A reader, Thom asks… Bob, Hi Bob- I have a Verizon iphone 5. If I understand your article correctly, My phone will work with Straight Talk if I buy an AT&T sim card and use its serial number in place of the MEID when signing up online for service. I
A reader, Thom asks… Bob, Hi Bob- I have a Verizon iphone 5. If I understand your article correctly, My phone will work with Straight Talk if I buy an AT&T sim card and use its serial number in place of the MEID when signing up online for service. I
Google is now accepting invite requests for it’s new Project Fi service. I want to state up front the this new service is currently by invitation and you’ll need a Google Nexus 6 phone to use it. I am not sure if it will work with the current Nexus 6, or you
In this video, I discuss how to use the Speedtest app to measure the performance of your smartphones cellular data or internet connection. https://youtu.be/WajhoHgJDC8 These measurements are useful for a number of different reasons. Some examples. 1. Check to see if your internet connection is slow.
I updated to iOS 8.3 last week and Straight Talk Wireless is working fine. As usual, I tested voice, data, and MMS picture messaging before and after I updated. I ran SpeedTest before and after as well and didn’t see any problems with my speeds aftewards. I did notice their is a new carrier update
A reader, LeAnn, asks… I was wondering if there is anything I can do I have a studio blu model C746440225T and I bought a $30 30 day plan and it says it isn’t compatible with my phone is there anything I can do to keep from losing my $30
A reader, Christian recently shared this comment… I have a Verizon LG-G2 on straight talk T-Mobile sim card. I was getting up to 70 mb with Verizon, and when I put in the Straight Talk T-Mobile sim, it went down to a max of 17 mb, but that is still much better
A reader, Elizabeth, asks… I am sorry if you have answered this already but I am getting confused reading responses and trying to figure out if they apply to me. Here is my situation: I bought a iPhone 5s unlocked from Apple. I bought a Straight Talk wireless ATT
Apple released the Apple Watch today. Online orders are already sold out and won’t ship until June. I am not going to order one, I’ll wait and see all the reviews and decide if I’d get any value from one. The watch comes three versions: Sport, Watch, Edition and two case sizes
Back in the summer of 2014, I created two part video called Use an iPhone for $7 a Month. See Using an iPhone for $7 a Month – Part 1 and Using an iPhone for $7 a Month – Part 2 In those videos, I showed you how you could
This guide explains how to look up the APN settings for your Net10 Bring Your Own Phone (BYOP) phone. You need to set the correct APN settings in your phone for your cellular data, MMS picture messages, and group texts to work properly. While Net10 has many pages on their web site documenting their different
In this article, I’m going to show you how to look up your Straight Talk Wireless APN settings online at straighttalk.com and explain some things you need to now. Lookup Up Your APN Follow the steps below or watch the video to see how to look up your APN. https://youtu.be/m-Btl4SRZZM
This guide explains how to set up your Walmart Family Mobile Cellular Data, Internet, MMS Picture Messages, and Group Texts for the iPhone. The guide shows step-by-step instructions for the iPhone 6 using iOS 8.2. The guide should also work for the iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5s. iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, and iPhone
A few weeks ago a smartphonematters reader. Grant shared some SpeedTest results with us. Here is what he had to say. Hey Bob, I just thought I would send you a couple pictures of my latest SpeedTest results. For months and months of running speed tests,
Today two readers have reported only getting 2G, Edge data connections using Straight Talk wireless with their BLU smartphones. First, Amy, writes: Okay I’m about to send this phone(BLU Studio 5S) back ..no matter what I can not connect to my data plan only get edge and I tried everything
A reader, Ashley, writes… I just bought a used Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy s3 with no SIM card. I am already using a Straight Talk phone, but it doesn’t use a SIM card. I found where I can order one on the Straight Talk site, but I don’t know which