Ok, here is the thing....
First off, my phone is an AT&T SGS III running "The Devils Reject_v7" just fine. The application I am referring to in the title is UltimatePoker, a licensed Poker site in Nevada. The requirement is that your cellphone needs to be located and trackable in the State of Nevada to participate in playing online poker.
Now, this works fine with the above mentioned ROM. It is an Android v4.1.1. Now, whenever I try to upgrade to a version higher then that, i.e. 4.2, 4.2.2, 4.3, The login into the Poker site will fail with the message "Cellphone cannot be located" switching back to the above ROM will allow access again.
Here what I tried so far...
1. Changed the Modem to different versions on the above ROM....no difference, still working
2. Changed the ROM and applied all different modems I could find .... No Success, it always failed.
My question would be,
1. What difference is between rooted Stock and "The Devils Reject_v7" which prevents stock from being found?
2. If it is some mod in the kernel, can this mod be implemented in rooted stock or even in never versions of android.
I know, this is not really a topic many folks might be interested in, but maybe someone will just look at it....
Firstly, you're in the wrong section, this should probably be in q/a, but anyhow, some people have problems with GPS when upgrading to higher versions, and i'm assuming the app uses gps to track, so have u confirmed it working before running the app?
DMF1977 said:
Firstly, you're in the wrong section, this should probably be in q/a, but anyhow, some people have problems with GPS when upgrading to higher versions, and i'm assuming the app uses gps to track, so have u confirmed it working before running the app?
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the app is a windows app and requires the phone to ne found not by GPS but by triangulation. The online poker site has my cellphone number and when I logon they request from the service provider (in my case AT&T) the current location of the phone. AT&T will use triangulation if on 3G. If I am on LTE the triangulation is not working. I have to use as APN wap.cingular to make it work. And that's where I get lost. I know that the SGS3 is using a combined 3G-4G chip. this is probably the problem. HTC does not has the issue as far as I know...
Thanks for the answer though.
Since this is my first OP do you know how to move it to Q&A?
Thanks
anjini said:
the app is a windows app and requires the phone to ne found not by GPS but by triangulation. The online poker site has my cellphone number and when I logon they request from the service provider (in my case AT&T) the current location of the phone. AT&T will use triangulation if on 3G. If I am on LTE the triangulation is not working. I have to use as APN wap.cingular to make it work. And that's where I get lost. I know that the SGS3 is using a combined 3G-4G chip. this is probably the problem. HTC does not has the issue as far as I know...
Thanks for the answer though.
Since this is my first OP do you know how to move it to Q&A?
Thanks
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Do you enable your location setting?
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Do you enable your location setting?
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They are enabled....
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Hey guys, i have a few questions
i have a tmobile gs3 and am passionately waiting for the JB OTA update. Untill then however, i would love to use CM10 JB ROM. THe only problem is that it doesnt have the tmobile wifi "built-in" app for that. So does anyone know a way for that to happen? (PM me if you know a way).
Also, currently im am using ICS and it seems like i need at least one bar of cellular coverage for wifi to work. If i am not registering a cellular network, my wifi will not work. I noticed this pretty recently and was wondering if it is like that normally. Are there apps or fixes that can allow you to use wifi if you are not registering cellular network at all (kinda like an airplane mode)?
Thanks alot
I will donate to developers if they can help me out
Don't want to be one of those people, but there are a lot of threads on it. But, pretty much, unless it has changed recently, there isn't a wifi-calling for any CM stuff yet and not sure if there will be. Some people were working on a project. There are other roms out there that do have working wifi calling though, might want to take a look at those.
Also, you don't need cell signal for the wifi calling to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=75169894
What do u mean a WiFi built in app? Also have u tried any new radios for cell coverage? And WiFi does not need any cellular service at all
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What do u mean a WiFi built in app? Also have u tried any new radios for cell coverage? And WiFi does not need any cellular service at all
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thanks for quick reply guys.
i have had cm10 jb on my gs3 and then i decided that i needed tmobile wifi calling. so once i downloaded stock ics from samsung and installed it, my wifi calling only works when i am registering the cellular network. If i dont have any bars (and wifi is connected) it won't call at all. wjat could be the fix for this?
Did you do a clean install..
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Did you do a clean install..
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probably not. i just downloaded a zip and installed it using odin software. i didnt erase the old stuff. How would i do a clean reset?
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probably not. i just downloaded a zip and installed it using odin software. i didnt erase the old stuff. How would i do a clean reset?
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Well if u flashed the stock ROM with Odin like u said let it boot up then go into stock recovery or if u have a custom recovery wipe data and caches. To get in it is the same way either way. Vol up, home, and power at same time
I just moved to CM10 a few minutes ago and personally, I don't know how I would ever go back to anything less than this. Why worry about WiFi calling when there are plenty of VoIP alternatives that use Google Voice?
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jonathan3579 said:
I just moved to CM10 a few minutes ago and personally, I don't know how I would ever go back to anything less than this. Why worry about WiFi calling when there are plenty of VoIP alternatives that use Google Voice?
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can i somehow set it up so that when my tmobile number is unavailable, it redirects it to google voice? But only when my number is unavailable (as in i wouldn't want to set the redirect every time i am planning to go off service). The thing is that i go to school and i see patients all day long, and in some places i have reception and in some i dont. its very irregular and unpredictable. so if i could set it up in the way that "if unavailable, redirect to google voice" type of thing, i would be a happy camper.
Oh and also, even my google voice does not work if i am not registering a cellular network just a bit. (help with this too?)
thanks guys
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Well if u flashed the stock ROM with Odin like u said let it boot up then go into stock recovery or if u have a custom recovery wipe data and caches. To get in it is the same way either way. Vol up, home, and power at same time
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im not sure what i did, but i know that i did not specifically erase any data. it just seems that wifi calling is an integral part of the firmware that any "random" data on the phone should no phase it. hmm...
Can someone confirm that CM10 JB has a option in the Phone App menu to forward a call when unreachable? I donw want to go thru the hassle of installing it if it doesnt have that option.
thanks alot guys
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can i somehow set it up so that when my tmobile number is unavailable, it redirects it to google voice? But only when my number is unavailable (as in i wouldn't want to set the redirect every time i am planning to go off service). The thing is that i go to school and i see patients all day long, and in some places i have reception and in some i dont. its very irregular and unpredictable. so if i could set it up in the way that "if unavailable, redirect to google voice" type of thing, i would be a happy camper.
Oh and also, even my google voice does not work if i am not registering a cellular network just a bit. (help with this too?)
thanks guys
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I'll look into this further and see what I can uncover for you. I use GrooveIP for my VoIP needs and it was a godsend when I was on the $30 plan with T-Mobile. Hopefully I can find something that will suit your needs in the process.
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Can someone confirm that CM10 JB has a option in the Phone App menu to forward a call when unreachable? I donw want to go thru the hassle of installing it if it doesnt have that option.
thanks alot guys
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There should be a setting for phone forwarding just like any other OS/phone. Just change it to your GV number and should be GTG.
I have a sprint samsung galaxy note 2 that is rooted and flashed to verizon running macksrom 5.0 and i started having this problem. the problem is i can call from my phone when it is not on wifi but the 3g/4g isnt showing up top in the status bar i cant access the internet unless im on wifi. when i go into settings and click on mobile networks it acts like it is going to do it then it hangs at a black screen and a box pops up and says unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped ive tried cleaning caches and fixing permissions, nothing helps, there is also another thing that pops up and says error #89 unknown error. it also says when i click on stuff, use touchwiz or xperia to perform this action. Always or just once.) I bought this samsung gn 2 online everything was already done to it. I think whoever installed the macks rom must have left the the touchwiz on it. Because it keeps asking me when i do things, perform action using touchwiz or xperia I also noticed that i have goomanager on it. Can i use the goomanager to reflash this phone? If so can someone give me information on how to properly do it. i also read something about mobile odin. Which one would be the easiest to use?
You have too much going on there. I would relash the rom. Make sure you wipe system, casche and devick; may want to do old school and wipe three times.
Goo Manager is probably suppose to be there, by design from the ROM developer. That should have been in the OP on the ROM three, along with known issues.
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I have a sprint samsung galaxy note 2 that is rooted and flashed to verizon running macksrom 5.0 and i started having this problem. the problem is i can call from my phone when it is not on wifi but the 3g/4g isnt showing up top in the status bar i cant access the internet unless im on wifi. when i go into settings and click on mobile networks it acts like it is going to do it then it hangs at a black screen and a box pops up and says unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped ive tried cleaning caches and fixing permissions, nothing helps, there is also another thing that pops up and says error #89 unknown error. it also says when i click on stuff, use touchwiz or xperia to perform this action. Always or just once.) I bought this samsung gn 2 online everything was already done to it. I think whoever installed the macks rom must have left the the touchwiz on it. Because it keeps asking me when i do things, perform action using touchwiz or xperia I also noticed that i have goomanager on it. Can i use the goomanager to reflash this phone? If so can someone give me information on how to properly do it. i also read something about mobile odin. Which one would be the easiest to use?
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Doesn't verizon run a slightly different hardware version from sprint? Are you trying to connect to the verizon or the sprint network? If verizon, there are two possibilities. 1 - hardware, the sprint phone just doesn't like the verizon signal. (unlikely) 2. - ROM, is the ROM the sprint version or the verizon version? if it's the sprint version I would say that framework differences are causin the issue and would reflash the correct version for your carrier (or the correct port - the hardware differences I mentioned earlier)
Have you called customer service about getting your phone set up on their network? About getting the IMEI number registered in their database?
In other words what have you already tried with this used phone in order to get it set up on your provider's network?
[Q] OMG! (Anyone???) samsung gn2 networks prob
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You have too much going on there. I would relash the rom. Make sure you wipe system, casche and devick; may want to do old school and wipe three times.
Goo Manager is probably suppose to be there, by design from the ROM developer. That should have been in the OP on the ROM three, along with known issues.
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thanks alot for even just replying to my post. im nervous about trying this flashing thing im afraid that im gunna screw it up royally. im hoping someone will guide me through how to do it
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Doesn't verizon run a slightly different hardware version from sprint? Are you trying to connect to the verizon or the sprint network? If verizon, there are two possibilities. 1 - hardware, the sprint phone just doesn't like the verizon signal. (unlikely) 2. - ROM, is the ROM the sprint version or the verizon version? if it's the sprint version I would say that framework differences are causin the issue and would reflash the correct version for your carrier (or the correct port - the hardware differences I mentioned earlier)
Have you called customer service about getting your phone set up on their network? About getting the IMEI number registered in their database?
In other words what have you already tried with this used phone in order to get it set up on your provider's network?
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it was originaly a sprint phone that was rooted and flashed to verizon. ive been using it for months on the verizon network and have had zero problems until about five days ago. i dont know if the rom is sprint or verizon. how do i tell? i would reflash it if i knew what i am doing. i am a complete uber noob. im just hoping someone will give me directions how to reflash it. i dont care what rom i just want it to work again on the verizon network. i want to be able to use it to go geocaching with my sons. just got it all set up ready to go caching with em and the very next day it decided to go mental on me.
I would check out the thread on taking the Sprint GN2 to TMobile, Verizon, Boost, and Ting. I think it's in the question and trouble shooting subforum.
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I would check out the thread on taking the Sprint GN2 to TMobile, Verizon, Boost, and Ting. I think it's in the question and trouble shooting subforum.[/QUOTe thanks for helping me i found the thread and read it. it seems like a lot to do. if i can acomplish it will it work on the verizon network?
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lovekeiiy said:
I would check out the thread on taking the Sprint GN2 to TMobile, Verizon, Boost, and Ting. I think it's in the question and trouble shooting subforum.[/QUOTe thanks for helping me i found the thread and read it. it seems like a lot to do. if i can acomplish it will it work on the verizon network?
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I don't know personally, but I believe so. You'll have to read and ask in that thread. Those are people who may have done the switch and can give better advise from experience.
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I was wondering if there is any way to flash a international rom and implement the Wifi Calling back in the settings. Want to run wanamlite with Wifi Calling? Is this possible? Perhaps an apk for Wifi Calling. It is a T-Mobile device
Zackg111 said:
I was wondering if there is any way to flash a international rom and implement the Wifi Calling back in the settings. Want to run wanamlite with Wifi Calling? Is this possible? Perhaps an apk for Wifi Calling. It is a T-Mobile device
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Not yet. Its more than just an apk, which can be easily extracted and installed on any device. It needs a lot of libs to go with it, and those are pretty closed sourced and hard to figure out.
There is a team trying to reverse engineer it to get it working on non stock ROMs. They are doing it for another device but once its done it should in theory work for any device. Last I heard there was a sizable bounty of promised donations if they could get it working, so I'm sure they are motivated.
Many people will tell you this is and will always be impossible. But the WiFi calling app was hacked and made installable for ICS AOSP ROMs. So its been done before. They JB version is apparently tougher, but the software that couldn't be hack has yet to be developed yet as far as I am aware. Its jus a matter of if XDA's devas are smarter than T Mobile's devs
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Not yet. Its more than just an apk, which can be easily extracted and installed on any device. It needs a lot of libs to go with it, and those are pretty closed sourced and hard to figure out.
There is a team trying to reverse engineer it to get it working on non stock ROMs. They are doing it for another device but once its done it should in theory work for any device. Last I heard there was a sizable bounty of promised donations if they could get it working, so I'm sure they are motivated.
Many people will tell you this is and will always be impossible. But the WiFi calling app was hacked and made installable for ICS AOSP ROMs. So its been done before. They JB version is apparently tougher, but the software that couldn't be hack has yet to be developed yet as far as I am aware. Its jus a matter of if XDA's devas are smarter than T Mobile's devs
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Thank you for the evaluated answer. I thought it was more along the lines of possibly working because of it originally having Wifi Calling. Its not like making it work on att or verizon. I thought it would be more of a verification issues with other carriers.
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Thank you for the evaluated answer. I thought it was more along the lines of possibly working because of it originally having Wifi Calling. Its not like making it work on att or verizon. I thought it would be more of a verification issues with other carriers.
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I'm 100% positive it will never work on other carriers (unless they introduce their own wifi calling app that woks on their networks)
The app itself checks your SD card and makes sure that you have a T Mobile account before authenticating you on T Mobile's server. So if you're on an AT&T SIM card it won't matter how well you get the app working, the app won't let you use AT&T accounts on the T Mobile wifi calling server.
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I'm 100% positive it will never work on other carriers (unless they introduce their own wifi calling app that woks on their networks)
The app itself checks your SD card and makes sure that you have a T Mobile account before authenticating you on T Mobile's server. So if you're on an AT&T SIM card it won't matter how well you get the app working, the app won't let you use AT&T accounts on the T Mobile wifi calling server.
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Ok I am on T-Mobile anyways. I figured that would never work especially with your normal number.
Keep an eye on this Dev, fingers crossed here!
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I was wondering if there is any way to flash a international rom and implement the Wifi Calling back in the settings. Want to run wanamlite with Wifi Calling? Is this possible? Perhaps an apk for Wifi Calling. It is a T-Mobile device
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Not yet. Its more than just an apk, which can be easily extracted and installed on any device. It needs a lot of libs to go with it, and those are pretty closed sourced and hard to figure out.
There is a team trying to reverse engineer it to get it working on non stock ROMs. They are doing it for another device but once its done it should in theory work for any device. Last I heard there was a sizable bounty of promised donations if they could get it working, so I'm sure they are motivated.
Many people will tell you this is and will always be impossible. But the WiFi calling app was hacked and made installable for ICS AOSP ROMs. So its been done before. They JB version is apparently tougher, but the software that couldn't be hack has yet to be developed yet as far as I am aware. Its jus a matter of if XDA's devas are smarter than T Mobile's devs
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302313
I'm hoping that when the Google Edition of the S4 comes out that T-Mobile picks it up and they have to disclose stuff for WiFi calling to be enabled properly in AOSP.
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I'm hoping that when the Google Edition of the S4 comes out that T-Mobile picks it up and they have to disclose stuff for WiFi calling to be enabled properly in AOSP.
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I hope that Keidi Klum will show up at my door to deliver a briefcase full of money.
If you and I get together maybe we can start a support group for people who's hopes don't come true.
Fact is that the WiFi calling app is closed source proprietary stuff. It will get hacked by XDA, but T Mobile is never going to willingly release it. They have a vested interest in getting you to buy the phone from T Mobile. Why would they take away something that encouraged you to do that?
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We have given our young daughters Galaxy S ll’s. Our cell provider is kajeet.com which has decent parental controls on phone usage including Internet access via the cell connection. But kajeet doesn’t affect the wifi connection. Hence, Internet access is available.
We would like to shut down the wifi and have the phones used only for texting and talk. The girls have other forms of (monitored) Internet access.
Does anyone have a solution for shutting down the wifi connection?
I have done quite a bit of research on the web for an answer and haven’t come up with anything that is largely within our control.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Jona
First up, what model phone are we talking about (sticker on the phone chassis under the battery) ? Reason I ask is, I noticed Kajeet uses Sprint, which means there's a good chance you're in the wrong forum. As the I9100 wasn't sold in great numbers in the US, various carriers have their own variants, which have their own forums here.
I honestly doubt you can do it (I'm not aware of any way to block access outright), you can probably use one of the myriad security apps on Google Play to block WiFi access to individual apps (I.E all of them). But that might be different for different SGS2 variants (being an I9100 forum, I only know this for the I9100).
If you do have a different variant, we'll have the thread moved & maybe those who have the same phone might be able to tell you something different.
Months ago on cm10.1 i had managed to completely disable wifi by accident on numerous occasions by flashing old versions of dorimanx kernels that update the wifi drivers, then flash stock cm kernel again that uses old drivers, couldn't turn wifi on or off until I reflashed cm, so it is indeed possible. Not sure how you'd go about this. Maybe remove wifi drivers from rom if you are rooted? Sorry I'm not much help, just thought I'd share this.
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my opinion, disableing wifi from a young kid will not stop him to access internet from any other place instead it will make him search and found more just because he dont have easy access to information he want. soo this is not the right thing to do but start takling to him and understanding his
needs will do more good. But this is just my opinion it seems thees days there are too many ways to find out things and there is noone who can shut them all off. Cheers!!
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It does look like I belong on a different forum.
>>>there's a good chance you're in the wrong forum
You are correct. My phone is a SPH-0710. Can you please port me over to where I am supposed to be?
Thank you for your help. This has been a frustrating experience, and it is reassuring to have someone take it seriously. I appreciate your taking your time to head me in the right direction.
Jona
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>>>there's a good chance you're in the wrong forum
You are correct. My phone is a SPH-0710. Can you please port me over to where I am supposed to be?
Thank you for your help. This has been a frustrating experience, and it is reassuring to have someone take it seriously. I appreciate your taking your time to head me in the right direction.
Jona
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jonaona said:
We have given our young daughters Galaxy S ll’s. Our cell provider is kajeet.com which has decent parental controls on phone usage including Internet access via the cell connection. But kajeet doesn’t affect the wifi connection. Hence, Internet access is available.
We would like to shut down the wifi and have the phones used only for texting and talk. The girls have other forms of (monitored) Internet access.
Does anyone have a solution for shutting down the wifi connection?
I have done quite a bit of research on the web for an answer and haven’t come up with anything that is largely within our control.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Jona
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I'm a Moto Atrix 4G and HD user. I know from development on the 4G, we could disable the wifi by not installing certain packages or flashing a kernel without the required lib/module files. I'm in the middle of fixing a friend's S2/Epic 4G touch and I saw this thread. I would think that something similar would be available here, but i am just starting out with this process of helping my friend out so I'm not sure what files really affect the wifi. I'm sure you could root the device and delete the files that enable wifi access, but I'd have to do some digging for that before i advise any further.
Hey everyone and thanks for taking the time to read this,
So the story goes as so: After doing some research couple months ago about the capability of the Verizon Galaxy S3 to work on T-mobile, i purchased it, and got it to successfully work on T-mobile(texts, calls, wi-fi). The problem is, i just recently upgraded to include a data plan, and i cannot access the internet, despite taking my phone to my cell phone dealer and contacting T-mobile.T-mobile even sent me a guide to do a mastery reset to factory in hopes to solve this problem, only to tell me afterwards that the phone version SCH-I535 is a "verizon locked-software" and i won't be able to set up an APN to work on the T-mobile network. This was all due to the fact that i was not able to set up a APN for T-mobile, and every time i tried to access it through setting, it brought me to a blank black page with the only option of "Reset to Default". After reading other forums and talking with some people, many have suggested i take this issue to XDA to find a solution.
So, here i am.....Does anyone know if it is possible for me to break/root/ or whatever it is called so i can successfully access the t-mobile network on my phone? Preferably an easier guide since i am sort of a newbie at this sort of stuff.
Thanks again for reading.
Before your Contract change, you were able to receive and make calls successfully with T-Mo Sim right ? Even now you can make calls too correct ? The reason I am asking this is to be able to check if you are really unlocked off of VZW. If you are not unlocked, then that would be the first step.
You are right, the APNs do drive Data Connection. If the stock firmware does not allow you to change APNs then you will have to root. Please post a screen of your Settings > About phone that shows your Rom Version, Baseband and Kernel.
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Before your Contract change, you were able to receive and make calls successfully with T-Mo Sim right ? Even now you can make calls too correct ? The reason I am asking this is to be able to check if you are really unlocked off of VZW. If you are not unlocked, then that would be the first step.
You are right, the APNs do drive Data Connection. If the stock firmware does not allow you to change APNs then you will have to root. Please post a screen of your Settings > About phone that shows your Rom Version, Baseband and Kernel.
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Hey Perseus, thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. I bought the phone in the summer off someone who had verizon. I have always had T-mobile, and considering this phone is GSM, i decided to buy it because it would probably work for T-mobile. I had the phone unlocked, and i am currently using it to make calls, texts, and even use wi-fi with no problem. The only problem at this time is that i recently added a data plan which i cannot currently use. Here is a screen shot of what you have requested.
Thanks again
First try
Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Preferred Network Type.See what it is set to. Change it to LTE/GSM/WCDMA if needed. See the other option System Select as well.
Also separately try the following.
Hit ##DATA# in the Dialer. In the subsequent Menu choose EDIT > OTHERS > LTE APN
If all fails, please Root the phone and then try. The way you go about is
1. Flash a Custom Recovery via Odin. Make sure the version of Custom recovery is for your model D2VZW not D2TMO.
2. Flash a SuperSU zip file via Recovery and then hit fix permissions in the recovery.
Try the APN Settings after that. IF you can actually access them, then set them according to this link.
If all the above fails, I'd suggest a custom Rom for d2VZW.
You will never get 4g trust me I had one... you will just get the E
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Ok, so i tried to changed it to LTE and i got no service at all, so i switched it back to Global. I also tried the dialer thing several times, and got the " connection problem or invalid MMI code"
So i guess i am going to have to root the phone? Does anyone know a good video tutorial or written tutorial on how to safely do this? Also, what exactly is rooting?
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Ok, so i tried to changed it to LTE and i got no service at all, so i switched it back to Global. I also tried the dialer thing several times, and got the " connection problem or invalid MMI code"
So i guess i am going to have to root the phone? Does anyone know a good video tutorial or written tutorial on how to safely do this? Also, what exactly is rooting?
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You have to enable the mmi codes to use them. Anyway as stated above your reply you will never get 3g or 4g just edge (seen it personally) which is pretty darn slow.. Not worth it if you ask me and be paying for data.. If you still want to root it and keep trying to add sons check the Verizon forums.. They could probably help you a lot more than on this side of the forums
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Guys, he is not getting ANY data signal at all. His problem isn't getting the specific icon but being not able to change APNs.
@HackThisThing, you are better off following up on Verizon Device forum. That forum does have a video tutorial for Rooting. Here's forum link.
I don't think you will be able to change APNs without rooting. I checked with a buddy of mine who has the same device as you.
Here's a good answer to What is Rooting ?
Even if you CAN fix it, why bother if you can only get 2G? I'd sell it or trade it for a phone that's more compatible with T-Mobile 's network instead of paying for data and only getting dial-up speeds. I get that solving problems is fun, but OP do you want to live with only 2G?
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I don't agree with that assessment. Just like the T999L phone, this device will work on LTE Bands just fine. OP just needs to wait for LTE to be rolled out in their area. There's a coverage map and roll out schedule on T-Mo website and the T-Mo News blog.
It's worth a look, but could still leave them with patchy coverage. If it's going to be a while, why wait when it's not hard to just trade the phone? I guess I don't see a reason why hold out on getting a Verizon phone to work when you could just get one that works now with little to no monetary loss. It's just a Verizon S3, not really something worth "waiting" for when they could get the same thing but more functional on their network of choice.
They made an honest mistake and waiting might give them "good enough" service - but other than that they're stuck with dial up speed only and risk bricking a phone they could just trade or sell now.
Maybe I'm just impatient and risk averse.
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OP has already purchased this VZW version.
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