I unlocked my GS3 through the software menu in jellybean. Then I put in a working Wind mobile sim, it says "Wind Away" and I am getting a "R" icon beside the signal. Is there anyway to make the S3 work properly?
OwsHshmi said:
I unlocked my GS3 through the software menu in jellybean. Then I put in a working Wind mobile sim, it says "Wind Away" and I am getting a "R" icon beside the signal. Is there anyway to make the S3 work properly?
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did you have a working signal before this? is this stock/unrooted or rooted stock/rooted custom tw?
Yes I did, it works perfectly with a Rogers sim. It is stock. I called Wind Mobile and they said it does not support the AWS band. I want to try flashing a T-Mobile modem to try and see if I can activate the 1700 band, but it's only working on the i747 at the moment. The i747m's get bricked.
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I have Rogers Xperia ION on Canadian Network.
Before I had flashed Generic International rom (6.1.E.2.29), the stock Rogers Rom with ICS would pick up LTE.
But now, the phone only picks up 3G Signals.
I love the international rom which seems to be bit more responsive- but no LTE is big downfall.
Does anyone have any similar problem? And yes I have correct APN.
zup2sky said:
I have Rogers Xperia ION on Canadian Network.
Before I had flashed Generic International rom (6.1.E.2.29), the stock Rogers Rom with ICS would pick up LTE.
But now, the phone only picks up 3G Signals.
I love the international rom which seems to be bit more responsive- but no LTE is big downfall.
Does anyone have any similar problem? And yes I have correct APN.
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double check - and double check apn again ... Really sure .29 fw had LTE bb. Or reflash with full wipes again - Reboot couple times might re-cycle the rom to settle in.
Problem solved.
Under mobile network setting- network mode was set to 'WCDMA (Preferred)/ GSM'
Change this to LTE (Preferred)/ WCDMA/GSM
Thanks for your post!
Good to know !!! Glad you had it resolve.
I currently have ATT service with my S3. I'm running the Intergalactic 3.0 at the moment and I absolutely love it. However - I just switched to T-Mobile. I want to keep my current phone and sell the free S3 they gave me so I don't have to deal with losing any information or anything like that. Can I get away with this on the ATT based ROM? IIRC T-Mobile and ATT run on very similar networks/frequencies. Any advice would be helpful here. If worst comes to worst and I have to use the T-Mobile provided phone, can I flash Intergalactic on it as well or do I have to choose from the T-Mobile ROMs on this site?
Thanks to everyone in advance.
You should be able to add the proper apn for t mobile. You also may want to flash one of the t mobile radios.
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I just switched from ATT to T-Mobile. I have an ATT SGS3 running Task's AOKP. APNs filled themselves in when I put the T-Mobile SIM in and everything works flawlessly.
bigbrd222 said:
I just switched from ATT to T-Mobile. I have an ATT SGS3 running Task's AOKP. APNs filled themselves in when I put the T-Mobile SIM in and everything works flawlessly.
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Strange. I unlocked the phone, I was able to put in the SIM card and the APNs filled themselves. I was able to make calls and texts but unable to use internet. Any idea here? Using Intergalactic 3.0
To clarify - no internet at all. No Edge, GSM, or LTE
Synyster06Gates said:
Strange. I unlocked the phone, I was able to put in the SIM card and the APNs filled themselves. I was able to make calls and texts but unable to use internet. Any idea here? Using Intergalactic 3.0
To clarify - no internet at all. No Edge, GSM, or LTE
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No idea. I'm not getting LTE, but I do get H+ and haven't looked into it yet. Maybe it's the ROM? I'm on Task's newest release.
bigbrd222 said:
No idea. I'm not getting LTE, but I do get H+ and haven't looked into it yet. Maybe it's the ROM? I'm on Task's newest release.
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Strange. I went back and re-registered on the network through the settings and now it's getting 4g, just no LTE. At least it's working though!
Edit: Kinda. It worked for a minute then I locked/unlocked the phone and it didn't want to work any more.
Synyster06Gates said:
Strange. I went back and re-registered on the network through the settings and now it's getting 4g, just no LTE. At least it's working though!
Edit: Kinda. It worked for a minute then I locked/unlocked the phone and it didn't want to work any more.
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I just changed the setting under settings-> network mode to "GSM/WCDMA/LTE" and now I do get LTE
I have an unlocked stock rooted AT&T i747 running 4.1.2. I want to use it on the Bell network. When I put in a Bell sim, it shows it has service, and the pda.bell.ca APN shows up, but it can't find the Bell network, only Rogers. Just wondering if anyone else has tried the same thing and had success or no? As it is I cannot call, text, or browse... Please let me know if there is anything I can do.
Is there an option in the network settings to select lte or wcdma?
Did you check to make sure the phone isn't listed as being blacklisted?
audit13 said:
Is there an option in the network settings to select lte or wcdma?
Did you check to make sure the phone isn't listed as being blacklisted?
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I haven't located any settings about WCDMA or LTE. On my i747m I'm used to being able to toggle between 2G/3G/4G. Nothing like that here. Bell's IMEI check approved it, and it's not on the national blacklist.
quaxer said:
I haven't located any settings about WCDMA or LTE. On my i747m I'm used to being able to toggle between 2G/3G/4G. Nothing like that here. Bell's IMEI check approved it, and it's not on the national blacklist.
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You say the Bell APN shows up but are you using it?
Trying to... However I'm still not getting any data service.
quaxer said:
Trying to... However I'm still not getting any data service.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434995 has the APN, I assume you already looked it up but can be useful.
Getting service but no data is usually just not having data turned on.. So obvious question: Do you have it turned on in your settings/pulldown menu?
If your APN checks and data is turned on, you might have to give Bell a call (don't have to tell them you have a US variant).
Thanks for your input. Data is definitely turned on. However, please remember that it's not only data that isn't working. I am also unable to call and text.
quaxer said:
Thanks for your input. Data is definitely turned on. However, please remember that it's not only data that isn't working. I am also unable to call and text.
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Can you check to make sure your baseband matches your bootloaders? If it does, I'm out of options for now. Bell (or someone else) can probably help you further.
Sorry for not being overly knowledgeable...
How can I tell what bootloader I'm running?
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Ok. I found how tell what bootloader I'm running. The baseband and bootloader do match.
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So... This phone has sat around for a few months, and now I want to sell it to a friend of mine on Telus. Anyone know what we need to do to make it work???
quaxer said:
So... This phone has sat around for a few months, and now I want to sell it to a friend of mine on Telus. Anyone know what we need to do to make it work???
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Once the phone has been unlocked, it will work on all carriers except Wind and Mobilicity.
audit13 said:
Once the phone has been unlocked, it will work on all carriers except Wind and Mobilicity.
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It seems it should be that way... the phone is unlocked, but when I put a Bell sim in it it says emergency calls only. The only network that comes up to set as default is Rogers. Can you advise me as to how to make 100% sure the phone is unlocked?
Are you running a custom ROM? Can you change the network settings to wcdma only?
audit13 said:
Are you running a custom ROM? Can you change the network settings to wcdma only?
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I rooted it with Chainfire's Odin Autoroot, but everything else is stock... I can't find a way to change the network settings to wcdma only... I'm trying to use it on a GSM network, anyway. Or am I not understanding?
quaxer said:
I rooted it with Chainfire's Odin Autoroot, but everything else is stock... I can't find a way to change the network settings to wcdma only... I'm trying to use it on a GSM network, anyway. Or am I not understanding?
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Which carrier are you trying to use the phone with? If it is Telus/Bell/Koodo/Virgin, it should work without changing anything.
The only networks that support GSM are Fido and Rogers.
audit13 said:
Which carrier are you trying to use the phone with? If it is Telus/Bell/Koodo/Virgin, it should work without changing anything.
The only networks that support GSM are Fido and Rogers.
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Ok sorry, I think I got confused about the wireless technology. I'm trying to use it on Bell or Telus, but no luck. I guess I should try an AT&T sim in it and see if the phone works at all...
quaxer said:
Ok sorry, I think I got confused about the wireless technology. I'm trying to use it on Bell or Telus, but no luck. I guess I should try an AT&T sim in it and see if the phone works at all...
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What stock ROM is on the phone? I had an i747m that was locked to Bell. I used the free method to unlock it, updated to 4.4.2, and it works perfectly on Rogers and Koodo.
audit13 said:
What stock ROM is on the phone? I had an i747m that was locked to Bell. I used the free method to unlock it, updated to 4.4.2, and it works perfectly on Rogers and Koodo.
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Yeah, makes me think that maybe this is faulty hardware or AT&T somehow hamstrung this thing...
quaxer said:
Yeah, makes me think that maybe this is faulty hardware or AT&T somehow hamstrung this thing...
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The ATT should work on Bell and Telus. My Bell i747m could roam on ATT when I travelled to the USA.
Just to confirm: you can connect to the Rogers network but not Bell or Telus?
I've seen several discussions about this but didn't seem to find a working solution. I'm currently using GNF1 V3 NB4, I tried using the apn settings for at&t and also called them to make sure they have the correct imei number. Also, for some reason under the "Network mode" I don't have an LTE option, I only have WCDMA/GSM, GSM ONLY AND WCDMA ONLY. I am able to get 4G but no LTE. Is there any solution or any other way to solve this problem?
nir360 said:
I've seen several discussions about this but didn't seem to find a working solution. I'm currently using GNF1 V3 NB4, I tried using the apn settings for at&t and also called them to make sure they have the correct imei number. Also, for some reason under the "Network mode" I don't have an LTE option, I only have WCDMA/GSM, GSM ONLY AND WCDMA ONLY. I am able to get 4G but no LTE. Is there any solution or any other way to solve this problem?
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Change ro.product.name= in the build.prop to say jfltetmo
will it also change the speed or just add an "LTE" symbol?
Give you the LTE option in network modes and change the icon. Speeds? Probably since youll have LTE back
ShinySide said:
Give you the LTE option in network modes and change the icon. Speeds? Probably since youll have LTE back
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ok, i have the LTE option in "network modes" now, however the speed is more or less the same and I don't have LTE bar, not sure whether it's because of my current location or what.. is there anything else I could edit to try to make it work?
If I change the ro.product.model , name and device to at&t values would I get the LTE speeds just like an at&t s4?
nir360 said:
ok, i have the LTE option in "network modes" now, however the speed is more or less the same and I don't have LTE bar, not sure whether it's because of my current location or what.. is there anything else I could edit to try to make it work?
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When I bought this phone from T-Mobile I was still on an AT&T plan. Before I jumped ship over to Net10 Wireless I used AT&T's LTE all over Pensacola. That was on a sim-unlocked, unrooted, otherwise 100% stock M919. Did you double-check your APN's? Perhaps you're just not in an area where you can pick up LTE?
Yes I use the correct apns the ones that at&t gave me, but im gonna try to go back to stock then change the apns to at&t and maybe that will work.. but even if it will, I don't know if I could keep using GNF1 or would I have to use a different rom, anybody else have or had issues with getting LTE on at&t while using custom roms and knows roms that work? (Preferably tw)
See your network type in settings > about phone > status. Try to get LTE with your AT&T SIM on another phone then install it back to your M919.
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I know the answer isn't out there as I've been searching for years! I've had my i317m from Telus converted to work on WIND for 3 years now using the AWS mod (dummy zip) but this never worked well when I was on the highway as it doesn't switch roaming towers well...it gives me no connection at times or hangs on 1 bar on home network when a true WIND phone would go between roaming and home networks when signal was obviously un-usable anymore.
Before anyone says, yes I was using a WIND ROM(no modem), but I could never get a T-mobile or WIND modem to be recognized, and believe me I tried them all. The baseband always says "unknown" and no connection. I believe it has something to do with different partition sizing?
So I would like a REAL WIND modem from a T889V to work together with a WIND ROM and that should solve my roaming issues. (any other ideas?)
I'm on Jellybean 4.3 (T889VVLUCMK4) still as I couldn't find newer rooted WIND roms with no modems(only ones I can use) for later versions.
Modem I ended up using is from Rogers i317M (i317MVLUCMK5) with AWS mod and I have all the required bands enabled for proper roaming (roaming for WIND in Canada is on Rogers, Bell, Telus)
I call on the experts on this site to chime in please, and there will be a few coffees/beers in it for ya!