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Can't get on Bell network

Just got my phone back form being fixed (cracked screen, yayyy). Prior to fix it was rooted and everything was working great.
I get it back and had the following error: Unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped.
This came up twice each time the phone was rebooted/ turned on.
So, from various searches on this forum, on androidforums, and random google results this was my process:
The phone was rooted, so I un-rooted it with SuperSU and then did a factory wipe and went through the day one set-up process again.
deleted contacts and remove all accounts
clear phone cache
clear contacts cache
restored stock firmware (phone had to be rooted, so is now rooted again)
software has just been update OTA
reinstalled stock firmware using Odin3 (used Triangle away to clear count, device status was back to normal)
That fixed my error problem, but I still had no connection to my Bell LTE network. Wifi was fine, sms good, calling good, MMS not good.
I found the APN settings on this forum and created a new one using these:
APN Name: Bell LTE
APN: pda.bell.ca
Proxy: web.wireless.bell.ca
Port: 80
Username: <Not set>
Password: <Not set>
Server: <Not set>
MMSC: http://mms.bell.ca/mms/wapenc
MMSC proxy: web.wireless.bell.ca
MMS port: 80
MCC: 302
MNC: 610
APN type : <Not set>
Still didn't work, and when I restart the phone the new setting deletes itself.
So I installed two different modems as found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831898
I tried I747MLALH1 first and current have I747MVLLE8 installed.
Phone is now rooted again (from installing new modems). Running 4.0.4. Device status is "Modified". Mobile Network State "Disconnected".
WTF is going on here? New SIM card maybe?
Any help would be great, but you'll have to dumb it down a little :cyclops:

Here are my settings.

acme anvil said:
Here are my settings.
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My default APN settings are the same as those. Now, when you hit the *back* button once from that screen it takes you back to the list of APNs (though you probably just have one called "Browser"). Is the circle on the right highlighted with a green dot or is it unchecked/ empty?
Thanks for the help

It is checked. Filled with green dot. And below Browser it says pda.bell.ca

Try to remove the proxy and port line leave it blank
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mooseknuckles1 said:
WTF is going on here? New SIM card maybe?
Any help would be great, but you'll have to dumb it down a little :cyclops:
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Shot in the dark, but try THIS....you may need to review the first post.
It saved me and a few others I know.

dawen said:
Try to remove the proxy and port line leave it blank
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Tried that and no luck (it's the how the default APN is set up on the phone and is the only APN i have listed right now)
themadproducer said:
Shot in the dark, but try THIS....you may need to review the first post.
It saved me and a few others I know.
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I'll give it a try thanks, don't have time tonight to read through everything and understand it, will have to wait.

mooseknuckles1 said:
Tried that and no luck (it's the how the default APN is set up on the phone and is the only APN i have listed right now)
I'll give it a try thanks, don't have time tonight to read through everything and understand it, will have to wait.
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Good for you. I found it a bit confusing at first. I had to re-read it a few times before I attempted it. I had lost my IMEI as well as DATA ability on my Roger's S3 and this page helped me! As to how I lost it....??? Some byproduct of flashing.

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Problem solved.
I skimmed through the info in the link @themadproducer provided but it didn't sound like that was a solution for me
Went into the Bell store, immediate the guy saw I didn't have an LTE SIM card so he said he doubts that is the problem but atleast when it is fixed I will have 4G internet. This was the original SIM I got back in June when I bought the phone, so I guess I was running 3G and didn't noticed since it was still blazingly faster than the 3G on my Blackberry.
We ended up calling a Bell diagnosis tech and he went backdoor on my phone, when I got it reactivated after being fixed the lady at the Bell store forgot to change/ add some things.
Good as gold now! My wonderful 6GB LTE plan is finally working and I'm not wasting money on nothing!
Thanks everyone for the help and input, much appreciated.

[Q] Telus Galaxy Note 2 SGH-i317M - Network Issue

Hello, I have had my Note 2 for a month now. I have rooted my note several times as well as installed a few ROMS.
Initially I had this ROM installed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016575. it worked great except the network ran extremely slow. I went back to stock until today. I installed this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987023. I screwed around with the ROM installing it a few times as I had issues with the ROM. I eventually went back to stock, now my network no longer works. I have re flashed stock ROM several times now to no avail. I am hoping someone can help me fix this issue, bare in mind I have only had it a month and I am still fairly noobish when it comes to android. Thank you.

Check your apn settings. They need to look like that
NAME : TELUS SP
APN : SP.TELUS.COM
PROXY : NOT SET
PORT : NOT SET
USERNAME: NOT SET
PASSWORD : NOT SET
SERVER : NOT SET
MMSC : HTTP://ALIASREDIRECT.NET/PROXY/MMSC
MMS PROXY: 74.49.0.18
MMS PORT: 80
MCC: 302
MNC: 220
AUTHENTICATION TYPE: NONE
APN TYPE : DEFAULT, MMS
APN PROTOCOL : IPV4
ENABLE/DISABLE APN: APN ENABLED (CHECKED)
BEARER: UNSPECIFIED
NAME: TELUS ISP
APN: ISP.TELUS.COM
PROXY NOT SET
PORT NOT SET
USERNAME NOT SET
PASSWORD NTO SET
SERVER NOT SET
MMSC NOT SET
MMS PROXY NOT SET
MMS PORT NOT SET
MCC 302
MNC 220
AUTHENTICATION TYPE NONE
APN TYPE DUN
APN PROTOCOL IPV4
ENABLE/DISABLE APN APN ENABLED (CHECKED)
BEARER UNSPECIFIED
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I now have data, with your line: "APN TYPE DUN." I don't have that option, only Internet + MMS, Internet, and MMS. I've tried all the options and the first two work while the 3rd doesn't.

If you use a international rom use APN TYPE DUN if not use Internet + mms.
I'm using jedi which is really tmh perfect no issues.
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still not working
g3minII said:
If you use a international rom use APN TYPE DUN if not use Internet + mms.
I'm using jedi which is really tmh perfect no issues.
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I I used the telus settings provided, still i cannot send mms (pictures). Please help, thanks

This is bumping an old thread, but I have this exact same problem. I am running ProBam 4.5.0 (a CM based rom) and quite simply, I cannot receive MMS. I can send them just fine. Nothing I do in the APN settings makes a difference, and I have tried EVERYTHING. There are a LOT of Google results for APN glitchery, a lot of answers, and some devices ignore spaces and others don't. Anyway, I have also tried flashing the other Canadian Note 2 modems, after backing mine up of course. The Rogers modem from a month ago or so (I317MVLUCMK5) forced the APN to the 'Telus SP Tether' APN but although the phone, wifi, and SMS worked in both directions, MMS failed both ways. This is very sad, again changing the APN names didn't help at all there either - and sad because across the board I had much better reception. I am in a patchy cell net (With '4G' in the form of H+ but no LTE) and it wasn't my imagination - I could spray paint marks on the highway where the shadows lie, and I was seeing multiple bars through all sorts of fuzzy spots. Come on Telus...
Anyway, in desperation I am going to wipe out my entire phone and try another rom altogether, but I don't expect it to fix the MMS problem. The modem stuff isn't changed or touched by most roms, the roms themselves may react in a different way to the modem/APN needs (like for example Telus sometimes needing different names for what it perceives as an 'semi-unlocked international phone') but you should be able to FIX that problem in settings. And oh boy, I promise you I tried every conceivable combination of APN names. I even tried DEFAULT,SUPL,HIPRI,DUN,INTERNET+MMS at one point... lol
If anyone sees this and knows the answer, please... There were people reporting that unchecking 'retrieve messages automatically' in the SMS app settings cured issues, there were people that only got things to work editing the build prop to force various results to the antenna queries, etc, etc, etc. 3rd party SMS/MMS apps likewise don't work. The person sending me an MMS doesn't get an error, either, which means I went MONTHS without knowing I had this issue. Yup.
I know better than to phone Telus. Jeepers, that would be a long and fruitless phone call....

[Q] can't access internet

hello everyone,
so i have bought a Samsung Note3 N900T recently.
and i have paid for the unlock service, so the phone is now unlocked,
so today i went to At&t store and ask for a new sim for my note3 (i used to have an iPhone5, the sim card didnt fit for note3)
after active my sim, i can use my the Note3 to make calls, send regular text.
BUT no matter what i do, i CANNOT get internet access, i have followed the steps by the APN settings, tried a few times and im sure eveything was typed correctly. but neither 4G/LET nor 3G signal shows up.
btw, the only regular text can be send, no pic text. but calls work well.
anybody can help me out?

Have you tried making sure you're set up to an access point? If so, reset it... That may work
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luckerww said:
hello everyone,
so i have bought a Samsung Note3 N900T recently.
and i have paid for the unlock service, so the phone is now unlocked,
so today i went to At&t store and ask for a new sim for my note3 (i used to have an iPhone5, the sim card didnt fit for note3)
after active my sim, i can use my the Note3 to make calls, send regular text.
BUT no matter what i do, i CANNOT get internet access, i have followed the steps by the APN settings, tried a few times and im sure eveything was typed correctly. but neither 4G/LET nor 3G signal shows up.
btw, the only regular text can be send, no pic text. but calls work well.
anybody can help me out?
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Make sure your APN settings are: leave everything normal except for these settings below
APN: phone
MMSC: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net
Multimedia Message Proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net
Multimedia Message Port:80
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN Type: default, mms, supl, hipri
Bearer: LTE
Also type in the dialer:
*#2263#
Enters in ServiceMode
Chose LTE/WCDMA then you can the back button to get out of all of it.
After I did that to mine, I had Data & everything worked out for me.

Where are you located? Some areas like in the south it's rare to get 4G, usually you're on 3G or Edge.
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[Q] mms working with Cricket?

I've followed most of this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/help/guide-fire-phone-fireos-google-apps-t3206603) along with updating to 4.6.6, to set up my fire phone, and almost everything is working. I've activated the phone with a Cricket sim, and I can get internet and sms fine. I still can't get mms to send or receive. I've tried several different APN settings from the Cricket website and others. I've tried using the stock messaging app as well as handcent.
Is anyone else using Cricket with their fire phone and able to send/rec mms? If so, what are your APN settings?

My wife's fire phone is working with Cricket, including MMS. I think Cricket takes up to 24 hours to re-reoute SMS/MMS correctly. Maybe give it a day and see if it fixes itself.

embhorn said:
My wife's fire phone is working with Cricket, including MMS. I think Cricket takes up to 24 hours to re-reoute SMS/MMS correctly. Maybe give it a day and see if it fixes itself.
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So it does work. That's good news. Turns out my wife's BLU phone doesn't work either. It's been over a week since she switched. Would you mind looking at the APN settings and telling me if they match these (taken from https://www.cricketwireless.com/sup...e-byod/customer/bring-your-own-android.html):
Name: Internet
APN: ndo
Proxy: Not Set
Port: Not Set
Username: Not Set
Password: Not Set
Server: Not Set
MMSC: http://mmsc.aiowireless.net
MMS Proxy: proxy.aiowireless.net
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 150
Authentication type: Not Set APN type: default,mms,fota,hipri,supl
Thanks

I would have to wait until tonight to check her phone, but my Nexus 5 is working with those APN settings.

Well, it turns out the fire phone is set to use the AT&T APN. The Cricket APN is there on the phone, but the AT&T one is selected. And everything is working fine on her phone.
Here is a thread from howardforums that describes this same situation.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1835537-Cricket-Wireless-MMS-APN-settings
Also, I neglected to mention that I use Google Voice, so all my SMS/MMS gets routed as data. Which is why I thought the Cricket APN worked for my Nexus 5.

embhorn said:
Well, it turns out the fire phone is set to use the AT&T APN. The Cricket APN is there on the phone, but the AT&T one is selected. And everything is working fine on her phone.
Here is a thread from howardforums that describes this same situation.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1835537-Cricket-Wireless-MMS-APN-settings
Also, I neglected to mention that I use Google Voice, so all my SMS/MMS gets routed as data. Which is why I thought the Cricket APN worked for my Nexus 5.
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Yeah, thanks. I've tried all the settings on that thread. No joy. Maybe it's something wrong with my account since all four phones have the same problem

After u create APN are you setting the apn, I believe u click save and select, I missed that the first time around
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embhorn said:
Well, it turns out the fire phone is set to use the AT&T APN. The Cricket APN is there on the phone, but the AT&T one is selected. And everything is working fine on her phone.
Here is a thread from howardforums that describes this same situation.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1835537-Cricket-Wireless-MMS-APN-settings
Also, I neglected to mention that I use Google Voice, so all my SMS/MMS gets routed as data. Which is why I thought the Cricket APN worked for my Nexus 5.
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I'm using Verizon LG g4 with the cricket sim and had a crappy signal and no mms...after messing around for days figerd out that in network setting it needs to be on the LTE wcdma setting that will say 4g but really it's LTE...and as u mentioned above, I found an att apn and everything works awesome!...mms,text,cells in comeing and out going....go to cricket Web site and the att apn you want is listed as alternate APN
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trinilu27 said:
I'm using Verizon LG g4 with the cricket sim and had a crappy signal and no mms...after messing around for days figerd out that in network setting it needs to be on the LTE wcdma setting that will say 4g but really it's LTE...and as u mentioned above, I found an att apn and everything works awesome!...mms,text,cells in comeing and out going....go to cricket Web site and the att apn you want is listed as alternate APN
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Thank you more times than I could ever say! I have a carrier unlocked LG H830 (G5), and have spent more hours than I'd like to admit trying to get outgoing MMS to work on Cricket Wireless. You name it, I've tried it. I would never EVER have thought to change the Network Mode. That fixed it. Granted, instead of showing "LTE", it's now showing 4G (3.5G), and my data speed down is about 5MB, but Cricket throttles the down speeds anyway. And, at home on Wifi, it doesn't matter anyway. So again, thank you!
For the purposes of future Google searchers:
For outgoing MMS to work on a carrier unlocked LG H830 (LG G5), the Network Mode must be set to GSM/WCDMA.
Regards,
Mark

Does anyone have a working Pixel 2 XL on Straight Talk - Verizon Sim?

UPDATE: Work around available using a att/tmobile compatible sim card, setting up the apn, then swapping back to straight talk verizon sim, apn settings are here to get LTE/MMS (no tether yet)
Is anyone successfully using Straight Talk Verizon Compatible Sim card with their Pixel 2 XL (Google Store purchased)?
Problem: Cannot get data on Straight Talk Verizon Sim (voice and text work fine).
Called straight talk, they wanted me to check my APN settings. However the phone will not allow me and says "Access Point Name settings are not available for this user". They said they don't see anything wrong on their end and it seems to be the phone.
Contacted Google, they said the carrier locks down the APN settings and theres nothing they can do to help, need to contact Straight Talk.
How does someone unlock the APN settings, did anyone else have success with ST/VZW Sims? Straight Talk's next idea is a new SIM (which would be sim #3 for this issue...so sounds like they dont know what to do)

I spent 2+ hours on the phone and talked to 5 people (3 calls) just to get my phone number back (first attempt got me a different phone number) and I'm lucky to be able to text and call again.
I too don't have data, but there was someone that suggested inserting a friends sim that lets them change APN and enter the changes, but swap out the sim to the ST one before saving.
Right now I'm trying to figure out why fastboot doesn't work to flash the VZ image. I suspect I need updated drivers.

this is a straight talk issue.. there is nothing else can do on this one.. check if you can ask another straight talk sim from either t-mobile or at&t if possible

i did the sim card swapping thing and got data, but only 3g. like others in the other thread said you cant type out all the setting correctly, particularly 'dun' in apn type.
once we get a stable root will this be just editable via direct entry to apn settings? this is going to be a nightmare flashing roms otherwise.
EDIT: got 4g finally. needed to use TRACFONE.VZWENTP as my APN, other APN lists have it as ACCT.TF.GW6.VZWENTP which gives 3g only. still no MMS yet though....

It's the future of android, unfortunately, in that it's an android 8.1 issue (at least Android 8.0 on 1st gen Pixel XL doesn't have this issue, but Android 8.1 on 1st gen Pixel XL does have this issue).
There is a new setting in the apns-conf.xml file (found in /system/system/etc or /system/etc), which setting is labeled "user_hidden" with options "true" and "false". All of the Verizon MVNO settings are labelled as "true", meaning that APN editing access is now restricted.
There is no way that I know of to edit this file without bootloader unlock and root.
And, it's definitely an Android issue, as Android 8.0 and earlier did not have this issue.
Speculation on my part, but this is probably Google's response to its exclusive carrier, Verizon, request that these phones not be made easy to use on much-cheaper-than-Verizon MVNOs.

I've got everything working including 50 mb down, 40 mb upload, but still can't send a picture via text. I'm using Katerina's settings (half-way down the page) here: https://productforums.google.com/fo...!msg/phone-by-google/_PGJbTEuY0M/BY724wAkBwAJ
I had a Project Fi sim I swapped in to allow adding an APN.

sd_matto said:
It's the future of android, unfortunately, in that it's an android 8.1 issue (at least Android 8.0 on 1st gen Pixel XL doesn't have this issue, but Android 8.1 on 1st gen Pixel XL does have this issue).
There is a new setting in the apns-conf.xml file (found in /system/system/etc or /system/etc), which setting is labeled "user_hidden" with options "true" and "false". All of the Verizon MVNO settings are labelled as "true", meaning that APN editing access is now restricted.
There is no way that I know of to edit this file without bootloader unlock and root.
And, it's definitely an Android issue, as Android 8.0 and earlier did not have this issue.
Speculation on my part, but this is probably Google's response to its exclusive carrier, Verizon, request that these phones not be made easy to use on much-cheaper-than-Verizon MVNOs.
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Now that a stable root is out, do you know how to set this via editing, i changed all the user_visible and user_editable settings in the apn-conf.xml file and still cant (i dont see a user_hidden)?
Would love to figure out a non-sim card swap method to do this so i can flash roms and whatnot without constantly swapping sims.

phyl0x said:
Now that a stable root is out, do you know how to set this via editing, i changed all the user_visible and user_editable settings in the apn-conf.xml file and still cant (i dont see a user_hidden)?
Would love to figure out a non-sim card swap method to do this so i can flash roms and whatnot without constantly swapping sims.
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Once I get my replacement Pixel 2 XL (yes, bad blue to yellow to pinkish screen color shift depending on angle), I will be rooting.
The approach I will take will be to adb pull the apns-conf.xml file, edit it (see below), and replace. Possible edits include:
1. apns-conf.xml file from a Pixel XL (1st gen) running 8.0 or 7.1.2; or
2. Search the stock Pixel 2 XL's apns-conf.xml file for occurrences of Verizon, and replace the "true" in user_hidden with "false"
Hopefully, one of the above will work; if not, back to drawing board. I'm sure that there is a workaround, now that stable root exists.

sd_matto said:
Once I get my replacement Pixel 2 XL (yes, bad blue to yellow to pinkish screen color shift depending on angle), I will be rooting.
The approach I will take will be to adb pull the apns-conf.xml file, edit it (see below), and replace. Possible edits include:
1. apns-conf.xml file from a Pixel XL (1st gen) running 8.0 or 7.1.2; or
2. Search the stock Pixel 2 XL's apns-conf.xml file for occurrences of Verizon, and replace the "true" in user_hidden with "false"
Hopefully, one of the above will work; if not, back to drawing board. I'm sure that there is a workaround, now that stable root exists.
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I didnt find any user_hidden in the file on my Pixel 2 XL (Android 8.0, not 8.1)
there is user_visible= "false" on the verizon ones, but changing that to either true or removing it completely do not seem to change anything (even after reboots)
some others have user_editable="false" but not the verizon ones.
I'd upload it here but i hacked it way up and didnt make a backup...everything still seems to work though (using the sim swap trick right now)

phyl0x said:
I didnt find any user_hidden in the file on my Pixel 2 XL (Android 8.0, not 8.1)
there is user_visible= "false" on the verizon ones, but changing that to either true or removing it completely do not seem to change anything (even after reboots)
some others have user_editable="false" but not the verizon ones.
I'd upload it here but i hacked it way up and didnt make a backup...everything still seems to work though (using the sim swap trick right now)
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I might have gotten dyslexic regarding the concepts; it could have been "user_visible" and "false" instead of "user_hidden" and "true" (it's been almost a week since I looked at this issue).
Glad to hear the workaround is working for you; I will post again on this after I have gotten my new replacement Pixel 2 XL (assuming a more palatable screen).

I was able to use ADB without the SIM in to add the ST APN. However, I get stuck with it not letting me add type "dun" to it. I have LTE working, but no MMS now.

TheGeekyNimrod said:
I was able to use ADB without the SIM in to add the ST APN. However, I get stuck with it not letting me add type "dun" to it. I have LTE working, but no MMS now.
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Isn't that pretty much everyone's trouble now with Straight Talk on Verizon, no MMS?

same here, data working fine, no MMS. I was going to try the apn settings i found here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73392938&postcount=29
Name: Verizon Wireless
APN: TRACFONE.VZWENTP
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: http : //mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms < remove spaces after http
Multimedia message proxy: Not set
Multimedia message port: Not set
MCC: 311
MNC: 480
Authentication type: Not set
APN type: default,dun,mms,supl < no spaces
APN protocol: IPv4/IPv6
Turn APN on/off: APN turned on
Bearer: Unspecified
Mobile virtual network operator type: None
Mobile virtual network operator value: Not Set
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I currently do not have 'mms' set in APN type. And it won't let me set 'dun'. also my Mobile Virtual network operator value is set to DEFF and wont let me change it. So I was hoping to try MMS (but im at work and didnt bring my other sim and sim tool).
Was hoping to manually set it now that im rooted, but i cant figure out how to do that...google and xda searches found lots of old guides from 2014 that don't seem to apply anymore.

Colchiro said:
Isn't that pretty much everyone's trouble now with Straight Talk on Verizon, no MMS?
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This is true. I'm gonna end up having to be on the phone with them. Which I absolutely dread.
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phyl0x said:
same here, data working fine, no MMS. I was going to try the apn settings i found here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73392938&postcount=29
I currently do not have 'mms' set in APN type. And it won't let me set 'dun'. also my Mobile Virtual network operator value is set to DEFF and wont let me change it. So I was hoping to try MMS (but im at work and didnt bring my other sim and sim tool).
Was hoping to manually set it now that im rooted, but i cant figure out how to do that...google and xda searches found lots of old guides from 2014 that don't seem to apply anymore.
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I have the same issue with the DUN type as well. I'm gonna try the workaround to it by using a GMS SIM that will allow that type, then putting mine back in. If it works I'll comment later.

TheGeekyNimrod said:
This is true. I'm gonna end up having to be on the phone with them. Which I absolutely dread.
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A buddy at work heard last Friday that I was going switch to Straight Talk and decided to do the same with his iPhone 7's (last years model). Found out yesterday he spent 2 hours on the phone with them to upgrade as well. So it's not just us early Pixel adopters.
At least everything is working for them.

has anyone tried flashing the verizon emr nov update to see if this helps? i wish google would comment on this issue, its consistently in the top threads on their product forums, but no word from them.

I considered it, but fastboot doesn't work well for me with this phone. Took about 10 tries to unlock the bootloader and tried to run flash-all, but it just hangs. I have the latest Google drivers and latest platform tools.
Tried a different usb port and it worked. = /

FYI. Wiped my phone to install November update and my ACN is gone and no longer have data.

I got mms and LTE finally!!!:
used these exact settings with the sim card swap trick
Name: straight talk
APN: TRACFONE.VZWENTP
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: http : //mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms < remove spaces after http
Multimedia message proxy: Not set
Multimedia message port: Not set
MCC: 311
MNC: 480
Authentication type: Not set
APN type: default,mms,supl
APN protocol: IPv4/IPv6
Turn APN on/off: APN turned on
Bearer: Unspecified
Mobile virtual network operator type: None
Mobile virtual network operator value: Not Set
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*i needed to set a Mobile virtual network operator type to unset the Mobile virtual network operator value
but voice, text, LTE data all working

phyl0x said:
I got mms and LTE finally!!!:
used these exact settings with the sim card swap trick
*i needed to set a Mobile virtual network operator type to unset the Mobile virtual network operator value
but voice, text, LTE data all working
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I forced those with ADB (With the SIM out to get all the fields) but never got MMS even using the MMS type. I'm gonna try the SIM trick tomorrow though.
EDIT: Okay, I got it. I don't know why, but it didn't work the last time I tried it.
If you take the sim card out, in ADB you can run
Code:
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.INSERT content://telephony/carriers --ei simId -1
This forces the new APN screen to come up.
I then used
Name: straight talk
APN: TRACFONE.VZWENTP
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: http : //mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms < remove spaces after http
Multimedia message proxy: Not set
Multimedia message port: Not set
MCC: 311
MNC: 480
Authentication type: Not set
APN type: default,mms,supl
APN protocol: IPv4/IPv6
Turn APN on/off: APN turned on
Bearer: Unspecified
Mobile virtual network operator type: None
Mobile virtual network operator value: Not Set
and it is working fine after I put my SIM back in.