ) ( ONLY --> GSM )
With That Said i Can Also Confirm ( Only Purchase Nokia E71 Phone )
as it has Been Said in this Tread All other GSM Phones The Sim Card is "LOCKED"
I Have a ( Straight Talk E71 Sim Card ) in my ( AT&T - HTC Aria )
Incomeing & Outgoing Calls & Text Work Perfect
Have not Found Setting's For ( Internet ) yet i have downloaded and looked at the ( iphone config ) but im not shure how to rework to ( Android )
HTC Aria / rooted / Cyanogen 7 / NOW Just need Straight Talk Setting's For my Phone and ill be Set
as ( s44 ) said Straight Talk Is a Mix Of ( CDMA - Verizon & GSM AT&T ) But let me Also Toss This in There they also have ( Verizon GSM Network ) Also .
Go To Local Wal-Mart This is How you Can Tell What Network - Provider you are purchaseing
On Box Picture of ( US Map in RED = Verizon ) Network ( GSM & CDMA ) Note it Tell you on Bottom of Box if it is a ( CDMA Phone or GSM Phone )
Now For AT&T
On Box Picture of ( US Map in BLUE = AT&T ) ( ONLY --> GSM )
With That Said i Can Also Confirm ( Only Purchase Nokia E71 Phone )
as it has Been Said in this Tread All other GSM Phones The Sim Card is "LOCKED"
I Have a ( Straight Talk E71 Sim Card ) in my ( AT&T - HTC Aria )
Incomeing & Outgoing Calls & Text Work Perfect
Have not Found Setting's For ( Internet ) yet i have downloaded and looked at the ( iphone config ) but im not shure how to rework to ( Android )
HTC Aria / rooted / Cyanogen 7 / NOW Just need Straight Talk Setting's For my Phone and ill be Set
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3Ok, update time.
Straight Talk SIM came yesterday. I spent about 10 min setting up the phone, it took about an hour to port my old AT&T number over and its working like a champ.
They provide you with all the APN settings you will need. There is one thing I noticed though, and this happened on ATT as well. That is, if you put a proxy address in your APN settings, speedtest chokes on the data transfer sections of the test. If you take it out, it works fine. Either way, with or without you can browse the web just fine. Not sure what the conflict is there but there you have it.
Speeds are the same as they were yesterday here at work with AT&T(Same network, no surprise there) and everything works. Voice/MMS/Web.
I had unlocked my Captivate while I was back on GB, but I had ordered the AT&T sim and not the 'Unlocked Phone' one. I'm not sure if there is a difference or not. I have read that some people say that the phone doesn't need to be unlocked to use one of the sims, but I can't verify that.
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My issue with this was that my number was on our corporate account. It ported just fine though, although you do need the corporate account number, which I had since I was in charge of the phones here.
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I get so so speeds here at work, generally 1.5mb down and 800k or so up, I tested with the AT&T sim yesterday and got about that, got the same speed today with the ST sim.
Edit: I'm having a good signal day here apparently:
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Read that too. Hasn't stopped me or countless others. All good things must end. Ill worry when it happens.1straight talk on captivate
i just finished my captivate on straight talk unlimited plan,it was super easy,i called at&t and got the unlock code but i didnt even need it,just put the SIM in and started working...but i didnt have internet or multimedia messages,but i found a video on youtube that shows how to change the APN on it and now im running 3G with internet no problems. it wont let me post links but search youtube for iphone on straight talk and its a video by newyorkerkid95. the first half of the video is about using straight talk on the iphone but he shows at the end how to change the APN and get your data and 3G working.
