Find answers to common Straighttalk questions below.
BYOP stands for Bring Your Own Phone. With Straight Talk’s Bring Your Own Phone program, you can get Straight Talk service on your current phone as long as it is compatible with our BYOP program. Compatible phones include: GSM Unlocked phones, AT&T Compatible phones, T-Mobile Compatible phones, Sprint Compatible Phones, and some other CDMA Technology Compatible phones.
Visit stbyop.com and follow these steps.
To check if your phone is compatible, visit stbyop.com, select “Check Compatibility,” and follow the steps. Compatible phones include: GSM Unlocked phones, AT&T Compatible phones, T-Mobile Compatible phones, Sprint Compatible Phones, and Verizon Compatible phones.
Visit stbyop.com, select “Check Compatibility,” and follow the steps. If your phone needs a StraightTalk BYOP SIM it will ask for it or allow you to buy it.
There are two ways to get your Straight Talk BYOP SIM:
Visit stbyop.com and select the “Activate” option. Enter your new SIM card number, and when asked specify that you want to keep your current phone number.
If you are not sure which SIM to use, please visit stbyop.com, select “Check Compatibility,” and follow the steps for details on selecting the correct SIM for you to use. The correct SIM card will depend on the carrier compatible with your phone and on the SIM size that your phone needs.
Your phone must be LTE Technology and compatible with one of our Bring Your Own Phone Programs.
Visit stbyop.com and select Activate. Your phone will be registered during activation.
CDMA stands for Code Division Multiple Access and is a competing cell phone service technology to GSM. In the United States, two of the four leading mobile network operators use CDMA.
GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communication and is a competing cell phone service technology to CDMA. In the United States, two of the four leading mobile network operators use GSM.
If your phone is a CDMA LTE compatible phone and your BYOP Activation Package did not come with a CDMA compatible LTE SIM, please give us a call and we’ll ship a new SIM.