[Q] Omate 2G GSM (900) /3g 1900MHz

[morbeious]

I just got my Omate in the mail this morning.. I thought it should work on ATT and StraightTalk but my sim is recognized anyone have any luck with getting these networks working on the US 2g/3G 1900Mhz version?

 

[pkshr]

I just got my Omate in the mail this morning.. I thought it should work on ATT and StraightTalk but my sim is recognized anyone have any luck with getting these networks working on the US 2g/3G 1900Mhz version?

Yes however make sure you insert the Sim correctly. Also the cell phone signal on the watch is poor, so you might want to make sure that you are in a good reception area too. Mine works only when I am outside of buildings and house.

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[morbeious]

Yes however make sure you insert the Sim correctly. Also the cell phone signal on the watch is poor, so you might want to make sure that you are in a good reception area too. Mine works only when I am outside of buildings and house.

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It wont even recognized the sim chip, when I look in them sim menus its grayed out.. and I know the sim works I used the same sim from my nexus 5 which is straighttalk.. I think my omate might be faulty..

 

[Lokifish Marz]

Page 29 of the manual shows how the SIM is to be inserted. The manual can be found in the "[INFO] Everything......" thread at the very top is this forum. This has alos been covered in multiple threads here as well as the G+ TrueSmart communities

Straight Talk APN's are not in the stock firmware. The correct apns are however in the Patch/MOD and have been for some time. I know because I'm on Straight talk on one TS and T-Mo one the other. If you have not applied the patch then I strongly suggest that you do.

High resolution images of how the SIM is to be inserted are linked below

Image 1- Orientation
Image 2- Insertion
Image 3- Inserted

Disable Quickboot in Settings/System/Accessibility
Reboot

 

[morbeious]

Page 29 of the manual shows how the SIM is to be inserted. The manual can be found in the "[INFO] Everything......" thread at the very top is this forum. This has alos been covered in multiple threads here as well as the G+ TrueSmart communities

Straight Talk APN's are not in the stock firmware. The correct apns are however in the Patch/MOD and have been for some time. I know because I'm on Straight talk on one TS and T-Mo one the other. If you have not applied the patch then I strongly suggest that you do.

High resolution images of how the SIM is to be inserted are linked below

Orientation
Insertion
Inserted

Never-mind, it finally synic'ed up.. sim is being seen now.. thanks..

 

[fyrfyter]

Never-mind, it finally synic'ed up.. sim is being seen now.. thanks..

T-Mobile works great too. Went there for a prepaid plan today. $10 for the micro sim, and then choose your plan. Since I plan to use it very little on cellular, both the $3/day plan for unlimited everything, or $30/month for unlimited web and text, and 100 minutes, both look good for this device. Good strong signal and even works here inside my house.

 

[hus3695]

T-Mobile works great too. Went there for a prepaid plan today. $10 for the micro sim, and then choose your plan. Since I plan to use it very little on cellular, both the $3/day plan for unlimited everything, or $30/month for unlimited web and text, and 100 minutes, both look good for this device. Good strong signal and even works here inside my house.

So they just charge you $3 for each day you use it so if you use the watch 5 days out of a month they will only charge you $15?

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[fyrfyter]

Yup. I leave it on Airplane Mode, so it isn't drawing any data. You can still turn on wifi in this mode & use that. $3/day gives unlimited minutes, data and text for that day.

The other option is $30/month for unlimited data & text & 100 minutes.

This is all on T-Mobile's prepaid service.

 

[eozdalga]

Yup. I leave it on Airplane Mode, so it isn't drawing any data. You can still turn on wifi in this mode & use that. $3/day gives unlimited minutes, data and text for that day.

The other option is $30/month for unlimited data & text & 100 minutes.

This is all on T-Mobile's prepaid service.

Wow where do you live? Tmobile in SF bay area is $50 a month prepaid for only 500MB data (limited talk/text)

 

[Lokifish Marz]

Wow where do you live? Tmobile in SF bay area is $50 a month prepaid for only 500MB data (limited talk/text)

The option is hidden. You have to buy the SIM and activate it online.

 

[eozdalga]

The option is hidden. You have to buy the SIM and activate it online.

Really!? Wow @Lokifish Marz, the number of times you've helped me in the last 24 hours is countless. Thanks for everything!

 

[fyrfyter]

The option is hidden. You have to buy the SIM and activate it online.

I didn't have to. I live in Cincinnati, OH. I walked into the store and told them what I wanted to do. They were fine with it. Prepaid plans is where it's listed, and it shows up in their computer system. Paid for the card and put $50 into my prepaid account. Punched my IMEI into their system. They called customer care to make sure it was setup correctly. Done.

 

[trent999]

This $30 prepaid plan from T-Mobile is what I use in my TrueSmart. It provides 5gigs of high speed data (which includes LTE on my Nexus5, but only 3G H max on the TS), then drops to unlimited Edge I think. Hard to run through 5gigs to test.
This used to be known as the Walmart Plan, but is now available via the T-Mobile website somewhere. The $3 per day plan might be better if you need a lot of talk time. My particular TS works great as a phone - no voice quality issues either end.

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I did not need to have my TrueSmart imei recorded by T-Mobile. I took my already activated sim out of my Nexus4 and inserted it into my TS and it started working fine immediately.

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