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I couldn’t find this post a month ago when I needed it, so I’m making it for some other parent who wants a cheap way for their kid to call home, without paying Straight Talk every month what you could pay Red Pocket once a year.

I have an unlocked Nokia 2760 Flip (N139DL) from Straight Talk (Verizon) that I wanted to put on the $30/year Red Pocket plan from eBay, which seems to use their GSMA/AT&T network.

Red Pocket’s compatibility checker wasn’t sure about the phone, and support directly told me it wasn’t compatible. Cricket’s IMEI checker, however, said the phone was compatible with their AT&T-based service. The phone also supports VoLTE and looked like it supports the right LTE bands, so like the stubborn moron I am, I decided to try it anyway.

As you might have guessed from the title, it works.

I did have to manually set up the Red Pocket APN. The automatically configured AT&T APNs that automatically showed up in the phone didn’t work for me. After adding the correct Red Pocket APN, I also turned off automatic network selection and manually selected Red Pocket. After that, calls, texts, and cellular data all work. I haven’t tried Wi-Fi calling yet.

Anyway, I hope this helps someone save a few extra bucks.

I've heard that BBC Radio 5 has the best descriptions in English, but I haven't been able to properly do the VPN dance to make it work. Apparently they are already blocking all the IP addresses I have access to through my VPN.

I live in the States, and all we get here is the audio from the TV stream, which is useless as they assume you're watching. This in spite of the fact that it's being streamed on SiriusXM.

Related question: why are my friends who might be willing to run a proxy for me all from the Americas? I guess I'm just not that good at networking (pun intended).