I called Verizon about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus not roaming on us cellular towers. They told me it should roam, but all I get is 1x 3g and no data. I'm in a area with to no coverage. The Verizon tech told me my phone should roam. A theory was because my phone was lte with a sim card and it wasn't compatible with us cellular towers and wouldn't work on my phone.
My question is, is my phone broken or is my theory correct?
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Neither
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Ok so wat is the problem?
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Settings - more - mobile networks - make sure data roaming is checked
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Settings - more - mobile networks - make sure data roaming is checked
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Sorry I should have included that. Me and the Verizon tech went through all the checking the roaming and setting the device to cdma only and roaming as automatic. I just noticed that in the about phone section it says the network I'm on is extended it means roaming on another tower. In the roaming part it says not roaming so I'm guessing this part is useless. What made me think there was no roaming was because there was no special icon for it. I guess 1x is roaming. The Verizon Tech couldn't tell me the special symbol for roam on my phone. He said it was either a triangle or a R.
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Hey guys. I just got my GNex up and running and I had a question for those using ST. I am currently running on AT&T post paid.
First off, this picture sucks. It is way too small and hard to tell where coverage is... do you know where I can find a bigger map?? If not, I'll try to get in touch with ST support...
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Second, should I be looking at "Android Coverage"? I assume I should since... ya know... it's an android, but it seems like they are calling "non-android" voice only and "android coverage" data + voice. Is this correct? If so, I probably will not be able to use ST because many states I travel in will not have data service (which means no google nav).
On the webpage, if you click on the "bring your own phone" program, you get yet another coverage map which appears to be the "non-android" map above...
Thanks for the help guys.. :good:
the android coverage is sprint coverage. straighttalk does sell android phones that run on sprint's network only.
you should look at the map on the left which uses att's coverage.
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the android coverage is sprint coverage. straighttalk does sell android phones that run on sprint's network only.
you should look at the map on the left which uses att's coverage.
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Ah, that clears that up. Thanks for that. I assume the coverage is HSPA+? I'm not expecting LTE (especially with my non-LTE GSM GNex..).
its whatever att has in the area you are in.
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its whatever att has in the area you are in.
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Good deal.
I am on the unlimited data plan... always have been, I was also "grandfathered in" to keeping it.
I got the notice (picture below) this morning that "you will no longer be able to use applications such as internet, email, and youtube via mobile networks. continue?"
I was on my motorcycle and just got rid of the notice without really thinking... my s3 has done some weird stuff lately, wondering if I just need to turn something back on on my phone?
Thanks guys.
Heres the link to the pic if it doesnt work.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/7872723694/
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isn't that what pops up when you disable mobile data yourself phone-side?
Looks to me like you toggled a Mobile Data setting since it's asking for your permission rather than just telling you.
There's a toggle for mobile data in the notification pull-down. Have you checked that?
I guess the first questions is, did data previously work? If so, then I agree with the earlier response, something more than likely has been toggled.
If not, the default APN "pta" is for LTE, if your account hasn't been provisioned for this you will not get data; my son just had a similar problem as he's "testing" a new Android phone, coming from an iPhone and tried just inserting his SIM. After adding another APN, "phone", which is what is used for iPhone the problem was resolved... you may want to try this and see if it works for you. Good luck.
Like others said first, make sure your mobile data toggle is on.
If it is but that's not the problem, I had the same thing. I was on unlimited HSPA+ with my Galaxy S II. When I swapped to the my Galaxy S III, they had to swap me over to the LTE unlimited. Took like 5 minutes and we were done. Just give AT&T a call.
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A few weeks ago I went overseas on vacation and had no service at all, not even roaming. Only way I had service was when I was at a WiFi hotspot. This is the first time this has happened. Is it the ROM I'm on? Do I have to call Sprint? Some feedback would b help guys, thanks.
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A few weeks ago I went overseas on vacation and had no service at all, not even roaming. Only way I had service was when I was at a WiFi hotspot. This is the first time this has happened. Is it the ROM I'm on? Do I have to call Sprint? Some feedback would b help guys, thanks.
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That's because you have a CDMA phone and most of the world uses GSM (sim card). Unless you get an international version you are pretty much stuck with no signal overseas.
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That's because you have a CDMA phone and most of the world uses GSM (sim card). Unless you get an international version you are pretty much stuck with no signal overseas.
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Had the Samsung Epic when I was overseas and had roaming though. Also have a sim card as well with the phone I'm on now.
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I lost my LTE connection since July 2014, and I googled about this Sh**** situation and found out it could be an ICCID isuue.
Is there any solution for this? Can I change the ICCID if sprint can tell me the right numbers?
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I lost my LTE connection since July 2014, and I googled about this Sh**** situation and found out it could be an ICCID isuue.
Is there any solution for this? Can I change the ICCID if sprint can tell me the right numbers?
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My phone will connect to lte but switch to 3g for what seems to be no reason. I was getting a full lte signal, and sprints site doesnt say anything is being done to my tower, so im sure i still am. Literally just switched to 3g and wouldnt switch back one day on mahdi. Also wont stay connected to lte in other areas where other sprint customers are getting it.
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If I turn 4G on, I'm not getting any data signal in 4G area but only can make phone calls, so I'm living life without 4G at all since I can use 3G data eventho I'm in 4G area...:thumbdown:
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I talked to sprint online rep today and confirmed that they have correct iccid and imei in their system. They did re-activate my device but still no 4g data. I'm going to call tech support tom...
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Dang... I can't get my 4G back...
Did everything I can.. lgnpst, lg flash tool, efs restoring, flashing different roms, checked ICCID and re-activated with sprint.... Why......??
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As title says I'm on t mobile using vs986 g4 android 6.0 I used v10 hidden setting
Went to mobile network and switched to CDMA/LTE + evdo and I do have 4g LTE that sticks
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Edit: hadto switch to gsm LTE and it worked for a minute doing it the other way doesn allow text or call just internet
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As title says I'm on t mobile using vs986 g4 android 6.0 I used v10 hidden setting
Went to mobile network and switched to CDMA/LTE + evdo and I do have 4g LTE that sticks
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Also after retrying the method I noticed that to access these settings in under mobile networks you MUST BE IN GLOBAL MODE
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4G LTE sticks in that mode, but you switched to CDMA, that means you can't make any phone calls anymore. So not really a fix. I switch to this mode sometimes when I will be surfing for an hour or more (e.g. on the bus) and want to have max speed, but then you need make sure to switch back or I won't receive phone calls.
Yeah noticed this pretty quick lol I was upset about that
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