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TextNow: New and Existing Customers: 1GB/Month Free Essential Data (Limited Apps)
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TextNow is offering 1GB/Month Free Essential Data Plan (Limited Apps) for Free to new and current subscribers. New subscribers may order a Sim Kit for $4.99 (click the Get Sim button on the home page).
Thanks to community member ROB.E.REIN for finding this deal.
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Thanks to community member ROB.E.REIN for finding this deal.
Plan Details:
- With Free Essential Data, you can use most email, calendar, maps, notes, and rideshare apps without needing to be connected to Wi-Fi (see eligible apps on the details page)
- TextNow app required
- Make sure you're logged into an account with an active TextNow SIM card. If you have an active SIM in an area with cellular coverage available, you'll automatically have access to 1GB of Free Essential Data each month.
- 350MB of data per month at regular speeds, then you'll have access to data at slightly slower speeds up to 1GB.
- This is in additional to the free texting/calls from via the TextNow app
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Edited May 11, 2024
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TextNow's New "Free Essential Data" plan provides unlimited talk, text, and 1GB of data monthly for essential apps like email, maps, and rideshare. This plan is free except for a one-time $4.99 fee for the SIM card, and is supported by occasional ads. The first 350MB is at regular speeds, followed by slower speeds up to 1GB. Users can buy data passes starting at $0.99 for 300MB.
Phone IMEI check: www.textnow.com/device-checker
Coverage Map: https://www.textnow.com/check-coverage
Sign Up: www.textnow.com/signup
More info: https://help.textnow.co
Phone IMEI check: www.textnow.com/device-checker
Coverage Map: https://www.textnow.com/check-coverage
Sign Up: www.textnow.com/signup
More info: https://help.textnow.co
Created 05-11-2024
at 04:37 AM
by ROB.E.REIN
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If you already have a TextNow SIM card but find it no longer works you may need to update your APN settings inside your smartphone. One can use the TextNow support chatbot to get the new APN settings. These settings can also be found online in their support article: https://help.textnow.co
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1) The usage requirement to keep your phone number alive and active seems to vary by area code, yet not specified to the user, although they do send out warning emails. It can vary from once every couple of weeks, to every couple of days. Once you lose your phone number, you can sign up for a new one.
2) Many, if not most of the SMS verification services will not work with Textnow numbers. I'm not going into all the details, but this is not a traditional carrier where your SIM card phone number is governed by the SIM card. In fact while there is a phone number associated to the SIM card, that number isn't usable to the customer. Instead Textnow assigns you another number, which is in effect a voice over IP number that it uses over your wifi connection, or when not present, Textnow's data connection.
3) They are notorious for suddenly cancelling your account if you have any use of a VPN on your phone. Apparently they view this as something non US users do to try to get a free Textnow account from overseas, and so cancel your account, without warning, upon detecting this.
4) The ads that are show on your phone, over time, are becoming more intrusive and more video orientated. Before, I hardly noticed the ads. Now they do bother me.
As such, I don't see this suitable for most people as their main cell number, but instead as something for a second, or backup phone, if you can accept the downsides to this service.
I'm confused....when I go to sign up, I see nothing about an Free Essentials Plan with 1GB data/mo. Where is a link to that? In the app I downloaded, it goes straight to buying the SIM card. When do I pick the plan?
Where does it say anything about a free 1GB data/mo? Don't see that.
Edit: I found this page which explains the types of apps you can use the 1GB of data with. Apparently, it's NOT data that you can use for just anything you want to:
https://help.textnow.co
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"With Free Essential Data, you can use most email, calendar, maps, notes, and rideshare apps without needing to be connected to Wi-Fi"
https://help.textnow.co
Anyway: I have never personally tried it, but supposedly numbers ported into Textnow are locked in and will not be taken away due to inactivity. Another benefit I heard is 2FA works for senders using 5 or 6 digit numbers. Senders of 2FA using the full 10 digit calling number to a ported in Textnow number does not work.
In other words according to others (because I have not tried this):
1. A ported number into Textnow does not need to be actively used for fear of it being lost. There also no extra fee required to lock down the number.
2. Once your number is ported into Textnow, you can now receive 2FA codes if the call is from XXXXX or XXXXXX. However, codes sent from XXX-XXX-XXXX will still not work.
Even if a number is ported in, the Textnow app is still required for calls and texts.
If anybody previously ported a number into Textnow or will be planning to do so, feel free to post your experience as it compares to a number assigned to you from Textnow.
"With Free Essential Data, you can use most email, calendar, maps, notes, and rideshare apps without needing to be connected to Wi-Fi"
https://help.textnow.co
Anyway: I have never personally tried it, but supposedly numbers ported into Textnow are locked in and will not be taken away due to inactivity. Another benefit I heard is 2FA works for senders using 5 or 6 digit numbers. Senders of 2FA using the full 10 digit calling number to a ported in Textnow number does not work.
In other words according to others (because I have not tried this):
1. A ported number into Textnow does not need to be actively used for fear of it being lost. There also no extra fee required to lock down the number.
2. Once your number is ported into Textnow, you can now receive 2FA codes if the call is from XXXXX or XXXXXX. However, codes sent from XXX-XXX-XXXX will still not work.
Even if a number is ported in, the Textnow app is still required for calls and texts.
If anybody previously ported a number into Textnow or will be planning to do so, feel free to post your experience as it compares to a number assigned to you from Textnow.
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TextNow is offering 1GB/Month Free Essential Data Plan (Limited Apps) for Free to new and current subscribers. New subscribers may order a Sim Kit for $4.99 (click the Get Sim button on the home page.)
I tested it just now and I can use GV for texting but NOT voice calls either inbound or outbound with the TextNow SIM and importantly NO WiFi.
Thanks.
I tested it just now and I can use GV for texting but NOT voice calls either inbound or outbound with the TextNow SIM and importantly NO WiFi.
Thanks.
Also, try rebooting your phone, clearing the cache from the bootloader menu, and resetting the network settings in the reset menu. As a last resort, consider resetting the whole phone back to factory defaults.
If any of these solutions work, let us know? And do you get an error when you try to place calls or what happens?
Also, try rebooting your phone, clearing the cache from the bootloader menu, and resetting the network settings in the reset menu. As a last resort, consider resetting the whole phone back to factory defaults.
If any of these solutions work, let us know? And do you get an error when you try to place calls or what happens?
That is why I was surprised you were vouching for the functionality as I have tested that exact scenario previously.
Thanks for answering though.
That is why I was surprised you were vouching for the functionality as I have tested that exact scenario previously.
Thanks for answering though.
Edit: Oh, you're the same user. Okay, it's probably what you said then, but I was hoping it was just some app misbehavior rather than TextNow locking it down. Based on other user feedback, it seems like it works, but I'd have to go back and see if they elaborated on text and voice, which one person may have mentioned, but I don't remember exactly.
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My phone doesn't support 5g, 4g LTE is max I would get I was thinking.
I am still showing 2g which I have had in the past also but data never worked actually.
Can anyone else using TextNow on a non-5g phone confirm if getting 4g LTE data?
TIA
TextNow uses T-Mobile network, and the bands are 2, 5, 4, 66 / 12, 71
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If that's sorted, try clearing the cache and data for the TN app, uninstall then reinstall it.
If the problem persists, reboot your phone, clear the cache from the bootloader menu, and reset network settings.
As a final step, if you got nothing else to lose, consider a factory reset. If it works or not, let us know, and if none of this stuff helps, then yes you might just require a new SIM unfortunately.