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I have a Orange SIM card which I got in Israel, I am now in Canada and that SIM works fine on my friends Nokia 6600, but when I try to use it with my XDA IIs I can't find any networks or anything. I am guessing its the GSM frequecy although the phone supports all of them. Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get the SIM to work here? Does anyone know how to manually select a GSM frequency?
XDA IIs
ROM Version: 1.40.00 WWE
Radio Version: 1.15.00
Protocol Version: 1337.45
Hello psytech,
I believe you're roaming. Sometimes, you really cannot just plug your sim card then voila its working. If you are roaming, most of the time you really have to manually select the network.
anyway, i'm currently using windows mobile 2005, and no longer using windows mobile 2003 SE. i hope i could still help you or atleast you can see the pattern on how to do it.
here what you do:
1. click on the signal strength icon (the icon located on the upper right most portion of your screen just beside the speaker icon)
2. a dialogue box will appear with a clickable 'settings' button (located on lower left part of the dialogue box.), click the 'settings'
3. you will then see 3 tabs on the bottom part of the screen, 'phone', 'services', 'network'. click on 'network'.
4. you should find something like 'find network' button there, then just but before you click on it, choose 'manual' for network selection.
the rest is self explanatory, i hope i was able to help you. cheers!
You say your orange sim works fine on your friends nokia but does not work in your IIs.
Is it possible that your IIS device is sim locked as in will only work on the O2 network in the country you got it from.
If so unlock it via wiki (link in sig)
not it
I forgot to mention that the SIM worked fine in Isreal, my original SIM is orange (I do have an account with) I just can't get support cause I didn't buy the phone from them (capitalists).
About the network search. Thats what I've been doing for the last couple of days but I can not find ANY networks at all. which is what leads me to believe that its a GSM frequency problem.
What happens if you put your friends sim in your phone
GSM in Canada is generally 1900 http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_ca.shtml
doesn't work either
My friend's SIM doesn't work on my phone either. If canada is 1900, how can I make sure that my phone is currently using 1900. (I know it supports it, but how do I actually see that its actually scanning with it?)
What happens if you go to Settings->Phone->Network and then change Network Selection to Manual.
You should then get a list of networks. This will list all networks even if you cannot connect to them.
[edit] This has already be suggested earlier in the thread
If you do get some networks then the only reason that I can think of that you are not connecting is that under Prefered Networks you have a network selected that your carrier does not have a roaming agreement with.
Check your provider's website to see who they have agreements with.
no networks
My provider (Orange) has agreements with Rodgers, but my problem is that I am not listing ANY networks, I tried manual and even added the Rodgers network to my favorite networks, but when I try to search for networks I can't find any, I just get a blank window. This is very odd to me and I've never heard of anyone with that problem.
Like I've mentioned before, I updated my windows to TuMa 1.4 and my radio to 1.1.15. If there's anything else I need to do or anything I may not have done when I updated my network please tell me.
btw when I installed that TuMa windows I change my ID thingy to Tmobile.
Problem solved
Attenttion everyone:
It has come to my attention that there is a problem in the Band Selection CAB when it comes to certian cellular providers.
The problem so far appears on a Cellular One network that only supports 850Mhz. When the North American Option is choosen in the Band tab, the phone can not find a network to register on. I'm not quite sure why this happens yet, but there is a solution to fix.
http://relaysgoldens.com/sx66/ext_roms/BandSelect-fix.CAB
By installing this CAB, it provides a fourth option on the band tab, "Reset Value to Zero".
By selecting this option, the phone will be reset to it's default state, and will work normally.
I've trapped this as a bug in the 1.40.124 extrom and will be working to figure this out.
Note: the band selection setting is persistant, and will not be reset even if you downgrade the ROMs on the phone. If you are experiencing this problem, the ONLY way to reset the value is to use the CAB above.
-Chris
P.S. I've also updated the 1.40.124 RAR file on the website to include the updated bandselect CAB.
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I found that at http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53121 and it worked.
Hi, would like to upgrade my T-Mobile UK Vario II to WM6, not worried about the warranty etc, just wanna get a performance / reliability boost as I have not been at all impressed by WM5! Would prefer the ROM to include all the basics like Java etc, would like to make it fairly simple to get going.
Last time I looked a lot of people seemed to think the 'black' rom was a good one, but I know things change quick here, can anyone tell me what they'd recommend?
Thanks!
I'm using HTC ROM on my T-mobile MDA Vario II for few months. In my opinion, it's a most stable ROM I've tried.
Links: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316726
Have fun
I'm currently using the Black Satin rom, along with radio 1.54. Working pretty nicely so far.
Watch out for how you get the T-Mobile UK settings back on though - using HTC's own WM6 setting installer device sets up the T-Mobile Internet connection with a proxy for some dumb reason. I was pulling my hair out over Windows Live not working full stop and really slow internet access for a while.
Thanks for the ideas!.... main advantage of black over HTC's official is it's been streamlined, cut down, am I right?
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I'm currently using the Black Satin rom, along with radio 1.54. Working pretty nicely so far.
Watch out for how you get the T-Mobile UK settings back on though - using HTC's own WM6 setting installer device sets up the T-Mobile Internet connection with a proxy for some dumb reason. I was pulling my hair out over Windows Live not working full stop and really slow internet access for a while.
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T-Mobile UK settings
Internet
Start>settings>connections>connections>advanced>select networks>new
name the settings t-mobile
click modem>new
name the connection t-mobile and select the modem cellular line (gprs, 3g)
click next, the apn is general.t-mobile.uk
click next the username is user and the password one2one
click finish then ok and x till you get to the home screen.
connect to internet explorer to test
MMS (black satin rom) official rom theyre put in differently
start>messaging>mms/sms>menu>new>mms>>menu>options>message options>servers>new
server name: T-Mobile MMS
gateway: 149.254.201.135
port: 8080
server address: http://mmsc.t-mobile.co.uk:8002
connect via: pic your default internet connection
send limit: 100
WAP Version: WAP 2.0
Or you can go to http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/help-and-...obile-phone-manuals/?ref=newhome_phonemanuals pick your handset and see step by step instructions for all types of settings.
Enjoy
Connection settings
when inputting the user name and password for the internet APN, t mobile states that it doesnt need a username and password,
Putting anything in here leads to intermittent connection problems.
Thought I would let you all know!
OK, have done the upgrade as well (Everything is working hunky dooooreee) but this is really going to sound dumb. I upgraded but the splash screen when I turn on my Vario 2 mentions AT & T ?? Does anyone know how to change it back to T-mobile ?
roboraver said:
OK, have done the upgrade as well (Everything is working hunky dooooreee) but this is really going to sound dumb. I upgraded but the splash screen when I turn on my Vario 2 mentions AT & T ?? Does anyone know how to change it back to T-mobile ?
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This is the way how to change your splashscreens back to TMob:
1) Download the TMob splashscreens from the net (or ask somebody to send it to you, also you can dump a TMob ROM to get those splashscreens)
2) Use this tutorial to flash the spashscreens to your device. This flashing will only flash the splashscreens so you will not lose any data. Be careful though and do what tutorial says (you can always brick your device if you do not know what are you doing).
Thanks all... got it all working with Schap's WM6 in the end, it does all that localization stuff for you automatically, very nice!
Interesting 6630boy, no usr / pass?... I'll have to try it. I'm sure last time I had em talk me through it on my other phone they were getting me to put a usr/pass combo in there...
This Schap's WM6 is absolutely awesome, basically everything that was screwy in the T-Mobile WM5 works, and works quickly enough to be cheerful about!
I ALMOST like Windows Mobile now, heh...
Yeah what's up with that?... on the t-mob site's manual it says:
Select connection type
* Press the Select a modem drop down list.
* Press Cellular Line (GPRS , 3G).
* Press Next.
The APN name general.t-mobile.uk must be in lower case letters.
If you selected the connection type Generic IrDA in step 6, you are now asked to key in a dial-up number. Key in *99# and go to step 8.
7
Enter APN name
* Press the Access point name input field and key in general.t-mobile.uk
* Press Next.
8
Enter username
* Press the User name input field and key in user
9
Enter password
* Press the Password input field and key in one2one
My hermes was working fine for the couple weeks I've had it, internet, internet sharing, everything. A couple days ago, the internet stopped working. I can still do calls, emails still seem to work (with exchange), sms is fine, although MMS is failing as well.
I have a 2nd 8525 and the same issues on that one too. I plugged my sim into a wing I had laying around, and voila, internet works. I tried all sorts of settings, tried surfing with wap.voicestream.com with the 216.155.165.50 or whatever proxy, etc.
I noticed on another forum that people in my area are having the same issues, but t-mobiles says the network is fine.
I am inclined to believe t-mobile on this one a bit, being that my Wing works fine... but neither of my 8525's (hermes) work...
One last note, when I boot up, I get a message saying the operator does not exist database, I just exit out the error and it WAS working fine even with that box, does it on both Hermes I have.
Any ideas!!!! Thanks. All help is really, really appreciated.
Mine stopped working temporarily yesterday, and started working again within an hour. Are you using the internet2.voicestream.com access point?
I'm using wap.voicestream.com -- but I had tried internet2.voicestream.com as well... are you using all the proxy settings with it (I HAVE the 19.99 unlimited data plan btw).
Both phones are using Schaps, so i'm considering flashing a different rom and seeing if that brings any new luck if I can't find any other help. But I have my main phone really well customized and would hate to have to do that.
What area are you in? I'm in South Florida (and on another thread, 2 or 3 other posters in south florida are having the same issues, weird)
With the unlimited data plan you should be able to use internet2 for all data and wap.voicestream for MMS. If you want I can post my configs that work, I just copied them from the T-Mobile Wireless configurator site using the Wing for my handset. Also, I'm from Northern Colorado.
RE: Internet:
I had an issue with t-mobile tZones back when they alowed it on smartphones... Then one day it just stopped working. about two weeks later, I finally got annoyed with them and called them.
They argued with me about tZones working for about 20 minutes and then finally found an internal memo about people using tZones to cruise the internet by accessing wap first, and once establishing a connection, usine pIE. So, You can't trust a phone company when it claims that their network is ok or that they ddin't cancel a part of your service without letting you know.
...BUT,
acording to them:
"216.155.165.050" FALSE INFORMATION
"216.155.165.50" TRUE INFORMATION
"Welcome to the T-Mobile Wireless Data Configurator. In a few quick and easy steps, this tool will help you configure your phone for Internet access."
Setting up the handset
Tap Start.
Tap Settings.
Tap on the Connections tab.
Tap the Connections icon.
Tap Add a new modem connection under T-Mobile Data.
Enter T-Mo WEB in the Enter a name for the connection field.
Tap to select Cellular Line (GPRS) from the Select a modem drop down list.
Tap Next.
Enter internet2.voicestream.com in the Access point name field.
Tap Next.
Tap Finish.
The new Internet profile is now configured and ready for use.
VPN
"Welcome to the T-Mobile Wireless Data Configurator. In a few quick and easy steps, this tool will help you configure your phone for Internet access.
Setting up the handset
Tap Start.
Tap Settings.
Tap on the Connections tab.
Tap the Connections icon.
Tap Add a new modem connection under T-Mobile Data.
Enter T-Mo VPN in the Enter a name for the connection field.
Tap to select Cellular Line (GPRS) from the Select a modem drop down list.
Tap Next.
Enter internet3.voicestream.com in the Access point name field.
Tap Next.
Tap Finish.
The new Internet profile is now configured and ready for use. "
"Picture Messaging (MMS) Configuration Complete
Welcome to the T-Mobile Wireless Data Configurator. In a few quick and easy steps, this tool will help you configure your phone for picture messaging (MMS).
Setting up the data account
Tap Start.
Tap Settings.
Tap on the Connections tab.
Tap the Connections icon.
Tap Add a new modem connection under T-Mobile Data.
Enter T-Mo MMS in the Enter a name for the connection field.
Tap to select Cellular Line (GPRS) from the Select a modem drop down list.
Tap Next.
Enter wap.voicestream.com in the Access point name field.
Tap Next.
Tap Finish.
Setting up the MMS profile
Tap Start again.
Tap Messaging.
Tap Menu.
Tap MMS Configuration.
Tap the Servers tab.
Tap New.
Enter T-Mo MMS in the Server Name field.
Enter 216.155.165.050 in the Gateway field.
Enter 8080 in the Port number field.
Enter http://216.155.174.84/servlets/mms in the Server address field.
Tap to select T-Mobile GPRS from the Connect via drop down list.
Tap to select WAP 2.0 from the WAP Version dropdown.
Tap OK.
Scroll to T-Mo MMS and tap Set As Default.
Tap OK.
The new MMS profile is now configured and ready for use. "
"t-zones (WAP) Configuration Complete
Welcome to the T-Mobile Wireless Data Configurator. In a few quick and easy steps, this tool will help you configure your phone for t-zones (WAP).
Setting up the handset
Tap Start.
Tap Settings.
Tap on the Connections tab.
Tap the Connections icon.
Tap Add a new modem connection under T-Mobile Data.
Enter T-Zones in the Enter a name for the connection field.
Tap to select Cellular Line (GPRS) from the Select a modem drop down list.
Tap Next.
Enter wap.voicestream.com in the Access point name field.
Tap Next.
Tap Finish.
Tap Manage existing connections under T-Mobile Data.
Tap on the Proxy Settings tab.
Tap to check This network connects to the Internet.
Tap to check This network uses a proxy server to connect to the Internet.
Enter 216.155.165.050 in the Proxy server field.
Tap Advanced...
Tap HTTP.
Enter 8080 in the Port field.
Tap OK four times.
Tap Start.
Tap Internet Explorer.
Browse to http://wap.t-zones.com.
Tap Menu.
Tap Tools and tap Options...
Tap Use Current under Home page.
Tap OK.
The new WAP profile is now configured and ready for use. "
http://tmobileuspublic.wdsglobal.com/phonefirst?phoneId=0&manufacturerId=0&ispId=&mmsId=&wapId=&contractId=235&countryId=37&networkId=90&bearerId=5&phoneId=1805&manufacturerId=41&mobileNumber=&incomingServerId=
another thing you can do is copy the contents of your extended rom on the wing onto a storage card on your new device. also copy the "config" text file so that you install the CAB files in the proper order. reset. try now, I hope this helps
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another thing you can do is copy the contents of your extended rom on the wing onto a storage card on your new device. also copy the "config" text file so that you install the CAB files in the proper order. reset. try now, I hope this helps
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Did all of the above settings, didn't do a thing. Still same connection issue. When you go to IE and enter an address, it says "connecting... locating... opening..." and just sticks on "opening" for the page, MSN Live doesn't work or anything else either. This is all strange since it was all working fine only a few days ago.
There is some magic setting or something that is making Hermes devices not work anymore while the wing still does.
I DIDNT do the extended rom thing, would you mind explaining that a little further step by step for me?
If those settings don't work it sounds to me like something is corrupted on your phone, and you may need to do a hard reset, or installing a new rom. I haven't had any issues with Schaps 4.31 since I installed it 2 weeks ago, but it sounds like you might be.
I have 2 8525's, lol... didn't work on EITHER even with a fresh install of schaps, I even tried 4.4 with win mo 6.1 just for jollies. It's really strange though and as I said, multiple people in my area are reporting this same issue at this moment.
But I just think they made changes that a certain setting or something on the hermes doesn't like since it works on the Wing.
In fact, it's quite pissing me off, lol... really frustrating.
I would call t-mobile and find out from them. my 8525 works just fine.
yeah but you are in a different part of the country, it's actually people with Kaisers (Tilt) having the issue as well... it's the TyTn and TyTn II models that just magically aren't working, and it's all south florida. Those t-mobile bastards!
But really, the freakin Wing works, what could it possibly be!!!!!
8525 in South Florida (Miami) with same issue
As always, when I have problems with my phones I turn to xda developers and viola! Answer's to my questions. My at&t 8525 internet stopped working around 8pm Thursday night (2/7/08). I have had my T-mobile sim on this phone working fine since last July with not one problem until now. I actually did call t-mobile customer service and went through all the usual treat the customer like a dummy and tell him/her to restart, take out battery, etc etc like that never occurred to me to try...DUH! Then they tell me to talk to the IT dept at my work to see about active sync settings. And of course they do not know that I AM the senior engineer in the IT dept so I get the rare privilege to inform them of this and assure them that there is NOTHING wrong with my exchange server as everyone else in the office using active sync has no problems, it is only me on T-mobile with my unlocked 8525. They then offered to transfer me to tier 2 support. Which gave me another rare opportunity to use one of my favorite lines with customer support..... "I just want to talk to someone who knows more than me". Unfortunately work took me away from the phone and I did not get a chance to continue with tier 2 support. I will take this up later today and post any resolutions if they present themselves. But I am putting my money on this forum and the incredibly talented individuals who frequent here on a resolution to this issue instead of T-mobile. Seems to me T-mobile is sending a hidden message that they possibly do not want my business anymore. Good thing my contract us up in a few months.
Thanks to all in advance!
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yeah but you are in a different part of the country, it's actually people with Kaisers (Tilt) having the issue as well... it's the TyTn and TyTn II models that just magically aren't working, and it's all south florida. Those t-mobile bastards!
But really, the freakin Wing works, what could it possibly be!!!!!
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It's possible that the wing, since its a T-Mobile phone probably has some sort of network priority list the 8525 doesnt. try selecting under Phone > networks Tmobile and see if it sticks. Good luck!
Perhaps you should try flashing another radio. I used one a while back and could not get data working.
that's very interesting, as we are probably ALL using the same unlocked radio. Can you possibly point me in the right direction on how to do that?
radio version
I'm using Radio version 1.51. I will try flashing to the latest and see how that goes, but let me tell ya, looking at the new schap's rom I'm thinking I might just flash that bad boy, It looks awesome!
Seumas said:
I'm using Radio version 1.51. I will try flashing to the latest and see how that goes, but let me tell ya, looking at the new schap's rom I'm thinking I might just flash that bad boy, It looks awesome!
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The 4.4? It's ok, I didn't notice a huge difference, and it actually seemed to run a bit slower, although I didn't have a chance to test it much.
I went to my device information, and it says radio version 1.16 - so I guess we are running different radio's and having the same issue... maybe that isn't the solution then. Could it have somethign to do with hard-spl and having it unlocked and what not?
Ok so tried 5 different radio versions, all with zero success. Ugh!!
If you are an MDA user in the US and have issues connecting to your internet and MMS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=294573
I use this rom to fix my service. period. I just dont know how else to fix that issue.
All the other ROMs have not fixed the issues I have been having after upgrading my phone to WM6. The Rom By it self eats the batery, so Faria's Kitchen has a great little extra package in the extended rom: "Xfaria settings"
FIXED the battery drain issue.
WIZARD G3 (TMO MDA US) WM6 pro from Here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=294573
Radio: official 2.25
IPL/SPL: 2.26
Xfaria Settings
How recent was your internet not working? And can we just install Wizard roms onto an 8525 hermes?
We are going to keep this down to 1 thread I think, we have one going pretty well on the Kaiser forum (TyTn 2) and the South Florida guys with that model are having the exact same issues.
Head over there and we can keep this all together and try and find a solution.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1907694#post1907694
I just flashed the swiftbl wwe v 4.5 rom on my device.. just love the way it moves !!!... (pretty fast)... But thers one problem.. In the HOME TAB of the TF3D... on the upper right side corner... The name of the network operator appears TWICE !!... (My network is of AIRTEL.. SO it appears as "AIRTEL AIRTEL"... Actually even when i switch to phone application on my device... The same thing (AIRTEL AIRTEL) appears.. Any suggestions on what to do ?!?!?!
Pleeeaaassssssseeeee HELP !!
There is a registry key to hide the 3G network name which I think is what adds to your regular operator name causing it to appear duplicated. You can change it using Schalp's Advanced Config.
To be precise, edit the following key:
\HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting\ONSDisplayRule
Change the value to 8, soft reset and rejoice.
Hi:
I'm on Bell, and I've been happily using the same Cyanogen build for months (7-05252011-nightly according to the about phone settings).
Without warning, three days ago the phone aspect and Internet have stopped working:
1. The phone strength indicator in the notification bar shows zero bars and a tiny x.
2. There is a new icon I've never seen - a white rectangle with one corner cut off and a black exclamation mark inside of it (SIM error icon?).
3. The APN list is blank.
The IMEI is listed, but my phone # shows as unknown, network shows as unknown, mobile network type is unknown, service state is out of service, and mobile network state is disconnected...
I have tried to search networks, or select automatically, but both give me errors.
I have tried adding the Bell mobility APN repeatedly, but it wouldn't save. Is this a problem with the phone, Android, the SIM card, provisioning, or something else? I fear I would have to return everything to stock in order to send it in for repair, so I'd like to try whatever else is possible before then.
I tried removing and reseating the SIM card, but no luck there either...do these things just fail for no reason?
Thanks very much in advance - so frustrating...
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Hi:
I'm on Bell, and I've been happily using the same Cyanogen build for months (7-05252011-nightly according to the about phone settings).
Without warning, three days ago the phone aspect and Internet have stopped working:
1. The phone strength indicator in the notification bar shows zero bars and a tiny x.
2. There is a new icon I've never seen - a white rectangle with one corner cut off and a black exclamation mark inside of it (SIM error icon?).
3. The APN list is blank.
The IMEI is listed, but my phone # shows as unknown, network shows as unknown, mobile network type is unknown, service state is out of service, and mobile network state is disconnected...
I have tried to search networks, or select automatically, but both give me errors.
I have tried adding the Bell mobility APN repeatedly, but it wouldn't save. Is this a problem with the phone, Android, the SIM card, provisioning, or something else? I fear I would have to return everything to stock in order to send it in for repair, so I'd like to try whatever else is possible before then.
I tried removing and reseating the SIM card, but no luck there either...do these things just fail for no reason?
Thanks very much in advance - so frustrating...
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Have you been messing with the radio recently?One time I had a problem with losing my APN settings,not been able to save when manually entered,and a sim not inserted error was after pushing the radio ril files over to phone,just a suggestion,have you a nandroid backup to go back to?
Nope, no ROM or radio fiddling...
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Nope, no ROM or radio fiddling...
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I would reflash a the rom and see if that fixes it
Just installed the latest stable Cyanogen mod after backing up and wiping the system and cache - same problem...can a hardware flaw develop over time like this?
The only other thing I can think of would be to flash a different radio, the radio in my signature is popular.
Some people use a superwipe program which could also be worth trying,if that does not fix it, then to me sounds like a hardware fault has developed,or there is a problem with your provider.
Thanks - I think either reflashing then recovering my ROM, and/or reseating the SIM card made it work. Whew - what a relief