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    Need Budget phone to match H20 card bands

    Hi.
    I have a Asus Zenfone I used with H20 sim card.
    Recently I went away and left my phone at home.
    When I return home 4 months later, I didn't get a signal.
    I called H20 customer service. They told me you cannot use that Asus phone with H20 sim card.
    The frequency bands do not match H20 bands.

    So I have a h20 sim card w/o a compatible phone.

    I have over $70.00 on my H20 pay-as-you-go plan (I don't want to lose)that will expire in June 2022.
    Can someone please suggest a cheap budget phone I can buy that is compatible with h20 sim card bands. I can then port my existing sim card number to this cheap phone.

    Thanks
    Tc.

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    You can use any AT&T Prepaid phone from Walmart, Target, or other stores. Just take out the AT&T SIM and put in your H2O SIM. If your H2O SIM is not nano-size, you will need to get a new H2O SIM and have them switch your line to it. At one time, H2O would activate lines on AT&T SIMs. If they still do, if necessary, give them the SIM number of the AT&T SIM and see if they will take it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomx2 View Post
    Hi.
    I have a Asus Zenfone I used with H20 sim card.
    So I have a h20 sim card w/o a compatible phone.
    Can someone please suggest a cheap budget phone
    Tc.
    Kroger has the ATT Prepaid Alcatel Volta for $29.95. (Houston,TX area)
    Put H2O SIM in it, works great. Had to edit the APN settings.
    The Volta works as well as the Samsung phone that ATT didn't put on their whitelist, although it had VOLTE.

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    Thanks
    I will order Alcatel Volta.
    TC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dfriz View Post
    Kroger has the ATT Prepaid Alcatel Volta for $29.95. (Houston,TX area)
    Put H2O SIM in it, works great. Had to edit the APN settings.
    The Volta works as well as the Samsung phone that ATT didn't put on their whitelist, although it had VOLTE.
    Hi
    Could you send me the Apn settings for Alcatel Volt
    Thanks
    TC.

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    ===============================================
    APN settings for Alcatel Volta (copied from my phone)
    Name:H2O Wireless
    APN: RESELLER
    MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
    MMS proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
    Port: (leave blank)
    MMS Port: 80
    MCC: 310
    MNC: 410
    APN Type: default,mms,supl
    Protocol: ipv4
    Save the APN, restart the device, and test the service.

    ===============================================
    You can check the speed but at 10c/mb it might cost a buck or two
    if you have PayGo. Last time I played around with fast.com and Youtube it
    took $10 off my credit.

    jango labs on play store has an app you can get to the data on/off switch quickly.
    Of course you can do that with the 2 finger swipe down.

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