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iPhone 4 [How To] Use Straight Talk prepaid with iPhone 4 (and probably 4S)

Discussion in 'iPhone' started by nitsua93, Nov 25, 2011.

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42395_skyline Community Development Team

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InfinitiProject said: ↑

it's been really good lately in my area (delaware) although I did have spotty coverage with call signal and internet on my week long travel in new jersey. other than that, i love it a lot

How are your 3G speeds?

42395_skyline, May 16, 2012

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iHeatherz New Member

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APV said: ↑

Yup, Siri and weather started working once I turned on some of the location services. So everything works perfectly!

Awesome!

I suppose I could explain the process using a T-Mobile SIM a bit better though.

How to change APN settings for Data and MMS on iPhone (WITHOUT JAILBREAK)

Have a T-Mobile SIM card, it's required to use this method. It can be out of service. (I have an old one from when I used T-Mobile on my iPhone 3G, I cut it down to fit in the iPhone 4s.)

After first plugging in the Straight Talk SIM and seeing that calls work, take it out and navigate into Settings>General>Network, and plug in the T-Mobile SIM card. A message about Voicemail may appear, depending if the card previously had service or not, disregard it.

Now tap on the "Cellular Network Settings" menu that appears. Once it's open, take out the T-Mobile SIM card. (If you leave it in long enough, the iPhone will bring up the initial iPhone setup, taking the SIM card out just brings you right back to the Cellular Network Settings menu again.)

Now, enter this info into the boxes where it is available (courtesy of [MENTION=318399]stewidre1[/MENTION] ):

Now, some of these fields don't exist in the menu, so they don't need to be entered. Some fields on the iPhone exist but aren't shown here, so don't enter anything in those either.

While having this menu still open, plug in the Straight Talk SIM card. Wait for it to appear in the status bar, then go back into the previous menu if all of the info has been entered, and restart the device by holding down the lock button and sliding the power off slider. (I don't know if a hard reset would save the APN settings or not, just do a normal power off.)

Now everything SHOULD work perfectly once booted up. No need to go to unlock.it.nz (or whatever) for data, or jailbreak to get it done with this method. I tried this on an AT&T iPhone 4s on 5.0.1 and it works perfectly.

Hi I bought an iphone 4s and it has ios 5.1.1 on it. I was able to load the apn settings through the apple configuration utility. However when I couldn't get MMS to work (whilst everything else worked perfectly) I found this thread and decided to try it. Now what I did was take out my straighttalk sim card and put in a t-mobile sim card. I went into the network settings (now available as they were hidden when the straighttalk sim card was in) and changed the settings.

Then I took out the t-mobile sim card and popped the straighttalk one back in. I waited on that screen until at the top it recognized my straighttalk sim card. I went back one page and the network settings were once again hidden. Then I clicked the home button and restarted my phone.

HOWEVER, the mms is still not working!!!!! Is there something I did wrong or does this fix no longer work on the current ios???? Please let me know!!!!!

iHeatherz, May 16, 2012

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iHeatherz said: ↑

Hi I bought an iphone 4s and it has ios 5.1.1 on it. I was able to load the apn settings through the apple configuration utility. However when I couldn't get MMS to work (whilst everything else worked perfectly) I found this thread and decided to try it. Now what I did was take out my straighttalk sim card and put in a t-mobile sim card. I went into the network settings (now available as they were hidden when the straighttalk sim card was in) and changed the settings.

Then I took out the t-mobile sim card and popped the straighttalk one back in. I waited on that screen until at the top it recognized my straighttalk sim card. I went back one page and the network settings were once again hidden. Then I clicked the home button and restarted my phone.

HOWEVER, the mms is still not working!!!!! Is there something I did wrong or does this fix no longer work on the current ios???? Please let me know!!!!!

To be honest I have no idea. I know it still works on the latest iOS firmware and iPhone 4s, but I personally don't use the device, and haven't had to do anything to it in a few months, so I have no idea/forgotten how to get MMS to work any other way. Sorry. :-/

But, I'm sure someone else here is capable of helping.

APV, May 17, 2012

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k3n12ock New Member

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Nvm!

k3n12ock, Jun 20, 2012

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Got mine working today.! Couldnt transfer my number though had to activate with a new one. and jailbreak for mms other than that im very happy!

*JustMe*, Jun 23, 2012

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Boisestate78 New Member

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I ve got my ST sim on the way now. Has anyone found out how to safely tether? I don t plan on tethering much. Is it safe to tether to iPad as oppose to a laptop? Which app do you recommend?

Boisestate78, Jul 3, 2012

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Victorious New Member

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I heard the above method is for the iPhone 4s only. Is this true? Also it says tethering is definitely not allowed.

Victorious, Jul 5, 2012

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nitsua93 Active Member

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Victorious said: ↑

I heard the above method is for the iPhone 4s only. Is this true? Also it says tethering is definitely not allowed.

As the thread states, it's not just for the 4S. Also, members have reported that they're tethering on Straight Talk's sim safely!

nitsua93, Jul 6, 2012

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I just wanted to confirm because I have read the above method on several forums, but many stated in order for me to getting mms I would need to JB my phone since its not a 4S. I know the forum says both but was under the impression it's strictly for the 4s. As for tethering, I really have no need to tether, but I know several people who tethered for approximately two months and suddenly their service was termed due to violation of their TOS

Victorious, Jul 6, 2012

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nitsua93 Active Member

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Victorious said: ↑

I just wanted to confirm because I have read the above method on several forums, but many stated in order for me to getting mms I would need to JB my phone since its not a 4S. I know the forum says both but was under the impression it's strictly for the 4s. As for tethering, I really have no need to tether, but I know several people who tethered for approximately two months and suddenly their service was termed due to violation of their TOS

You would need to JB it whether or not it's a 4S in order to get MMS working.

nitsua93, Jul 7, 2012

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