straight talk on verizon phones

[AngelPam]

I want to buy a new cell phone with a larger screen I also wanted to be able to have this new phone on straight talk with Verizon towers. Is that possible? And which phone do I have a choice of?

 

[Lizsilk]

no it is not unless you get the phone, which needs to have a sim slot available, carrier unlocked. the straight talk network runs on at&t towers which carries the gsm signal and verizon towers have the cdma signal.

 

[Lizsilk]

I wish I had known that before paying $850 for my new I phone6 I got straight talk and some weird service plan that gave me NO service in my home.. Or other areas I visited.
Is there a way I can get Verizon on by getting a technician or something???

 

[jerryyvonne]

I have a droid razr maxx(from vw) and it has a 4g lte micro sim its contract is up so i went through straighttalk telling them that the replacement 4g att sim needs to be activated. Well of course att wont work beings vz 4g lte runs at 700mghrts well they sent me another replacement sim made for vw i had to purchase a network acsess code for 7$ and once i received my sim they ported my old number. So vw does have sim beings its the only way to get 4g lte and st does have them also my phone is capable of all networks. (So it states under settings)

How did you get your Razr Maxx to work with Sraight Talk? I did everything they told me to do but it just sits on the "wait while we activate your new phone" screen forever and doesn't work. I have NO idea what to do! I have the VW sim card that the Straight Talk BYOP package came with, in my phone right now, but nothing....

 

[jerryyvonne]

I just went through buying the straight talk kit with the 3 SIM cards , So thought everything would go smoothly but in the end after hours & hours I had to take the kit back to Wallmart and have the inside card scratched off and scanned and also a electronics employee had to get on phone with them to explain if they scanned the card it would recharge me so , in the end I was given a refund then bought a 45. $ card and between straight talk and employee my service finally was started!!! First time I've ever had any problem with straight talk, But there needs to be a way that bthey can tell you although kit is scanned when buying after choosing right SIM card it still needs to be scanned . It was. Very painful ordeal, that took a long amount of hours, but I hope you do not have to go this far . Wish you well.

 

[Nicole_33]

I want to buy a new cell phone with a larger screen I also wanted to be able to have this new phone on straight talk with Verizon towers. Is that possible? And which phone do I have a choice of?

When you get the BYOP kit from Walmart they have sim cards for all the major networks (Sprint, Tmobile, Verizon, At&T) included in the kit. So you can get a phone from any of those carriers and just use the sim card for whichever carrier you get.

 

[supergman84]

no it is not unless you get the phone, which needs to have a sim slot available, carrier unlocked. the straight talk network runs on at&t towers which carries the gsm signal and verizon towers have the cdma signal.

This is completely false. Straight talk for many years has had both at&t/t-mobile service or Verizon. You just buy the SIM card from them for the carrier you want to use and make sure the phone is from that carrier or unlocked. All Verizon iPhones are sim unlocked so they can be used on any network.

 

[mcbeaver0508]

Same here. ST said my Verizon note 5 isn't compatible.

Somthings not right there, on a
Vw galaxy note 5 right now, thru st, did u buy the SIM kit at walmart?

 

[mrs.christians]

Anybody use an IPhone on straight talk? I’ve tried putting the IMEI into their website but it just kicks it back. Thanks!

 

[jessicalee986]

Funny..... I'm reading posts saying you cannot. Which in reality yes you can. That's exactly what I've done for years with straight talk. There's a few ways that I've accomplished this. And to the people who remarked "you can't do this"....do a little more research before you answer someone's question. At this time I am someone who is using what this person is asking about and I've done it for years. But to your question, you can buy a verizon phone and use it thru straight talk. I've bought phone's directly from the Verizon Stores in the past etc. The other way is if you got to Wal-Mart and you scroll thru the phones they have in the store in straight talk section look for little codes on the boxes. For example, if you want one to go thru service with Verizon towers (which where I live the only service I can get easily I'd thru the Verizon towers cuz I live in the sticks hence why I ALWAYS choose Verizon towers with the phones I use) look for the "V" on the box. Since I've found out how to do this I've always chosen to use Verizon towers with my straight talk service. Yes it can be done. I'm telling you it can be because that's what I do. Remember also tho, still double check the phone you do get just to make sure that specific phone will work. I'm a phone junkie and I will say not once yet have I got stumped. The day will come I'm sure lol good luck

 

[2002zinda]

no it is not unless you get the phone, which needs to have a sim slot available, carrier unlocked. the straight talk network runs on at&t towers which carries the gsm signal and verizon towers have the cdma signal.

You are wrong, straight talk uses several carriers depending on where you live. You could be on Verizon almost anywhere but they will try to put people on other networks if possible, meaning they could use T-Mobile, AT&T or Verizon, which means you will use a GSM Phone for AT&T and T-Mobile, while Verizon uses CDMA phones, I was able to use any of my Verizon phones on straight talk by simply moving my sim card from the original straight talk starter phone and I had service on my Verizon phones without doing anything more, no need to contact straight talk. I just used Verizon APNs that were on the phone and actually had better service than the ones provided through straight talk. In fact I have been copying my APNs on to my new straight talk phones to keep a better connection with faster speeds and never have a problem. I haven't chose to connect with the straight talk "HOME" APN since but my phone has automatically switched to it and I had no service!

 

[jeckwahl]

I want to buy a new cell phone with a larger screen I also wanted to be able to have this new phone on straight talk with Verizon towers. Is that possible? And which phone do I have a choice of?

Hi, I just ran into this same issue and believe me its only one big ISSUE!!!!!!!!!! i wanted to only transfer my number to this verizon HTC thunderbolt phone from the att phone i was currently using and by the time i got off the phone with those Ignorant so called Americans, I was ready to blow up every straight talk company in the united states. One question of transferring my number to another phone cost me a weeks worth of work, no phone working for over 7 days, 3 sim cards being sent, 2 which didn't work, and haven't gotten the third and a complete change of mind all the way around about using straight talk for anything other than garabage!!!!!!! Im on my 7th day as we speak and them idiots just told me I have to have another sim card bc the one I have, the one theyve been telling me will work in so many hours, does not work!!!! Agrravation Aggravation, and extreme negative remarks that i have for straight talk and to top off everything else, Not One cs rep can tell me the same thing the other one saids. It's like they are comjpletely IGNORANT!!! As soon as my plan ends, I will NO LONGER EVER use straight talk again.. It's almost worth paying the extra for anotrher carrier than to have endure the headache and ignorance you get from straight talk....

Ok. I'm a tech guy and ran my own experiment. As of about 6 months ago. Straight talk has these sim kits for about $50-60 at Walmart depending on your area. The sim kits contain 3 sim cards packs with 3 Sims in each. Micro, nano, regular so all 3 sizes for all carriers. I bought a Verizon phone off eBay (make sure the phone is clean esn and paid off if it was on a financed plan). I inserted the verizon sim card (into the galaxy note 3, samsung s5, and Motorola bionic, those were the 3 verizon phones I tested). I learned the hard way I had to purchase an "apn access code" for like another $11 I think, it was done online and instant and instructions on how to program that apn into the phones. After that, it took about 3 hours for all services to completely function, but I did get 4glte via Verizon towers. The key is buying a Verizon phone, if you buy an att phone, then use the att sim card pack, again the straight talk sim card kit comes with like 9 sim cards for the diff carriers and sizes. This all started (after research, straight made an agreement with the carriers and that's when the sim card kit launched) you do not need an unlocked phone though most carriers will walk you through unlocking your phone as long as you have had service with them for 12 months (this is also new standard). If you want to buy specifically a straight talk phone that works on Verizon towers, you have 2 options. When your in walmart, look on the package that has the red usa map, this indicates that phone works on Verizon. You should quickly see that the multiple phones will have the diff color usa maps printed on the box, blue is for att, pink is tmobile, red is verizon, I think green or yellow is sprint. This is the more accurate way. But they are not the best of phones. So if you go online and see the s3 for sale, you have to call and ask for the verizon model (the problem with this is, they don't always send the verizon model), but given the s3 is like $300 on straight talk, you mind as well go on ebay and buy a Verizon note 3 for like $250, it's 4 times faster and larger screen. Note: I have heard problems with iPhone coming from other carriers doing the "BYOP" sim card kit. I don't use iPhone as it lacks in features compared to android, so I do not know about bringing Iphones over. I am honestly shocked apple is even still in business, I give them credit for hanging in there. You figure after a company loses a battle for 8 years straight they would just give up. I give my blessing that one year apple may just beat android to break the cycle, unlikely, but who knows android may slip up, they all do eventually.

 

[jeckwahl]

@Polar Bear: I have a question for you since your the tech guy, would I be able to use a samsung galaxy s7 from straight talk to use to VW? Please let me know. Thank you.

 

[joyceamassey]

How do you post a question on this thread? Anyways I was on the phone with straight talk and they said my note 5 isn't compatible with strsight talk? Why not? Is it because I'm still leasing the phone through verizon? I bought my wife a iPhone 6s through verizon but with no plan and I got the straight talk to work for her. How can I get my phone to be compatible for straight tal

 

[joyceamassey]

Barorot, can you please let me know how you got the iPhone to work on straight talk. I have a 7+ and I’m moving to an area where Verizon has iffy service but my granddaughter has smart talk and has great service. I want to keep iPhone for FaceTime capability. But want a decent bill with decent service. Can you or anyone help me