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Yesterday, for some reason my MDAC III decided it was roaming. It was still on T-Mobile, but the roaming triangle indicator appeared in the top bar. If I let it auto-select the network, it always said T-Mobile, but if I tried to manually select T-Mobile, it couldn't connect. I called T-Mob, and they said it showed I was just connected to their system as normal. The phone still worked fine, except push e-mail wouldn't work, I had to force ActiveSync to sync manually. Anyway, a couple of soft-resets later, and everything went back to normal.
Checked my mobile first thing today, and the dreaded roadming triangle was back. Did a couple of soft resets, left phone off for 30 mins, but now it won't connect at all, I just get the exclamation mark next to the signal strength indicator. When I reboot, an error message appears but it clears so quickly I can't read it. I think it's about something not being able to start.
Help! Any ideas anyone???
I to have the roaming icon (I even admitt to looking up what the icon actually was in the manual when it first appeared on Friday).
I have not experianced any problems with connections though - Mike
I also have the icon. It appeared Friday. I am on t-mobile UK
Ah good, so it looks like it was a T-Mob network problem (even though customer service didn't seem to know anything about it)? Mine seems to be back OK now (roaming icon has disappeared and Exchange sync working again). One other thing I did notice this afternoon was that the time had "lost" over an hour somehow...
Spoke too soon, the triangle has returned.
After a bit of Googling, it looks like quite a few people have been having this problem over the last week or so. The fix seems to consist of getting a new SIM. The options are either return to T-Mob for a replacement SIM = no phone for 2-3 days, or buy a new SIM in T-Mob shop for £10 and get £10 account credit. Off the the T-M shop later to see if they've heard of this.
Went into T-Mob shop this afternoon. They hadn't heard of the issue, but when I talked them into trying one of their own SIMs in one of their own MDA phones (a Touch), they too got the roaming triangle, even though mine was actually behaving at the time.
They put my on the phone to T-Mob customer service, who as expected hadn't heard of this, but they transferred me to a guy in Tech Support who actually listened to what I was saying, and believed me rather than just patronise me as a dumb customer who didn't know what he was doing. I guess it helped that I put the guy in the shop on the line to also confirm what I was saying.
He's taking it up with one of the Product Managers within T-Mob, and is going to call me back...
I had the problem on both of my t-mobile phones. Swapped the sims at the local shop and all is fine again.
I had the problem too but the icon disappeared after I upgraded to a WM6 rom (BB4).
I hope I don't get billed for Roaming whilst in the UK
I've also re-flashed the ROM (3 times in fact) but even if it's OK straight away, the triangle always returns at some point. I can't understand how the new SIM thing can work, especially as when I was in the T-Mob shop yesterday they tried a new SIM on one of their HTC Touches and got a triangle straight away. I just wonder if it's not the new SIM that's making the difference, it's just turning to phone off to change it, and the triangle will eventually return.
Keep us updated on whether the problem comes back with your new SIM!
Oh, I had this triangle on Friday or Saturday, had no idea what it represented. So I soft re-setted and it went, and hasn't returned. At least I'll recognise it now.
I think i had a STK update the other day. since then the roaming triangle has appeared. if i do a soft reset it goes, but re-appears again after about an hour or so.
So is there anyone experiencing this issue that isn't a T-Mobile UK customer using an HTC (MDA) device?
Roaming Triangle
Hi all! I have the same proble as eveyone else. I own an HTC P3300 from T-mobile. I left on July for vacation and had my mobile switched on back home(Greece) but didnt operate it. At that time the triangle was always there.When i came back previous week and switched on my HTC for first time everything was fine. No triangle, no nothing. After an hour or so it appeared and from that time it is on my screen. I asked T-Mobile and they said that i am
operating with UK operator and not with an abroad one, so as an answer to a previous member who asked i will say that we wont get charged. However, i have no answer to the actual problem. If anyone does please share with us. Thanks a lot!!
The only way I could get rid of the roaming icon was to get my sim card replaced. EVEN a had reset did not fix it. It is a sim issue not a phone issue.
I've had this a few times over the last week or so, normally turning it off and back on again (in true IT fashion) gets rid of it. I can't see how it would be a sim problem though, I would think it would be a network issue
adamneal said:
I've had this a few times over the last week or so, normally turning it off and back on again (in true IT fashion) gets rid of it. I can't see how it would be a sim problem though, I would think it would be a network issue
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Hi guys
Hope this helps
I have just phoned T Mobile UK CS and reported this "Roaming Icon" problem on my XDA Mini S (Obviously never "Sim locked")
I was told that "Tech Support" are aware of it and the matter has been passed on to T Mobile in Germany.
Also tried with a:
Virgin Sim card
Another T Mobile PAYG Sim card
Orange Sim card
Voda sim card
It was noted in my account comments field and I was given a reference number for any possible future action.
PS
Also *****ed about the new PAYG Data rate.
The "Pound a Day" immediate charge rate means no more quick checking the email headers on my POP3 accounts
keep up the good work
Alan
I phoned TMob and got my sim replaced and the issued stopped immediately.
PS: Agree about the PAYG
Roaming icon tempory fix
i used the Wizard RegistryWizard to get rid of some minor bugs in the ROM...you will get numerous erros when launching it (I know this is a WIZARD app but it works), but just ignore them...on the program, theres an option to get rid of Roaming icon...go ahead and enable that...and reboot your device, and you should, be good to go with no Roaming triangle icon
But even if you turn the icon off the phone still thinks it is roaming and your emails will not auto-download because by default they do not on roaming networks to save data costs.
I know I can turn that option off but I go abroad 2 times and week and do not want to download emails when I am roaming for real.
My problem started the same sort of time as everyones elses. I've recently been sorting stuff out for moving to Germany and TMobile know i am so i thought originally they'd done something to spite me. I get the same Icon on both Wizards i have - one with WM6 on and one with the original untouched Tmobile software. I don't see how it can be sim tho if everyones doing this at the same time, surely it's something they've changed?
ok, I am cleaning out the closet and have a pair of Dash's I want to sell off, got the unlock code from T-Mobile for one and am having the devil of a time trying to figure out what to do. The 'insert foreign sim card' ... well stuck in an ATT sim I have (worked FINE on the G1's I want to sell off) gave me the 'enter unlock code' screen, etc...
On the Dash(s), it just freezes up after then phone boots (hangs at the T-Mobile screen), take it out, boots fine (and gives me the 'you don't have a sim card' message. Put in a T-Mobile sim, boots fine.
What noob mistake am I making? (this is with the dead stock WM6 rom, freshly reflashed).
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ok, I am cleaning out the closet and have a pair of Dash's I want to sell off, got the unlock code from T-Mobile for one and am having the devil of a time trying to figure out what to do. The 'insert foreign sim card' ... well stuck in an ATT sim I have (worked FINE on the G1's I want to sell off) gave me the 'enter unlock code' screen, etc...
On the Dash(s), it just freezes up after then phone boots (hangs at the T-Mobile screen), take it out, boots fine (and gives me the 'you don't have a sim card' message. Put in a T-Mobile sim, boots fine.
What noob mistake am I making? (this is with the dead stock WM6 rom, freshly reflashed).
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Try and flash a cooked WM 6.1 rom and see if the sim unlock screen pops up.
I tried with a 6.5, will give a 6.1 a shot.
nope, didn't work, tried stock wm6, and a 6.1. This is an ATT 3G sim, wonder if that's the problem.. .gonna see if I can find a wm5 and try that!
Any ideas? Anyone else?
Should work with 6.1, 6.5 has had the problem with not showing the unlock input screen, if you still have problems i would advise getting a different provider pay&go sim and trying....
That's what I'm thinking but it's a brand new sim, and worked on unlocking my two G1's
Maybe the Excalibur doesn't like it? Just try a different sim even if it's just a nick one if m8's for 1-2 mins
Problem is it's TWO Dash's acting the same way. Ran them all the way back to WM5 (stock), WM6, (stock), WM6.1 .. same thing... I did notice that as I powered them off (yes power button would still work) that the top bar would flash by for a sec and it was showing SIM LOCK, before it powered down. So I'm wondering if it's waiting for me to enter (yes tried to enter the code to the frozen screen, don't know what other buttons to push).
The same sim DID do the unlock for a pair of G1's that I'm gonna sell, and then just for giggles I went ahead and activated the ATT GoPhone that it came with successfully. Still the same thing when I tried to do the unlock.
I'm at my wits end... I'll just have to sell them with the unlock code with them or something.. I'm still wondering if it's the ATT 3G sim that the Dash dosen't like... need to dig about and find and old one or something.
Hi there, I've changed my operator from t-mobile CZ to vodafone CZ. A problem has appeared. I've unlocked phone when i was changing WM6.1 to WM6.5. However phonw writes No signal | Vodafone CZ.. I tried to change operator manualy.. but there isn't vodafone to pick.. I don't know what to do now.. plz help me.. I need my phone every day..
Slide a piece of paper in back of your sim card. Some times sim cards are not fat enough to get in contact with the sim reader. No one knows when your kaiser starts behaving like sim card isnt fat enough, it did for me 2 months ago and till now I have a piece of paper to do the remedy :|
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Slide a piece of paper in back of your sim card. Some times sim cards are not fat enough to get in contact with the sim reader. No one knows when your kaiser starts behaving like sim card isnt fat enough, it did for me 2 months ago and till now I have a piece of paper to do the remedy :|
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well i've tried this too.. no success.. ive reinstalled my OS back to WM6.5 and unlock the sim again.. nothing.. maybe a little change.. my phone now shows message: masterchip not provisioned MM#2 ... what the hack?
slunlcko said:
well i've tried this too.. no success.. ive reinstalled my OS back to WM6.5 and unlock the sim again.. nothing.. maybe a little change.. my phone now shows message: masterchip not provisioned MM#2 ... what the hack?
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Currently Android doesnt support locked sim cards. If you are using Haret Install, you need to PIN unlock your sim card before running Haret, or otherwise install Android on NAND only with an unlocked, right out of the box working sim card.
I know its bad but its this way. Here we usually block PUK code if our sim cards are lost / stolen
Hi All,
I have bought an unlocked HTC about 3 years ago, and basically, this works with any SIM. I have used it all over Europe, with no problems. However I am having trouble using it here in the UK.
Any ideas as to why this is happening?
How about some more information, eg what sim, what troubles, etc.
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How about some more information, eg what sim, what troubles, etc.
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The SIM is Vodafone, and I cannot connect to the network, ie no calls or sms. I tried the SIM in another phone and it works. So it is the HTC that is giving problems. And I am sure that the HTC is unlocked, since I have tried other SIM cards when in Europe and all of them worked.
I have another SIM from Vodafone from another country in Europe, and it does not work either inside the HTC.
Possible cure?
If you don't have a SIM PIN, try setting one. If you already have one, skip that step. Then, try changing your screen security, for example from Slider to a PIN and then back to Slider.
I put a known good SIM in my phone in the UK and had no wireless connectivity until I forced the phone to ask me for my SIM pin while it was running (i.e., not on boot - rebooting didn't help). For some reason, changing the screen security triggered a request to enter the SIM pin, and then suddenly wireless was back.
I can't repeat the cause of the lost connectivity, but I have repeated this cure on subesquent occasions when I've lost wireless.
Take your HTC to Vodafone. There might be some settings missing.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk 2
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If you don't have a SIM PIN, try setting one. If you already have one, skip that step. Then, try changing your screen security, for example from Slider to a PIN and then back to Slider.
I put a known good SIM in my phone in the UK and had no wireless connectivity until I forced the phone to ask me for my SIM pin while it was running (i.e., not on boot - rebooting didn't help). For some reason, changing the screen security triggered a request to enter the SIM pin, and then suddenly wireless was back.
I can't repeat the cause of the lost connectivity, but I have repeated this cure on subesquent occasions when I've lost wireless.
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I tried doing what you said but it never asked me for a SIM PIN. I tried to change the SIM PIN but there is already one and I do not remember it
jmonfu said:
I tried doing what you said but it never asked me for a SIM PIN. I tried to change the SIM PIN but there is already one and I do not remember it
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Hope you've got your PUK code handy. You're going to need it next time you have to turn your phone on!
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Hope you've got your PUK code handy. You're going to need it next time you have to turn your phone on!
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Actually I did not need it!
And an update, I took the phone to the store and they fixed the problem. They guy at the counter entered something on the phone and it started working. Guess I had some missing setting.
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Actually I did not need it!
And an update, I took the phone to the store and they fixed the problem. They guy at the counter entered something on the phone and it started working. Guess I had some missing setting.
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Good news. But you're still gonna need that PUK code one day if there's a SIM pin and you don't know it!
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Good news. But you're still gonna need that PUK code one day if there's a SIM pin and you don't know it!
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I will only worry when that happens
I've spent the last several hours trying to fix my new "No Sim" and "Emergency Calls Only" problem on my GT-N7100.
The phone worked with my SIM card last week. In the middle of a call, it stopped working. I have replaced the sim holder, rooted the phone, deleted the cache files with Titanium, and still nothing. I can remove the sim card and put it back into my HTC OneX and it works fine. I have tried my wife's sim card from her iPhone 5. It doesn't work either.
I also looked around in the network menus (8#913...). The sim shows to be unknown.
Should I look at replacing the modem software? If so, where do I get it and how do I do it?
I am an AT&T subscriber in North America.
Thanks in advance!
Chad
You just need to change your modem or reflash stock rom
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Thanks for the reply. How do I ensure that I have the right modem for my location?
I just flashed it with the BTU N7100XXDMC3 N7100OXXDMC2. Still not working. Add to it, the new screen that I just installed in it last night died this morning. Now I've got to wait for the ebay store to replace it. This phone is becoming a money pit, and I can't even get it to make a call. I placed three calls on it with MY sim card before I bought it, so I know it worked.