It really wasn’t hard!
I have been doing a lot of stuff with this HTC Inspire that I got from a family member. Here are some of my observations about this phone that I wanted to share with you before we get into making it work with Straight Talk. Afterall I want to be fair to you my readers.
The HTC Inspire in whole, isn’t really that bad of a phone. There will be some caviates of the phone though. The battery that was in the phone has been charged and discharged so many times that I can’t reliably say that the battery is bad. So with that in mind, I plan on making a trip to Batteries Plus to buy me a new battery. The Screen on the Inspire gives you so much more than you get on most other smart phones. The Resolution of the screen is crisp and you can do a lot with the Apps from the Marketplace.
How I did it!
If you’ve been reading my blog the last week or so, you would of noticed that I showed you how to unlock the HTC Inspire 4g AT&T Phone yourself for free. I did unlock it successfully, because when I got the new sim it had to be set to be used it but didn’t say it couldn’t use that SIM. If your really unsure of it yourself you might just got buy an unlocked HTC Inspire 4g AT&T Phone . I really don’t want you to brick you phone but you can also try to get AT&T to unlock it or you could buy the Unlock Code. I really don’t know if they will or not but it is always a possiblity.
Getting the Right Sim Card from Straight Talk!
I’ve found in the past that if your are going to use a phone from a carrier unlocked it sometimes the best results can be continueing to use the same carrier in one aspect or another. So choose the right Sim for the phone you have and you won’t be disappointed. This will be a short tutorial for the AT&T HTC Inspire that I just got done unlocking. You will need to unlock your HTC Inspire to do this successfully, but if your are successfull, you will be able to use their service for much less than you normally would.
Make sure you pick the AT&T Compatible Sim!Once you unlocked the cell phone and gotten the AT&T Compatible Straight talk SIM card, you will need to set up some Access Point Names(APNS) for the HTC Inspire 4g Unlocked Cell phone.
On the Inspire itself hit:
MENU > Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names
There you will see two APN’s already set by AT&T. They are MEdia Net and MMS (Wap.cingular). Mine were locked but I left them alone on my phone In order to get both internet and mobile calls on you phone you will need to create two APNS: (This would be a good time to bookmark my site in case you need to come back to it!)
Only fill in the ones I tell you, Leave all the rest blank or <Not set> and it all CASE Sensitive:
MENU > Add APN
Name : straight talk
APN: ATT.mvno
MMS protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
MENU > SAVE
MENU > Add APN
Name: mmsc
APN: ATT.mvno
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 80
MMS protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
APN type: mms
MENU > SAVE
So if you have done this right, it is now time to reboot your HTC Inspire 4G unlocked Cell phone. Hold the power button down for 3 seconds and hit RESTART once you have done this you should be able to use both internet and make calls on the Straight Talk Network with your SIM. Remember you will need to register the sim with Straight Talk before you can use it but if you haven’t now would be a good time to Activate the SIM and associate that SIM with your Account.
I hope this helps you figure out how to use your new found freedom with yoru android device and thus you should be all set to make calls and surf the web with your HTC Inspire 4G. If you have any questionns please feel free to contact me or leave a comment.
Paul Sylvester
