How To: Straight Talk and iPhone - SIM Swap from Nokia Smartphone

[Krishna21]

Mr. Romeo, out of respect to you and all the others who spent countless hours and 100s of dollars on ST hardware for the past 2 years in making this how-to, can we please keep the "New SIMers" out of here and have them start their own thread?

I feel like our club, that we spent money to get into and time in discussing, is being corrupted by the New SIMers....

You damn hipster, lmao.

I don't think this thread is necessarily between people who were here BEFORE IT GOT MAINSTREAM HURR HURRR, it's about getting StraightTalk on the iPhone. And it's completely dumb to not help people who want to do it when its easier, lol.

[andrewmacc]

Have a problem getting e71 sim to be recognized in iphone 4 5.0.1 4.11.8bb, jailbroken but not unlocked. Bought Iphone used from ebay, bought e71 refurb 3 weeks ago. Activated e71 and used a few days. Trimmed sim card and inserted in ATT Iphone but get message No SIM. Restarted iphone many times. Nothing. Did not cut into metal of SIM card. Metal foil sits spaced pretty evenly in SIM tray. I did loose orientation of original sim notch but have tried it in both possible positions. Anyone have an idea why Iphone won't recognize SIM?

[LSupremo]

Not sure what model iPhone you have, but I have a similar problem with my old 3G (jailbroken, full-size SIM). The short story is that I also have an iPhone 4 and was playing around with inserting the micro-SIM from that phone into the 3G using an adapter. As other folks have touched upon, some adapters are not the best fit and there can be a slight ridge (a few mils) at the interface between the inner edge of the plastic adapter and the outer edge of the SIM. This can make it difficult to remove, sometimes requires some "fiddling".

Well, the bottom line is that my adapter broke inside the SIM slot, probably due to excessive fiddling. I had to open up the phone and remove the residual plastic, and noticed that one of the SIM contacts was "distorted". Also keep in mind that while all SIM's are electrically identical in their I/O configuration, the physical patterns of the contacts are close but not indentical.

You can guess where this is going- my AT&T SIM is recognized by the device, but none of my other SIM's (T-mobile, H2O, Red Pocket) are recognized, whereas they had been working just fine in the past. The one SIM contact point in the socket is distorted just enough to (apparently) just miss making contact on 3 of the 4 SIM's I have.

Have you opened the phone to see if this is the case? If you can't do it, there are plenty of free-lance iPhone techies out there who will at least look at it for $20 or so, or if you're adventurous the Internet has plenty of tutorials and tool sets available for you to go DIY.

I was also told that it is in all likelihood not repairable, or more accurately not worth repairing in my case (new motherboard required).

[TypeO]

So, is there a consensus yet on whether the new BYOD SIMs allow better performance than the E71 SIM swap, or if there's any difference?
I certainly don't mind shelling out $14.99 for a new SIM if it means better service.

Not to mention being able to sell off my E71s.

Also, do the new SIMs still require all the steps that the E71 SIMs require (JB/TetherMe, etc.)?

[stonedcold]

The verdict on Byod is not out yet as it is still in the testing phase by HoFo-ers but it's look good initially.

I wouldn't make any rash decisions just yet.


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[Renegade1994]

I like to think we kind of paved the way to make the process easier for the "New SIMers". After all, isn't this what we all wanted in the first place? I propose we make a new revised wiki page for all of them. Make it simple and leave out any parts about rooting, jailbreaking and wifi tethering. Refer them to one of the related threads if they have an issue. Something that ST won't mind. I'm on the ST Facebook page pretty often....I'll throw up the link to the wiki page periodically and help where I can.

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[Krishna21]

I like to think we kind of paved the way to make the process easier for the "New SIMers". After all, isn't this what we all wanted in the first place? I propose we make a new revised wiki page for all of them. Make it simple and leave out any parts about rooting, jailbreaking and wifi tethering. Refer them to one of the related threads if they have an issue. Something that ST won't mind. I'm on the ST Facebook page pretty often....I'll throw up the link to the wiki page periodically and help where I can.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using HowardForums

Eexactly, while its BS for people to say to not help people who use BYOD, I give my thanks to those who were around before it. I was, but I didn't really even go for it due to the pricing of the Nokia required.

[scotman]

I have an active properly working Nokia E71 through Straighttalk using AT&T. Today I purchased an Iphone 3GS (no SIM card prior AT&T phone) and put the SIM card out of my E71 in it. It will not recognize any service, but it does have my phone number, but no contacts in the phone. I was able to hook up to my home router and can access the internet and download applications.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks!
Scott

[Kurto2021]

Can't get mms to work on 4s. Installed tetherme input mms settings and still no luck.

[tad3695]

I have an active properly working Nokia E71 through Straighttalk using AT&T. Today I purchased an Iphone 3GS (no SIM card prior AT&T phone) and put the SIM card out of my E71 in it. It will not recognize any service, but it does have my phone number, but no contacts in the phone. I was able to hook up to my home router and can access the internet and download applications.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks!
Scott

Scott, Is your phone already jailbroken? If so, restore to factory with Itunes and do not jailbreak until after the E71 sim activates your iphone. If that doesn't work, it could be a hardware issue as you should immediately receive plain or standard service with the E71 sim after activation.

[iPhoneRepo]

I'm new to str8 talk and I've used several prepaids. First off I have ten years of cellular modding experience. I've only been on prepaid for 4 years. And nothing considerably great has been offered on a network until now. Prior I had a gevey sim and did the whole 112 until the official 5 update. Then recently the furious mod once again changed that. After my iPhone 4 being the ultimate guinea pig for cydia mods restoring and backing up isn't uncommon to me as well as downgrading iOS.

I'm live in a rural area in south central Virginia. Outside of the area of town I am still on the home network however 3G isn't available. Where in town it is.
I'm happy! First time my iPhones have ever seen 3G!

I need assistance with two issues. I've searched and crossed numerous specific apns in pages regarding this and I need help cause my mms isn't working. Also an important note. This apn of mine is apparently original. The apn is affecting my direct ability to send and receive mms. Also I noticed my ping is really high on speedtest 250+ with 1.5-2.8mbps dl and 1.5 mp ul speed. I believe my ping to be affecting my iMessage. It's all over the place. One second it's Working another second it's in text mode. Whole still under 3G. I message works sending pics because this uses Internet. But not everyone has an iPhone. Please help.

iPhone 4 jb5.0.1 bb4.10.01 activated with st sim redsnow .9b11? It's a recent .9 redsnow.

On other services I had a functional iMessage on edge. And mms on simple, tmobile. Activated with an AT&T sim each time. I've used Sam with success as well testing Ipusher.

Apn straight talk
Mms wap.tracfone
Mmsc http://mms.tracfone.com
Proxy 216.155.164.40
1048576

Please email me directly if you have a solution. Mikerepo434@gmail.com

[jsd2643]

Can somebody help me?? I am super frustrated.

I have an iphone 4s. I followed the directions to change apn using tetherme for mms messages but they still fail

[clockcycle]

I'm new to str8 talk and I've used several prepaids. First off I have ten years of cellular modding experience. I've only been on prepaid for 4 years. And nothing considerably great has been offered on a network until now. Prior I had a gevey sim and did the whole 112 until the official 5 update. Then recently the furious mod once again changed that. After my iPhone 4 being the ultimate guinea pig for cydia mods restoring and backing up isn't uncommon to me as well as downgrading iOS.

I'm live in a rural area in south central Virginia. Outside of the area of town I am still on the home network however 3G isn't available. Where in town it is.
I'm happy! First time my iPhones have ever seen 3G!

I need assistance with two issues. I've searched and crossed numerous specific apns in pages regarding this and I need help cause my mms isn't working. Also an important note. This apn of mine is apparently original. The apn is affecting my direct ability to send and receive mms. Also I noticed my ping is really high on speedtest 250+ with 1.5-2.8mbps dl and 1.5 mp ul speed. I believe my ping to be affecting my iMessage. It's all over the place. One second it's Working another second it's in text mode. Whole still under 3G. I message works sending pics because this uses Internet. But not everyone has an iPhone. Please help.

iPhone 4 jb5.0.1 bb4.10.01 activated with st sim redsnow .9b11? It's a recent .9 redsnow.

On other services I had a functional iMessage on edge. And mms on simple, tmobile. Activated with an AT&T sim each time. I've used Sam with success as well testing Ipusher.

Apn straight talk
Mms wap.tracfone
Mmsc http://mms.tracfone.com
Proxy 216.155.164.40
1048576

Please email me directly if you have a solution. Mikerepo434@gmail.com

Have you tried;


FIELD SETTINGS
NAME straight talk
APN att.mvno
PROXY proxy.mvno.tracfone.com
PORT 80
MMSC http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS PROXY 66.209.11.33
MMS PORT 80

SOURCE: http://www.straighttalksim.com/support.php

EDIT: Not sure if adding the following would make a difference, they are from the Simple Mobile > support > phone programming

MMS Message Size: 1048576
MMS UA Prof URL:http://www.apple.com/mms/uaprof.rdf

[clockcycle]

Have a problem getting e71 sim to be recognized in iphone 4 5.0.1 4.11.8bb, jailbroken but not unlocked. Bought Iphone used from ebay, bought e71 refurb 3 weeks ago. Activated e71 and used a few days. Trimmed sim card and inserted in ATT Iphone but get message No SIM. Restarted iphone many times. Nothing. Did not cut into metal of SIM card. Metal foil sits spaced pretty evenly in SIM tray. I did loose orientation of original sim notch but have tried it in both possible positions. Anyone have an idea why Iphone won't recognize SIM?

I would suggest you compare with another real microSIM. Mine do not sit squarely in between, one side almost touches (the side opposite the notch).

[scotman]

Scott, Is your phone already jailbroken? If so, restore to factory with Itunes and do not jailbreak until after the E71 sim activates your iphone. If that doesn't work, it could be a hardware issue as you should immediately receive plain or standard service with the E71 sim after activation.

I very much appreciate your response. First, I am new to Iphones. I purchased one (3GS) used with no SIM card and no charge. First I charged it and then I inserted my E71 SIM card. I had to do through the process of setting up the phone (including an Itunes set-up)
. It was previously used with AT&T service and as far as I know, it was never Jailbroken. It does recognize my phone number, but says there is no service found...the SIM works fine in my E71. Suggestions?
Thank you for your help.
Scott