Lumia Icon on Straight Talk?

[inteller]

Can someone run their ESN through Welcome | Straight Talk and see if they say it is compatible. The morons at ST (great service, stupid support) say this is the only way to know and I'm not going to buy one just to find out they don't support it. I want to know if the Verizon LTE side is supported so that's why the ESN needs verifying.

 

[jiovine]

Verizon, to the best of my knowledge, does not offer LTE service through Straight Talk or any other MVNO. Limited to 3G only through Straight Talk for Verizon Phones.

 

[palandri]

I really doubt a Verizon phone is in their data base.

 

[inteller]

ok well if they don't offer LTE on the Verizon side then never mind.

 

[palandri]

ok well if they don't offer LTE on the Verizon side then never mind.

For what it's worth. There was another post this morning where a guy said he put a T-Mobile SIM in his Icon and it saw Verizon LTE, T-Mobile LTE and AT&T 3G. He said he didn't try to connect to any other carrier but saw them listed. Here's his post: http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-icon/268063-anyone-using-gsm.html

 

[inteller]

yeah I doubt that. Verizon would need to have the ESN registered active in their network to get LTE provisioned. and even then they'd need someone to charge roaming back to if it was on T-Mobile for instance. I'll just take the previous poster's advice that Verizon isn't handing out LTE to mvnos.

 

[phyo21]

I am using icon on straight talk using tmobile sim. It gets LTE service. I have tried using at&t sim too, but unfortunately at&t limit their LTE to at&t branded phones only hence only 3g for icon.
Only little problem on tmobile is that the signal meter will show no service when the phone is on LTE. Everything works fine though for data and calls and mms.

 

[Garry Peppers]

Is your Icon unlocked, or still Verizon branded? Also, what settings did you use?

I am using icon on straight talk using tmobile sim. It gets LTE service. I have tried using at&t sim too, but unfortunately at&t limit their LTE to at&t branded phones only hence only 3g for icon.
Only little problem on tmobile is that the signal meter will show no service when the phone is on LTE. Everything works fine though for data and calls and mms.

 

[techmojo]

I have an Icon with the tMobile SIM. Works well. I have the same issue with no signal bar indicators. Did you ever solve this mystery?
Thanks

 

[Garry Peppers]

I just bought an unlocked Lumia Icon, ran my ESN through the site, and it said that my phone WILL work on Straight Talk. It advised me that I would need to buy the AT&T nano sim, though. Not the TMobile. I'm going for it, and will report back in a couple of days to let you know if it works or not.

 

[shann123]

Any luck getting everything (except LTE) working on Straighttalk?

 

[orangeman34]

Unless it's guaranteed that you'll get lte, I wouldn't think it's worth it. It'd be like buying a Ferrari and only diving it on dirt roads.

 

[shann123]

Unless it's guaranteed that you'll get lte, I wouldn't think it's worth it. It'd be like buying a Ferrari and only diving it on dirt roads.

LTE isn't too critical for me because of where I live. The closest LTE market for ATT is about four hours away.

 

[shann123]

Unless it's guaranteed that you'll get lte, I wouldn't think it's worth it. It'd be like buying a Ferrari and only diving it on dirt roads.

LTE isn't too critical for me because of where I live, the closest LTE market is about 4 hours away.

 

[eth3rton]

Anyone try this yet with Verizon ST? I'm on wifi the majority of the time and would love to save a little money!

Thanks!

 

[shann123]

Anyone try this yet with Verizon ST? I'm on wifi the majority of the time and would love to save a little money!



Thanks!

Later this month page plus is supposed to get support for LTE phones, you can preorder SIM cards now. It will definitely work with them.

 

[onlysublime]

I have an Icon and it was listed as compatible when I entered the MEID.

 

[shann123]

I use mine on ST with an ATT SIM. No LTE in my area, but I assume it wouldn't work anyway. MMS and data work great otherwise.

 

[jrdatrackstar1223]

I'm using my Icon on Verizon Straight Talk with full LTE and everything. The activation kits now come with CDMA LTE Nano SIM cards for every carrier.

 

[tgp]

I'm using my Icon on Verizon Straight Talk with full LTE and everything. The activation kits now come with CDMA LTE Nano SIM cards for every carrier.

Yes, that's a rather new development. Straight Talk just recently started adding Verizon SIMs to their BYOP kits. They say that pretty much any Verizon LTE phone is compatible. They have always been compatible with Straight Talk's AT&T and T-Mobile services, since Verizon LTE phones are SIM unlocked.

One question: do the BYOP starter kits come with Sprint SIM cards?