AT&T Changing Default APN's... no more pta???

[RiPpeR_dUdE]

Noticed over the last few weeks some MMS issue's with my phone and many others in my area; e.g. sending/receiving, etc. A phone reset or quick airplane mode would fix for a few days then suddenly startup again after a few days.

Problem occurred again today and while I was trying to determine what the problem was noticed my APN was now "phone" versus the previously default "pta". Checked with the wife and a few friends and all were changed.... funny thing is, only Samsung phones are seeing the change as far as I can tell. HTC, etc are still using "pta"... possibly related to the JB update?

Called AT&T and after a very long discussion and escalation, it appears they are in the process of a natation wide migration from "pta" to "phone".

On a side note, manually creating a new "pta" APN still works and I don't see any speed, signal difference between the two, but according to AT&T this APN will slowly going away.

Would be interesting to hear from others what your APN is set to and whether you're on JB or ICS.

 

[rizzo269]

I can confirm on ICS it was the pta APN, but when I updated to jelly bean it switched to phone. I believe the settings are the same for both though.

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[peneoark]

That's some interesting news.

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[dmystic1]

Im on JB and my apn is "phone". Lol from reading this forum I thought I was the only one.

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[peneoark]

Can someone post the settings?

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[rani9990]

Can you post the APN settings? My phone is still defaulting to WAP.Cingular until I create a pta APN. I'd like to try the phone APN.

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[RiPpeR_dUdE]

You should be able to restore defaults and force it to pull in the default APN its picking up, if you're not getting the proper APN I would check your account to confirm its been properly provisioned for LTE.

It's literally just "phone"... similar to before the pta APN was created, but with a few changes.

Name: ATT PHONE
APN: phone
Proxy: -
Port: -
Username: -
Password: -
Server: -
MMSC: - http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
MMS Proxy: - proxy.mobile.att.net
MMS Port: - 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication Type: -
APN Type: default,mms,supl
APN Protocol: ipv4

 

[RiPpeR_dUdE]

Im on JB and my apn is "phone". Lol from reading this forum I thought I was the only one.

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Yes, I still see quite a few references to the "pta" APN, so its obviously something new.

 

[1ChesterD]

Running JB here and have the phone apn also. Wife is still on ICS, and she has the pta apn. So it has to be jelly bean related.

 

[harlenm]

Phone here as well.

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[JvKintheUSA]

Mine says PTA, and I have JB 4.1.1. I am on the unlimited plan, so I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

 

[confab]

So, what's the difference?

 

[DT420]

I am running 4.1.2 JB and still on pta.

 

[stratatak7]

Interesting. It was always assumed that switching from pta to phone turned off LTE. I suppose that isn't the case anymore. I think it's great news considering we don't need 4-5 APN's on one carrier. It gets a little ridiculous.

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[sirxdroid]

Interesting. It was always assumed that switching from pta to phone turned off LTE. I suppose that isn't the case anymore. I think it's great news considering we don't need 4-5 APN's on one carrier. It gets a little ridiculous.

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No, I don't think "phone" APN means no LTE. I looked at an AT&T store at the HTC One X and it had the APN sent to "pta", while the newer HTC One X+ had it set to "phone". Both showed a 4G LTE connection and gave about the same speedtest results. Also, from talking to AT&T tech support I was told "pta" was old, the new devices come configured with "phone" as the APN and that's what I want. I'd otherwise take the info from AT&T tech support with a big grain of salt given that many of their people say funny things most of the time, but after seeing the default settings on the HOX+ this fellow may have been correct.

I'd still love to know what the differences between pta and phone APNs are, if any.

 

[blaker13]

I only get lte when putting in pta APN.

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[fwlogue]

Phone here also on JB

 

[sirxdroid]

LG Optimus G is also set to "phone". It sounds like "phone" is the way to go these days.

 

[koc88518]

I dont know about everyone but in Los Angeles I'm lucky if I can get 5mpbs at LTE.

I read in the forum about how other people's lte speed is around 15-20mpbs.

I dont know if they only giving me that speed cause I still have unlimited data plan or if Los Angeles speed sucks in general

 

[Nizda1]

I have the unlimited plan also, im in south Florida and mostly i get around 30down 20up. My apn also defaulted to phone, but for some reason I do get slightly better speeds on the pta apn.

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